The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-30

mounted police, and three civilians.
hey were brutality murdered IN the
midst Of three thousand Beers. \
driver OF post cart was murdered
and the mail bag carried OF. Au-
other report says the Beers were
shelied NJ Paicheflraon and one hun
dred killed and many wounded.
LUCAN, Ont. December 2g.-Jas.
dcEarth, with his brother Matthew
I and cousin, Ellen Blake, while cross
ING the railroad track in u sleigh.
Christmas night were struck aud
killed by train near Chcdberry.
LONDON, December PA great
snowstorm prevailed in Scotland
from Friday till Sunday morning.
y number OF trains are DELAYED in
snow banks, and traffic j. stopped.
/ LONDON, December "a dis
patch from Dublin To the Times saws
/ II IS generally said, that so duh aud
( sad Christmas has never been ex-
pccicucej here. a sullen depression
marks The 81 riT of the people and
tradezmcn VINO have Tor some time
! been feeling, very acuielv. tho dis
| turhed state OF the country, aud are
beginning 10 exhibit signs of great
/ embarrassment. But the agitation
which IS paraly zing trade, putting
capital Ia flight and poisoning COM
meTce. still extends It's dead. v influ-
enee while sufferers look on it's
progress in helpless dismay, and
the effects of The Land League is
nov chiefly directed towards the
north at Ireland, where il Is perist-
entity trying to overcome repug-
nance 10 It's practices. There can be
| little doubt that ii has succeeded
considerably, when mostly all the
districts are crowded with IFS or
| aanization. ENertionS of aeitators
arc also directed towards Dublin,
and the borders OF Dublin itself
malatridc near Dublin. There was
n scene OF second demonstration
Sunday, but there was no reason 10
boast of It's SucccsS.
SAN FRANCIsCo. December 29.-
| W. III. Prescott, one OF the commits
| sioncrs To negotiate treaties with
China arrived by CITY of Pckin this
| evening lie has been besieged by
miervieWers since his landing but
remains strictly rcIicent regarding
the proceedings Of the commissioner
and terms of treaty. The only in-
| formation he vouchsafes is TO the
| effect that the commission on their
| arrival at Pelm took mp their quar-
| ter. at the American legation: that
negotiation which occupied one
month and one day we're carried on
at the Chinese foreign office; that
Commissioner Swift Is at Shan9 Hal
aid will return By the next steamer
ANA ihat he, Mr.. Prescott viii 70
East on " ednesday. ii 10 the terms
Of the treaty Mr.. Ire scott maintains
the most rigid silence. lie says he has
not seen the reports heretofore pub
iished regarding the work OF the
commissioners, and he declines either
to affirm or deny them.
CINCINNATI, December % -Nego-
tiations are pending, and will prob
ably be soon completed, for the pur-
chase by party of Cincinnati capt.
| talisis, among whom are Charles w.
| Wcsi and NJ. f. Ingalls,. of the Ken
| lucky Central railroad. The plan is
TO build the road to connect with
| the Knoxville x Ohio road, and by
| combinations with existing roads TO
make a through line from the north
west 10 the scaboard. 1t will be in
| dependent OF the Louisville & Nash
vile road.
CHICAGO. December 28.-Further
reports received from points at the
! Nost how the weather is generally
colder The thermometer marked
II IL 20 degrees below zero during
| the dlV aud evening
New YORK, December 2S-At z
O'Clock this morning the mercury
stood, at Fort Carr, tofty-one de-
| grces below Zero, fall of de gree;
at Duluth, 80 below. fall OF 9; at
II Pam, 70 below, tall of IA: at
! IiiN aukce - below, fall of 80; ut
LaLrDsac IA below, a TALL of 5 !; al
| Chicago . below, a fall Of 19; at ST.
Louis l below, fall Of IA. at Indi-
annapolis / below; at Tol, do ! be-
low, q fall Of 80 ut Cincinnati
above. o fall of % at Pittsburg
| above, a fall of %; at Buffalo
above, n fall Of p; at Washington
10 above, fall OF 10.
Chicago. December 2:.-It is re-
ported that the grain commission
firm Of w. = McLaren q Co, OF
failed Milwaukee, has for 100000.
There are no particulars.
Lqfe,' Regarding the failure of
the Milwaukee firm of w. T. Nc
Larcn / Co.. managers of the Chi
cage branch. john A Rice states
that the firm j; dosing up their
bu3iness III tins City, aud that was
all there 7Yas i'll the story of the
failure Of this branch. The step
had been contemplated some time.
NJ 5HI-;GToH, December 29.-l
The President has recognized Chas.
NJ. Bancroit q VIC Consul At Haiti
at Noble
WtsHf3GIn*, December Tho
following is 4 statement OF the cen
aus returus Of some Of the Southern
states, though il l. still subject 10
possible corrections Alabama
1,c61.2li: Arkansas so. 56i Florida
266 ,j6G Georgia ,531,S1 Louisia-
ma 2 p,2G3; North Carolina 100000;
South Carolin9 e90, 7o6; Tennessee
l,5i i65; Virginia 1,jl2.203; West
Virginia 6lS. 193.
uEBIIN. DcccuibSs ZINC State
1.-.vi--rrrC formally opened to-day
in the Court of the Queens Bench
before Lord Chief Justice May and
Justices Fitzgerald and Barr. The
court room Is dcDselv crowded
with spectators. Chief Justice Nav
read an address stating that after
MISREPRESENTATION, which has arisen TO
what be had said on former occa-
sion, lie should not take part in its
present trials.
y great crowd of people are
around the approaches 60 the four
courts, and loudly cheered the
Traycrsers upon their arrival. The
judges took their seats shortly after
10 O'Clock. The body Of the court
l. occupied BIZ fle counsel engaged
in the trial and other members OF
the bar. The principal galleries are
filed with Irish members of Parlia-
mcnf n few ladies and sprinkle Of
general public. Chief Justice May
read with considerable composure,
the document declarii that he
should not take part in the present
trial. II contained a yindication OF
his former speech. The announce
lncnt that he would not preside At |
the trial. caused no manifestation. |
After Chief Justice MAY had I'm |
ishcd his reading, Justice Fitzgerald |
took The chief seat aud the trials |
were proceeded with before him aud |
Justice Barry Only eighteen out Of |
twenty four inrors called, answered |
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