The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Canadians want to send reg


The Canadians want to send reg
iment to Egypt.
1t is said that Governor Colquitt
is one of the most successful persons
in the state of Georgia.
In Mississippi there are 100000
acres of land, of which less than
5,O0O,0OO are i'll cultivation.
Of the nine daily papers in Ten
nessee four are tor Bate, four for
Russell and one for Hawkins.
Ex-senator Conkling is said to
have cleared $150,0O0 at the practice
of law since he went out OF the SELL
ate.
Two Englishmen in Canada kill
fourteen bears every year, and find
themselves richly repaid in hoil and
'ides.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
an Arkansas bridegroom so violently
Rugged his wife that he dislocateI
two of her ribs.
Giles county, Tennessee, boasts of
a colored citizen who is the father
of fifty-four children, forty-nine of
whom are living.
The Russian people die from i'll
tellectual starvation. They have no
congressional record and no patent
Office reports to read.
Notwithstanding the prohibition
rage in Iowa, in about eighty coun-
ties of that state over sixty thousand
acres of barley have been sown.
A Mrs. kliser, of Nashville, is said
to have given birth to a child weigh
ing 16 IA pounds, according to med
ical authorities, the third largest
ever born.
The Cincinnati saloon keepers
have met and resolved that, although
the Sunday law was a dead letter,
they would keep their doors closed
on Sunday.
If Mr.. Hubbell will camp OH the
trail of Banker Willard, of Illinois,
who has just got away with $780,
600, he may get something for the
committee.
Governor st. John, the Kansas
Prohibitionlst, Is meeting with much
opposition. 1t is supposed that sew
eral large colonies from Illinois have
moved into Kansas.
A citizen of Tennessee has been
sent to the penitentiary for failing
to return an umbrella. If this thing
is to get into the other states the
branch prison business will take Il
boom.
The Macon Telegraph complains
that the great curse of this country
is machine politics. The fact of the
business is, in this state the machine
men seem to have lost control of the
machine.
The entire wheat crop of the
Union in 1880 was returned at 49,
591,0 93 bushels. Estimates of the
present crop reach as high a figure
as 500,0OO,000 bushels. The corn crop
of that year reached 1,772, 909, S46
bushels. 1t is thought that the crop
of this year will hardly reach that
figure.
Mr.. Robert E. Pattison, of Phila-
delphia, has written letter formally
accepting the Democratic nomina-
ton for governor. He simply ac-
cepts, and says that if elected he will
strive to satisfactorily perform the
duties of the office. Being a Demo-
crat, he doubtless means what he
says.
The Republican leaders are pre-
pairing for a vigorous campaign in
Maine. Hubbel's funds are 10 be
distributed literally all over the
the state, and the sweet-scented But
terworth, among other western
speakers, has been employed to
make Republican Jokes and enliven
the operations. Mr.. Blaine has con-
sented to roll up his sleeves anil try
to keep the state in his own interest
in 1884.
The state tickets in Pennsylvania
will probably be increased to six.
The number now is five, and the adj
ditional one is to be supplied by the
labor party that meets in state con-
vention at Philadelphia August %.
The Record of that city claims that
this is a movement instigated by
Cameron to draw away enough votes
from the Democrats to offset the in
dependent vote.
The Hotel de Vile, the new mu-
nicipal building of Paris, which has
just been dedicated, covers an area
of over 10000 square yards and con-
tains 368 separate apartments. If
the estimates are not at fault it will
cost about $5,000,000. The interior
decorations will probably not be
completed for several years. The
exterior is tolerable faithful copy
of the famous edifice which, after all
existence of nearly four centuries,
was destroyed by the communists on
May "a, 1871.
There: is weed in the south known
as the Wild coffee plant, which has
caused the planter a good deal of
trouble and annoyance, and has con-
sequently been discovered that
the plant has its use, as rope can be
made from it equal to the best hemp,
and stronger and finer than jute.
The discovery was made by negro
who needed a piece of rope, but
could find none. On looking around
his attention was attracted to this
plant, and he cut the stalks and
treated them in the same manner he
had been accustomed to see hemp
treated in Kentucky, and the result
was fibre of good length and of
surprising strength, which the old
man soon converted into rome.