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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-29
A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY.

New ORLEANS, December 25.-
The day passed off quietly, and it
has been raining since morning.
A Tines Democrat Little Rock
special reports the killing of Vance
Brown, by John Holt, in franklin
county. Hl-feeling has existed be-
tween the men for long time, and
when they met Holt shot Brown
dead. Holt surrendered himself, as
Brown had threatened to kill him
on sight. 1t is feared that Holt will
be lynched.
THE ENGLISH COERCION ACT.
LONDON, December %. = Right
Hon. Jos. Chamberlain, president of
the board of trade, in answering the
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-29
THE RED DEMON.

CINCINNATI, December PA
dispatch from Sullivan, Indiana,
says: At half-past ten O'Clock last
night a fire broke out i'll the notion
store of The Kallensky Bros. The
fire department of Terre Haute left
on a special train at eleven O'Clock.
by one o'clock a. IN. twenty or TWEEN
ty-five buildings had been de-
stroyed, and the fire was spreading
raDidlY.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-29
HEAVY LOSSES BY FIRE.

New YORK, December 26.-It will
probably be three OF four days be-
fore a correct statement of the losses
by the South street fire can be made,
the books of many firms being so
badly saturated with water that
they will haye to be dried before
they can be examined. The loss, it
is thought. will be about $2,OO0,OOO.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-29

PETERSBURG, VA, December 20
Harry Oliver, stamp clerk in the
postoffice in this city, who has been
missing for a week past, and who, it
was feared, had been foully dealt
with, has returned safely. He had
been to Richmond to undergo a
medical examination.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-29
GuITEAu's CHRISTMAS.

WASHINGTON, December 25.-
Guiteau spent Christmas very quiet
ly at the Jail to-day. Late in the af-
ternoon he partook of hearty meal,
which some friends had sent to the
Jail for him. He has prepared
another statement for publication,
which he intimates contains import
ant and interesting revelations bear
ing on his case. He does not pro-
pose, however, to distribute this
document gratItuously among rep
resentatives of the press, but is wait
ing for a customer who will pay 800
for il. -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-29
THE WARSAW CHURCH PANIC.

LONDON, December ga dis
patch to the Reuters telegraph COM
pany from Warsaw, reports that
forty deaths have so far resulted
from the panic in the church of the
Holy Cross, on Christmas morning.
Sixty other persons were injured.
a dispatch from Cracow TO the
Vienna Presse, states that the per-
sons killed were mostly women.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-29
news BY TELEGRAPH.
CUTTING ARRAY.

CINCINNATI, December 26.-Spee-
ial dispatches report that on Friday
afternoon, at Hamilton, Boone
county, Kentucky, Mitchell Rich
and Pashal Lampkins, quarrelled
over some trifling matter at a sa-
loon, and Lampkins cut Rich, al
though not seriously. Deputy Tax
Collector Black interiered to keep
peace, when Lampkins literally dis
emboweled him. Lampkins escaped
by swimming the river amid a
shower of bullets fired at him.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-29
MEXICAN MATTERS.

CITY OF MEXICO, December 90
At 10 O'Clock this morning General
Trevino resigned the portfolio of the
war department. General Naranzo
was appointed as his successor. Gen
eral Trevino will resume command
on the 18th. This command is eX-
tended to include Chihuahua and
Sonora. Other cabinet changes are
rumored, but nothing else is def
nitely known.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, July 10. - Flour-DemaEd lair
market firm. Wheat-Actve, firm and higher;
No. Chicago spring, l.llIal.12 for seller
cash and July; 1.l3hal.133s for seller August;
Ll3s4a1.l3X for seller September; 1.14a1I4A
for seller October; No. 3 Chicago spring, 99a
LOS; rejected, 1896. Corn-Actve, firm and
higher; No. ass aiSX for seller cash and July:
H9aa47A for seller August, i7Aa47H for seller
September; 472sa4s for seller October; rejected
43. Oats-In fair demand; higher; No. 2 43a
for seller cash July; 294 for seller August; 291s
for seller September and October; rel ected, 34a
34}z Rye-Quiet, No. 2, 93a96 for seller cash:
931a for seller July; So for seller August Barley
Easier; No. spring, 81 for seller September
Pork Moderately active and higher; I7.75a
1880 for seller cash and July; 1880 for seller
August and September Lard-Far active and
shade higher; 49, SO for seller cash and July;
ll.90 Q 1923 for seller August; u.5Oal1. 52h
for seller September; 1l.30 for rseller1 October
The Drover's Journal' reports: Hogs-Receipts
29.00); shipments, 5000; easier; common to
medium mixed packing ,5.90a6.35; light, 6lOa
SAG; choice heavy, 640a650. Cattle Receipts
1900; shipments, 900; quality, poor; exports
nominal, 60Oa6.25 good to choice, 5.70a6 10.
Receipts, 500; unchanged. Gable advices
are quoted stronger. Market in Liverpool and
Glasgow: American cattle 14c; Canadians l6 &c
as they are allowed to go into the interior.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

fest the most imperturbable GOODNESS. and
now proposes 70 write The Life Of
Charles Guiteau. written BY himself, with
an exposition Of his System of Theology
orwhich he thinks the publishers ought
to pay him 20 ger cent. royalty.
Mrs. Epson, the presidents nurse
whose opinion is worth cords of statements
:, iia-ndiced correspondents, declares that
the cooling apparatus at the White House
is perfect success, and that the tempera.
ture can be brought 10 any desired point
The patient is SO weak that he can hardly
move his hand.
REV. Mr.. Power, pastor of the Chris.
tain church at Washington, drew large
audience by dealing inldly With The a.
aassination. He expressed the opinion
that the press was too ready willy pub
lie men; that Guiteau's crime was in.
spired by diseased political atmosphere
and that we should adopt the English law
of penal servitude for an attempt at muir.
der. He thought gallows saints had be-
come the scandal of the church
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21
He WOu Id take a Glass OF Beer
Newburg journal

The excellent pastor of Trinity
church tells good joke on himself,
which his evident relish and inimitable
way of telling causes airy enc to great.
~ enjoy who hears it 1t appears that
he had the front of his piazza decorated
on the Fourth of July with some red,
white and blue bunting, which an
swered the double purpose of an avn
ing and to exhibit his patriotism, and
when the shower came up many per-
sons sought the piazza as a shelter
from the rain. 1t was at this time that
"a somewhat befuddled stranger APP
peared He staggered into the house
with perfect freedom, till Mr.. Searles
confronted him and asked him pleas
antly what he would have, when the
stranger brought down the house by
saying, well, ! will take a glass of
beerl" Of course he was told that he
had made mistake, and the man
apologetically stated that he did not
wish to offend good society"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES and Mrs.
James started from the Arlington Tor
the executive mansion. AS they were
stepping to the sidewalk fronting the
grounds passing horse cast shoe and
it Tell directly in front of Mrs. James.
THAT is good omen," she said, AS she
stopped and picked it up, ''and it will
please the president" 1t is we'll known
that General Garfield is inclined to at
latch some slight Importance to omens,
and Mrs. James faithfully carried the
horseshoe to the executive mansion and
deposited it in the chamber of the sick
man, who smiled pleasantly as she told
the story of the incident.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

by one train while avoiding another. The
lady vas killed and the Clergyman seri-
ousl.y injured.
Bush fires are burning at almost al
points OF the compass from Quebec, and
shlpplng In the harb0r was unable to
move about on the river from the dense
smoke.
A HAIL-sToRM broke thousands of win
dows at Winona, Mimi, and cyclone
swept away the repair-shop of the North
western road. 49,
Two or three cases of de ath from lock-
jaw, caused by firing toy pistols, appear in
each days repor Of the news. Will the
lesson be needed next Fourth of July?
The overflow Of The Iowa river at Ma
rengo has turned water into the doors of
the postofflce and the court house, and the
public square has covering of about two
feet.
SHuLER's grain elevator standing be-
side the canal, at Ottawa. ILL.,, together
with two large corn cribs, were burned,
the loss being estimated at $4,000.
COLONEL RUFUS L. MILLER, avn attorney
of Quincy, ILL.,, died from the effects of
sunstroke. Thomas ]. Kelly, 81 perintend-
ent OF the Peoria water-woiks, fell victim
to consumption.
A FIRE at toilette, Quebec. consumed
nineteen buildings, valued at over $780,
600. The mill of Dean Brothers, in South
Chester, Pa, was burned. causing loss of
$4,000.
A BOLT of lightning simultaneously
struck four houses in Milwaukee within a
few hundred feet Of each other, on Tween
ty-fourth street, the only damage inflicted
being the destruction of few hower-pots.
THE town Of New Ulm. Mimi, contain
ng $500 inhabitants, was totally wrecked
by cyclone, and great damage was done
at West Newton and Severance. Stone
and brick buildings were toppled over like
reeds, over one hundred being demolished
in fifteen minutes.
PIcNIc trains on the Kentucky Central
road collided near Covington, by which
four persons of that city were killed and
fourteen wounded. Two of the wrecked
coaches took fire, and were reduced to
ashes. The proper orders for safe passage
Of the trains was given by the dispatcher,
but they were misu nderstood by a con-
ductor and engineer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

AN incident which occurred on Sat
urday, says Washington dispatch, ex-
emplifies in a striking manner the
shock produced on men of the coolest
nerve by the sudden reception of the
intelligence of the attack on the presi-
dent. A messenger went with the news
to the house of Attorney General Mac
Veagh while that gentleman was at
breakfast. Mr.. MacVeagh was so over
come and Mortified that he started
from the table and rushed out of the
back entrance of his house bareheaded
and started off with an aimless purpose.
1t was two or three minutes before he
recovered his self control and went
back for his hat.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

A DISCUSSION Is now going on IN
Europe over the abolition Of the death
penalty, and statistics which have been
recently compiled show that the ex-
pertinent, which has been thoroughly
tried in Switzerland and elsewhere, has
not demonstrated its success as pre-
ventive of crime. Wherever the PEN
atty OF death has been abolished, or the
pardon of capital crime frequent, MUIR
ders have become more frequent and
human life made insecure.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

DIR. Bliss, having had his attention
called to the fact that the presidents
physicians had been accused Of send
ing ont more favorable bulletins than
the actual condition Of their distin-
guished patient really warranted, de-
MES the charges most emphatically,
and states that the daily bulletins have
been rs truthful rs it was possible to
make them. 1t is improbable that
medical gentlemen of such high stand
ing as are those in charge Of the presi-
dents case would trihe with the hopes
and fears of a whole people,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21
Accidents.

GuMAN's stave factory, at Ierre Haute,
valued at $1,000 has been destroyed by
fire.
The wife and daughter of Geo. Thomas,
of Plymouth, Mass, were drowned while
sailing.
A LOSS of 5000 was incurred at Char
lotte, Mich, by the burning OF the grist-
mill owned by David q Clure.
A LANDSLIDE near the mouth of the
Walnut hills tunnel, at Cincinnati, i'm
prisoned thirty workmen.
The Dublin grist mills at Machias, Me,
have been destroyed by fire, throwing
seventy-fve men ont of work.
CANtIELp's large single mill, near
Manistee, Mich, was destroyed by IRE.
the loss being $35 900.
THE stove works Of Eldridge, Penny
packer & Co., at Van Vert, o., was total
" consumed by fire. the loss being slU,Opo.
EIGHT children in Baltimore have re-
Gently died of lock-iaw, produced by burns
from the firing of paper caps on Toy pis-
tolls.
C1NcINNArIANs express their gratitude
for moderation in the Temperatures Gut
of $40 deaths for the week, 500 are a.s Fie-
uted 10 the excessive heat.
A WORKMAN named John d.. ). Jones
fell down a two hundred feet shaft IN
mine at Leadviile and was instantly
killed.
THE well-kuown writer on sporting
matters. Melville Fowler of New York,
was seized with cramps and drowned at
Roc.away Beach.
In Cincinnati, tor the Wee ending J'dy
16 The official reports show that POI deaths
occurred from sunstroke and 100 from ex-
cessive heat
AT New burgh, n. r., kev. John Drook
and Miss Jane K. Anderson were s'rucS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

THERE is to be competitive exam
nation in New York under the civil
service rules Of applicants for admis-
sion to the grade of clerk in the custom
house. This examination will be held
to fill vacancies in the naval Office, but
it will be applicable also to any vacan-
cies that may occur in the collectors
office. The number of applicants being
quite large the first fifty in order of
application have been notified to APP
pear.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21
From the Capital.

GEN. HAZEN reports the issue for the
year of $43, 1851 in postage stamps, en-
velopes, wrappers, and cards,
CONGRESSMAN SPEER, Of Georgia, was
married in Washington to daughter of
DR.. Morgan, of that city.
AFTER interviews with each member of
the cabinet and with Mrs. Garfield, Vice
President Arthur has decided to return to
New York.
MINT DIRECTOR BURCHARD has left
Washington for tour of two months in
the mining regions, collecting statistics
of the gold and silver product.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD has made a slight
gain toward normal condition, and add
ed woodcock to his bill of fare. His
wound is healing without dangerous symp-
toms.
A GOLD life-saving medal has been
awarded Mrs Ida Lewis Nelson by Sec
retary Window, in recognition of her he
roic deeds off Lime Rock light
A LADY. one Of the maudlin, sickly-Sen-
timental kind, no doubt, called at the
Washington Jail to give Guiteau some
broiled chicken and sweetmeats. The
food was denied him.
JoHN w. MAcKAY writes 20 Cyrus w.
Field that should unfavorable symptoms
appear in the case of the president, he
will be found in the front rank of the con-
tributers of the Garfield fund. tWs9
In consequence of differences with his
associates, M. Goffroy, TIE French member
of the American-Frei,ch claims commits
sion, has resigned. 1t is stated that all
the decisions rendered have been in favor
of the United States.
For his Sunday breakfast President
Garfield ate two mutton-chcps, bit of
bacon, and some potatoes fte complained
of pain in his side, and when turned over
two ounces of pus escaped from his wound.
The postmaster general has already
rescued $l,050.0Oo a year from the NAV Of
the star-route ring, ard hopes TO lex
pedite" a number of thieves into the PEN
itenitary before he gets through with
them. HHf .tstttzs FHF
POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES has given
the public surprise by the statement that
since the attempt to kill the president
scarcely a half-dozen persons have APP
preached the postoffice department on the
subject of their claims
THE secretary of the treasury has APP
pointed a cattle commission to Investigate
| all cases of pleuro-pneumonia along the
! Canadian border ard on the chief lines of
| transportation. Its members are James
| Lew oil Ithaca, \. Y. James IL. Sanders,
of Chicago, and K. F. Thayer, of West
Newton, Mass.
TIE assassin Guiteau continues to mani
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21
Milwaukee Market.

MILWAUKEE, July Flour Firm. Wheat
Irregular and strong No. l hard, nominal;
No. /, nominal; No. 2 hard nominal; No. 2,
Liz; lii. for sci er July; l.l2H for seller
August; l.l3s for seller September; I.13s5
for seller October; LII for seller November;
No. 3, l.O2; No. 4, nominal rejected, nominal.
Com-In fair demand No. 2, AZ Oats-Firm
and higher No. 2, 40. Rye-Quiet No. /, %.
Barey-Unsettled and lower; No. 2, r. for SELL
err September
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

Two missing whalers, the Mt. NAL
laston and Vjgilant, have been heard
from. East Cape Indians informed
Captain Barker, o the whaler Progress,
that they had found both vessels ice
locked. On the Vigilant were three
corpses, which were supposed to have
died during the first year of their cap
tivity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

THE mission of King Kalakaua, in
his trip abroad, is said to be to sell his
kingdom to some foreign government.
American residents in the Sandwich
islands protest against such step, and
insist that, if any transfer of the gov
eminent is made, it shall be to the
United States.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21
Cablegranls

APARIs dispatch reports the appear
o,ce 81 q new and terrible con'agion re-
sembling leprosy, at Toulouse.
TuE Mexican cable company has signed
= contract for an extension to fueatan
and Cuba.
HIS Holiness the Pope has, in conse-
onencs of the ill-feeling existing between
the French and Italians, advised the post
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

THE celebrated lrotting mare Maud
S., whose record of 2:103 over the Chi
cago track was the fastest in trotting
annals, the other day, at Pittsburg, beat
that performance, trotting a mile in
2I05.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

THE railroad train in Germany that
runs by electromagnetic as the mo-
tive power, continues to be great sue
cess, and it will not be long ere the ex-
pertinent is repeated in this country.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21
NEWS NOTES.

GUITEAU, the assassin, was a member
of Henry Ward Beecher's church some
twelve years ago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

The track of the Kentucky Central
road, for distance Of two hundred
miles, was narrowed from five feet to
the standard gauge in one day recently.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21
The Blessing OF Regular Digestion

Is best appreciated by those who, having lost,
have ultimately recovered it. Tc form an ade-
quate conception of the horrors OF dyspepsia, one
must have experienced that malady in les chronic
form. A temporary fit of indigestion, though
doubtless troublesome enough, can give no suita-
bic idea when it has taken continued possession
of the stomach. 10 anticipate and prevent the
chronic phase with Ilostctters Stomach Bitters is
TIC wise course. While that Incompatible inyig-
GRANT and corrective conquers the most obstinate
types of dyspepsia, it is always wise 10 Use 1t
early, and thus avoid prolonging the process OF
cure. Flatulence, heartburn headache, bilious
ness palpitations, nervousness, loss Of flesh and
appetite and other concomitants of dyspepsia, are
ali remedied by this sterling medicine. Use it
before meals and on retiring
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

The most Objectionable class ofguests
are said to be the young men who 60
to the watering places with a weeks
salary drawn in advance and only re-
main from Saturday to Monday. They
act as though they owned the whole
establishment and all its surroundings.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21
A Fool Once More.

For ten years my wife was confined
to her bed with such complication OF
ailments that no doctor could tell what
was the matter or cure her, and | used
up a small fortune in humbug stuff
Six months ago saw a U. S. flag with
Hop Bitters on it, and | thought !
would be a fool once more. l tried 1t,
but my folly proved to be wisdon1. Two
bottles cured her, she is now as well
and strong as any mans wife, and 1t
cost me only tive dollars. Such folly
pays.-H. w, Detroit, Mich.-Free
Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21

Patrick Henry was twice married and
left fifteen children, and there are
now living probably more than one
hundred of his descendants. William
Writ Henry, member of the Ricn-
mond bar and Representative OF thai
district in the State Senate, Is ni'
grandson. Senator Roane, of Virginia,
was his grandson, and General Joseph
f. Johnston, is his great nephew, ~
was also William c. Preston, the as
tinguished Senator in Congress from
South Carolina.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-09

The newspaper stories about people
who have swallowed needles, on taken
them IL through the skin, and about ne
needles aftcrwar,l working out in yari.
ons parts Of their periphery are iudnbii-
ably true; the objection 10 them IL that
The facts are not il any way remarkable
Now knew 4 fellow once who was cast
on dcSolate island. and having moth
ing % eat for three hours dcyourcd 4
of ca:crpilIars that hc had taken
along for bait. "A few days after lis
rescue BY wading ashore lie began 10
break out all over III the most gorgeous
imaginable. They came Out
At bis eyes, his nose, bis ears, under hi-
arms and through his ribs. Ills hair
was always full Of them. and whenever
he opened hls month dazzling butterfly
would fluttcr ont and sail away like 4
beautiful thought - just lovelyl II
doesn't seem like the truth. but ii ever /
tell 4 lic IN this paper may Tic proprio-
tors both DO struck dead by Lightning.
san Francisco Wasp.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-09

"A New York special says "All
bright, light-bodicd leaf and hurley 10
bacco stock i actively sought after for
American manufacture. and recently We
learn that 500 hogshcads suitable for M
lcrs was bought IN England and shipped
back 70 this country AZ an expense of
l2l@ he. per pound. when the same to-
bacco was offered on The New Yorl.
market, before being shipped, az $40.
There il no other article OF American
production that Is subjected 10 such IT,
ranny or manipulation. The tobacco
crop Of the United States brings about
SSu, 900 oc0 only 70 lis producers, while
the several Governments Of Europe and
our own derive about $lGO,OO00OO revc-
hue from Il annually