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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07
Express Packages Uncalled For.

DACKAGES ADDRESSED AS FOL-
i lows are In the Office of Wells, Fargo
3 Co., in this city. awaiting claimants
i. r. Anderson, Mamie Adams, T. s.
Adams (care g. 8. Snowl p. Anderson,
Mary }. Andrews. John Albertson. Alden
L. L. Bales, John Browning. ". BOUCHER,
DR.. Bagley, J. Bertch, L. h. Bailey, w. A.
Bateman. J, II. Blumm. L. Bush. A. Bun.
nell (care NJ. Creswell. Mrs. G. w. Board.
man, 7. H. Bangs. Geo. Basler, Jerome
John Collin. Campbell & W., T. H.
Cam, Q. Z. Copy, c. CLARK. Miss s.
Cheney 6 Lester. r. Childers. ]. F. Craig,
J. ]. Cummins, John Coughlan.
J. c. Debenham. E. Davidson. L. Davis,
e. Ebersmith, Z. r. Earles, Geo. Eikev-
enAkotter, Mrs. L. J. Easter.
II. Foster. B. g. Fuller. b. Fehneman. N.
w. Farrell.
W. w. Goodrich, J. Goodacre, NJ. p.
0uley, X. q. Gates, N. 8. Giberson, l.. III.
Graves. Mrs. H. Gilierson. DIR. N. s. Gil
ber.on. A. Grainsworth. A. Gardner. Jas.
Lobe Hays Hicks, G. Hillard. w. II.
Hunter. ]. Harper, B. L. Hughes. A.
Hernvick, II. B. Henson. A. B. Holyoke,
r. Hope, H. A. Harding.
J. T. Judd. L. 9. Jones, F. Jones, John-
son & Ward, A. Jackson.
Mrs. n, Kelly, T. Kesne, A. A. Koff, J.
Levy, J. Lowrey. A. Lynch & Co.. j. L.
Ledger, r. Lann0u.
]. C. Miles, J. Mearden, A. Mertes A..
x. Mintie, ]. c. Miller. J. McCloud, II. 8.
Miller. G. Muller. Mrs. J. Monroe, Mrs. 8.
Maher, w. II. McKinnie. M. T. Miller,
b. y. Morris. A. McCordle, Mrs. A, g.
Mnppov n L.. Nvopo Il II Mrnr~u- ~
MeIHain { G Co. ). +. 4 4 Mitchell Nj sfA" T.
". ofiiI, H. osburne.
James Perry. 1. Parker. j. 9. Paige, w.
G. Price Pillman & L., ]. Poison.
s. f. Russell. w. II. Reeves, c. r.
Bette J. Robertson. J. II. Rhodea J. H.
DR.. p. R. Smith, J.. A. Spencer. NJ.
Shsarer. N. A. Scott, Sheplar g Co. M.
Spariing, Q. Scott, W. Springer, v. ].
Stesrna L. smith. Slane s. H.. sonerbrey
" T.s y; Taylor I H,.m Te1Ofr J. Thorn.
r. Williams, w. @: Woodruff. G. Wes-
ley, J. II: Woolery, Q. Whitmore, ]. W.
Wilson. L. c. Whitford, J. Il. Wells, ID.
Wilcox. Thos. White. Mrs. J. w. Wilson,
Mrs. Q. William, C.. Wesley, Mrs. X.
Weliman. II. A. Wood, w. Whitley.
Austin & g., whatcom; C. H. Ballard
slaughter; w. Denman, Newcastle; j. II.
R!ome. Laconner; w. Corners, Stanwood;
W. J. Derickson. Ferndale; J. +. Davis,
Laconner; A. Everett, Mount Vernon; ].
Engitsh. Tulalip; ID. ID. Gage. Skagit; p.
Girod, Mount Vernon; W. H. Rine
slaughter; H. A. Judson, Lynden: MI.
Lackway, Stanwood: T. McCollum, Sea-
beck: ]. Morgan, Newcastle; W. r. Moul-
~, Nooksack: p. A. Peterson, Stanwood !:
d. RoGerA Fernda1e: A. w. Thornton
Eerndale; ]. +. Winters, Pemhino: y.
Williams, Newcastle.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07
eRAxD CLEARANCE sAlx.

In the course. Of human events nearly
every business man may go time in his
business career when, owing 70 dull or
stringent times, reduction Of stock ID
necessary, especially when his creditors
are rapping loodly ct the door. and not
wanting 10 oompromiss any vay but Ia
pay one hundred esnts on the dollar, I
have decided 20 ell from nv seock Al
any price 70 the hiQhsse bidder until ell
such rappiuQs cease. have engaged the
ssrvicss Of Mr.. p. T. Kntar. Of San Fran
DISCO. the pioneer aucaionser, 10 conduct
the sals Of my stock of Diamonds,
vatchsa solid gold jsvslry, silvsrvals.
musical instrumsuts and part Of AZ
tursA The sAle will commence In nv
seoes. 6l2 Front strest, wednesday. Az.
Ruse 9Th, 1t : p. m. and continue every
afternoon and svsnine At 2 and 80
o'clock. Oar ovsninQ sals will b for
the benefit Of the ladies. on which co.
oaaicn ! will present 70 the ladies pees-
eut 0ve elegant ptsees Of silvsrWass frss
Of chArls. Any lady calling q my
seoee today a. Tomorrow viii Soesiys :
coupon ttshak 10 participate In IL
dnuina. 81. @ MckAuu1xlu.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07

In another column will b found q
enllaansd b. His Honor. Mayor Struvs.
~ pahlie meeting Of the citixsus Of
6sattls 70 take into confederation the
oelehsation Of the completion Of the
Nalhssa RAsi6c Railroad. and provide
loe eytsndina . suitable Welcome 10
Psssidsut Willard and the party Of dis
dnGuiahsd Russts Who viii accompany
hin 10 he Sound. u II desirabls that
tAses b full attendance next Thur
Cay svsninG. whom the meeting will Be
Aaaa. But abous four weeks are 70
ehpss before the party viii arrive, and
MI advisable TO have every Arrangement
nade sasiy, % that there viii b moth
~ IN undoos vhsn The party get
hsas. La n have q cslebntiou worthy
en- history, present status, and solid
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07
Grand Excursion and Picnic
To Smlth's Cardan n Ra.sa.


ohdsr the auspices Of the United Work
men Of the Seattle Lodges,
On ThursAay, August o, 1854.
A T7A.M NJ. THE PACIFIC CoRNE1
~ band will parade the streets. Mem
pers Of the Order will meet a. odd Eel
lows Hall at q m. and proceed To the
h anfoad depot at 7:sO a. m. led by the
The first train win leave for Reotou .,
members win form In procession And
march TO the picnic grounds lied BY the
nendl. and enjoy themselves swinging md
Dancing until the arrival OF the second
train from Seattle.
The second, train win leave for Rentsn
at usO o'cioek q m. On arrival OF ~
last train at Renton the party win be- met
at the depot BY the Reception Coumiffee
ana band. and be escorted to the picnic
During the day there win be- .pprour,.,.
addresses delivered BY Hon. G. II. Brad.
shaw, Grand Master Workman. and ofh.
ers- Ample provision viii be made n
iecd al the hungry who may be in At
Uenoance, at reasonable price.
Al p. m. the drut train will leaya for
Seattie and 1t $50 p. m. the last train win
1esn nenton. arriving 1t Seattle about
There win be q COMMITTEES and Marshal
70 zee that the best OF order is msinta ned
aud that everything Is done that can be
the entire day.
Fare for the round trip and admiration
20 the garden, 75c. Children under twelve
yesrs OF age free. IL accompanied BY their
Tickets for sale at the hook stores Of q.
Dasiea, J.. NJ. Lyon, Humphrey s. Low
man: and by the Committee. BY order
aug G. COM. OF ARRANGEMENTS
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07
Ohio & ihs only STATE holding an cleo

Ohio b The only State holding an cleo
zion this fall on which the choice Of
Uaitsd 6eatss Senator will turn. Should
~ Hspublieans gain the control Of the
Ohio Legislature, ~ there IL an admit
sabls prospect that they viii. that party
VIII - IN fair way 70 retain the CON-
tfol d the United States Senate until
look This gain. with NO other chan
- would make The Republicans and
Rsadjuslsrs in . majority Of six. The
Ds0eeTAAs. however, have q fair chance
e loG1na . ssnAtor in California, Indi-
"a, And Orsasn. The only States re-
pssssntsd BY Rspublican senators whose
6sns expire In 1886. which, BY the mu-
tations u politics, may fall possibly
Int Democratic hands, are Colorado,
Onaneetieat, Nevada, New York. and
Pennsylvania. The Republicans can
a1ord 10 Ice two States without i'm
Ua1zizR their coutrol. Al the same time
tAov have much bsttsr chance Of rs-
eovssina The three Democratic senator
aAips than the Democrats have Of ~
earring any one Of the ave States last
uano6.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07

TINE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS i2s ~
sale 8 farm Of l60 acres MtusSs ~
Juan Island, W. 7. aeout s,S1 ~
from Victoria. =; z, 9ne n.sss,sd. -
loo scres In meadow. There y 49,
az imnroyements on the properu. -
90 per acre. caah. Perfect We NM
For further particulars Apply -
store Of John Sullivan. Commsfcss,i n
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07

People ere honest In Sweden. A vis-
teor 10 tAs0 othsnburR Opsra HOUSE Mys
thAs "svssy ons hung up his hat and
eaoak h ~ lobby without apparently
~ vAaseful eye over thsm." No tick.
- vsss ussd, and psssous pAsssd in
- - q viii bsevssa acts without
~ neties bsing taksn Of thsir move
meolas and tbs IN IN audience Of ls00.
~ III distance Il lsoha = II that tzav-
- ~ stnnbled By nistaks into .
~ s1Aib1sion- sumethin9 lfks . bsss
IN. tee inetansA
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07
NOTICE.

OFFICE or THE MAIoR or THE Cry
a. SKATTLx AUGUST 9Th, 1855.
ITO The CITIZENS OF SEATTLE.
L Having Keen requested BY many lead
Ing citizens OF Seattle to call meeting OF
citizens to consider the propriety Of suita-
bly, commemorating the completion Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad aud Of giving :
public reception % Pre-. ident Willard and
compliance with said request / respect.
fully ak the citizens Of Seattle to meet
tor thai purposo 1t the Council Chamber.
In the City Hall. ON Thursday evening.
August 9Th, lS41 ~ the hour OF O'Clock.
A full attendance 10 dssired.
It'd H. 9. STRIVE Mayor.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07

Cosuoxxu P1 WulxoTox.-Bal-
lard 4 HAt0sld, Barker 4 Blackman, r.
4. PontiaA Harrington 4 Smith, J. G.
Wright j. Cassy, J. 4. Gillsland, ].
echnm = Co, ]. Rsarscn, KELLOGG 4
snyder, Lake Union nannfackuxiug "a.
3. ChilbsgR, @. l. 6chilling, Poasnsn 4
nloussA Wald 4 Canpbsll Waddsll 4
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07
LAND FOR SALE.

EIGHTY ACRES ADJOINING " +.
r. Town OF Laconper ON the norsa -
fronting ON the slough. Price: ~
acre. Title, United States petsnt
land II all clear. and rich bottom 4
further information apply o.
Charles HO, 81. New Tacoma 70
jyl3d wi9 In }. r. hInCs.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07

D II D

BEAN-In this city, August 6. Willie l..
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. X. Rean, aged II
years, month and Is days.
The funeral will take place to-day
friday at IL o'clock q. m, from the
family residence. corner CT cherry and
Seventh streets.
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h sTuDDAx14 ; - slaaaass
- 9 - vssil 1R0lo - val1
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07
THREE FARMS FOR SllE.

BURSTS ACRES RICH ALLuvIAl.
~ White river bottom land. with -
two-story frame houee Of nina soooe
painted and hard finished barn. 49,
shed and small orchard clear, runn1
water on the place; Is acres fmprovs''
second-50 acres adjoining the a.oys;
same quality Of soil - acres cleased. ~
remainder good pasture largo pr1ne -
chard four acres Of hops; gocd r1nn.
water good. dry, elevated building -
Price. 5000. ~.
Thirds acres Of choice land nea5 -
above described tracts with sp!eSo,a. ~.
chard In bearing finely located ge,
spot with spring 80 fest aoove
cleared. balance open end furnmnSss 49,
pasture. Price, &AM -
All this land ID situated within q ~
Of White river, S miles q RentoA. - y
miles of Seattle. In . th1ck4 - ~
district one quarter d nue. f.s ~ ~
railroad. On completion Of me 1.sSS
70 Black river these farms wiz u a.sssss
an hours ride Of New Tacome g,,ss1
Good schools and churches co1vySs.SsL
For particulars inquire q z. y vlSs
New facoma w. t. c. ~. Dex ~
river w r.: Z. 6. Osborne. 6easlis W.
r GRrien' reeidin9 near The grsncscs~ "
~ r. NEEKkR = COs -
tao Puyanup W.T.
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Maynard's Plat

Lots 4 and s block IA.
Lots l. 2 g. 4. block "a
East half lot ;, block s
Lot 1. block 10. Boren's plat, On 49,.
street. -
addition
North half block 2 Eastern sdaiUs.
Lots and 2 block 9. Eastern sddss;s.
lots In Hanford's addition.
Lots Is and IL, block 20. Kidda aAA,,,,.
50 lots In McGilyra's addition.
- lotsin Yesler and McGilvras sdS,,,o.
Lots 4 5. 6 and Z, block 6 NcNspsst'.
first addition. sA'
IL lots in Northern addition
3 lots in Pontius' addition.
50 lots in Phinney's addition.
2choice lots in Union addition.
9 lots in Central Seattle.
2splendid lots In Eden addition.
lots In Williams addition.
lots In Edes q Knights addition.
Lot :. block s Judkfns Addition
Lands BY the acre In tracts of two acrsa
and upwards Farms and Wild lands. 80
Call and examine full list and pricea
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07

TxLnoRAxn WrTuour CLAn1ANrs.-
kilograms addressed to the following
named persons remain unoalled for in
the seattle office, August 9Th: VIM. L
Asher, w. H. Burr, Jacob Alters, Mis-
nollie BRIGGS; Felix Branniaan, A. 8
bsrtelman, Frank Bogardus, Forrest
Coburn. VIM. Clarke, J. Donely. jacob
p. Hohaf, Thos- w. Holden. E. I. Hun
Lewis Jensen, II. n. Jones. Vincent
McAdam, F. ID. HcMalle. Rev. 8. Miller
D. A. Mcdonnell. J. b. Mevisen, Chns
Reed, n. Tnelsy, v. @. HAmuels, L. r,
Shepherd, Edwin w. Smith. J. f
Troup. e. N. Saundsrs. A. W. Sehwan,
Jake Mann.
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Lots and 2 block 81. with bou..
Lots and z block IS VIA 49,
LOIS block AZ with souse
Lot IL block =. with hnrn
Lot 10. block "A, with hou.~
Lot Il block "A.
Lot 1. block IL
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07

The celebrated Crown Cylinder, Jour
nal and other luhFicatin9 oils st Valid
4 Oampbelpa
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VIM. n. Bells Addict.
Heirs s. 4. Bell Ad.,,.,.,

Lots and 6 block Is
Lot Z, block Is. with hou,e
Lot Il block c.
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aux kAANkk 0kkQkk10 O0tW0oN bk000 0u0
Tacoma, and all mail SAINT through their
charge Of . special mail agent. This
has been oompelled by the great increase
OF business, and Is one more among the
thousand straws which indicate the
rapid growth Of business here.
Ezra Mssker, the Puyallup bop grow.
es, used to be printer, and his brother
John V. 4eeker, onos published and
edited paper in Iowa. which Was print
ed on the prees once thrown into the
Mississippi BY the mob that DESTROYED
Owen Loveioys printing ONCE as Gain
cy, liis., subsequently, rs6oued from the
river.
Several new houses are building in
the extreme north end of town, beyond
the barrel factory. The extreme dis
tance . all that prevents that part Of
town from growing with great rapidity,
but the distance objection will b. over
come BY the opening mp, probably with
in year, Of one q two street railroads
IN that direction.
An unguccea1ful attempt was made at
jaii-bssakinG Sunday evening. While
saving the bars the prissners were dis
covered and reported by Nsssss. Csav-
ford and WorthinGton. two young men
Who ehanoed 10 hear the noise and real
ixs what vas going on. Those prisoners
Who arc the most ambitious about GET
ting out have bean iroued.
The o. J. Carr residsnca on West
street d now nearly ready for oecupan,
~. Il 10 quite q showy, foomy house, Il
veil built. and viii make Q very CON-
Portable home for tho Postmaster and
his family. On she lower door are three
larRe rooms, Q pantry, hathroem. and
laundry, and on the upper door Ave bed
roomA With c1costA
The new steamer building in Lakes
yard Tor Aesrs, Con, Grant and Rob
srta h sbout ready for Launching, and
viii probably b put into he vaSor To-
morrow. She Il intended for ths shal-
low water trade Of our rivers and viii
undoubtedly 20 whsre no oehse boat
nov IN these vates can pretend 20.
6he viii also b hsavy carrier.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19

SENATOR CoKE's presence in this
city has been most proper under the
circumstances. Not long ago he was
honored by the eighteenth legislature
as man was never before honored in
Texas. Elected to the United States
senate for the sepond time, he looks
forward to the fulfillment of twelve
years service OF the commonwealth
at the federal capital, and it is
natural that he should desire
to consult and commingle with the
constituted powers of the state.
Senator Coke has made most faith
full representative of the state, and
the influence he has been slowly
building up at Washington has been
greatly augmented of late by the
manner of his reelection. To-day
this man stands endorsed by every
political element in the state, and it
may be stated that this endorsement is
because of a strict adhesion to duty.
In personal sense, too, it was emil
nently proper that Mr.. Coke should
come to Austin while the legislature
is still here. He certainly feels CRATE
full for an unusual honor, and by his
presence he has been enabled to show
such appreciation. The STATESMAN
has not, under all circumstances, been
Mr.. Coke's political supporter. Itfa
vored his election, and then his re-
election, and it expects, in the next
six years, to chronicle brilliant pub
lie record for the distinguished Texan
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19
no11In,s MAcNANn11rx

New YORK, April11.-The decision
in the lower court as to dividends on
fifteen millions of dollars of Western
Union telegraph stock being calcu-
lated to embarrass innocent stock
holders, Gould has determined to
assume personal responsibility, pay
ing the dividends on all of the stock
out of his own fund, amounting to
81 100000. The following is his an
nouncement to that effect:
''In view of the serious incon-
venience to many persons from mali
cious and vexatious suits against the
Western Union telegraph company,
L have arranged with the Mercantile
trust company to advance to all
stockholders of the Western Union
telegraph company on and after April
IL, 1883, upon assignments to me at
the office of said trust company of
their right to receive the same. That
portion of the January dividend still
unpaid will be arranged for in the
same manner. Signed, Jay GOULD,
New York, April II, 1883.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19
RAILWAY CONSOLIDATION.

MILWAUKEE, April ia New
York special says: President Colby
is now in that city closing negotia-
tions for the sale of the Wisconsin
Central to the Willard syndicate,
being a preliminary step to the estab-
lishment of a transcontinental line
from New York to Portland, Oregon,
with the construction of the Northern
Pacific link connecting Superior City
and Ashland, Wisconsin,. The Cen
trail gains an entrance to Milwaukee
with another link to Chicago, to-
gether with complete through line
to New York via the Grand Trunk
and West Shore road. However, the
entire line will not be under the
single management of Willard, he
contenting himself at least for the
present with the traffic agreement
east of Chicago. 1t is thought the
whole line will be in operation by
August l.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19

Hon. S. S. Cox states nothing new
or strange to the STATESMAN when
he declares the tariff is to cut a
figure in the selection of the next
speaker. We agree with him that
the tariff revision of the last congress
was a fraud, and besides it is
obstructive and confusing. To execute
the law as it now stands will
be like reconciling absurdities,
made more ridiculous by the
attempt. What with treasury de-
cisions and grasping monopolies and
greedy grabs and protesting lawyers
and new rulings on old points and
mixed classifications, the tariff will
prove hybrid which must be tackled
if only to reduce verbal harmony out
of the chaos. There is dissatisfaction
as to almost every line of the tariff
not only because it is incongruous
but it is here excessive and there
otherwise. A little reflection, a glance
at the census, Will snow now lmpoS
sible it is to suppress agitation on the
tariff. The farming capital is ovel
$12, 0O0,OO0Q00, the manufacturing
capital not S3,OOOOOO,OO0. There are
over one-third more farmers than
manufacturers, and yet the product
OF the manufacturer to- that of the
farmer is as twenty-five to five. This
state of things will not last. The
west and south must be heard on the
subject, and the commerci cial interests
ask revision. The .ship-building is
bound up with freights and transpor.
tation of grain. and the east will be-
ready to join with the farmers and
planters to demand substantial reduc
| tion of taxation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19

THE Alexandria, Virginia, Gazette
remarks that "it is impossible for the
people outside Of Virginia to con-
ceive of the extent to which the
Judiciary and the public schools of the
state have been prostituted by Gen.
Malone to the lowest of partisan pur-
poses. Nothing but actual expert
ence could induce them to believe
that what has been done and is now
in progress in the courts and public
schools of Virginia could be possible
in state of the American Union
The demoralizing influence of Ma
hone has been indefinitely promoted
by the Republican administration
and that, too, for the purpose of secur-
ing his aid as a United States senator.
A more infamous example of bribery
was never set in the history of any
government under heaven.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19
Statistics of Divorce,

In his convention address of 1881
the bishop of Connecticuts said: "There
were in the year of grace 1878, in
Maine. 478 divorces; in New Hamp-
shire, 241; in Vermont, 1877; in Mass
achusetts, 600; in Connecticut, 401
and in Rhode Island, making a
total of 2113, and a larger ratio IN
proportion to the population than in
France in the days of the revolution
though far less than in the city OF
Paris. On the basis of population by
the present census, there was one
divorce to every 1857 inhabitants in
Maine; in New Hampshire, one to
1889; in Vermont, one to 1857; in
Massachusetts, one to 2971; in Con-
necticut, one to 1858; and in Rhode
Island, one to 1141."
But the state of things is far worse
to-day. The statistics show that in
Vermont there is one divorce for
every fourteen marriages; IN Rhode
Island, one to every eleven. The re-
suit is that in the New England
states four. thousand families are
broken up every year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19
Costly Beer.



Beer costs more in Austin than in
any other city in the state, and, ac-
cording to legislative statistics, it
sells, or is sold, higher at the caravan
sera of Messrs. Cunningham & Ellis
than elsewhere in Austin. The dis
tinguished gentleman from San An
tonic, who made averment of taking
that costly drink, had a motive in his
confidence impaired to the millions.
Had he said that he got his
drink for nothing Mrs. Grundy
! would have fixed her suspicious
eyes upon his manly countenance and
would have watched with interest for
the appearance of the penitent bug
from under the chip. The San An
tonic tribune therefore rejoiced that
he had expended the magnificent sum
of $3.50 for a single draught of 'the
brown wine of Germany" Hence
forth there was no smell of the burn
ing penitents about his garments.
Therefore he eXults in his loss and
emulates the economic Cleopatra
when she tossed off her liqu1fed pearl,
to show off her glory in the eyes of
Marc Antony. Now, may the uneasy
spirit Of the Santonion orator be
at rest. No stone. or aged egg, or
even tuft of grass can even be thrown
against his transparent panes. Like
man he paid $3.50 for his drink,
nor wiped his mouth without due
confessiou. But of his brethren who
did not pay the piper for the music,
but on the contrary rather reclined
on violet banks and let the dulcet
sounds creep in their ears-what
mortal tongue may speak, The fact
of their not paying $3.50 for glass
of beer like the flush gentleman from
Santone, casts a sickly light over
their patriotic attendance at the
Hotel of the Penitents, and
clouds with the touch of suspicion the
boon of Mrs. Grundy, the dear lady,
as intently she watches the fading
figures vanish from the scene, and
whispers audibly:
They pass: Nor of their name nor race,
Have left token or trace,
Save what their brethren must not say,
Who shrined them on their knees that day.
This broken tale is all | knew
OF what they gave and what they drew.
Exeunt omnes, the champion from
Santone leading the van, whistling,
"Now cock of your hats fu' sprush!' p