The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-09

Tornnas
Foreign Notes.


the Commune, he considered The
ter by far the most dangerous.
DIR. Petersen, q German tourist, q
" reached the highest point d
Jungfrau, IL, S2S feet. he wasfeV1
ed by an hour Of clear sky. lie
clsres that he could see the whole O.
of the Alps, from the furthest TSr6
Danphine, including Mout Blanc
the other Southern giants.
The demolition of old houses
walls along the Tiber in Rome 4 81
crossing rapidly by order OF the t1
engineers engaged in rectifYinR
bed of the river, but IS etefy
along the shores 4 photograph IS te
so rs TO preserve views Of the p'c|E
esque landmarks. Like the new Id
Arno OF Florence, Rome will seon
her Along-Tiber, with fine palaces.
President Grevy Is certainly prorI
honored in his own country. Whcp
recently reached his country hem4
Sous Vsndrew, a tirumphal afc
been erected for him; the priest
all the inhabitants collected to welo41
him; girls in white presented ile@
to his wife aud daughter; boy 81
years old, from the Pontarliar Cole
made little speech, receiving q ',|.
in return; band serenadedf him A
all the houses were Illuminated.
President walked about the village
the evening and was treated with ~
wsrmest marks OF respecf&
Lord William Beresford has Id
horse in Africa by poisoning iFit
A staff cook having left several pol'
of tea in sack, a Kafir groom Oh
it with corn, and serving out the ed
tents to troop of horses, gave Belt
ford's charger the bulk OF the It<
which was eaten greedily. The tt1
plunged, kicked aud ran backw1f
at intervals galloping madly aroiIa
finally falling into a donga, whef1
lay dashiDg its head on the raclks, 4||
was dispatched by an assegai t|ifN'
through the heart. The phenomo
exhibited were characteristic of the
tion of caifeine-cerebral excitomeF
with partial loss of sensibility, conHI
slons and death.
Lord Kilmorey. whose large es|
lies in Midland county, Englan5, be|1
''desirous of testing how far the
ting value of his farms has hesn q
fected," has served notices on all b
tenants, as the only conclusive melI|a
of obtaining the information he -
sires, is "to throw the farms into lt
market and see what they will feich.
The Truth makes this comment E
farmers where this property lies ho<
been working at loss for some lIk1
past, as the American competition +
seriously affected their market. Chot
have been sold lately at reductlon
over fifty per cent, the grain crops 81
wretched and the turnips even woEtf
1t may well be imagined, thereioI1
the dismay with which Lord kiln1'
rey's exasperating circular has been -!
ceived."
In a description of the works Of It'd
Irish Great Southern and Western "a:
road at Inchicore, near Dublin, Wlt
the locomotive was built which laif'.
took the American mail from Dub'|1
to Queenstown III 1-2 miles, in fo4|
hours and four minutes, INCLUSIVE a
thirty-one minutes delay, the Ler-
don Engineer says that the compe0
let to their men good houses at aht1.
| $1.25 q week. These houses hn<e
certain privileges, such as allotno
| ground and grass for COW at io@
price. There is q fine dining 1eI'
where an excellent meat dire
vegetables and bread, is suppl'os
ten cents. The writer adds:
have seldom seen finer lot of men. 81
more orderly or civil. They arc r1|
far removed from the 'eave 'afi
brick at I'm type, too often met p ~
in our own manufacturing districts
Between Prince Bismarck and '.
Nihllists the Russian Car is IN a b
way. Prince Bismarck has made
close alliance with Austria-HunR3I.
under cover of which the new Chanc
lor, Count Andrassay, may 60 comla
ably about the work OF ba1Ffhe i'.
game run down by Russia on the ie.
er Danube, and II the Gar ma1res
movement towards interfering witt
operation certain 10 undcFmine I'
popularity and credit with tue Rofsa,|
people and army, the Nihilists 81.
dozen OF his cities Htire 10 remind H1
that he must keep the peace ailf4.
until he has humbled himself at bo'as'
In this state Of things Russia can
ther encourage France TO worry
many nor Italy 20 worry Austrln. e
she must even be content 10 en4E'
hands with England and propitieie
she can the angry and aggresalgc 81
nese.
Another name has been added 70 |'|'
list of presidential candidates for
that OF Mrs. Victoria q. Wood he
late Woodruff. Her candidBcs Isl
nounced at length --at the Length 81
iour and three-quarter columns
London paper, which says that deI
tation OF seven Influential eentl4n
from America has arrived In the ~
lish metropolis with formal KeQiI1
tion TO her to save the ReputI.f
"Some Of them,p says our cetetln1
London contemporary, possess fe
siderable social influence, and tileY
said 10 control one million Of vote.
| These gentlemen are manifc8tlg m14I
bigger men than Don Martin D7l a
Kelly, and il they can deliver tb1I
million votes they viii make 1t deed
edly awkward for several other Qep|I&'
men who have undertaken to save ~
United States from all kinds Of time
next yeer. We learn still from a
aforesaid London paper that Nm.
| Woodhall Is now courted by the frz.
mobiles and the best families Of EnKial|i, :,
who have been so capfIyated with iIe|
high moral character and extraoKdin1
abilities that they have expressed ftf.f
fnendship and esteem in the most tn|@
phatic manner, so that any cause 1iI<
Woodhall takes up is certain to uf1|
with the mort InfneDtiai suppoFI 81
this country. ssMrs. Woodruff, Il s.
added, sis now living In the nrl1Io@
cratic portion Of Kensington, Wbefe
her mansion Is the daily resort b s
most select and fashionable circle
Ia the tender, pleading words Of Heirs.
dearest, what wouldst thou moII
Let Mrs. Woodruff bethink her b
the fierce light that beats upon tbio1
is nothing 10 the fierce SIC cpbae.zei f'
beats upon q presidential candi5tIs
and be warned in time; nor quit lhft
mansion in the aristocratic p0rlIon -
Kensington where she is now courts
daily BY the first nobles and The b..[
families of England for the pefiIe14
pleasures and the peroiexipg pefz014'.
ties OF Q presidential canvas. I541
yOu do il, Yictorial Send your n.sf
instead, # you have onel
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