The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06
WHAT THEY ARE DOING in
EUROPE.

The birth rate of France is gradu.
ally diminishing.
Mr.. j. Scott-Russell, the eminent
marine engineer, is dead.
The Comte de Chamford has pre-
sented the pope with $4,000, gold.
Two hundred and sixty-four medi-
cal practitioners are protested total
abstainers.
Reports from the north of Eng
land show that the crops are in ex-
cellent condition but the fruits are
in bad way.
Two Hungarian deputies, Wabr-
mann and lstoczy, fought a duel re-
Gently. Pistols were the weapons
but neither were injured.
Mr.. Sims Reeves, the celebrated
English tenor, has returned home
from German tour, which has COM
pletely restored his health.
The harvest prospect, of France
this year are exceedingly bright and
there will not be much, if any need,
for the importation of cereals.
Booth, the American temperance
lecturer, has been in Birmingham
three weeks and during that time
made 10000 converts to tetotalism,
The king and queen of Sweden
have celebrated their silver wedding
with high festivities. The poor were
not forgotten, $4,000 being given to
them.
The Guion steamer Alaska has
made the fastest trip on record. She
ran between New York and Queens
town in six days and twenty-five
hours.
A marble bust of Garibaldi is to
be placed in the salon of the presi-
dent of the chamber of deputies by
the side of that erected to the men,
DRY of Count Cavour.
The Manchester school board have
decided to improve the physique of
their young men by having the
school open nightly for drill and
gYmnastic exercises.
DR.. Seargant, medical officer for
Bolton, reports that a girl named
Edith Eyland caught smallpox by
reading letter from friend suffer-
ing from that disease.
A proposal to form a national
liberal club in London is under con-
sideration. 1t will be second "re-
form club" intended for the conve-
nience of country liberals.
Edwin Waugh, the Lancashire
poet" has been granted a pension of
$436 per year from the British civil
list, and he has received a grant of
$500 from the royal literary fund.
By sudden overflow of the river
Nessitch, the pretty little town of
Vershety, in Austrian Hungary, has
been inundated, much property has
been destroyed and several lives lost.
A dry goods house in Glasgow,
that of Walker, Wilson & Co., Of
fered Mrs. Langtry $4,000 for three
months service as principal in their
ladies' department. This offer was
declined.
1t is said upon good authority
that on an average 10000 dispense
lions are granted annually by the
pope, sanctioning marriage with de.
ceased wife's sister. Most are issued
to the Catholics of France.
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry will,
il is said, visit America, and will in
clude Texas in their programme.
Dramatic circles are doubtful wheth-
er Irving will be success. He may
attract crowds but not please them.
A large meeting has been held in
Hyde Park, London, to protest
against the British cOercive policy
towards Ireland. There were five
platforms erected i'll the park from
which speeches were delivered, and
Mr.. Joseph Cowen, NJ. p, was one of
the principal speakers.
In England they make the railway
companies pay in case of accidents.
w. Stewart, London tea merchant,
has just had all award of over $I2..
900 against the North London rail-
way for injuries occasiOned by the
defendants negligence, and such
instances are not uncommon.
1t is recorded that Garibaldi died
by the side of au open window as
the sun was setting behind Corsica.
Just before the end a bird alighted
Ou Tic WlHuOW Bill anu sang as IL
were requiem. GaribaldI noticed
this and stammered "QudatO al
Legro," (How joyful il is.) These
were his last words.
A band of Kentish young men
have instituted a society for "pro-
lection of the natural form of wo-
man." They propose by demonstra-
ton, argument and persuasion to
induce their female relatives and all
ladies who are injuring their bodies
for the sake of fashion to abandon
such practices. Who will start such
society in Texas?
The matrimonial litigation of the
Prince and Princess Orsini has been
settled by mutual agreement. A
separation is agreed ON. The prince
returns the princess dowry, and
allows her in addition $4,000 per
year. The two sons are educated
under the fathers control at the
Jesuit college MondragDne, and the
princess takes care of the Two daugh-
tiers, arrangements being made for
the visitation Of the children. Thus
ends long and painful matrimonial