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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
PERSONAL.

Inc RUSSIAN minister Will In June
go to Russia and in the autumn will
return with his family.
General Schofield's trip to what the
California people call ''the East" will
take him to st. Louis.
Augustus o. Bourn, the Republican
candidate for governor of Rhode
Island, lives in castellated stone
structure overlooking the bay at
Bristol. He is largely interested in
the rubber works there.
The morganatic widow of the late
Gar has returned to st. Petersburg
with her three chilren, and the faith
full black setter that always accom-
panied her husband. This puts and
end to the absurd report that the
princess was banished from her native
country for ever by order of the pres
ent emperor.
/ w. E. Moore, of Petersburg, Vir-
ginia, and his bride started the day of
their marriage, in January, for a visit
west, and have not been heard from
since. Families of the parties are
very much concerned.
On Friday next Mrs. Emeline
Meeker is to be hanged for the cruel
murder of one of her children, little
Alice Meeker. She still protests that
she is innocent of the crime.
Vanderbilt's grandson, now three
months old, has been presented with
forty-two silver mugs.
Notwithstanding the fact that
Judge Thurman has always been re-
ported as being comparatively poor,
he pays the largest personal property
tax in Columbus, Ohio.
The president has appointed George
b. Sage United States judge for the
southern district of Ohio, vice VIII
liam White, deceased.
Magashichiro Sagi and the other
Japanese tourists have left Chicago
for San Francisco, and will sail
shortly for home. One of them said
to Chicago reporter: ave copy from
the United States, and we look up to
her first.
With not unnatural pride, Mr.. ]
o. Sargent, of Ellsworth, Maine,
writes: "There are now living of the
family of benjamin G. Sargent. late
of Brooklin, Hancock county. Maine.
nine sons and two daughters, of
which | am the third. Our ages are
70, 70, 20, 81, 50, 90, 81, 50, IS, "a, so,
making our united ages 695. -Four of
us were born in Massachusetts,, and
the others in Sedgwick, Maine"
Dion Boucicault's son-in-law, Clay
ton, while playing his great part of
Hugh Trevor, in "All for Her." at
Brighton, and when in his best scenes,
was utterly knocked over by persist
ent loud talking in a stage box. Ut
terly unable to proceed, he at last
went up to the box and said: Ladies
and gentlemen, i fear my perform
ance interrupts your conversation.
AS soon as can proceed without dis
tressing you shall resume my part
The speech was received with tre-
mendous applause by the audience,
amid cries of turn them outT The
box was mute. One gentleman sought
to pick quarrel with him afterWard.
but aftera little conversation thought
better Of it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

THE Christian Union complains
that ministers are growing scarce,
and an exchange pertinently pres nts
a problem after this fashion: "Why is
it that the colleges have decreased the
supply of preachers, and have not im-
proved the average caliber? One
person who ansW ers says that $500 to
$1,000 salaries, 20 per cent off, and hard
to collect at that, have something to
do with making the supply meager;
and there is a good deal in this no
ton. Other occupations promise
bright young men more money and, as
they are easily persuaded, as abund-
ant opportunities for doing good. If
christian men followed universally
the ancient scriptural practices OF
giving tithes of all their income fol
the support of religion, there would
be less complaint of scarcity of labor
ers in the harvest.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

STATE elections are to be held in
Michigan and Rhode Island the first
week in April-in the former state on
the 2d and in the latter on the 4th.
Michigan (besides township officers)
will choose a justice of the supreme
court to fill a vacancy, and another
for a full term; and also two regents
of the university. Inasmuch as Mich
igan, usually a strong Republican
state, went Democratic in November,
the result of the coming election will
be credited with unusual Importance
as an indication whether or no the
voters have really changed in polit-
ical sentiment.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

ALREADY there arises necessity for
the revision of the new tariff law.
Besides being a fraud, it is said to be
full of errors, oversights and omis-
sions. 1t is now ascertained that the
rebate on unbroken packages of to-
bacco in the hands of dealers, which
it was clearly the intention of con-
gress to allow, cannot be made, be-
cause no appropriation for its pay
ment was provided. The rebate to
manufacturers was authorized to be
paid in stamps, and therefore they
will secure it; but the dealers must
trust to the next congress to repair
the error.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston
Traveller says that the late Alexander
IL. Stephens once said to him that the
famous southern tour of Stephen A.
Douglas was made by his invitation
Il SENT" said Mr.. Stephens, ''letter
after letter to Douglas rdvising him to
come south and deliver some speeches,
but received no reply. NOless than a
dozen were sent with the same re-
quest, and still there was no answer
Then sent a special messenger to Mr.
Douglas, who said that he had never
received one of my letters, and af'
terward found out that they were al
intercepted by the postmaster"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
A Handsome Gift.

Col. ChenOweth, the distinguished
representative from Fannin, and
chairman of the internal improve
ment committee of the house, was
yesterday the favored recipient Of a
very handsome testimonial from a
number of his admiring friends and
constituents, in the shape of a mann
moth meerschaum pipe, beautifully
and deliberately worked. Ike Marvel,
we imagine, could not have been hap
pier in his revels than will be the
genial and handsome representative
of Fannin, as he exhausts charge af-
ter charge of inspiring perique from
its exquisite receiver, and 'fond
memory brings the light of other days
around him."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
Governor ireland Injured.

Yesterday evening as Governor
Ireland was sitting in buggy, drawn
by spirited horse, in front of the gate
at the executive mansion, just having
returned from the funeral of General
Andrew Neil, the horse took fright
at the creaking of the gate, which had
been opened by a visitor passing
through, and jumping suddenly
around overturned the buggy and
violently hurled the governor out. He
was painfully but not seriously in
jured and although suffering much
pain from several bruises on the
right arm, side and hip, was resting
quietly at 9o'clock last night, with.
out having been attended by d
physician.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

aim has been to publish
book that would prove reliable
guide for advertisers who want to
know exactly what circulation they
are paying for when inserting adver-
tisements in papers the country over,
and in order to get correct informa-
ton he wrote to publishers, enclosing
circulation blanks for them to fill out.
He will publish 5000 copies of the di-
rectory and carefully circulate it
among advertisers all over the United
States and Canada. In addition to its
general information, it will contain
about fifty pages of advertising con-
fined exclusively to newspapers and
other publications. The only Texas
papers represented in its advertising
pages are the STATESMAN and the
SiftingS TRAMP.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

For eleven years Kansas has had a
capital punishment law on its statute
books, and yet no man has been hung
in the state except by lynchers. Un-
der the statute person sentenced to
death is first imprisoned year in the
penitentiary, and if, at the expiration
of that time, the death warrant is
signed by the governor, the execution
takes place; but otherwise the i'm
prisonment continues.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

To WHAT use win not electricity be
applied? An Austrian savant pro-
poses to light up the inside of a mans
body for the purpose of facilitating
the performance of surgical opera
tions. Prof. Leitz. of Vienna, is de-
vising electrically lighted instruments
for Illuminating the throat, nasal
passages and other internal parts of
the system. Having been obliged
recently to make an incision in a
cavity in the liver of a person suffer-
ing from cyst, he lighted up its in
terror surface with one of his instru-
ments and obtained clear view of
its condition.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

AN ORGANIZED band of daring
thieves. driven from New York City,
it is said, by the Introduction of
burglar alarms and similar contriv-
ances in banks, jewelry stores and
other places where money is kept or
valuables are to be found in small
packages. are coming west to ply
their trade in new pastures among
the more unsophisticated.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
All Free Traders.
memphis Avalanche. ]


The New York Tribune wants to
know if the Democrats dare come
openly for free trade. Certainly. We
are all free traders, in the abstract.
But when it comes down to business
we are mostly in favor of tariff that
will afford a good deal of revenue to
support the government and at the
same time protectAmerican industries
against British cheap labor. Han
cock is one of these free traders, and
we propose to elect him to the presi'
dency if we can smother few of ouI
cranks who are bowling like Waiter.
son for British free trade. The Ava
lanche and Hancock are solid fol-
American free trade.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

Mr.. p. Thompson, Austin's old hide
and wool merchant, accompanied by
Mr.. w. s. sherwood. formerly of
Toledo, Ohio, and who first intro
duced into Texas the Colorado sheep
dip tobacco, leave this morning for
San Antonio and other points in the
wool-growing portion of the state
These gentlemen go in the interest of
Mr.. Archie. Thompson, of this city,
who is state agent for the Colorado
sheep dip tobacco. Mr.. Thompson
has written certificates of the eflicien-
cy of this tobacco from well-knowu
wool-growers, as will be seen in an
other column one of the many testi-
monials that can be furnished.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

TIE New England cotton mill lords
are importing cheap female Irish
labor into their establishments. One
lot of 450 girls has just been brought
into New Hampshire to run Ameri-
can labor out and reduce the wages,
now below the British standard. In
Connecticut the barons have been i'm
porting Swedish girls for the same
purpose. How sedulously the pro-
tected sect look after the interests of
American peoplel
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
Free Delivery system Here.

A dispatch from Col. j. c. DeGress,
postmaster at this place, addressed to
announces that the postal authorities
have granted the free delivery system
to-Agstin. Col. DeGress is now in
Washington, and says that the ear
riers will be put on the first of May
The public of Austin is to be con-
graduated on this arrangement, as il
puts this city on first postal footing
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

In recent letter from Alabama to
the Rushville Jacksonian, Luther
Benson puts a quictus upon some Re-
publican twaddle that is flying around
very loosely in some of the party Or
gans:
The Republicans up north are
keeping up terrible howl over the
two southern defaulting state treas
urers. They have both done what no
Republican official thief ever has done
or ever will do. Vincent, of this
state, left half the money, $4,000, in
the treasury. What Republican thief
ever left one-half the money? A Re-
publican leave half the money! Polk,
of Tennessee, has offered to pay every
dollar of his deficiency back into the
state treasury if they will just let
him out of Jail and promise not to
send him to the penitentiary, but they
refuse. Just think of aRepublican thief
Offering to make good to the state or
nation his theft, if let off. OF the
more than 100000 Republican officials,
not one was ever known to leave one
copper cent that he could get his
hands on, nor has one ever offered to
make good the amount of his steal
The fact that Vincent left half the
money in the treasury is evidence that
he is Democrat; and Polk offering
to make good every cent he took
stamps him a Democrat also. The
country can rest easy, and be assured
that Hon. Joseph e. Mcdonald is not
going to appoint either Vincent OF
Polk to an Office under his admins
tratiOn"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

Gov. BATE has signed the bill au-
thorizing the offer of fifty cents on
the dollar in new three per cent bonds
ON the old bonded Indebtedness of
Tennessee. In Virginia Mahone's
plan of reputation has been fixed,
since the United States supreme court
virtually upholds it. Texas could
have repudiated some very unreason-
able and unjust debts left unpaid by
the Republicans. but the Democratic
policy has been to pay every debt, and
the standing of Texas, in financial
sense. is now better than that Of the
federal government.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

No protectionist ever has or ever
will explain why it is that in almost
free-trade England wages are over
twice as high as they are in high
protection Germany. This fact being
absolutely fatal to the theory of the
protectionists, is never alluded to by
them. You cannot get them to even
guess at what Is the trouble with pro
lection in European countries. They
know that the claim that a high
tariff makes wages high is false.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

Ton OCHILTREE has been looking
after precedent for receiving his
salary, and he has found one. The
government some years ago sued on
bond for $1,000 signed by ex-senator
Window, and obtained judgment,
but no attempt was made to deduct
the amount from the senator's salary
But the statute is positive in its
terms prohibiting the payment of any
money to persons indebted to the gov
eminent, precedent or no precedent.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

a romance of the penitentiary is
told as follows in the dispatches
from Lansing, Michigan: Thirty
years ago man named Ulman was
sentenced to life Imprisonment for
the murder of one Estabrook, and
now after generation has passed by
Ulman has been pardoned blythe gov
ernor of Michigan. 1t is said that his
conviction was obtained on the testi-
mony of a notorious perjurer, and
that he was absolutely innocent of
the crime of which he was accused.
Many mysterious points in the story
of the murder have not even yet been
cleared up, but the general opinion is
that an innocent man has been COM
PEELED to spend half lie time in
prison.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
Not the Rider, But the Ridden.


Gov. Ireland is now trying to dodge
the penitentiary issue, but he is not
very successful as dodger-at least,
not in this particular instance. He
didn't anticipate such terrible oppo-
sition hail storm as has been raging
ever since the dirty work of ratifying
the penitentiary fraud began. He
would be good dodger indeed if he
could avoid the wrath of this storm
of honest public condemnation and
not get hurt. Ireland has been put Oh
record as a leader of the penitentiary
lease forces, but he does not ride tC
the front, as a leader should.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
THUsRDAY 49, MAR. 49, 1883

THE editorial conduct of the
STATESMAN will remain unchanged.
Mr.. Cardwell. who has shaped its ed
itorial course for over twelve years.
has not severed his connection with
the paper, and no such severance is
anticipated. His labors will be as
earnestly as ever devoted to the sue
cess of the STATESMAN.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

THE LEGISLATURES OF Illinois has
appropriated $1,000 to aid horticul-
tural society in its annual work of
improving and adding interest to hor-
ticulture in that state. A number OF
states give money to agricultural
horticultural and live stock associa-
tions, to aid them in their annual ext
hibitions.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

On Sunday afternoon last, at his
residence near this city, of a conges-
tive chill, Mr.. Milo Nuckols, ST., in the
seventy-first year of his age. He
leaves a widow and six grown chill
dren to bemoan their loss. The de-
ceased was emphatically an honest
man and had no enemies. He was a
beloved and influential member of
the Christian church of this city. He
was a native of Shelbyville, Ken
lucky, but for the last twelve years a
citizen of this county. w.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

THE plan devised and put in opera
ton by the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road company for taking care of EN-.
ployes who are injured or fall sick,
and of providing for the families OF
those who lose their lives, has work
ed admirably. Last year the disburse-
ments in payment of benefits, includ-
ing death losses and expenses of car
ing for sick and injured members
amounted to.the very handsome sum
of SQo0 az so
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
Costly Litigation.
TAuStin County Times.

IAUSIIl OOUIIIy IIIIIto.J
Should the original lessees of the
penitentiary die before the expiration
of their lease, the management of the
convicts would revert into the hands
of their representatives, whose man.
agement might prove so unsatisfac-
tory as to compel the state to abruptly
terminate the lease, which would
most likely involve the state in costly
litigation.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

A SOLDIER, tried in New York for
the theft of one dollar, has been SEN
fenced to one years imprisonment in
renitentiary. 1t has been calcu-
A.Gphat liowgate's punishment at
this rate would keep him in the peni-
Tertiary for nearly two hundred thou
sand years.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
The Weekly Statesman.

Eight pageS-Seventy-two columns
"a circulation now of over four
thousand copies, and new names be,
ing added to the mail lists at the rate
of from $50 to 200 per week. This
rate of increase will in sixty days
show circulation of over 5000. The
shrewdness of the business men OF
Austin and the surrounding towns is
leading them to take advantage of its
columns. and. in the language of one
of the best authorities in such matters
in the state, to profit by the invest.
ment." The subscription price, 500
per year, will often be saved by the
knowledge impaired through it's col.
umns in thousand ways, besides the
pleasure of having afirst-class medium
of communication with the balance
of the world at hand every week.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

CARDINAL MCCLosKEY has COM
pleted his seventy-third year. He en-
joys excellent health, suffering only
from the weakness natural to his
time of life. The cardinal next year
will celebrate the golden jubilee. OIL
flftieth anniversary of his ordination
He will then have been forty years a
bishop and eight years a cardinal.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
Married.:

At the residence of the brides pa.
rents in the city, on Tuesday evening
March q, by Rev. T. B. Lee, Mr.. Ben.
w. Austin, of Sioux City, Iowa, and
Miss Fannie B. Swindells, of this city.
No cards, the ceremony being wit
messed by the family only, and two
or three intimate friends. The young
couple left on the evening Interna.
tional train for Sioux City, Iowa
their future home.
Married-ln Austin, March 26, 1888
by Rev. E. b. Wright, d, D., Mr.
Thos. F. O'Carroll and Miss Jennie M
FAIR, both of this city.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

ON THE 26th the Galveston News
began its forty-third year. 1t cele-
brated the occasion by beginning the
publication of Il Monday morning
edition of the Daily News. 1t is now,
therefore, the only paper in Texas
issued every day in the year.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

Since the thrilling disclosures were
made in the Dublin park murder cases
Lady Frederick Cavendish has writ
ten a letter, in which the death of her
husband is referred to in touching
words. She had been asked by a
clergyman for permission to dedicate
to her a sermon of his on the tragedy,
and she writes that she hopes, before
sending the. sermon to the printers,
he will look carefully through it to
see eff it contains any expression of
desire for vengeance" "You will
readily understand" she says. show l
must shrink from any such feeling"
The law, she knows, must take its
course, but 81 pray" she continues,
''that neither the unspeakable great
ness of my sorrow nor the terrible
wickeddess of those men may ever
blind either myself or any of the
English people to the duty of pa
thence, justice and sympathy in our
thoughts, words and deeds with re-
gard to Ireland and its people at
large
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

THE house got through with the
school land bill, yesterday, and now
it goes back to the senate. Is it too
late to change the bill and leave the
administration in the hands of the
commissioner of the general land Of
flee, instead of under the management
of a boardp
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

CALIFORNIA; has come to the con-
clusion that she has suffered enough
over the freaks of emotional insanity,
and that plea will not hereafter be &C
cepted as line of defense in murder
trials. There is altogether too much
method in that kind of madness.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

WHEN men engage in promiscuous
shooting on the public streets, where
people are constantly passing to and
fro, they should not be tolerated in
the community, but should be tarred
and feathered and drummed out.
Men who settle disputes in this way
are towards. 1t is not a question of
courage with them, but as to who can
get in the first shot, and when they
resort to this method it only proves
their cowardice.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

BRAVE men do not settle disputes
by publicly shooting at each other on
the streets, and thereby endangerlng
the lives of innocent people. This
method is resorted to only by towards
and Villains
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

OF 1862 houses inspected by the Lon
don Sanitary Protection sociesy, last
year. 8 per cent were found to have
drains completely choked up, pre-
venting all communication with a
sewer. In III houses the soil pipes
leaked, allowing sewer gas to enter
the house.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

RHODE ISLAND is a Republican
state by a majority of about five
thousand in a poll of fifteen thousand.
The candidacy of Sprague, however,
causes the Republicans to regard the
coming contest with alarm. But the
elections are surely coming, and we
shall see what we shall see.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

1T Is the opinion of some of the
best judges that Mr.. Robertson's term
as fish commissioner has not expired;
that it will not expire until two years
after his appointment. 1t would be
a happy thing for the state for his
service not to expire at this time.