The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-01
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

The late William n. Seaver. OF
Harper's Magazine. left a 100000 es.
tate.
Hazen lives on the weather. Talk
ing about it gives him the salary and
rank of brigadier general.
William +. Dodge owned vast
tracts of land in the Georgia county
of Dodge. which was named after
him.
George Washington Greene wrote a
short History of Rhode Island" he
cause he could not get long one into
| the state.
Prof. Swift, of Rochester, is anX-
ious to accompany the government
party to the South Pacific to view
the eclipse of the sun.
The state of Indiana has a perma-
nent school fund of S9,175. 033. W.
which is equal to Sl2.S4 per capita for
each child of school age in the state.
Sixteen years ago Syracuse girl
entrusted a lamb TO Il farmer. A few
days ago she was awarded judgment
OF Sl5O for the increase of the lamb.
An Albany man gave balky mule
big drink of whisky. When he gets
out OF the hospital he will apply for
patent on new application Of IN
old motor.
Col. George Kent, a brother of eX-
Governor Kent, for whom "AIaine
went hell-bent," holds a position in
the treasury department at Washing
ton IN spite of his eighty-seven years.
Mr.. Van Allen, speaking in the
New York assembly the other dav.
kindly mentioned Mr.. Spinola, "a we'll
known statesman and fellow-member.
as "a wrecked postscript of piece of
human life
Hereafter when a man attempts
suicide in New York he will likely
make sure thing of it. One who
tried it and failed has just been sen.
fenced to years Imprisonment under
the new penal code.
The Rev. Russell Jennings. aged
eighty, of Chester. Connecticut, re-
Gently took bride of twenty-five,
Signalling the event by giving $780,
wv in shares of 5000 to seven Bap-
fist churches in the vicinity.
The late Marshall Jewell directed
in his will that fresh flowers shall be
sent every Saturday to his daughter
Florence (Mrs. Strong, of Detroit) as
long as she lives. A sum of money
for that purpose was set aside by the
will.
Mrs. Langtry has been neglected in
Cincinnati. AS an actress she is not
wanted; as professional Beauty she
is about played out. There is still
left the occupation of eating thirty
quails in thirty days, if all other SEN
sations fail.
The Boston Globe hits the govern
ment pets heavy lick. Itsays: "Let
those disgruntled Washington clerks
report on a newspaper for two days
and they would consider eight hours
employment in a government Office a
paradise"
n Clergyman is under a cloud of
displeasure because he kissed the
bride at the conclusion of the cere-
mony, when he had been requested in
advance by the bridegroom to omit
that performance. Alas 1t Is hui
man 20 err.
Old Adam Forepaugh wouldn't
have "handsomeSt woman in the
world" as a gift. He had one out |
with his circus last year and has been |
at law with her ever since. The pa-
pers flattered her SO much that she |
would no longer ride the elephant.
Wasp nests in haystacks and wood
en- buildings are dangerous neigh
bors, since it has been discovered that |
they sometimes take fire from sponta- |
neouS combustion, the ignition being |
caused by the chemical action of the |
wax upon the paper of which they are
composed.
An Auburn sportsman is said to
have captured an immense owl of the
Arctic species while hunting in
Broome county, New York. II is
nearly white, and a huge looking
fowl, being so completely enveloped
in feathers that the long, sharp claws
and hooked beak are hardly visible.
Capt. Childers, with a six-shooter in
his belt and feather in his hat, is on
his way to Washington. He is an In
dian and is captain of the Indian po-
lice at Moscovia, in the Indian terri
tory. He surprised a Cincinnati re-
porter by using scholarly language
and drinking fine old sherry instead Of
whisky.
With 10000 square miles of almost |
unbroken forests, it is estimated that |
in ten years the timber in North |
Carolina will exceed in value the pres
ent total valuation of all the property
and land in that state. This region |
will be rapidly opened to the northern
and eastern lumber markets when new |
railroads are constructed.
Destruction by fire has been called |
the natural death of theatres, and in |
surance offices charge high premium |
for their insurance. During the past |
year no less than forty-one theatres |
have been burned down in Europe |
and America. IOf these seventeen |
were in the United States, while Great |
Britain lost seven, Germany four and |
France two.
DR.. J. &. Legare, who recently left |
Louisiana to settle at San Luis Potosi, |
writes from that place: IF had my |
way would bring all my friends to |
Mexico. 1t certainly possesses the |
most charming climate in the world |
and added to this, its great mountains |
and fertile plains, its never-ending
season of flowers, fruits and Yegeta- |
bleS make it almost an empire for the |
gods"
Henry c. Robinson, of Hartford.
Connecticut, told in q recent lecture |
of visit that he made TO one of the |
smaller factories in Connecticut,
whose owner boosted that In the year
preceding he had "made" $4,000. Co
ing through the factory, when he got
away up under the roof he found bob
bins tended by children-boys Of from
eight to twelve years. Their faces
was colorless. The man who "made"
$4,000 told Mr.. Robinson that these
little boys were earning fifteen cents
a day and that they worked ten hours
a day, with twenty minutes rest at
noon.