The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

THINGS.
TheSouth Carolina legislature will
pass a bill authorizing railroad COM
mission. Appointments will be made
by the governor.
According to the last census. the
value of oleomargarine made in 1880
was 100000, though the article was
unknown in 1870.
Two years ago Wesson, Mississippi,
was only pine forest. 1t has now a
cotton mill employing 1000 hands and
nearly 1000 inhabitants.
The thirteen club at New York have
nearly survived their year of defiant
dining together without death, but
it isn't up till January Is.
a young st. Louis doctor is trying
to put money in his purse by adopting
the New Zealand custom and attend
ing his customers for so much a year.
God Save the Queen is tob be trans
lated into sixteen languages for the
use of Victorias faithful subjects.
There is apparently no call for an
Irish version.
The crown prince of Germany has
ordered large number of Christmas
cards from a Boston publishing house.
American art is beginning to be ap-
preclated abroad.
Twenty-Five Sisters of Mercy went
from New Orleans to Pensacola at the
outbreak of the yellow fever, nursed
the sick until the disease disappeared,
and returned unframed.
The statue of Queen Victoria in the
central area of the London exchange
Is allowed to remain in disgracefully
dirty condition and with the right arm
broken off below the elbow.
Mrs. Catharine Antonio, of Mobile.
Alabama, long predicted that she
would die suddenly on the 9TH day of
December, 1882. The day came, and
with it the lamp of her life suddenly
went out.
Gov-elect Cleveland, of New York,
has rendered the appointment of aide
de-camp on his stan to Samuel J. Til
den, Jr., OF Columbia county, nephew
OF eX-Gov. Tllden. The appointment
has been accepted.
Gov. Cameron's official proclamation
shows that there were 66,13l votes
cast IN Virginia against the conStitu-
tlonal amendment removing the poll
tax prerequisite to voting. The vote
IN It's favor was lO7, BOB.
1t is stated that carp pond in
Shenandoah county, Virginia, has in
IL thousands OF carp from six and
eight pounds down to those of last
summers Matching. The pond was
stocked only two years ago.
Mrs. Labouchere sailed from New
York on the steamship Servia, but her
name did not appear on the list OF
passengers. She was accompanied by
ner maid, Miss Roberts, and the record
made was Miss Roberts and friend"
All sorts and conditions of men hold
conventions in these times. A con-
vention OF the mayors of Illinois
towns and cities was held at Spring
field last week, with Mayor Harrison,
OF Chicago, as the big toad of the pud-
die.
The attorney general of Pennsyl-
Vanla has written an opinion to the
effect that the governor has not the
power to restore to citizenship a per-
son who has lost the franchise by rea-
son of conviction for violation of the
election laws.
The rule to prevent the marriage of
school ma'amS doesn't seem to work
well in st. Louis. 1t has encouraged
a great many secret marriages. This
is way the girls have the world over.
The way to drive them into marriage
is to try to prevent it.
Orders have been enforced on the
Cunard, lnman and other British
n
ing OF grog and all kinds of alcoholic
stimulantS to the crews, substituting
coffee instead. The sailors don't like
it, but the officers declare the change
Is an Improvement.
TWenty-Seven persons, claiming to
be second cousins of the late A. Il.
Stewart, of New York, met recently
at lawyers Office at Lockerbie, Scot
land, who are laboring under the de-
fusion that the millionaire died inteS-
tate, or that they can set aside his will
on the score Of undue influence.
Robert Morris, ST., the well known
cOlored lawyer of Boston, died last
week. He was prominently identified
with the early AbolitionistS, and in
1851 was arrested for alleged compiled
ty in the rescue of the slave Shadrach.
He was the first colored man admitted
to the Massachusetts bar, and had
large and lucrative practice.
The Mutual Life insurance company
of New York has accepted plan for
building on the old poStoffice site, to
cost 81 100000. 1t will probably be
eleven stories in height and overtop
all the other tall buildings near it. A
large portion of the structure will be
rented out as offices, and there will be
six elevators to accommodate the ten
ants.
The official use of rum is declining
among the British. Gen. Sir Garnet
WolSeley opposes the serving of spirits
to men in the army or the use of wine
by officers. The spirits sent out to
Egypt for the British fleet went back
to England, and John Burns, of the
Cunard company, has substituted tea
and coffee for grog on board of the
Cunarders.
Five families reside in Laurel Hill
cemetery, Philadelphia, and a force of
watchmen, all well armed, are also
employed, and at shutdown each day a
half dozen fierce blood-hounds are re-
leased and allowed to roam at will
about the grounds. The cemetery oc-
cupies about 100 acres of ground and
between thirty and forty thousand
people lie there. The other cemeteries
in and around Philadelphia are now
similarly guarded.
Mr.. Edison said to reporter in
Boston on Wednesday,; THE largest
undertaking we have on hand now is
to carry 1900 horse power of cleo
tricity eighteen miles into the City of
Mexico, for the purpose of lighting
that city and furnishing power for va
rious purposes. We are only making
estimates as yet. This thing of carry
ing power from waterfalls to a con-
siderable distance is going to be done
very extensively in the future. 1t is
practicable to carry %, 600 horse power
twenty miles if necessary"
THE FUTURE LIFE.