The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-26
EDPFORtAI. NOTES.


| cations from more than three thou
sand cities and villages in which
electric light companies are to be
fJrmcd. .. -. -'4 !
Col. Thomas a. Scott. late
President of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, is very i'll at his
Philadelphia residence, having had
another stroke Of paralysis. :
The London Times says there is
no chance of any arrangement be-
tween the rival Atlantic cable com
panies, and the prospects, that there
will be competition ut "a shilling per
word tariff. =.
The III Paso Times has the state
ment, from what authority we do not
know, that the managers of the
Texas Pacific extension have re-
solved To provide a water supply for
the road 10y digging wells, most OF
them arteslan, every ten or fifteen
miles between Fort Worth and III
Paso. .
The success OF Mary Anderson,
who became a popular star immcdi-
diately OH adopting the stage, has
women 10 attempt the same feat.
They are Miss fcttcr aud Miss Dick
son, and each is now Oh i trial West
ern tour. Il is said that half the girls
in Louisville are stage struck.
The house in which Davy
Crochet once lived at Lawrence
burg is still standing, and divers
persons ia the ucighbOrhoOd possess
legal documents written out by his
own hand rs justice of the peace.
lie had a mill near the house. bat.
il is said, went oil hunting and cleo
pioneering while his wife remained
at home grinding.
during the course of its event
ful career women have, ut one time
and another, played havoc with the
Republican party. There was Agnes
jerks, Eliza Pinkston, Sylph Widow
Oliver, and II host of others too
numerous to mention The most
surprising feature OF the whole bust
ness, however, has just now been
made public. II is reported that the
exposure of the star route irau,ls
was due 10 a. woman's desire for re-
ycngc, ...
"A solid silver casket, weighing
about two pounds and u half, aud
long in the possession of the Dis
racli family, was placed in Beacon :
fields colin. IL contains recent
likeness (rulorcd) of the Earl. The
casket was sent TO Sheffield in order
that il might be soldcrcd and then
covered with u strong plate OF nickel
silver. The latter preserves the sill
yer AMI renders ii practically indie
siructiblc. The casket is devoid of
ornament. On the lid is the follow
ing inscriptions: This casket con
tains II recent likeness of the late
Right Honorable Earl of BcacOns-
field, April, 1881" TWAS placed be
tween the inner and outer boxes.
Emile de Girardin died with
perfect unconccrn. His physician
told him that he was about TO pre-
pare some medicine for him. mo
good" lie. replied, ait is all over.
After all, might just as well die
now as in years time" The doe
tor declared that his patient would
go through another political cam
paign. But Girardinswas not de-
ceiyed. "rhe end has come" he
said. "rhe hour of repose has ar
rived, aud ] prefer dying ut the
moment my role finishes" Ten days
before his death, after sudden at
tack of illness, the doctor said TO
him: "You always asked me TO let
you know when your life might be
considered endangered. After I'm
attack at your age there is always,a
risk. liav" YOU put your affairs in
Ordcr?" eyes" he said, every
thing is. ready, aud | ain ready."'
The director of the mint esti-
mates that The total gold circulation
OF The United States, including bul-
lion in The treasury, amounted al
the commencement of the current
month 10 $500, 100000, OF whidh
about S26I ,00O,000 was held rs treas
ury and national. bank reserves,
1886, 900, 0Ob was. nj actual circula.
tion There has thcn atotal gain OF
gold coin and huilinI'to the country
since July l.. 1871. Ut $23I 100000, OF
which $50, p00,0J0 was added 10
the treasury. $jg0O0, 900 tothc bank
and $ll0.OO0.0O0 to the actual circu-
Iation. The total amount of gold in
the country makes fair showing
compared with The principal couh-
tries OF Europe, Being exceeded by
two only. The amount estimated Ia
be in England IN 1880 was 1896, 000,-
900, of which $i2S,000.OO0 was in
actual circulation, and France, with
1927 ,OO0,O00 OF gold, had a circnla-
ton OF about 'SSl6,UO0,o00.
The Denver (COlor;fdo) IIiGUpe
of Monday SAYS. III was discover
cd yesterday that proceedings have
been begun in the district court of
Arapahoc county against eN-Seml-
tor Dorsey for money promised 10
the plaintiff for services rendered in
procuring petitions. creating an in
terest among the people, etc, in or
der TO Increase the mail facilities in
certain portions of Oregon. The
complainant, who is u well-known
politician OF Portland. Oregon, ale
yes that Dorseo hired him TO get up
petitions for an Increase of mail ia
cilities on various star routes in
Greg III and Washington, in which
Dorsey was interested; that he has
letters and Instructions from Dor
sey directing him to get up ten or
twelve petitions on each route, 10
have n large number of letters writ
len 10 the Postmaster-Genera aud
senators, all asking for daily mails
and fast time. Dorsey pronOunces
the c lain fraudulent, aud denoun-
ces the claimant rs a blackmailer,
Did Lord Beaconsfield die a
Christian or u jew? Sir Nathaniel
Rothschild, onc'of his Lorlship's ex-
ecntors, is said TO be in possession OF
the. fact that Disraeli returned to the
faith of his foreIathers, even if he
eyer really held any other. II is adj
ded BY way of confirmation that he
'"lid not avail himself of the services
of any of the clei gymcn who were
personally known 10 him." The truth
probably is, that.he didn't have much
religion OF any kind. His sympA-
thies, taste, preferences would natu-
rally be with the Hebrews, with the
ceremonial polity OF the synagogue,
with the faith which holds that the
faithful are rewarded in this world,
and that what we know of the nexi
is too uncertain TO be a guarantee
either of happiness or OF misery. 1t
was not for nothing that Beaeons-
field was proud OF his Jewish blood
lit ran in his own veins in a lively
and significant way. Nominally,
however, and legally, he was n Chris
tian, and was buried as such. How
he was TO be buried, and what men
would think or say of him after-
ward, did not. probably, give him