The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-06-23
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.f-'-4'OOi. iAeiS uhNCi Ndhcu dlOnc 10 re
form the men of that town. She en-.
terscsaloons, gambling houses, and
worse resorts at night, often sur.
prising her male acquaintance, with
whom she then pleads and prays.
- y locomotive is being built al
the Baldwin Works in Philadelphia
which is designed to be the fastest
in the world. tits intended to make
eighty miles an hour without taking
in water, and will be tested on the
English and Continental railroads
"A Boston company proposes to
invest three hundred thousand dol
lars in q cotton factory at Vicksburg,
Miss. The speeches of Senator'S
Dawes and Hoar on alleged out.
RACES in Mississippi have evidently
had but little effect in cultured Bos-
.on. it-- ~. srl 100 49, f,,o3...s.. ~.
Religion and horse racing are
not generally mentioned as running
together, but. it appears that IrO-
| quois won a church for Johnstown.
Nj, as well as the English Derby,
Mr.. Lorillard having promised to
erect a church edifice there if he
captured. the great English race. si4
Cyrus w. Field expresses the
opinion that electrical engines will
soon displace steam on the elevated
roads, and rid the people of the COM
bined nuisance of smoke, cinders
and noise. He says hisnephew has
been at work examining the system
a year or more, and he is enthusiast
tic oyer the prospect. I'd =. a. \, - ..
-Adelina PATHS last performance
in Paris the other evening was
marked by novel gift from Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Mackey. This was q par
asol made of half-open rosebuds
mounted on a framework lined with
white satin. When the prima donna
was called out before the curtain
the manager accompanied her, hold
ing this pink parasOl over the pretty
little lady. :.r...l - ~
1t has come to light that some
enterprising fellow, on the day of
the publication of the New Version,
bought several thousand copies of
the Old Version, and putting them
into new bindings did a roaring
trade at 100 per cent by peddling
them among New York brokers. 1t
is wickedly suggested that no other
class of business men could have
been so gulled. - Ho uu-. e.e
Gradually Mexico is being
AmericaniZed point by point. II
has Just resolved to adopt the Ameri-
can system of street nomenclature.
In Mexico each block bears differ
ent name. The consequence is that
there are several thousand streets,
and ii is absolutely impossible for
anybody, even hackman, to keep
up with the street nomenclature. II
is now proposed to do away with
the Mexican system and give each
street a separate name, as in this
country. .r -..r.. - -..a.su 4
-Ofthe famous grandier battalion
that accompanied Napoleon /. to
Elba after his first abdication at
Fontainbleau, the last survivor ex-
PRED in Paris few days ago at the
advanced age of ninety-six. Jac-
ques Raymond, sixty-seven years
ago, was sergeant in the Imperial
Guard, and during his eleven
months sojourn in the Island of
Elba, whittier he had been dispatch
ed as one of the Imperial exile's
escort, was attached to the garrison
of Porto Ferrajo. .t
An old feat is strikingly varied
in western circus. Leaping from
a spring board over a row of ele-
plants, camels and horses has
ceased to move an audience. In the
present instance the leaper person
ates an Arab pursued by a company
of soldiers. They drive him up a |
hill and stand in dozen ranks at
its foot, with their spears appraised. |
Then the Arab runs down the hill, |
Jumps on the spring board (Which |
looks Ikea rock and bounds with |
a somersault over the heads and
spears of the enemy. -rs
Spanish history says that a ship
sent TO South america in 1900 to |
collect tribute from the colonies of |
Spain, was sunk near the mouth of |
the Rio de Ia Plata, with $9.0OOOOO |
aboard. The money is supposed to |
lie to-day at the bottom of the |
cceon, in a strong iron safe. An
expedition has just sailed from Phil
adelphia to recover this treasure.
The leader is Capt. Charles A.
Jones, who has already made a for
tune in the south American wreck
ing business. He goes in an iron
steamship, supplied with apparatus
for removing the deep mud sup
posed to cover the dollars.
Frederick Herman KrOger, q
BOY IL years old, died in New York
rom the effects of hydrophobia. He
vas one of several boys bitten by a
'abid dog that was shot in A pril last.
The dog bit the end of his nose
nearly off, but the wound was caut-
.rized and the missing bit sewed on.
lie was attacked with the disease ON
saturday, but no alarm was felt I'M
ii he complained of being unable to-
water. His commissions in
'reased in violence until the last,
when he threw those who attempted |
o hold him away, fought for a mo-
nent with the air, and fell back
lead.
While Barnum's circus was
the streets of Salem, Massa-
husetts, the six-horse team, draw
ng the glass-inclosed case contain
ng forty big serpents, became I'M
manageable and ran away, smashing
he cage into fragments, and liter
lily strewing the streets with ana
ondas, boa constructors, and veno-
nous reptiles. There was a general
tampede among the immense
rowd witnessing the procession,
nut through the GOODNESS of the
.eeper of the serpents, aided by the
ourage of the employees. of the
how, the slimymonsters were gath
red up without harming any one.
The practical success of the cleo
ric railway in Berlin has doubtless
inventive talent the world
yer, but velocipede propelled by
lectricity is the first vehicle to fall
a line behind the German street
ar. An electrician ofParis has sue
eeded in driving an English tricycle.
pr. an hour along the streets of
'aris, by means of electricity stored
q a secondary battery" OF Plante's
make, and two small Deprez electric | {
Motors. The vehicle with its occu-
ant weighed four hundred pounds.
MT 1t was driven at the speed of an !
rdinary cab but, by improving the ]
nechanism, the inventor hopes to
aise the speed to twelve miles an l
our; and the modification which I
as since been effected on the Plante
artery by M. Faure will no doubt |
nable supply of electricity to be I