The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Blondes are out OF fashion in Paris.
ard dark brunettes are the rage
The Chicago brewers are about to
raise the price Of beer 81 a barrel.
The Rothschilds have lately paid ia
Eoglsnd $1a5, ,00o probate ana $I20. 600
legacy duty.
The steamer Labrador, from Europe.
brought 81, ,40s, 600 in gold and the
Servia $475, 600 in gold.
Mrs. Parnell, mother OF the Irish
sgitator, is generally regarded as the
leading lady operator in Wall street.
King Alfonso has asked Gen. Campcs
to reconstruct the cabinet, owing to iis
inability to agree on the subject OF re-
forms in Cuba.
Cardinal Manning, It is reported, Is
going tu Rome TO stay come time,
coadjuLor being appointed 10 perform
hiss duties in England.
The receipts Of the Chicago post tnne
are greater than those OF TenDessee.
Arkansas, Mississippi Georgis, and
West Virginia ccGbined,
Great land-refofm meetings eonfiaso
to be of almost daily snd nightly &C.
curence in Ireland, and the agitatloa
apparently on the increase.
The Sultan is described as looking
bowed and unhappy. His tsce is OF 4
waXy paleness, his beard and eyes are
jetty black, hia nose thin and squiline.
Congressman Springer, OF Illinois,
is one of the heirs OF Abraham Springer,
whose former estate, located ia tho
heart of Wilmington, Del. IS now
claimed by the heirs. The property ia
valued at 500, coo, 900.
Since 1915, when the law requiring
the Ilhnois Central Railway Company
TO pay into the State Treasury, in lieu
Of saxes, : per cent. OF Its gross earn
ings, went into effect, the State has re.
coived $7,93S 76S 81 on receipts ef
S103, 024 457 II.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way Company has declared semi-an-
nual dividend OF 3 per cent. on comm a
stock and quarterly dividend Of and
3 per cent. on preferred stock. After
paying these dividends there win be =
surplus of $.,270, s03
A war has broken out in New Csla-
! bar, on the western ceast of Africa,
aud the prisoners taken are klliod aud
eaten by their cRptors. The Bfitlsh
naval commander has been urged 60
interfere by the European resIdenlss -
il is expected that the outbreak iu|
become general.
Secretary sherman Issued e Circular
on the third instant, Inviting pfopossls'
for the sale TO the governments OF $i,
600, 600 of the per cent. iRterestsbear-
ing bonds of the United States, known
as ''sixes of 1881" The bonds thus to
be purchased will be applied TO Che
sinking fund.
Nearly sixty thousand shares Of Pern-
sylvania railroad sgock, held by the
commissioners sinking fund Of the city
of Philadelphia, were sold few daqa
ago to the Pennsylvania company for
$50 q share, the par value. A New
York syndicate made au attempt to Sc
cure the stock but laiied.
The young Bulgasians who have re-
turned home from Pan-Slavic schools
in Russia at which they were educated
appear TO have imbibed strong Nlhilis-
tic notions during their absence. a
great deal of the trouble existing IN
Bulgaria is attributed to the disturbing
influence of this vigorous and active
element.
Papers have been signed in Boston
effecting the long. proposed nnion q
the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe,
the st. Louis and San Francisco, aud
the Chicago aud Alton railways, for the
building of joint line from ALB
queIque, on the Rio Grande river, New
Mexico, the present terminus Of tho
Santa Fe line, to the Pacific coast.
The use Of fertilizers in The South,
particlarly in Georgia is increasing
every year. Ia 1875 Georgia. %, ,41e
tons of fertilizers; in 1877, 93, 476 tons
In thirteen years 1t has used $40, GOO
tons, costing over $50, 600, 000. Il is
t claimed by the Georgia papers that the
increased production of cotton ip c0n-
, sequence of the use Of fertilizers paid
/ this sum dozen times over.
The VanderbIlts- Cornelius, William
7 X. and William Hare about to make
splurge in the architectural line.
Plans have been drawn for four man
sions on Fifth avenue, New York. %
c cost in the aggregate 81, $50, coo. 3.
/; curious fact that OF these ssaN
pensive is that TO be erected :,
; llus, the poorest Of the lot, it8<. =, h.
| ed cost being 500, 000. MoneEs q 2
I; did burn in hls pocket.
Two young men OF high resp
l bilIty, who were rivals in love, foup1'
duel with swords in the Bois dc B0n
logne, at Paris, the other day. At thi
first thrust one Of the comtafants WaI
touched in the arm. The wounded
, man then rushed furjousiy upon hii
adversary, and inflicted eight sever
, stabs upon him in few sfccnoa. Tx
latter was taken 70 his home in ore
csrious condition. A strict iDq1bly 4
being made into the nfIair. TlE aue
was fought without secoDds.