The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-23
CURRENT NOTES.

The island Of EIba. Napoleon Us old
home, Is being strongly fortified by
Italy.
The Chinese minister at Washington is
the only man in America who gets first
class tea.
An apple tree In bloom Is one OF the
winter novelties at White Sulphur
Springs, NJ. L.
The secret of the snake charmers of
India Is said to be sewing up the mouths
OF their snakes.
A Manitoba immigration company is
Offering free tickets from any point in
Canada TO persons purchasing their
lands.
The German association OF spelling re-
formers has published the first of a series
of classical native authors in the new Or
biography.
Prussia and Berlin are Slav words, and
France was named by the Germans
The task of keeping things straight in
Europe is not an easy one.
One hundred thousand inhabitants OF
the new Chinese kuldja territory have
| expressed wish to the Russian govern
ment TO settle In Russian territory.
The Ontario court of common pleas has
decided that the shaving of customers by
BARRIERS on Sunday is a violation OF the
laws, 1t being not work of charity or
necessity.
An exhibition Of Belgian art, under
the patronage of the Belgian govern
ment, is to be held at Philadelphia, in
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
during the pOnths OF April and May.
The death Of girl in ball room at
Georgetown, Colorado, was caused by
| tight lacing. She did not squeeze her
self from choice, but because she wore
her slenderer sisters dress.
1t is proposed to observe March p at
| Weimar, the tiftieth anniversary OF the
death of oethe. The vault of the grand
dukes, in which the poet lies, will be
opened and wreaIhs placed on the COT
| lin.
The total number of newspapers and
periodicals published all over the world
in 1880 was, according to the "Newspa-
per Directory" "a ,274, and the circula-
ton amounted to 1882 ,000, 900, or six
copies to each individual living.
A horse which was being shipped from
Boston to Chicopee, Massachusetts, slip
ped its halter, managed to open the car
door, and jumped of the train. The buy
er has learned that the animal returned
to Boston.
The city ofPhiladelphia alone has more
Jews than the six New England States
combined. OF these, Massachusetts,, has
the largest, $500, and Vermont the small
est share, viz, 120. Maine has 500, New
Hampshire $50, Connecticut ,492, Rhode
Island 1000, and the Maine Jewish colony
Is said to be poorer than any of the other
i've inhabiting New England.
MIR. Herbert Gladstone, a son of the
Premier, has been black balled by the
Union Club OF London, on account of the
radical tendencies of his father, which
are not In accord with the opinions of
London city circles. A sister of the
young man is soon to obtain her diploma
as an Nj. D., and is now pursuing her stu
dies ut Oxford.
The wife OF the Chinese minister lives
In strict seclusion ut Washington. In
accordance With the law of etiquette in
her own country, she is not permitted to
see any of the male sex except her hus-
band. She is the fourth wife (the other
three are living in ChIna), and she. il is
said, was permitted to accompany her
husband ON his travels because she is the
youngest and c0meliest of the number.
She Is under % years of age.