The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-29
MIsCELLANEocg III EMS.

lation than any other state in the
union 1t is only question Of time
when Texas is to be by far the
grandest state in the world. Her
prairies, immense herds of cattle and
sheep entitle her to front rank in
the role of states.
Two assassins, disguised as wom-
en-, have just attempted to asassinale
Lady Florence Dixie, of London.
They seized her throat, threw her to
the ground and attempted to stab
her. 1t was done probably on &C
connt of her sympathy for the. Irish.
She attributes her escape to her dog
which frightened the men away.
Wall street, New York, is in a
panic stricken condition. A great
number of recent failures involve
Wall street capital, and in conse
oucnce of these and other unfavora-
BILE indications, the spectators have
become uneasy. The Wall street
operations are the greatest gambling
operations in the world.
| England is in feve of excite
ment over the condition of the Queen.
A S. ort time ago she slipped on the
stairs of Windsor palace ard receiv-
ed dangerous injuries. At first they
were thought to be trivial, but it
comes to light that they are severe,
and on account of her advanced age
and delicate health, it is feared that
she will not recover.
The great waters are assuaging
and the overfowed districts are COM
ing to view again. Many poor peo-
ple will return to their homes to dis
cover that everything has been
swept away. Many will never re-
turn. The unprecedented overfows
of the last two years will influence
them to seek homes where there is
less water.
Hon. Roswell B. Flower, of New
York, after the adjournment of con-
gress, paid back into the United
States Treasury, $500 of his salary.
He was absent during the session at
tending his own private business,
and he considered that he had no
right to pay during that time. 1t
was certainly a magnanimous act.
Tennessee is still having trouble
over her enormous debt. She has
invented several plans to get rid of
the debt without paying it off, and
so far all have proved abortive. 1t
is asserted by some pissimist that
the state never will prosper until
her debtsare paid. State debts are
like individual debts, they are bad
things to contend with and the only
legitimate way to get rid of them is
to pay them.
Judge William w. Mansfield, of
Ozark, has been appointed to digest
the laws of the state. The authori-
ties seem to have the utmost conf
dence in his mental ability and legal
attainments. When he comes down
to consider the egregious ponderosi-
ty of the acts passed by the Oath gen.
eral assembly of the state, it will be
necessary for him to take three doses
daily of Esop's fables. We pity
Mansfield.
Col. Tom Ochiltree, of Texas, is
the cynosure of congress and of
Washington society. He is the cy-
nosurc of society because of his &C.
centricity, and of congress because
his salary has been garnisheed to
settle an old debt he owed the gov
eminent. Tom ought not to have
gone to congress and he might have
COTTON out of his debt. Some men
like notoriety though and Tom seems
to be one of that class.
Little Rock is constantly under
the influence of n scandalous trans
action. The ex-treasurer's actions
have kept the present session of the
Legislature in twirl during almost
its entire sitting. Then comes the
ex-land commissioners with his de-
falcation to keep things a-going.
And then comes the prodigious ras-
cality of Joseph L, Brown, jr., the
U. S. marshal. To what end these
things will come man knoweth not.
One of the coming reforms in this
country is the adoption of a consti-
tutional amendment allowing the
executive to veto separate items of an
appropriation bill. Governor Butler
has called attention Go lne necessity