The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-26
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

All but two judges of the state of
Mississippi travel on free passes from
the railroads.
There is a sycamore tree in Camp
hell county, GA, which measures a lit
tie over four feet in diameter.
Of4,339, 729 Prussian children, 2.723,-
911 go to Evangelical, and l, 405, $3.50 to
Catholic schools, making total of
4,129,900 in Christian schools.
The German government has warn
ed preachers not to praise Luther too
highly in their prayers on the 400th
anniversary Of his birth, which will be
celebrated November Gil.
During the fiscal year just ended
there has been net increase of 1889
postofficeS established over the num-
Der established during the previous
fiscal year.
The number of gymnastic societies
in Germany reaches the respectable
figure of 2451, with 221, All members,
more than 10000 OF the latter being
active members.
Club men in New York and London
are betting on propositions relating
to cholera. At last accounts the bet
ting was about two to one that the
scourge will not make the tour of
Europe and America this season.
a youth named Peter j. Byrnes
died of hydrophobia from the scratch
of cat a few days ago. in the village
of Fort Hamilton, l.. l. The theory
of the physician is that the cat must
have had an encounter with a rabid
dog, and got some of the poisonous
virus on its claws.
Mr. Reuben Cloud, of Georgia,
killed an alligator the other day that
measured eleven feet and six inches
from tip of nose to end of tail, and
four feet across the back, and would
have weighed probably 800 pounds.
SiXty-five of his tusks and teeth
weighed one and Il half pounds.
His stomach contained the remains
of one or more large hogs.
The editor of the British Medical
Journal has just made tour of in.
spection in Donegal, Ireland, as d
physician, and found 1900 people
living on 2 cents worth of Indian
meal a day, the money having been
sent from the United States and
been distributed by the parish priests
there.
1t has been stated that the Western
Union Telegraph company was about
to purchase the American Rapid Tel
egraph company. The president of
the last named company says his COM
panY was offered 81 per cent interest
on its capital stock by the West ern
Union, but that the stockholders
would not consider the pro- position.
Hon. Mark Alexander, the oldest
ex-member of congress, died at Scot
land Neck, 5. c., on Monday, aged
ninety-two. He was born in Meek
lenburg county, Virginia, in 1872.
He was in congress from Virginia
from 1919 to 1888, and was a warm
personal friend of Randolph, Nat.
Macon, Clay. Madison and others.
For the past few years he has resided
in North Caro- ina.
The intensity of the struggle for a
livelihood in England is illustrated
by the statement of a magazine
writer. that there are 100000 families
in London who are in the habit of
pawning small articles, and that more
than 100000 unclaimed pledges are
sold every year in that city, while
over 270,O00O00 are taken in pledge in
the course of the year throughout the
country. OF course, some of these
pledges are of stolen goods. but the
writer estimates that they do not ex-
coed more than one in 1900.
Mr.. 0ren Cleveland. one of the old
est citizens of Cleveland, O., died a
few days ago, at the age of ninety
eight years and two months. He had
been very DESTROYS of completing
century, not, he said, because it would
be any satisfaction to him when be-
yond the grave to know he had lived
so long. but because it would be
source OF qualification to his children
and grandchildren to know that he
had. The Cleveland Leader says that
he voted at nineteen presidential cleo
lions. His first ballot for president
WAS cast for the Hon. Chas. G. Pinck-
ney. 10 1908.