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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

THE death of Gen. Ord is regretted
by many people in Texas, who knew
him as an anassnming but accom-
plished gentleman and soldier. There
was something reckless about his
embarking at Vera Cruz, an infected
port. and his death from the terrible
vomito before reaching the United
states. gives us a lesson by which
quarantine officers may profit. bad
not the disease developed on Gen.
Ord on the voyage, he would, no
doubt. have been allowed free entry.
and contagion might have followed,
for the disease has been known to
rage even in New York and Philadel-
phia. He was left at Havana, to die
among strangers. His daughter. Mrs.
Trevino, is in Mexico.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

THE president of the Southern
Pacific railway notifies the wheat
growers of California that his road
can carry via New Orleans to Liver
pool half the grain shipped from that
state, and that it will be landed on the
other side of the Atlantic in thirty
five days from the time of shipment
Competitive rates are adopted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

The Georgia railway commission
will hereafter require railroad COM
panies to provide shelter for protect
Ang all merchandise entrusted to them
for shipment. A Northern OF West
'ern railroad failing to protect mer-
,chandise or products would be con-
:sidered behind the times, but in the
South it is common to leave cotton
and other things exposed while await
ing shipment, of course greatly to
their injury.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

IF YOU want simple and pure gov
ernment, keep taxes down: if extrav-
agance and corruption are desired.
then vote for the entire batch of con-
stitutional amendments.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02
WACO.
[speclal to the States man.

IoptCIdl 10 tIIt oVdItS 1IIdn
WACO July 26.-The assessors roll for 1888
shows the val lue of taxable property in McLen-
nan county $40, ,123,421, an increase of more
than one million and half over that of 1882.
Waeo's first bale of new cotton, raised by
the Wilkinson brothers, on the Mayor farm, in
this county, was sold at auction to w. Larry at
15A cents. The bale weighed five hundred
pounds, and classed middling.
G. o. Herring and George Gordon were ar
rested to-day by the county officers for inter
fering with n policeman in the discharge OF
his duty, the penalty prescribed by the city
ordinance not agreeing with the laws.
Jerry Bonner, a negro, was jailed to-day for
beating his wife, and Ben Doyle was arrested
for embeZZling $4S from several boys with
whom he had picked cotton OH shares las Feb
rlarV
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02
FRANKLIN.
Special to The statesman,I

IOPNVItrr IIIO
FRANKLIN, July 20 Mr. Chas 5. Brigance,
ex-dfstrict clerk and present deputy county
clerk, one of the most popular young men in
this county, arrived with his bride, nee Miss
Fannie Avera, from BremOnd to-day, and a
grand ball is IN progress at the courthouse to-
night
There is considerable excitement among
farmers in this section about the boil worms
Some say that but little damage is being done,
while others say the damage is immense. 1t is
hard to tell Just now the extent of their rava-
ges. The weather is warm and dry, and cotton
Is shedding considerably.
very Interesting picnic and tournament
occurred at BOotnerville yesterday, with some
good riding
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

vice, whether civil or military. The
whole machine of government is run
in the ruts of extravaganza. aid
nothing but radical change of ad-
ministration can stop the waste. the
plumber and the corruption.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

JUDGE DAVID DAVIS has found out
since his marriage that straddling a
point. does not pay. Hence he comes
down from the top of the political
fence, and will hereafter try his luck
AS a partiSan.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

THE salvation army in coming to
grief has simply reached that end
which sensationalism in religion
must demand. The army made re.
ligion ridiculous.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02
Nnt Sn Much Married

NEW YORK, July ga decree an
nulling the marriage between Marian
ma Conway and Jules Levy was enter
ed to-day in the supreme court. Appli-
cation was made by Mrs. Levy on the
ground that Levy is the husband of
another women.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02
BRENNAN.
[special to The statesman.

TOptCIdI 70 III6 oIdItSIIdHI
BRENNAN, July 25.-Brenham yesterday re-
eived her first bale and today her second
bale of cotton. Also the first load of new cot
ton seed
Williams store at William Penn, this coun-
ty, was destroyed by fire this morning. He
had just received new stock. Insurance
S2MO.
Cotton worms have appeared in portions OF
fhe county Damage light at present
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

THE Republican press is highly in
dignant at the idea of the Democrats
abandoning Randall and electing a
speaker that the Republicans does
not approve OF.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

A WRITER of spring poetry came
10 the STATESMAN with poem,
stating he had another he would
bring. The one he brought was not
printed because the editor liked the
reserved one best.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

THE problem with which the Pro-
tectionists are now wrestling is how
to get rid of the governments sur
plus income without reducing the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

An Alabama man has applied to the
managers of the Kentucky state fair
for permission to exhibit his little
girl, three yrars and half old. She
has three separate and distinct
tongues, the two smaller being be-
meath the main one and attached to it
near the root.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

THE Iowa Democrats will have no
lack of oratorieal support on the
stump this fall, as some of the lead
ing Democrats of the country are
booked for engagements there.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

AN EX-CHAIRMAN of the Ohio Re-
publican state committee expresses
the opinion to the New York Times
that it will require hard work to pull
Foraker through.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

In THE interest of civil service re-
form the Republican employees of the
census bureau will be transferred to
the interior department as vacancies
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

Hon. Lafayette Haughton, chaneel-
lor of the Aberdeen, Miss, district,
was thrown from buggy last week
and received injuries which caused
his death.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

THE Virginia Democrats met in
convention yesterday and if wise
eounsels prevail Democratic vic
tory is reasonably certain. 1t is eX-
pected that the platform will be lib
eral in its expression toward the col
ored race, as, after months of discus
sion, those fayoring liberal pglicy
seem now to be in large majority
A conciliatory course, it is believed.
will win away large portion of the
colored vote from Malone. With
even an ineonsiderable break in the
Readjuster ranks, Mahone's def at is
assured. The principal contest at the
coming election will be over the cleo
tion of Legislators
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02
RaIlroad Leasa.

Toronto, July 26.-The Gray and
Bruce railway isi leased for 80 yearsr
to the Ontario and Quebec railway,
subject to confirmation by the share
holders.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

THE expansive power of heat can
hardly be applied to editorial work.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

WONDER how much Uncle Sammy
paid the Tammany bosses for their
endorsement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

II THE Democrats do not take Sam
Randall it will not be because the Re-
publicans do not give him ample en-
dorsement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

QUEEN VICTORIA had the honor of
clubbing Tom Thumb general; nd
the title stuck to him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

PROBABLY Henry Watterson could
tell the size of Uncle Sammy's "barT
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

CHOLERA is declared to exist in
Campeachy and Oaxaca, Mexico.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02
POLITICAL NOTES.

Senator Pugh is very indiscreet or
lica4s should select Honest John
Sherman if they would nominate
their best man for the presidency:
The ingratitude or the Few Hamp-
shire Republicans has so amazed e&-
Senator Rollins that he has been in a
da1ed state of mind for a week or
more. He has D6ep in the senate SO
long that he regarded himself as hold
ing perpetual lease of the senator
ship.
The half breed organs style Dorsey's s
disclosures rubbish" and are unspar-
ing in their denunciation of the emf
nent "soap" distributor. 1t was not
expected that they would be clamor-
Gus in support Of DoFsey:s predibility
but less fervor In the assaults upGrr
him would effect as much as their
heat seeks to accomplish.
Lawyer Cook. of Washington, is
after Attorney 'TteneFaf brewster, Mr..
Crowley and Mr.. Bliss with . slsrp
stick. Their action in the Qttlnan
case, he says. subjects them to indict-
ment. Whether they are indicted or
not, they will, in ali probability, be
investigated. There is too much
RICHNESS ip that case to permit It to
go by default
WhitelaW Reid wants an early
meeting of the Republican national
convention. He wants q long race.
Gen. Sherman says WhitelaW is good
on long run, as was proven in his
flight from Shiloh to Cincinnati He
covered the distance between those
points in a single heat, and, the gen.
eral says, without even looking back.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02
Value af Eve Lambs.

The tempting prices obtainable for
really choice early lambs has yearly
proved a greater temptation than
many owners co9ld resist, and the re-
suit has been that quite a number Of
eve lambs are sacrificed at the sham
bles, to the serious detriment of flock
improvement, as well as ultimate loss
to owners of the country. AS in a
majority of instances the sires of these
lambs are better bred animals than
are the dams, their preservation
would prove a long stride in the diz
rection of flock improvement, and if
the owner feels compelled to restrict
the number OF animals handled a
rigid culling from the older ewes and
filing their places from the choicest
eve lambs should be a policy from
which no temporary demand for
''lamb and spring peas" tempts him
to deviate. So long as the eve NIB
is superior bred animal to its mother
(and the breeder who does not have it
so has mistaken his calling), it will
prove the more profitable to retain in
the flock. Not only does such reten-
ton insure the commingling of fresh
and better blood, but it reduces the
EApOhoO e11u o6lhSOto VI LllActS iOhO
by the mission of animals which have
passed their prime, and filling their
places with those that II the nature
of things will grow better Instead of
worse, for at least several succeed
ing years. Those who have not care
fully compared results fail to appreci-
ate how materially the loss from
natural causes" may be reduced by
careful observance of the policy of re-
tanning either by increase in num-
bers or maintaining any desired num-
ber-young and growing animals, and
rigidly excluding such as have passed
the meridian of life and vigorous i'm
provement. The advantage in this
respect alone is sufficient to offset any
temporary top price for eve lambs,
and when TO it is added the tide of
improved blood that comes on through
young animals, every prudent flock
manager will find warrant for it
against the most tempting offers for
young females.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

The oat crop of kentucky will be a
large one.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS broke
the ice and others follow in discover
ing improprieties in the study of the
dead languages. Lord Salisbury, in
giving away the prizes of Kings Col
lege, said: 81 never look back with
out feeling of some bitterness to the
many hours during which was COM
PEELED to produce the most execrable
Latin verse in the world. | believe
that if q commission of distinguished
men were appointed to dicover what
is the most perfectly useless accom-
plishment to which the human mind
can be turned. large number would
agree that versifcation in the dead
languages was that accomplishment
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

PROF. ISAAC SHARPLEss. astrono-
mer of Haverford College, Pa, has
been looking at the sun through his
telescope and discovers over sixty
spots in that celestial body; but he
does not think that we have any
reason to anticipate plaques or earth
quakes in Observation-Disclosures
ing Tice's predictions. There may be
a connection between sIn-spots and
storms, Prof. Sharpless declares, but
none of the meteorologists know
enough about the subject to base any
predictions on it, and he insists that
their prophesies are mere guesses.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

ALLENToN, Pa, July 25.-Robert
Reed, Samuel Hart and Wm. Dunn
were shockingly burned by the ex--
plosion of cinder blast at the Crane
Iron Works, Catasqua county.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

SHREVEPORT, La, July 25.-Last
Monday, in Natchitoches parish. Mrs.
Gabriel Mclaughlin, a respectable
lady, aged fifty-four, was outraged by
a negro, who then beat his victim to
death. A posse is in pursuit.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

KEoKUK, Ia, July Pa Wabash
freight train wrecked near Dowing
to-day. Six cars of grain and locomo-
tive demolished. Kinney, the engin-
eer. and German fireman injured
but not fatally. a.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

ST. LOUIS, July 25. = A special to
the Post-Dispatch from st. Joe, Mo-,
reports a frighful accident last night
on the Wabash railroad near Lawson.
A freight train with one passenger
car ran off the rails, and of the pass
engers in the coach, one patent right
man from Lathrop was killed, Miss
Edwards, of Richmond, had an arm
broken in two places and her shoulder
blade broken, and another lady who
lives in Lawson and who is in a deli
cate condition was seriously injured.
They cannot survive. Four passen-
ers. one Kansas City drummer, were
seriously injured.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

PITTsFIELD, MASS, July 26.-En-
gene A. Clark, of Naugautuck, Conn, /.
one of the party charged with tarring
and feathering and driving Mrs.. Jo-
hanna Sullivan from the town of
Sarsfeld, confessed and implicated
others named White and Sackett.
These men were tried at the time the
crime was committed, but the jury
disagreed. The grand jury never in
dicted them as principals, but them
and several others as accessories.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02
THE NINE O'CLOCK BULLETIN.

NEW YORK, July 26.-The follow
ing is the o'clock bulletin of the
Western Union telegraph company:
East, every wire all right; north, all
right on all routes; south, way-wireS
all right, through wires all right; to
all points west, all routes all right.
Business clear on all points this
morning. and to-day business in NOV
ing in good time.
CHICAGO, July 26.-Reports by
overland wires say every thing is all
right and business is about clear.
CHICAGo's REPORT.
CHICAGO, July 26.-Superintendent
Clowry reports all main wires in the
board of trade well manned to-day,
also day and night forces in the main
operating room are now getting full.
The rest of the wires on the north
western road were cut again last
night, but speedily repaired.
STRIKING WHILE THE IRON is HOT.
NORWICH, CONN, July 26.-The
entire force of telegraphers, except
the manager, struck this morning.
NEGOTIATING WITH THE STRIKERS.
CHICAGO, July 26.-It is officially
stated that the Baltimore and Ohio
company have been negotiating with
the strikers for the past two days.
but the latter demand recognition of
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02
POISONOUS CREAM.

JOLIET, ILL.,, July 26.-One hunosged
persons in attendance on lawn party
here last evening were made seriously
ill by eating ice cream, the flavoring
of which is believed to have been
poisonous. None of the victims have
died, though. several are in a critical
condition. f.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-29
THE RESULT At BUFFALO.

| The Democratic State Convention can b.
| disposed of in a few words. 1t nominated ;
weak ticket on cowardy platform.
| The nominee for Secretary of State deserve:
a kind of praise that with his party must bt
fatal. He has a legislative record that sharply
aDtagonized the Democratic position on the
liquor issue. Not only is lie not in favor Of
free rum, but, judging from his course in the
Assembly of 1876, he is to be regarded as pro-
hibitionist. His vote was cast IN the aflrma-
tive on the Hepburn bill to suppress the sale OF
Intoxicating liquors. The rum influence in the
Democratic party OF this State is mighty. Mr.
Maynard can hardly expect to command it.
The nominee for Controller, Speaker Cha
pin, is the gentleman who has taught by
example, that he believes that il is not incOn-
sstent with the pious pursuit of reform to ap-
propriate public property to private use. 1t
was understood that because of his popularity
in this particular the managers of his party
had determined to shelve him. But the Brook
Iva ring demanded that he should be given q
place on the ticket, and he got it. He is an I'M
commonly genteel young statesman and poses
as the exponent of the higher politics But in
telligent voters. who have watched his career,
know tnaJ ne Is Clty Ill tuc HduuS VI Jnc
machine.
The nominee for Treasurer is the present in
cumbent of that Office. Has he earned a second
term by good and faithful serviceP A leading
organ of his own party charges that he has not ;
and if what il positively asserts can be substan-
tiated, no one will pretend that he is a fit man
for the place. Like Maynard and Chaplin, Mr..
Maxwell enters the campaign on the defensive.
Strong tickets are made of different stuff.
The platform has not word in regard to the
tariff That is to say, the Democratic party of
the greatest State in the Union doesn't know
its own mind on the most vital issue now be-
fore The country. To state this fact is to de-
monstrate that arrant cOwardice was Chairman
of the Committee on Resolutions. Another
feature of the platform, that mates with its
cowardice, is its mendacity. The claim is
made that every pledge contained in the plat
form of 1852 "has been in good faith re-
deemed" The fact is, that the most important
pledge in that platform was absolutely disre-
garded. We refer to the pledge that the laws
should be revised that taxation may be re-
duced so far as possible and that personal
"and corporate property may severally pay
their fair proportion of taxes.' AS for an
other pledge in the platform, that relating to
convict labor-just ask any wOrllingman if he
holds that it was in good faith redeemed"
Such ticket on such a platform can be
beaten. The Richfeld nominees are stronger,
and the political creed to which they are COM
mitted is more frank and manly. Our Repub-
lican friends may well 90 into the canvass with
confident hope.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-29
WHY NOT IN NEW- York;

The cars of one of the Baltimore street lines
carry this notice; drivers must not over
crowd their cars. When a car is comfortably
filed they will politely refer persons TO the
next car" And yet some people pretend to
argue that the millennium is not approaching
by way of Baltimore.
We commend this notice TO the earnest at
tention of the horse-car lines of this city.
Theoretically NewYork hOrse-cars are run not
only for the interest of the companies that own
them but of the people who patronize them.
But in too many instances the comfort and
convenience of passengers are entirely lost
sight of. There is no reason why car that is
comfortably filed should be allowed to add to
its load. There is every reason why it should
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-29
LITE BOILER EXPLOSIONS.

Some one will be sadly neglected. of his official
duty, if nobody is punished for the recent
boiler explosions in this city, at Pittsburg, and
at Albany. 1t seems as clear as evidence can
make it, that the boiler of the Riverdale. which
blew up in August, had not been properly in
spected for some time and yet the negligent
inspectors, shielded by the double verdict of
divided coroner's jury, do not appear to be i'll the
least dread of the law. Moreover, the action Of
the authorities at Washington is delayed with
out apparent reason. Nor is progress reported
in the investigation of the charges against the
owners Of the Sligo Iron Works in Plttshurg,
although the explosion of their boiler caused
the death of nearly dozen people. 1t ought
to be an easy thing to determine quickly
whether or not 1t is true, as stated, that the
droprietors of the works had neglected to in
form the authorities of the existence OF
their boiler. In addition there ought to have
been q sharp inquiry us to why the authorities
had not found this fact out themselves. Iron
works of that kind cannot be run without a
boiler
In the case of the explosion of the j. S.
Robinson, at Albany yesterday, the inspectors
of steam vessels are probably rejoicing
that the fatal accident cannot be laid at
their doors. And it is only fair to say, judging
from details thus far received, that they do not
appear to be i'll any way responsible for it.
The boiler was new one, having been built
only last year. The accident is declared to be
dueto the negligence of the engineer in allowing
the water in the boiler to get too low If that
is the case a better opportunity to hold some
one responsible for the terrible death of four
persons has seldom offered. But until we know
what kind of stuff the cOroners and the prose-
cutting officers of Albany are made of, it would
not be safe to lay heavy odds that this criminal
carelessness will be punished any more certainly
than the kindred cases in this city aud Pitts
burg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-29

not be allowed TON case it is admitted that
the good-natured public have any rights that
those who desire their patronage are bound to
respect
Of course the great stumbling block in the
way of this reform would be the difficulty Of
teaching conductors and drivers when a car Is
to be regarded as comfortably full" Tho
Indian thought that too much whiskey was just
enough. Conductors and drivers are apt to
take the same generous view of the capacity OF
a car. Which line will lead off in adopting
this golden Baltimore rule