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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
Especial to The statesman. ]

GALVESTON, Jan. 23.-To-night a
young man named VIM. Griffin, EN-
ployed at the Santa Fe railway
machine shops, after returning home
seated himself in a chair and began
reading newspaper when he was
overcome with an attack of heart dis
-ease and fell dead upon the floor.
There was quite a connection on
the streets this afternoon, in the
vicinity of the Cotton Exchange, oc-
casioned by the flight Of deserter
from one of the vessels in port. He
was closely pursued by his shipmates,
but at last accounts he had made good
his escape.
The funeral of W. W. Moore, of the
firm of Moore, Stratton & Co., took
place to-day, and was largely attended.
Mile. Rhea, who was prevented
from arriving in time for a per-
Torrance yesterday by an accident on
the Louisville and Nashville road,
arrived this morning and played
~Adrieune" tonight to n large au-
dience.
The survey of the steamship Hes
per, by Capt. j. z. Smith, the under
writer's inspector, resulted in placing
the value of the vessel at sos, 900.
An attempt is being made to compro-
mise the claims for salvage, but
neither the claimants nor owners of
the vessel seem inclined to make ac-
ceptable concessions.
Early this morning a curious little
vessel, bearing the name of j. w. Will
son, landed at this port for supplies.
it being a small propeller of seven
tons measurement, with a accomplishment
of seven men. She is bound from
New York to Tuxpan, where she is
owned by private parties.
g. ID. Palmer, Texas passenger agent
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad, and Capt. Thos. S. Spear, OF
the Vandalia line, are here.
A Hollander named Martin Bernard
while unloading salt on the east levee
to-day was knocked from the trestle
falling thirty feet, and sustaining such
injuries as to necessitate his removal
60, the hospital.
Collections for the benefit of the
sufferers from the overflow in Ger
many foot up sl7S6.50.
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versed and remanded; Stark VS.. Whit
man, from Orange. reversed and re-
manded; Allen ct al VS.. Dean ct al,
from Jefferson, submitted; Kelley &
Roberts VS.. Rabb, from Trinity,
affirmed: Wooters ct al VS.. Holdings
worth ct al, from Houston, affirmed.
Court of Appeals-Johnson VS.. the
state, from Fayette, motion to dis
miss the appeal overreled; Hardt VS..
state, from Dewitt, appeal dis
missed; Pinckrel VS.. the state, from
Polk, submitted; Fitze VS.. state, from
Polk, submitted; Gillespie VS.. state,
from Walker, submitted; Horren VS..
state, from San JacintO, submitted;
Lewis VS.. state, from San Jacinto, af-
frmed; Wilson VS.. state, from Orange,
Erwin PEBBLES VS.. state,
from Polk, appeal dismissed; Pickens
vs.. state, from Caldwell, reversed and
Fitzgerald VS.. state, from
Franklin, affirmed; Bell VS.. state, from
Tarrant, submitted; Brown VS.. state,
from Uvalde, reversed and dismissed;
Cornelius VS.. state, from Smith, af-
firmed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
White House Feasts.
GChicago Times.l


General Grant must have been con-
WINGED by the splendor of the dinner
at the white house in his honor that
Mr.. Arthur has had no rivals as an
ornamental president. Grant himself
was never finished entertainer.
After a career of tan-bark and glory
he went into the presidency almost
before the the Appomattox mud was
cleansed from his boots. His tastes
were shocking to persons insensible
to the innate beauty of the pugnacious
bulldog, and callous to the exquisite
pleasure to be derived from a fast
team and a road wagon. He knew a
good deal about leather and war, but
nothing about blue china and menus.
1t might have been difficult for him to
tell what kind of wine should properly
follow the game. Possibly he might
have said that whisky was good
enough for him. With such unfath-
ENABLE ignorance of the fine art of
dining, the banquets at the White
House during Grants administration
might be extravagantly expensive,
but could never be superlatiyely ele-
CANT.
Under Hayes. economy prevented
much display, and the entertainments
of that period are recalled only as
dreary and wineless deserts, affording
nothing but unpalatable crab apple
cider to cool parched lips and allay
burning thirst. The Garfield admin
istration was characterized by SIM
plicity, and the president him.
self was somewhat lacking in
the arts and graces for which
his successor is so highly dis
tinguished. Mr.. Arthur is one of
the few statesmen who can travel
the devious course from soup to nuts
without committing the smallest
solecism. To him the most elaborate
French menu is as familiar as a fish,
pole. He is perfectly au fait on al
the little devices and refinements
which attend an artistic dinner. The
edibles at his banquets are of the
proper kind, and the courses follow
each other according to the best ap
proved rules of gastronomy. Thu
! wines are always of the right kind
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receives 10000 a year, and his staff
costs nearly 5000 additional; but the
German ambassador there gets only
$4,000, and their representatives in
England and Russia receive f75OO,
which are the highest salaries paid to
any public functionaries by the impe-
rial government, except the governor
general of Alsace-Lorraine, who re-
ceive 5000 year. We pay our min
lister to the Porte e80O0 and nearly
$500 pounds for the staff. Germany
pays 5000; at Vienna we pay $4,000,
Germany 5000; at Rome we pay
$1,000, against 950O0; at Pekin 5000,
against $1,000; at Stockholm e30O0,
against G2000; at Lisbon $1,000, against
E1800. 1t seems to me that we ought
to be able to do our diplomacy quite as
cheaply as Prince Bismarck. Judg-
ing by results there is plenty of room
for retrenchment in the department,
as these figures are by no means the
end of the public outlay on foreign
ministers and their habitations.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
"Don't Know Half their Value"

"They cured me Of Ague, Bilious
ness and Kidney Complaint, as recon-
mended. had a half bottle left,
which L used for two little girls who
the doctors and neighbors said could
not be cured. would have lost both
of them one night if l had not given
them Hop Bitters. They did them SO
much good l continued their use until
they were cured. That is why L say
you do not know half the value of
Hop Bitters, and do not recommend
them high enough."-B. Rochester,
n. Y. See other column.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
Mrs. Stillwell's Stories.
Mount Vernon. Ohio, Special

I0IOUlnI tIIlOII, OIIIOI optCIdII
Mrs. Emma Stillwell, of muir
der confession notoriety, who died
from consumption on Saturday
and was buried on Sunday,
near the village of Waterford, four
teen miles from here, reiterated
up to the last moment of conscious
ness her horrible confessions of crime,
and could not be persuaded to vary
her statements or acknowledge that
she had imposed upon the credulity of
her friends for nOtoriety's sake. If
her acknowledgment of crime can
not be sustained, it will go down in
history as one Of the most stupendouS
instances of self-aceusation on record.
Her infant babe, seven months old,
died few days ago.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01

Presbyterian, Old School Presby.
terrain, Baptist, Episcopal, and Roman
Catholic denominations all have
church edifices, and there are good
church conveniences in every rural
neighborhood. i
The county levies a tax of 80 cents
on the 800, and has practically no
debt; the city, a tax, including that
for public free schools, of one per cent
ad valorem, and owes debt of $25, 900.
incurred in the erection of school
buildings.
The county is generally character
lied by a high order of Intelligence,
and has a conservative, energetic.
thrifty population. The general ele-
walton of the county, its geological
formation and thorough drainage,
render it, in point of health, equal to
any portion of central Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
Especial to The Statesman

TYLER, Jan. 23.-The negro woman
mentioned in our special of yesterday
as being so severely burned on Sun
day morning, died last night from the
effects of her burns.
S. II. Chambers stock of dry goods
and groceries was attached yesterday
by Leon & IL. Blum, of Galveston.
Liabilities not known.
The Claire Scott company made an
attempt to play Leah to large audi
ence here last night. The acting was
horrible and universally pronounced
one of the greatest frauds on the
rnnl
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
jays Reform Movement.

IAIIdHId OOn5IIIuIIUH.I
Mr.. Jay Gould announces that he
stopped the midnight trains on his
elevated road because they are con-
ducive to late hours and dissipation.
He thinks that now the trains have
been taken off "the tone of society
will be improved" If Mr.. Gould is
really posing as reformer, he should
hire d tent and buy a circus map. The
whole country will flock to his matt
neeS.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01

The coming fourth of March is now
being looked forward to with anxiety.
The number of Jobs that are crowding
in is alarming. The whisky tax bill
has passed the senate, and, of course,
it will pass the house. Arthur may
veto it, but no one dares to hope that
he will. More suspicious pension
measures are ready. Land is asked
for another northern railway, and
seventy-five millions for a canal. A
multitude of wasteful projects
are looming up. 1t promises to
be a costly session of congress.
and it may do mischief that will long
outlast it. Its acts viii not be en-
titled to the highest respect as laws,
when it is considered that in many
states the people are gerrymandered
out Of an honest representation Thus
the majority is founded upon and
comes out of fraud, and fraud vitiates
all that comes from it, all that rests
on it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
Our Wool Production.

About % per cent of the entire pro-
duction of domestic wool during the
census year of 1880 came from two
states, Ohio and California, the former
with 100000 pounds, the latter
100000; in 1870 the product of the
former was 100000, and the latter
100000 pounds. The next states in
order of Importance as wool growers
in 1880 were Michigan with 1900 600,
New York with 100000, Pennsyl-
vania with 100000, Missouri with
100000, and Wisconsin with 100000.
Texas produces nearly as much as the
latter state. In 1870 it produced only
1,125,000 pounds. The total product
of the Union in 1880 was l55,OO0,OO0
pounds, clipped from 100000 sheep
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
THE STATESMAN.
LsnecIal 70 rhe Statesman !

GATEsvILLE, Jan. 23.-The recent
cold snap and snow were very severe
in this section, and considerable DAM
age done to stock is being reported
here. Mr.. w. w. Cox, of this col nty
lost eighty head of sheep, and j. NJ.
Boggett l75 both fiocks were pro-
vided with good shelter, but the sheep
piled up and trampled the weaker ones
to death. Other smaller losses, not
definite, are reported. The weather is
lovely now. and business good.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
German and English Salaries.
Uondon TRUTH

The administration of the German
empire is conducted on more econom-
ical principles than our own. In Eng
land 5000 a year is the salary of
seven leading cabinet ministers. At
Berlin the chancellor of the empire
and prime minister receives only
e2SO0, with house and an additional
$1,000 a year to keep it in order. The
secretary of states salary is e25O0.
with free house. Prince Bismarck's
confidential permanent secretary gets
5000 year. Our ambassador at Paris
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
Good Boys.
rCbarlotte IN. observer. I

lShdllOetS NAN. SsJ OpoCl Wei j
Cows. Cleveland, of New York,
Thompson, of South Carolina, and
PattisOn. of Pennsylvania, were all
quietly inaugurated without fuss,
feathers OF martial parade. This is
an improvement. There is no reason
why there should be fiag-hying, drum
beating, soldier-marching or any other
kind of tomfoolery at the Inaugural
ton of our public officials of any
grade, from president down.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01

The battle of New Orleans seems to
have come now to be regarded, uni
versally, as Democratic victory.
Republicans don't like to take part in
celebrating the day, lest they be sus-
pected of indorsing "old Andy and his
spoils SYSTEM Well, how is that for
high Macon Telegraph.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01

and served with epicurean regulations.
Gen. Grant undoubtedly has a first-class
dinner, and if he did not turn down
his glass he must have arisen with
the comfortable reflection that his
inner man had been pretty Hospitality
entertained.
Resources, Soil and Climate of Texas" by
A w. Spaight, Commissioner of Statistics,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
lsneoIal 10 1,he Statesman. I

GALVESTON. Jan. "a. = Supreme
Court-Read VS.. Allen ct al, from
Houston. reversed and remanded;
McKilvaine VS. Allen ct al, from
Houston. reversed and remanded;
Walton VS.. Walton. from Grimes, re-
transferred from Austin; Leon 4 III,
Blum VS.. Barclay, from Tyler. re.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
A SERIOUS CHARGE.

NEWPORT, VI, Jan. 24-S. 81.
Fields, a prominent citizen and rail-
road contractor. has been arrested by
the treasury department for passing
counterfeit hahexaaellars. He claims
ne used bogus coins innocently.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01

We warrant eix boxes OF DIT. Z. Q. Woet'e
Nerve and Brain Treatment TO cure any nervous
disease, either male or female, Of Whatever ma
ture, such a. Nervous Headache, Mental De-
bility, Lose Of Memory, Spermatorrhea, aud In
voluntary Emissions, caused by overwork Of
the brain, selfebuse, etc and VIII give writ
refund the none 4 the treatment docs not r.
feet q cure In o months. Price. u per box; elk
boxes, -. ut, prepaid, by mail, oD receipt
Of price. darantees issued by n. FfiEU-
EBICB son, Wholesale and Retail Drug
gst N Orleans. La. Orders by mail at rcRn-
mic FnHv7-ds-l y
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BRADSTREET'S:
n Journal of Trade, FINANCE, and
Public Economy,
PUBLISHED NJ In. AKADsrREEr COMPANY,
Nos. 1873, ss1, 268 -, adway, New York.

Tho foremost purpose OF BRADsTREET's Is 10
be Of practical service 20 business men. While
covering more fully than any other publication
the information needed by the student Of econ
omice. lts special telegraphlc reports from all
at glance the condition Vi trHde throughout
y country, form an imports 4 ana valuable
( ture. It's elaborate cotton, wheat aud other
crop reports long since eetabii ed lie repnfa-
ton for th0roughnese ana aocuI. y and made II
a recognized authority In repos Ing crop pros
poets. In Every department OF its work BRkD-
SHEETS aims 20 furnish the most reliable In
and lie facilities for accomplishing
this purpose are unequsled.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01

What makes you ride larks, Mr..
Snuggins? 2" asked little black eyed
Jennie of her sister Lou, on College
avenue, the other day.
why, Jennie, L never heard ofsuch
a thing"
"Well, 1 never either, till ma told
sis this morning that you got on more
larks than any other young man in
Austin" Snuggins has sought pas
lures new.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01

There was one man yesterday who
had too much cash on hand. A box
of silver half dollars fell on his fingers
Why are first thoughts like first
mortgages? Because both are always
best.
COMMON SAYINGS EPIT0MIZED.
For the convenience of everybody
in the state-which means the readers
of the STATESMAN-a few of the
common sayings" of the world have
been arranged as below:
As fat as a porpoise.
AS rough as a gale,
As poor as church mouse,
As thin as a rail;
AS brave as lion,
AS weak as rat,
As bright as dollar,
AS Spry as cat.
Mad as a March hare,
As sly as fox,
AS proud as peacock,
AS strong as an OK;
As fair as lily,
As cross as bear,
AS rich as a CrRsus,..
AS empty as air.
AS pure as an angel,
AS neat as pin,
AS smart as steel trap,
AS ugly as sin;
AS dead as door nail,
AS white as a sheet,
AS fiat as a pancake,
AS red as beet.
AS round as an apple,
AS black as my hat,
AS brown as berry,
As blind as bat,
AS mean as a miSer,
AS full as tick,
AS plump as a partridge,
AS sharp as stick.
AS clean as a penny,
As bitter as gall,
As hard as flint,
As dark as pail;
As dry as a toast,
AS clear as bell,
As fine as fiddle,
AS deep as well. !
As stiff as poker,
AS calm as a clock,
AS light as feather,
AS firm as rock;
AS green as grass,
AS busy as bee,
The cats in the Cupboard
And she can't see.
What makes you ride larks, Mr..
Snuggins? 2" asked little black eyed
Jennie of her sister Lou, on College
avenue, the other day.
why, Jennie, never heard ofsuch
a thing"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01
RED RIVER COUNTY

from advance sheets OF Resources, Soil, and
Climate of Texas" by A w. Spaight, Com
mia r,fE faff arfc lafr. I
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rICE ~ HRRERY GTyEN tba'

~ after the publication Of this notice for
legislature OF tie state Of Texas Tor the relief
of Alsey >. Miller, Milbern Heral and Mary A
Weoas, widow Of Gonzales Woods, deceased,
granting TO each OF S-aid parties 1890 acres of
land, and placed the ON the same footing as
tie old veterans said NJ Tier, Herai and
Woods being only survis 5 OF D0ws0n
massacre moi heretofore provide for.
jl4-w6t AS. ILLER.
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u q. Willhern, j. r., T. c., January 8, 1893,
one brown mare, right eye out, or years old,
1871 hands high, branded s Q on left shoulder
years old, branded OV on left shoulder (the o
Inside the ", some Is hands high. Both APP
praised 1'sslt at u.s. FRANZ M BHE9gwTE,c
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TEIss OF SUBSCRIPTION. FIVE DoLLARs rEAa,
IN ADVANCE.
SPECIMEN COPIES FREE.
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ESTRAYED-By Dan Ross, before Fritz Teg.
II ener, j. T., +. c., January IL, 1858, a s0r-
rel mare, about years old. IA hands high, bald
face, three white feet and no visible brand;
G., r. @. jiG-4t
ESTRAYED-By John Bennett, before Fritz
II Tegener, J. r., I. G., sorrel mare, about
Il years old, about II hands high, and no visi-
Die brand; appraised ut SIC, FRANK
BkoWN, clerk O. O., T. G. jis$t
ESTRAYED-By J. II. Devil, before James
~ A. Wright, J. r., I. c., january 10, 1888,
two small brown mules, one branded q. 4. on
left hip, same on left shoulder; the other has
no brand. Each about IL or 10 years old, and
are work stock. Appraised at SIS each.
Jl4-w4t FRANK BROWN, elk, G. q. I. g.
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THE RED FRONT CANDY FACTORY
NERVOUS DEBILITY,

Sells Pure Stick Canuy az cheap ~ Others eel
the impure Compare tie candy.
wiz W. ". LAMME. PropnetoI.
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NAVARRO COUNTY

Lies in north latitude 80 degrees,
and longitude So degrees % minutes
west from Greenwich, and Corsicana,
the county seat, is 262 miles west of
north of the port of Galveston by the
line of the Houston and Texas Cen
trail, connecting with the Galveston,
Houston and Henderson railway.
Area, 1855 square miles.
Population in 1870. .... 1879
Population in 1880 Zone
fourth celored). ........ 21,702
Population in 1882 (estimat'd 24,5OO
Assessed value of taxable
property in 1870. 1900. 81 1856, 765
Assessed value of taxable
property in 1881 ......... 5,476,393
Assessed value of taxable
property in 1882. ...... 6,039, 400
Assessed value of live stock
in 1881. ......:.......... $685. s5
Assessed value of live stock
in 1882. .........:...... 76O,4S2
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Ike Philkins' By-PIay.

There was one man yesterday who
had too much cash on hand. A box
of silver half dollars fell on his fingers.
Why are first thoughts like first
mortgages? Because both are always
host
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

GENERAL Pryor, one of O'DonnelPs
counsel, has asked United States Minis
ter Lowell for a respite for the con-
demned man. The idea is to procure
communication Of the death sentence.
Lowell will act just as he thinks will
please the English government. With
his belly full of British banquet feed
and his brain added by the dattery Of
royal snobs, he couldn't do the square
thing by a fellow-countryman. How
ever, there is q probability that the SEN
tence may be commuted to imprison-
ment for life. In the present volcanic
condition of things in Great Britain, the
government may deem it wise to avoid
tanning the revolutionary spark las a
hanging would be likely to do. If the
sentence of O'Donnell is commuted. it
will be through the diplomacy of cow
ardice, and not from motives of justice,
honesty or mercy. Anyone who would
accuse the blood-suckers of English rule
of being possessed of either of those
foolishly sentimental traits, would show
his supreme ignorance.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08
DYNAMITE is strong to-day at 44c.
ONCE MORE.

Again feel called upon to say some
thing about the management of this
paper. Some persons persist in misrep-
resenting the truth and others are
troubled with short memory. / desire
to say that not man, woman or child
on the face of the earth except he whose
name appears at the head of this column,
controls one penny that comes into the
concern or dictates in any particular a
word which goes into these columns.
Too many cooks spoil the broth, and l
intend to avoid all conflictions which are
likely to arise from combination, as long
as can keep my head above water.
The matter which isn't credited is
written by the sole editor, and he holds
himself personally responsible for every
word and syllable of it. That settles it.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08

THE gold and silver miners of the state
had better look to themselves There is
strong probability that general cut
in their wages will be inaugurated before
long. The rich rogues for whom they
are piling up wealth are considering the
advisability of increasing the speed at
which they are becoming millionaires
and billionaires, and the simplest way to
do this is to take more from the men
who dig all. A meeting was held in the
Windsor hotel, in this city, the other
evening, by the mine owners and super
intendents and it was decided that they
must do something to increase their
profits, Something after the style of
the Leadville dodge, which the scoun-
drels carried out by forcing the miners to
strike. The next time they force them
to strike, God grant it may be for more
than the simple question of few cents
in wages-the recovery of their property,
willed to them by the creator. Nothing
short of that will satisfy the true and
intelligent man. = Il