The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-22

Chicago has contributed $1,000 to
the Michigan fire sufferers.
The transfer of Sitting Bull and
Randall has been made.
A reunion of the soldiers and sail
ors of the Mexican war is being held
in Cincinnati.
One hundred st. Louis clerks have
formed an organization to reduce
the hours of labor.
Several men have been arrested
near San Francisco charged with
wrecking the overland train at Cape
Horn.
Helena Fargus, aged eight years,
while rescuing younger child from
the wheels of cart at Providence,
was killed.
Rev. G. Lincoln, who WIS stricken
with paralysis while praying for the
president at bingham, Mass, died
from the attack.
The $4,000 horse race at Law
renee, Kansas, between Miss Hill, of
Kansas and Miss Archer, of Mis-
souri,, was won by the latter.
A letter referring in a dastardly
manner to the negro has just been
given to the public in Virginia. Iti
said to be of Readjuster origin.
Six Italian Internationalists have
been arrested at Lugano for a con-
spiracy against the Italian govern
ment.
Augusta, Ga, has now in opera
ton $4,000 spindles in her cotton
mills, representing an investment of
$5,000,000.
Two thousand men are working
and Atlanta. The road is being built
toward Atlanta.
The sultan is said to have a singu-
lar dislike to foreign ambassadors,
and Mr.. Goschen declares that there
is only one way of making ones
self acceptable to the sovereign, and
that is never to require anything
from him.
The machine with which sheets of
postage stamps are perforated was
invented and patented in 1852. The
patent was purchased of NJ. Archer,
the inventor, by the United States
government for $4,000.
The pyramids of Egypt are thirty
eight in number, and stretch for
some fifty geographical miles along
the western reach of the Nile Valley,
just where the Libyan desert and
the cultivated land struggle for ex-
tension, or from nearly opposite
Heliopolis to past the site of Men,
phis.
Cincinnati has more telephones
than any other city in the country,
and sends more messages over |
them. The Worcester Times ex-
plains that there.are more females |
than males i'll Cincinnati.
Judge Hilton's Woodville park at |
Saratoga contains 450 acres and has |
twelve miles of highly-fnished |
roads and drives. The drives are |
watered daily and the park is one
of the most popular drives in Sar-
atoga.
The only love affair which excihes |
much interest this season at Sarato- |
ga is that of young Jay Gould and |
the pretty Miss Gleason, of Troy.
Miss Gleason's father is a wealthy |
and has given his |
daughters the advantage of a fash
ionable education. Miss Gleason is
a brunette, with fine, rosy complex
ion and an animated face. She |
dresses well and dances gracefully.
Mr.. Gould has just attained his ma
jority.
At Long Branch, before he was |
shot, the president happened to say:
"Now, is it not strange, and is it not |
q striking commentary on the |
protection and security afforded by |
free institutions, that the president |
of the United States can go about |
in this way, practically unattended |
and without a body-guard, and |
without the paraphernalla that en-
compasses other rulers2 | am as |
secure travelling this way as any |
other citizen of the country.
A high-toned Episcopal church in |
Philadelphia is agitated over a tre-
mendous scandal. A young lady |
member of the church and the |
heiress OF 100000, has been detect |
ed in sending anonymous letters to |
her pastor, members of the church |
and young lady friends, which |
abound in the most obscene and |
vilest insinuations. Husbands have |
been warned to keep an eye on their |
wives; wives have been informed |
that their husbands are grossly un-
faithful, and the characters of daugh- |
tiers have been traduced to their |
parents. The wealth and social |
standing of the fair letter writer |
will shield her against prosecution |
in the United States courts.
There are twenty immense glu-
cose factories either built or in pro-
gress of construction. Already a |
capital of over 100000 is invested |
in the business. The daily con- |
sumption of corn tor the manufac-
ture of glucose is about $4,000 |
bushels, and the annual amount
about 100000. All the factories
have sprung up in the last twelve
years. They are run day and night,
Sundays included, to meet the de-
mand, and still fail to supply it.
The scarcity and high price of |
corn will probably interfere some
what with the production during |
the next twelve months.