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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THE lease of the university lands
was checked by the land board raising
the minimum price to eight cents per
acre, just as they were beginning to
be leased readily at four cents. They
might all have been taken at that
price.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

AN account is given in our special
dispatches this morning of bastard
ly shooting in Lee county. If the
circumstances detailed by the CORES
pondent are correct, it is not surpris-
ing that the assailant of DR.. Mcneil is
in danger of getting a lope around
his neck, applied by Judge Lynch.
Mcneil does not appear to have
given any other provoeation than SIM
ply admitting that he had made Ger
tain remark relating to his as
sailant's private affairs. Such affairs
are disgrace to the state, and would
not occur were every man in Texas
who deliberately killed another also
punished with death.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

DICK HUBBARD is going to Indiana,
Ohio, Illinois and New York to make
a few campaign speeches. He will
make rousing ones, too-just such as
few men besides Hubbard can make.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

DAVE CJLBERsoN, in speaking at
Paris, paid high tributeto the green
back party, and said it was identical
with the democratic party. A few
years ago ne came very near making
the democratic party identical with
the greenback party.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THE governor says the lease law is
no pet scheme of his, that if the people
do not want it he is ready to do any
thing the people say. At this rate he
viii yet make model governor.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

1T is charged that the republicans
of Maine purchased votes right and
left. These charges are supported with
numerous affidavits of men who were
paid money and others who saw
money paid. Ten dollars was the
ruling price, though some voters were
beat down to SO or 50, while others
held out for $l1 and $12. Names are
published of some 200 men in Augusta
-Blaine's own town-who sold their
votes. There is nothing strange about
this, however, when they all believe
that the republican nominee has made
habit of selling his votes where sales
paid enormously.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

BEN BUTLER voted against the
Thurman bill intended to secure the
indebtedness Of the Pacific railroads
TO the goyernment-when he was a
member of congress- He was not
parading as an anti-monopolist in
those haicSon days.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

AND now comes Russia, Austria
and Germany, and threaten to restore
Ismail to the Egyptian throne.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

TIE Courier-Journal insists, that if
the government had had half the case
against Dorsey and Brady that the
country. has against Blaine, Dorsey
and Brady would now be in the peni--
fenfiarv.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THE comptroller's annual state
ment ought to be forthcoming soon.
It is looked for with interest, as
guide to what the states financial
condition for the next two years will
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

OF course they know there is no
nance for his election; but think of
tne republicans naming the negro,
Evans, for the commissionership of
the general land ofiicel 1t is an insult
to the position.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THE high license law of Illinois has
reduced the number of saloons from
1900 TO 5000, while the revenue
from licenses has increased from
100000 to 81, 100000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THAT was nice senatorial nominal
ton at Galveston. Somehow people
who have been opposing democratic
nominees are in especial favor among
machine workers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THE ghost of the past, A. B. Nor
ton, might do for a governor, but he
would be incapable of administering
the land Office, and yet the negro, Ev-
ans, is named for that position.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THE potato crop of the northwest
ern states is immense, but it is said it
commands very little money.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

OUR land laws are not shaped so as
to advance the best interests of the
commonwealth. Every prospective
legislator should devote himself to
their study and a solution of the diff
fcult problems of land legislation.
The legislature should fix wise laws,
and make them Ike those of the
Modes and Persians The letter of
all land statutes shon:,l 10 so worded
as to admit of no dangerous construct
ion by any officer of the state gov
ernment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THE Austin STATESMAN says it en-
dorsed Gov. Roberts administration.
1t our memory does not mislead us
badly, THE STATESMAN kicked vigor-
onsly at Gov. Roberts during pretty
nearly all of his second term.-Hous-
ton Age.
THE STATESMAN endorsed Gov,
Roberts administration. 1t does not
pretend to say it did not differ with
him in a good many things, but in
the main it upheld hin, and the fact
is well known that it did. When his
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

= Now the pleasing rain has come,
and everybody feels more hopeful.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

A CASH balance is a mighty good
thing to have for an emergency.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

JUDGE JAMES H. BELL is certainly
a very wise man. He could not per-
NIT his name to be used by the re-
publicans for the gubernatorial can
didacy,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

OCTOBER is to be a telling month in
political circles. On the other side CT
the Atlantic approaches the crisis
over the franchise bill in England,
while the French corps legislatif will
pass Judgment on the Chinese en-
broglio. 1t is only necessary to say
that over here the Ohio folks are in
another desperate scramble after Of
ficp
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THE Philadelphia Times thinks it
would be sorry ending of the mis-
sion of the republican party. after
quarter of q century of triumphant
political management to turn the ex-
ecutiye power of the natlon over to
discredited and INSCRIPTIONS sehemer
like James G. Blaine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

IT is alleged that Blaine's friends
are preparing an explanation OF the
Fisher letters. That is hardly neces-
sary; they explain themselves.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

HON. LOT M. MORRILL, is named
in the second batch of the Mulligan
letters as one of the purchasers of
holders of Fort Smith s. Little Rock
railroad bonds. The extreme disgust
the widow of Mr.. Morrill, expresses
for Blaine, and which she says was
shared in his lifetime by her hus-
band, is no doubt the result of the
game played by the knight of the
soiled plume in placing those securi-
ties among his Maine friends. He
was specializing off them while pre-
tending to be serving them as a
friend. Mr.. Blaine never hesitated to
prey on anybody, and he would de-
ceive his best friend for money.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
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April Is, 1884.
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FLAX very bad, and it acted like y charm; cur
ing them both sound and well. ! Thank you
fnE having such a valuable medicine on the
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
THURSDAY, October 2, 1884

JOHN SHERMAN thinks that Blaine's
goose is about cooked.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

If Wash Jones or some other fellow
should not come around this way and
infuse life into politics there viii be
absolute death from enuui.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THE Baltimore Herald Gays the
second batch of Mulligan letters sup
ply the most conclusive evidence that
Messrs. Mulligan and Fisher are as
precious pair of scalawags as are
wandering loose about the country"
This declaration may be true; Fisher
may be grand rascal; we suspect he
is, for Blaine calls him my dear
Fisher"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THE statement of Comptroller Swain
shows that since January l, 1888, there
have been expended in improvements
at the penitentiaries $4,000, and yet.
with this vast sum added to what was
expended before, during the time of
lease, amounting in all to nearly $780,
600, the pittia6le story is told that APP
plia aces to keep the convicts employ
sd Inside the walls of penitentiaries
are not on hand. Penitentiary man
agpm ut hes certainly been wretched
JonN w. KELLEY announces for
the hundFedth time that his motor is
about to be shown as great success
to the world. Ills time he declares
there may be 10 doubt about it. Some
time ago the men who had been put.
ting up money for him became greatly
dissatisfied and demanded satisfaction
He had conference with the stock
holders, and they have since been per
fectly quiet.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
Important Notice !!

THE STATESMAN will pay no bills con-
tracted by any employ Of this office except
upon order signed by The business manager.
We nay our men every Monday, in cash, and
merchants and others extending credit must
not expect US to be responsible except under
conditions as above.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

GEN. BUTLER's friends at Wash
ington say that he does not seriously
desire New Jersey to go in favor of
Blaine, but that he desires to have
Blaine get the electoral votes OF all
the northern states, except New Jer-
sey, Indiana, Michigan and Iowa, and
for that reason he will bend all his en-
ergies to Blaine in New York, Con-
necticut and Massachusetts. If only
New Jersey, Indiana, Michigan and
iowa of the northern states go against
Blaine, and the southern 1tates go for
Cleveland, the election of a president
would be thrown into the house, for
Blaine would receive only 1856 votes,
Cleveland 191, and Butler IL, the But
Ter votes coming 6 from Michigan and
from Iowa.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THE property which the late Arthur
w. Austin, of Milton, Mass. bequeath-
ed to the university of Virginia
amounts to nearly or quite $500, 900.
The will provides that the income of
the estate shall go to Mr.. Austin's
children, who are three in number and
all grown, until their death. The en-
tire property will then revert to the
university. The property consists of
railroad and other bonds well secured
and some real estate. In the body of
the will the bequest was made to
William and Mary College, but this
was revoked by codicil
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

ONLY 1,767.6O5 acres of the public
school lands have been leased, and
yet there are 100000 acres of
these lands. The eight cents
pr acre rule is robbing the
free schools of vast deal of money.
1t has absolutely cut the university off
from all land revenue. 1t should have
as annual revenue, at four cents per
acre for land, $4,000. Instead of this
magnificent current fund it gets moth
ing fox lands.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

HE people of San Antonio talk
most literally about building railways.
Two of them say they would give
$4,000 each towards building a rail-
way from San Antonio to Fredericks-
burg. Somehow they badly scatter
in propositions, and as long as they do
these big donations may be talked
about with impunity.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

SENATOR BAYARD made a very
strong speech in New York, a few
days ago, in favor of tariff reform
and tax reduction. He can find no
warrant for protective tariff legisla-
ton, either in sound economy or in
the constitutional authority lodged in
congress. The corrupting Influence
of discriminating legislation is set
forth with great clearness and force.
The maladmlnistration of the republi-
can party in the south; the dangerous
position of the legal-tender question,
and of thelaws relating to the coinage
OF the country, are also treated with
the customary clearness and force
which mark Senator Bayard's speeches
He has not one voice for one section
of the country and another voice fol-
another section.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THE people do not want man as
president who convicts himself of
lying.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

THESTATEsMAN is the organ of no
person; it is purely democratic, sus-
tains public men when they Subscribe
to and adhere to pure democratic
doctrine. That is the kint of an or
gan THE STATESMAN is. It is an or
gan of principles and opinions which
promise the greatest good to the
greatest number of PEG. lie.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

friends, however. tried to push him
for the third term it violently opposed
the proposition, but this did not make
it the opponent of his administration.
1t did not believe in the policy of the
democratic party nominating the
same man three times successfully for
the same position. Rotation in office
is a necessity, and after man has
been in two terms it is time to put in
somebody else. The STATESMAN be-
came violently opposed to the Alcalde's
proposed third successive nomination.
but his warmest friends did not place
the paper in the attitude of opposing
his official acts. He was grand gov
ernor, and he knew how to take ad.
verse criticism from friend as to any
of his official acts. When THE
STATESMAN opposed Roberts renom
ination for the third term it earnestly
advocated the selection of Ireland
When he was elected and inaugurated
it mildly criticised the character O.
his first message to the legislature
and he then became the inveterate fo
Of the paper. Men are differently or
gained, it appears.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

BLAINE has certainly struck therock
upon which his presidential ba k will
strand. It has been proven I at his
word is not worth anything.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-05
VICTORY.
Blaine and Logan Elected.

From the returns received at the office
of the Journal up TO four O'Clock this
morning. we gather the glorious news
that every Northern State, with Virginia
added. gave majority Of their votes yes
terday tor the election OF James G Blaine
for President and John A. Logan for Vice
President Of the United States.
TIE number Of electoral votes necessary
to elect President and Vice President is
POI. Blaine and Logan will have 260
votes. and therefore will be the next Pres
ident and Vice President Of this country.
The returns presented in our dispatches
are considerably mixed, but they show
beyond a doubt the election Of the repub-
lican candidates.
The reports received by Mr.. Blaine last
evening, from the best authorities, are
strong and conclusive Of his election.
We congratulate the people Of the
country upon this grand and suspicious
result. Under the guiding hand Of James
G.. Blaine, "a President. the United States
will be wisely governed and continue to
be prosperous and a glorious example to
all other nations OF the blessings of gov
eminent b, the people for the people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-05
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-05

Diphtheria il a terrible disease. requiring
the greatest medical skill to effect a complete
cure. Even when is power il broken, il
clings to the patient with great persistsnev.
and often l~aye- the system poisoned and
prostrsted Jnst here H5od's Sasspariiia does
EAST amount Of good, expeiiiug impurities
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-05
Specint Advertisements

Small advertisements, not exceeding three tta.
coming under the head of WANTED, FoR SAL
To LET. LOST, &C., aciA be inserted here one TIN
for 90 cents, three times for 40 cents, and one 'cs
for Sn cents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-05
Scratched by an Ant Bear.

A Man WHO WAS IiURr ~ SEPTEMBER
SAID TO BE DYtSG-PEcULIARr OF THE
Disease.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-05
4 Remarkable Mirage.

just before the rain of SUNDAY Oct. II,
when the clouds hung lnw on the Sierra Madre
aud the air was heavily charged with vapor,
there was rare sight in Crescent, Canada.
The Sierras WAS hidden from view and the
upper side of La Canada, by the refrsction of
light seemed lifted up about 6 GOO feet. oc-
cupying the topmost height of the mountains.
The ranch of Col T. : Hall was most con
spicuously exalted. His eucalyptus trees
appeared to be in the very skies, while his
neighhors along the upper mesa were also
elevated to strange, weird and fantastic
height The spectacle continued for nearly
two hours. when il slowly faded away, and
the landscape settled down again apparently
about q 600 feet to its normal condition The
sight Was rare and of absorbing interest to
all who beheld il. 1t is not often that the
refraction of light is so intense in its mani
feststion as in this case, and the occasion il
deserving of more than a passing notice. In
a horizontal distance of two and one halt
miles there was manifested elevation of
more than mile. To one familiar with the
features of the county the sight was especially
interesting From the les ARgetes Cal }
Herald. Oct. -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-05
Wheat i'm the Northwest.

Seat. is little question that the present
The ett rived 10 render great many
SAlh tllr !, and with the business of wheat
Tbese steamers sordinary low prices that
coast, TO get for their crops.
For freight or pa snnoyances growing out
u x Nl.>p, ng and elevator systems.
or \. pRw. SAMf making them ponder the
paws to ralse wheat: and
growing up among them
That it does not pay to de-
TO that and nothing else
This is to eert.easons to believe that the
ami! ! aarrext year in the Northwest will
Of his r,n,ras' decrease as compared with
are beginning to find out thar
Augusta, things besides wheat that can
lib profit Many of them also
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-05

are turning their attention TO the subject of
cattle breeding. This Is as it should be, There
is little danger Of Minnesota and Dakota los
ing their present prestige as wheat producers;
hut neither will become fully developed until
greater attention ia given TO diversified farm
ing From the St. Paul NinH, Pioneer
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