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The daily gazette., 1883-03-28
In Lumber Camp in yV,n,.,.

Esrfully svm VINO cut and haul lumber are
iough bsrdP" nPoSed In severe weather, and al
IA aside id'Iy and rugged, are Sometimes
EUgusa Nn,om rom duty. Mr.. Randall. of
Ae iumbalIe, ,hbalne, who is extensively engaged
bis men neIlng business, writes that one
boat, 81 tSas Vas attacked with terrible sore
Iiey a5m,aaat On ilat they thought he would die.
EllER, both bb'Seteu ;etu PERRY DAvIs's PAIN
hour the 'u internally and externally. In
atday he wou Suuerer was relieved, and the
y was at work as usual.
The daily gazette., 1883-03-28
LITEKAkY PUBLIoAr1ONA.

5r. NICHOLAS Is above anything we produce
In the same line. ."-''London Time6.N
CT. NICHOLAS
~ -FoR--
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Nearly a million acres of land in
Louisiana have been sold recently to
a Kansas speculatOr.
1t is said that there are $4,000
women in Tennessee who support
themselves.
A lady, seventy-fve years of age, is
said to be afflicted with leproSy, in
Newton county, Georgia.
'Tis said that the English sparrows
have driven nearly all the hooking
birds from AROUND Goldsboro, North
Carolina.
Mr.. John Berger, of Montgomery,
Alabama, has lost six calves within
the past few days from eating mock
orange leaves on the streets and
| roads.
A market gardener near Stark lake
Florida, has shipped over 1900 crates
of cucumberS from an eight-acre
field, and he has not got through ship
ping yet. His crates have Melted him
$3.50 each.
Prohibition appears to be failure
at Osceola, Ark, judging from the
following wall from the Times of that
place 1.-THE little blind tiger, which,
during the sitting of the circuit court,
has hid away out of sight, has sud-
| denly developed into full-grown ami
NAL. Eighteen three. gallon and four
| one-gallon Jugs, full of milk were
| brought up on the Dean Adams last
| Tuesday to feed it with.
A young man of Macon, Ga, who
recently went to Texas, writes the
following experience to his friends
''The other night 1 went into a saloon
where theirs were eight cowbys who
had come in from a long drive. They
crowded around me and asked me to
set 'em up. Just out of politeness l
/ set 'em up; When they got through
4 they asked me to set 'em up again
and l refused. They crowded around
me, evidently taking me for a sucker
and swore they'd eat me up. stood
my ground, and told them if they
would let the barkeeper hold theiI
pistols I'd try 'em few rounds. Then
they took out their weapons and gave
them to the barkeeper, and in ten
minutes 1 had whipped all eight OF
them. They saw wasn't to be fooled
with and we shook hands. Every
time L meet cowboy now he takes
off his hat to me-"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
DROPS OF WArER.

Mr.. Joseph G.. BrickneH No. 642 Main street
Cambridgeport, Mass, writes, April q, 1888
J 81 ha We been terribly afflicted for number o.
years with gravel and kidney disease. Ny
urine contained iGk-dust deposits, and a
times could not pass my water except il
drops and with great pain; and have
had to get up as many as fifteen times during
the night. l tried several physicians; they
did me no good, but a friend of mine who haC
used Hunts Remedy told me to get bottle
and try it. He had been Gured Of sever
case similar to mine, aad that others had used
Hunts Remedy In Cambridge and pro
nOunced it medicine of real merit After
being repeatedly urged L purchased bottle
and before had used all of it passed a stone
as large as pea, followed by smaller ones. !
have used in all ten bottles, and it has com
pletely cured me. Mykidneys are in excellent
condition, and for one OF my age, (6S) sixty.
eight years, can truly say feel like young
man with strength and vitality My family
use the Remedy and would not be without it,
and never fail to recommend it to our friends
and neighbors in Cambridge and Boston. You
are at liberty to use my name in praise OF the
best kidney and liver medicine, Hunts Rem
edy"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
Big Bones.
fisherman Courier.

One day last week the hands engage
ed in the gravel banks on the line of
the Texas and Pacific railway, near
Choctaw station, six miles east of the
city, uncovered the skeleton of mon
ster animal, supposed to belong to the
mastodon family. They preserved it
position until nearly all of one side
was exposed to view, and while the
supporting bed of sand and gravel
sustained, made an estimate of the
size of the skeleton. BY actual meas
urement the breadth across the hips
was found to be fully three feet. The
ribs were somewhat crushed but were
believed to be about Is feet long. The
leg bones measured nearly IL feet in
length, and at the knee joint of the
fore leg, the upper end of the canon
bone measured fully six inches il
diameter. This bone was over foul
feet long. They had not dug fal
enough to uncover the tusks, If the
monster wore any ivory appendages
and the huge frame crumbled into
short fragments when it was re
moved The bank in which tbi
relic of a prehistoric animal wa
found. is said to consist of sand anC
shells in no wise differing from tina
found on our southern sea coast. w,
hope some naturalist will visit thu
place and tell us all about it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
Been Watching Texas.
New York Star.

AT the last session of the New Jer.
sey legislature a bill was passed to
provide for the branding of all goods
manufactured under the convict con.
tract system in that state, so as to en-
able purchasers to discriminate against
them. To avoid possible trouble on
the score Of ex post facta enactments,
existing contracts were exempted
from the operation of the law. When
it was ascertained that bill of this
character was likely to pass, the con-
tractors fastened to Prison Super
visor Moore and procured the renew
al for three years of the shoe contract,
the shirt contract and the button con-
tract. The last of these renewals was
cOnSummated on the very day the
branding bill attained its final pass
age, and the consequence is that no
convict contract in New, Jersey will
be affected by the law for three years
to come. Supervisor Moore is pub
licist opposite whose name the arti-
sans of New Jersey should place an
indelible black mark
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.

For all painful operations of short
duration many physicians are using
the bromide of ethyl instead of chic
reform. When inhaled this agent
will put any one to sleep in thirty
seconds, and keep him utterly oblivi-
Gus to what is being done. The un-
consciousness lasts only from three to
four minutes, when the patient
awakes as from natural sleep, with
out headache or other disturbances of
any kind. Patients often report some
pleasant dream which they are enjoy
ing while the operation is being per-
formed. 1t has been administered in
many cases, and in every instance has
proved itself efficacious, prompt and
safe.
There can be no doubt that the
treatment Prince Bismarck has re-
ceived of late at the hands of the Ger
man reichstag has filled his old head
with evaporation and a desire for
revenge. But the North German
Gazette is probably correct in its de-
NAL of the rumor that the great chan
cellor had consulted judicial authori-
ty looking to the abolition of the
reichstag. Great as he is and mighty
as is the power of the German militia
ry organization and strong in its 10y
atty to the emperor, they are not all
| together powerful enough to abolish
the reichstag. President Arthur
could as readily abolish the United
States congress and make himself
dictator. The eternal instinct of JUS
tice and freedom would take Bis
marck's head in these days were he
seriously to press such business. But
it is likely only ruse to scare the
timid and get better vote in future.
The bill to authorize the construc-
ton of an additional croton aqueduct
for New 7 ork city has been approved
by Gov. Cleveland after prOtracted
fight over its merits and dement's by
citizens Of oppeessiiffgg views. The estis
mattel cost of the work is SIS, 100000,
/ but nobody is so foolish as to expect
that it will be kept down to the esti-
mate. A commission, consisting of
the mayor, controller and commission
er of public works, and of three citi-
zens2Wm. DoWd, Geo. Lane and Jas.
Spencer-is created by the act to have
control of the work. This feature of
the bill was made the basis of opposi-
ton to it, the objection being that the
selections should have been left to be
made in the usual way, by appoint
ment and confirmation, instead of
being arbitrarily fixed in the law.
Arguments, pro and con, were made
before thu governor, but he finally de-
cided to approve the bill rather than
delay the Important work of begin
ming the aqueduct for another year
and then run the risk of water fam.
inc. In the controversy over the bill
the politicians were very prominent
showing that they were expecting to
make the enormous expenditure
serve their purposes. 1t is rich
plum, and the governor is being crit
icised by the enemies of the bill fol
playing into the hands of the politi-
clans by signing it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

CONSEQUENT upon the theory that
as goes Ohio this year, so will go the
Union in 1884, the Brooklyn Eagle
says:
AS to the talk about the bearing OF
the Ohio election on the next presi-
Dental contest, it is enough to say
that it is nonsensical Thousands of
persons will vote this year one way
or the other for reasons which will
not influence them in the least when
they come to choose a president. The
Democrats will, to moral certainty,
carry Ohio by the German vote, but
if they assume as a matter of course
that the men who go with them
against sumptuary laws will also up
hold them in the national contest
they will make serious mistake. II
is true enough that whoever carries
Ohio this year will have an advantage
in the struggle of 1884, but it is also
true that the average American citi-
zen has most marked capacity for
deciding every controversy on its
own merits.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

SAN ANTONIO, June 1.-THE jury
who viewed the dead man found last
night, returned verdict that de.
ceased's name was unknown and that
he died from starvation and excessive
heat. 40 marks Of violence were
found.
Ernest Carleton, whe had a quarrel
with drayman named Ambrunt and
tried to bull doze him by shooting at
him some months ago, pleaded guilty
to aggravated assault to-day and was
fined 5000 and costs.
A capitalist of st. Louis is in the
city looking up the prospects of start.
ing either a brewery or distillery.
He says his only obstacle will be the
difficulty of procuring grain.
Mrs. Carrie Robins, a young bride,
being i'll and weak from the measles,
died yesterday afternoon from fright,
as some neighbors thoughtlessly be-
gan talking about mad dogs in her
hearing.
Geo. Rodey, barkeeper, charged
with robbing druken man of $50,
was tried this afternoon for the third
time and the case resulted the same
as before, in hung jury.
Abe Gordon, a thief from Hous-
ton, was Jailed hereilast night.
Juan Hemondy, horse thief from
Uvalde, was brought to our jail by
the sheriff last night.
1t is stated that u. D. MacPhail, for
merly of the Vance house, will soon
take charge of the Hord hotel, Jos.
Wolfe, the.present proprietor, selling
out.
Our military telegraph will soon be
abandoned.
Del Rio will soon have new week.
ly paper. DR.. L. L. Beach, formerly
of the Gonzales Enquirer, thinks of
starting one. The Southern Pacific
road is building fine new depot
there and will cut up their property
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
AT a German nItrsnarine m,

AT German nltrSSmarine manu-
factory, Rdnaged by pupil of Lie
Deg, the director has observed that
for forty-four years none OF his
workmen have suffered from con-
sumption. He attributes their immu-
nifty to the fact that the process OF
manufacture involves the constant
production of sulphuric acid, by the
burning of sulphur. Accordingly he
suggests new method of treatment
of consumptive,s by bringing them
into an air moderately charged with
sulphuric acid.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
4DID woNDERs FoR ME.

The above words are from Mr.. Lewis Keen
No. Highland Avenue, Maiden, Mass, Apri
%, 1883. He says: 81 have been troubled fol
years with kidney and liver complaint, follow
ed by gravel, with severe pains in my bach
and groins. had great trouble in passing
water, it being scanty, and accompanied by
terrible burning, the vessel being coated with
brick-dust deposit. 1 was recommended to
use Hunts Remedy by friend who had been
completely cured Of a similar trouble. pur.
chased bottle at the druggists, and COM
menced to improve at once. have used but
two bottles, and it has done wonders for me
no more kidney trouble, no more pain. 1t has
given me new life. and would not be without
Hunts Remedy at any price. 1t is all that it
is recomm, nded to be, and cheeTfully give
this testimony for the benefit Of the many suf-
ferers from kidney disease and gravel.''
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
A Proposed Railroad.
Houston Post. ]


The Post notes with interest the
visit of Col j. r. Taylor, of Chicago
the owner of the celebrated Damon's
Mound, in Brazoria county, with sew
eral gentlemen, to examine the coun-
try in reference to the feasibility OF
building the Mound City and North
ern railway from Velasco to Hemp
stead. 1t will be remember that Col
Taylor has paid our section several
previous visits, and had proposed to
establish hotel and place of resort al
Diamonds Mound, as well as to enter
upon his scheme of developing the
neigboring sections by means Of his
railway. We hope that Col. Taylor
will now take hold of this work in
earest, and give stimulus to the
business of our section by his sensi-
BILE enterprise.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

PAPERS in thirteen contested
congressional election cases have
been filed with the clerk of the
house. They include Massey
VS.. Wise, Garrison VS.. Mayo
and O'Farrel VS.. Paul, from Virginia.
Craig VS.. Shelly and Rice VS.. Herbert
from Alabama; Wallace VS.. Bedford
from Colorado; Frederick VS.. Wilson
from Iowa; Mclean VS.. Broadhead
from Missouri; Wallace VS.. McKinly
from Ohio; Wood VS.. Peters, from
Kansas; Chalmers VS.. Manning, from
Mississippi, and Manzanaris VS.. Luna
from New Mexico. Rice, the Ala
bama contestant, denies that he flee
the contest entered in his name.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

THE question of giving another in
ter-state drill at Nashville next veal
is being already agitated IN that city
One plan is to perfect an organization
offering $4,000 infantry prizes to be
divided among the first eight compa
MES who earn a place. The first
prize. it is suggested, shall be $4,000
to be given to the best company, the
remainder TO be divided in suitable
sums-the lowest award to be $500
This, it is thought, will bring com
panies into the contest who will en-
ter not for the first place, but for thu
second, fifth. seventh or last. 1t il
also proposed to offer liberal prizes TO-
artillery and zouaye drills.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

JOHN HOWARD PAYNE won fame
not as soldier, nor as a statesman
He was the auGhor of "Home, Sweet
Home" and as long as the English
language is read his name will be re-
vered. 1t is to the honor of that
great and good man, w. w. Corcoran
that his ashes have been reclaimed
from foreign soil, and that monu.
ment, BETTING his memory, has beer
placed over them in Washington.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
His Innocence.
[Philadelphia Times.l

MIR. Hendricks appears to have been
imposed on in the Interview with him
concerning Mr.. Tilden, which was
published the other day. The report
er who made. it was an old-time
friend, who called in the same old IA
miliar way and as usual did not take
any notes. Nevertheless he went off
and published what Mr.. Hendricks
supposed was a private conversation.
Such things are thoroughly discredi-
table to journalism and do much to
bring newspapers into contempt. No
man, reporter or otherwise, has the
least right to take any public man
thus at unawares and then give to the
world what was meant only for the
ear of a friend. 1t is an especially
heinous offense in the case of Mr..
Hendricks, who is very approacha-
BILE man and apt to speak freely in
private when he would be thoroughly
guarded OF diplomatic in public.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

Gen. Schofield will be the only one of
the present major-generals who will
then be in the army, and he can only
take command of the army for few
months, as he reaches the age of re-
tirement the same year as Sheridan.
Gen. Pope will be retired March 16,
1886, and Gen. Hancock lFrebruary
"a, 1888. The,president, who appoints
their successor will name the future
commander of the army.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
Put Him Out.
Philadelphia Times. ]

Secretary Chandler has now under
taken public defense of ex-Secretary
Robson. If Robson expects to
make any use of this he will have
to get some one to give Chandler a
certificate of character. 1t did not
need his open exposure of the present
secretary's notion of what's right to
put the public On its guard. Chan
dler has been more than suspected.
His defense of jobbery in the depart
ment which he now controls ought,
however, to invite new vigilance.
There was very little in the manage
ment of Robson which could be de-
Tended by anybody except Chandler.
He will, all the same, find it impossi-
BILE to popularize the Robson meth
DDS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

HOUSTON, June 13.-At 2:30 this
morning a fire was discovered in the
fourth ward, in the dwelling of W. ].
Fredericks, and soon the house, with
the adjoining residence of F. A. Brett
ling, was completely destroyed. Loss
about $1,000. Fredericks was insured
for $1,000 dollars in the Lancashire,
and $500 in the American Central.
Breitling was insured for $1,000, in
Guiding furniture, in the Norwich
Union company, of England. The
fire is supposed to e the work of an
incendiary.
The annual meeting of insurance
underwriters of Texas was held here
to-day, and adjourned after the well
coming address and preliminary work.
The following prominent insurance
men are present: III. P. Parks, Waxa-
hachie; Chas. E. Rice, New Orleans;
c. w. Gunard, Galveston; G. j. Gaines,
Dallas; J. r. Pollock, Austin; J. Feul,
Ell Paso; n. o. Lauve, Austin; Jas.
Sorley, Galveston; J. T. Irrelevant,
Dallas; ]. B. Herfoot, Dallas; J. L..
Wood, Dallas; j. E. Barry, Paris;
J. Byrens, Giddings; J. 7. Murphy,
Dallas; J. B. Castleman, Louisville;
III. V. Ogden, New Orleans; A. E.
Palfry, New Orleans; 81. G. Frost,
New Orleans; 7. K. Ferguson, Dali
las; S. E. Langdon, Dallas; S.
P. Cochran, Dallas; ALT. Bennett,
Kansas City. The Hon. II. P. Brews-
ter, stlte commissioner of insurance.
is also present in attendance upon
the meeting.
Mr.. G. w. Foster, who has had
charge of the telephone system here,
leaves this afternoon for Galveston,
to take charge of the Galveston sys-
tenn, and he will be succeeded in
Houston by Mr.. Frank E. Clarkson,
of Boston, who has already arrived.
The board of trustees of the public
schools have selected the Hon. r. P.
Flewellen to deliver the annual adj
dress before the graduating class at
the high school exhibition at Gray's
opera house tomorrow morning.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

REPUBLICAN congressman are
freely offering advice to the president
and Secretary Folger with regard to
the consolidation of revenue districts;
but as each one insists that his special
district shall be spared, they are not
helping the solution of the question.
The burden of their cry is: "Cut
anybody else's district as much as
you please, but don't touch NINE"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

In view Of the country's languish
ing marine, would it not be well for
the Democrats to give life to the
question in the contest of 1884. Since
the Republican party has been respon-
sible for the condition of the country,
our shipsIIhave decreased in number,
until the American flag is hardly
known on the seas. 1t was not for
merly so. In the days of Paul Jones,
Decatur and Perry, American sailors
were known and respected all over
the world, and their skill was envied
by even the BritOns. Those times are
gone. A narrower and blind policy,
prompted by desire to protect a few
New England builders of schooners
and fishing smacks, has imposed such
restrictions that all our com MERGE
is carried on by the English and
French, and those nations have
become rich from the profits.
The question is an import
ant one, and it must be soon
decided definitely, whether our ships
shall absolutely disappear and all the
ocean trade be turned over to foreign
ers, or whether the government will
remove all restrictions and make it
possible for ships, either built at
home or abroad, to fly the flag which
floated at the mastheads of fleets
which surpassed in excellence those
of all other nations of the world. The
disgrace has existed long enough
and should be removed A new era
for our commerce will then begin.
1t would be wisdom in the DEM
ocratic party to inaugurate the re-
vival of American bottoms. Less
taxation and American ships would
be two strong cards.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
The Busy Star Reuters.
washington Start

washington SGar.
There seems to be absolutely no
truth in the rumor that Secretary
Frelinghuysen and -Attorney-G General
Brewster are soon to resign from the
cabinet. The story was evidently
started with malicioussdesign, and
most probably by the star route de-
PENDANTS or their adherents, who
imagine that if it could, be made to ap-
pear that in the very face of the most
vital part of the star route trial there
was a rupture between the president
and his attorney general it would
have great effect on the jury, and
might help to influence them in MAX
ing up their verdict. 1t is grasping at
straws; but it is no use, it won't
work.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

THE colored people of Nashville
will be satisfied only with colored
teachers in the colored schools. The
Kentucky idea of keeping a separate
tax account against the negroes for
the maintenance of their schools was
not bad idea. They seem anxious
to draw the most distinct color line,
and no obstacle should be placed in
the way of their complete desire.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

BECAUSE of the disposition mani
tested by republicans, Malone is not
slow to openly express his contempt
for "thin-skinned civil-service re-
formers" of the north, and he de-
mands that Virginia shall be let alone
by them. His chief coadjutators in
Washington, Messrs. Hatton and
Gorhan. hold like views, but it is I'M
derstood that they are less infuen-
tial than formerly at the White
House and elsewhere. Hence the I'M
easiness and necessity of Senator Ma
homes presence in Washington at this
time. He is apparently especially
disturbed by the Norfolk lnvestiga.
ton, which some of his indiscreet
friends declare must not be pushed
any further.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

ATTENTION is called to the re-
ported interview between Mr.. Waiter
son and Mr.. Tilden. The latter would
not have the presidency under any
conditions. That may be true. He
got frightened at it when it was
within his grasp in 1877, and it is
probable that if he were again con.
fronted with it death might ensue.