The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-16
Raitorlai Not<s.:


Mr.. Eyarts rather resented the prefer
as method of getting him out of the
country to lease somebody who wants
his portfolio
Thirty young men or Ckrss,co, New
York, signed an odd cOmpGc', " whereby
they agree TO abstain from IL Intoxicating
drinks for life and Sny one of them
who breaks 1t is bound 10 publish in
the village papers, oye- his own sigma
ture, a notice that he can ba no longer
trusted as a man ana Is not capable Of
resisting temptation.
The city surveyor of New York sur
veyed the track at she NJ 4disUn square
Garden last Friday and found that II
lacked seven feet Eve inches of being
one-eIghth of mile. Orwell, there
fore, aCtuslly walked but 524 l miles,
while Weston, Ennis and Khrone, who
claimed t. have walked more than $50
miles, really made but 44y.7, ASP and
AS. l respectively.
The iron indu,try, it is generally re-
ported, is blooming" in a most extra
ordinary way. The New York Bull
Let;n says that an Intelligent aud we'll in
formed gentleman, who has jlst re-
turned from u tour of inspection of the
iron and steel mill region OF Ohio and
Pennsy lVanIa, reports that every estab-
lIshmeDt in those sections is working
up to it's fullest capacity; not a single
mill is Idle.
Qleen Victoria once signiiied to
VIscount Macdulf, now Earl OF Fife,
that she would not be unwilling to have
him for q son-!n-iaw. The nOblenan
respectfully declined the honor. He
Is not yet thirty, was schoOled at Eion,
has eight residences in the III ghlands,
aud is warmly spoken of 10y all classes.
His four sisters are ladies of extreme
beauty, but have not all been eDviable
In their welded life.
A we'll sunk in Vensngn county, Pa,
for oil, turned out only gas. When
the owner attempted to remove the cas-
ing, it was raised foot, when the fresh
Water at the top of the hole rushed into
the space at the bottom. 1t was caught
by the great rush Of gas and thrown
100 feetIntn the air. This natural foun
tain has been gushing at the rate of 1000
barrels OF lce-@ater u day ever sine :,
with no indication that it will ever
cease.
They are hav ne more fun than they
can keep to themselves i'll Ohio. The
other day in Logan county the Demo-
Gratis got cOlvTed maD 10 mgk= Dem
ocratic speech, and tue meeting was at
tended by some two thousand people.
A b.
ance of a couple Of dozen cOlored men
armed with corr cutters and making
loud inquieics for ",he damned DemG-
cratic nigger." Then the meeting
broke up in confusion. What cutra-
geous bulldoZiusi
The Neapolitan correspondent of the
Paris Globe reports that the eX-KhediV
seems delighted with Naples. He
continues his ordinary mode OF life, and
repairs every evening to his harem, re-
turning early to his hotel, where he
works in the study and receives his
daughter MAleka, child of II, who
wears European attire and comes with
her English governess. He writes a
good many letters, and sends an enor-
nous number of kilograms, especially
to Alexandria. He is to have six
months to decide whether he will pur-
chase the palace and demesne of "FAv
orites," near Naples. His suite Is of
various natlonalIties.
N. G.. Meeker, the Indian agent at
White River Agency, in the Ute reser-
walton, who, with his family, is report
ed to have been massacred by the In
dams, is an old newspaper man. He
succeeded Scion Robinson as agricul-
tursl editor of the New York Tribune,
when he used to act as secretary of the
Farmers Club in it's Wednesday meet
ings at Cooper Institute. When the
Greeley colony was founded in Colorado
Mr.. Meeker accompanied them and es-
tablished the Greeley Tribune. He was
genial, good natured man, with a
good many harmless crotchets, but one
who knew great deal more about
farming, perhaps, than MIR. Greeley
did.
The New York Times has sent its
corps of interviewers to Chicago to get
the views of the leading men of that
city about the chief political sensation
of the day the approach of Grant and
the prospects of renominotion for the
Presidency next year. The Democrats
did not express themselves very freely
on the subject, but the Republicans
we're quite unanimous in the opinion
that Grants nomination was probable,
and would be tantsmouus to an cleo
ton. They hold that the third term
objection is not operative now. The
objection to third term is that Presi
dent in office, desiring longer lease.
has the power to set up the pins for his
own denomination. As Grant has been
out of Office one intervening ter IN, this
objection cannot apply.
Neal Dow examined the English pos
tai service when recently in England,
and his opinion is that it could not
easily be improved. On the great mail
routes the railroad trairs are run very
rapidly, and they take in and throw out
the leather bags without stopping as
they fly along at the rate of fifty miles
an hour. They pause only at the prln-
cipal towns upon taeir way. Anywhere
within the three Kingdoms letter of
one ounce weight goes for penny, and
the terms are very cheap for other mail
able matter. This penny rate includes
the entire cost of service in the trans
portation and delivery, not. only In the
large towns, as in this country, but also
in all the smaller towns and villages
and rural districts. There is no cottage
so remote or retired that the letter-csr-
rier does not reach it. The perfection
of this system If actual delivery, if
possible, is thus illustrated by Mr..
Dow: II have received among the
Highlands of Scotland letter address
ed to me at Liverpool. 1t was marked
at the Office. Not here. Try Man.
chesterP There again it was marked.
TRY Edinburgh Aud there it was
marked Try Sterling, where it reached
me-"
On the tenth instant, not in Texas,
but away up in godly Wisconsin,, Judge
Henry Hayden Of the Wood county
court, q politician we'll known through
out the State, candidate for Attorney
General on the Greenbsck tickst two
years ago, was shot and killed at Gen.
trslia, Wis, last Thursday, by w. ii.
Cochran, cashier of the First National
bank. The affair grew out of an al
legged intimacy on the part of Hayden
with Cochran's wife, the scandal being
one of long standing. Cochran had
separated from his wife some time ago,
although no divorce had been obtained.
The weapon used was a shot gun,
loaded with five buckshot, the entire
charge penetrating the right side of
the victim, killing him instantly. No