The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-09-23
EDITORIAL Nofes.

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who accompany the Russian army
are two princesses and a beauty Will
a fabulous fortune. These womeT
maintain, out of their own means
the well-appointed ambulances tC
!: which they are attached.
The quarantine authorities n
New Orleans appear to be at log
gerheads over the nature of the dis
ease that has been prevailing in the
parish of Plaquemines, between New
Orleans and the Belize. Local ply.
sicians insist that il is malarial, while
the national board physicians sus-
pect 1t to be genuine yellow fever
Special examination has been made
under direction of the national AIT
thorities, by DIR. Sternberg, who
takes issue with the local doctors as
TO the character of the disease.
1t is impossible TO meet half q
dozen Bonn students without motto
ing that at least four of them bear
permanent marks of the sword on
their faces, and many are most I'M
pleasantly disfigured rs q result OF
these encounters. AS TO Heidelberg
one of the prettiest spots in the
neighborhoOd of the town is the
well-knOwn tavern, Eur Hirsch.
gasse,' on the banks of the Neckar
in the gardens of which the duels
regularly take place about twice in
every ten days, several being fought
on the same afternoon, one after the
other.
| Among the aristocracy of ST.
Petersburg, there appeared recently
new Protestant sect known as the
| Apostolic. AT its head stands Gen.
Major Won Erdberg, and among lis
members there are princes, counts,
courtiers and the highest military
and civil officers. Recently the
Princess Dolgoruky, an orthodox
lady, has Joined it. The peculiar
belief is that the end of the world,
the second descent of Christ and the
last Judgment are at hand. The
members perform services accord
ing to the example Of the apostles.
and have prophets, apostles aad
| teachers. r..
Another wonderful discovery
is reported from the Gunnison
" u,
from the banks OF the ChachetOpa
creek, eighteen miles to the sapth,
east of GunnisOn City, Colorado.
Reports say that many lodes, from
three TO twenty-five feet wide, crop
out ut u stretch over u belt twenty
five miles lOng and five in width, of
low, timberless mOHntaiAs, Masses
of quartz daily taken into GlnHispH
City sparkle with native gold. Four
thousand people went to the locality
from GunnisOn City and neighbor-
ing districts Ina the first forty-eight
hours after the discovery was made
known. Business men closed their
stores, and everybody was wild with
the excitement the news created.
The ore Is q decOmpOsed quartz,
easily reduced, aud Of p hundred as
says made in quick succession, none
ran lower than 800 in gold to the
ton.
A San Francisco dispatch says
that society in that city has been put
agog over a tOlerably well-authenti-
Gated rumOP that the engagement
between Ulysses Grant, lr,, and Miss
Jennie c. Flood, daughter of the
bonanza king, is at an end. The
Ulysses came out to California, os-
tensibly to visit his sweetheart. On
his arrival here. instead of repairing
at once TO the Sierras, where Miss
Jennie was stopping with q number
of friends, Ulysses settled himself
down for nice little time in
san francisco. Ii is said that
his nice time consisted prin-
cipally in rather marked
Irritation with some fair. but not
over nice, yOnng damsel. The high
strung Jennie heard about Ulysses
gOings on. and in very brief order
gave him 10 understand that he
could go abOnt his business. This
will no dOnbt prove D serious blow
10 the young scion of the house of
Grant, for Miss Flood is the fortu=
nate possessor of nice little plum
of S2,500,000 of government four per
cents. --s.fa
The Passion Play is To be repro
duced in New York at Booths
theater. Mr.. Abbey has signed II
contract with Tom Mcguire, of San
Francisco, for the production OF this
play, covering period Of three
years and the entire territory of the
United States and Canada. The
part of the Savior will be sustained
by James O'Niel, who was formerly
of the Union Square Theater, and
who played the part in San Fran
cisco. The manuscript is from the
pen of % Mr.. Morse, who has
studied the miracle OF Europe.
and thinks he has improved
upon them. The play is in eight
grand tabieaux, and will be pro-
duced with superb scenic effects.
new costumes, accurate and splendid,
and q large corps of auxiliaries Num-
bering over two hundred. The first
scene will represent the time OF the
beheading of John the Baptist, and
will conclude with the Ascension.
There will be no scene representing
the Crucitixion, but the Last Supper,
the Garden of Gethsemape and the
arraignment before PLATE are all in
trodueed in the play. Mr.. Abbey
thinks that the play will OH every
listener with feelings of awe and
reverence, and says the performances
will be characterized blythe most
,.oor.aof anil