The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-13

cost OF fences.
The stealings of the star-route ring
appear to have been limited only by
the size of the country.
a cotton plant four feet high, with
bolls fully matured, is growing in a
garden at Palmyra, Wis.
I. Ferry Young, son of the late
Brigham Young, died while on n
voyage from Vera Cruz.
Philip j. ID. Vandyke, a prominent
attorney of Detroit, was killed by
being thrown from buggy.
Bishop O'Iiara, of Pennsylvania,
has begun a vigorous war on the
graveyard insurance business.
1t would be pretty lonesome for
the Ohio mani if civil service reform
didn't occupy the next back seat.
New York city has eight illegal
associations for procuring divorces
especially and without publicity"
The New York convention appears
to have been very refreshing sea-
son of pulp, gush, and harmony.
Frost has destroyed the late
growth of cotton i'll South Carolina,
and injured the tobacco crop in Vir-
ginia.
President Garfield owned 1000
shares of mining stock at the time
of his death, which are now worth
$4,000.
It is believed that the alleged dis
coverers of the mummy of Themes
Ill. are guilty of perpetrating big
stiff OH the public.
The Garfield boys have returned
to Williams college, but Harry is
not well enough TO resume his
studies at once.
John Somers, convicted of the
murder of VIM. Mussetwat at At
lanta City July last, is sentenced to
be hanged November %.
Secretary Hunt is likely TO be re-
tanned. 1t is believed that lie is the
only man in the country who can
find the American navy.
Wisconsin smelters make open Of
fers of $35 per 1000 pounds for min
eral i'll the Dubuque market. Du-
buque shelters offer but 1913.
Hannibal Hamlln has accepted the
mission to Spain, to which he was
appointed by President Garfield on
the morning of the assassination.
The will of James Stokes, New
York banker, which distributes
$6,OOO,O00 worth of property, will
be contested by his daughter, Mrs.
Dale.
What is believed to have been
an incendary fire swept away
the Rose City Touring mills at Lit
tie Rock, Ark ansas, valued at &c.,
600.
John Ill. Blanchard, formerly
leading cattle dealer ut Buffalo, has
been convicted of securing by false
pretenses the value of two car loads
of stock.
The night before his wedding, the
Duke OF Argyle sat out debate
and drove to the train at daybreak.
His wife is but little older than her
step-children.
Thirty-six buildings in the village
of Pulaski, n. Y, were swept away
by fire. The loss is placed at $780,
900, on which there is insurance of
half that amount.
The pope has approved the reso-
lutions passed at a recent meeting
of the Irish bishops at Maynooth
college, expressing satisfaction at
the land act, etc.
Senator Pendleton is one of the
gentlemen interested in raising a
fund to place a bronze heroic sta
tue of President Garfield III a pub
lie place in Cincinnati.
General Grant will not go into the
railroad schemes. he is inclined to
think that the post of honor is the
railway station.
One of the main things to be
brought forward to establish Gui-
teau's sanity will be the fact that he
succeeded in beating Washington
clearinghouse keeper.
Ben Butler is not running for
governor this year, and Massachu-
sets wants somebody to stick pin
in her to see whether she is awake
or asleep and dreaming.
The president of the national
bank in South Carolina reports to
Treasurer Giltillan that the people
of that region refuse to take silver
certificates as current money.
Commissioner Raum has decided
that taxes must be paid OH the cap
ital and deposits of every person or
firm doing business in stocks, bull
lion, exchange or promissory notes.
Referring to Boutwell's fitness for
a judgeship of the United States
supreme court, the Buffalo Ne,OS
says that "a dead lawyer would be
better on the bench than this en-
balmed politician. "
George Holden and Frank White
have signed articles to fight for the
feather.weight championship and
$25OO. Both will go into training at
once, and the battle will take place
near Pittsburgh, Detroit, or Buffalo
President Arthur has assured
Postmaster General James and Sec
rotary Hunt that they can remain |
in the cabinet as long as they desire,
and both will keep their portfolios.
Commissioner Dudley is beng
urged for the interior department. |
General Grants presents are
worth fabulous amount. Grants |
favorite military order always has
been: Present arms, or anything |
else you happen to have about your
clothes"
The will of the late Miss Jennie
McGraw Fiske, of Ithaca, N. Y,
gives her husband 100000, her
mother and five cousins each $780,
BOO, and Cornell university 100000
and the McGraw building.
The exposure by autopsy of the
failure of the Wanted Bell injunc-
ton balance is one of the things that
does not escape the attention of the
Washington correspondents. 1t had
a good run in the newspapers
month ago.
Diphtheria is raging in Mount
Pleasant, Michigan, to an alarming
extent, and in many cases is very
fatal, beng of the most malignant
type. The school board has closed
the public schools until it shall have
lbated some, and the board ofhealth
is taking all the precautions to pre-
vent its further spread.
A brother arose in Il weekly prayer
in New Jersey and said
Brethren, whenI consider the short
ness of lite, feel as if / might be
taken away suddenly like II thief in
the night