The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The mother of the Sultan Abdul
AZiZ has addressed a letter to the
Sultan Abdul Hamid, thanking him
for having revenged her son and pu-
rified his name and dynasty from
the stain of suicide.
The Palatka Journal SAYS that n
responsible party in New York
wants 10 contract with gardeners on
the st. Johns river, Fla, for 100000
cases of tomatoes, planted early
enough to be ripe in January, 1882.
"A number of respectable Ger
man citizens at Philadelphia have or
ganizcd the Teutonie Cooperative
Colonization Society and purchased
1000 acres of land near Asheville, N.
c., between the Allegheny and Blue
Ridge Mountains, to which they and
others who may join them will emf
CRATE.
"A Danville, Va, blacksmith, who
is evidently convert to the Malone
theory of REIMBURSEMENT" has posted
the following: "Notis.-De copard-
nership heretofo twixt me and Nose
Skinner is hereby resolved. Dem
what ows de firm will settle wild me,
and dem what de firm Ow will settle
wild Nose"
The New York Tribune tells
good story at the expense of Henry
Watterson, editor of the Courier
Journal. Watterson and the late Sam
uel Bowles, of the Springfield Repub-
licdH, were dining together when the
following conversation took place:
"Sam." said Watterson, 'how can we
ever kill this infamous Republican
party?" IL don't know, Henry, any
better way" said Bowles, ethan for
you to join it,"
james Parton tells a curious stO-
ry of testator in England who left
$4,000 to a friend, but with the con-
dition that one-half the sum should
be buried with him in his coffin.
The puzzled legatee took advice
upon the matter, and he was advised
to write Il check for Il thousand
pounds upon the bank where the
money was deposited, make it pay
able to the order of the deceased,
and place il in the old gentleman's
coffin.
Since the appearance of the
comet, heat wave has been hang
ing over Italy; the temperature is
higher than has been recorded for
many years IN June, and in Rome
the heat is aggravated by persis-
tent siroccO. The highest quotation
is from Florence-nearly go Fab
renheit. The effects of this eXces-
sive heat have been shown only too
plainly in the Campagna, where the
corn reaping is in full swing. Out
of Il body of 200 soldiers marched
out for exercise one morning early,
ten men fell by the roadside before
reaching Rome again, of whom two
died
1t seems that Messrs. Lorillard
Il Keene are not to mOnOpOliZe the
American turf honors in England.
j. A. Grinshead, of Kentucky, has
made two nominations for the Ep-
som Derby of 1888. One is a ches-
nut colt, ST. Martin, dam Sapley
Badderly, by imported Australian.
st. Martin is by imported Austria
liam, dam Tokay, by imported York
shire. The other is brown colt by
Gilroy, dam sister to Ruric, by inn
ported Sovereign. He has also made
two nominations for the Oaks Of the
same year; q chestnut filly by War
Dance. dam Misfortune, by GilrOy,
and a chestnut filly by st. Martin,
dam Cicely Jopson, by Weatherbit.
Santa Cruz (Col) Courier: Lii
liam f. Smith, little lady, only ten
years old, gave an exhibition Satur-
day evening last at the rink, of her
wonderful skill with the rifle. She
| f,A1 OF rrlo halls thrown in tho OR
making a very good score, but Ia
bored under many difficulties in the
way of light and limited space in
which to work. She fired over her
shoulder, taking sight in a small
hand mirror, and broke every ball
out of twelve. She broke balls
swinging in q circle, part to a string,
broke fifteen balls to one minute,
and several other feats worthy the
Austins or DIR Carver. Miss Lillian,
who resides SIX or seven miles from
town with her parents, and who was
accompanied by them, is about me
dunn height for aten-year-old child,
bright as dollar, artless and nat
ural.
Mr.. ii. l. Kimball, the energetic
manager of the Atlanta Cotton Tx
position, to take place this fall, has
hit upon a novel plan of taking care
of the creature comfort of visitors
The hotels of Atlanta, it is appre-
hended, will be unequal to furnish
ing bed and board for the thousands
who will gather here in October
Mr.. KImball, in this emergency, pro-
poses to ask all the people of Atlanta
rich and poor, without regard to
their own comfort, to open their
houses at fixed schedule of prices
In accordance with this plan all ar
, rangements for board and all pay
ments therefor would be conducted
by the managers through special
department, which would be respon.
sible to both householders and visit
ors. 1.-THE director general succeeds
in organizing and satisfactorily con-
Quoting this Important branch of the
undertaking he will add vastly to
| the credit which he has already
, earned; and there is no insuperable
obstacle to such success ifthe people
of Atlanta share his own enthusiasm