The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31
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known London preacher, is now out
of his mind. ~. .-..l-
Senator, Philetus Sawyer, of
Wisconsin, is credited with the pos
session OF seven millions OF dollars.
The old whaler, Mary & Hcllea,
will be sent out by the Navy De-
partment TO look after the. Jeanette.
Two weekly papers in Boston
have been held in $500 for trial for
publishing advertisements of lotte-
rics.
The prOlfibiiionists OF Michig III
have nominated G.. &. Hyde for JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the
state.
The Yale College funds now
amount to $1,s3O,OOO. of which the
Academical Department has $685.
1886. .....
Secretary Robert r. Lincoln has
appointed Mr.. Charles S. Sweet, II
lawyer of Chicago, rs his private
secretary. Xxx.
Only ten per cent. ofthe popula-
ton of italy are to-day beggars, the
percentage having greatly decreased
during the last quarter OF Il century.
Mr.. Goodwin Smith has protIercd
$500 toward the establishment of Il
refuge" for tramps in Toronto,
Canada, where the labor teSt shall
be tried.
The Kansas prOhibitory law pre-
vents the use of wine in the sacra-
ment, furnishing the minister who
so uses it with two years imprison-
ment in the penitentiary.
In cottage of rough pine
boards, on the Georgia railroad.
twenty miles from Augusta, ives
Paul III. Haync, the souther' poet.
lie is completely isolated and de-
votes his time to literary work.
General Ord has been received
with great honor in Mexico, gor-
geous banaucts and special cars be-
ing offered to him. The General
took TO Mexico with him lot of
German carp to be used i'll stocking
Mexican waters.
Mrs. j. W. Mackey gave in Paris
the other evening the most magni-
ficent ball of the season. For the
dancing she furnished not only the
best. band TO be had, but a group
Of singers who sang the waltZes,
giving a marvellous spirit of fascina-
ton to the dance.
There is n coincidence recorded
in Washington that just one hundred
years ago, the first Secretary of War
was appointed, and that that Secre-
tary, like the present one, bore the
name of "Lincoln." General Benia-
min Lincoln's portrait hangs upon
the walls of the department., and
Robert LincOln's is To be placed BE-
side it.
MIR Richardson, of Mississippi,
is said TO be the largest cotton
planter in the world. He has many
plantations, factories and mills, and
also Il great many country stores.
He is man of siXty-twO. lie has
Il peculiar habit of rising at 2 O'clock
in the morning, waking his secre-
tary and despatching all his BUSH
ness before his Z O'Clock breakfast.
The death of great author is
the inevitable signal for n revival of
interest in that authors works, a
fact which publishers do not always
appreciate. The demand for"G eOree
Eliot's" books continues beyond the
ability ofthe English publishers to
supply, and ut one circulating libra
nv in London there were ovor Il
thousand applicants in one week for
"Adam Bede"
I'm China literary property is on
the same footing as any other prop
erty. A person printing and selling
the works of an author without his
permission. is liable to punish
ment of 100 blows of the bamboo
and three years deportation. If he
has stopped short at printing and
has not begun TO sell, the penalty is
80 blows, together with the forfeit
ure of books and blocks from which
it is intended to print.
Recognizing as fact that life
prisoners are nOtoriously the hard
est to manage, for the reason that,
however well conducted and indus
trlous they may be, they have no
clemency to expect, an attempt Is
being made to amend the penal
code of California by having life SEN
fences commuted upon the life in
surance tables and permitting the
charge of prisoner when the term
he was likely to live. when sentenc-
ed, had expired. i
I'm the final appeal OF the Itch
borne claimant to the Honse of
Lords, TO declare the sentence of
two consecutive terms of seven
years penal servitudc, which he re-
crived upon being found guilty upon
two counts of the same indictment.
illegal, after long argument by Mr..
j. p. Benjamin, the claimants coun-
sci. the Lord Chancellor confirmed
the decision of the court below,
and dismissed the appeal without
calling on the counsel for the Crown
to reply.
The precautions taken in Prus-
STA to guard against trichin9 in
swine are exceedingly careful and
thorough. Berlin is divided into
districts, each of which has its sepa.
rate inspector of swine's meat, an
official who is held to strict account
ability. In Konisburg there is an
establishment in which the meat in
fccted with the dreadful parasite
after being cut into small pieces, is
boiled for twelve hours, and then
subjected to the action of chemicals
that reduce il to powder.
The Atlanta exposition will offer
five premiums for the best cotton
ranging from 800 down to $500
Chinese, Peruvian and Indian cotton
will also be planted on the grounds
= A . A.,
To compare il with the American
product. Ex-Governor Bullock, one
OF the vice-prcsidents of the conf
pany, has been appointed n commits
Sioner TO Europe, and will visit Bel
gium and France and endeavOr 10
interest these countries in the show
Every step is being taken to make
the exposition u comDlete success.
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