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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
New York Notes.

NEW YORK, June 4,-The schedule
in the assignment of Warfeld & Co.,
print dealers and importers, shows liza
bilities to be $16O,844: nominal assets.
$751; ,9O9; actual asset, $68,689. Judge
Donahue, of the supreme court, di-
rected a resale OF the property,
The Great Boulder Consolidated
Gold and Silver Mining company's
Colorado property was sold under
foreclosure of mortgage to secure
the issue of 100000 worth of bonds,
and was bought in by trus-
tees of the mortgage for $4,000.
A resale was ordered in consequence
of the inability of the trustees and
bondholders to come to ANY agree
ment.
An inquest was begun to-day in
the cases of twelve victims of the
recent panic on Brooklyn bridge.
c. G. Martin, superintendent of
ttheL bridge, testified to the
fact of the occurrence as
learned by him, and stated that at
the time of the disaster there were
twenty-five special police officers on
the bridge. A railing has been put
up at the stairway since the accident,
but witness said this precaution
would not remedy matters
there in case of another panic.
An incline plane had been
suggested in place of the stairway,
but this also would not afford any re-
lief but on the contrary would be dan
gerous in slippery weather. The
present stairway was the best
arrangement that could be made for
the safety of the passenger pass.
Stranahan, trustee, said that on days
when there was an unusual pressure
of travel, one of the wagon roads
would be thrown open to the public
as temporary relief. If it should seem
best an additional walk for passen-
gers could be constructed on each
side of the carriage way.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
The Badge Of Preferment.
[Philadelphia American, Republican.

lPhlladelphla American, Republican,.
The selection made for successor
to Mr.. Raum at the head of the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue, cannot be
regarded as likely to increase the pub
lie confidence in the presidents judg-
ment. Had he made the choice at
once, when Mr.. Raum resigned, he
probably would have done no worse,
and he would have saved himself
worry and other people disappoint-
ment. But after weeks of delay, and
the presentation of several good can
didates, he takes one of the least sat
isfactory men who bad been named
partly, it would seem. because
the better candidates were
more strongly opposed than this one.
Mr.. Walter Evans, of Louisville, oc-
cupies a place in politics not unlike
that of our new postmaster general,
who is his personal friend and the
chief supporter of his candidacy. In
1876, thew were supporting Mr.. Bris-
tow in his war upon Mr.. Grant. In
1880, they were trying to force Mr..
Grant upon the Republican party.
What motive there may have been
for such 'volteface' in four years, is
unknown to the public. Mr.. Evans
wears 1905" medal, and stands, it is
said, in close relations with the whis-
key interests of his own state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
TIE ruassr AN BEST
Remedy Ever Made.-It is Com.
pounded from Hops, Malt, Buohu,
Mandrake and DandeIiOn.

The oldest, best, most renowned and valu-
able medicine in the world and in addition it
contains all the best and most effective cura-
tive properties of all other remedies, being the
greatest liver regulator, blood purifier, and
life and health restoring agent on earth.
1t gives new life and vigor to the aged and
infirm. To clergymen, lawyers, literary men,
ladies, and all whom sedentary employments
cause Irregularities of the Blood, Stomach,
Bowels, or Kidneys, or who require an appe-
tier, tonic. and mild Stimulant, it is invaluable
being highly curative. tonic and stimulating
without being intoxicating
No matter what your feelings or symptoms
are, or what the disease or ailment is, use Hop
Bitters. Don't wait until you are sick, but
you only feel bad or miserable use the bitters
at once. 1t may save your life. Hundreds
have been saved by SO doing, at a moderate
cost Ask your druggist, or physician. DO
not suffer yourself or let your friends suffer,
but use and urge them to use Hop Bitters.
If you have lameness in the loins, with fire.
quent pains and aches; numbness of the thigh
Scanty, painful and frequent discharge Of
urine, filled with pus, and which will turn red
by standing; voracious appetite and un-
quenchable thirst; harsh and dry skin; clam
my tongue, often darkly furred; swollen and
nfiamed gums; dropsical swelling of the
limbs; frequent attack of hiccOugh; inability
10 void the urine, and great fatigue in attempt
ing it-you are suffering from some form OF
Kidney or Urinary Complaint, such as
BRIGHT's DISEASE of the Kidneys, stone or
inflammation of the bladder, gravel and rena-
tention of the urine, and Hop Bitters is The
only remedy that will permanently cure you.
Remember, Hop BitterS is no vile, dragged,
drunken noStrum, but the pureSt and best
medicine ever made, and no person or family
should be without it.
Don't risk any of the highly lauded stuff
with testimonials of great cures, but ask your
neighbor, druggist, pastor OF physicians what
Hop BitterS has and can do for you and test it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

A STRONG syndicate has been urging
the commissioner of patents to grant
an application for process to regu-
late the temperature of lager beer, but
thus far they have been unsuccessful
Commissioner Marbles attention has
been called to the fact that to grant
such a patent would be in the interest
of monopoly comprising three large
Western brewing firms, who have
secured exclusive control from the in
ventor. 1t is also alleged that the
proposed patent is an infringement
upon another, and hence great care
has to be exercised in the matter. The
attorney for the brewers has declined
to divulge anything relative to the
patent, on the ground that it would
be furnishing the enemy with weap-
ons to fight it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
Personal.

Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett's
husband is clerk in the surgeon
generals Office at Washington.
Miss Mary Anderson will remain
at her Long Branch cottage until
July l, when she will sail for Europe.
Mr.. West, the British minister, says
Washington is cool enough for him,
and he will not leave until late in
the season.
Mrs. Algernon SartOris, nee Miss
Nelly Grant, will spend the summer
with her father, Gen. Grant, at his
Long Branch cottage.
Nine. Jennie Lind Goldsmith lives
in her own house at No. Morton
Gardens. Brompton roads, South Ken
sington. She is no longer to be
praised for beauty, and she wears "a
wig. Her voice is gentle when she
speaks and charming when she sings,
but it no longer thrills.
Professor w. w. Goodwin, of Har-
ward university. the eminent Greek
scholar, is to receive the honorary de-
gree of LII. D., at Cambridge univer
sity, on the 18th of June, in company
with Sir John Lubbock, Matthew
Arnold. NJ. Pasteur. the great French
chemist; George Watts, the painter:
General Menabree, the Italian minis
ter, and others.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
lIef. Butler Advises the Negroes to Go
hack on the Republican Party.

Ben Butler AdsIsss the Negroes to Go
Back on the Republican Party.
The Vicksburg (Miss.) Herald
prints he following Jesuitical letter
from CIV. B. T. Butler to a colored
politiri n in that state:
Boston, MASS. April %, 1888.
ii. c. arser, Vicksburg, Miss:
DEA SIR-You are mistaken in
suppos lg that l have any special
knowl, lge of the condition of politi-
cal affairs in Mississippi, as only see
them at a distance strained through
the medium of the different political
papers: therefore cannot speak with
particularly about Mississippi.
You ask me what line of conduct /
would advise the colored men of the
South to pursue in political affairs.
To that l answer frankly, look out
for yourselves. That is to say, vote
for the best men, whose life and con-
duct you know well, and who have
shown thereby their desire that equal
justice and equal rights shall come to
all men under the law. No matter
what promises are made by political
orators, or what inducements are held
out to obtain your votes, look to what
men have done and been, and not to
what they say they will do or will be.
If candidate for office whom you
can trust is In favor of the education
of your children, the equal
taxation of your property, and the
protection of your persons by law,
vote for him, whatever he may be
called politically. 1t is mistake for
r he a01D 70
party solidly, even in localities where
but it is equally their duty to vote
for men who will best represent the
interests of all. You live in COM
munity composed of both white and
colored men, and you want to have a
peaceful, quiet life in that communi-
ty. There are good men in both par
ties, and you will obtain the respect
of every good man if you will pursue
the course l have indicated. By so
doing you will Iull the passions and
the hard feelings engendered by the
war, and the disappointment and re-
grets. if any, produced by the eman-
cipation of the colored man, will die
out. 1t is of more consequence to
the colOred man that he shall have
peace and prosperity in the communi-
ty where he lives than who is presi-
dent, or who is senator, or representa-
tive to congress. In a word, vote for
all good, honest and true men who
are now your friends, and vote
against all men who, by their con-
duct. have not shown themselves
your friends, however loud or per-
sistent their promises may be. Re
member that the Holy Scriptures say:
by their fruit We shall know them"
l am very truly yours,
BENJAMIN F. BUTLER.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

ToPOLoBAMPo BAY is on the coast
of the Gulf of California, and the
Mexican Topolobambo railway is to
have its eastern terminus on the Rio
Grande, where it will connect with
the Texas system of roads and there
by with all the roads of the south.
The protector tn nks there is big
money 10 his Topolobampo en-
terprise, considering that every one
of our Atlantic ports from Portland,
Maine, to the southern extremity
of Florida; each and every one
Of our gulf ports; each and every city
of the Mississippi valley south of
Wisconsin, is nearer the Pacific Ocean,
at Topolobampo, than at the respect
i've termini of the other Pacific roads.
As compared with any other route,
the distance between New York and
the Pacific will beshortened ESQ miles,
and st. Louis will save 55S miles by
taking the Topolobampe route, and
it viii be the short trunk line to the
Pacific for roads leading from st.
Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Men,
phis, Nashville, Norfolk and all south
ern cities, and when completed will
make another great inter-oceanic
trunk sytem through Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
MISCELLANEOUS nA1'Trns AND
THINGS.

Tere are 1900 Indians in Dakot 1
that belong to the Catholic church.
The ladies of the Mount Vernon
a association are reported to have made
the singular discovery at their meet
ing recently that the Stars and Stripes
have never flOated from the historic
mansion since the death of Washing
ton. They at once determined to
have formal flag raising before ad-
journing their annual session.
The Duke of Cambridge has raised
the question in England, whether la
dies should be permitted to be present
at public dinners, by declining to take
the chair at the CaledOnian asylum
dinner because ladies were to sit down
with gentlemen at the banquet. The
Duke of Albany made TO objection
last year, but the refusal of the Duke
of Cambridge compelled the Earl of
Galloway, at the last moment, to
preside.
A BostOnian recently returned from
Europe relates an incident which is
not without its point. He was stand
ing one evening in hotel at Amster-
dam when lively colloquy took
place between velvet de place and a
courier. The former, while Wiping
the perspiration from his face, burst
out These Americans beat every
thing. A family came yesterday and
said they must see Amsterdam in one
day. put them through, and have
just started them off in the cars.
Why, these Americans when sight
seeing work like horses ~ eS," add
ed the courier sententiOuSly, "and
they spend their money like asses"
Sir John Lubbock makes a state
ment which is hard to realize. Down
to the year 1924 the English govern
ment gave to the taxpayer a notched
stick as receipt. The old eXcheq-
uer tallies were willow rods about
five feet long, which were notched at
certain intervals, each notch being u :
derstood to mean SO many pounds,
shlll1ngs or pence, or fractions there
OF. When the amounts were thus
notehed the stick was split, one part
being kept by the taxpayer and tho
other by the government. Immense
numbers of these old tallies were
slowed away in the vault of the old
House of Commons, and it is said
that they were probably the cause of
thefire which destroyed it.
DR.. w. A. Conn, of McGaheysville,
Virginia, is the possessor of a sword
once worn by Lafayette The mono
gram, of Lafayette is plainly visible
under the hilt,, but unfortunately the
sword was hidden away during the
late-war, and when DR.. Conn tried to
draw it from its scabbard, it was
found to be rusted so badly that it
was necessary to place it in wise to
get it out. The pressure of the wise
obliterated the monogram and part
of the Latin inscription, which was ::
The virtue of the sword is in the
bravery of the man." Part of that
can still be deciphered. The hilt is
wrapped with silver wire, and the
guard is of solid silver. DR.. Conn
wished to send it to Yorktown to
Lafayette's descendants, but could
find no trustworthy person from his
neighborhood to take charge of it.
and he would not trust it to any Of
the caraierS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

The pay OF the college professor IS,
just now, receiving share of public
attention. 1t is contended by many,
that in this country he is paid too
much, and in justification of this
claim, it is said, that the learned pro-
fessors in the German universities
receive very small salaries, one thou
sand dollars being more than
the average. A professor in
an American university would
turn his nose up at a thousand
dollar proposition, and justly, too, for
he could not live upon less than twice
that sum. 1t may be that the ten
dency is to pay too much to professors
in this country; high salaries have
been the order of the day for a good
many years, and still the tendency is
to send them higher. The greatest
university in the South pays its pro-
fessors three thousand dollars, and
gives them houses free of charge, and
this has been the rule at the universe
ty of Virginiafo Il great many years.
The pay of the German professor
should be no criterion for compensa-
ton in this country, for, though he
may be very profound in scholarship,
he is not very fascinating in person.
The German people have learned the
economies of life so per-
fectly that they can live on
one-third less than Americans. The
German professor is governed in his
disbursements for living i'y the same
rule that applies to his people. Ex-
travagance is admissible only in
princes, and many of these live eco
nomically. The German professor
mingles freely with the people, and
this he may do in Germany
with little outlay, while in
America, the college professor, to
mix and mingle with the world.
as he must, is compelled to spend
money freely. 1t may be safely held
that no MN who has not mingled
with and made a study of men as they
are found in active life, is properly
fitted to become an.educator of young
men who are about to enter into and
take an active part in that life. There
is continual struggle on the part of
an excellent element of American so
ciety to draw the line between ele-
gance and display, and to rest social
standing on merit and behavior, but
it is not a popular struggle and
the time has not come for it
to succeed. Until it does
college professors will be more or less
at a disadvantage, for they can never
hope to get their salaries adjusted to
the present condition of affairs,
though our board of regents have
made an effort to do it. One error has
been committed in fixing the pay of
professors in the Texas university
they are not, properly, all worth
the same sum, and there should
have been discrimination, and
there necessarily must be dis
elimination in the near future.
The very learned DIR. Roberts has said
that "civilization begins and ends
with the plow." 1t is civilization
that does not admit of profligacy in
the expenditure of public money. To
pay all professors alike is certainly
profligacy, and to manufacture pro-
fessor to draw a large salary is the
height of profligacy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

THE New York Sun is satisfied
that an event of great Importance to
Catholics in this country is pending.
A plenary council for the United
States may be convoked at an early
day. The scope and purpose of the
council will not, of course, be def
nately settled until the views of the
American hierarchy have been elic-
tied, and to that end several infiuen-
tial members Of the Episcopate will,
it is said, be speedily invited to Rome.
1t is expected, however, that whereas
Archbishop Spaulding oficiated as
apostolic delegate at the Council
of Baltimore in 1866, Leo XIII
will be represented on the coming oc-
casion by Roman canonist Of extern
sive erudition and experience, select
ed from among the most distinguish
ed prelates of the curia. The Sun
thinks the papal delegate should be
able to enlighten and invigorate the
labors of the council, so as to perma-
nently allay the troubles growing out
of infractions of church discipline and
of canonical morality" The place for
holding the council has not been fixed.
1t will be New York, or probably
Baltimore.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
Penitentiary Investigation.


The question is of too vital impor-
lance to be passed over by a court of
whitewash applied by Mr.. Goree to
his own official acts. There has
been for years well grounded opin-
ion that the convicts were cruelty
treated, and this was one of the
causes that led to demand for a
change of management, which de
mand was stubbornly resisted by Mr..
Goree, the salaried servant of the
people. The people triumphed
and the change was made.
The good effects ex-
pected by the people have been great
ly neutralized by the retention of Mr..
Goree as the superintendent of the
eenitentiary. and this coat of white
wash applied to himself does not in
crease the confidence of the public in
his management. The board cannot
evade the responsibility which rests
upon them by the evasion of their
plain duty. If wrong has beenldone it
should be exposed let the consequences
he what they may. The issue has
been Joined and another Investigation
thoroug and searching, conducted by
disinterested parties, and not an ex-
parte examination, by the defendants
themselves, is in order. aad the public
viii not be satisfied with AN evasion by
the responsible party, the penitentiary
board. In resuming the management
of the penitentiaries, the people were
actuated by desire to improve its
condition and that of its inmates,
and their care and comfort was not
placed in the scales with the cash
balance. Humanity and dollars can
not be contrasted. the one with the
other, with the people of Texas, nor
will they quietly submit to the cruel
and inhnman treatment of peniten-
ti;lry convicts, that salaried officials
inay be exempted from the culpabil-
ity that attaches to their conduct. A
rehearing will be looked for with in
terest.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
Should Have a Care.
fort Worth GazAtte,l

The grand jury of Travis county,
in a fit of virtue, is finding indict-
ments against the visitors to the cap
toll who have been inveigled into an
occasional game of "draw." The city
is filled with professional gamblers
who follow their vocations every day
and night in the year unmolested by
the inquisitorial commission. The
people of Austin should have care
lest they merit the charge so often
made against them that it lives off
the people who visit the place. The
visitors should be indicted if they vio-
late the law, but there should be no
discrimination in favor of residents
of the city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

AFTER a long and exciting dis
cussion in st. Louis, the school au-
thorities of that city have decided not
to abolish coropreal punishment in
the public schools. In order to make
it appear reasonable each case must
be referred to the principal of the
school, for him to inquire into and
pass upon. Still it is a relic of bar
barism not creditable to the enlight-
eminent of the community.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

THERE are in the United States
one hundred and twenty.six revenue
districts, and it has almost been de-
termined to reduce the number to
eighty-four. 1t will not, perhaps. be
so difficult 70 carve out the new dis
tricts as it viii be to determine who
OF the collectors shall be retained and
who shall be dropped from the list.
All OF the collectors have their friends
among congressman. and it is about
certain that they will all make Wig
orous fight to be retained. OF course
those presumed to have the most in
ilnenee win remain in the service I'M
less their records are against them.
There are districts the territory of
which win not be disturbed by the
consolidation. Where district en-
bracesa whole state. for instance. it
win not be enlarged or changed
and the collector of such
district will not, probably.
lie disturbed. In states, however.
where there are two or more districts
there the trouble win be. Wherever
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
When 1t Will Do.
[san Antonio Express.

Gen. Jubal A. Early has declined
to permit camp of confederate vet
Grams at Lynchburg. Virginia, to be
named for him. He recommends that
it be called Camp Garland, in honor
of the first confederate general that
fell in the war. He further suggests
that it is dangerous to pay honors to
any but dead men. Yes, and the
deader they are the safer it is. After
a man has been dead about century
and nothing against his character has
been dug up, it may be considered
fairly safe to name children after him
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

THE horrible rumor is put forth
that John Kelly has recently visited
Boston, and has formed an offensive
and defensive political alliance with
Governor Ben Butler. AS a result
Tammany is to boom Butler for the
presidency, and Butler, when nomin-
ated and elected, is to give the control
of the New York Custom House into
Kelly's hands. The ticket is to be
Butler and Kelly the platform, for
political revenue only. OF course,
such candidacy will the win nomi-
nation and then, of course, the cleo
tion-in horn.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

CONGRESSMAN MoULTON, Of Hi
nois, is satisfied Democracy can win
in the next presidential contest, pro-
vided the next speaker of the house Of
representatives be one who - npa-
thises with hepeoplein their e, eIor
a tariff for revenue only, and ,r,, Ter
such conditions he says, 1--WE eau go
to the people, and carry the country"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
BY Another Name.
Boston POst.I

A colored waiter who was arrested
on the charge of stealing $50 from
Senator Malone, was discharged in
the police court for want of evidence.
He threatened to bring suit for false
Imprisonment. There's plenty of ev.
idence that Malone himself has sto-
no, we mean readjust ed, good deal
more than that, but he's never been
arrested. .---