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

| p m anent that no caprice II iacnon III
any one or two of the powers concerned
could materially affect the standard OF
C trent value Of coin.
Whist an everlasting line OF rosd Is
controlied snd owned By the Illinois
Contra. l. owns. tn 4 does NOT lease
itl extensions. Ii has bought outright
the great Southern line from Mob:ls TO
Cairo, and will bridge the o lio 1t that
point, or just above. Il extends to
Lake Michigan, and thence dive:ging
toward the Northwest, and reaches
Sioux Cry in the West, and there 1t Is
part AMI parcel Of line rapidly pro
crossing toward Northern Oregon.
The immense travel over these tndles.
liaes is managed by w. p. ] hns n,
WHO'S master o. the art of trAnsporis-
ton in Al its department.. Toe
Wabash Valley road crosses the Illinois
Central at right angles, and, heading
from S. LOUIS to Toledo, moves peo-
pie cas-. aud west that do net choose t.
GO north and souih oyer the endless
Il incis Central. Tins linois line is
preferred By al going east from ST.
Louis. 1t is part Of the shortest route
from S. Louis to Washinst IN, NV
York or b 'ston. This splendid rsi!-
Way, running the swiitcst trains on the
continent, is managed BIZ G.. Meslier.
Freeman, the Pscssset Aiyen;ls', n
Jail at 3 arr stable, Mas, Is still in The
same frame of miud as he has b; en- ever
since he kiile his daughter. He re
fuses TO tske any legal sivice f"r his
approaching tnal. Should the State
furnish lin cauosel, he says he will
not have any points 81 the tragedy
smoo;hed down in order 10 make
good defense. Should counsel DC fu;-
nished an attempt such policy, con-
traTy to F.eCmsu'S idea OF the exact
facts, freeman says he will in e-rupt
him oa the spot and have the statement
made tight. Mrs. freeman cotinues
in q lAmebtao.e condition. A few days
alter her arrest, she seemed 10 see the
enur IL CT The deed sni TO feel the
full force of her bereavement, bat lat
teIly she has fallen under the old delu-
sion. She now thinks her husband did
perfectly right, and defends his entire
course. Both of them are perfectly
contented in their coRtipemet and talk
nationally upon every subject except
The one theme which nss given such a
dark hue to their lives.
On the very day that New York
policeman killed himself while labor
ing under temporary alteration of the
mind, two other policemen, evidently
touched by insanity. were clubbing iE-
offensive citzens OF the metropolis al
most to the point Of death. Officer
Timothy O'Lesry, of the fourth district.
was approached By private watchman
named Hayes, at an early hour on Mon
day mCrGiDg, who called his attention
to the fact that an old man was lying
asleep on the other side of the street,
exposed o piCkpocke.s, and it was sug
gestcd thai lie shnu!d 60 over and
rouse him up. The gallant Officer
O'Leary thertup responded, "Mind
your own business, you son of sea
rpent; I'll wake you up" and imme-
dla.ely fell to work and pounded the
poor private with his C ub until he was
insensible. Having thus Administered
upon him 10 the best of his ability he
dragged him off to the station hous and
pr, fer.ed charge against him. On
the sfme day Officer Flood pounded
Timothy CurTan over the head with his
billy, undcr the mistaken impression
that he was coming to rescue a drunken
man whom he was endeavoriDg to con-
vey to the station house. The dog days
seem to have q serious effect on The
New York policemen, and the tenden-
cy to club people increases SIS the neT-
curry mounts in the tube.
The Prince Imperial, or rather the
lac ex-Prince Imperial, had Boswell at
his elbow in the person of NJ. Eugene
Loudun, who has just published in
Paris sketch of his hero and master.
The blogrspher says tina. the Prince de.
clared one day that France should haYe
neither parliamentary government
nor be sujected to an absolute power,
"Oecsuse if the Sovereign be man of
genius, his son may be an idiot. "
B ogrspher: However, Prince, you
would be obliged to preserve absolute
power for certain time, if only to
give you time to put your Constitution
In motion. "-''D~ubtless; but not for
any length OF time" Biogrspher:
Longer than you think We are so
jnpreguated with the revolutionary
spirit that even thoee persons who are
the most favorable to the -ntimel of
authority are poisoned with it; and be-
fore being able to grant certain liber-
ties it would be necessary for all OF us
who are alive to-day to be under
ground. WHAT ycu say Is so true, :"
replied the Prince, THAT l who speak
to you, was for s, me time under the
i fluence Of man who gave me revc-
Ia ion,ry ideas, and it required serious
udy on my psrt and an effort over my
self to get rid of them. But / believe
that l have succeeded and that Em
entirely exempt from them"