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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
Buffers Plumber.
New Orleans Times-Democrat. j


Some startling revelations were
made to a representative of the
Times-Democrat yesterday by a lady,
who, for motives of her own, does not
care to have her name thus publicly
brought into the controversy. The
lady is a widow of a prominent law
yer, whose sympathies were largely
with the federal forces during the
war. Men of his professional and sec
ular acuteneSs were not easily obtain
ed in those days as legal advisers to
the military rulers, so the services of
this lawyer, who was even better &C
quainted with criminal than with
civil law, were sometimes eagerly
sought after by Gen. Butler
and his successor, Ge1. Banks.
Under these circumstances he
was in position to ask and
receive favors from the United States
authorities that few other could OBJ
tain. The lady said that just after
Butler left the city she went with a
friend to identify and take possession
of some silver that had been pre-
viously seized. This permission had
been obtained by her husband, who
to a certain degree had influence
enough to protect the property of his
intimates. Armed with this permit
the lady and her friend proceeded to
the place where the confiscated silver
was kept in safety and secrecy. 1t
was large warehouse that runs from
Magazine street through to Tchou-
pitoulas, and is not so far from Ca
nal but what it can be seen by the
paSsers-by. Conducted to the second
story of this building, which was
strongly guarded even for those
troubled times, they saw a scene
that still lives wildly in their
memories. This long hall, extending
from street to street, was literally
filled with plumber of the richest ma
terial. Silver candelabra, that glis-
tened even in the subdued light of
the warehouse, golden interior decora-
tons, dainty articles of virtu, silver
services, embossed with old-time
crests, lay in reckless profusion upon
the floor. All this property was scat
tered around in most promiScuouS
manner, and without any regard to
former ownership. By going from
one pile to another her owner was
able, after some trouble, to identify
her belongings, which, with the per-
NIT, she was able to carry off. How
these things came there, and what be-
came of them, the lady was unable to
cav
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

IT is stated that the czar has post
poned his coronation until in June.
Whether this be true or not there are
plenty of evidences that he is over
come with the greatest alarm for his
safety, and that he lives in eternal
dread of assassination at the hands of
Nihilists. Were he to consent to the
abolition of his absolutism he might
live in safety, but this power he will
not agree to yield, nor will he agree to
the establishment of provisional adj
ministration. Therefore, it appears
certain that an effort will be made
to kill the czar, and the effort
may be either on his way to.
Moscow or in that city on his way to
the Kremlin. This ancient seat of
imperial power is a large group of
palaces, guard houses, cathedrels,
universities, schools, churches and
nunneries, on high hill in Moscow.
The coronation ceremony is to take
place IN one of the three cathe-
drals-that of the Holy Assumption.
Unless the conspirators succeed in
killing the czar in the procession to
the gates of the Kremlin district, they
will probably not have very good
opportunity afterward, as pains have
been taken to prevent any mining
operations under the Kremlin hill. If
the czar would consent to resume the
practice of the czars before Peter the
Greats time and convene the old
Zemsky Duma, or Lands Council,
composed of representatives from all
Russian people, he might safely pass
through tide coronation ceremonial,
but he is afraid to summon such
a deliberate body, through fear
thai, once assembled, it might
advise too literally and demand radi-
cal reforms, backed by the peasantry
and even a portion of the army.
Really there is no feature of the case
involved in safety, and Isince the car
will not think of granting liberties
to his subjects he may as well stare
death in the face and march up to il
in May instead of waiting till June
Should the Nihilists even fail in their
plans for the coronation theil
vengeance will be felt at the earliest
opportunity thereafter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
TnE magnitude of the Panama ca

THE magnitude of the Panama ca
nal project may be understood when
it is stated that the cut through
the Isthmus will be $50 feet
wide, and that S45,OOO,OO0 have
already been expended. This sum
includes the purchase of the Pan
anna railroad, but there have been
S26,oO0,O00 expended apart from the
road Not foot of the canal has yet
been cut. The most important prob
lens connected with the work have
net yet been solved. The slopes of
the wallis have not yet been deter
mined. It has not been decided what
shall be done with the Chagres river
which is encountered in the course of
the work. The attempt to dam this
river and hold its waters and those
of its tributaries in a reservoir and to
let them out through the canal, which
win be seventy 1eet below it at high
water, OF to drain it of to the sea by
an artificial channe. is something net
to be lightly undertaken.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
Mr.. Stephens Dog.

Alexander Stephens was fond of
any creature with which he came in
contact. He liked animals of all
kinds and especially young animals.
AT home he paid much attention to
his little pigs; was very careful that
their mother should not injure them
by rolling upon them. He always
had several dogs about him. He
treated them as almost human and
think he considered them nearly so.
He would talk to them and pet them.
They slept at night either in his
room or on the outside of the door.
At Liberty hall the doors were never
closed at night. any one might have
gone through the house were it
not for the dogs. They slept
in the library, and Hon.
Alexander Stephens always occu-
pied the chamber which opened into
this. A step on the porch would
raise terrible bowling, and it would
have been indeed dangerous for any
robber to have entered over such d
guard.
There is one dog which deserves to
be known in history, and that is Mr.
Stephens old poodle, Rio. He was
for years Mr.. Stephens constant COM
panion. Heloved him as an intimate
friend, and when he died he shed
tears over his grave. Rio was re-
markable dog. He could reason more
than any animal 1 have ever known
remember at Liberty hall we would
be talking about something going
wrong on the place, and Rio would
rise and 90 to the SPOT spoken
of by us. He seemed to
understand Language, land his face was
very much like that of a human. He
was big, fat poodle, with wool as
white as snow, as heavy as that of Z
sheep and as soft as silk. He had q
high forehead and bright, black eyes
He grew blind several years be.
fore he died, and Mr.. Stephens took as
much care of him as he would have
done had he been his own flesh an6
blood. When he died he put him in q
wooden coffin and buried him in the
garden. He had intended to have
erected marble slab over his grave
but this was put off and finally neg.
lected. He never cast off any of his
dogs in their old age, and Troup, Pluck
Frank and half dozen others Of his
pets were cared for during their de
clining years of senility and decrep
| itude.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

NOTWITHSTANDING shiploads of
INDECENT Irishmen have recently been
sent to this country at the expense of
the British government, it is a Curl
Gus fact that the immigration from
that country falls short of last year.
The latest bulletin from the bureau
of statistics gives the number of i'm
migrants coming hither from Ireland
in March last as 2518, against 5221 in
March 1SS2-a falling off of over 90
per cent. The immigration from Ire
land to the United States for the nine
months ending March 81, last, was
25,O14, against 34,507 for the CORES
ponding months ending March, 1882.
In both instances the decrease in i'm
migration from Ireland is greater rel
atively than that from England or
Scotland, or from all other countries
combined.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
Never Too Old To Marry.
fChicago Herald. ]

"In the spring." says the poet, "a
young mans fancy lightly turn to
thoughts of love" If these thoughts
become more serious as the year grows
older, the license clerk and clergymen
are kept busy in the early summer.
And it is of the marriages, without
which elimination love is vain, that
the Herald would speak. Rather it is
of the comparative ages at which the
two sexes separately arrive at the
conclusion that it is not well for men
to be alone. The bureau of vital
statistics of New York furnishes the
figures which afford food or facts for
reflection. With 11,085 couples pass
ing under the bureaus eye, the fol-
lowing curious facts were revealed:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

of the seventy-six United States
senators, five are of foreign birth.
These are Fair, Sewel and Jones, of
Florida. who were born in Ireland,
Jones. of Nevada, who halls from
England, and Beck, who first saw
Iig6t in Scotland. OF the remaining.
New York and Kentucky have each
produced the greatest number from
any one state, that is seven, while
Ohio follows with six. Only one was
born west of the Mississippi, and he
is not far from its banks. The aver
age age of the senate, as a whole, is
fifty-four years.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

Adam Forepaugh, the well-known
circus proprietor, has leased twenty
eight acres of land opposite the Louis
vile exposition building, for one
hundred days, paying therefor 3d.
600. Nine acres of the land will be
used by Mr.: Forepaugh- He win
erect a building large enough to ac-
commodate his circus and hippo
drome, and during the exposition
visitors will be entertained with
chariot races, hurdle races and all
the exciting adjuncts of a great estab-
lishment. The remainder will be
sublet for speculative purposes.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
Can't Afford to Explain.
sherman Courier.1


The Tyler Courier observes that
"Gov. Ireland is not giving very gen.
eral satisfaction" We have no serious
fault to find with him except his ac-
ton in the penitentiary matter. He
has not explained his perversion of
public opinion to personal influence
in this affair to the satisfaction of the
Democracy up this way.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

THE land league convention was
permanently organized yesterday.
The introduction of Mrs. Della Par
nell, greater than the mother of the
Gracchi," was the most notable fea
IRE of the session YESTERDAY.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
An Egyptian Horror.
1.-THE Squirrel

Once 1 had occasion to make COM
plant againt the Moodir of the prov
ince of Menouf on account of the
alarming weakness of certain dykes
of one of the largest canals. The
Nile was rising rapidly and the news
from the Soudan indicated a still
higher rising. / was aware that the
contractor for the repair of the dykes
"a Turk-had arranged with the in
Spector-another Turk to exercise a
prudent economy in the matter of
stones and piles, with a view to trans
ferring the balance into their own
pockets. 1t happened that the cele-
brated Ibrahim PaSha, son of Me
hemet Allie vainqueur de Negil-
owned the land on the opposite side
of the canal, the cotton plantation of
which / was director being on the
bank.
The Moodir-also Turk, but COM
paratively an honest fellow-knew
that did not laugh on business mat
tiers; however, he said to me: Mon
cher, don't allow, i beg of you, your
complaint to go further. Those two
fellows who have eaten the contract
money have many friends at court
and myself am OmeWhat mixed up
in some transactions with them, un-
iertaken, of course, out of friendship
and without pecuniary considerations
whatever. If 1 were to show my
teeth should only get into a mess
without doing you much good.
WELL" said /, 81 do not want
to 90 you bad turn, but
l must have the work done on
my side of the canal, and quickly
otherwise am bound to go at once
in person to Cairo" The Moodir, fear.
ing the consequences. had the work
begun during the night, and for three
days and nights about fifty persons
men, women and children were at it
Meanwhile the Nile rose higher an6
higher, and suddenly the dyke bursI
at distance of 15O0 yards from my
own boundary. and all Irbahim Pa
sha's crops were ruined. / went al
once to the spot on horseback; all wal
confusion, and there was nothing tt
! be done, except for the Bashi- Bazoukl
and the officers of the Moodiriah tt
! gallop about all over the place an(
hit the innocent fellows who ha.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03


Most of the wealthy society ladies,
says New York letter, have hither-
to contented themselves with half
livery for their coachman and foot
man, and white vest and swallow
tailed coat for the butler but this
winter more elaborate costume has
been introduced. Hundreds of pairs
of Partisan top-boots have been i'm
ported for coachmen and footmen,
who have heretofore worn their boots
inside their trousers, and Mrs. VIM.
X. Vanderbilt has taken the lead in
putting her servants into full Euro
pean costume = breeches, silk stock
ings, ample vest and long full
coat of the shad-stomached variety,
and a little linen picket under
each ear. The many colOrs of the
French turnkey are superseded by a
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

THE cultivation of the olive in Cal
ifornia promises to be great success.
The trees begin bearing in three years,
and continue TO yield for centuries.
Some of the olive trees are already
eight years old, and produce $50 BUSH
els of fruit to the acre, representing
$3.50 in oil. 1t is said that the olive
would be of successful growth in
western Texas,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

In many cases the revenue stamps
placed upon the bottles of what are
known as proprietary medicines is the
chief difference between these concoc-
tions and ordinary whisky packages
after July 1, there will be no stamps
required upon these so-called medi-
cines already on the market, but the
compounders of new cure-alls will be
liable to pay the tax as rectitiers I'M
less they show they are making
medicine and not a beverage.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
NOTICE OF ACCOUNT.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
To all persons interested In the administration
Of the estate of John T. Miller, deceased: "
John B. Rector, administrator OF the estate
Of said deceased, has filed his final account
and exhibit, as such administrator. In the
county court of Travis county, together with
his application to resign as such administra-
tor, which will be acted on at the next term Of
said court, commencing the third Monday In
city of Austin, at which time all persons inter.
ested In said estate may appear and contest
said exhibit and account II they see proper.
court, and the seal thereof attached, this the
9Th day of March 1888.
FRANK BROWN, Clerk.
By JEFF Brown. Deputy ap27.dit WAT
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
NEW BLooslF1ELp, Miss, Jan. .. 1880

NEW BLOOMFIELD, Miss, Jan. 2, 1880
Gents-I have been suffering for the last
five years with severe itching all over.
have used up four bottles of your Hop Bitters,
and 1t has done me more good than all the
doctors and medicines that they could use on
bless you for such relief from your medicine
and torment of the doctors. have had fifteen
doctors at me. zone gave me seven ounces of
solution of arsenic; another took four quarts
of blood from me. All they could tell was that
1t was skin sickness. Now, after these four
bottles of your medicine, l am well, and my
skin is well, clean and smooth as ever.
HENRY KROCHE.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

A REFERENCE to statistics, afford
ed by the census, shows how empty is
the claim that the laboring masses
may be affected injuriously by the
competition of convict labor. In 1880
the total number of convicts i'll the
United States undergoing confne-
ment at hard labor was about 1890 @
The laborers employed in manufacto-
ries alone at the same time numbered
two and three-quarter millions, while
the total number of persons pursuing
painful employments at the time was
between eight and nine millions. If
the eight or nine millions of free
handed and willing workers cannot
stand the competition of portion of
the paltry $4,000 criminals who only
work because they are compelled to
their case is deserving of sympathy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
CEDAR BAYOU. Tex. Oct.

CEDAR BAYOU, Tex, Oct %, 1882.
l have been bitterly opposed TO any medi-
cine not prescribed by a physician of my
choice. My wife, fifty-six years old. had come
by degrees OF disease to slow shutdown and
doctors failed to benefit her. got bottle of
Hop Bltters for her, which soon relieved her
In many ways, My kidneys were badly az
fected, and took twenty doses, and found
much relief. / sent TO Galveston for more.
but word came back none in the market SO
great is the demand; but ! got some else
where. II has restored both of us to good
health, and we are duly grateful. Yours,
J.P MAGET.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
THE STATESMAN.

JoHN SHERMAN may be induced to
run for governor of Ohio if he can he
made to believe it would be stepping
stone to the presidential nomination.
But what would nomination be
worth to him without an election.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

THE amount of bonds redeemed
under the circular in regard to the
prepayment of bonds embraced in
the twentieth call is S4,513, $50. Less
than one-third of the bonds called
have been presented for redemption.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
KALAMAzoo. Micb.. Feb. ,. ,soO

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Feb. 2, $780,
/ know Hop Bitters VIII bear Recommended
ton honestly. All who use them confer upon
them the highest encomiums, and give them
credit for making cures all the proprietors
claim for them | have kept them since they
high rank from the first, and maintained 1t,
and are more called for than all others CON-
bined. So long as they keep up their high
reputation for purity and usefulness shall
continue to recommend them-something |
have never before done with any other patent
medicine.
J. j. BABCocK. NJ. ID. and Druggist.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

An eighteen months old child and
a little terrier were left alone in an
open-windowed room at Newburg,
New York, the other day, and, when,
after a three minutes absence, the
child's mother returned, she found
her youngster hanging out of the
window with the little terriers teeth
fastened in its clothes, the dog brac-
ing with all its strength against the
inside of the sill, looking mutely, anx-
iously and appealinglY for haste and
help. When the rescue had been eff
fected, the dog relieved of his burden
flew joyfnlly around the mother and
child, barking out the delight it could
not express in human language.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

New York too has abolished prison
contractlabor, and it may be hoped
that the governor of that state will
not lend himself in resumption under
such abolition to the same agencies
that have controlled the convicts I'M
der the contract system.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
Read, Marx and InWardly Digest.

AsHBURNAM, Mass, Jan. II, 1850.
have been very sick for over two wears. and
was given up as past cure. 1 tried the most
skillful physicians, but'they did not reach The
worst part. My lungs and heart would MI I'M
every night and distress me very bad told
my children never should die In peace until
had tried Hop bitters. l took two bottles
They helped me very much indeed took
two more, and am well. There was a lot OF
sick folks here who saw how they cured me,
and they used them and are cured and feel as
thankful as do. Mrs. JULIA G. CUSHING.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

About year ago little Pittsburg
boy foretold the date of his own
death, the date of his cousins death
and left word that his brother and
sister and his uncle would soon give
up the ghost. He himself died on
time; the cousin has just died, as per
announcement, and now the brother,
sister and uncle are awaiting the
dread summons. The boys strange
prophecy, so strangely fulfilled. is ex-
citing much comment where it is
known.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

BRAZIL has been steadily losing the
coffee trade of the United States by
the high export tax on that article.
This acts as direct bounty to coffee
growers in other countries. In the
last Eve years the importation of Mex
i an coffee has increased $50 per cent.
that OF Central America SO per cent,
ar, bot of Venezuela about II per
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
KAHoKA. Mo-. Feb. 0. 1881

| purchased five bottles OF your sop Bitters
of Bishop x Co. last fall for my daughter, who
pleased with the Bitters They did her more
good than all the doctors or medicine she has
taken, and have made her perfectly well and
strong. VIM. I. MCCLURE.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Jan. 81, 80
CGentlemen-Haying been afflicted for a num-
Der of years with Indigestion and general de-
Billy. by Ihe advice OF my doctor used Hop
relief. 1 am glad to be able TO testify In their
behalf. THoS. G. KNOX
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

WALHEND, Kas., Dec. 8, 1881.
write to inform you what great relief got
no taking your Hop Bltters. | was suffer
ity, and woman's troubles. few bottles have
entirely cured me, and am truly thankful for
so good medicine. Mrs. MATTE COOPER.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

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more in a club, 50. B.G. BRUCE,
ap272tw Editor and Proprietor.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
THE TEXAS IsTES hENF OaP ny,

OF FORT WORTH.
Headquarters for al Kinds Of Real Estate
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Parties having property 10 sell or desiring to
make Investments will find 1t to their interest
to call ON US Branch ONCE over Martins shoe
store, Austin, Texas. SIR
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m24-2taw-fm
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

A New Orleans paper tells about a
printer who, whenever asked out to
drink beer, laid aside i'll a savings
bank the exact amount he would have
spent for the drinks. He did this for
five years. He then looked at his
bank account. and found that he had
laid up 1921 IS. In five years he had
not lost day because of sickness.
Three out of five of his fellow work
men had in the meantime become
drunkards. The water drinker then
bought out the printing Office and in
twenty years from the time he began
to put by his money he had laid aside
many thousand dollars.