The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27
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an estate worth So 600. coo and tn hav,
spent our OF his own pocket S3S, 600 OF
the last presidential election.
It is said that an investigation of tbs
New York elevated railroads revealed
| that the stock has been "gatered" t.
the extent of SIX of seven million dol
lars, the fifteen miles of track now il
operation representing twelve millions
of dollars.
Secretary Sherman wants seven mil.
lions more for the current expenses Of
the government next year than for last
OF this large sum. three millions are
asked for, for taking the census, two
millions for the payment of pensions
and two millions more for postC fficC
expense.
The Southern Pacific Railroad is now
running trains from San Francisco tc
Casa Grande, nine hundred and thir-
teen miles, and week before last work
was resumed on the construction of the
road, and the company expect To reach
Tucson, Arizona, by Christmas, ninei :
miles distant from its present terminus.
Goldsmith Maid was on the go, in
the cars, for thirteen years, from ore end
of the country to the other, travelling
over one hundred thousand miler, a.
ways taking her regular rest on the
cars SO Il in her box st4Il. She Melted
to her owner over SIS, 900, after paying
all her expenses and giving Budd d.
BILE one-half.
MAJOR Reno, who sfter two years
suspension from duty for sn indecent
assault, has again gotten himself into
trouble by getting on huge drunk and
behaving IN the presence OF ladies and
enlisted men in manner unbecoming
an officer and gentleman. He is again
to be court martial, d and viii. it is ex-
pected, be dismissed from the service
he has disgraced, and go to jill with
other less vile gentlemen.
OF the leaders IN European politics
it is safe at least to say that their time
is short, and others will soon fill I'll e
places they will no more. The CT ar is
nearly 60, Gortschakoff. his right hand
man, is in his 80, B-sconsfield is "a,
Bismarck is G5. and Won Moltke 20,
whilst the Emperor William is over 50.
These are the agitators OF EurOpe, who
one and all believe in the divine rights
of kings, and when they st p down and
out younger men of more modern
thought will take their places, aud 8
change will come over the spirit of cut
dreams.
Some of the Michigan ople are ex-
- thpr,,oa what khnn N
the discovery" that the whole PENN
sula which contains that State is sfl lat
on an underground sea, of which sur
rounding lakes are the visible portions.
Iu proof Of this extraordinary theory it
is held that unfathomable skes abound
in all parts of Michigan with ;nlets,
but without any preceptible outlet; that
strange fishes have been imported to
stock some of these lakes, and have
s iort'y been found IN others; and that
some lakes have sprung-aleak and are
disappearing, as if the bottom had
dropped cut. Absurd theories seem to
be relished theIeawsy.
A crazy telegraph operator st Torch,
Ono, at the close OF nights debaucb
on Sunday last, jumped upon loco.
motive which was attached to four Goa
hoppers. and started at the rate OF
twenty five miles an hour. He ran
| down the road about five miles wheI
he met the passenger train coming
| West. Iuso that he ran st full speed,
wrecking both locomotives and throw
ing them, with the baggage car, off the
track. The passenger cars fortunately
kept the track, and no one was injured.
The engineer and fireman of the pas.
senger tram both jumped eff the engine
when they were almost together, and
escaped serious injury. The lunatit
was found lying upon his back in the
wreck, somewhat injured but not seri.
ously.
The heroine of the day is a MisI
Sprague, of Newark, Ohio, the
daughter of lawyer. She has writer
the most charming novel that st has lis Issues e
gro was hung. The lady is only TWEEN
ty years old, and she wrote her stor,
without really thinking that she wa
doing anything extra. 1t was publish
| ed in Boston, and all the critics anC
liter0ti OF the Hub are in ectacies. TIL,
language is beautiful and the story
can Earnest Trifl .r"-is said to b.
dramatically told. AS conse quenc,
the young lady, who has suddenly
jumped into fame, is receiving abou
dozen offers of marriage per day
Every mail from New England bring
handful of offers. There is nothing
surprising about all thla, because Mis-
Sprsgue is an Ohio man.
Artesian wells are becoming runner
ols throughout California, fresh one
being dug daily, as well for irrigatin,
purposes in the farming lands, as TO
general water purposes in San Francisc,
and other cities. They cost from $25l
upward, and some furnish $50 600 gal
Ions of the purest water daily. In tn,
San Joaquin valley they are very nu
merous, eleven being In full flow with
in tract of three miles by mile anC
half in extent, and yet their proximi
ty to each other and the digging of new
wells does not diminish their flow a
all, thing that is not the case every
where. The novel experiment has beef
tried of forming an artificial lake will
this water and breeding fish in it, ant
il has been found that the fish thrive a
we'll in water drawn from the subtere
mean sources as in any other.
Alaska explorers report one of tn
largest rivers in the world, the Yukon
as nsvigable for steamers, and at 50l
miles from its nouth it receives YER
large navigable tributary. The BASH
formed by the confluence is twenty
four miles wide. The Yukon Is nearl,
as large as our Mississippi. Indians ar
everywhere and war between tribes i
a fixed institution. There is snow TO
six months, and without roads do
sledges find good travelling. Gam
abounds, and Indians have an easy life
From seven to nine dogs make team
the odd one being the leader. Th
driver has to watch this dog. Ifit get
on the scent of game it is of and tn
whole team is demoralized. Off the.
scamper, through the woods and thick
cts, upsettiDg the load, smashing tn
sled, tearing the harness, and givinj
the boss days of hunting to restore tn
status quo. So vast country, travers
ed by nsvigable waters, will soon temp
restless and speculative adventures t.
explore it.