The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-05-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Frank Grill, 9 murderer, executed In
New jersey, was Q very particular man.
just before going to the Rallows be
asked she sheriff to warm the hand
cuff ana moose. A brass band play ed
in front of the iail while the trap,:ze
act was in progress.
Fourteen children died on the stes m
er Ohio, which recently arrived 81 New
York, during the passage from BTe-
men. The vessel had on board 1889
emigrants, many OF whom complain ed
on landing hat the extraordinary
mortality was due to foul air. An in
vestigation by the commissioners con-
tirmed this report to some extent.
With the Car sleepless and nearly
dead with fear, the Empress living on
oxygen and ether and wasted to q ver-
table living skeleton, and Gortscha-
koH not yet recovered from the c0nse-
quences of his last fit if indigestion,
Russia has rather q weak sort of gov
eminent. Bot then there is the sppsr-
emily looming man." Melikoff, the
bullet-proof, and perhaps he will yet
''run" the empire.
Since the first of January ~, $40 head
of cattle have been driven from and
slaughtered in Dewitt county. These,
sold at ordinary prices, will bring into
our county 800, 000 During the past
few years most of the cattle have been
driven off or psstured, until now there
are comparatively few cattle running
at large, and the career of the renown-
ed long-hsired Texas cowboy is fast
drawing to q close. Until land becomes
too valuable for grazing purposes alone
the cattle business will be carried on
inside the barbed wire fences. More
attention will be paid to farming pur-
suits in the future, and instead of herds
of cattle carloads of cotton bales will
be relied on for ready money.
The Wsgaris, of India, are distln-
guished for truthfulness, and apparent
~ great kindness for the weaker sex.
A woman of the Wsgsri tribe, it is
said, is not required to labor, and she
possesses, moreover, the curious right,
by long established usage, of choosing
a man for her husband. The choice Is
exercised by her In novel manner. She
sends hsirpin to the man on whom
she has set her affections, with the re-
quest that he will pin handkerchief
t. his cap. Should he reciprocate her
attachment he is only too pleased to
carry out her wishes, and when doing
when he is obliged to marry forthwith.
Many household operations might
be effectively performed by small
water motors. In Zurich water is
commonly used In this way as q SUBJ
stitute for hand labor. Firewood, for
example, is sswn in convenient lengths
for burning. A small saving machine
on wheels is drawn by two men to the
front of house. They connect by
flexible tube with the nearest hydrant;
the water flows to the machine; the
SOW dances, and cuts up the wood with
surprising rspidity. A portable tur-
bine has also been invented, and en-
ployed in many places in the same
city in driving Gramme machine for
the production of the electric light.
Water IS very abundant in Zurich; but
there are other towns IN which this do
mestic water power could be sdvsnts-
geously introduced. Where it is any
object to keep a record of the water
used, an indicator showing the guam
tlty might bs affixed to the machine.
While Gen. Grant was in the parlors
at the Lamsdrid House, in Vicksburg,
card from civilian Scott" was
handed him, with request for an in-
terview. The interview was granted,
and the General recognizedin William
Scott eolored man who had been
chief cook to the General and his staff
during their sojourn in the country
back OF Vicksburg during the seige
of 1868. The General shook hands
with William and was ''glad to meet
him." WhereuDon he presented him
with the following bill:
JACKSON, Miss, June -, 1868
GEN. U. s. GRANT:
To WILLIAM SCOTT, DR..
For balance due for services as cook,
$40.
On the back OF the bill was written:
General, if you haven't time to attend
to this, please address William Scott,
Vicksburg. Miss, care of Mrs. Jacob
Hatcher. The General read the bill
over and assured William that it should
be attended to.