The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-02

''iS soS- baAN NhN aiisstNu pNil WAS no
aihrr tbaa the n0tor;. rs Florence
GJidstor. ugh, who tas figured prom:-
GSntly in the courts of several States.
She has served three terms IN the Co
lumbus, OoiO, pcnIteniiary, and has
been arrested st other points in the
country for sppesiiDg IN mae attire.
Florence is now 80 years o d, and her
present freak will send her To the peni-
Tertiary for the fourth time.
They have holed very mean swim
dler of New York for three years in Sing
SinP. Henry ST th, alias Sinnott, alias
DunD, alias Johnson, had for years
been passing himself upon god CAtho-
'ics of the paOrer class ~ the Rev.
Father Damn of the order of Redemp-
torists, commissioned to collect money
for the building of mission church.
he got great Geal ii money from
small bousekeePer4 and family domos-
t es, aud in return for sucf msll favoIs
he gave his dGpts u small picture with
1t l. prayer printed On u, which, he
said, committed tn mim sry and repeated
often, wOu'd iDsuIe indulg. nee TO The
possessor. |: was very easy way TO
salvation and immunity, aud The fraud
thrived. Bat the reverend Damn was
finally caught and on promise OF better
behavior he was given only three months
in prieon. LItelY he was C III ,ht at his
Old tricks in Brooklyn, pleaded guilty,
and was given three years in Sing
Sing.
The speech of Secretary Schu:Z be-
fore the Republican S..te convention OF
Colorado consisted for the most part
of glIttering generalitIGs as would nat
urally be the case In h CONVEX t on which
had just pledged itself to Gen. Grant,
but he contrived to get in a few good
words for Sherman nevertheless. 10
referring to the principles and achieve
ments Of the Ripublican party for in
stance, he spoke Of it a.: "An organl-
Zation which has been tue tn human
rights in the main which has been true
to good government; xbic", in The ut
most emphatic sense, is ,he defender
of honest and sound money in this
country; which has upheld the good
name and government of the United
States which has raised the credit OF
this great republic to point which il
never reached before; which has made
it possible to convert immense auanti-
ties of public indebtednes; from SIX per
cent. bonds into four per cents having
done thing which no nation on earth,
to the same extent, ever did before US,
and scarcely any will be able to do after
u.s."
a day or two ago there met IN Sta'e
street, Boston-on the spot where the
famous massacre took place-Mr. Wen
dell Phillips, Mr.. George Jacob Holy
oake and the son of Mr.. John Bright.
Mr.. Phillips, who was showing Mr..
Holyoake the historic spots of Boston,
had stopped his carriage there, when
Mr.. Bright came up with friend. On
being introduced to Mr.. Phillips, a
very cordial greeting took place. 81
am very glad to meet you, Mr.. B igbt,"
Mr.. Phillips said, "but would rather
meet your father" my father is
better worth meeting," modettly an
swered Mr.. Bright. 81 wish you
could persuade your father TO visit u.s."
said Mr.. Phillips. Il sm afraid he
does not like, or fears, the sea-" was
the reply. We should be content If
he would come and make ue just one
speech" added M. Phillips "Ah,
said Mr.. Bright. " think my father
fears that more" Mr.. b ight is taller
than his illustrious father, but has his
msssiveness and force Of carriage. The
expression of his features Is that of his
mother. In a speech he made year
ago, in his nat We town, he displayed
much of his fathers vgor and fire.
Madame Mustache, one of the best
known gamblers On the Pacific slope,
committed suicide a fortnight ago near
Bodie. Sac. was Frenchwoman, very
quiet and int iTensjue, but with a
strange propensity for gambling. Her
fsvOrIte game was "twenty one, J"
which she dealt for many years 1t
seems that, her bank running low, she
borrowed $500 of a friend, and with
her own funds opened faro b.nk. It
lasted but few h lurs, when il was
broken. She said not a w"rd TO any
person, but wandered to a secluded spot
10 the ssge-bush, where with her dead
body was discovered an empty poison
vial, which told the tile of suicide.
| When one of the best-kDo~n sporting
men of San Francisco heard OF her
death, he exclaimed: ''PoOT Madame
Mustachel Her life was as square II
game as was ever dealt Tire world
played against her with all sorts Of
combinations, but she generally beat it.
The turn was called on her u last for a
few paltry huOdreds; she missed the
turn, none of the o.d boys were there
to coyer the bt t for her, aud she passed
in her checks, game to the last. Poor
Madame Mustachel"
There lives 10 New Orleans a wom, IN
who is known all over the city as
Margaret :" sOmetimes che is called
"sister Margaret" and at Others
"Mother Margaret. She is of plain
exterior, of Irish birth, heavy frame and
weighs over two hundred pounds; she
dresses in PLAIN calico, and is FRI qlent
iy seen driving her bakers cart, Tor she
is the founder and manager OF one of
the most largest and prosperous bak-
cries in the city. Years ago she was au
attendant in the Femsle Ofphsu Asy-
lum, aud through all the epidemics
Margaret was always conspicuous for
devotion to the little unfortunates and
prominent in gathering funds and do
nations to help the directors keep star
vation out of the portals OF the Asylum.
, In time she determined to establish q
bakery, in order to enable her to sup
ply them with bread, and by her mas
terIy managemet she built up business
that has enabled her to sustain her
life of devotion to the orphans, and to
amass q reasonable competence for her
self in her old age. She must now be
over so years of age and may be daily
seen driving through the streets, making
her purchases Of fl Iur, or at early morn
actually delivering bread to her custom
ers, or sending it to the asylums. In
all the numerous public charities, orig
mating with the ladies, every year she
has iDvariabiy contributed her mite,
sometimes $50 aud sometimes more.
wifh' ~ solicitation, and the does not
hesitate to visit the sick and personally
nurse them or zee that they are proper
IL attended. But her last sct of gen.
erosity Ito the orphans of Gen. Hcod
-proportionste to her fortune. we
think, is the largest charitable donation
ever given in this country, and by COM
parison places her self-satr fce slong-
side Of Florence Nightingale and far
ahead of the VaDderbiltf, Stewards and
Astors of the North. She recently sent
Gen. Hoods children check for $500.
Verify, New Orleans has IAN angel in
. womsn's form" and when che goes
to her reward che will deserve q moru-