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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

THE management of the New Or
leans exposition recommend that the
people of each county and township
throughout the country create local
organizations for obtaining both indi-
vidual and collective state exhibits
for preparing, transporting and pre-
senting the Same, and procuring the
necessary means to defray the expenses
thereof by states, comfy or town and
individual action. by which means
every Individual in the state, whether
farmer, mechanic, inventor, miner or
laborer may be enabled to secure those
benefits intended to be placed within
his reach through the exposition.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

TIE senator from New Braunfels
has been neglected this session by THE
STATESMAN, and he feels this neglect
deeply. He covets notoriety, and
every time he opens his mouth in the
Senate he shows his incapacity to
comprehend any question involving
craftsmanship. That is why he refer
red to this paper yesterday, as the So
called STATESMAN.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

A MOVEMENT is being inaugurated
in the Maryland legislature to erect a
monument at st. Mary's to mark the
spot where the colonists are supposed
to have landed under Lord Baltimore,
in March, 1884. A bill has been intro
duced appropriating the sum of $l0,-
600 to this purpose. An effert is also
being made to restore the old Episco-
pal church, which was partly built
out of the bricks of the old state house.
1t is also suggested to commemorate
the event by suitable monument in
Baltimore.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

Tue $4,000 appropriation for the
New Orleans Centennial Exposition
will increase the estimated deficit for
the next fiscal year, with the tax for
general revenue purposes at % cents
on the 800, to $4,000. All in all, the
deficit may be put down at $1OOOO0
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

AN exchange states that Mrs. Myra
Clarke Gaines, instead of being the
possessor of millions, is now living in
Washington in Strengthened eircum-
stances. She rents furnished rooms,
and supports herself, daughter-in-law
and two grandchildren on $50 a
month, which is the pension allowed
her as the widow of Gen. Edmund p.
Gaines, the hero of the battle of Fort
Erie in the war of 1812-15, Her suit
for large part of the city of New Or
Jeans is not yet finally determined, but
she has gained the case against the
United States government ard will
receive the money as soon as Congress
makes the necessary appropriation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

THE D.iu ..r - nav. now two
thirds majority il TO Yir sinia legisla-
ture, giving them the power to over
ride the v. t. oi the Rea,liuster gov
ernor. Thus In" people of the gallant
old commonwealth have repudiated
repudiation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

LEGISLATION on Insanity is new
book just published by Geo. d. Harri.
son. LII. D., of Philadelphia. 1t is a
collection of all the lunaey laws OF
the United States to the year 1883. in
elusive, and the laws of Canada, Eng
land, Germany. France, etc.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

THE Senate passed the lobby bill
yesterday. That is what we expected
OF it. and what has been predicted
the adoption of a bill wholly made
quate to the reqpa ements of the
wretehed present c,g lition of Texas
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

really, but to talk of anything less was
to overlook the demands of govern
ment.
In order to give the Senate ample
time to fully investigate the important
question, It Was moved and carried the
Senate adjourn until 10 o'clock this
morning.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

SEEAToRs Of the United States are
chosen by state legislatures, and for
this reason are SUI opposed to be ameSa-
lie to legislative instructions and dis
cipline. The censure of the state, as
expressed by its legislature, has been
deemed proper reason for resignation
by high-minded senators who have
been so unfortunate as to incur such
3 mark of distrust and displeasure.
The state of Virginia has seldom been
represented in the Senate by gentle
men who would not resign their plar es
at the call of the legislature. What
Senator Malone viii think fit to do
under the circumstances remains to be
seen. If he resigns, however, it will
he an exhibition of manliness that we
'have no reason to expect.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

QUEEN VICToRIA's book is an
nounced for the 18th of next month.
"much to the chagrln of her SONS and
daughters, who dread the universal
laughter at the exhibition of the John
Brown craze" as London correspon-
dent telegraphs,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
AFTERNOON SESSION.

AT o'clock the Senate again con-
vened, and the further consideration
of Senate bill No. 40 was resumed.
On motion of Senator Fowler ca
WAS stricken out after shave" in line 4,
section 4, and mo" was inserted.
Senator Harris moved to strike out
the second proviso in section 1, but
, the Senate refused by % noes to 2 ayes.
Senator Traylor offered an amend
ment, TO the effect that the provisions
of the bill should not apply to the
owners of agricultural lands. Carried
-23 ayes.
Senator Farrar offered an amend
ment. to the effect that the provisions
should not apply in cases of disputed
boundaries. Carried.
Senator Collins introduced an amend
ment to the effect that the consent of
the owner should be had for the pro-
secutian. Carried.
Senator Chesley offered an amend
ment to the effect that when the owner
would not fence, he might fence his
lands and avoid the penalty, but must
have gates and roadways. Carried.
Senator Terrell offered an amend
ment as follows: Add to section 4,
provided all the penalties of this bill
may be defeated by depositing with
the state treasurer before prosecution
FIVE cents per acre per annum for
each acre of land SO enclosed,
which deposit shall lie for
the benefit of the owner or owners of
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

Coy. CRITTEnDEN was a federal
brigadier, and Gen. Marmadukea Cor =
federate brigadier They are both
Democrats and are making lively
fight for the gubernatorial nomination
In Missouri
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

The Toie,lo, o., Evening Bee has n
new head. Now, if it will just put a
new advertisement at the top of thu
outside right hand colnmn on its first
page. THE STATESMAN will feel happ
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

ENGLAND put one hundred million
dollars iuto new ships last year. She
ina .e the money to pay for them in
doing the foreign carrying trade of the
United States.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

THE committee of the prohibition
home protection party has issued Il
|eal fer convention to he held in
j. ttsburg, Pennsylvania, on the 2lst
of May.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

PROFESSOR GIRARDEUA, late of the
Post, has opened an educational inst:-
Triton ia Houston for training boys
and girls for higher education. He ~
said to be most admirable educator.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

g. r. HUNTINGTON has been electt d
president Of the Kentucky Central
Railroad. This is Mr.. Pendleton's old
railway. and forms part OF the true
Southern Pacific.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.

II DOES really seem that the people
are signing for such days as they had
under the Alcalde.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

any sum not less than one or more
than two hundred dollars. and each
day that such fence remains without
such gateway shall constitute and I,e
punished rs a separate offerse, proyi-
ded this blu shall only apply 10 pasture
land.
Sec. 3. Emergency clause.
THE FINANCE BILL.
The president then laid before the
Senate, House bill No. l. This is the
finance bill. The House bill provides
for an ad valorem tex OF l6ss per
cent for general purposes, and 1215
per cent. for schools The Senate
finance committee recommend an
amendment raising the former to
2212 per cent. and another reduction
of the latter to 10 per cent.
The president stated that the first
question before the Senate was the
first committee amendment.
Senator Houston moved to amend
the amendment by striking out
"22115' and inserting 20. lie thought
that amount sufficient.
Senator Jones offered a substitute
making it % per cent.
Senator Terrell said the legislature
might as well look the matter square
ly in the face. To eiuce taxation
below the demands would only be
| short-sightedneSs or folly. He said
the governor had said in his procla-
nation that one purpose was to re-
duce taxation. But it could not be
done. He had consulted the comp
troller, and he would send to the clerk
to be read the following letter. The
clerk read the letter, as follows:
COLD FACTS.
Hon. A. w. Terrell, Senate Chamber, Austin,
| Texas:
SRI have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt OF yours of this date.
requesting my opinion as to whether
state warrants can be kept from the
streets under a levy of a tax of 2215
cents on the 800.
In reply | call your attention to the
annual report from this department
for the fiscal yer ending August
81, 1888, showing that the
tax of 2215 cents was
not sufficient to meet the current ex-
penses of that year, and that the
treasurer was enabled to honor all
drafts upon the treasury by reason of
the fact that We began the year With
a considerable balance on hand, accu
mulated from the 40 per cent ad valo
rem tax and 81 revenue poll-tax OF
the previous year
Without that balance the state
would not ouly have been left with
IN empty treasury, but with UNPAID
| claims in the hands of her people.
What the result for the next year vii
be with levy of 22115 cents al valOr
cum tax, the following figures vii
show.
1t giving these figures | use thu
completed transactions Of the pas
year as basis of calculation.
Assuming that the assessment roll:
for the year 1884 VIII show no falling
off in values | am not pre-
pared to say will be the a tive viii
have receipts for the year as follows
viz:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
EIGHTEENTH LEGISLATURE,

Convened in Austin, Texas,
Tuesday, January 8. 1884, at IL NJ
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
.vo-, UUO 70 SIJO,OOU
Respectfully,
WM. ]. SWAIN.

Comptroller.
He had taken great pains to inves-
tigate this matter in order that he
might act without any mistake. He
knew of no person who was COM
planning about the taxes except some
fellow who was candidate for the
leg islature, and while he desired to
run the government with the strietest
economy, he could not blindly over
look the cold logic of facts and fig
ures. The situation was simply this
on the basis of the % per cent:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

Leaving net revenue. .739sl7
Against the net receipts we have
the expenses of the government for
the next year. as follows:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

any sum not less than one or more
than two hundred dollars, and each
day that such fence remains without
such gateway shall constitute and T,e
punished rs separate offerse. proyi-
ded this bill shall only apply 10 pasture
land.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-02-21
Fight With q / anther.

Oscar Brown, of WatervilIe, Pa,
relates the following of an adventure
he once had in Potter County, when
he was hunting deer one fall. ''You
see, said he, II had shot two and had
them hung up near my cabin, when
one night a hungry panther made a
raid on them. [ went out to shoot or
drive him away, when little muss
occurred. The animal must have been
half starved for he was very fierce
and full of fight. I fired at him and
broke one of his forelegs, which still
further enraged him. He made a
spring for me and landed right on my
head, and we had it lively for few
minutes. He scratched me pretty bad
ly and tore my clothes into tatters,
but finally got him by the throat
and by pure muscular power succeed
ed in holding on till I had his wind
shut off. And then, finding that he
was gettin' limp, [ drew out my big
pocket-knife with one hand and
openin' the blade with my teeth cut
the critters throat. Wonder what the
silly brakeman would have thought
If he had met that feIlOWsn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-02-21
A Love Story of a Senator.
Easton (Md.) Ledg

Senator elect Wilson was an invete-
rate snuff taker many years after the
practice had been tolerated in good
society, but finally compromised by
giving up his snuff box and making
an arrangement with a deserving
woman, who kept a shop in Snow
Hill, to get pinch whenever he call
ed at the shop for it. Mrs. Knox, who
had been in better circumstances be-
fore she kept the shop, had a pretty
and refined daughter, who had been
educated and was lady ia manners
aud department. The mother died.
Thinking Judge Wilson a staid old
widower and adapted to looking after
a pretty and friendless girl, she left
her property in the Judges hands,
asking him to look after it and be
mindful to her daughter, left an
orphan. The Judge settled up the
estate, secured her little patrimony to
the daughter, and finally succumbed
to her beauty and merit and married
her. The match turned out most hap
PLY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-02-21
judd Crouch Arrested

JACKSON, Mich, Feb. Judd
Crouch was arrested this evening for
assault and attempt to murder the
Jonesyille detective, Galen Brown.
The prosecuting attorney and jus
tice went to Horton today and took
the wounded mans deposition. Upon
their return the sheriff went at once
to the Crouch farm and made the
arrest. Judd was immediately re-
leased on So. 900 bail and his hearing
set down for Feb 30. L. @. Hurd
and Patton Morrison are Judd's
bondsmen. Nc excitement followed
the arrest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-02-21
Borrowed Jewels.

The most certain sigh of wisdom is
a perpetual cheerfulness.
Happiness consists, not IN having
much, but in being contented with lit
tie.
Gratitude is a feeling in which we
may freely indulge without any fear
of excess.
The person who tells you the faults
of others intends to tell others of
your faults. Have a care how you
listen.
1t is only from those who have
themselves suffered that we may ex-
pect sympathy or consolation in our
distress. A heart that has bled for its
own sorrows can seldom be hardened
to another's woe.
When the veil of death has been
drawn between us and the objects of
our regard, how quick-sighted do we
become totheir merits, and how bitter
| ly do we then remember words or looks
of unkin6ness which may have escap-
ed us in our intercourse with theml
How careful should such thoughts
render us in the fulfllment of ohose
offices of affection which it may yet be
IN our power to perform for who can
tell how soon the moment may arrive
when repentance cannot be followed
| by reparatIOn?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-02-21
THE DYING REQUEST

Time passed and the two women
were apparently as good friends as
they had ever BEEN About six weeks
ago Mollie Dinsmore was taken i'll.
The physicians pronounced her dis
ease to be quick consumption, and
gave up all hopes of her recovery. A
few days after she died. Before her
death. however, she summoned all
around her and requested that she
might be buried just as she died. She
eXacted a promise from them that
she could be disturbed in her last long
slumber only to be put into a coffin.
Unlike many, she desired no prepara
tory dressing for her jo.rney into
eternity. Respecting her wishes, she
was so buried as she had requested.
Mollie Dinsmore's strange desire
to be inferred without the usua
post-mortem preparation body gen.
orally receives caused no inconsider-
able amount of talk. Lottie Edwards
pondered long and deep on the sub
ject. She could give herself no salts
factory explanation of this seemingly
mysterious wish. At last a sudden
thought flashed through her brain.
What had become of Miss Dinsmore' s
diamonds! A hasty search among
the effects of the dead woman failed
to bring them to light. They must
have been buried with her, she finally
concluded
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-02-21
NO. s..

he now is. The woman Edwards is
still about town, and the readers of
this startling story may see her every
day promenading the principal streets.
What became of the diamonds is not
known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-02-21
Burial OF the Crested Butte Dead.

Burial OF the Crested Butte Dead.
The burial of the forty-six miners
who lost their lives in a recent ex-
plosion in a mine in Crested Butte,
Colo, is described by the local papers
as the most pathetic sight that has
ever been witnessed in that neighbor-
hood A binding snowstorm was rag
ing on the day on which the funeral
took place and the roads were almost
impassable Nevertheless, the town
was crowded with miners and others.
The forty-six bodies were each placed
in rough wooden collins, and then all
were put on fourteen sleighs, and as
the funeral cavaicade wound it's way
up the bleak mountain side, with five
feet of snow on the ground and flakes
flying swift and fast overhead, to the
little cemetery in which the unfor-
tunates were buried, many a tear
trickled down the cheeks of the sturdy
miners who saw it go by. All the
business places in the little town were
closed that day and most of the houses
draped in mourning, and the bodies
were followed to their last resting
place by the town officials, citizens,
and miners from the surrounding
country
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-02-21

BFStner Dr1Een NaG-Ihe Sad EaTe
ofa Beautiful Girl Betrayed in The
East, She Goes TO San Francisco and
Finally Dies-The Revenge of Her
Friend.
San Francisco Examiner.
Not many weeks ago there lived in
one of the gilded palaces of sin on
Ellis street an unusually handsome
young woman known as Mollie Dins-
more. Although scarcely nineteen
years old, she was as literally pro-
portloned as the most mature woman
Of thirty. She was thoroughly accom-
plished. She could play and sing,
and her skill as an artist was only
rivalled by her brilliancy In CONVEX
sation. She had received offers of
marriage from infatuated young men,
but had dismissed them ALL Who
she was and where she came from
were frequent subjects of discussion by
her female associates. Her story as
known to them, was brief and pa
thetlc. One summer morning two
years before she had presented herself
at the door of n1Gison de joje. above al
luded to and sough ut abundance as an
inmate. Upon being questioned as to
whom she was, she declined stating.
Upon being pressed, however, she
consented to tell her story.
The only daughter of wealthy and
influential parents residing in one of
the large Eastern cities, she had been
brought up in ease and luxury. She
had one brother, who went to the bad
when only boy At an early age
she was sent to a fashionable board
ing school. She proved to be an at
tentive and studious child, and at the
, age of sixteen years had mastered the
French and German languages, was
a fluent conversationalist and a bril-
liant performer on the pianoforte.
Her parents fairly idolized her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-02-21
A STARTLING STORY.

A Grave Desecrated and a Depraved
Brother Driven Wad-The Sad Fate
ofa Beautiful Girl Betrayed i'm The
East, She Goes TO San Francisco and
Finally Dies-The Revenge of Her
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-08

footed and barelegged, and many with
strings of coins around their necks. the
result, perhaps, of years of hard labor
on the plantations.
Water street, upon which the market
stands, is the business street of George
town. 1t extends the whole length Of
the city, from the suburb of Werk en-
Rust to the sea wall, and for its whole
length of about two miles is bordered by
stores and extensive warehouses, which
seem to do large business. There is a
large trade here in bright colored cali
Goes, cheap jewelry and such other arti-
Giles as attract the negro and coolie popu-
laton. The smaller stores and shops
are run by Portuguese, a people who
seem to be born pioneers, for they are
to be found, with their little stocks of
trade, scattered all over this South
American continent; away up the rivers,
far into the interior; no place seems too
remote for them. So it is in Africa, and
in the Polynesian Islands; everywhere
the countrymen of De Cana and Magel-
Ian lead the van of commerce and civili-
cation. The more pretentious establish
ments OF Georgetown are controlled by
English and Scotch. Several of these
stores are conducted on very large
scale and do an enormous business, car
rying in stock almost everything that
luxury or necessity requires. OF course
the great trade of the colony is in sugar,
molasses and rum, immense quantities
of each being shipped to the United
States and to England every year. The
sugar yield last season of the three
provinces, Essequibo, Demerara and
Berbice was nearly 40, 900 hogsheads.
Running parallel to Water street is the
fashionable thoroughfare of the city,
Main street, a lovely avenue, shaded by
giant moras and cottonwoods. and orna-
mented by rows of stately palms. Down
the center of the street runs stream of
water some two or three yards in width,
in which grows the queen of lilies, the
glorious Victoria Regia, with its huge
leaves and large flowers of every shade,
from a beautiful pink to the purest white.
On each side of the street are the resi-
dences of "The Quality Folks" large
wooden houses, mounted on brick pillars
and surrounded by broad verandas, over
which grow, in wild profusion, creeping
plants of all descriptions. There is an
other fashionable street in the city which
l must not omit to mention, although it
has not very euphonious name. 1t is
called Brick Dam, and on it are located
the government buildings and the resi-
dence of the American consul. The
buildings are made of white marble, and,
though of no very great height, present
pleasing appearance. 1t is here that
the court of policy sits, and the govern
ment reigns which Trollope describes as
" mild despotism tempered by sugar"