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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
Especial to Tne;.,,Ssrnan.l

TYLER, Jan. THE United States
court will convene here on next Mon
day.
The system of our water works will
soon be in operation. The pipes have
already been laid along the principal
streets and around the square. The
engine house, situated about one mile
south Of the city, has been completed
and everything ready for work.
f.. The public schools re-opened last
wednesday, with Il large attendance.
Yesterday man giving his name
as Sam Johnson was arrested at the
International depot for his boisterous
actions, and by some means it was
suspected that he was wanted at Sher-
man. A telegram was sent to the
city marshal at the latter place, and
soon the anjwer came that he was
wanted lor rape. He is in Jail here.
awaiting identity, when he will be
taken back to Sherman,
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PERIODICALS.

OUR LITTLE ONES AND THE MUIR
SERY is one of the most attractive De.
riOdicals for children ever issued from
any press. All the little folks should
be allowed to read it. Russell Pub
fishing Company, Boston, Massachu-
sets. Price, Sl.50 per year.
GOLDEN DAYS affords golden mo-
ments to those who read it. 1t is one
of the most splendid periodicals for
young people ever presented the pub
lie. Its reading matter is of the high
est order, and its illustrations are SUI
perb. James Elverson, Philadelphia
$500 per year.
The ART AMATEUR is deservedly
most popular in all art contreS, and ali
lovers OF art should read its admirable
articles and study its numerous splen-
did illustrations in art. 1t is an art
school within itself, and here in Aus
tin, where SO much attention is now
being paid to art subjects, it should
be a most familiar reference. 1t is
published by Montague Marks (Phila-
delphia. Pa. Price "a year.
THE SEASON, that great and de-
servedly popular ladies' illustrated
fashion magazine, Is before us. 1t Is
now the acknowledged authority of
this country on questions of fashion,
and should be a regular visitor in all
families where there is any desire to
keep up with the styles in dress. Sub
scribe through the book-dealer, or
write to the international News Co.,
New York. Price, $3.50 per year.
THE Boston MUSICAL HERALD
makes regular visits to our table.
The last is choice number, and be
sides its valuable information on mu-
sical subjects it contains some excel
lent music Give Ear, Oh Lord i
Love My Love - 1t Was a Dream =
Joyous Farmers, all elegant new
pieces. The Herald is published in the
musical center of the United States.
Address Musical Herald Publishing
Company, Boston, Massachusetts.
Price Sl.50 per year.
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and of the night winds that stole
through the lOOsely-shingled roof
above them.
This may all be very foolish. 1t is
fashionable now to berate the hog.
mainly, l think, because hog-killing
has become a business now instead OF
sentiment, and because hogs are
killed in slaughter-penS rather than
in the open woods, and sausage
made of beef rather than pork.
and hams sweetened in a night
with sugar and cured in day with
chemicals rather than with the gentle
influences bred of air and earth and
forest in the long and patient vigils
that nature requires of all things she
brings to perfection. Be this as it
may, the hog in all his particulars is
appreciated in high life. The late Sen
ator Hill loved nothing so well as a
plate of chitterlings.
l have seen Governor Herschel Y.
johnson eat a pigs ear with infinite
relish. What were Governor Browns
cOllards q refuse to spell it coleworts)
to that great and good man, if under
lying his historic love for this
line eSculent there was not an
uncOnfesSed love fer hogs jowl.
L once saw General Gordon rush
ing through Wall street, when we
both had more stocks than was
healthy, with bucket of hogs brains
that he had bought from downtown
butcher for his table at the st. James.
Gov. Stephens dotes on broiled ham,
and the nearest to death Gen. ToOmbS
ever came was from Indigestion caused
by overeating of head-cheese; so that
a little more hogs head might have
prevented secession.
More than one historian holds that
Lees army was never whipped until
the bacon had given out and it had to
fall back on beef.
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THE Washington correspondent OF
the New York Tribune, commenting
on the next presidential canvass, says:
The Camerons have everything at
stake in the election of a Republican
president. Don Cameron's real ambi-
lion is to be secretary OF the treasury.
have reason to believe that 1t had
been arranged that he should have
chat place in Grants cabinet II Grant
mad been nominated and elected IN
1850. Cameron would much prefer Il
cabinet place TO scat in the senate,
and there are special reasons why
ne would like to be secretary Oh
the treasury. l think, II a Re
publican president should be elected
In 1884, that after the election and
before the election of a senator In
PENNSYLVANIA, Cameron Will say TO
the Independents: Here, l don't care
for "A place i'll the senate. My tastes
are elsewhere. Ii you will support
me for cabinet place, giving me the
whole support OF my state, L Will favor
some prominent Independent for SEN
ator.' Harmony in the future Is their
preservation, and the Independents
will be glad to have harmony also
Dut they will consent to it only on
honorable terms and without any sac,
ritice OF the principles they fought
| fnr"
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The "OId Fashioned BE-"

At a dinner IheOther nigl, says ID
w, Grady, after the trashad been
disposed of, two roast pigseach win
an apple in his mouth, we Drought
in and set in front OF le most anu
hostess. had not seen sen thlng
in years, but it was sa'rY reminder
of many a lavish boartunder which
my youthful legs had Wlned ABOUT
each other in ecStacy.
There's a good deal sentiment In
the memories that ing about the
no0. Where is therA festival that
compares in solid lJoymenb WIN
hog killing time" 1 an old pianta-
tiOnl How many siiie nave sdI
ON the warm side "a Dlg nre IN the
cold of a DecemDelSS4 atlu Hckeu
my frozen chopss l Watcned Ine
sleek carcilseS beb ulawn anu quar-
tered, or hung oN tne mugs scaIu!ue
pot, like \ your AfacoeIn over Ine
How the gles of those festive
oc,..sions CONF oOping into my mind
~ writel 'e first trophies that
,..ma to the OungSterS who were
| hannv enou0F be present, were the
| nIndIers thy blown up and tied,
onerated as N or impromptu foot
,aII or driesld laid away, were eX-
ninIed on (istmas ~ the opening
,rnn Therme the tails to he rOas-
f..d in the bers of this fire or that,
md stav demon that was un-
rhained 1.-THE youthful stomach,
while thegs were laid on a rail-pile
to freezefing the night. The next
dav canyhe spare-rlUs with their
.Tisn anlinging fat, and the back
Ione x its unutterable marrow.
ThaSa mental delights past, then
came more intricate process OF
AZ leaf lard into little white
HIocL Inst were thrown into
tha i from which came the
S@waati ave ad purest lard, and those
drv wv bits into which all the
sayo,ad,he essence and the soul OF
the 'og seemed imprisoned-the
crac,ng (Stop moment! pardon
This Moon. There-its over nowD
Aa I'm the cracking the fatty
fhrel-A the head cheese, and the
} chierlgs, and the smoked jowls,
. antheains, and the liver, and the
I shald, and the feet, first broiled
/ an tn fried in batter. And after
/ th. thver-wOrked sausage-grinder,
tht ezed and soughed as it was
VIII h choked to death with
cm1nf fat and strips of lean, or
! Sa.aT1 to death with red pepper
nd, or tickled to death with sage
: rleavbut nevertheless filled pans,
4 Dotd skins and maws with odor- |
oasSage, until it must have itself |
beeAStonished at what it had |
dor And then the mipce meat,
wbis at once the meeting point |
an the resultant of all the
ed felieities. And last of all-after |
eypart and particle of this precious
arl, save and except the brain and |
| hts, had been absorbed with
tbs and praise-the old smoke
| h( with It's earthly smell, its dim.
r9us light" its -smoldering fire.
okkory chips in the pit dug in the
CT of its dirt floor, its winding rat |
| h haunted the winter through by
kyoung sportsmen, and its vague
ablackened rafters beyond the as
rions of all save the most daring
cSers, and their slender cross-sticks
t which were clustered festoons of
slge links sweetening in their
$ rs nuts in their shelEs-genial
filings on white-oak splits and hams
tripened and grew tlavorous: n their
asion absorbing month after me
AROMA of The earth, and of.
ID ashes that were sprinkled
- and of the swd =
.henansh than
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
VOL. XII.

THE Austin STATESMAN claims that
it gives in each issue of its weekly
tifty-four columns of the best reading
to be found in any paper in the world.
Age.
THE STATESMAN did claim for its
weekly fifty-four columns of reading
matter, but now it has been enlarged
again and instead of siX-page, fifty
four column paper, it is now an eight
page. seventy-two column paper.
filed with the choicest reading
matter ever presented through
any publication of its class. OF the
seventy-two columns there are sixty
six columns filled with reading mat
ter, only six columns being devoted to
select advertisements. The last num-
Der of the weekly contains eleven col
umns of selected editorials, nearly
thirty-seven columns of selected mis-
cellany, nearly nine columns in
the "Home, Farm and Ranch"
department, of selected tele-
grams from all parts of the
world four columns, of selected
special kilograms concerning state
affairs over three columns, of matters
pertaining to affairs at Austin-local
and governmental-nearly nine col
umns, two columns southern news
SOME of the Greenbackers want to
revive the Whig party, and to be
known hereafter as Wings. Whig-
gerry, as the true representation of
Greenbackism, is good. The Green
hackers would be glad to call them
selves anything to save themselves
but since Whiggery means. least of
all things, Greenbackism. old-line
Wings would spurn them, and all the
would not become
Wings in name. But, Greenbackism
being dead, why not let the poor
carcass have burial, not
keep it above ground to cause sicken
ing infection.
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DIRECTORS ELrcrE

Dies MONIES, Jan. 5.-The stock
holders OF the Des Moines and North
western railroad company elected as
directors Jay Gould, A. L. Hopkins.
oolon Humphreys, Jas. +. Howes, j.
5. Runnells, T. n. Hubbell, ]. s. Polk.
). 5: Clarkson, and G. +. Meek. The
road will be pushed to a Connection
with the Northern Pacific and be made
"a broad gauge.
New YORK. Jan. 5.-A special
meeting of directors of the New York,
Chicago and st. Louis railway was
held to-day, and the following direc-
tors elected: j. III. Devereaux. Corne-
illus Vanderbilt, w. ii. Vanderbilt, III.
Mex. Twombly, w. q. Whitney, An
son Stager, George McGee, j. H.
Wade, Charles Hickox, James Tilling-
hast and ID. W. Caldwell. j. II. Dew
ereaux was elected president of the
new board.
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[speciaI to The Statesman !

WACO, Jan. Ga sale was made to-
day OF all the school lands owned by
this county to a young lady from Hi
nois, for the sum of $1,000 cash.
These lands lie in Eastland county.
and the price paid was little in ex-
cess of one dollar per acre.
The invoice of the stock of II. Fried
lander, who failed here recently, foots
up about $20,OO0. Total liabilities
S35,0O0.
Rev. Clark Braden is here and will
deliver two lectures tomorrow on in
fidelity and kindred topics. Rev. j.
ID. Shaw left this afternoon for Mar
lin, by special invitation, to preach
there tomorrow.
The legislative squad departed for
Austin tonight.
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items, commercial matter two col
umns. In the editorial and miscel-
laneous columns there is a vast fund
of information and discussion upon
all the leading subjects of the day
while under Home, Farm and Ranch
it is confidently stated that we
present mass of agricultural.
stock and home reading un-
surpassed in any agricultural paper
in the country; in fact, it contains
the cream of all the agricultural, live
stock and home publications.. Be
sides, this last copy of the weekly con-
tanned descriptions, with statistical
information, of the counties OF
Milan, Caldwell, and Bexar; state
ment of the finances of Tra-
Wis county; three Washington
letters, scientific and industrial notes,
fashion notes, personals, and world
of matter pertaining to all manner OF
subjects. The magnitude of this pa
per may be further understood when
it is statdh that the WEEKLY STATS
@SS - ~ January contains
seven hundred and ninety separate
and distinct articles and items.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
FIRE 1N A CRockERY SHOP

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-About 7:3O
O'Clock this morning a fire was discov-
cred in the extensive crockery and
fancy ware establishment of Ovington
Bros, Brooklyn, and the entire stock
and building was completely de-
stroyed. The Clinton House, adjoin-
ing, caught fire several times and is
much damaged by fire and water. The
guests of the house fled to the streets.
some of the late risers only partially
dressed. The loss is heavy, but it is
not yet known how much. Ovington
Bros. estimate their loss at S25O,OOO in
their store, beside bric-a-brac work
and a number of valuable oil paint
ings, which could not be saved.
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CHARGES OF OFFICIAL PREJUDICE.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 6.-Application has
been made to Governor Crittenden by
the relatives of the late Col. A. w,
Slayback, that he direct the attorney
general to come to this city and take
charge OF the grand jury investiga-
ton OF the case of John A. Cockerill,
managing-editor of the Post-Dispatch,
on the grounds that the circuit attor-
ney here is prejudiced and has OBJ
structed the investigation. The gov
ernor declined to comply with the re-
quest, bat will refer the matter to
Judge nWaggener. of the criminal
court
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Especial to The statesman.,.

PALESTINE, Jan. 6.-J. Dare and A.
johnson were arrested to-day on the
complaint OF a well known woman of
the town, charged with the murder of
Tom Black. The woman said these
men had rendezvous with three wo-
men at the stock pens, and therequar-
relied over the youngest one, Dare and
johnson killing Black. What was
supposed to be his remains were found
buried near by. The district attorney
dismissed the case because OF insuffi-
cient evidence, as the woman who was
the principal witness disappeared and
every effort to find her was unsuccess-
full Blacks friends declare vengeance.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11

A WESTERN furniture dealer has
sent an agent to the Piedmont coun-
kry of Virginia. North and South Car
|olina, with instructions not to return
until he has secured 100000 acres OF
suitable woodland. There is no telling
the vast amount of wealth the south
& sure to realize in the near future by
he sale of its timbered lands. The
Northwest viii be practically exhaust
III in the next decade, and then we
nall be masters of the situation. The
wisdom of our present land commits
sioner becomes more apparent, and the
Legislature viii do well if his advice
as to the timber lands of East Texas
he followed.
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GAMBETTA's FUNERAL.

PARIS, Jan. 1.-THE funeral of Gam.
beta occurred to-day, with imposing
ceremonies, the procession being the
largest seen since the burial Of NJ.
Theirs. The manifestation of grief
on the part of the populace was very
general, and private residences and
public buildings were draped in
mourning. However, there were some
exceptions to this rule, and consider
able numbers of the crowds assembled
seemed to be actuated as much by
curiosity as any other motive.
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THE NICKEL PLATE ACQUISITION.

New YORK, Jan. 5.-The Post SAYS:
1t was rumored yesterday that the
Lake Shore directors were considering
a proposition to issue $6,OOOOOO of
bonds to pay for the Nickel Plate road.
This at first was denied, but was re-
peated again to-day. While there is
absolutely no means of knowing
whether the Lake Shore is to pay for
the Nickel Plate by an issue OF bonds,
1t IS at least probable that bonds to
about that amount will necessarily be
issued for that purpose, and as the
Nickle Plate has been presumably
bought in the Vanderbilt interest, and
in the interest of the Lake
to which the Nickel Plate is a
close parellel line and now stands in
the relation of second track, it is
fairly preSumable that the bonds will
be issued by the Lake Shore.
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Four Great Attractions.


England has sent four great at
fractions to this country during the
last wear. These are Oscar Wilde,
Jumbo, Tug Wilson and Mrs. Lang
try. The elephant came to stay the
priZe-i0hter soon returned to his own;
che professional beauty is still with
us. but the aesthetic sailed yesterday
for home. Increasingly the butt OF
ridicuIe and laughed at at every turn,
ne has nothing Us the result OF his trip
out the shekels which curiosity has
poured into his pockets. But as he
ilngles his coin on his homeward trip
ne Will probably undertake. to settle
the question as to which is really the
greater fool, he Or the gulliOle public
which, while laughing at him, pad Its I;
money to see and hear hun. IL VIII
long remain an unsolved problem.
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DIAMOND THIEF ARRESTED.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6.-Geo. Sey-
nour, alias Stiles, a colored gent, en-
tered a pawn office and offered to
pledge for $75 breastpin containing
thirty-tive diamonds and valued at
5000. Being promptly arrested, he
was searched and a memorandum
found on him showing he had pawned
avery valuable diamond at another
place. While in the prisoners dock
fe-,yas recognized as former waiter
in thSknl6 Sqd Hotel at Long
Branch, %sere 5fiYl @. OF Pitts
burg, was robbed of about Nk0OO
worth of diamonds.
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1T is SAID that a plan was on foot
oy which u coup d etat would have
soon made Gambetta dictator OF
France. Revolution was loud within
him, and it may De that while he was
n great man and statesman, France
Is much better OFF without him. He
commanded the minds OF such rs gave
uoMer To Rohespierre.
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Ispecial TO the sra1esman 1

DALLAS, Jan. g. In the United
States court to-day the case of L. j
Hart, of New Orleans, VS.. SAMSON ct
al. involving the title to $40 acres OF
land in johnson county, Texas, was
decided in favor of defendants. In
the case of A. A. Head VS.. the Mis-
sour, Kansas and Texas railway COM
pany, transferred from the state dis
Lrlct court. of johnson county. suing
Tor SloU0, for right of way, a verdict
was rendered in favor of the railroad
company.
w. X. Walker fell from a train on
the Houston and Texas Central rail-
road, SIX miles north of this CITY. last
night, and was run over by two trains
and killed His body was horribly
mangled. He was resident of Deni-
son.
Rev. Il. j. Hanks, pastor-elect of the
First Baptist church, Dallas, has ar
rived and will be formally
installed as pastor tomorrow.
Ihe installation sermon will he
preached by Rev. j. II. Curry,
former pastor of this church. DR.. j.
Is; Link, OF Houston, will deliver the
address OF welcome, and Rev. Mr..
Hanks will respond. Rev. o. G. Pope.
OF Houston, and Rev. j. Is. Daniel. OF
Terrell, will deliver addresses upon
the reciprocal duties of pastor and
people. Mr.. Hanks will preach at Z
O'Clock in the evening.
John Ward, clerk at the Pacific ho-
tel, died suddenly to-day of heart dis
ease. He was a native of Kentucky,
and aged twenty-eight years.
A Large number of leading cattle
men OF Texas are in the city arrang-
ing for the stockmen's state conven-
ton to be held here in the spring.
Two Texas and Pacific brakemen.
one at Eagle Pass and the other at
Mesquite, each lost a hand to-day
while coupling cars.
ii. l.. Herman, a heavy chinaware
dealer, has made an assignment, with
Klein as assignee.
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ONE of the most recent inventions
is "hand grenade tire-extingusher."
1t is a glass bottle of convenient shape
containing chemical solution. 1t is
claimed that when thrown upon any
burning object with sufficient force
the bottle Will break and the liberated
gases will at once stihe and destroy
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DUnINa the excitement between
lrinks of egg-aog an exchange says:
+ The Christmas festival should be
kept up forever. if only Tor the
klimpses it gives of the better side oil
human nature" The editor should
Nave been in Austin on Christmas
take in that singular obedience OF
{ boys to Mayor Saylor's orders
bout fireworks, when he gave himself
10 completely away on the Avenue
hallway right-of-way proposition.
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THE WEEKS FAILuREs-

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Failures for
the past seven days, as reported to Il.
u. Dun u Co, number 274, distributed
us follows: Eastern states "a, western
y, middle 80, southern AZ, Pacific 10,
New York city, II, Canada 16. Com
pared with last week, this shows an
increase OF 81,
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Gov. CRITTENDEN appears to be a
little too often in with thieves. The
memory OF the Ford scandals has not
died out before he appoints the land
thiet, Ed a. Stevens, Hams accom-
phce in land forgeries, notary at
Kansas City. The clamor about such
IN act has led the governor, however,
to revoke the commission.