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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07
ELECTION NOTICE.

Where's, the Com mission er's Court OF TrAylr
G. unity, at the meeting OF said term, held Ia
: he 18th March, 1881, upon toe petitlo OF j !.
II. Kemp. james ID. Easton, George SussmAn
and Others, more than twenty freeho. ders OF
faid county, asking said court 10 order an cleo
tion in The folio Nlng subdivision, to-wit: thai
scope of country lying between the two roal
len' ing from Austin To Round Rock commencing
at I'll line OF Precinct No. 4, on the road lead
ing rom Austin 10 Round Rock. via FIskVille;
thenco with said road to the county line; thence
with Tho county line 10 the Austin and Round
ROCK road, via Merriltown; thence with said
road, via MerrilltOwn, TO the precinct line where
u c. osbeh said road: thence with the Precinct
line 10 the beginning; asking that an election.
be ordered IN said subdivision by the free
holders thereof to Diet rhine whether hoRe
sheep and goats shall be permitted to run al
large Ia said subdivision, and, whereas, the pe-
tition was granted.
b Now, therefore, II Is hereby ordered by the
undersigned authority that AN election be held
at summit, In said subdivision, on Saturday,
The I'D day of April, A. d. 1881, for the pur-
poses aforesaid, by the l.eeholdtrs living within
n q subdivision, said election 10 be conducted
hnd retnrIfs thereof made IN accordance with
The law regulating general elections, 80 far ms
Inc same may be applicable, aud j. b. Kemp,
deorgc Sussman ana II. y. Gnplt nro appointed
managers of the same.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
county court.
H.. =. of Travis county, Texas, this, tn e
18Th day of March, 1881
u. Il. FILLMORE
County Judge Travis county, Texas.
2 mar22 a tAW4t
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

itSIUfofijgEr =. 1f-;sU u fiF9 LULI9
BIZ The psphanisf for the Ssu6 d ntoAi6l
pusioiIioe are AIR. M;tnIGHg. pros NItG
,nlcumbent. aud one Afrs Huston.
who is back by Congressman Up
son. ------s-s.---
T 'rwo4nmdred and Observation-Disclosures
landed AT SchuFeiHtnrg. . Fayctte
county, last week. They are a
healthy, Gnc1leoking set of people,
and ali go is work on1trins. - = 2
ThtTexas & Pacifc through mail
and express trains now run 10
SWeetwater, two hundred and thir,
| ty-four miles west OF Dallas. The
Colorado river will be reached next
month, and the town of that name
will be Il division terminus.
-TOf the new Cars brothers.
Vladimir, the, eldest, has taken the
command Of The army. The Grand
Duke Alexis is destined for the
navy. and the Two yo,ln Ger -princcs.
Sergius and Paul-the. one twenty
four. years old and the other Just
turned twcnIy-haye hardly vet es-
capped the thraldOm of tutors. 1t is
supposed that they will be~sIm-
moned from Rome to enter The pub
lie service. .,-..
Col. Epson says ii would bp diff
cult 10. teil who. amohgsthe Texas
officezsGel;ers at Washington. with
~iirst-best.' Marshal Russell. who.
lit seems, ''struck higlI''--nothing less
than,a cabineto1iicer's portfolio--ls
likely to fall lows as-J Epson thinks
he will have has hands full to hold
on TO hlsPresem position. If Rus
sell andpayis and Norton don't get
their reward for ,siandering and VAL
ifying their FeXas Ieighbops
throughout ZthG' Northeast summer.
we opinG Ihere wiil he lack of elo-
quence from "intimidated' and "oss
tracised" Texas Republicans in the
next campaign. When men sell
their cOhscienGes hereafter there
will be pretty strong demand for
the price down on The NALL 90;
Mrs. S. e. Berry is q widow, who
has been Keeping boarding house at.
the Little River bridge, on the San
Ia Fe railway, III Milan county. She
has daughter, named Annie. six
teen years old, who was abducted
from the house last Saturday night.
A little sister OF the girl told her
mother she saw three men take An
ME away, and that they were her
cousins. The mother came down
the International yesterday morn
ing looking for her daughter. She
had thought that the girl was alb
Quoted, probably, for the purpose of
marrying her to alnan namcN Ward.
in Cameron. but She learned Sunday
that Ward remained in Cameron all
day and gave no evidence of such
affair having transpircd. The moth
er is anxious to learn the whcrea-
bouts of her child and would gladly
receive it. The police Of This city
might do her Il service in This re-
Spect. 60.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
"a REIGN OF TERROR.
Alarming lAcIsaSG H( Heat Disease and the
Symptoms which PIGCGdG II.
Leadin 20 Scientific Investigation and an
Attempt TO Check Its Increase.
fhs Wonderful Properties Of Selsile- de lGdIa, p
and How 10 Properly Use II.
Facts OF Importance for All Resatdinp n
New Discovery.


The mortality statistics OF this country
show that great proportion of deaths
arise from Heart Disease. But aside from
the fatality Which attends il. the inc"u
lenienee an suffering which even the
lirst stages bring make il necessary 10
take prompt measures for relief. I'm
doubtediy the greatest remedy of mod
ern times for curing diseases of the Heart
Is ''Sedatine-le-India," which is accom-
phshing such wonderful results and at
tracing so much attention. This great
remedy possesses ingredients specially
designed for all the numerous troubles OF
the Heart. The combination is the re-
suit OF long and careful experiment, and
IL can be safely asserted that when taken
in time il will cure I'm every case. DO you
ever have Nightmare. oppressed feeling
IN the side or breast, Irregular Action,
ThrObbing, Jumping. Fluttering, Mo-
mentary Stopping, Slow Circulation of
the Blood? These are al symptoms of
Hehrt Disease. Those who are suffering
and have never Tried il, should do so at
once; those wholhaye ever tried IL donot
need to be urged to do so again. II your
Druggist has not got il, send one dollar
and nfty cents to OUR address and it Will
be mailed TO you. Sole agents in Amer
lea, Lobdell Chemical co., ST. Louis, Mo.
For sale in Austin by j. W. Graham.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

WITH the death of Oscar de
Lafayette, grandson of the dis
tinguished Frenchmen, who aided
the colonies 81 achieving indie
pendence, an historic family is
nearly extinguished. The only per.
son living of the name is his brother
Edmond, a confirmed bachelor, with
whom the Lafayettes will expire
The family was among the oldest
and most historic ofFrance, and had
been famous in the history of that
country, even before the days oil
Charlemagne, figuring conspicuously
among the heroes whose deeds arc
related in the pages of Froissart. =
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

THE National Committee of Il e
Greenback party-so-called-has is
sued its call for conference of lead
ers, to be held at st. Louis, in May
1t is stated by the managers. that the
delay in issuing the call was due to
the hanging-fire question of an extra
session, but This is merely an osten-
sible explanation. The fact is that
the Greenbackers are. becoming
more and more an unknown quanti-
ty in national politics, and the final
"petering out" process is being rap
idly assisted by dIssensions among
the leaders; and yet they are blow.
ing about opening the canvass next
al
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

NEARLYLdiye hundred Germans
reached Galveston few ediyssag6,
followed Immediately By two hun
bred and City Bohcmianso and, these
foreign immigrants are pouring into
Texas over tie linesof railway com
ing into the state. These Germans
are coming into the country in vast
numbers, most of them settling ia
the northwestern states, but vegN
FAIR number of them are led across
the ocean, from ''Faderlandn with
the original intention of coming di-
rect TO Texas. The Texas fever
is said 10 be taking a strong hold
upon vast districts in the old conn
try. At lIavre aud Bremen there
are more applicants for emigramt
tickets than the steamship conpa-
MES have accommodation for " lille
many embark at Liverpool, having
loaded the vigilance OF German
officials, bent on preventing the cs-
cape of Young men nearly ripe for
CONSUMPTION. From Posen the de-
parturcs arc numerous mostly Poles,
but partly German peasants. In
Schleswig the movement has been
going on all the winter, and is not
slackening. Whole villages are de-
scribed by local papers as migrating
from POsen, Prussia. proper, and
Schleswig. The exodus ia quite
spontaneous, being largely attribute
bic to the failure of the rye crop and
the heavy duties on the importation
Of Russian rye. The German move
ment on Texas is reinforced largely
by Germans from ST. Louis, Chicago,
and New York.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07
Importing Thoroughbreds.

One of the largest patches of
thoroughbred horses ever shipped
10 this country has just come across
from England on the Australia.
Among this instalILlent of blooded
animals are the celebrated stallion
EIsham, by Knowlsey, ont of Violet,
through whose veins flows the blood
of Stockwell, the emperor of stall
lions and winner of the 1000 gIIineas
and the st. Leger, AMI also of Volti-
9cur, who won the Derby, ST. Lager
and DoncHter cups. Next comes
Blue Mantle a beautiful horse, al
though no longeryery youthful who,
as three year-old, when Ire first
faced the Ascot lfill, won three
races of the reel. Third on the
list is MUscOvy, who, like FL
sham, has oh his sire's side
Glasgow pedigree, as the
Duke was bred by the eccentric old
Scottish Earl, being by Stockwell.
out Of a mare that produced Pintail
and many other good winners. He
is noted as a.fine jumper, having won
the Sandown open hunters steeple-
chase, beating several very success
full horses. One of the best bred
horses on the English stud book is
Silvorstream, who is also a passen-
ger on. the A ustralia, an animal that,
carrying high weights, has been most
successful on several occasions.
Then again comes Midlothian, an
animal that will doubtless be appre-
ciated in America, as he has won
many valuable stakes, beating all the
fastest horses in training.
Still another Drawing the perils of
the deep is Woodlands, a handsome
and remarkably sound horse, who
has done an immense amount of
hard work. The other ocean voya-
gers are TympanUm, by Kcttledrum
out of Gildermier; Dalucardoch, a
smart horse, is closely related in
blood TO the famous Doncaster that
cost the Duke OF Westminster A.
900 gIineas; Constitution, by Resti-
tuition. Then came three-year-old
colt by Favonius, winner OF the
Derby, the GoodwOod cup,and other
races, foor. Baron Rothschild, out of
Nutbnsb, the fastest mare of her day;
and King of Athens, a two-year-old
colt, By Cecrops, out of Woodbinc.
A perfectly untried FLY. though
likely TO grow into good mare, is
the animal by King Luder. out of
Northwind. STILL another to be no
feed is mare by Knight of st. Pat
rick. oqtof Gentle.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

THE New York Erening Post, one
of the oldest and ablest Republican
journals in the country, Is down up
on the Republican alliance with Ma.
hone, as this brief paragraph will
show:
CAS- was TO be expected, the Dem
ocratic senator's have made the most
OF the curious alliance between the
party ofhonest finance and an emf
nent repudiator; but the Republican
senators make great mistake il
they suppose that criticism on the
coalition is confined TO Demo
Gratis. Republicans throughout the
country, who care very little about
the distribution of Senate pat
ronage, are saying much about the
coalition and thinking more-al.
though people who read nothing but
the Tribune might never suspect the
truthln
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07
THE STAGE


Christine Nilsson is busily engag
ed in the study of Fidelio in Europe
Minnie Hauk is thought by for.
eigh. critics to be the only perfect
Carmen on the stage.
Campanini enjoys the modest
salary of $4,000 per month. while
Gerster reyels in the luxury o.
$40O0. at
Gilbert and Sullivan are engaged
upon a new Opera, to be called An
astasia. 1t is to be produced in Lon
don during the Easter season.
The diaphanous Sara has begun
her second season in New York
She has two new plays-La MarquisC
Vilhnars and La Princess George
Mrs. Langtry's beauty is drag
ging her towards the stage. She j:
under the tuition of an American
actor, Mr.. Vein, and has accepted
an engagement with Mr.. Edgar
Bruce. .ea.
Emma Abbott and her Grand En-
glish Opera Company are sailing
smoothly along, while other com
panies are compelled to. put into
port. The present has thus faI
proved Abbott's most successful
season.
The distinguished tragedian, JOIN
Mccullough, intended to play g
brief engagement in New York be.
fore embarking for Europe, but ow-
ing TO all dates being filled he is un
able to do so.
AVerdi's new opera, "Simon Boo.
canegra," just produced at Milan
had a magnificent success. The an
dience was wound up to the highest
pitch of enthusiasm. Verdi wa.
called before the curtain twenty
three times. The opera was adj
mirabIy cast and put upon the stage
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

THE New York Times is dissatis-
fed with the bargaining between
the Republican Senators and Ma
hone IL says:
"rhe Federal patronage promised
(and which the administration has
already partly bcstowed) is looked
upon as reprehensible and injurious
TO the party. 1t is "a league with
reputation. The adoption of Ma.
hone and his party, brought about
by the means which are believed to
be about to be adopted, would cosi
the Republican party great deal
more than il can possibly gain from
the possession of a majority in the
United States Senate"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

Col. BOB INGERsoLL predicts the
speedy downfall of kings and
thrones. In a late address OH lib
crty" he declared that his sympa-
thies We're with the people in the
present struggle. His tears were
not in st. Petersburg, but in Siberia,
and he predicted that it will not be-
long before this world will he
without a throne. What, to-day, he
asked, in the great republic of in
tellect and heart IS Il crown worth
The world is growing wiser and the
dawn of universal libertyis purpling
the wide East. He believed that we
will never bereally civilized until we
judge men by what they do, not by
what they believe. When a man
stops growing, when he petrifies,
when he thinks that no other man
has the right to think, then he is or
thodox. He thought that the ele-
ment Of fear should be taken from
religion, for there is enough sorrow
and trouble here without borrowing
any from the misty beyond.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

In is believed in Washington that
before The present year expires the
Secretary CT the Treasury will have
at his command one hundred and
fifty millions Of surplus revenue and
unused money which he can apply
to the redemption of the five and six
per cent. bonds. This sum would re-
present nearly one-fourth of the
whole amount of the bonds. So il
may be, after all, that Secretary
Window will have greatness thrust
upon him through the force of ire
sistible circumstances.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07
Regarding the State University

REGARDING the State University
the Marshall Herald says:
Under the ample provisions at
forded by Texas, the magnificent
endowment already guaranteed, and
by proper management will
continue to increase, will
place the university beyond
the possibility of ever falling
into the hands of any religious de-
nomination. and by using proper
care in the selection of its faculty ii
should never degenerate into po-
hlical school, or be under the di-
reciion of demagogues. These spe-
cial points will be subjects for future
legislation. The next important
question, since the passing of the
bill, will be the selection of place
for the location of the university.
BY the provisions ofthe bill. this ques-
ton is TO be left TO avote of the people
The question will be submitted 10
the people by the Governor at the
proper time. There will doubtless
be several places which will apply
for the location, and will urge their
claims before the people. But there
is but one place that by right, prior
ity, and state pride, in addition. TO
its superior local advantages, should
be considered in making the selec-
tlon for the location of such an i'll
sliIutiOn, and that is The capital OF
the State. Austin is entitled TO it,
and it will require but little argu-
ment to convince the people of the
business of her claims.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

THE Guadalupe Times puts in a
plea for the Seventeenth Legisla-
ture, after this fashion:
1t is too much the custom to abuse
the legislature. We never had an
ADLER Senate; or one that dispatched
business more promptly. The House
is generally nething-when it is any
thing it is mob. The larger the
deliberative assembly the less bust
ness they despatch-especially where
most of them are new TO their posi-
tons and are trying to make repu-
tation as our new legislators gener-
ally do
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

A correspondent of the New
York Herald has interviewed Ho-
ratio Seymour. Here is what he
said about the President: 81 feel
very kindly toward President Gar
field j wish him a prosperous adj
ministration, but in the beginning
of it he appears to me to be showing
qualities better adapted to earn dis
tinetion in the Senate than in the
Presidency. He wants to please
others instead of making Others
please him. That certainly was not
Gen. Jackson's way. Then, too, he
shows already that his ideas of con-
stitutional construction are so loose
that they invite schemers- This is
not favorable to a beneficial institu-
ton. / think that in the Senate
much more surety than in the Presi.
dency, Gen. Garfield would have
run a successful career"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

The value of the cotton crop of
1S79was over S242, 100000. The value
OF the corn crop of the same year
has been estimated at $580,000,O00 4;
of the wheat crop $497 100000, and
the hay crop 1881 100000. These are
truly marvellous figures. During last
year the increase of capital invested
in farming is estimated at S416,O00,-
900, while the aggregate value ofthe
various agricultural products of the
country during the year 1880 has
been estimated at not less than So
100000 600, OTIS per cent. of the en-
tire products of the country.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

IT WAS Gen. Grant that lnaugur-
ated the dinner plan of honoring
distinguished guests; and now Carl
Schurz, having nothing else 10 do, is
doing likewise. II is nice, but the
probability is that no man will ever
live, who can ever inaugurate the
gift-taking scheme so well as Grant
Major Tom. Ochiltree's brilliant and
royal achievements inliying grandly
without labor sink into the puresl
insignificance beside q the. cold
blooded appropriations of this man
who was once called "silent."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

The American fish culturlsts have
yearly canse for self-congratulation
upon their success in a field that was
becoming barren from abuse. Many
unproductive streams now TEEN
with life and add not only to the
means of pleasure but subsistence.
The cultivated water world pours
forth its products upon the land, and
contributes its share of sports, COM
forts and Injuries to the general
fund of human enjoyment Some of
the fishing clubs that began fish cul-
ture only for their own sport, now
furnish abundance of trout for the
market. One. Long Island club
promises to display 1000 pounds of
its cultivated trout tor show in Full
ton market on the first of April.
Other clubs were represented in
the fish exhibition, and altogether
the outlook of fish culture is fine.
American trouts and several other
kinds of American game fish are
now being cultivated extensively in
the English rivers and lakes, and
Prof. Huxley is at the head of the
fisheries commission. W
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

THE Chicago Times calls to mind
the fact, that when Hannibal Ham
lin, elected as Democrat to a seat
in the United States Senate, chose
to be himself q Republican. he an.
nounced that purpose in the Senate,
resigned his seat and returned to
Name to make the canvass for Gov
ernor. Thatwas in 1856. Mr.. Hamlin
has but just now, in his old age, re-
tired from the Senate to a remain
der of days in private life, and has
been received at home with all
honors. The virtues OF this example
might be recommended to Mr.. Ma
hone, Of Virginia
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07
\ coRREsroNpENr discusses

A CORRESPONDENT discusses a
mode by which trade in stolen
horses can not be carried on. II APP
pears to be very good plan, anu il
it can be carried out, without disfig.
nrement to the animal, there can be
no objection to it. This could We
believe, be done. Even a half inch
hole could be made in the lower
portion of horses ear, without it,
being observable. The horse, Ger
tainly, could not object if the ar
tifice would save him from being
dragged all around the country il
the hands of sneak thieves, who de
prive him of good bed and board,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

THE floods on the upper Missouri
river have been appalling in their
DISASTROUS course, and great fear is
entertained on the lower Mississippi
that rains and simultaneous melting
of vast snow fields may soon cause
the greatest destruction. Great in
security is felt even at st. Louis.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

DEMocRATTc senator's can not al-
ford 20 take sides in this fight,
which Is brewing between the Presi-
dent and Conkling, who is working
alone ih the interest of controlling
federal patronage in New York.
When they lend their aid in defeat
of Stanley Matthews aud Chandler
they sresimply defending the peo-
pie against men, who assisted in en-
forcing a disregard of the presiden-
tial vote in 1876. pt Geo.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

JOAN OF ARC gave liberty to
France and so did Charlotte Cor
day, the one by her prowess in the
field, the other by sleeping her dag.
ger in the heart-blood of a tyrant
Now the name of Sophie Pfeoflosky
lives in the hearts of Nihilists as the
daring genius that planned the de.
struction of the most powerful SOW
ereign of Europe, and thus paved
the way'towards a liberty, yet to b'
achieved. rr Gov rrH...
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

EX-SENATOR EUsTIs said to Gath
at is a mistake to suppose in the
North that, jefferson Davis was an
original secessionist. II cost him a
great deal OF wear and tear of mind
to go intothe secession movement at
all, which he did very reluctantly. ]
expedite will treatthat subject in his
book. he has talked to me about
IT." But remember, all the while,
that Gath is responsiblefor this new
thing in history and politics.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

JEwErr was made Grants success
sor as president of the New York
Worlds Exhibition, but he would
not accept, and now the directory is
on wild hunt for some great iinam-
cier to play second fiddle to one of
the worlds greatest dead beats.