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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
No Life on the Four Outer Planets.

Liz CO1C1uSlOu VI LllG WllOl6 uldG-
ter,s far as astronomy and physics can
now TELL" says Prof. Mcfarland in an
essay on Life on the Planets" is
this: THAT the four large outer
planets have not sufficiently cooled
down TO allow life on their surface,
such as we see on earth; that Mars
gives all telescope and spectroscopic
probabilities of conditions compatible
with life as we see it; that the earth
certainly for millions of years has
been covered with multifarious life;
that of Venus and Mercury we have
no certain knowledge, and that the
satellites are pretty certainly not
fitted for such life as is on the earth;
that in particular, our moon has no
water and no atmosphere, consequent
ly no climate or vegetable life. If
the sun and the planets continually
lose heat, then there will come time
in the far future when the sun itself
shall go out in everlasting night, and
the plants cool down so that the
eternal snow would be hot compared
with the degree Of cold throughout
all space, where everything shall be
dead"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
Rich Mines Discovered.

BOHEMIAN, NJ Montana, Nov. 28.-There
is great excitement throughout west
ern Montana over the rich discoveries
in Cover-d-Allen mountains. Miners
and proSpectors, who have returned,
state they have seen nothing in the
history of the western states and ter
ritories equal in richness and volume
TO the newly discovered fields. The
minerals consist Of silver, tellurium
and free milling. One hundred dollars
per man per day is being taken out of
rim rock in gulches, while in the
gulches twenty-five to forty dollars
per man per day is panRed out. The
streams are in the north part of Idaho.
Eagle City is forty miles from here on
the Northern Pacific railroad and has
now about five hundred people in
CAMP
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
BROWNW0OD.
[Snecia1 to Tie Statesman. /

Especial to The Statesman.
BRoWNWOOD, Nov. 28.-L1St night
the wire fence enclosing a sixty acre
pasture, owned by Col. William II.
Martin, a banker of this city, was lit
orally cut TO pieces. On the night Of
the 9Th inst. Mr.. Duncan's rail fence
around 800 acres, was completely de-
strOyed. y rail hung to a limb of a
tree near his house was found in the
morning, apparently for the purpose
of warning him against rebuilding
the fence.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
Hard Times in MiIWaukee.

MILWAUKEE, NoY. 23-Chief Of
Police Wason to-day received a letter
threatening him with assassination
and adding that the town will be
burned il work is not soon furnished
to the large number of working men
now idle. Mayor StowclI has been
besought OF late by innumerable APP
plicants, but puts no faith in the
threatening letter to Wason, believing
il i'ibut the moutbings of some idiot.
Local underwriters have held several
meetings and tonight offer a reward
of 5000 for the capture and convic-
ton of incendiariess who infest part
OF the city, and Mayor Stowell offers
$3.50 on behalf of the city. The resi-
dents of the Fifth ward are in state
of terrorism.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
BRENNAN.
Especial to The Statesman. l

toFOVI'1I % I M Nt'ltVNIIIsIII-I
BRENNAN, Nov. 28.-Minna Hodde,
seventeen, while preparing dinner at
PALMS house, Pleasant Hill, near town
this morning, put coal oil on the fire.
1t exploded igniting her clothing
when She ran into the yard and burn
ed to death, her clothing and part of
her flesh being consumed. The fami-
ly was at the store, seventy-iive yards
from the house. and nothing was
known OF the accident till her dead
body was found.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
RniIrna,i SnasIInns

CINCINNATI, Nov. 28.-The Times
Star, Bowerstown, Ohio, special says:
A freight train was wrecked, and fif-
teen cars thrown down an embank
mcnt. It is Supposed that wreckcrs
put obstacles in the freq at the switch.
No one hurt.
The second extra, No. 40, ran into
the first extra of the same train near
WindS9r this morning, killing Con-
dnctnr Pierce and severely injuring
several b:akemer. Seven cars burned.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
Rules the Koost.
TFort Worth Gazette I

The latest phases of fence-cutting,
as reported, are simply outrageous.
Small tracts of land, the absolute pro-
perty of the men who erected the
fences, have been selected as the scene
of operations and the nippers applied
to the wire. And in many instanf es
the fences cut did not enclose water,
or make any mans route to the mill,
the post Office or the church a yard
longer. This is the inevitable out
come of extraordinary methods TO
right wrongs. As between s'the cor
morant and the commune" it begins
to look as though the latter rules the
roost.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
COTTON Fntures Declared Gambling.

AUG UsTA, Ga, Nov. 28.-The SUI
preine court of Georgia, in the case of
Cunningham against tho National
Bank OF Augusta, decided that cot
ton future notes are absolutely void.
Cunningham made a note for 5000
to Warren, Wallace q Co. ON cotton
future transaction. The firm nego-
tinted to the bank, which sued the
maker. who plead the note void, as it
was given FOR gaming consideration.
The court says cotton futures are as
much gaming is faro, and such notes
are void in anybody's hands, whether
they know the notes were given for
futures or not.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
WASHINGTON.


IoptC.lI 10 The StateSman.
WASHINGTON. Nov. Ex-senator
Coke and Congressman Hancock ar
rived to-day. The latter is heartily
welcomed back by old comrades.
The most popular slate predicted for
house officers is Carlisle for speaker,
Clark for clerk, Leedom for sergeant
alarms, Dalton for postmaster, and
WIntersmith for doorkeeper.
j. G. Petmecky, of Austin, has Sc
cured patent for a gun-barrel
cleaner.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
Mild Mnn

CHICAGO. Nov. 28.-George Jumbo
and Jumbo George, two wild Nubians,
who have been on exhibition here,
while intoxicated created Il distur-
bance at the Keilnr House, where they
were stopping, frightening a number
of inmates into the street, were to-
day sent TO the Bridewell prison fer
thirty d:VS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

1t is the custom among Polish Jews
when husband and wife do not clev-
erly hitch in the matrimonial harness,
or when one kicks in the traces, or
acts little offish, to go before min
isterial Rabbi, who hears the case,
and, if there appears to him to be
cause, he declares enforcement and
executes the necessary papers. The cer-
emory is called get" and wien the
Rabbi says the word the recalcitrant
husband or wife has to pack his or
her kit mighty lively and "get up ard
get"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
An Ohio. Town in Ashes,

SAINT PARIS, Nov. 28.-A fire start
ed in the business portion of the town
at four o'clock; supposed to be incen-
diary. Assistance was asked from
Urbana and other towns, there being
no engines here. All the business
houses on Main street are gone except
the bank. Goods placed in the street
have been burned. The loss will
reach $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
The Illinois CrimIual Law

CHICAGO. Nov 28.-The state legis-
lature at its last session passed an
habitual criminal act which provides
if any one commits crime after con-
viction of first offense he shall be
punished to the full extent allotted by
law for such offense, and for crime
committed after the second conVic-
ton to receive not less than fifteen
years. The first conviction under the
statue was that OF VIM. Sullivan,
who had a second term for shooting q
police officer and for burglary. This
time the jury awarded him twenty
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
Hon. CORVALLIS West, in expressing

Hon. CORVALLIS West, in expressing
his admiration for Mrs. Langtry as
actress, is reported to have said that
he did not believe the attacks made
upon her in this country would affect
hel social standing in England, where
people did not trouble themselves
about personal matters of that kind.
1t was hardly necessary for Mr.. West
to tell US this. The scandals daily oc-
curing in English social circles serve
to show that their code of morality is
about as loose now as it was when
George ". was King.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

THE Fort Worth Gazette says:
"There is IN ominou' silence at Aus
lin about reduction OF taxes. The
governor IS on record for reduction,
I1ut he may have to revise his views.
Facts and figures bear down theories,
and there is only one class Of men
who never change their opinions"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
Mnr.lrr and SuiciiIn

CHICAGO, NOV. 2S.-In the town or
Lake. this evening, Fiiz Rummrl, q
butcher, went to the house where
Emma lie Veuve was employed as Il
domestic, and, after an alteration,
shot her In the head, killing her. He
then turned the revolver to his own
temple, fired, and fe dead. Cause
she deserted him for another man-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

PITrsBULG, Nov. 28.-Affairs at
Murraysville since Mondays riot are
quiet. The forces OF the Pennsylva-
MIA fuel company are still in posses
sion. The funeral of 0. NJ Haymaker,
occurred this afternoon.
Commodore w. j. Kouts, proprietor
Of the Allegheny Mail, was convicted
OF criminal libel ard sentenced to
thirty days in Jail and $500 fine.
DR.. James G. Buck, a prominent
resident of Braddock, Penn, was SEN
fenced to five years and six months in
the penitentiary. for completely with
the Gordon gang OF highwaymen.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
Murder and Knhherr.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. ga dispatch
from Matamoras says; The house of
Rev. Father Cabo, at Dachanquittano,
in the state Of Pueblo, was attacked
few nights ago by robbers. The
priest and two servants were killed
and his niece severely wounded. The
house was robbed,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
An Imperial Method.

FoIJy-two million acres of land in
Texas have been devoted to the use of
schools and asylums. The extent of
this generous provision will be better
comprehended by comparison. The
state of Pennsylvania, for instance,
has not quite twenty-nine million
acres of surface. Texas is the true
empire state of the Union, and has
an imperial method of doing things
which no other state can successfully
initiate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

As tie work Of "barbarians," the
circular sent out 10y the Chinese gov
Irnment 20 foreign powers in regard
TO the complications in Tonquin reads
we'll, and not only presents Il very
strong case against France, but
breathes the spirit of war.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
C0nnrcficnL Amnsrn.lnf.

WATERBURY,. Conn. Nov. 28.-The
public Indignation against Truman ].
Smith, Il farmer, who assaulted his Wife,
breaking her leg, because the children
were all girls, eliminated last night
in visit 70 his house by twenty Young
men with intent TO tar and feather
Smith. lie fired into the party, ard
Myron IIoul was painfully injured
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

TIE Boston Herald criticises Sc
verely Mr.. Randall's idea that the
Democrats "must bend every energy
TO secure an adjournment of Congress
10y the 1st of May" and asks if this is
his manner Of recommending Demo-
cratic restoration in 1881, and also
thatif the party cannot be trusted to
keep Congress in session more than
four months, how can it ask to be put
in control of the entire government
for four years? 1t compares the
feeling of dread in this country at the
assembling of Congress with the feel
ing of rejoicing in England at the
meeting Of the British parliament,
and says that every voter should
make it his personal business to see
this state of affairs adopted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

John Strathern, rich Australian,
met his betrothed. an English lady,
on the transfer platform at Council
Bluffs the other day by appointment.
Each had Travelled one-third around
the globe to meet the other. They
had not met before in ten years.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
Railroad Accident.

WORCESTER, Mass, Nov. 28.-The,
rear car Of the Boston, Uurre s. Gard
ner railroad train went down an enc
bankment, just after leaving to
northwestern station this afternoon
with between twenty and thirty pas
sengers in the car. All were more or
less injured, some seriously so.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

How High TafIG Protects Labar.
TRENTON, n. J.. Nav. 2s a redac-
ton OF 10 per cent from the 18th of
next month is announced in wages hv
the New JerseY teei and iron Work
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

CHINA has given France its ulti-
1iatum, and the chances are that the
document will receive very serious
attention. AS one of her ablest na-
live critics tells her, France was
never in more dangerous position
than now, q shc viii hesitate to
precipitate an offensive war against
The whole force OF the Chinese en-
pire. And yet the steps already taken
will make an honorable retreat diff
otIf
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

PEORIA, Ill, Nov. 2S-Joseph JET
ferson. Is Slill at his room under u
physicians care IL viii he impossj-
bic for hlm TO appear again this
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
4 Hotel In FIames.

WATERFOWL, n. Y, Nov. 2S.-A
large fire is raging at Cape Vincent.
The hremfn and engine have gone
hence. y Times special says the st.
Lawrence hotel caught fire, and the
whole block destroyed. A high wind
prevailed. Loss, $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
About Growing Old.


Our esteemed contempory, the Sun,
takes exception to the idea that q man
is necessarily old at the age of seventy,
and the exception is well taken.
Three score and ten is merely ripe
manhood for one who unites cheer
full spirit with vigor of body and
mind. There are many septuage-
narians better entitled to be called
young than some men of forty-five or
fifty. Old age, properly so called,
does not supervene in any case where
all the faculties have been preserved
by Judicious exercise and
careful observance of the laws
of health. Until the vital
powers begin to decay, until the spirits
lose their exuberance, until the step
falters and interest in surrounding
things show signs of failing, a man
cannot with propriety be called old.
The lamented Peter Cooper at eighty
would have scorned the asperston.
David Dudley Field in his seventy
ninth year retains the vlgor and fresh
ness of middle age. Charles O'Conor
at about the same age delied the eff
forts of half a dozen doctors to kill
him, and the veteran Samuel Tilden
still preserves the playful disposition
even if he does not possess the physi-
cal elasticity of the lamb. No, old
age is not SO much a matter of years
rs of temperament and feeling-of
mental and bodily condition.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
4 TpadyiiIc RIoyn

DENVER, Nov. 2S.-The RenubIi-
cans Leadyille special says Il fire at
, o'clock this morning destroyed Lon
doner's grocery store and Hornsny-
der's dry good store with several
small establishments. Loss $4,000;
insurance half.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
SIrnnylnd.

FETERsBUR G, Va, Nov. 2S.-Dick
Mitchell and John Jones were arrest
ed for the murder Of Thomas Bragg,
all colJred. One held Bragg and the
other strargled him with a handker-
chief
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

MONMoUTH, H., Nov. Isaac
Davis, a farmer near Youngstown,
killed his brother James this morning
in a dispute over the division of a
corn CrOD.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
Sentenced TO Hnn~

ATLANTA. Ga, Nov. 2S.-John
Brown and Tom Savinger, negroes,
were convicted to-day of Defoe's muir.
der, which occurred several years ago,
and were sentenced TO hang in Jan
|
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

A COMPLAINT comes from Drip
pring Springs that the DAILY STATES
MAN is received there semi-weekly,
three copies at time. The Dripping
Springs mail is conveyed in the Fred
ericksburg mail sacks, and the post
master opens this sack twice a week,
on regular days. TO get his mail out of
it. 1t is presumed the contract calls
for delivery at Dripping Springs
twice week, when under these Cir
cumstances it could be delivered
every day in the week without the
least additional expense.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
The Pnnsinn Frauds.

WATERToWN, Mass, Nov. 2S.-
The publication Of the pension list of
this city shows that several pension
ers have been dead for Il year and
more. One woman drew a pension in
the name Of her mother.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
1IiE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.

tfES. JUBAL EARLY declares that
Tie English language is rot strong
enough for him VIII n he talks about
Gen. Malone.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
!, Reward offered.

NEWA"K, y. j.. Nov. 2S.-Tha fu-
neral Of aullin. the girl found muir
dered, occurred to-day. The citizens
OF Orange have offered $500 for the
murderer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

A DABKEY ia Chicago has laid
Prof. Sullivan on his back The
drkey may be invited to make his
i ,na Ia Boston.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

New YORK Democrats appear to
I've in the way OF Democratic success.
,ghey demand nominees, and then they
destroy them, because of their own
discussions.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

TIE proposition to increase the mu-
icipal school tax may be carried.
j,t-sN '5;'I in the public schools
lils l,,.tn made ~ canvass,r in its
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
Henry Clay on Signs.
IN. Y. Evening Post


l will relate story Of Henry Clay,
who once offered in the senate q reSo-
luton in which he was greatly inter
ested, and which was amended out of
all liiness to itself before its passage,
nothing OF the original resolution be-
ing left. Mr.. Clay arose, much dis
gusted, AID said it reminded him OF
the misfortunes of his old boot-maker
at Ashland, Job JeEkiDs. q believe
this is but Il variant of story told
by Benjamin Franklin, but ut all
events this is what Mr.. Clay ,id):
Jenkins was an cid resident of this
place and well-knOWn for honesty OF
dealing. He was induced one day.
by an enterprising painter, to put
an elaborate sign over his sign door
thus: Job jenkins sells boots and
shoes, cheap for cash." 1t looked
and read well from across the
streets, but an old friend ran to him
and in a very confidential manner
said: "My dear Job, it looks very
foolish in you to give information
that we all well know. Everybody
knows that you sell only for cash. 1t
looks insulting to place it upon your
sign. Take it eff at once or it will
ruin your business" Job sorrowfuliy
took it Off. Another good and wise
man called in to express his admiration
of the sign: only say dear Job, you
insult the intelligence of the whole
town by placing upon that sign just
what everybody knows. They all
know, without being told, that Job
Jenkins sells boots and shoes. Have
it taken off at once, if you wish to re-
tain your popularity" The objection
able words were at once stricken out.
The sign then read Job jenkins"
All his neighbors hooted and laughed
at him for his vanity in putting up
his name in gilt letters over a door so
well known as the shop of Job Jen-
kins. eve all know you, dear Job,
and love you, SO please tai down that
proud-looking sign" Job did do so,
and relying upon the good quality of
his work, his business prospered as
well without the sign as with it, and
nobody had any Improvements to
OffpP
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Florida is utilizing convicts on tur-
pentine farms.
The Women'S Industrial association
at Mobile opened on the 2Jth.
Lexington, Ky, has the smallest
death rate of any city in America,
says the Press.
The cotton shipments from Helena,
Ark, are less by 10000 bales this year
than they were last.
The track of the Vicksburg,
Shreveport & Pacific will be com
pleted as far us Shreveport by Febru
AIRY.
\ glass factory will be established
in Little Rock, Ark. The building
will cost $1O,O 900, exclusive Of the real
estate.
Ex-Lieut. Flipper has left the
laundry business and gone with sur
Yeyors' party on TIE Mexican Central
railroad.
Macon, Ga, claims It's resident one
Of the descendants Of the late Sir
Francis Drake, who died in England,
leaving fortune of $76,DO,OOO.
Pensacola expects to have gas
works in operation, street-car5 run
ming, anew cotton compress and steam
laundry before the end of the year.
The people around Tampa, Fla,
complain that the wholesale slaughter
of mullet in the spawning season is
about to result in total eXtermina-
ton.
The plan for connecting Fort Smith
and Hot Springs by rail is being agi-
tated. 1t is in the hands of enter
priSing men from whom results are
expected.
1t is now demonstrated beyond
question that camel coal exists in
large quantities in the Bennettsville
region, in breckenridge county, Ky
says the News.
1t is said that tobacco raisers in
Montgomery county, Ky, realize as
much as $3.50 per acre for their crop
and good land in that county rents
for $50 per acre.
Considerable complaint is made in
many portions of Kentucky that the
fly is badly damaging the early soWn
wheat. In some localities whole
fields are utterly ruined
BY all act of the Kentucky legisla-
ture each representative district in
the state is entitled to send four prop
eriy prepared students, free OF cost Of
tuition, to the state college at Lex
ington.
The Atlanta Journal says: "a
wholesale liquor dealer of this city
offers to give $1,000 to carry the coun-
try for prohibition Somebody has,
doubtless, been telling him about the
fabulous profits of smuggling in Geor-
gia prohibition counties.
A Georgia lady has just finished a
quilt containing 2400 pieces, and over
1000 yards Of thread. If the scraps
had been sold to the rag-man, the
time and thread counted in, the
money would, no doubt, have furnish
ed all the beds in the house.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
Sbefield is tba oon,ino :

SheiheId is the coming town Of Ala
bama. 1t is to be situated on a high
bluff overlooking the Tennessee
river at the foot of the Muscle Shoals
and three miles from Tuscumbia. The
company of capitalists who are found-
ing the new city will begin at once to
build an iron furnace, a cotton seed
oil mill, a cotton factory, a spoke fac
tory. and large agricultural nipple.
ment works are also projected.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
fGRslGa FACTS
EgIlomo Il Events Across tile water
STONES ToR GLADsToNE.

LONDON, Nov. 28.-Eight blocks of
stone were placed upon the railway
track near WolveThampton. 1t is
surmised that the purpose was to
wreck the train having Gladstone on
hoard
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

LONDON. Nov. 2S.-Th Paris corre-
spcndent Of the Times persists in the
belief that the Tonquin difficulty will
be the subject of arbitration after
France proves that she has the mill
tary power to crush China.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

RoULAIX, France, Nov 28.-Dil-
lies factory, covering 1900 square
metres, was burned this morning.
The flames spread to the factory Of
Mott 81 Meillason, which is now burn
ing. The whole town is endangered.