The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-14

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Women's fashions N Faria are ssid
to be IN q state Of chaoa. Worth'n
new designs are marked by Rrost slm-
plicity; but Of late Worih has been
successfully rivailed by othof men
dressmakers. and some Of these have
gone TO the other extreme, % that
fashionable women hardly know what
| to wear.
An old New York merchant "a.
dragged before Q polics court lakely.
charged with stealing the purso Of one
Carroll. On their arrival In court the
accuser found that his pure had slip-
ped down into hia bootieR end tho
prisoner Was released. u q greatly %
the credit Of the pollcemea who drae-
ged him to the court that be did not
aiminiAter the usual dose of club.
The next census viii give he North
35, 600, 600 white people and the South
1000, 900. The hgures are ominCua
and worthy Of careful considsralicn.
The Southis one great hope lies in the
development OF her material resources.
She needs less politics and more work
and money. Less pyrotechnical pat
riotism and more railroads, factories.
mills and school houses.
Business over the Baltimore and Ohio
road has never been heavier than now.
Everything they have In the shape Of
freight cars has been pressed Into saf-
vice, and engines thst have been Idle
for years have been patched up and put
in place Of better class Of engines
where they could do the work tompo-
rarily, and the rslisyed engines have
been put on the main lines.
The digging Of Q canal FROM .Croa-
stadt to St. Petersburg is making such
progress that Admiral Possittt, who
directs the work, assures the govern
ment that in Q years. time Vsssela Of
smull size will be able 10 pass from the
sea to the Neva, and that In the sum-
mer Of 1881 the canal, the depth Of
which is fixed ct twenty feet, win have
been excavated to the extent Of mxtosn
feet, enabling Q goodiy sized craft to
each the capital.
1t is mistake TO suppose that Pima
| fore has been exhausted. a theatrical
manager in Cincinnati has struck upon
something novel In that line. he pro-
poses 10 anchor model nen-of-War In
the big lake OF the Geological Garden
and produce the sparkling little opera
on the main deck with the natural &C.
compartments of water and mooalieht.
A special company has been engaged
for the work in New York.
The figures that show the monument
OF population to the new farming lands
in the West are almost. startling. Dur
ing the year that closed with last
month, not less than sixteen million
acres Of governmsDt lands were taken
up by homestead entries alone, and
fully fourteen million acres OF neW
lands were sold 10 settlers. Il is esti-
mated that half Q million people sst-
tied upon tho new lands In 1873, and
the number for the present year prom
ises to be even greatsf.
Jay Gould's new telegraph company
seems TO mean business. When its o.
ganizstion with Q capital OF el0. .00o, :
600 was announced last spring, u was
regarded 90 Q movement inteadsd %
effect Western Union stock N the bear
interest. The company, however, vent
to work In earnest, and n few daYs
will have completed line Of wire from
New York to San Frsncisco. with
branches In ell the principal cenirsa of
the North. Taking advantage Of the
law passed by the last Congress, u IL
now said to be the intention OF the
management 10 cover the whole c0uu-
try with q network Of wires and enter
into competition with the Western
Union ct all points.
The Gentiles Of Salt Lake City ere
reported a. desiring the President 70
pardon the convicted biRamlst. Rey-
nolds, unless he can be subjected 10
adequate punishment. His present I'm.
prisonment is fasce. u u said tha.
the Mormons ere going to build houso
for him by the side ol the jail where
he can ''suffer" In great confost, with
free access 70. hls family and fdenfz
and all the luxurles ofthB ssssE<. He
will permit the jailor 20 aicsp on the
floor IN the hall, and et the end of HE
term viii be received By . procession
and. escorted home with ax pair Of
milk-whits steeds.
A California correspondent uritca.
"Paper bricks, now being made In
Wisconsin, strike a. - exactly what
we want here. One Of our papor mile
made few, which need but touch %
bring conviction. Il ID peplsF macho
compressed. San Francisco shanfIes
will soon tumble 10 pieces. No coun-
try on the earth has NOSE o. better
fibrous material. Aquatic rushes c0FkE
i oil II
uses that material fog its pulRs Thea
we have the paper cactus invkes fotesis,
in our southern desssts, which excel
all others for bricks. Such hOurns
would need no plaster, and they would
be easily moved on Wheele. The soles
Of all Chinese shoes are Of papsE altar
thus fashion. Their shoes h6yo more
sense than ours. They are mads with.
out heels, and 90 shaped othorwise that
neither corns nof b1nions can Be gsn-
erated.n
The reduced tar on tobacco hes
been In effect long enough 20 furni1h
some Indication of its elIscfs on the
revenue, and the ndEocatss Of the
change fnd their theories and psedic-
tions already confirmed. The soduc
ton Of the tar from - csnts . pound
TO 10, began On the fEnt Of MnY, end
the returns for Nay and June show
total revenue Of 60, i21, 7Bf e The
lower rate, as against bot "a, 50, ,ol7 %
the corresponding months cf 1878
under the old figures. The eEnst buIk
OF this increase occurred u Mar, nBd
is attributable 10 the fsct ths1 The
agitation Of the snbjecs had largely N
terfered with sales fog sessrnI weeks
before; but the roVouue Cor Juna,
when the business hed settled back
into its normal channels, Wes over
$50, 600 more than for June 81 Last
year. The advocatcs of reduction In
sisted that the ehange wcnld boih IN
crease consumption snd dimlnish the
inducements 70 evasion ol tko tnk. aad
the figures promise TO show thaf they
were right.
Ex-GovsrDoF yoha Q. Bsoun eisss
the following accounts % tie condI1i0n
and prospects Of the Tsxas PncIGc
road, which 10 nov hsing sxfsndea BE-
yond Fort worth q Wenlhsrlorc, :
distance OF thifty-tWo miles. ne
grading and tieiBg nro ell d0no 70
WeatheFfofd, - which point she Foed
will be in opsrstion By October nezi.
The whols Of the iine from ehregeport
west, and ineluding he qnnamsele
around from 6h1rman, vla 1sxsrkn1s-
10 Marshall, o. The main iiss 4 as
miles. Gov. Bsoun speaks n yesR
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