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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06
GHAsrLY SIGHTS.

THE FRACTURED VERTEBRA, RIB AND
ORGANS AFFECTED BY THE
WOUND OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD
ON EXHIBITION AT THE MEDICAL
MUSEUM.
DR.. Schrody, of the New York
Medical REGARD, upon the invitation
of the consulting surgeons of the
late president. visited the army
medical museum for the purpose OF
examining the anatomical specimens
preserved after the autopsy. These
consist of the fractured vertebra,
the broken eleventh rib, and all the
organs affected by the wound. The
vertebra has been cleaned carefully
and will be mounted aud preserved
as was that of Wilkes Booth. The
viscera is in as good a condition of
dissection as when first taken from
the body.
The. lungs, liver, kidneys, panores,
gall, bladder and colon are there,
showing the effects of the injuries
from the passage of the ball, the
suppuration surfaces, assesses, pus
gatherings, and ruptured mesenteric
artery. The most interesting speci-
men was the. encysted bed of the
ball. into which the ball was fitted
to-day. The conclusion of DIR.
Schrody and Prot. Weise are that
great skill and care have been dis
played in tho preservation of the
parts, and that the statement of the
bulletin publishing the first account
of the autopsy were absolutely cor
rect, and that nothing had been con-
cealed. DIR. Schrody and Prof
Wsise were among those outside
surgeons who believed thepresident
would recover,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06
PALESTINE.
JUDGE REAGAN m1-MINoR MENTION
Special to the Statesman,

Especial TO the Statesman.l
PALESTINE, October 1.-The wife
of our esteemed attorney, Robert
Mcclure, was buried here on yester-
day. She was most excellent lady,
and noted for many virtues.
Major G. j. Gooch, of our city, is
one of the incorporators of the Trim
ity Il Sabine railroad, and will be
one of the prominent officers OF the
road.
Capt. J.J. Ward, Of Palestine, has
been appointed local attorney of the
international & Great Northern
railroad since J. t. Bro wne resigned
4 Judge Reagan has been danger
'ously i'll for several days, but is bet
ter to-day. -
Two brick hotels are going up
here now. They will be fine, large
buildings, one being built by q. A.
Sterne, present proprietor of the
International House, and the other
by Burkitt & Murphy, on the burnt
district.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

Gov. LITTLEFIELD, of Rhode
Island, has determined to call an
extra session of the Legislature to fill
the vacant seat in the United States
senate caused by the death of Gen,
Burnside. He could appoint a sena-
tor 10 fill the vacancy until the leg
islature meets in January, but would
probably injure his own popularity
thereby, and damage his chances OF
a reelection to the governorship. 1t
does not matter much, as sll the
members of the legislature can leave
their homes before breakfast
assemble in the capital at 10 o'clock
.. m, finish, if they SO desire, and go
back nome to supper.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

The Cincinnati Commercial does
not doubt that Senator Bayard will
be unanimously chosen president of
the senate by the Democrats. He is
senior senator in point of service of
that party, and the custom Of pro-
noting the senior to the presidency
is rarely ever disregarded by the
senate. 1t is satisfied no other
Democratic name will be proposed
or suggested. There are some Re-
publican senator's who maintain that
the presidency of the senate and its
secretary should not be conceded to
the Democrats; that there is no man
datorv law requiring the president
to be elected before new senators
are admitted, and that Republicans
should contend for these offices.
There are, however, a number of
Republicans who think as Senator
Dawes, that the law governing the
case gives the advantage to the
Democrats, and that it must be OBJ
served. AS yet no candidates for
the secretaryship of the senate have
announced themselves, but now that
an early extra session has been
called, they will not be lacking.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06
ALL the presidents who have died

ALL the presidents who have died
in Office have died in the early
part of the term. General Taylor
lived sixteen months after his inau-
guration, leaving two-thirds of the
term to be filed by Mr.. Fillmore.
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
one month and eleven days after his
second Inauguration, and Andrew
johnson therefore held the Office
three years, ten months and half.
General Harrison's term of office
was the briefest of all. He died
just one month after his Inaugural
ton day Tyler was three years and
eleven months in Office. Mr.. Gar
field was president six months and
fifteen days, and nearly three months
of this time he was disabled. For
the other three months he was en-
gagged in a disgraceful feud with
Vice President Arthur and Senator
Conkling, aud yet there are those
who thoughtlessly refer to the
great wisdom of his administration.
Outside of this feud there was
nothing to sighalize 1t, and had not
Malone and Conkling stirred up
muses. government events dur
ing that period would have
hardly been worth recording.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

THE land agitation has been trans
ferred from Ireland to Scotland
and the north of England, and large
public meetings are being held in
many shires. The resolutions call
upon the premier to treat the Scotch
and English tenant as the Irish ten
ant has been treated, and grant
them a proprietary interest in the
soil they cultivate. IL can not be
denied that in many parts of Scot
land, especially in the isles adjacent,
the tenant is in a wretehed condi-
tiou. Absenteeism, the root of some
of the worst evils that afflict Ire
land. prevails there, and whole dis
tricts are sometimes swept of ton
ants and turned into shooting do.
mains, which are now valuable
investments, the "new men" from
the south of the Tweed paying
fabulous sums for seasons shoot
ing.
An exchange says: Primogeni-
ture and entail will certainly not
long survive the extension of the
borough franchise to counties, and
the game laws are doomed to perish
at very early day. The farmers
throughout the three Kingdoms have
much to complain of, but the land
lords, take them all round, are pro-
badly worse off. Lord Derby, in
speech the other day, said he did not
believe that English agriculture
would be permanently injured by
American competition, and coun-
seled economy. Economy to man
in his position means the dismissal
of the second under-butler. but he |
neglected to say by what process the |
English farmer can pay rent (Which |
include the settlements and Join
lures made by the landlord, and the |
support of agents and middle-men), |
and yet pompete with the western |
farmer who has nothing to pay but |
the cost of transportation, now re-
duced to q minimum,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06


PRESIDENT ARTHUR will noni-
nate candidate for the vacancy on
the supreme bench, caused by the
death of Judge Clifford. Besides
this, several Indian agents are to
be named, and Q commissioner of
railways, a superintendent of the
New Orleans mint and a number of
postmasters, besides appointments
on the army retired list and promo
tions in the army and navy. This
will be the work for the executive
session of the senate after it has
been organized with a Democratic
president.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

The Conkling crowd are the only
members of the Republican party
whe maintained the honesty of the
living president. Hayes and Sher-
man and Garfield, and the automatic
gentleman from Maine, all were SO
convinced of his rascality that they
could not associate with him, even
after he became vice-president. Aud
yet Blaine was the first man to con-
gratulate him on the accession, and
to grasp his hand firmly y in token of
appreciation, and Hayes and Sher-
man followed suit, as did all the rest.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

The question as to the nativity
of Mr.. Arthur was raised by Mr..
Hinman, a Wall street lawyer,
during the canvass. Mr.. Arthur,
then in New York, made this state
ment:
"a great many people know that
1 was born in Vermont, and a great
many others don't know anything
about it. There are five hundred
people in this city know just where
| was born. / have shaken hands
with a hundred people in this city
who know 1 was born in Vermont
IN Fairfield, VT, at the time my
father was 40 years old. My father
was q native of the north of Ire
land. He was what they call Scotch
Irish. i2s
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

JAY GOULD and William Ell. Van
derbilt are said to have expressed
themselves as attaching little or no
importance to the anti-monopoly
convention. The former is credited
with the remark that it will be COM
posed of politicians out of business,
but anxious for new deal; and the
latter observed that it was hard to
tell what these people wanted, as all
railroad transportation at this mo-
ment was cheaper than it had ever
been before, and none had mo-
nopoly of the business, inasmuch as
anybody could build railroad that
wanted to.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06
THE MOUTH OF THE BRAzos.

Colonel j. r. Taylor, of Chicago.
filed a charter, yesterday, to build
railway from the mouth of the
Brazos river to Hampstead, and he
expects to have the line from Co.
lumbia to Diamonds Mound, in the
northwestern portion of Brazoria
county, finished in six months,
Colonel Taylor, some two years
ago, purchased what is known as
the mineral portion of the mound,
which is one of the greatest natural
curiosities in this state. 1t
rises like the back of turtle out
of the level alluvial country sur
rounding it, covering several square
miles, while beneath it's surface are
vast mineral deposits of untold
value. 1t is said all the mineral
waters known in the southwest may
be found beneath this mound-sul-
phur, iron, magnesia, soda, and all
the sour waters of Texas. Col. Tay-
lor proposes to work at the Mound
the cures of the resorts of the south
west. He will build fine hotel, and
will lay out city, to be called
Mound City," and he declares he
will make it known throughout the
Union. Col. Il. and his associates have
dropped into the garden spot of the
world. This property lies between
the BraZos and the San Bernard
rivers, and is about in the centre of
what Is known as the -Four COun-
ties" covering the richest body of
alluvial lands in the world.
These lands are capable of a
production more varied than any
other portion of Texas, and at
one time in the states history were
the seat of its greatest wealth and
intelligence. Like southern Louisi-
ana, it went under a cloud after the
war, from which it is destined, be-
fore long, to emerge with more bril-
lance than ever. This section covers
the approaches to the mouth of the
Brazos river, which is capable of
being converted into the best harbor
west of New Orleans. 1t is in this
section, and at the mouth of the
Brazos river, where capitalists will
lay the foundation for colossal for
tunes, and where vast agricultural
and industrial community must
soon have its being.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

THE Houston and Texas Central
railway company has issued one OF
the most sensible handbooks for i'm
migrants ever turned out of any
press. 1t is comprehensive in its in
formation, and the pages of the
pamphlet are embelished with adj
mirable and most appropriate en-
cravings from rural scenes in Texas,
1t possesses, too, much valuable sta
istical Information, highly instruc-
tive to people at home as well as
to those looking towards Texas for
settlement.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

AND now it has been discovered
that the gubernatorial candidate in
Mississippi. away back in the dim
past wrote poetry to his sweet
heart and his continued popularity
depends upon the point, whether or
not she was red-headed relative of
a certain Dallas editor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

THE Herald and the World are
running a muck against each other
in the mourning business. The
Herald put on mourning-eyery rule
upturned-the morning after the
presidents death. The World did
the same, On the second day the
World continued in mourning and
the Herald had passed out. The
third day both were in mourning,
and now the Herald hopes to get
even ON days by allowing the World
to drop out one day in advance of 1t.
Both are IN earnest about their
grief. One represents Gould, the
other Arthur and Conkling.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

JAY GoULD's Atlantic cable has
parted, and the fact involves him in
a loss of sl0.UO0Ooo. Western Union
stock has declined alarmingly, and
his securities ON this account are
damaged to the extent of $50 0,000,-
600 An ominous incident in con-
neetion with the great financier's
course Is contained in the fact that a
great engine of the New Jersey
Southern railway, bearing his name,
was precipitated down an embank-
ment, and is total wreck.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

SECRETARY BLAINE has so far
taken care of his family to the best
of his ability. A dozen of his rela-
tives have been given places at
Washington. He believes in max
ing this Blaine government, ard
even now hopes to make OF
Arthur Blaine man. He has the
of the devil.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06
WHITESBORO.
HoNoRs TO THE DEAD PREsIDKNT-FEARs
OF THE NEW ONE.
ispecIal 70 the statesmnn. |

WHITEsBoRo, September 28.--All
business houses were closed at 10
m. on Monday last, in respect for
our late president. All parties
flocked to the Presbyterian church,
to commemorate the sad calamity In
prayer.
Citizens here shake their heads
when asked how they like the new
president. They fear that Grantism
and Conklingism will render the air
unwholesome about the white house.
Cotton is coming in rapidly, and
our merchants are duplicating Sher-
man and Oenison prices.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

SIR JOSEPH PORTER, alas w. III.
Hunt, secretary of the navy, did not
only treat "thosc families" con-
temptuously, but courted favor with
Messrs. Garfield and Blaine by snub-
bing Vice President Arthur. 1t is
thought the "ruler of the Queens
navie may soon be going into new
business.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

ATTORNEY GENERAL MCVEAGH
recognizes to the fullest the propriety
in leaving his place, that Mr.. Arthur
may appoint some one instead who
has been in harmony with him. Sec
retary Blaine wants to hold ON to
what he has, and Mrs. Blaine takes
position likewise.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

EX-SENATOR DoRsEY,'s cattle
ranch in New Mexico consists OF
five hundred thousand acres, much
of which is under fence, and the
whole valued at SS,000,000. The
property is stocked with thirty-one
thousand head of cattle, among
which are five hundred bulls that
cost $500 each, and herd of twelve
hundred horses Who would refuse
to be star-router as long as there
are such district attorneys as our
model Corkeyr
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

a FEW Republican papers are
trying to make it appear that the
senate can choose a president pro
tenn. on the outside. Such a PROPOSE
tion reflects some of the follies of the
element to which they belong. Sup
pose tie Democratic senators were
to follow their advice, and put an
outside Democrat at the head of the
senate to give the casting vote on all
party questionsp This is the man
ner in which Republicans might pro-
ceed, were they possessed of the
power to begin with.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06
TEXAS BY TELEGRAPH
BRACKETT.
FLOOD AT BRAcKErT-dREAr DAMAGE
DoNE-oNE MAN DROWNED.


DoNE-oNE MAN DROWNED.
Especial 10 the Statesman.1
BRACKET, October Ia special
from Bracket says that the town
was again visited by frightiul food
last night Eleven and one-half
inches of water fell in very short
time, the water flowing through the
streets. An alarm was sounded and
men, women and children fed TO
the heights for safety. From l to 8
O'Clock this morning women and
children were carried through tho
raging torrents on horses, and the
courthouse and church became their
general shelter. The scene was one
never to be forgotten. No lives
were lost in town, but one is repor-
ted to have been drowned at Dooley
and Thompson's rancho. All the
stores were damaged, ranging from
one hundred and fifty to five hun
dred dollars each, and a number of
families lost all their household
goods. Fears are entertained of
heavy losses in the country districts.
The town of Bracket looks perfect
ly dilapidated and will never re-
cover. 1t will be remembered that
this town was almost swept away
last year.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

The fact that Mr.. Arthur was
sworn in as president by a Demo
cratic judge is a good omen that he
desires to be an honest and upright
executive. How he can be this, how
ever, with Blaine rs his chief ad-
wiser, is hard to tell.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

DIR. LAMB, who was present at the
autopsy ON the late president, says
that it was clearly demonstrated
thereby that there was error in the
physicians diagnosis,
and that the patient was not affected
with pyamia- The attending phYsi-
clans stated that pyamia caused
death.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

The anti-monopoly people in New
York have had twenty thousand
copies of a petition in favor of the
Reagan bill, in favor of congression-
al control of the railroads, prepared
for distribution for signatures in all
the principal cities in the Union.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

THE first appointment of the new
president was the continuing Rear
Admiral Nichols as acting secretary
of the navy. This appointment was
the last official act of President Gar
field, before leaving the white house,
on his way to the depot July 2.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

GENERAL SWAIN wants it under
stood that he did not give circula-
tion to the report that the ball which
the doctors were looking for in the
presidential corpse, was found dis
placed among the intestlnes in the
wash bowl.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

THE last sensation in New York
financial circles is the alliance
between Jay Gould and Uncle Sam
my Tilden. 1t is said they have
Joined forces, and will henceforth
seek whom they may devour in the
stock ring.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

INDICATIONS for the gulf states
Partly cloudy weather, and possibly
local rams in the western portion
east to south winds; stationary ba-
rometer and stationary or higher
temperature.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06
Some little sickness in the county.

A Washington dispatch says :
Secretary Lincoln may be retained.
Secretary Hunt will have TO 60 be-
cause he was unnecessarily insolent
to Mr.. Arthur when the latter was
only vice president and because of
general incompetency. Mr.. Win
dom is understood to be very anx-
ious to occnpy his place in the SEN
ate. Senator Jones is talked of for
the interior department. If he goes,
it will be because Maxey has arrang-
ed to buy a senatorship from
Nevada. Politics do not cornt
there money is the factor. Conger
is spoken of for the postofiice de-
partment, and some New York man
is reasonably sure of the treasury.
George Boutwell,, ex-senator Fre-
linghuysen and Mr.. Edmunds are
also among the names canvassed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

WHAT notoriety the physicians
did not make in treating Mr.. Gar
field they are now attempting to
gain by quarreling over what the
autopsy proved and what it did not
prove.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06
BASTROP.
DIR. THOMAS ALLEN KILLED-cLosrD OUT.
Especial TO the Statesman.

Especial TO the Statesman
BAsTRor, October 1.-Dr. Thomas
Allen was killed this morning at
Red Rock, in this county, by one
Jim Watkins. The particulars have
not been received.
Rosenburg & Bro, dealers in
general merchandise, are being
closed out by creditors. Attach
ments have been run on their stock
of goods by Chas. Weztner, of this
place Ullman, Lewis Il Co., Of
Houston Cargill & Co., of Houston,
and Marx e. Kempner, of Calves
ton, whose claims aggregate about
$500.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

In is understood that Gen. Cor
don, of Georgia, is in the hands of
his friends, and that means.a good
deal just before the gubernatorial
canvass begins.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

State Virgiaian The rains that
have fallen in the past few days in
nearly every portion of Virginia and
North Carolina will benefit the
grass and set the streams TO running
once more, but they come too late
TO help the tobacco crop. Indeed,
some of the most experienced to-
baccO planters are of the opinion
that the rain, coming so late as il
did, will do the crop more harm than
good. But the tobacco raisers will
have the consolation of knowing
that the deficiency in quantity viii
be made up in q measure.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

CAPTAIN EADs has returned from
Europe, and announces that he is
greatly encouraged by his confer
ence with eminent English engineers
as to his ship railroad project. lie
is going to Mexico in order to re-
survey the route. If the government
will take Il portion OF the stock, in
return for certain privileges, the
road can be completed in four
Years
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

OUT of sympathy and respect for
the dying president, the Democrats
of Ohio proposed to the Republi-
cans to put an end to the campaign
meetings, and to leave the issue with
the people. The offer was rejected.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

THE criticisms which have ap-
peared in the London Lancet OH the
treatment of President Garfield's
case, were, it is said, from the pen of
- most eminent English surgeon,
who differed widely with the ply
sicians in attendance.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

A Georgia girl has two silk dress
es which she made herself, having
raised the worms, spun the silk and
colored and woye it with her own
hands.
The people of Georgia are grow
ing very restless and uneasy because
the legislature does not adjourn
The papers are all crying out against
q too much legislation"
Charles Henry Foster, the noted
spiritual medium, has been sent to
the Massachusetts, asylum for the in
sane.
What viii Atlanta do With 100000
guests2
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

FEARS are apprehended at Wash
ington that Guiteau may not, when
his trial begins, get safely from the
Jail to the court room. His taking
off would be a saving of expense to
the government.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06
AND now there is going to be

AND now there is going to be a
war of the scalpel. The physicians
of Mr.. Garfield win print a surgical
review of his case, while DR.. HAM
mond is hard at work on q review,
which, it is said, will be very severe
ON those who conducted the case.