The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-14

which was central in the Indian
Territory ON Monday morning has
moved to the eastward with in.
creasing energy and is now central
near Cincinnati. Rain has pre-
vailed in the Middle states and
thence westward to Missouri,
and southwestern TO Texas. Snow
has prevailed in the lake region
of the northwest The temperature
has risen slightly in the Southern
and Middle states and the Ohio
Valley and has fallen slightly in the
lake region of Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Iowa, where it continues near
freezing. From Dakota, south
west to Texas the Temporal
ture has fallen from 10 TO
twenty degrees, with snow and
brisk northcrly wind. The indica-
tons arc that the storm, which is
central near Cincinnati this morn
ing, will move to the eastward, caus-
ing severe gales on the Atlantic
coast. tonight, followed by fresh
and brisk westerly winds during
Wednesday in the Middle states and
South Atlantic states, with colder
and fair weather.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Hon. John
Goode, president of the Yorktown
association, has called on Presi-
dent Garfield, and invited him
to deliver an address at the laying of
the corner stone of the Yorktown
monument, during the centennial
celebration next October. The
President heartily consented to do
so, and expressed great interest in
the success of the entire celebration.
M. Goode, also called on Secretary
Blaine, who, under the act of Con-
gress, has control of $4,000 appro-
| priated for the entertainment of the
Frenchvisitors, and found him, also
deeply interested i'm the matter. He
informed Mr.. Goode that il was his
intention to secure large man-of-
war for the reception and entertain
ment of these distinguished guests,
and that so far as the state
department is concerned the pro-
grammess will be worthy of the
occasion. The Congressional Com
mission. of which johnson is chair
man, also'has $4,000 at its command
and is already actively at work max
ing preliminary arrangements for
the celebration.
The Executive Committee will
leave Washington for Yorktown
next week on the government
steamer Dispatch, TO select sites for
the erection of necessary buildings,
wharves, etc. and the entire COM
mission will assemble at Old
Point Comfort at an early date after
the adjournment of the Senate, to
continue in session and perfect all
needed details during the summer.
MACON, GA, April 12.-7Thirty
special reports to the telegram and
Messenger. indicates less than half
peach crop in the middle and south
western part of Georgia Fig treesI
are killed, plum half crop, pears and1
Strawberries not much injured. The
Lecomte pear is failure in the same
sections.
DENVER, April ia Dispatch
from Sante Fe says, that on Satur-I
day afternoon, at railroad camp onl
the line OF the Denver aud Rio
Grande railroad, forty miles west of
Chanra, New Mexico, a desperadol
from Texas, named Baker, with twol
companions, entered the place and
rode up to each store and saloond
aud robbed the proprietors of!
each place of all their money
and valuables. At the last store
kept by q Frenchman, the roughs
collected every man in the place !
numbering forty, inarshaled themi
in line under their six-shooters and
compelled them all to take a drini
at the Frenchman's expense, Baked
doing the honors., Finally Bake,
made them all set on the floor, andI
he stood away, threatening to shoot
any man who moved. AS he turned
the Frenchman sprang ON him, took
away both his revolvers and shot
him dead. The other men then rose'
and fired n volley at the othes'
roughs, wounding one, but both|
escaped on their horses.
PATTERSON, N. j., April 12.-Da{
} Wis #. Gilmore, Republican, wal
elected mayor over Joseph r. Ora
ham, Democrat, by large majority
The board of aldermen stand
eleven Republican and five 'DemoV
Gratis, the same as last year. Demo}
Gratis have carried the board of fire.
holders by electing two Democrat
in Passaic City.
LONDON, April ia dispatch
from st. Petersburg says, th<
} Nicholas Sudzelaslfky, an importt
Nihilist, was recently arrested by I'll
Roumanian authorities. He was inn
, plicated in the peasant disorders Al
J Schism, but escaped punishment-3I
T decamping first to England and tn
r to America. He afterwards retur
! ed to Roumania. The Russian 20
eminent has taken steps to secu
his extradition by Roumalia.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, April 49,.
: Earthquakes of considerable vioI
7 lence have begun again in Chic.
: is estimated that barely TWEEN
: houses remain habitable
! whole island. Forty-fve vila0aI
: have been totally destroyed =
t the population in many localit =
3 has absolutely disappeared.
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