The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-24
Editorial Notes


Hendricks is at the Hot Springs,
where he refuses TO talk.
This falls election will put an end
to the Greenbsck party as an element
of American politics.
An eight-year-old girl at Lower Ter
rebonne, La, has "a full beard of eX-
quisite fineness' and "a voice coarse
and firm"
Archbishop Purcell has returned 10
Cincinnati in good state of physical
aud mental health, from which it is to
be inferred that recent rumors in regard
to his failing condition are without
foundation.
Senator Lamar delivered an able ad-
dress at the commencement exercises of
Whiteworth College, BrookAaven and
Senator Gordon, OF Georgia, spoke elo-
quently during the exercises of the fe-
male college at Aberdeen, last week.
The United States steamer Wachu-
sett, on its way up the Mississippi in
search of young seamen, is stuck in the
mud near Lake Providence, L. 1t
may get to St. Louis and hack In time
for the next war.
There is still hope for Southern cities,
The 'yellow fever experts" have dis
covered that there are good reasons To
believe that the yellow fever poison can
be destroyed by intense hea' and it Is
probable that the temperature of boil
ing water is fatal to it.
The government employee. at Wash
ington have been asses sed 800, COO for
the Ohio campaign. j ,hn Sherman's
department is down for $25, 600. The
letter about the wiGkedness of running
the political machine has been buried
in Hsyes's waste basket.
Newspaper friction is wearing a
pretty deep and broad chasm between
the Conservative and the Bourbon
Democrats of Mississippi. The Vlcks-
burg Herald is the mouthpiece of the
former and the Meridian Mercury of the
latter. Having no common enemy to
fight, they must needs get up family
disturbance.
In the Red River country, Dakota,
the GrandIn farm contains 6S, 900 acres,
with wheat standing on 40, 900 acres of
it. The farm has an elevator of the
capacity of so, 900 bushels, and q tele-
phone four miles in lsngth. The Dal-
rymple is four miles square and yielded
last season Ill, 933 bushels of wheat
and 25, 900 bushels of oats and barley.
Ex Governor Hartranft, the Phila-
delphia postmaster, for wose Unsuitable
necessities 1t seems essential that some
constant provision be made, is now
spoken of as John Sherman's second
on the next presidential ticket. In the
meantime he would like to take little
preliminary schooling In the war de-
partment as successor 20 Mr.. McCreary.
In recent German debate Herr
Tiedeman stated that there were in
Germany 1000, 900 landed propiieto.s
1000, 600 of whom were untaxed IS
having incomes under $l05 year. Out
of the actual taxpayers there were not
more than $50, 900 whose irc ex"
ceeded $3.50 year. Forced sales of
lands and farms are of daily occurrence
and general distress prevails.
They are troubled with great over
production of oil in Pennsylvania. The
stock on hand is 1000, 900 barrels, and
the production in that Safe is 45. 900
barrels day, while the consumption is
35, 600 barrels, three fourths of which
are shipped abroad. 1t is believed I'll at
q large number of vel! proprietors will
go out of the business before long. A
dozen fires like that at the oil ware
hnnses in Philadelphia a few DAYS ago
would make big hole in the7 900, 900
barrels surplusage.
Senator Whyte, of Maryland, had
the pleasure of seeing Hayes for the
first time Tuesday, since the latter be-
came an occupant OF the White House.
Whyte and BIysrd constituted the
committee which informed Hayes that
the Senate was ready 10 adjourn.
Whyte and Hayes were law students
together at Cambridge. Whyte GER
tainly made the best use of the tuition
he received at the venerable institution.
Mr.. Hayes is terribly deficient in con-
stitutional law.
Prince Victor Napoleon, the seven
teen year-1ld son of Prince Jerome,
and the new heir TO the Bonapartist
idea, Is rather tall, handsome and
straight as dart; dark in hair, cheek
and eye; and In temper and tempera-
hent a true Corsican-Itallan. His
features are regular, his hair is trained
over his brow and cropped, and he
has his mothers mouth, though not
the peculiar nose of the House of
Savoy. He is said to be thorough
Napoleon in looks, in character and in
certain fiery impetuosity of temper.
The London bankers are now using
an electrical machine for the detection
of bad or light and gold coin. A
stream of coins is generally shaken
down brass slide, and one by one they
fall upon testing bar 30 delicately
adjusted that slight deficiency
will set an apparatus In motion which
jerks the bad CONS out at side escape
hole, while the good ones pass into an
other receptacle. The invention saves
a good deal of time and ia correct to
the minutest point, and the royalty oi
5000 year which the inventor gets on
every machine is not considered exor.
bltant.
Lord Lytton's claims to literary ce-
lebrity are not, it appears. known to
his aides-de-csmp. Some time ago, il
is related, an ardent admirer OF "Lu.
ellie" was invited to dine at Govern
ment house, and was, of course, de-
lighted with his brilliantly-sgreeable
host. Returning to his hotel, he was
asked by a brother guest, colonel
and A. d. G. of the Viceroy, what be
thought of his excellency. 81 didn'I
care about the V ceroy," said the read
er of "Lucille, ." went 10 see Owen
Meredith" ID mt know him." said
the A. d. c., but know there wal
no fellow of that nsme at dinner"
A Mexican gentleman in New York
says he has informstion thst NegTete's
revolution in Mexico has come to an
untimely end, but mat general upris.
ing might sOoa be expected in Mexico,
as Disz has not money enough TO pay
for postage stamps, and tae army would
soon desert him II be did not pay up
de thought ex-PTesident Lsrdo de Te-
jada, who was driven away by DIsz
stands good chsnce in getting back
into the PresidencT. Lsrdo is now 81
Niagara, and is Of baby watching ths
progress Of events in his country.
Lerdo was the best President Mexico
ever had, but If he goes back ne viii
doubtless find hall 61zsn rivals fol
the position whom ne will have u
overthrow.