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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
An Indians Note of Hand.
TVenango Snectator ;


Andrew Jackson is Seneca Indian
who has exemplifed the saying that
q little learning is a dangerous thing
He could write a little, and only a
little, and so when one day he Dor
rowed $3.50 from John Halftown, he
gave him his note for the money with
interest. 1t ran like this: "Me, An
drew jackson, day after tomorrow
six months. VIII pay to John Half
town, may be three or four days, SO
or 81 dollars, no fetch paper no get
money, by dam"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
THE Atlanta Constitution calls at

IHE AGldubb AOuSGlGuGlOu Calls dU-
tention to a new sort of ku klux,
more dangerous to anti-popular inter
ests than any raw head and bloody
bones specter that ever before stalked
in the land:
When the Northern manufacturers
of duck and other coarse fabrics find
themselves undersold in their own
markets they find that their
railroads can bring them relief only
by inaugurating a series of rebates
that are only temporary-what is this
but the handiwork of the new order
of Southern ku klux? When the
Northern mill men stand up and an
nounce to the world that they would
save money by shutting down and
stopping their machinery, while the
Southern mill men go on making
money in the face of a dull season,
what is this but a conspiracy on the
part of the invisible empire? When
it is demonstrated day after day that
Southern pig-iron can be shipped to
Northern markets and sold at lower
figures than iron made in Northern
furnaces, is it not possible to see in
such results the diabolical reYenges
of the new order of ku kluX2
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

THE New York Sun reports that
Citizen George Francis Train has re-
fused an offer of $4,000 from P. T.
Barnum to make a lecture tour
through Europe. He is kind to the
great Snowman. Cranky poets and
lecturers are not IN demand on the
other side Of the waters. Oscar Wilde
and Matthew Arnold and Gerald
Massey have all been forced to come
over the Atlantic to save themselves
from starvation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

The Washington Capital says: The
Oldest inhabitants of the departments
never saw such duh season at the
beginning Of new Congress. Ever
since Jackson's second administration
and the oldest inhabitant dates
back to about that time-the opening
of the first session of Congress has
been, until now, a period of excite
ment and trepidation among the
clerks, At such times the average
clerk was watching hotel registers for
the arrival Of his representative or
senator. He was visited early and
late, before breakfast and after he
went to bed, until the fate Of those in
office was decided upon, either that
they were to give place for new lot,
or that they naigho hang on by the
eyelids for another year. The force
of old habits and tradition has taken
some clerks down to the hotels that
they might leave cards on their men,
bers, but in the vast majority of cases
the congressman is now person Of
little or no consequence to the depart
ment clerk. The civil service
law protects the man in Office be-
cause his removal cannot result in the
appointment of any particular person.
1.-THE corridors Of the department
buildings, which have hitherto at this
period been thronged with hungry
looking place-seekers, are comp ara
lively deserted of them. On the
streets the queer, country-looking
constituent on the lookout for place
is comparatively rare object of scru-
tiny. The cheap hotels and boarding
houses are struck with terror at the
difference; and yet they may be better
off, for in former years many a one
arrived fulled of confidence in the
power Of his congressman to get him
fat berth, only to go away between
two days, leaving a thin carpet bag
or light trunk to satisfy long due
board bill.
"The congressman, too, finds o diff
ference. He has time to eat and sleep.
He is not waylaid by persistent men
in the corridors, does not find anxious
females brooding over his hat at the
hotel hat-stand awaiting for him to
come out of the dining-room; bell
boys are not made weary and wild by
carrying up cards, and his first months
salary will not be used up in sending
impecunious and unsuccessful office
seekers home to get rid of them"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
GEN. LONGsTREET.
There is no Republican Party in
Georgia or the South Unless in
Virginia,

lucIC 10 HO htpuUhOaH a. ~ III
Georgia or the South Unless in
Virginia.
From the Courier-Journal.l
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Gen. Long
street, United States marshal at At
lanta, who has been here for several
days, will leave tonight for New Y ork.
He was asked to-day by your cores
pondent what he thought of the pros
poets and condition of the Republican
party in Georgia. He replied:
1.-The Republican party IN Georgia
Well, as far as l am able to ascertain,
there is no Republican party in Geor-
gia. It is a shadow name without sub
stance behind it. The vote of the Re
publicans in the state is not large
enough for them as a body to be called
a party. The only time that there is
any evidence of the existence of Re-
publican party in Georgia is when
there are offices to be given out. Then
you hear something about it,"
"How about the Republican party
in the South generally 2" we asked.
Looking over the entire field" re-
piled Gen. Longstreet musingly, 81
am constrained to say that in the 9TH
er Southern states the Republican
party is even worse off than it is in
Georgia. The only chance Of there
ever being such a party is to carry
Virginia. Virginia was lost the last
time, but there is going to be an III
precedented effort to carry it in the
next election, and if it is not carried
then, the last pin upon which Repub-
lican hopes in the South are founded
will he knocked away"
In further conversation with Gen
Longstreet an interesting fact was
brought out. l spoke to him about
the speech he made at an Illinois fair
last summer. 1t will be remembered
| that one of the most accomplished OF
the emotion manipulatorS of the Chi
cago press wrote an account Of that
| affair. Gen. Longstreet broke down
while making an address. He
had previously referred to his be.
ing but blunt old soldier, whose life
had been that of the tent rather than
the parlor. The emotien-worker
wrote up most affecting account OF
it all. His account of how the grizzly
old warrior broke down and Wept
was calculated to fill the eye of the
| most hardened with salty moisture
and this account travelled all over the
country. l called Gen. Longstreet's
attention to it. He laughed.
THAT was" he said, lone of the fun
NEST incidents of my whole life. YOU
see, l was in the battle of the Wilder
ness. There l got Il bullet right here
| (placing his fingers right under his
collar button). That bullet ruined my
voice. 1t was changed entirely wheI
1 recovered. l cannot make speech
1 break down after about three min
utes, my voice failing me entirely
that ladies' far. 1t was not emotion
but the bullet 1 got in the Wilderness
That Young man who wrote me up is
certainly an embryo Sir Walter Seott
lust entering the field of romance"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
PENITENTIARY. MATTERS.
He Could Drive With One Hand.

lfdrlS AluerlCan news.
"You have driven horses a great
deal, haven't you, George, dear ?" said
a silvery voice from the depths of q
sealskin sacque in the Bots de Bou-
logne few evenings ago. "Oh, yes,'
said George, chirping to his trotter
81 fiatter myself that L can handle a
horse as well as the next one" "Do
you think you can drive with one
hand, without any danger of the
horse running away" came softly
through the night air. An hour later
George might have been noticed driv-
ing with one hand, and it looked very
dangerous, but not that the horse
would run away: oh, no, indeed-the
danger was of different kind.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

BLAINE will be after securing a
writ lunatico inquirendo against
Chairman Sabin. The new millionaire
chairman of the Republican commit
tee says Mr.. Arthur would make a
better candidate for the presidency
than any other Eastern man.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

Mr.. RANDALL announces that he
will earnestly and fearlessly support
Mr.. Carlisle on the floor of the house
1t is gratifying to see disposition on
the part of Mr.. Randall to renew his
allegiance to the Democratic party
Last winter he very earnestly and
f~arlosoty opposed the measures of the
Democratic party and voted with the
Republicans. 1t does seem that we
may yet have a party united in it's eff
forts to reform the tariff.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
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PERSONAL.

Senator Garland, of Arkansas, is a
smooth-faced statesman, in whom
there is no guile. He is good lawyer
and a charming man.
Miss Kate Kane, who threw the wa
ter into a Milwaukee judges face, has
gone to Chicago, where there is less
water around to tempt her to similar
indiscretions.
AS Gen. Sherman does not retire
until February, he will be just in
time for some OF the new army shirts,
which are four inches longer than our
heroes have heretofore been getting.
1t is related that President Arthur
was having crest and coat of-ar. Us
prepared when the New York World
began to show up American snob-
| berry, and when he saw what was in
store for him he quietly hid the ma
terial under the bed.
Billy Florence says that only two
actors have ever held foreign appoint
ments at the hands OF the United
States government. Mr.. Cooper was
! appointed by President Tyler and
John Howard Payne was consul at
TuniS when he died.
Mrs. Murray, the wife of Rev. w.
II. II. Murray, has just returned from
Europe with diploma from the vi
emma Medical College, both as physi-
clan and surgeon, being, her friends
say, the only woman in the country
/ with this certificate.
Jennie Adler, Dayton Jewess, re-
! turning from q visit to New Y ork,
met New Orleans merchant named
Meyer on the train. They were mu-
tually smitten. He popped and she
said eyes," and within half an hour
after arriving in the Dayton depot
they were man and wife.
The Baroness Rothschild has just
purchased for 100000 francs a Chin
ney clock and candelabra, which
formed part of the furniture in the
Palais Royal before the revolution.
J The baroness intends to present the
; set to the Princess Amelie, of Orleans,
in whose family they formerly were.
The London World says: al
though Miss Mary Anderson will have
to terminate her season at the Lyceum
| Theatre at Easton, in consequence OF
Mr.. 1rvlng's arrangement with AIR
Lawrence Barrett, it is probable that
| SuO VIII ICllltIlu Ill 1NN
lions are now in progress for her ap-
pearance at another theatre in May
Mrs. Carlisle, the wife of the new
Speaker, will be the leader in official
society circles in Washington. Mrs
Edmund5 is in mourning for a daugh-
ter and therefore cannot take heI
place as the wife of the president OF
the Senate pro tenn. At all official
| dinners Mrs. Carlisle will rank heI
husband and if the president is pres
ent will take the rank corresponding
to his.
Col. "Bob" Ingersoll has removed
the house in Lafayette Square, Wash.
lngton, where he has resided for some
years, to the house No. 1247 X street
next to Senator Sherman's, which he
has purchased. Here he resides with
his wife and their two daughters, Miss
Eva and Miss Maud. 1t is liberty
hall-each one Of the quartet eating
sleeping, reading, working and walk
ing when desirable. The colonel
boasts that his children never cid a
wrong, never kept a secret from their
parents and have never been refused
a request. The walls OF the colonels
house are hung with pictures of Vol.
taire, Paine and Mahomet. In every
nook and corner he has a pagan statue
or barbaric idol.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

AGAIN it is said the railway from
Houston to Columbia, on the Brazos,
is to be extended to Wharton, on the
Colorado river. The road-bed along
this route was built ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ago. 1t traverses one of the richest
belts of land in the world - the Old
CaneV region
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

REV. p. A. JUHLIN's subscription
list to Webster's latest unabridged
dictionary, which is offered to the
public alone through subscription,
ought to be long one. Besides the
very great merit of the work he Of
fers, the solicitor occupies social po-
sition in our midst, which should win
for him that respect always accorded
the mere book agent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

THE French ambassador who has
been visiting Prince Bismarck an
nounces that he is pleased with the
aspect of affairs. The attitude OF
Germany towards France is not hos.
tile. That ambassador has never read
about how it were best to fear the
Greeks, even when offering gifts.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

ACCORDING to Mrs. Mary Liver
more the sex is not yet educated I'D
to a proper conception of the duties
of citizenship. This is deplorable
confession for one Of the foremost adj
vocates of woman's rights.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
I HAD SALT RHEUM

In the most aggravated form for eight years.
No kind of treatment, medicine or doctors did
me any permanent good. My friends in Nal
den know how | suffered. When / began To
use the Cutlcura Remedies my limbs were SO
raw and tender that could not bear my weight
OH them without the skin cracking and bleed
ins, and Was obliged to go about on crutches:
Used the Cuticurl Remedies five months, and
WAS completely and permanently cured.
MRS. 3. A. BROWN. Maiden, Mass.
References: Any citizen OF MAIDEN, Mass.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Growing Famous.
TWaco Examiner.1

Gen. King reports all quiet along
the frontier" which means, we pre-.
sumo, that the pasture fences out
there have been abandoned by the
owners. Gen. King. however, is grow.
ing famous for finding Everything
quiet"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
THE HERITAGE QF Woe.

Misery, shame and agony often bequeathed as
a sole legacy TO children by parents, Is neg
lected Scrofula. To cleanse the blood Of this
hereditary poison, and thus remove i..c most
prolific cause Of human suffering, TO clear the
skin of dislguring humOrs, itching fortunes,
humilatlng eruptiOns, and lOath5ome sores
caused by 1t, to purify and beautify the skin,
and restore the hair so that no trace OF TIE dis
ease remains, Cuticura Resolvent, the new
blood purifier, diuretic and aperlent, and Cuti-
cuIa and Cutlcura Soap, the great skin cures
and beautifiers, are infallible.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

THE opinion begins to prevail that
Henry B. Paine will be elected to Sue
coed Mr.. Pendleton as United States
senator from Ohio. His friends are
ever vigilant, and no means that may
insure success will be neglected.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

Old Persian rugs, says a correspon-
dent of a London paper, should either
be ba1ished from English homes or
should be so well baked beforehand,
in order to destroy the germs of dis
ease, that they viii have the charm of
SINCE as well as that of tinge.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

The Portland (Me.) Transcript ad-
mits that soon after Artemus Wards
death it started a movement for a
fund to erect a monument to his
memory. 1t collected in all $35. Dis
couraged at last. it turned the money
over to Mrs. Browne, the humorist's
mother, and she expended it in pro-
curing the stone which marks his
grave.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
RENEWING the state OF trade and

RENEWING the state OF trade and
noting its depression the Boston
Commercial Bulletin remarks:
"There is no existing element of
serious disturbance Workmen
throughout the country have employ
ment. The iron industry alone is de-
pressed because of an alleged over
production resulting, it is claimed,
not from great engagements or specu-
lat1on, but from large undercon-
sumption. In other words, while the
iron interests have been producing at
nearly the same rate as last year and
the year before, the consumption has
diminished heavily. And this brings
us to a real cause of the present i'll
founded uneasiness. In a word it is
caused by contraction; by contraction
in all mercantile demands"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

after that-that is the last of them
they Will not do any more for us than
the Democrat. They will not work
for black man as they do for a white
man. Now since this thing is true
let us break off from those rings and
that class of men and vote for the
best men in the field, that we think
will do the farmer and the poor people
the most good. Remember these mer
in the fall of 1884 at the ballot DO,
and keep them out. and 1 will do al
| can to aid you with the good work
L remain, as ever, your true friend.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

Col. J. G. TRACY is looked on as
the coming man for the United States
marshalship for the eastern district of
Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

THE Galveston News fixes the re-
sponsibility for present wide spread
lawlessness in Texas on the present
state administration.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
THAT THE MEDICA.. PROFESSION

and ipvalids generally may properly
understand the merits of "COLdeTl's
Liquid Beef TGIaic," an analysis by
the eminent chemist, ARTHUR HILL
HASSALL, MD, FRS, of Londen,
England; and also an endorsement by
the celebrated physician, Professor
SIR ERASMUS WILSON, I. RS, LID,
of London, are labeled on each bottle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

Ell Mahdi has one long arm and one
short one. He reached for the Egypt
ian troops with the long one.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

ENSTRAYED by J. @. Timberlake, residing
IL about 6 miles south OF Austin, before +.
Tegener, j. z. T. O., November II, 1888, one dun
mare, about years old, about IL hands high,
branded Ms with bar under itl on left should
er, appraised at SIS FRANK BROWN,
d6-w-3t Clerk G. @. T. c..
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
1T ImPRoYEs rae QUALITY OF


tho Blood and enTicEesit, and is there-
foro q fine iIIviJOrGnt and cOTToctiUo
In cases of all chronic 7nGLGdteS which
are associated with an IMPOVERISHED
STATE OF THE BLOOD. These oil yield
tothe regulating and nourishin 2 roP-
critics of its great food tonic e. ments-
1t compensates for the loss Of SitGiifD,
induced by Consumption. CdidT'TIi or
bronchial and Throat affections. If
gcuL remedy Feminine Debility and
reimburse Tho Female physique for
those losses of ritdIity accompany
eng complaints peculiar to the seS.
-ssg5Hers nursing their own children,
esJ1 delicate acOIIIeH who expect 10
mothers and bring up CtD0T-
0sss children should by all means use
It. 1t sciU restore sufferers from
Mental or Nervous PrOStrGttOll arts-
ing from OUeT-LCOJhe, E.cceSseS or
2lTosracted Disease. 1t tCttG cure
Drunkenness and the Opium Habit
for as the appetite grows healthier
and digestion moro vigorous through
tho use of this Tonic, the unnatural
craving dies away until totally OK
tinct. IT is highly beneficial tIt Liver
Complaints, IfGi0Tj0L Feuer, and
ALL MGIGrtGL Disease; and for the
debiIitating effects OF FeUeT of amy
kind it has no equal. It repairs
scGste, tnlprores Digestion and DIP
petite, and affords the Dyspeptic In
rGIid an easily Gssin1tI0Ote article
of food: and is so pleasant TO the taste
that the most sensitive palate Will not
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
COPPER. G0L0REl.

have been afflicted with troublesome skin
disease, covering almost completely the upper
part of my body, causing my skin to assume a
cOpper-colored hue. 1t could be rubbed on like
ing and the most intense suffering. | have
used blood purifiers, pills, and other advertised
remedies, but experienced no relief until pro
cured the Cuticura Remedies, which, although
used carelessly and irregularly, cured me, al
laying that terrible itching, and restoring my
skin to its natural color ! am willing to make
affidavit to the truth Of this statement.
Milan, Mich. 5. q. BUXTON.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

Sold by all druggists. CUTICURA, soc; RE-
SOLVENT, 81; SOAP, 25c. POTTER DRUG AND
CHEMICAL Co., Boston, Mass.
Send for "HOw to Cure skin Diseases"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
FRIDAY.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.


Gov. Ireland yesterday addressed
| the following letter to Hon. W. II.
Crane, of Cuero:
Dear Sir:-l have your favor of the
| 18th inst. asking me to offer reward
for the arrest and conviction of a
| felony, the party who burned your
fence AMI cut your gate recently.
| You refer to, and ask the same assist
ance as has been rendered in the Har-
ris case in Tom Green county. The
reward offered in that case is stand
ing reward and clearly covers your
case as it does Harris. Harris was
mentioned merely to describe a class
of cases. 1 hope the party who de-
stroyed your fence and gate may be
arrested and convicted. If so, ! shall
pay the reward cheerfully.
JOHN IRELAND, Governor.
AS the appropriation to pay fees of
district clerks, district attorneys and
sheriffs has been exhausted; it is
hoped the governor will call the at
tentIon of the extra session of the
legislature to the fact. 1t is working
a great hardship on these officers. es-
pecially 'on sheriffs, who have eX-
hausted all their own income in meet
ing these eXpences.
ATTORNEY GENERALS DEPARTMENT
Attorney General Templeton rules
that county attorney can't acquire
homestead donation on the public
domain. There is no special statute
on the subject that it is contrary to
public policy which governs in the
absence of statuary provisions.
OoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS depo: tied
in the state treasury $50, 600 of rs ylor
county courthouse bonds purchased
by him for account of the school fund.
The comptroller counts upon receiv-
ing about So, 900 for January pay
ments for lands purchased by actual
settlers.
STATE ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT.
Capt. Britton, the state engineer,
declines to give the press his report
until the 10Th proximo, but will to-
day give the mileage of the roads in
Texas, including side-trackS, approXi-
mating about $500 miles. There are
some 600 Locomotives. and the chief
roads are well prepared for business
except in rolling stock and motive
power.
STATE TREASURY.
Treasurer Lubbock did not return
yesterday from his trip to San An
tonic.
Bankers here have agreed to furnish
cash to meet the expenses of the state
government till January. Collections
are made, if needed, to prevent a de-
pletion of the state treasury.
PENITENTIARY' MATTERS.
Superintendent Goree and Finan-
cial Agent Braham are here to attend
meeting of the peaitentiary to-day.
They report the test of the Rusk pris-
on water works satisfactory in quality
and supply of sixty gallons per min
ute. The contractors are ready to
begin work in January under their
several contracts, and preparations
are well advanced for making wagons
at the Huntsville penitentiary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
STATE TREASURY.

Treasurer Lubbock did not return
yesterday from his trip to San An
tonic.
Bankers here have agreed to furnish
cash to meet the expenses of the state
government till January. Collections
are made, if needed, to prevent de-
pletion of the state treasury.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

THERE are one hundred and one Or
ganiZed counties in Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

II OST-Veteran Donation Land Scrip No.
IL 1865, for 1880 acres of land, issued to VIM.
Smith by commissioner general land office. IL
not heard from in ninety days application will
be made for duplicate.
THOMSON & DOMAIN,
o25-w3m Agents for Owner.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

These cases were determined as fol
lows: