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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28
What They Saw.

The STATESMAN reporter ran across
several of the patriotic voters yesterday.
GLOW about the election of Hancock?'
he asked one. ''Oh, he'll be elected. That
little Indiana affair won't amount to a
row of pins, and don't you forget it,"
'What about the race here at homer"
ats rather mixed. and there is proba
bility of one or two OF the Independents
scratching through il we are not careful.
We've got everything we'll in hand, how
ever, and are going to give them lively
tussel. Seth Shepard will lead Jones
about twelve hundred vOtes,' and the
Democratic voter jammed his hat down
and left whistling n lively air. At the
corner ofPecan and the Avenue a Green
back rOustabout was found. GLOW are
things in the Greenback camp?" "Calm
and serene, sir; we don't expect to do
much in national way, but we are going
to mix things in this county. Jones will
be our next congressman, and il old
Davis had kept out of the ring, Hamman
would be the next governor" ''By the
way, Jones didn't have much to say about
fiat money. He's gone back on YOU,
"Not much," and the patriotic Green
hacker feebly smiled and looked dismal
as L. sou hit the cool retreat of the Shade
Saloon. At the corner of Ash and the
Avenue an old negro was spied. We'll,
oil man, what dc YOU think of the politi-
ell outlook ~ "Bress yer soul, young
marster, nebber seed hit in my life"
" mean, who do you think will be elect
ed PRESIDENT" sob! OATS hit; now you
cOtch me. Well, sar, frum mi circumSpec-
ton finks Parson Garfield ill be dc mex
supervisor of dis country" Glow many
states do you think he'll carry:" "Well
sar, doan like ter go 'roum' rradin' wat
nose, but finks, sar, he'll cary bout
329." The reporterleft, satisfied that the
members of the different parties were
confident of success. Next Tuesday will
tell the tale.
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TEXAS FACTS AND fANCIeS.

Quincy, the colored Republican of
Galveston. urges the election of
Jones.
From sixty TO eighty bales Of cot
| ton for sale NAV be counted on the
public square of Cleburne at any
time.
The International reaches New
Braunfels this week, and will be at
San Antonio in from six 10 eight
weeks.
Ii is reported that work on the ex-
tension of the International railway
beyond San Antonio is 10 begin in a
few days.
Hank W. Childs, employed as
brakesman, at Dallas, had one of
his feet cut off by car wheel pass
ing over il.
Mr.. Pierce will make arrange
meDts for the immediate extension
OF his road westward on the South
ern Pacific line.
And now it is Miss kramms of
Guadalupe county that has been
examining her hand into gin and
getting it cut to pieces.
Pleas. Wood had pleasant little
pastine with Harris Cope in Denton
county. The TOYS used were six
shooters, and Cope is no more.
Major Raphael. of Gen. Ord's staff,
who accompanied Gen. Trevino and
his bride into Mexico, was detained
for weeks across the Rio Grande by
sickness.
San Antonio is moving TO secure
the workshops of the International
railway. Austin might have them
if its people felt due interest in
its future welfare.
Hurbert Mitchell, of Henrietta,
| hadn't had his sixshooter moro than
| twenty minutes before ii Went off
accidentally, and Hurbcrt happens
thereby to lose the use OF one Of his
legs.
McCammon, saloon-kceper. of
Waco had a pocketbook containing
over $500 taken from his pocket in
the broad day light, in his own sa-
loon, and he has no knowledge of
who did it.
The Central railroad, which is now
threatened by the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas and its connections, is
going to build through the Indian
Territory to connect with the st.
Louis and San Francisco.
There are vacancies of Texas ca
diets at West Point in the fourth,
fifth and sixth congressional dis
| tricts. The three cadets who may
be appointed to these vacancies will
enter the military academy July /,
1881.
David Franklin Leeper of Bosque-
vile, a six-year-old boy, has picked
over 1000 pounds of cotton this sea-
son, and boasts that he will pick al
together three bales of cotton. Ag-
ricultural societies should offer pre-
miums to such boys.
In letter of thanks to Mr.. II. B.
Andrews, manager of the Sunset
road, for the good service and kind
ness of its officers and employees,
Mr.. e. F. Baily, manager of Bar
NUNS circus, says: While unjust
ly Texas has been regarded with
suspicion and doubt by many, par
ticularly by those unacquainted with
the character and conduct of your
citizens, can truly testify that in
no state have our audiences been
more orderly and respectful than
those we have found in the Lone
Star State While thousands have
crowded our canvas in the alamo
City, not one unpleasant word or
act has tended TO mar the enjoyment
of the hour, and we will leave your
state with our impressions, both as
to the people and the country, en-
tirely changed. and can only hope
for the fulfillment of that great des-
tiny that most certainly awaits this
great empire state of the Southwest
in no distant future"
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Facts About Heart Disease.

When an individual is reported to have
died Of "disease of the heart" we are in
the habit OF regarding II an inevitable
event, as something which could not have
been foreseen or prevented, and it is too
much the habit, when persons suddenly
fall down dead, to report the cheat" as
the cause; this silences all inquiry and in
vestigation, and saves the trouble and in
convenience Of arepulise "post mortem."
A truer report would have a tendency to
save many lives. 1t is through q report
Of "disease of the heart" that many an
opium eater is let of into the grave which
covers at once his folly and his crime; the
brandy drinker, too, quietly slides round
the corner thus and is heard OF no more /;
in short, this "report" Of "diseasc Of the
heart" Is the mantle Of charity which the
polite coroner and the sympathetic ply
stefan throw around the graves Of "gen-
teel people"
At late scientific congress at Strasburg
il was reported that Of sixty-six persons
who had suddenly died, an immediate and
faithful post mortem showed that only
two persons had any heart affection what
ever; one sudden death only in thirty
three from disease ofthe heart. Nine out
of the sixty-three died Of apoplexy-one
out of every seven-while forty-six-more
than two out Of the threaded of lung
affections, half Of them of congestion OF
the lungs" that is, the lungs were so full
of blood they could not work; there was
not room enough for air to get in
to support life. It is, then, of considera-
BILE practical interest to know some of the
common, every day causes Of this "con-
gestion Of the lungs" a disease which,
the figures above being true: kills three
times as many persons at short warn
ing as apoplexy and heart disease togeth-
er. Cold feet. tight shoes, tight clothing,
costive bowels, sitting still until chilled
through after having been warmed up by
labor or long, hasty walk; going too
suddenly from a close, heated room, rs q
lounger or listener or speaker, while the
body Is weakened by continued applica.
ton or abstinence, or heated by the eff
fort Of long address-these are fruitful
cause of sudden death in the form OF
congestion of the lungs" but which be-
ing falsely reported as Congestion Of the
| heart" and regarded as an inevitable
event, throws people off their guard, In.
stead of pointing them plainly to the true
causes, all Of which are avoidable, and
very easily SO, as a general rule, when the
mind has been once intelligently drawn
10 the subject
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The LARGEST FARM IN THE WORLD
The largest farm in the world is l7O miles
square, aud is situated in Ellis county,
Kansas. Its proprietor is a wealthy Eng
lishman named George Grant, who named
his estate Victoria, in honor Of his Soyer-
eign. Vast herds pfcattle. and n cavalry
brigade of mounted stoe6men roam the
face of this great farm, on which the only
remedy employed for bruises, inflamma-
ton and thelike is Giles Eminent Iodine
Ammonia.
Giles Pills cure Piles.
sold by all Druggists. send for PAM
inlet. DIR. GILES,
$50 West Broadway, y y.
Trial size - cents.
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ATTENTION, LAND BUYERS. - The
Office of Lawrence Il Edwards, head
quarters for purchasers at tax sales. Maps
and abstracts free TO all to examine. j
w. Lawrence, Notary Public, will au-
thenticate deeds at reduced fees. Call
and see them.
LAWRENCE & EDWARDS,
ocaI Land Agents, Austin.
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Chapped Hands.

The raw winds of autumn often pro-
duce I'm the hands of those who are much
exposed to them that roughness and
cracking OF the skin known as chapping.
II nothing Is done TO prevent, and the
person Is obliged to have his hands fire.
quently wet and dried, the cracks will Of
ten get deep and be painful. AS both
precaution and cure, use the following:
Wash the hands, and the face also If 1t Is
inclined to chap, with borax water. and
afterwsrd rub with an ointment made by
melting mutton-tallow, and then gradu-
ally add an equal quantity of glycerine;
stir the two together until cool. For
the hands, this mixture can be
best applied at night, using it free
ly, and warming It in by the fire,
after which an old pair OF gloves can be
put on to keep the bed clothes from be-
Ing soiled, and also make the skin Of the
hands softer. An excellent glycerine
ointment for chapped hands is made by
melting, with gentle heat. two ounces
of sweet oil of almonds, half an ounce of
spermacetti and one dram of white wax.
When melted, remove from the stove, and
add gradually one once OF glycerine; stir
until the mixture Is cold. The ointment
can be scented with any perfume to suit
the fancy. Keep in wide-necked bottles.
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A Gard.

To all who aye suffering from the errors
and indlscreti6ns of youth, nervous weak
ness. carly decay, loss of manhood, ETC.,
| will send a recipe that will cure you,
YREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send a self-addressed envelope
10 the REV. JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station d,
,Res0 York City. aplSeod&wlyr
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Last winter we warned our readers
against buying the large packs of WORTH
less horse and cattle powders, and rs IL Is
now time 20 begin TO use them, We again
urge them not to throw away their money.
Sheridan's Powders are strictly pure. but
we know of no others that are
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

Illustrated Marriage tsuido, a55 pages, cloth
and gilt binding, SO cents; same in paper
covers, 3 cts. Manhood, 10 cents; Woman.
hood. 10 cents; Pamphlet. eents-securely
sealed. BY mail. Send money or postage
stamps DR. WHITES. the great specialist,
el7 st. Charles Street. ST. Louis. No.
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Food for the brain and nerves that will
invigorate the body without intoxicating
Is what we need in these days of rush and
worry. Parker's Ginger Tonic restores
the vital energies, soothes the nerves anu
brings good health quicker than anything
you can use. Tribune, See,other column.
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have the honor to inform the people
of Travis county that am an independ-
ent candidate for the legislature for
Travis county. JOHN w. GLENN.
July %, 1880.
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A cough or cold taken between now and
Christmas frequently lasts all winter.
This Is certainly the case with people who
have weak lungs. The most convenient,
reliable and Inexpensive remedy is John
sons Anodyne Liniment. 1t is to be used
internally and externally.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

They were strapped, and concluded to
raise the wind during fair week by the
sale of. pictures There were two of
them in this copartnership, and in the
quiet of a back alley they put their heads
together and concocted n brilliant scheme
that they were sure would take with the
dear people and a rich harvest of green
backs be the result, The firm was happy,
and set out TO raise the necessary funds
to put their scheme into operation.
AMER Few days OF laborious
work the money, $500. was raised
and sent ON Tor pictures of Hancock and
Garfield They We're promptly received,
and during the fair the spectators pro-
cured the services OF several small boys,
who sold the pictures ON the fair grounds
and in the city. Saturday night afterthe
close of the fair the firm footed up the
sales OF pictures aud found that they had
reached the sum OF s3.e0. There was
much sorrow over the result, and the firm
now has ON hand large lot OF campaign
nicmres which will be sold very low.
The spectators lost about $500.
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"Good morning Alma, how is your
mother to-day" "Oh she is improving
rapidly. 1 thank you. She has been using
ENGLISH FEMALE BITTERS, andthey gave
her an appetite and strength right away.
&c says they suit her case exactly. Her
palpitation has ceased, and all pain sub
sided" fc -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

\ safe and sure means OF restoring the
youthful color OF the hair is furnished by
Parker's Hair Balsam, which Is deserved
" popular from its superior cleanliness.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28

WE are authorized to announce Mr.. A
p. BLOCKER as an independent candidate
for sheriff.
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or old or young. or grave or gray,
Those who now let their teeth decay.
With breath we ean'tendure;
The thought their alter life will hsunt.
That they neglect S0ZOD0NT,
That would have kept all pure.
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Beali, first premium; +. r. Turner. OF
Austin, second.
Best heifer under years, Duval Beall,
first premium; no competition.
DIVISION B-CLAsS III.
Carriage and buggy horses; Best single
horse, ). y. Pickens, OF Palestine. first
premium; no competition.
CLASS ".
Roadsters Best single horse, DIR. W.
l. Moore, of Travis county, took first
premium on his roam gelding; DR.. Graves,
OF Austin, took second premium on his
black buggy horse.
Best span of horses, Mr. Gerhard, inple-
ment dealer on Pecan street, took first
premium.
Best saddle horse. Mr. V o Weed. of
Travis county, took first premium; no
competition.
Yesterdays RACES
The first race was pretty race Of mile
heats between four three-year-olds. After
several Intellectual attempts to get away
during which annoying delay Emmett
Fitzgerald Mary BIS Jockey, gave the star
ter 10 understand that the lads must look
out for their welfare If they did not want
to get left at the pOst-the drum was
tapped and the bunch flew away with
Mary b in the lead, Bee Line, Pilgrimage
and Our Friend close upon her in the
order named. Pilgrimage soon found his
place NJ Nuclt ~
the finish. Bee Line second, Mary Is
third and Our Friend fourth.
At the first attempt 10 start the second
heat Pilgrimage ran through the gap
into the cooling grounds. running over
Mr.. Bill Blocker, knocking him down
and creating 4 general stampede OF spec
tators. At the second attempt the drum
tapped and the field went away, but Pill
grimage again went through the fence,
and his jockey applied whip and spur
until he went back into the track and
began to run as the bunch was rounding
the turn. He ran Samely, but was too far
away and caught tlfe distance flag, which
shut him out and gave the race to Our
Friend. who came in first in the heat,
The following is the summary:
FIRST RACE.
Running; mile heats; thrce-ycar-old
stake Entrance S25, half forfeit; asso-
Value of stakes S362.5O.
W. c. n j. II Philips Our
Friend, by Silent Friend, dam by
Jim Allen, los pounds (Aiken). l
c. 5. Vests br t Mary b.. by Silent
Friend. dam by Jim Allen, l62
pounds (FitZgerald) .........-..
J.W. Greer's Bee Line, by Bea-
con, dam Rapidita, 102 pounds
(Robinson). -..........-.. ..... )
A. A. Ellison's Pilgrimage,
by Pilgrim, dam Moss Rose, loo
pounds (NelsOn) ......-.... .....-.. dis
Time 1:46i, 1:49.
SECOND RACE.
Running, one and one-half mile dash,
free for all, purse sl75; first S125, second
| $50.
j p Higgins b b Incommode, by
Melborne, jr., dam Income by Rev.
enue, 116 pounds (Robinson) .....-,. |
+ N Lilly's h Bob Riddle formerly
TripolD by War Dance, dam Fly, lOl
pounds (Nelson). ......: ............. l
Batchler 4 Co.'S b m Maggie May, by
Asteroid, dam by imp Yorkshire, 1Gl
D Clouds b Eugenia, by Rebel, dam
by West Monarch, 1O1 pounds (Fitz-
gerald, ran unplaced.
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Special Notices.

p. DECORpovA, notary public and Uni
ted States Commissioner. Particular at
tentlon paid TO taking interrogatories.
oc8 "
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Young lady, are you cross. nervous and
fretful? Have you spells of melancholy,
or are you wakeful nightss How is your
memory, and do you feel vigorous! are
YOU pale, feeble and inactive: II so,
use one or two bottles OF DR.. Dromgoole's
ENGLISH FEMALE BITTERs, IL will re-
store you TO health in every particular and
make You fcclbright. buoyant and happy.
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ANNOUNCER ENTS.

WE are authorized to announce II. Ed
DIE as candidate for Sheriff OF Travis
Aouuty
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MINES NJ. LONG announces himself as
an Independent candidate for the office
of Sheriff of Travis county.
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If you want your fastidIOus taste com
pletely satisfied in the way of something
10 eat when you are in Round Rock, just
put up at YOung's Hotel. auTw&sut
GRAY HAIRS ARE HONORABLE but
their premature appearance is annoying.
Parker's Hair .Bal>am is popular for
cleanliness and promptly restoring the
youthful color.
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Local and Other Matters.

We learn that the family of Mr.. Phil
Zip Bonner, living near Pheugerville,
came very near being seriously poisoned
the other day. 1t seems that batch of
bread had been made up, and from some
cause was left in a zinc pan two days be-
fore baking. and il is supposed it had alb
sorbed lead or some other poison. All
who partook of the bread were affected,
and little eight year old girl died.
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Boots. shoes, notions and n general as
sortment of merchandise ut bottom pri-
ees. II HEIRsHFELD. IT
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When you feel dDugh or bronchial AZ
lection creeping on the lungs. take Ayers
Cherry PeetorHl, and cure q before Il be-
comes fneurnble.
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Saturday night Mr.. simmons, downin
the first ward, concluded he needed
dose of opium, and sent and purchased
small quantity He was not familiar with
the peculiar qualities of the delectable
drug, and took full teaspoonful at a
dose. The result was Mr.. Simmons was
soon asleep. His heavy breathing alarmed
some one near, aud they attempted to
arouse him, but failing, sent off after a
physician. Doctors Bib and Matthews
soon arrived and Immediately commenced
energetic measures to overcome the in
fiuence of the deadly drug. They worked
with him all night, and Sunday, about
noon, with the assistance of powerful
galvanlc battery succeeded in freeing
simmons from the effects of the poision
and saved his life. stt
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A little suburban girl, sent out 10 hunt
eggs, came back without the desired hen
fruit and complained that /" lots OF hens
were standing around doing nothing"
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Boys. you had better be careful how
you bet on the election. II is n little
risky in this state. The penal code says
Art. 81. If any person shall, whether
before or after the happening of any pub
lie election, held within this state, wager
or bet In any manner whatever upon the
result of any such election, he shall be
fined not less than twenty-five nor more
than one thousand dollars.
ART 372. A public election within the
meaning of the proceeding article, is any
election for public officer under the au-
thority of the constitution and laws of
the United States or of this state.
ART. 373. The bet or wager may be of
many or any article of value; and any de-
vice in the form of purchase or sale. or in
any other form, made for the purpose of
coneealing the true intention of the par
ties, is equal within the meaning of bet
or wager.
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Until 3 P. n. Of January 10, 1881,

fOF carrying the mails Of the United states. IN.
on the routes, and according 20 the scheduls 81
arrival and departure specified BY the depart
mrnf. in the State u Texas
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PosToPFIcE DEPARTMENT,
wAsHIxoToS. ID. G.. Oct. Is, 1850.

Proposals will be received II the Contract
Once Of this Department
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THIRD RACE.


The third race on the programme was
a trotting race, mile heats, for green
horses. Purse so, with three starters
Pickens' Sam, Parbery's Joe and Dilling-
hams Ben Shadrick John Sparks
blk Harry did not start because
of protest against him on the
ground that he was not green
horse, and his owner refusing TO take
the prescribed oath. Pickens' Sam
went out and took the first heat in 1:5s,
distancing his competitors, thereby end
ing the race. A rule of the association
required the heat to be trotted inside of
three minutes. otherwise the race might
have been strung out through innumera-
BILE slow heats. Mr.. Pickens, however,
is gentleman who is above jobs of this
sort, and when his horse goes out be goes
for all he is worth.
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Frun luly ID. 1891. IL Im an. lm.

Lit Of routes, with schedules u arrivals ard
departures. instructions 70 bIdders with f0ruis
for contracts and bonds and ali other nerek arr
information viii be furnished upon sppgiestfosi
20 the S~cond Assistant Postmaster Generai
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Willy BELIEVE IT-

Old and young-male and fcmale-take
s. :. 5. for any blood imPurity.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENT.
MAIL LETTINGS.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
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LIvRRPooI., October 26--NoOn.-C Cotton
dull and easier; uplands lI-lGd; Orleans
I'd; receipts $3.50 bales, American 1850;
sales 5000 bales; speculation and export
1000 bales.