The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
NO.. 16.
PERSONAL.

Stephen A. Douglas, the son Of the
famous senator of that name, is in i'll
health in Florida.
Ex-Governor Stafford, of Arizona,
has gone to Kissimmee, Fla, to estab-
lish a sugar plantation.
Professor Sedgwick, of John Hop
kirs university, has accepted the
chair of biology at Harvard.
David L. Yule, ex-United States
senator, of Fernandina, is said to be
the richest citizen of Florida, his
wealth being estimated at three mil
lion dollars.
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., has been sued
by John p. Bailey, of North Salem,
n. Y, for $4,000 damages for inju-
ries inflicted by one of the Arabian
stations in the young mans keeping.
Thomas Hill, ex-president of Har-
ward College, has edited an almanacin
which the computations have been
made according to the new Eastern
standard time, the first of the kind to
be published.
Father Ryan will not return to his
home in Mobile for many months.
He Is now in Milwaukee, whence he
will go to other Western cities. Arch
bishop O'Brien has invited him to pass
next summer in Halifax.
One OF Mr.. Blaine's friends says
that the statesman has injured his
eyes by his close work upon his book
He feared a cataract on his left eye,
but his oculist assures him that the
trouble is not a serious one.
DIR. Scott, of Lebanon, Ohio, who
was Americon consul at Honolulu
long enough to get at the bottom
facts about the sugar treaty with the
Sandwich Islands, says that the treaty
is fraud. There is at Washington a
lobby working for its renewal. DR.
Scott is famous in Ohio as the author
of the Scott law.
Mrs. Sedonia P. Wagner, who died
few days ago in her native city,
New Orleans, at the age of eighty-five
was for years reisning belle of
Louisiana. Aaron Burr was a fire.
quent guest at her fathers table, and
she knew the distinguished men of
this century's early decade. She
danced with Lafayette in 1925.
President Grevy, if a Paris story is
to be believed, paid a remarkably
point-blank compliment to the Grand
Duke Alexis. "Why do you look at
me IN that way?" asked his imperial
highness, after they had shaken hands.
Because" replied the president. you
are the finest looking man have
ever come across"
Ben Butler is courteous towards his
successful opponent. Gov. Robinson
is now a member of Congress, and old
Ben sent his adjutant-gencral to
Washington to deliver in person Coy.
Robinson's certificate of election,
handsomely executed on parchment,
and also to convey Buffers congratu-
lations and tender of his good offices
in connection with Gov. Robinson's
preparations for his inaugural.
Taylor, the wizard, got a $50 house
in Paso del Norte, and then, saying
that he would show the assemblage a
trick that would open their eyes,
termed "The Mystic Man, or the Dis
appearance" he brought out large
box and said: 81 will now shut my
self up in this box; the trick is to find
me-" Five minutes later everybody
knew that he had escaped from the
rear with the receipts of the evening
and coat belonging to an employe Of
the theatre.
John Bright makes notes and head
ing of his speeches, and with great
care writes down and commits to
memory all the important passages.
Gladstone merely jots down facts and
figures. and for expression trusts en-
tirely to the moment. The late Lord
Derby, the Rupert of Debate" wrote
down every word and committed his
speech to memory. In one of his let
ters he says that all of his principal
speeches cost him two sleepless nights
-one in thinking what he would say,
and the other il lamenting that he
might have said it better. Tulers
was equally precise. O'Connell and
Gambetta spoke always on the inspi.
ration of the moment.