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Mr. Martin Kug, Silver Creek, Mimi,
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LRGISL4TIHG ron a MAJORITY or
THE JUDGES.

LRGISL4TIHG FOR a MAJORITY or
THE JUDGES.
Tue RSsdjustsrs OF the Virginia
Legislature have determined TO re-
tire on tull pay for the balance Of
their lives Judges Monctrs snd An
derson, OF The Court OF Appeals, on
The alleged grounds OF Old age and
physical inarmity. It's proposed to
retire thes2 Judges at once, so tb at
the present General Assembly may
choose their successors. The Court
OF Appeals OF Virginia is composed
OF FIVE Judges, aud one of lheee,
Judge NsltSr r. Staples. has already
delivered an opinion declaring the
funding act of 1878 unconatitution-
a so the retirement Of Judges Mon
cure and Anderson, and tho election
Of ReadJuster suc.sssorg would give
the Rssdjusie.s majority OF the
Court o Appeals Judges.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-01-13
The Hon. Thomas L. James, &c, &c.
SOUTHERN LANDS AND EURO
pEAN CAPITAL.

The purchase OF great blocks Of
land in the Southern States by Eu-
ropsan capitalists has been mark
ed feature Of he past two weeks.
Sir +. j. Reed, representing Euglish
investors, and Dr.. J4cobua Vest
helm OF amsterdam, representing
Dutch have just bot 100000 acres
in Florida; while Phillips, Marshall
& Go. ol London have bought 1 .80O,-
900 acres in Miesiseippi. Nearly half
Of the latter are IeVse IsDds, situa-
ted in The YazOo delta, and are fine
cotton and timber lands. The OBJ
ject in both these purchases has been
to colombo aud cultivate the laads,
and he effect can hardly fail to be
felt in the future Of these States
when the cultivate Of the sol have
TO pay their rents to English capi-
talistG.
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THE WEST VIRGINIA ARGUS
Published eveIH Friday by
GEORGE PURCELL,
sUBsCRIPTIoN-TERMs /:

AT KmewooD, PRESTON COUNTY, W. VA
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16
WILLIAMSON.
Especial to The Statesman ]

LIBERTY HILL, Nov. 10. - The number
OF votes pOlled at this box is l23-Ireland
103, Jones 20. Martin 1903, Young o, Swain
1l3, Kennedy o; Lubbock lis, Walsh 122,
Templeton 1l2, Burnes O.; Willie 12l,
Stayton 1lS, West los; Hancock 1O4, Da-
Wis B; Terrell Ill, Trigg5.
GEORGETOWN, Nov. 10.--Returns from
eighteen boxes give Ireland a majority
for governor OF 6S1, Hancock 1908, Terrell
for state senate 1858. James IL. Robert
son for representative has a majority OF
235. For county officers majorlties stand:
Geo. w. Glascock for county Judge 100,
i. Is. Cochran Tor district clerk 104. j. w.
Hodges for county clerk 81, j. NJ. Tucker
for sheriff lS9, j. Nj. Denison for assessor
1918. For the remainder OF the county
offices there was no opposition. AS far AS
can be ascertained there will be an entire
new board OF county commissioners.
The boxes not yet heard from will in-
crease lreland's majority TO 700, Han
cocks TO 1900 and the total 1900. The
above statements are based upon a tally
sheet kept from the returns as they reach
this place, and are correct.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16
A Handsomo Re.Idenco burned.

NEW YORK, Nov. TO- The Breis-
tadt place at Irvington, on the Hud-
son, owned by Albert Breistadt, the
artist, was destroyed by fire this
morning. The origin of the FIRE il
unknown, but ii started in the Chin
ney flues. Henry Il. Chapman, Jr.,
member of the New York stock ex-
change, and his family occupied the
Breistadt mansion during the past
season, and yesterday morning re-
turned to their home in Brooklyn.
Chapman was greatly astonished
this morning when he received a
dispatch saying the elegant resi-
dence from which he had just de-
parted was in ruins. The building
was erected sixteen years ago
at a cost of 100000. A stu
dio seventy-fve feet, with a
ceiling thirty-five feet high was
In the rear of the second story. All
the rooms were spacious. The in
terror was finished in hard wood,
large Turkish rugs took the place OF
carpets, and the furniture was costly.
Nearly every room contained from
three to ten valuable pictures of fa-
nous artists. In the library were
two pictures of the Yosemite VAL
ley, valued at $4,000. The house
was filled with many valuable tro-
phies and curiosities which Breistadt
had collected in Yosemite Valley
and elsewhere. So far as known
these valuable relics and furniture
itself are probably worth 100000.
The. picture and curiosities are esti-
mated to be worth nearly 100000
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16
An Educated Farmer.

"He spent his patrlmony IN paving
his way through college, and now
he is plowing," said negro to us
some time since in speaking of one
of the sons of his old master. His
tone indicated most clearly that in
his opinion the young man had act
ed most unwisely. To his apprehen-
sion collegiate training was worth
less as preparation forthe farm.
Perhaps like most of his newly lib
Grated brethren, he thought that
every one who can read, write and
cipher should either "wag his
head in pulpit" or flourish
the rod of instruction over
the heads of young travellers
along the pathway of knowledge.
We fear the idea has prevailed far
too much with people generally that
any dolt may be farmer. AS mat.
ter of truth we need mind, educated
mind as much in the field as we do
anywhere. If under the new order
of things that has been forced upon
US the agricultural interests of our
country is TO be developed up to the
measure of what is needed, farming
must be studied by men capable of
thinking. We no longer have lands
of virgin fertility which will yield
prolific crops with the most SLOW
enly husbandry. We no longer have
laborers whose industry can be relied
upon for every hour in the day and
for every day in the year. Instead
of these we have exhausted fields
and help the most uncertain and
the most unreliable. These unpro-
pitlous circumstances must be met
by improved modes of culture. The
tiller of the soil must contrive to
have five, six or a dozen stalks to
grow where only one has hitherto
grown. He must also bring the
powers of his intellect into play TO
see if larger results cannot be secur.
ed with less exercise of muscle. The
small farmer must learn TO bring
his few acres into a condition that
they will afford him an ample sup
port, without the continuous labor
that will deny him all chances
for improvement. To do all
this he needs intellectual training.
1t may not be that the curricula of
our colleges are the best that could
be devised to fit young man for
solving the problems presented to a
practical farmer. If, however, they
drill him into thinking methodically
and into comparing facts and scru-
tinizing deductions, foundation is
laid upon which he may erect a ma
terial fortune. Sure we are that a
large number of the young men who
are at college must apply their tall
ents and energies to agriculture, or
it will suffer while the '1earned pro-
fessious" are crowded.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16
Preparing Stock for winter.
fRnral Hnpaa


The next two months is a hazard.
Gus time for most kinds Of domestic
animals. They need to be watched
very closely, and not suffered to de.
cline in flesh. If they are out to pas.
ture and the failure of the grass
leaves them without sufficient nutri.
ment to keep up their flesh. it should
be promptly ascertained and they
should be given some kind of food to
supply the deficiency. 1t is the poor
est kind of economy imaginable to
allow them to fall away just before
going into winter quarters. When
cold weather arrives they will need
additional food to keep up the
amount of flesh they may then carry,
for Il larger portion of the food they
digest is required to keep the animal
temperature; TO supply the necessary
fuel. 1t would require an extra
large supply to restore lost flesh in
addition.
1t may be a question in what way
this extra food may be best supplied.
Perhaps with some it may take the
form of small rations OF grain oats,
corn meal, or mill feed. Some farm.
ers raise good many pumpkins, and
daily feed of these to the neat stock
may be the best way of meeting the
crisis. But probably the better way
is to give horses, cattle and sheep a
feed, once day, of good hay. 1t
should he the best, for stock will not
take hold OF poor hay with avidity,
so long as they can get a bite of
grass, but they will eat good hay at
almost any season of the year. II
poor hay must be fed at all. save it
until cold weather gives animals a
voracious appetite.
Of all species of farm stock, sheep
are the most likely to be neglected
at this season of the year. They are
not, as genera! thing, brought up
into the yard at night, as are the
cows, and there is danger of their
losing flesh some time before it is
discovered. They should be care
fully watched and frequently
handled, and the first indications of
unthrlftlness should be promptly
met. With sheep, failure in feed is
not only loss of flesh, but also loss of
wool. Another thing should be re-
membered with sheep between now
and winter is the usual coupling
season, and if the utmost prolificacy
of ewes is desirable, and if the full
potency of rams is to be maintained,
there should be no stinting in food.
The wise farmer will bear all these
things in mind, and give attention
to his stock.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16
NEW WORK.

ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 10-The free
canal amendment to the constitu.
tion is adopted by over 100000 ma
jority.
New YORK, Nov. 10.-A Nashville
special to the Evening Post says
Bates majority over Hawkins
Republican, for governor SO far is
about 26, 900, and over all about II, 900
The legislature is largely Democra.
tic in both houses. Two Republican
congressman are elected-Pettibone
in the first and Hank in the second
district. This is loss of one con-
gresham from the tenth district.
ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 10.-The
Evening Journal estimates Cleve-
lands majority at 194, 800; Hlll's ma
jority for lieutenant-governor at
about 10000; Gen. Slocum's major
ity at 07,000, ahd claims that the
Erie canal amendment is adopted by
over 100000 votes and the judiciary
amendment by at least $4,000.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16
Republican Desperation. {.
New York Star. ]

The Republican managers have
given up the battle as hopeless. Yes
terday it was determined to put any
amount of money into the canvass
to buy votes at any price, provided
enough votes could be bought to
save the state ticket and elect Fol-
ger. The railroad magnates stood
ready to issue orders to their 5000
employees to vote for Folger, on pain
of instant dismissal, provided such
an exercise of despotic power would
elect the ticket.
Conferences were held in this city
and Brooklyn, and telegraphic COM
munication was held with different
parts of the state. And to the dis
may of the Republican managers, it
was found that no amount of Fed
eral money and railroad bulldozing
could elect Folger. The. dam was
broken and dollars could not stop
the freshet. Nothing they could do
would turn back the tidal wave
that is rolling across the state and
sweeping the party of fraud and for
gerry and Federal dictation before it..
Let every Democrat, every lndepen-
dent, and honest Republican and
every good citizen do their duty on
Tuesday next, and this election will
mark new era in the politics OF the
Empire state.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16

TELEPHoNING by underground
cables has been pronounced lmprac-
ticable for the reason that such
cables must necessarily each contain
a considerable number of conducting
wires and the induction prevents
speech. By means of special ar
rangement of the circuits, Messrs.
FELTON, and Guilleaume, of Mulhein
on the Rhine, claim to have over
come the effects of Induction in these
cables. Their system was lately
tried on line thirty-two miles long,
and proved so effective that speech
was transmitted without trace of
foreign sound through one wire
while a neighboring wire of the
cable was in constant use.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16
YandarbIIt,s Rands.

New YORK, Nov. 10.-The Post
says we can find no authority for the
report current yesterday that Van
derbilt had sold $10,000.O00 worth of
his four per cent bonds but do hear
from various quarters In the loan
market ofmoney borrowed on these
bonds. This money may be either
used in connection with the recent
purchase of nickel plate which COM
pany it will be observed is to use
the Lake Shore terminal facilities at
Buffalo or in connection with pur-
chases of tho Lake Shore, Michigan
Central and Canada Southern stocks
or for both purposes. However,
this may be where a capitalist Of
Vanderbilt's magnitude Is the bor-
rover of money It indicates he has
confidence in the situation SO far as
1t relates to railroad property for the
next six months.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16

THE Railsoay Age of October Goth
publishes the following figures,
showing the mileage of railway con.
structed during the year 1881: Ala
bama, IA miles; Arizona, $50; Arkan-
sas, 129; California, 72; Colorado,
500; Connecticut, Sc; Dakota, 4S5'
Florida, Ill; Georgia, So; Idaho Ter
ritory, SO; Illinois, 566; Indiana, Ala;
Iowa, 72O; Kansas, III; Kentucky,
14S; Louisiana, 249; Maine, 33; Massa-
chusetts, A; Maryland 25; Michigan,
$50; Minnesota, 126; Missouri, 238;
Mississippi, "a; Montana, 15s; Ne
braska, 1923; Nevada, 13S; New Hamp-
shire, 5; New Jersey, 65; New Mex
leo, 287; New York, 256; North
Caroline 153; Ohio, 48O; Ore
gon, SS; Pennsylvania, 1Ss; Rhode
Island, L; South Carolina, 75; Ten
nessee, AZ; Texas, 1909. Utah Fer
ritory, 80; Vermont, 3; Virginia,
331; Washington Territory, I'll
West Virginia, IL; Wisconsin, 800 /;
Wyoming, So. Total in forty.five
states, 1886 miles. From the above
it will appear that during 1881 track
laying was in progress upon SOC diff
ferent lines, in forty-five of the
states and territories. Much the
larger share of this work has been
done in few of the western states.
Eleven states may be credited with
81 per cent of the new lines, 81 per
cent of the total new mileage, Texas
leading with 1000 miles.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16

Mr.. Meyers, the capitol architect,
has written to a gentleman in Aus
tin expressing surprise at the oppo-
sition against the right-of-way to the
new capitol, stating that it is the
first instance of the kind that has
come to his knowledge. The people
of Austin certainly should throw no
obstacles in the way of the speedy
building of the new capitol.-Bren-
ham Banner.
Mr.. Myers need not express sur
prise at anything the Austin city
council has done or may do. 1t is
our luck to be cursed with munich
pal governments utterly worthless
for public good. The only thing for
which the members of our city coun-
Gil are noted is drawing pay. They
can meet oftener and do less than
any public set of men ever
known. No sooner does some
reasonable proposition come before
them than they antagonize il, be-
cause, as some of them say, there is
a job on hand, not being able to dis
guise propensity for suspicion
which is always strongly developed
in those who attempt to make jobs
and to get inside Of rings. But
this time there is job on hand il
is big one-the building of great
capitol for the state of Texas
and this city council has no
right to refuse immediate
acquiescence in any reasonable prop
osition leading towards its rapid
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16

stand against your strength
for nearly sixty days. If
you great European powers
/ choose to dictate we have
no option but to obey. Then Egyp-
tian liberty is but a dream? Yes,
alas since the so-called champions
of liberty side against the oppressed.
Two days before your bombardment
Tewfik loaded me with honors and
called me frieud. | have not, nor
ever had any personal nate against
the khedive. The khedive is moth
in himself, but always the servant of
another. If you like to give him q
tutor who will whisper to him all
may be well, if not, the Turk
ish ana Circassian regime will
be re-established, and the bastinado
be rampant as of yore, and it
will bed your doing What would l
wish to do? L would wish to be
banished from Egypt for ever. My
heart is sick of Egypt. Iwould live
quietly III Europe with my family
and trouble no one any more, for
my dream is passed and l was de-
ceived. Quietly? Ha, ha! How
could | live otherwise? Liars say
that | filled my purse when in office.
L am very poor man; have only a
house near Zagazig, where | was
born my palace at Cairo is not
mine-was only let to me as minis
ter. am very poor indeed, and, if
you set me free, shall have TO work
tor my living and my family. But
10
1 feel a presentment of that" he
concluded quietly, "and it will be all
overall over"
"When we declared war did you
think we were i'll earnestr l asked
idly.
"Now replied Arab, with en-
phasis, "and that was one of the
most dreadful moments in my life.
Your Seymour sent me a message
that he would lombard the city of AL
exandria at eight o'clock next mOrn-
ing. L laughed, for l thought, Half
the wealth of Alexandria is English,
and surely they will not wreck
their own property l lay
awake all night thinking, grow
ing surer and more sure; and dawn
came, and eight o'clock struck and
there was no unusual noise, and L
breathed freely and turned to sleep.
AT half-past eight L heard the first
gun, and it set me shivering, for l
heard in it the knell of established
hopes, and wondered who would
win the victory. You are a great
nation" he repeated. "You can al
ford to be generous and great to
CetewayO-a savage-and surely
should be to me. Treat me as you
treated CetewayO, and will be sat
istiedn
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16

CINCINNATI, Nov. 10.-The Times
Stars special from Morrow, Ohio,
says Father j. b. O'Donoghue, pastor
Of the Catholic church at that place,
died this morning from the effects
of a blow from monkey wrench adj
ministered by Timothy Green, on
Wednesday last. Green who had
been arrested for assault and bailed
out, has been arrested ON the charge
of murder in the first degree. Green
is an employe of the pump house on
the railroad, and says Father
O'Donoghue publicly denounced
Mrs. Green as thief last Sunday be-
fore the. congregation, and that
when he saw the preist on Tuesday
he resented the insult, and in an en-
counter which followed the blow
was struck.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16

The business of fire insurance is
tending more and more toward
great companies, as is shown by the
fact that besides the 100 companies,
destroyed by the Chicago and Bos-
ton fires, 255 companies have retired
from an Improbable business dur
ing the last twelve years, the aggre-
gate assets of the $50 haying been
$101, 100000. Competition has
brought rates down so low that the
weak companies have succumbed to
the pressure, and their retirement
has caused no regret, either to their
shareholders or to surviving COM
petitors. The establishment here of
foreign companies of great strength
has increased the demand for combi-
nations and the enlargement of
American companies not already
vast in their resources, and the indi-
cations are that fire insurance will
never again be profitable for COM
panies whose assets are less than CO.
lossal. OF course all this is benef-
cial to the policy holders, who es-
cape wildcat Investments.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16

Last year 25,170 new houses, COW
ering a length of eighty-six miles,
were built in the metropolitan po-
lice area OF London, which now con-
tains 4,7S8,657 pcrsons-the largest
number probably ever packed within
fifteen miles of common centre.
Out of this multitude twenty-three
children and 154 adults were en-
tirely lost. Their disappearance is
one of the mysteries of London,
upon which but little light is
thrown by the fact that fifty
four bodies OF persons found
dead. and unknown, were
buried before Identification. There
were three times as many people
killed in the streets of London in
1881 as it cost to storm Arabi's posi-
ton at Tel-el-Kebir. and ten times as
many wounded-the figures being /:
killed, 252; wounded, 3400. There
were 800 fires, 274 suicides, eleven
murders, and only three convictions;
40 burglaries, and only ninety
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-16

construction. The STATESMAN is
opposed to right of way for hauling
stone by rail to be given along any OF
our business streets, but there are
approaches to the capitol site for
such a way, that can easily be spared
during the period of capitol con-
struction, and the grant should at
once be extended. Now when we
say the way should be granted, and
when almost every man in Austin
endorses what we say, it
is no guarantee that the city
council will pass the ordinance.
Intensely suspicious and cautious
men as to public questions involving
great public benefits are the very
sort to defeat such propositions, pro-
vided they are not convinced by a
very solid sort of argument, which
no one is inclined to spend on the
most perverse specimens of hui
manity.