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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15
LEONA.

competent literary critics have pro-
nounced the following poem unsurpassed,
by any other production of its class In
our language. 1t is perfect in rhyme
beautiful in figure and expression
Leona, the hour draws nigh,
The hour we've waited 80 long,
That my spirit may break nom its prison and
It's voice in an infinite song.
just now, as the slumbers Of night
Came o'er me with peace-giving breath.
Thel curtain, half lifted, revealed 10 my sight
Those Windows which look on the kingdom Of
That borders the river of death.
And a vision fell solemn and sweet,
Bringing CLEANS Of morning-lit land;
saw the white shore, which the pale waters
beat.
And heard the low lull as they broke at their
feet
VINO walked on the beautiful strapd.
And wondered why spirits could cling
To their clay with struggle and sigh,
When life's purple autumn Is better than
And the soul flies away, like sparrow, to sing
In n climate where leaves never die.
Leona, come close TO my bed,
And lay your dear hands on my brow;
The came toss hat thrilled me In days that
And raised the lost roses of youth from the
dead,
Can brighten the brief moments now.
We have lived from the cold world apart,
And your trust was too generous and true
For thetr hate to overthrow; when the Sian
Was ranking deepin my desolate heart, 81
was dearer than ever.to you. .,
| thank God, the Great Father, for tAlip. I
That our love Is not lavished In vain p.
Each germ OF the future will blossom 10 bliss,
And the forms that we love, and the lips that
Never shrink at the shadow ofpain.
BY the light of this faith am taught
That my labor Is only begun;
In the strength oftnis hope have I struggled
and fought
With the legions of wrong, till my armor has
The light of Eternity's sun
Leona, look forth and behold
From headand, from hillside and deep
The day. king surrenders his banners OF gold,
fold
And the dews are beginning to weep.
The moons silver hair lies uncurled
Down the broad breasted mountains away.
The sunsets red glory again shall be fnrled
On the walls OF the West, DER the plains of the
world,
And shall rise In n limItless way.
o. come not In tears TO my tomb,
Nor plant with fral flowers the sod;
There is rest among roses TOO sweet for It's
And life where the lilies eternaly bloom,
In the balm breathing gardens of God
Yet deeply these memories burn
Which bind me 10 you and TO earth,
And sometimes have thought that my being
would yearn,
In the bowers of the beautiful home, TO return
And visit the home of Its birth.
Twoud even be pleasant 10 stay
And walk by your side 10 the last;
Bnt the land breeze of heaven IL beginning TO
play
Life's shadows meeting Eternity's day,
And Its tumult is hushed in the past.
Leona, good-bye; should the grief
That IL gathering now ever be
Too dark for your faith, you will long for relief,
And remembbr the journey, though lonesome,
is brief,
Ger lowland and river to me-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

Edward Berray, of Sheldon, Iowa.
and Mrs. Eliza McFarlan, Of Ham
den, many years ago, were engaged
and the day appointed for the wed
ding. Her parents opposed the match
strongly, and it was broken Off.
lie went West, and was afterwards
married and became the father of
five sons and two daughters. She
married, and was the mother of five
daughters and two sons. He finally
became widower, and she widow
and, in a recent visit to Hamden, by
Mr.. Berray, the acquaintance was
renewed, and they were married
first set.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

BETWEEN $4,000 and 10000 voters
probably voted on the university
propositions. 1t is quite certain that
10000 votes will locate, and certain
ly Austin has this necessary vote.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

The Telephone says Austin will
sing of Houston and Galveston
"They were gay deceivers, ever" No,
she will not; they helped them
selves, and the good book, we be-
lieve, teaches that one who fails to
help himself must be left behind.
That is why Austin is aheed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

In Algiers deep, steam cultiva-
ton is considered by the French
agriculturists as the equivalent Of
half an irrigation. The ground is a
sort Of sponge, and absorbs the
heavy deWs to such an extent that
it witbstands theoparching sun, and
each night reneWs the moisture,
while the shallow-ploWed soil is
efectually dried early in the season.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

THE decision to hold the New
York state Republican convention in
New York City is virtual triumph
for Arthurand Conkling.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15
SAN MARCOS.
Especial to the Statesman. ]

SAN MARCOS, September 1o.-A
rain here on the 8th and 9th wet the
ground four or five inches, but not
enough to make water in the
creeks. We have had cloudy
weather for two or three days.
Vegetation is revived and grass is
beginning to spring up. If we con-
tinue to have rains the squares and
bolls that are now on the stalks will
make cotton. 1t takes six weeks
from the time the cotton blooms
until it opens. Dry years generally
make more cotton than people ex-
pect. Hope it will be so this year.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

Lieut.. Shoemaker, of the Fourth
United States cavalry, hss arrived
at Fort Smith, his company being
encamped across the river in the
Choctaw nation. He reports that
the white intruders are leaving
peaceably, but he exerpiences great
difficulty in determining the rights
Of those negroes who were held as
slaves by the Indians before the war.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

, THE subject of civil service reform
is TO be discussed extensively by the
Episcopal church congress, which
meets at Providence, Rhode Island,
October 25th. The subject is, in
deed, looked upon as a. live one,
when such conservative body con-
cludes to devote a good deal of its
time to a discussion of its merits.
1t is promising sign of the times.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

SENATOR LAMAR proposes to push
n personal canvass into every county
in Mississippi.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

Eagle Pass contains a population
of 1000, three-fourshs of whom are
Mexicans. There are about two
dozen business firms, which supply
the stock interests of the surround
ing country. Itis also distributing
point for thirty or forty towns with
from $50 to 1000 people, within ra-
dius of seventy-fve miles.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

Mr.. Gladstone's friends think that
the close of the session did not bring
him rest an hour too soon.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

THE shooting of the president has
shown up a tallacy-that physi-
clans object to newspaper notorlety.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

THE water famine in the east en-
HANGED the price of milk.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

PROTECTION, says the Iowa State
Leader, costs Iowa $4,000 a year.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

The st. Louis Republican has a
strong and able article advocating
fruit culture in the south. Accor-
diRrG oi3icQ2 there is big
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15

AND behold the Dallas Daily Ga,
zette is alive again.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15
Railroads will Garry Passen
gers & Freight to the Fair
at Reduced Rates.

For further particulars reference
is made to the premium list, which
has Eeen revised and can be had on
application to the Secretary at Aus
tin, Texas.
JOHN HANCOCK, Pres't.
I. Q. BARTHOLOMEW, Scc'y.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-11-05
TURNER,

lAf AZ
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-11-05

~ One 81 his dodgers, named John Murphy,
hus charged Geo. W. Fowler, with stealing "a
note OF SIJI. Tic circumstances as related 10y
the man himself axe a- !ulIows:-He went home
drunk. ia company with two friends, ou the night
OF October 2f.h. and remembered nothing till
morning when Fowler sud to hiiu b. you were "a
Utt., giuuci mp last night, and Your friends
-Gy, Iu, some money belonging To- yoU.S29G.25'
When they came To- count II there was q 500
uI.e short. The paper money was In "a pocket
book which Murphy had been accustomed 70
carry. When ha asked Fowler Ou the Doth ut.
Co make good th. money. the latter said. 1t
has gone so far now, / viii not pay II you
must do the best You can Tn evidence of
Murphy'- friends j. that they asked Fowler To-
take charge of ;he money. that IL wa, counted,
and that there was S195 -. Fowler arsuow-
that that amount was handed hIm ami
saws. d. 1 took tine money and folded Il and put
10 ou the book with the other papers ana took
the silver "a my hand. We lF. and Murphy's
fr,udSI went oas together. / put the book III
the top drawer ot % bureau and the ~G.2j ON
/ saw hmm next morning and went To- the
drawer aud took the book and the S6.2j and
gave IL to him. He counted II and said that
there was 500 short. I told him 1 could not
account for It. When tine money WAS counted
there were q number Of other papers ON the
table. / did not open the book ut aIl. l sup
posed the count was correct and / took their
word for 10" The magistrate considered the
cl~e one which should go before "a jury. and
Fowler was accordingly committed for trial at
lie January term.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-11-05
LTrau-Iat4uEI
The Portuguese IN Hawaii

We have in former issues Of 4 JO= P0rfuJus-a
nIIudcd 10 complaints reaching - from tie
Islands that some VI the Portuguese immigrants
who had lett the Azores Ind not received that
iu-t and liberal treatment which they had a right
e, exrecr az the hands Of civilized people. These
allegations cuImiuatcd last week in tie publca-
ton By the Daily Chronicle Of what purported 90
be tie statement Of a man who had been brought
% the verge Of the grave by cruelty and -tarva-
ton on tie plantation OF the great sugar king,
Claus SprcckeIs. Of this city. We publish, to-
dlv. a communication from Mr.. Harris, one Of
the beet known and most respected merchants OF
this city. which shIWs the ImVrOJabIlIty and
uutruth Of the story given as the statement OF
Antonio Nldeiros. His own frank and free
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-11-05

rlantauon owners anu supeuutsnIeuts w0ulu 20 ven 20
rnfrust ~ With business IN our line. We wish the public 20
understand that all work done by u j. guaranteed 70 give
..usFrt55u. ian Isl
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-11-05

~ thNri 'tAF. = - - per Hnn1in- % PAID ~ ADfANcEv
snth tnrtdt-s uasaIaa aut q = F1-tax- Al pap-rs Tor
az Dtrt of Ear1p~ Eu ~ rh1rf-i tn D1-ttz- i-nani-i a.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
A Sad Story.

A sad, painful and immoral story
wings its way over the wires from
albany concerning ex-senator Plat,
1t resembles somewhat the Conkling,
Sprague affair. In Platt's case there
was no Infatuated husband to drive
him with n shotgun, as was the
case with Conkling, but there was a
vulgarly discovered episode at an AL.
bany hotel, lacking the elegant re.
finement of Conkling's escapades; SC
vulgar and brazen that Plat has
been forced by public opinion to re.
tire from the field as u candidate fol-
reelection to the United States Sen.
ate. He is no worse than Conkling
but he was caught, while Conkling
manages such things much more
skilfully; but his insignificant fellow
resigner is probably not to be 50
very much blamed that in his efforts
at imitation of the lordly Roscoe he
has so signally failed in this partic.
ular at apeing his master.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
COnkling's Opinion of Hayes and
His Gang,

About the time of the Electoral
Commission iniquity Conkling is
said upon one occasion TO have ex.
pressed himself as follows:
"Lawrence, can't keep company
with this rill'raff any longer. They
are rotten with corruption, and after
taking everything else they are
bound to steal the Presidency. Sher.
man reeks with plumber. Wheeler
is a virtuons log roller. Stanley
Matthews would sell his soul for Office
AS for Hayes, he is simply a pious
sneak, ready to give money to be
President, and to drop on his knees
in tears if caught at it. | have a
great mind to get up in the Senate
tomorrow and denounce the whole
thing, and call on honest Republi
cans to give the election to Tilden tc
whom you US well as ] know it be.
longs" told him IL would drive
him into tie Democratic party, and
he said, "Let it drive; there are more
gentlemen and fewer hogs than with
u.s."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
The Grain Product.

The Census Bureau gives Us the
grain product Of the United States
for the year 1879. From these tables
we learn that from 62,326,952 acres
planted in corn there were raised
lT72,9O9,S46 bushels; from IS, 4S7, O66
acres. in wheat the yield was $751;.
745,626 bushels; S6,159,6ll acres Of
oats produced 407,970,7l2 bushels;
2,OO5,466 acres devoted to barley
gave us 4,159,47S bushels; the l..
S44,32l acres sown in rye brought
forth 1G,SlS.795 bushels, and the 05G,.
304 acres Of buckwheat gave a return
of 9,S21,7Sl bushels. The total
acreage for cereals in 1879 was u.s..
665,Bl9, and the yield nearly three
thousand millions of bushels, or an
average Of fifty.four bushels TO each
individual of our fifty millions Of
population. No wonder two thous.
and immigrants arrive on our shores
every day.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
The President Ass,,ssina,ed.

The hand Of the assassin has
stricken President Garfield probably
unto death.
Horror at such deed prevents al
most any thought rs to its material
consequences 10 the country. He is
our President and we are his people.
As the warm blood flows from his
heart through the two pistol wounds,
draining perhaps his life away, pray.
ers and hopes are issuing from the
mouths and hearts of fifty millions
Of citizens that he may be spared.
He was no tyrant, we know; but as
man, was kind hearted, generous
and forgiving.
The deed was done bya man named
Charles Gitteau, lawyer Of Chi.
cago and a professional Office seeker.
Upon firing the shots he exclaimed:
III did i'll" II am stalwartw CAR
thur will now be Presidentm Let US
hope for the sake Of American citi-
zenship that this was but the gliding
Of a lunatic.
If Garfield dies it will be the Sec
ond President who has been assassin
ated and though done perhaps, by era
zy parties, it is a sad commentary
upon free America that we rear such
lunatics.
This man had been hanging around
the State department for weeks, beg
ging for an office, and this fearful
crazy deed of blood by him is enough
to strike terror to the hearts of those
who would wrangle for such spoils.
The sympathies of all sections of
our government are going forward to
the Presidents afflicted family, and
the prayer of all citizens is that
Garfield may live.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06

1t is a long time until the election
but we want to put a Democratic
candidate for Congress from the
Third District in the field. Mr.. c,
4. Hogg, of this county, is the man
TO whom we refer.-Radical.
The above appeared last week in
the Putnam Democrat, being re.
print from an editorial which appear
ed in the Radical, week before last.
We do not know what motive aetna.
ted the originator of this item, or its
reprint in the Democrat. But this
we do believe, that the mention oil
Hogs name by Republican organ
for all important Office is calculated
to do him great harm, as well as its
reproduction by an organ of his own
party, without comment We can
say for Mr.. Hogg that he is a tried
and true Democrat, and if he runs
for Congress in this District it will
be as the regular nominee of his
own party.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
Window Determined
10 Make Il Clean SWeep.

Secretary Windows circular, issu-
ed July 1st, directing how the bus,
mess of the Treasury Custodian shall
be conducted hereafter SO as to pre-
vent frauds and speculations such as
have existed, is said to be the first
step Of the Secretary towards sweep
ing out all who were guilty and Of
correcting all evils that grew up I'M
der them. IL is now believed the
Secretary will before long give out
for publication the report that the
investigating committee submitted
to him. The accused parties have
all along maintained that the report
contained nothing against them, and
as long as the report is kept secret
they can shield themselves behind
this. The Secretary's circular con-
firms what.has leaked out about the
contents Of the report; that showed
up the frauds in buying supplies for
the department from a favored few.
Supplies can be bought hereafter by
regular contract; and it is intended
to arrange matters SO that the old
carpets and other worn articles can
only be sold after being condemned
by board appointed for the purpose,
and a complete record must be made
of every transaction. The system
inaugurated by the Secretary is so
arranged that the books and reports
of the officials will be check upon
each other.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
Monthly Statement Of the Con
ditiOn of the National Treasury

The following is the public debt
statement for May:
Six per cent. bonds, s196,97S, 600
five per cent. bonds, s499, S41, $50
four and one half per cent. bonds,
s250,000,000; four per cent. bonds,
s73S,659,000; retunding certificates,
s6SS,S00; Navy pension fund, s14,.
100000. Total interest bearing debt,
s1,639, 067, $50
Matured debt, s6,723, S65; legal ten.
ders, s346, TAI ,55l; certificates depos.
it, Sl1,925,000; fractional currency.
s7,l05, 1858; gold and silver certificates,
s56,949, 45O; total without interest,
s422,72l,954. Total debt, 81, 069, Ol3,.
569. Total interest, $40, 94S,657.
Cash in Treasury, s24S,363,415
debt less cash in Treasury, $3.50,
59S,Sll; decrease during June, Sl2l,.
~, l59; decrease since June 80, 1880,
S10l,573,7S3.
Current Liabilities-Interest due
and unpaid, 50, l25 ,544; debt on which
interest has ceased, s6,723,S65 inter.
est thereon, s7lS,6S6; gold and silver
certificates, $50, $40, $50; United States
notes held for redemption, of certf.
Gates of deposit, s1l,925,00O; cash
balance available July 1, 1881, st70,.
92O,S69. Total, s249,363,415.
Available ASsets-Cash in Treasu.
ry S249, 1853, AIS; bonds issued to the
Pacific Railroad Companies, interest
payable in lawful money, principal
outstanding, s64, 623,512; interest &C.
crued and not yet paid, 1888, 705;
interest paid by the United States,
s49,52S,566; interest repaid by the
companies by transportation service,
S14, 426,l26; by cash payments, five
per cent. of the net earnings, $685.
1893; balance Of interest paid by the
United States, S34,447,241.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06

b Capt. Mace Maupin, of Kanawha
river, has nnloaded his boat of ties,
and will pay off his laborers and
have his barge towed back on Satur-
dury. He will return with another
load about the middle of the week,
having received word from his agent
that another load was ready. Capt.
Mace, as river man, is getting to be
quite a celebrity.-Huntingto Com.
merciaL.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
ATTENTION FIDuCEARaEs.

HAVING been appointed by the County
IL Court OF Mason county, West Virginia,
on the 9th day OF January, 1881, their sole
Commissioner to settle with Fiduciarics,
all Administrators, Executors, Curators
and Guardians, will govern themselves
accordingly, as am the only legally consti-
tuted authority before whom they can
make their settlements.
JN0. f. TINIMS,
Com'r Fiduciarics OF Mason Co. Court.
ian.l2-tf.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06

Why AN object of loathing and
disgust to yourself and society from
catarrh, when Sanford Radical Cure,
externally and internally admins.
tered, will cure every symptom of
the disease, Every package is a
complete treatment. Only 81.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06

Mr.. W. E. Chandler has not only,
with a loud and terrible voice, re-
turned a pass sent him by a railroad
president, but has denounced the
free pass system. If any railroad
thinks that Chandler will consent to
"call it square" for a paltry pass,
that corporation is badly deceived.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06

The death of a woman at Ports
mouth, R. l., revealed the unsuspect-
cd fact that for sixteen years she had
kept a maniac son concealed in an
attic room, attending to his wants
herself and never letting another
human being see him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
UNIVERSITY.
WEST VIRGINIA
u N I'VE R = ITY

Nine departments study; textbooks furnished at
cost calendar arranged suit teachers expenses for
one year from Sl15 to $500; non.Sectarian liberal
thorough Fall Term begins September It'll. 1881 i.
Attendance last year from IS counties Of West Virginia
and from States and Territories Number Of students
larger than for ven years previous
." For catalogues and other information apply to
the Acting President. ID. Is. |GrinlOn, Murgantown,
West Virginia. Iiuue sa-uno
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
Fair Ground Privileges.

OEALED proposals for the usual privi-
y leges OF the grounds OF the Mason
County Agricultural and Mechanical Asso-
citation, for the Fair of 1881, will be re.
ceived at the office OF the Secretary, up to
~ o'clock noon, Saturday July 10th, 1881.
The sale will be for cash, the RICH to re-
ject any or all bids is reserved.
J. +. CLENDENIN,
i'd Committee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
Notice To Trespassers.

A Ii persons are hereby warned from
n trespassing in any manner upon the
premises, or lands OF John Potts, lying in
Clendenin District, this county, without
my consent, as they will be prosecuted to
the fullest extent OF the law. ...
mar. left. JOHN POTTS,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06

Richmond, Va, is getting rich at
the expense Of the rising generation,
who are smoking 100000 of its
cigarettes a year, bringing on indi.
gestion and irritable tempers, and
causing impaired vision, diseases of
the throat and nose, and finally con-
sumption.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
A Great Enterprise.

The Hop Bitters Manufacturing
Company is one of Rochestet's great.
est business enterprises. Their Hop
Bitters have reached a sale beyond
all precedent, having from their in.
trinsic value found their way into
almost every household in the land.
Graphic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06

ltlooks to the Philadelphia Times
as if Governor Foster would have to
depend for votes this year upon PEG,
pie who neither drink nor abstain
from drinking. The temperance PEG.
Pile are against him, because they be-
lieve he is with the other side and
the drinkers are against him, because
they suspect he is with the temper
ance folks.