The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02


Albany. His condition IS critical.
! WAsuNGroS. December - - o,
account OF Tciuation Of $500. o ii
the appropriation for tie railway nai
service, = Is estimated that 40 81.
charges viii Zoe n i'.c among the rul
way pos,ofli2c citks. route agents ant
local agents. Tnrcc discharges hay
been ml6e The work 81 Tcjuciu.
the force by dismissal all over tn,
country viii continue until the nam
Der discharged is gradually swclled I,
the 1iO required. Reduction IN the pa
of seventy employees was made to lar
| Tor the same reason.
New IoRK, December 25.-Mcssrs.
William p. Clyde * CO. received the
following from the American Consul
At Kingston: "Trodure S-einert and
Alfred Anderson, quartermaster and
seaman OF the Emily p. Sender, were
picked up December u on life raf;
10y the schooner Abbot Devareaux,
from Boston for Hayre. They report
that the steamer f1uniered IN q hurri-
cane two days previously. They saw
one boat with passengers capsize, but
lost sight OF the oSher boats"
DOVER, n. IL, December %. - A
fire this morning badly damaged the
Cocheco print works. a three-story
building and contents. The lower
boiler room, shearing room AMI bleach
ing room were entirely destroyed. The
works Will be closed for some time.
The loss Is estimated at $75, 600 to
500, 600. Il is probably covered by
insurance.
WASHINGTON, December. 2S.- The
President has signed the commissions
OF William Thompson, as consul at
Southampton, John s. Moshy, as con-
sui at Shanghai, Harris J. Heap, as
consul at COnstantinople, George W.
Fish, as consul Mt Tunis, J S. Frisbee,
as consul at Rio Grande, Andrew
Conc, rs cORsul Mt Pernambucn, a.
COssett, as consul at Tampico, Eugene
j. Ball, as consul at Perth, and ]. G.
White, as Secretary of the American
legation at Brazil.
CINCINNATI, December %. "A Mich
igan special says the STATE taxes of the
Chicago and Luke Huron Railroad,
about which 50 much has been said,
were tiaally paid yesterday. They
amounted to SIS 600. l. Is stated that
the greater portion of the amount was
advanced by the Grand Trunk Rail-
road. Had the tax not been paid yes
terday the road would have been or
dered to be sold on execution under u
warrant of the Auditor General.
PHILADELPHIA, December % AT
IF al, oh nd
Schuykill coal exchanges, to-day, it
was resolved to maintain for January
the prices of the present month for the
line, city and harbor trade, but for the
Eastern trade it will be necessary to
compete with New York prices.
LONDON, December % The greater
part of the cargo of the steamship State
of Louisiana, ashore ut Tough Lorne,
has been discharged.
WASHINGTON, December 3l.-The
Acting Attorney General having de-
cided that the appropriation of the
$50, 1000, heretofore made, could be
used by the Teller investigation COM
mittec, the secretary of the Senate this
morning made a reqpiaition upon the
Secretary of the Treasury for SO,
of the money. Tie rcquisition was
pushed through without delay and the
money delivered to the secretary, to be
dishursed 10y him upon vouchers ap-
proved by the chairman OF the Teller
special committee.
The sub-comInittce of the Teller
committee, consisting Of Teller, Came
ron, of Wisconsin, KiIkwood, Garland
and Bailey, leave here on Thursday for
New OtlcaGs to begin the inv, stigation
of the alleged frauds in the election.
They will also visit Charleston and
such other points ~ may be deter
mined upon by them.
SAN FRANCIsCo, December 30.-The
CdH this morning publishes a state
ment emanating from party well in
formed on the subject, to the effect
that in January last the township in
which the town aud some of the prin-
cipal mines of BOdle are located was
surveyed under the authority of the
Federal government, when it was dis
covered that they were in section 16.
BY act of Congress of March 5, 1858,
the sixteenth and thirty-siXth sections
in each township were granted to the
State under the laws of California.
The occupants of such sections are
held to be preferred as purchasers for
six months after the filing of the plot
or survey. The parties In possession
at BOdie having failed to avail them
selves of the operation of the law,
other parties have filed application for
purchase under the State title. The
mines included in the tract are
Bodie, South Bodic, South
Standard, Pamphion, South Bull
wer and { a portion -of Bulwer. A
Gull reporter interviewed the United
States surveyor, Gen. Wagner, last
evening on the subject. He expressed
surprise at hearing the statement, and
stated that 10y the law of 1853 mineral
lands were excluded from going to the
State, and the present occupants could
prove up and patent their claims I'M
der the Federal law. lie said, how
ever, that the determination of the
question would probably cost enough
to rum both claimants and contestants.
At Sand Lots yesterday resolution
was passed cxpelllng G. G. O'Donnell,
member of the constitutional conven-
ton, from the wOrkingmon's party on
account of recent disclosures affecting
his character developed in his libel
case against the Chronicle.
Capt. Johnson, an old commander in
the service of the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company, who was TO have gone
East at an early day TO bring the new
steamer State OF California here, died
to-day.
CINCINNATI, December 30.--Quite a
disturbance occurred yesterday in the
Lutheran Church, at Somerset, Ohio.
Within the past few years about two
thirds of the congregation became
dissatisfied with the preacher and with
drew. They have been wrangling for
possession OF the church building for
some time and yesterday decided TO
take 1t by storm. Those in possession
called the city marshal 10 their assisv
lance and elected the lntruders. In
the afternoon they again entered the
church and held services unmolested.
Elch party now threaten to resort to
the law.
LONDON, D .cemher so. - A Vienna
correspondent in giving details of
TTTIu z--a~->4s s.r Ihc University
of Kulf, Russia, says that the students,
in q meeting held outside, decided to
protest against closing the university.
4 body OF them, well armed, proceed
Ell to the university and forced their
way in. after disarming the town po-
lice. They then fixed on the black
board an energetic protest against the
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