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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-28

T0R SALE. si a I1E
II .-a ls ara1 sa ESQ. q flar4lI
222 acres OF land and In, ;1vtmcnts, miles
southwest from 1eorgetOwn, vii amson county
and near the road frOm GEORGETOWN 70 Austin;
l24 acres OF which is enclosed With Q stone
cultivation; splendid land and In good neigh
borhood, In a fine, healthy country; plenty OF
wood and water. You would do web 10 ex
James knight, Of Georgetown, who will show
You the place, or call on iA
..,.....- 49, N. d. SWEENEY,
us Congress Avenue, Austin.
Also, several hne dwelling houses In good
ocs N. D. SWEENEY.
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farm ur aSS acres. with all the Improve
BIanoc river ep pae oH %e ipelosed Win I
stone and CEDAR fence, frame dwelling house,
with outhonses and cistern; plenty OF timber
and fne pasture, 900 acres divided into two
range for sheep. Call on NJ. u. SWEENEY.
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ENOR SALE.

EOR SALE.
~ acres OF land. and improvements, tx n -
west OF 9eergetowu, on the South Gabriel; o.
viii sell Ave acres with the improysmenis !;
dwelling house with rooms and hall. cistern,
out, houses, and crib thai will hold 600 oF %
place 10 well inclosed. mostly with stone. kf
james Knight. OF Georgetown, win take great
pleasure In showing the properly 70 anyone that
vii call on him, or apply TO.
ocS n Il sWKKNRY Auefgnt
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now offer for sale tho best market garden
and fruit farm In the State Of Texas with all the
to the place, except the present growing crops,
within three miles Of the city OF Austin. north
side Of the Colorado river. For further inforpe-
b. SWEENEY, No. us Congress Avenue, 90.
posite Avenue Hotel.
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1916 acres, 500 Acres farming land. with I'm.
provemcnts, plenty of wood and water, nne pas.
tnre,. twenty-five miles west from Austin. In
Travis county asa #r ..#.
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23
SpftZ Venom.

Two cases of hydrophobia are reported
from Staten Island, and in both the victims
were bitten by Spitz dogs. In one case it is
reported that the dog was not rabid, and he
appears to have been only irritable in the
other. Before the great increase now noted
in the frequency of these accidents it was
thought that society paid sufficiently for the
advantage it derived from dogs by the
deaths they caused in communicating rabies /;
yet that was when there were no dogs about
but the old acclimated breeds, that did
not 60 mad often, and so far as
close observation could discover did
not cause hydrophobia save when they
had it themselves. 1t was bad enough that
way, and certainly it is infinitely worse to
have in all our streets and in many houses
an animal which seems to possess q virus
capable of causing hydrophobia while the
animal himself is to oil appearance in a
normal condition. Persons who care for
the lives of their little children should take
notice that the number of cases reported is
now large in which this dog, while himself
apparently not mad, has caused hydro
phobia by his bite. They have not. there
fore, in regard to this species, even that
slight assurance of safety which, in regard
to other dogs, is derived from the warming
Of evident sickness in the animal himself.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Gladstone hates clubs.
The Earl OF Dunraven Is At tho brunswick.
puckwhcat cakes are now baked on blue glass grid.
dies
The Senator from Missouri Is sort Of Bogy to the
republicans.
The Gillian landowner Is n fcudalist; the peasant
works the soil.
Some one says that policeman aud not tho school.
master 10 abroad.
Fernando Wood walks ike a having his picture
taken for panorama.
During the hard times working men may have OPP
portuntes for reading
Bagchot, tho bright English writer on politics, is tho
editor OF the Economist.
Justice Strong has the cearcst manner OF expression
OF all the mon on the tribunal
when Matt Carpenter heard OF the result, he said.
sPatscy, let's git some schooncrs.''
Mr. Freuac the English historian, thinks that Amer
gences.
Scotch boy al q university appeared one day IN n
pocema g III had served at night duty In order
to be at college during The day.
Americans are learning to like oatmeal aud milk Tor
breakfast The mush IS not good unless cooked on
the same morning when IL Is eaten.
NJ Oncnbach complains because n Yankee las he
stylos an American will don a whItc cravat at six
O'Clock in the morning and wear II all day.
BE true as tho star OF The North;
Be sweet as the dove, and so forth;
Be treless as No. 2 Fabcrs,
Be jabers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23

We wish we could be assured that the re-
organization Of the Atlantic and Pacific Tel
egraph Company and its project of spread
ing q network of rival wires all over the
country are meant in good faith. 1t looks
too much like desperate scheme for prac-
Using on the fears Of the Western Union and
extorting good round sum to buy of the
threatened competition. 1t bears too many
marks of spurious movement. Whether
it be intended to 'sbear" the Western
Union stock with view to enable the
schemers to buy it low and then sell it at
great profit when they withdraw their
opposition, or whether the object be to get
an exorbitant price for consolidation, or
whether. as is moro probable, it is sought to
reap harvest in both ways, it is too obvious
that the senders of messages would be the
ultimate victims. If the Western Union
pays heavy sum to buy off the schemers
it will be obliged to reimburse itself in the
prices of messages. If it should not
raise it's tariff of charges it would
at least be prevented from reducing
it with the growth of its business. The
reason why the proposed extension of lines
to minor points looks suspicious is that the
business is obviously insufficient to support
double lines, and that neither line could
pay expenses ct any reasonable rate for
transmitting messages. The consequence
would be that one company would be
obliged, after q ruinous struggle, to
make the best terms it could with
it's adversary, and the victor would then
make up it's losses out of the commu-
nifty. The Atlantic and Pacific Company has
already lines between the cities which fur
nish business enough to justify COMPETE
ton, and if it extends destructive compe-
tition to all the smaller stations it can be on
no other sane calculation than that of either
buying out or selling out and saddling the
community with the losses incurred in the
struggle.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23

WADISG IN THE WAcIssA SWAMP in search Of
the smoky mystery of its interior is one of those
labors that demand much courage and endur
ance. Although our correspondent has already
begun to experience the difficulties that defeated
and dsheartened former explorers of this won
derful wilderness we feel convinced that the
deliberation which marks his efforts will be
crowned with success. We print to-day another
letter from the HERALD camp, detailing the
progress Of the party, the construction of another
observatory tall pine tree. and the latest ar-
pearancc of the smoke column. Tho animated
description of deer hunt in the swampy forest
and the capture of tho noble game, the return
march to camp and the jolly meal OF venison by
the hungry hunters, will be read with interest by
all who love the wild wood sports and tho inspir-
ing music of hound and horn.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23

The Effect or tho Jersey Execution.
A bill has been introduced in the New
Jersey Legislature which makes it the duty
of the Court on trial for murder in the
first degree to pass sentence Of imprison-
ment for life whenever verdict of guilty
shall be accompanied by q recommendation
to mercy on the part Of the jury. The effect
of the passage of the bill would probably be
the virtual abolition of capital punishment
in the State. Very few juries would convict
without o recommendation to mercy. In
the first place it would be difficult to get
together twelve men all Ok whom uphold
legal strangulations, and@ in the next
there would be in almost every murder
trial enough sympathy for the prisoner to
render it certain that some of the jury would
insist on securing for him the more lenient
sentence The bill, no doubt, owes its
origin to the feeling of dissatisfaction engen-
dered by the refusal Of new trial to Ryan
and Oschwald, and to the fear that these
men may have suffered death for o crime of
which they were innocent. New Jersey
does not generally lean to the side of mercy,
and the proposed change in the law shows
how firm q hold the doubt of the guilt OF
RYAN and Oschwald has taken on the public
mind.
The new movement in the Legislature,
viewed in this light, must serve to open the
eyes of the Jersey authorities to the duty of
exerting themselves to discover whether the
murderer of Officer Brock is still alive and
UNPUBLISHED. When whole community is
SO earnestly impressed with the feeling that
justice may have gone astray it is due TO
public sentiment that all doubt should be
cleared away. It will not do to settle
quietly down with the idea that as two men
have paid the forfeit of their lives for
the crime there is ON end of the mat
ter. Justice to the murdered man, justice
to the memory of those who suffered for the
murder, if they suffered unjustly, justice
to the State requires that if mistake has
been made it shall be rectified and that tho
real offender shall be called to account. We
have not yet heard that any steps have been
taken on the part of the Jersey authorities to
ferret out the truth. It is to be hoped, how
ever, that they will promptly follow up
every clew that can lead to the final settle
ment of the question as to the guilt or inno-
cence of the two men who have been sent to
their graves as Brooks murderers
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23

Hint to tho Unworthy Oorsmen.
Before finally determining to row this
years University race ut Greenwood Lake it
would be we'll for the College Rowing Asso-
citation to consider one course which has
heretofore been overlooked, one which may
vet be found to easily eclipse any track yet
tried. Take q three mile stretch on the
Hudson, from Fiftieth street, up stream, or
from One Hundred and Tenth street, down,
lust far enough off tho bank to give good
view to the spectator. At five in the after
noon the thousands of turnouts which now
grace the Park would gladly take look at
the river one day in the year from the broad
Riverside boulevard and many who do not
like to 60 q distance to see race would heartily
enjoy one so near home. Hardly anything
in the year gathers nearly so large an assem-
blage in Boston rs the City Regatta on the
Charles on the Fourth Of July, and the
facilities for seeing most Of the contest are
quite as good here as there. On any day,
late enough in the afternoon to insure
good water, the race would prove q
success; but if the captains wish to add to
n an <cl1t hitherto unknown in our aquatic
annals let them fix on the Fourth of July
as the day of battle It would be no sur
prise if quarter of a million viewed the
sport rowing in New York would doubtless
receive marked impetus, and, If the City
Fathers would Boston fashion, open in adj
dition one or two other good races, say one
for amateur fours, with q handsome prize,
the very fast Neptune four Of Staten Island
Mcssrs. Kennedy, Riley, Eustis and Rodgers
might find alongside of them at the start
Curtis fast Northwesterns and the Showaw-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23

"A POLICEMAN" comes CALAMITY to the de-
fence of the force and against the proposed re-
duction of pay. He is perfectly right. II any
Legislative attention is to be given to the police
let it be in the way of raising the standard of the
force not in discouraging such efficient men as
are on it. If, instead Of lowering salaries, the
Legislature were to raise them. that every
patrolman should receive as much pay as an
army captain, and would then weed out and fill
In according to the standard which such a salary
would establish. order would be preserved better
and more cheaply than il is now.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23
Germany and tho Eastern Question.

Germany and the Eastern Question.
BY our report of the opening of the Ger
man Reichstag it will be seen that the En-
peror William is one of the few men in q
position to be pre-eminently we'll informed
who straightforwardly expresses the opinion
that peace will be preserved in Europe
despite the varied dangers and complica-
tons of the Eastern question. From Ber-
lin, if from any point in Europe, on abso-
lutely impartial and unprejudiced view Of
the likelihood Of the case is possible.
In any other country opinion may be per-
verified by hopes or fears OF war; but Ger
many has nothing to apprehend in any
event, and nothing to gain Notwithstanding
the fancy that she would be pleased to see
some of her great neighbors exhaust them
selves in bloody struggle. The opinion
therefore in the Kings speech, and which is
of course the opinion of Prince Bismarck, is
of great weight. 1t is recognized that Ger
many has no necessary relation to the diff
culties between Russia and Turkey, except
as her sympathies are with the Christian
population Of the Ottoman Empire and the
moral support of the friends of those
wretched people is declared as plainly as is
the hope for peace and the faith that it will
be preserved
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23
Salaries OF School Teachers.

True to the instincts Of the timese rver
certain officials who should know better
are trying to reduce the salaries of the
teachers in our public schools. Teachers
are seldom capable of driving sharp bar
gains. The duties of their profession en-
gross all their time and attention. In caring
for the greater affairs of life they are re-
luctant to look out properly for them
selves; SO their unselfshness is made
an excuse for mistreating them. Instead
of paying teachers according to their talents
and the measure Of their responsibility We
give them smaller salaries than those
obtained by fourth class clerks and sales
men, and great deal less than capable
stable boys and herdsmen command. These
teachers have almost entire charge of the
intellectual development Of the rising gen.
Grafton. TO become competent to take part
in this work they already have spent years
in study which was for tho time costly and
financially unproductive, and which must
be followed up for years to como at n con-
siderable outlay Of time and money,
and yet we begrudge them salaries,
which many smart boys not yet of
age would scorn. To pay them only
at existing rates is disgraceful enough;
to ask them to take less is equivalent to
every parent robbing himself of that which
no shrewd detective can ever recover and the
loss of which no subsequent labor can ever
make good. The plea that able teachers can
be had for less money is o senseless one.
There is not business establishment in
New York but could to-day cheaply replace
its experienced employees with new and able
men who would rather work for pittance
than remain unoccupied; but every mer-
chant knows that such course would be sui
cidal. Something more than ability is neces-
sary to efficient service. Teachers, like clerks,
need the assurance of steady positions, re-
spectful treatment and the means of sup
port before they can fulfil to the uttermost
the demands made upon them. 1t is to be
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23

TIE WEArIER<-The storm area which was on
wednesday over Lake Superior suddenly
altered the direction Of its course from eastward
TO southwark, and moved into the Mississippi
Valley. with strong and high winds on its south
ern and western sides. A rain area, which ex-
tends from Fort Suly TO Cairo, attends the
storm. and cloudy or partly cloudy weather gen
orally prevails throughout the country. Rain
J,aa also fallen on and near the Gulf coast, par
t;cuIar]y at vicksburg and New Orleans. The
,,;cbest pressure is now in Manitoba, where clear
weather prevails. The temperature has risen
decidedly in the Central and Eastern districts, is
comparatively low on the Gulf coast ana Is fall
ing in the North and Northwest All the West
,ru rivers have fallen. The weather ut New
y,,rk today will be warm and cloudy, possibly
will. rain, and followed at night by increasing
southerIy to westerly winds. Ample prepara-
tious should be made along the Atlanuc coast
for dangerous windA On Saturday md Sunday
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23
Washin gton's Birthday.

An unusual respect was paid yesterday IN
this city to the memory of the first OF our
heroes. Not only was the day very extern
sively observed by the suspension OF all
ordinary business, but the people turned
out in holiday attire and the great thorough
fares were thronged with merry-making
crowds. Our holidays generally fall in the
winter when the weather compels people to
enjoy themselves by the freside, or in the
summer when the fierce heat inspires the
disposition to seize the opportunity for
taking day out of town, and
therefore our streets as a rule never
wear SO solemn and deserted an aspect as on
holiday. Yesterday presented a remark
able exception to this rule; for the people
stayed in town, yet, tempted by the pleasant
skies and genial temperature, did not stay
in the house. Our dispatches show that
the day was celebrated with great spirit in
many places, and particularly in the South
ern States. 1t seems to us that there is no
day in our annals tina. either the patriot or
the philosopher should be more pleased to
see honored OF growing in credit with the
people than this. Hero worship has, at
least, this plain effect in national history,
that it fills the mind of people with grand
examples and grand ideals, and thereby
lifts them in some degree above the mean
and the little that are such common parts
of life To make enthusiastic admiration of
o mans achievements and virtues the deep
est sentiment of nation is the surest way
and Washington is the one man whose name
is preserved in human history whom the
American people may most safely accept as
q type of civic virtue and military devotion.
Therefore we rejoice to see tho growing re-
spect for the only man whom we honor by
the remembrance Of his birthday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23

That Was SENSIBLE as well as graceful
compliment which Philadelphia paid yester-
day to President Welsh, of the Centennial
Board Of Finance. The great Exhibition
was held in the interest of human intelli-
rence, its success was largely due to the in
telligence of the financial manager, and it
is fitting that his name and his services shall
forever be kept alive by that promoter Of in
telligence, 1.-The John Welsh Professorship of
History and English Literature" established
Yesterday in the University of Pennsylvania
and fully endowed by Mr.. Welsh's admirers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23

The recent strike of locomotive engineers
and firemen on the Boston and Maine Rail
road has been the subject of a searching in
vestigation by the Railroad Commissioners
of the State of Massachusetts,. In q report
to the Legislature the Commissioners set
forth, with marked impartiality, the causes
that led to the strike, and reach the conclu-
sion that inasmuch as the engineers were
getting fair wages and steady employment
it was unwse and without justification.
The conclusions reached are that the public
safety and convenience, as we'll as the bust
ness interests of the State, demand the pas
sage Of laws declaring such conspiracies as
these railroad strikes penal offences.
On the Boston and Maine road, as on
others, the engines were abandoned at q
fixed hour at whatever spot they then hap
pened to be- This of course entailed great
inconvenience and suffering on tho passen-
gers besides risking o serious loss of life
and property. Such an act is q crime under
the English law and should be severely pun
ished under any system of government. In
conformity with the recommendation Of the
Railroad Commissioners bill has been in
troduced in the Massachusetts State Legis-
luture making it penal offence for engineers
in furtherance of o strike to abandon their
locomotives upon railroads except at the
regular schedule destination; or to refuse to
aid in the movement of the cars of other
corporations over the tracks Of the company
by which they are employed; or for any per-
son to obstruct railroad, injure its prop
erty or interfere with its employees in order
to assist o strike. Such law ought to be
on the statute books of every State. The
public interests should be protected and the
public safety secured under all cir
cumstances and while railroad engineers
or any other employees are at liberty to
please themselves about working for a COM
pany they are not to be permitted to OBJ
struct public business or to endanger life
and property in the endeavor to right their
supposed grievances. 1t is singular that,
while this very proper and desirable legsln-
ton is being perfected in Massachusetts, the
State of New Jersey, which is constantly
doing unaccountable things, should be en-
gagged in passing a law seeking to exempt
''strikers" from the punishment melted out
to other conspirators
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23

South CAROLINA undoubtedly has trouble
enough to make her feel gloomy, but not even
the national prohibition of q local militia parade
was any excuse for insulting the memory Of
Washington by displaying flags at halfmast and
draping them with Grape, us was done at Charles
ton yesterday. The country has % right to
suspect any community in which political grief is
allowed to overshadow patriotic sentiment.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-23

hoped that the views of President Wood,
who brings business experience to the as
sistance of knowledge of the duties and
personal deserts of teachers, may have
due influence with the Board Of Education
and prevent the gigantic and brutal blunder
which is contemplated under the deceptive
guise of ECONOMY.