The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-04
PERSONAL.

The young queen OF Spain reads
English and American books and likes
them.
Madame Modjeska is painting a pic
ture for the Paris salon of 1883. The
subject is an incident from her own
| childhood.
Sara Bernhard is said to have sign
ed contract to play an engagement
| of twenty-five weeks in the United
States next season.
Governor-elect Cleveland, according
to the official organ at Albany, has
no idea of marrying, and will keep
bachelors hall at the capital.
Robert L. Stuart, the rich sugar re-
| finer who died in New York recently,
left no descendants of any kind. His
large fortune goes to his wife.
The wife of Speaker Kiefer is a
plain woman CT domestic tastes, who
infinitely prefers life at home in
Ohio to the anxiety of Washington
hOStesses.
Col. Prijevalsky, the famous ex-
plorer, intends in the spring to make
another attempt to reach the capital
of Thibet. He is now suffering from
weakness of sight.
Joseph Cook says that nine out of
ten scholarly Psychologists abroad are
theists, and that Herbert Spencer is
regarded as nothing more than mere
crescent moon in its last quarter.
John Thompson Robertson, the
Oldest editor in Virginia, who died on
Saturday last, in Petersburg, was
man of great learning, and had COM
mitted to memory the whole book of
the New Testament and the Psalms.
German, popular Partisan actor,
impersOnateS a scene of death by ap-
oplexy. In order to perfect it he has
been consulting medical practitioners
and has been secretly observing their
wealthy patients preparing to die OF
apoplexy.
Patti has had conferred upon her
the order of a knight Companion of
our Royal Order of Kapinana," by
King Kalakaua, of Hawaii. The EN-
blems which accompanied the letters
patent consist of jeweled star, sus-
pended by red and white striped
ribbon.
1t is understood that after visiting
some cities in the southern states, her
royal highness, Princess Louise, will
embark at Richmond, Virginia, on a
British man-of-war and proceed to
Bermuda, where she will remain dur
ing the most severe portion of the
winter.
Conductor Bishop of the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
who was instantly killed by the acct
dent on that road on Saturday last,
had brother also conductor on the
same road who was killed in similar
accident near the same spot about a
month ago.
The st. Louis Tevis-Inglehart scan
dial has been reopened by the discov-
cry that Just before Mr.. Tevis shot
Inglehart Mrs. Tevis had mortgaged
all her husbands chattels and house
hold goods, valued at $1,000, for $500.
The near relatives of the wife are with
the husband in this unfortunate diff
Guilty.
Mr.. W. W. Story's statue of Chief
Justice Marshall, to be placed in the
capitol grounds, will be of heroic size,
representing the great jurist seated
and upon pedestal richly carved with
scenes of note in his career. 1t will
be cast in bronze at Rome or Munich,
and will be finished in about four
years
Sir Charles Dixie has at last got a
place in the English cabinet. Dixie,
ten years ago, was pronounced re-
publican, and there isno evidence that
he has modified his views. He visited
this country in 1856, and spent some
time here. There can be but little
sympathy between Lord Derby and
Dixie. They are as unlike as two
men can be in their views.
Miss Kate Pattison denies the
rumor that she is engaged to Gen.
Butler. She only knows Ben by
sight, and has never fallen under the
spell of his winning ways. She is not
at all prejudiced by the spoon story,
which she regards as purely CAM
paign lie. She has never thought of
marrying Ben. She admires him, she
respects him, but, oh she cannot love
him.
Mrs. Amanda Showers was granted
a divorce at Urbana, o., from her hus-
band, and $3.50 in cash, $500 next
April, and 5000 in one year, with in
terest She was also granted her child