The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-04
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When they e.ksd 3I7ron Blel. in .
before he was hung is SFrscu-s, y. y
# be vas ready, he ssid: 4 gie hap
pY Tn world wis come - IN end ia
1881, and VII 20 8 year ahead aad
pre- mpt a n,ca p'-ce."
DR.. W. a ". Spotswool OF Noble,
Ala owns the sword Washington Us q
during the 2 YoludoD. TIE father Il
this country couygrlei ore edge Of tbe
SWORD iutO a pTuHiua-Enife after e c
war. and finally gave It 20 the grand
father " lhe present 0Ener year DC
fore he Gied.
l. is now prop sod so manu- 'ac'uTe
all th- d a's and si'oea required bY the
army F5rJ L 4venssofth Three
buu-r1a aud ihtfiy-aine c'nvicis ers
conf ei there, .ud ii chine 3 IL so o.
pulin 20 o'starn DO tic work Yhos
is legi iAia.c LABOR re5uceo f. ,he llv,l
Of the cost of keeping colvicis
Corn ls cheapef IN I,wa thls fall than
IN any o.heg place on the g.obe, selling
q 8 iEd 20 cents st the depU's, sad 10
ana fifteen clIis places distant from
the faiiro.es. J. is reported to he
very ripe, oIn AVID sweet, md there
will tie $50 co o o TO 2V9. eco coo
bushels n,t one SIXTH Of which can be
shipped out Of tie State.
Chief OIrray, who Was st first eager
TO serve as commits. iou,r and bring his
people TO punishment, noxs became ST.
lent, then obstinate, saying h. dIG not
zee bOw Witnesses could be forced 90
tes. ifY against tHem seives. Lster he
fell iil, then became aDe r., and, I is
cow reported, has put CT Jhe eacmen;a
Of civil Z1tiou and aEsuuyd the I1diaB
costume. The next sep will be TO put
on his war paint.
A correspondent dercr5ing the wcj-
ding dress Of * NJ Aiions5's promised
bFide, the fulUec Qleen of Spain, says
that It Will "ba OF write bsccarss, GOV
cred With cCuJ5 n mite of excessively
tine lace. Il tte auc-eu5 cscutche0ns
from the border, AID the or una Of the
mantle is lowered. The brI3el veil e
reproduction N miniature of line mlu-
tic. The gala toilet val be Of god
brccads embroidered wi.a Bluffs @!
roses in relief, ] lined together With
" 80 "'- 'i-'' 49,. .''o.t' 10 vs.
Anu'iil' slIHi T. Up ls ~ 'o,''' "'' "e
Of silver 5goclie, embroidered with
geTsnium 1JWef8 Oh all shadle.n
Mr.. Proctor, the eminent English
astronomer, IN lecture delivered in
New YORK lsst hA'5 - evening, gave
his audience suD c interesting ConPayi-
sons % slu 'ht.t com ''e'elS4oa "i IN, %,
sizs OIL ins etrie w" '.is soa, me IN
Guilty OF c".cn'. "5 the oi.taucc pc
tween 'hem' aA1 'H@ extent Oh roe solar
system. II the eht-h IS reg iFdci "a "a
globe 81 oae l en- diameter, tue sun
should 0e regarded rs a globe OF three
yaIis oi4m",r:, nj the distance be-
tween tliem j@O yaias- A'e q thauitY
Of meS. oT'H@ io "is-stra "i the eHiih
Irom tae stn my ." ''c, t'4 ~
suPposlns Fl we're '.- ;e1.' e' q 1tasHze
the dl-;@Hce ne-"' "a tat-a ESQ * 4" &
oy 'r,a s"'..i.a i.o.i tAe 5hit. O. one.
70 lAe ih'He = ..' '..S sftH o. inc So
lar eys.eu "oaid Ne "0'uS ~ me /.
Inc II iustrat M MSS mod.hed snoataA-
tally thus: L., oHc-i2ch globe rep
resent the eur, and by this scale the
earth should be represented 10y tiny
grain, l-lOO OF IN inch N diameter, the
distance between them represented by
three yards, and the span Of he solar
system $50 ysrda-
R.v. John n. Catcher, D. D., who
has been unsnimuu eiected Bishc p
of the Epicopa, CtU5ch in Louisiana,
70 succeeI 'l'y 'a. .i'g ~ " IN, ~, WEE
~ ~ te@o 81 ,ra, - >. ~ ~
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Ss 'OaI = 80 {oco - 60 a. Co.,
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oS'iAe ie"'oi III SeP'eIAi0ei' io'''
A New York letter SAYS: at is said
about So. coo 600 were spent in one
week to break the stock market, and
the hammers are sull fying his morn
ing. OF course the money il spent 10y
the giant operators on the Stock Ex-
change, but ell they have succeeded Ii
doing SO taT IS to shake out tbe weak
holders OF stock, who are easily fright
ened by the first downward turn IL
prices. The strong holders OF stocks
stocks OF undoubted merit-hold them
with as much conf fence IS when prices
were kiting. This would probably not
be the case were the roads in the starv
ing and uncertain condition they were
a year or so Sgo. The chief point oil
attack has been Erie, which Is regarded
as the key of the market. Break Erie
10 per cent. and. 1t Is argued, othel
stocks viii isls iSe 10 twenty, the for.
mer figure representing The troJecte1
decline for the investment shares, and
the latter for the mushrooms. But
Erie will net yet break ten per cent.
1t hiss had rise OF twenty per cent.
within couple OF months, butt seems
to stick near the topmOst quotation,
aud y failure 10 break it viii snap the
cords OF The bears on. ali the market,
which will then be lett 10 pursue It's