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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-08
~ Office FOR STOCKHOLDERS
IN MEETING.
OFFICE OF THE ISrs IRRATIONAL AND GHEAr !
-.

OFFICE or THE INrs IRRATIONAL AND GHEAr
NoRrnERN RAIiEoAD COMPANY
PALESTI II, TEXAS. ID, cember Z, 1873. J
Noti' { Is hereby gwen that a special meeting
al the oVkholders of his company will b held
at tho Office ~ the company AT Palestine, Texas,
on the EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH, ik60, a. 10
O'Clock A. pursuant To resolution OF the
Board OF DIcctorS adopted December 5, 1879,
for the purpose OF authorizing, approving, rati-
lying and cOl ming n mortgage e. ccuted In the
name OF The company ON November I, 1879, to
s-cure the payment OF lva million. six hundred
and twenty four Thousand (Ss.6st,0C0l dollars,
AID further srm OF $40 90 per mile OF new
road. aud a see nd mortgage execu'ed In the
name OF the Company on TIE same oay, To Sc
ture the paJmeue of four million. etvcn hun.
dred and twenty fonr thousand 81, fei.O 600 ds-
lars, and further sum OF 500 0 per mile Of
new road, and also for the purpose OF ratlfying
or rejecting the sciion OF tne Board OF Dlrcc-
tore, ut a meeting held at Pales tine, on October
- 1871, and also for the pufp OF ranfying or re-
jscIing the action of meeting 81 Stockholders of
he Compa held NJ Palestine Ga November 3,
1879, and another meeting Of said Stockholders,
held November IL, 1879. and alec for the purpose
Of anthor ziug, ratifylng and confirming the &C
ceptance by this Company OF a deed OF certain
railroads and other p Operty, from Mcssre. John
Company, Executed November !, 1919, and also
for the purpose OF authorizing, ratifyug and
corh ming the acceptance ~ this Company,
G. ON the Receiver of the property Of this Com
pany, or all the property remaining in hrs hands
on November !, 1879, and the assumption b.
this Comp ny OF all h's liabilities on that day.
and the execution 10 lin by this Company OF q
bond OF indemnity against all such liabilities.
aud also for the transaction OF such other busi
ness as may CT me before tbs meeting
The polls will open at 1888 O'Clock In ths
forenooa aud close at II O'Clock, noon, OF said
day.
by order OF the Board Of Directors
decIi w,to,nars 'S0
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Miscellassous
CTATE OF TExAs-cousrr OF
- TRAv1s

~ AAAN4c.
To the Honorstl e County Clerk Of Travis coun-
ty and said State:
The undersigned would respectfully announce
tn following eStrays. to-Wii:
brown hersa- o. s wears old braided Il on
J, q boulder, slightly hind
l gray msra. lits hAnds high branded G on
reck and with half-ssrcie below Il on left
shoulder, about years oid
hay mare, with Epriny colt. about Il y banda
high, brsneet 7 II h oanr ecitd p Inverr a on
I'm shoulder. about 10 years old.
dun horse, if hsads high, 6 or : years old.
thigh; were a hell.
brown mare. "a hands high, OF years old.
branded - 7 On lett sh .uider, right eye blind;
has yearliug cclt.
! sG.rcl msre. or years cid. branded II !
conncc' cd. invcg;ci.
white mare or years old, branded 7 with
bar above on shonsder and u ON jaw
white mare, years old. branded on
| shoulder and Il ON Jaw.
lyeArling, no hrand.
colt, no brand.
der
bay horse, branded W on thigh Y on jaw ami
y on hip, Tor years I'D.
brown m ne branded ( \ IN left shoulder
i Is hands high
bay mare, branded E on left shoulder.
gay horse, u ye srs old. branded with half
circie hSlos on Jeff shoulder, II N II with L be-
| ! " ON left hip.
brown mare, branded L on shoulder.
hlsck mare. hrsnded coO- KEY
brown mare. branded o with half-e.rcle
above len thigh ana o with haifcircie above
| On shOulde-
| sor:ei mafe. branded mule shoe with horl.
2onial above en- lsft shoulder
sorrl mate branded with bar below on
| icft oalder.
sor. 81 mare. hrlrded II with inverted on
| left shauli
ih'own mare branded " on thigh and round
heart with halfeircic above on LETT shou der.
| blue y EE-o a fiiy NO hratd,
| The above horses were rang ng about Brewn.
Ing Bead, - miles Ahnve Austin.
| GEORGE NJ. HEISSNRR,
| jan'w3s County Commissioners.
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For sale By J. W. Graham. agen. Austin
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THE BEST OF IT'S KIND.

This is the case with the Mexican
Mustang Linlin 2 I. Every mai!
brings intelligence OF & vnfssslsl zI.,E'se
saved, the agony Of an o.yEsif ecgSs: or
1 burn sJJbaucG, the horrors OF r5iSss-
mntism overcome, ana OF n thousand
and-one other bie$ sings and nie-cirs
! performed by the old reliable Mex
lean Mustang Imminent.
All forms of outward disease sre
i snnedilY cnrnl hN the
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Ex-NIarshal BAzsine, who, at the
conclusion Of the last Franco German
var, was convicted Of treason in the
surrender Of Metz. and whose sentence
Of death was committed By President
MacAshon 10 twenty years. imprison-
ment in the Fortress Of the lie Sainte
Marguerite. whence he escaped with the
assistance of his wife and cousin, has
solicited permission 70 settle some fam
lily affairs IN France, but has been re-
fused.
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FOREIGN NOTES.

William Hepworth Dixon, the his
torian and traveller, Is dead.
If the Liberals come again into power
in England the result will be due to
the influence, the eloquence and the
learning of Gladstone.
The police of Berlin have discovered
a printing press used for Socialist pur.
poses. The printer and two of hiG
assistants were arrested.
The Turkish Sultan's dinner parties
are said to be rather joyless affairs.
The food is either cold or ill-cooked,
and the few Turkish mobiles who are
admitted to the banquet sit in uttel
silence save when the Sultan addresses
them.
Party etiquette, however, will, &C.
cording to usage, give the premiership
to one of two fgure-heads-Lord Har.
rington or the Earl of GRANVILLE.
Strange world Even in the land oil
the free and the home of the brave the
leaders are seldom first in Office.
A Berlin dispatch to the Standard
says "The Russian government does
not conceal it's intention of attacking
Merry, and possibly Herat, in the
spring. Gen. Kaufman will command
an expedition, starting from the Amt
Darys river, and Gen. Tergukssoff an.
other, starting from the Caspian sea.
French politics seem to be comprised
in the words innovation and revolution
The temperament of the people is AYERS,
to stability of government. They Gid,
with equal facility from Monarchy Il
Republic; from Republic to an Em
pire, and then flinging crowns aside al
baubles, take up arms in defense o
egdlite and Ia republiqUe. Orleanist
bourbon and Bonap rust factions hav,
not yet settled the question of preced
ence, or the right of succession. A
French crisis has occurred in Wadding
ton, ministry, and the members hay,
sent IN their designations, which wer'
forwarded to President Grevy. Pari
has not INDUCED for some time in BARR
csdes and c0ups fetdt. Perhaps thos,
national games will revive ere man,
months, to the great delight of the ga
Minis and revoluuonists of the gay cap
ital.
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dell 4t1aw
+ AND FOR SALE.

viii cell, on liberal terms, one-fourth cash,
the balance in three or more annual payments
dra wing ten per cent. inter st. one Of the rich
est, most productive snd best improved farms
in Fayette county. II 10 situated on the east
side OF the Colorado river, four miles below
Winchester, twelve miles above La3raDgs and
tans 1900 acres, 500in high state Of cultivation.
The improvements are new and goods large,
roomy house with ten rooms, els, ern, kitchen,
houses on the place; one and one-hAh mile Of
fence incloses nearly the whole tract, being
large bend OF theriyer. The yield Of corn and
10 bushels OF corn and one bale Of cotton per
acre. i will guarantee the production Of 20
bufhels OF corn and one bale or cotton per acre
for ten years, with proper cultivation. No plpce
In the county more healthy. Anyone wishing 70
purchase can see me at the place, or address me
at Winchester. ALEX HCDOW.
LaGranpe October 4 1870 oci5wfiai
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TRUsTEE's SALE.

by virtue OF power in me vested by deed OF
son county, on the twentieth day OF February,
1874, To secure the payment TO Morgan O. Ham
illon % n noe OF said date Tor x2729 80 and in
I rest, WI sell. wi h,n legal honfs, on Tues
OF the TRAVIS county court house, for caeh,
tire. hundr,d and twenty acres OF lind on lhe
north bank OF Brushy creek, In Williamson
ourty. GU OF the FuSveys named on the map
John q. Dnval and NJ. Knth, beginning At 4
stake on he north baEk OF Brushy creek, COS
varas up the creek from the southeast corner 4
said Duyal survey, being the southwest corner
OF a tract cold out OF these surveys 10 V. X. q.
ana w. T. Avery; thence north ten degrees
east To the north line of said Ruth survey. Q
corner; thence north eighty degrees west 297
varas, to the northwest corner OF thle tract;
thence south ten degrees west 10 Brnshy creek
and thence down said creek TO the beginning
ROBERT A. SMITH,
dell 4tiaw Trustee.
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Ar last the bloody shutters have
something with which 10 occupy their
minds at home. Blaine has been con-
tinually iiinging this proverhiAl gar
ment to the breeze, and now he has
something IN Maine worse than .
kloodY shirt to play with. In fact, be-
fore Garcelen gets through with hun
aud his pirsticai crew they win have
only = ragged, bodrabbled garment 70
shake In the face Of anybody.
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OF ACCOUNT.

The State OF Texss, TO all persons interested
In the eetate OF Grace Bessie, Frank aud Kim.
mle Greenwood, minors.
Mrs. Cammfle K. Stanley, guardian OF the 80
tate OF the above named minors, has aied her
annual account and application TO be discharged
In the county court OF Travis county, which Will
be acted on at the next term OF said courf, COM
menclng the third Monday In January. 1850.
al the court honse thereof, Ia the city Of Austin,
at which time all persons Interested In said e.
tate may appear and make objections thereto
Witness, FeAnk Brown, clerk OF said court,
IL. 81 and the seal thereof attached
this six h day Of December, 1879.
deci2 w3t PRANK BLOWN. Clerk.
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.RUsTEE's SALE.

Il
BY virtue Of power 10 me vested By deed Of
son county. on the tWentyninth day Of eprli
1879, 70 secure the payment 20 Morgan Q. uamll'
ton Of 9 note Of that date for e1669 -, aud f1.
within legal hours. on TueEday. the sIxfh day ~
Jsnnaty, 1850, - the door u the Travis county
eo1rt house, for each. four hundred nefo1 q
land, W.: , he west 100 acres ont 81 tn09e 91f-
veys on the north back Of BFneby efeck, -
williamson county, IN the names o. jean q
DuTai and n. Rnth, extending ffcm sad eEeek
70 the north line Of sad Ruth survey. say ia
- ' $3.50 ~ ROBERT A. SMITH.
decff s0s TFnstse
Sharp County record., 1880-01-29
Uses OF Paper.

A complete list of articles made of
paper would be very curious one, and
almost every day it becomes more so.
Among other things exhibited last year
at the Berlin Exhibition were paper
buckets, " bronzes," urns, asphalt roof
ing, water-cans, carpets, shirts, whole
suits of clothes, jewzlry, materials for
garden walks, window-curtains, Ian
terms and pocket-handkerchiefs. The
most striking of the many objects eX-
hibited in this material was perhaps a
fire-stove with a cheerful fire burning
in it. We have from time to time noted
the announcements of newly invented
railway carriages and carriage wheels,
chimney-pots, flour barrels, cottage
walls, roofing tiles, and bricks and dies
for stamping, all made of paper. A
material capable of so many uses, SO
very diversified in character, is obvious
ly destined to play a very important
part in our manufacturing future. Arti-
cles of this kind, which have just now
perhaps the greatest interest, and which
dIG dluOuS IllC IdICoU uONOlClOo III VII"
way, are paper "blankets." Attention
has frequently been called to the value
of ordinary sheets of paper as a substi-
tute for bed-clothes, or, at least, as an
addition to bed-clothes. The idea
seems to have suggested the fabrication
of blankets from this cheap material,
and, if all that is said of them is true,
they ought to be extensively used. For
the extremely INDECENT they should be a
great boon, and it is in their favor, per-
haps, that they can not, of course, be SO
durable as ordinary woolen or cotton
goods. The bedding of many OF the
poor can not but be productive of much
sickness and disease, and very cheap
material that will last only compara-
lively short time must be better than
durable articles that are rarely or never
washed. The value of an introduction
of this kind for charitable purposes just
at the commencement of what may pos
sibly prove another long winter, may be
considered to take these new blankets
rather out of the ordinary list of goods
on the market, and to justify special
refprnnre tO them -LOndOn Globe,
Sharp County record., 1880-01-29
Magic Grains OF Corn.

Warts on the hand are quite nui-
sance, and how to get rid of them often
a question of interest. There lives in
Liberty County, where we visited the
past week, a colored woman who pro-
fesses to take them off by some secret
charm. A little nephew of the writer,
who had 50 Of the horny eXcrescences
on his hands, called on her recently for
treatment. She counted carefully the
warts, and securing an equal number Of
grains of corn, rubbed each wart with a
separate grain of corn, causing some Of
the larger ones to bleed. These 80
grains of the "staff of life " were care
ffulllly preserved and carried home by the
doctress, who informed her patient that
his warts would drop off in eight days.
On the seventh day every one fell off,
leaving the skin smooth and soft. Now,
the question arises, what did she do with
the corn, and what was it that caused
the warts to drop. We can vouch for
the above statement, as we have it from
the best of authority-persons with
whom we have been intimate for years
who were present at the time. .-Bruns-
Wick (Ga.) advertiser.
Sharp County record., 1880-01-29
Foreign Notes.

-Calcraft, for forty-six years hang
man in England, is dead.
During a stormy sitting of the
Spanish Cortes recently, shouts of "Long
live the republic! u" were raised in the
galleries, to the CONSERVATION of men,
bers and ministers. The people were
then excluded from the chamber, and
military precautions against a rising
were taken in the capital.
A letter to the Cologne Gazette from
St. Petersburg asserts the reason the po-
lice have so little success in discovering
Nihilists is that the evil is hidden where
the police do not venture to look. The
conspirators are to be found in the
drawing-rooms of the rich and noble !;
hence a police in the employ of Court
within whose very circle these people
carry on their games is powerless against
the Nihilists.
During his triumphant progress to
Edinburgh, and in his speeches there,
Mr.. Gladstone has proved that though
his age be 70 by the almanac, it is not
more than 90 in point of vigor and en-
durance, and he has abundant mental
and physical ability to enter on a fresh
campaign as Premier of Liberal party.
At the end of two speeches Of three
hours duration, one delivered in the
open air, during which he discussed an
infinity of subjects, his voice betrayed
no tone of faintness, and his nervous
frame was as full of life and fire, as
strong and bright as when he first stood
up.
The Official Messenger contains a
long list of stringent regulations, issued
by Gen. GOurkO, Governor of st. Pc
tersburg, for the control of public and
private conveyances in the streets for
the purpose of preserving public order
and safety and tranquility in the capital:
Public and private coachmen, OF all
kinds of vehicles, are to obey without a
moments delay, every injunction of the
police. Coachmen are to keep TO the
right, 90 quietly, and never get off or or
leave their sledges. These rules will
come in force in five days.
The decision of the Tribunal Of
Brunswick, annulling the testament by
which the late eccentric Duke made the
town of Geneva his sole heir, has caused
some excitement in Switzerland. ltap-
pears that the present branch OF the
Dukes of Brunswick is threatened with
extinction upon the death of the now
living Prince. The next heir is the son
of the late King of Hanover. The
question is, will Prussia permit the
Transmission of the crown to Guelph?
If not, it will be Prussia which might
one day be called to claim from Geneva
Sharp County record., 1880-01-29
Fishing with Dynamite.

In several of the counties in northern
Georgia there is much excitement over
a new and terrible method of killing
fish, which is being practiced with great
efficacy. When the Government sur
veyors were improving the beds of the
Etowah and Coosa Rivers they used
dynamite in blasting rock. 1t was dis
covered that the explosions were very
fatal to the fish all around them. The
shock was so terrible that hundreds OF
dead or stunned fish would rise to the
surface and be easily taken. The peo-
pIe around the country heard Of this
destruction of fish, and resolved to put
it to practical use. They produced a
number of dynamite cartridges and be
gan such killing of fish as was never
heard before. The practice rapidly
spread until now it is common in several
counties in north Georgia. A place in
the stream is baited well for several days
until fish congregate thickly there.
Then the managers of the destructive
plan 90 to work. The dynamite car
fridge is placed deep under the water.
1t is exploded by means OF a small gal
vanic battery or by some cheaper method;
A terrific stir is made in the water, and
for wards around fish are killed by the
hundreds. We learn that not far from
Gainesville, the other day, 200 pounds
of fish were thus killed in one stream.
The news of this practice is rapidly
spreading, and wherever it is heard Of
there is desire to try it. The destruc-
ton of fish in the streams and ponds is
consequently terrible. Much mitigation
is felt by those who deem this an extrav-
aoant waste of fish, but there seems to
be no way to prevent it.-Atlant" Con-
StiLaLtiOn
Sharp County record., 1880-01-29

ed Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Lou
isiana, entered the Confederate service
from that State as a private, but was
soon called to the prominent and respOn-
sible position of Adjutant-General on
General Buckner'S staff. After the War
he studied and practiced law in Louis
vile, Ky. His inclination, however,
soon induced him to prepare for the
ministry, which he did in the General
Theological Seminary of New York City.
His advancement has been rapid, as it
is only II years since he was ordained
deacon. He is an eloquent preacher,
and possesses fine administrative ability.
Sharp County record., 1880-01-29
Science and Industry.


The electric light is in use on some
of the Prussian railways as headlight
for the locomotives.
The foyer of the Grand Opera-house
at Paris is now illuminated by means of
the electric light. A chief object of this
arrangement is to save the decorations
by NJ. Baudry from destruction by the
fumes of coal gas, which have already
been highly injurious.
Thus far this year 3,263 miles of
new railroad have been laid, against
2,126 miles reported for the correspond
ing period in 1873, 1864 in 1877, 2,l53
in 1876, 1,176 in 1915, 1,731 in 1874,
3,456 in 1873, and 6,559 in 1872.
DR.. H. G. Wood describes a bean
(Sophora specivsa) used by the Indians
in Texas as an intoxicant, and has iso-
lated therefrom a new alkaloid, which
he calls ''sophoria. Half bean pro
duces a delirious exhilaration, followed
by sleep which lasts two or three days.
A gentleman connected with chem
ical works has informed the Glasgow
Philosophical Society that after expert
menting since 1866, he has succeeded in
obtaining the crystalized forms of car
bon which Profs. Tyndall and Smyth,
and Mr.. Maskelyne, of the British Mu-
scum, do not doubt are diamonds.
The New York Board of Aldermen
has passed a bill giving to the Prall
Steam-h heating Company authority to
lay mains and pipes in the streets of the
city for conveying hot water or steam.
The object of the company is to distrib-
ute steam for heating and lifting pur-
poses all over the city from central res
ervoirs, just as GAS and water are now
distributed.
The olive crop of Southern Califor-
MIA, owing to the hot dry winds which
prevailed during the early part OF the
season, is almost complete failure this
year. The trees, however, have grown
magnifcently, and with propitious sea-
son fine crop is expected next year.
California olives, though not so large or
so juicy as Spanish olives, are still very
good, and are much used as relish in
nearly all parts of the United States.
The American Humane Society,
which held session not long ago in
Chicago, has offered a prize of $4,000
for an improved stock-car. A car in
which animals IN trunsitW may be read
ily fed and watered, and also affording
facilities for them to lie down without
being liable to injury from other cattle
in the same car, is that which the Socie-
ty hopes to have invented. 1t must,
moreover, be so arranged as that loading
and unloading live stock may be accom-
plished with safety to the animals.
Sharp County record., 1880-01-29
School and Church,

nas , Vassar College has three japanese
o.. dies among its students.
oa 'g st. Louis has 81, ,556 school children
'I between the ages of 6 and 20) and eX-
\ @.ended last year 1881, 1928 in educat-
Ilg them.
- AT Marshall, Mich, the Methodists
@ a,ll md Baptists have formed partnership,
~ ne one furnishing the church and the
,r ther the preacher
There are now so girls among the
drhe students of Cornell University, and
dl3 OF them are freshmen. Michigan
r University has 134 women students.
a -" Don't put me down Reverend )
ID I'm no preacher; I'm only a layman;
rcall me Moody, and without any Mr."
said the Evangelist to St. Louis re-
porter the other day.
Tho Atlanta (Ga.) Colored Baptist
theological Seminary, built by the
Home Mission Society of New York,
was formally dedicated on the 18th, I'M
der the auspices of Gov. Colquitt. The
seminary will be open to colored Baptist
tneologlcal students from all over the
country.
Three members of the organization
kpown in England as the "Salvation
Army . have come to this country and
,Degun to hold services in Philadelphia.
Iner meetings are largely attended
On ana numerous conversions are reported.
land.
The Episcopal Church almanac for
~: next year gives the following statistics ::
Dlshoops, 81; priests and deacons, 1914 !;
parishes, 1000; ordinations, 1870; bap-
's'.,S % 9,29GG :e9G items 81 652
com9municants, 322, ,713; Sunday-school
Sca Sscnolars, 253,137; contributions, &c.
ne ne Samoan Islands have been en-
arey Christianized. Out of a popula-
's'on esR OF about 10000, some $4,000, or
seven,elghths, are connected with Chris
SHn churches. The London Missionary
9o@ety reports 26, ,493; the Wesleyans,
Ss the Roman Catholics, 1852, and
.. The Rev. DR.. Galleher, rector of
1'on Church, New York City, just elect