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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

THE special committee of the
House, at its meeting last night.
agreed to report favorably the bill
making fence-cutting a felony, pun
ishable with not less than two years
in the penitentiary nor more than five;
also bill making it an offense pun
ishable by fine of not less than 800
nor more than $500 for any person
to enclose lands except the owner or
lessee thereof. The committee fur
ther agreed to report favorably bill
to open gates and roadways to water
ing places, at such intervals as will
suit the public convenience. On the
important question of giving to
Travis county concurrent Jurisdiction
with counties where fence-cutting
may take place, the committee took
no action, thus leaving the matter
open for the decision in committee of
the whole,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

TIE railway companies nave hard
time of it. Here is the Texas & st.
Louis railway, which everybody
thought was going along swimming
ly and making money for its stock
holders, going at a sacrifice to the
bondholders, who have failed to re-
ceive interest on money loaned for
construction. A receiver has been
appointed and the road will change
hands. While THE STATESMAN re-
grets that individual losses are sus-
tanned by people who put their money
into public works that advance the
prosperity of Texas, it knows the
public will suffer but little if any by
changes. The building of this road
has done great deal for Texas. THE
STATESMAN regrets il has not proved
a financial benefit to those who first
contributed to its construction. New
life may be infused into it under new
management.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
The foreign exhibition, which closed

The foreign exhibition, which closed
in Boston on Saturday night, did not
prove a financial success, the man
ayers being obliged to put their hands
in their own pockets to foot some of
the bills. 1t is gratifying to learnt
however, thlt the guarantors are not
wholly Frustrated by making up the
deficiency. and console themselves
with the belief that ultimately the en-
terprise will prove beneficial alike to
the foreign exhibitors and to Boston
merchants. From this it aybe seen
how necessary it is for legislatures of
the different states to appropriate
money to sustain the enterprise OF
private persons in New Orleans.
There profits should be assured.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
Divorce i'm America.

After marriage comes divorce, but
with that unpleasant subject we do
not care to deal. Suffice it to say that
American legislators have shown
themselves quite as DESTROYS Of help
ing people out of. as intoImatrimonY,
their efforts in the first-named direc-
ton being SO heartily appreciated that
in 1882 over 4500 cases, resulting n
the dissolution of 1900 marriages. were
tried in Ohio alone. Divorce. indeed,
is becoming so common THAT some peo-
pie are asking if the simultaneous
polygamy" in vogue in Utah is a
worse thing than the consecutive
polygamy" practiced elsewhere. 1t is
only fair to mention that the law of
divorce differs consider ably in differ
ent states; but this hardly mends the
matter, indeed, it only confuses
things, Says an American lady lee
turer; "a man who has been mar
Fied, divorced and REMARKED, will, in
travelling from Maine to Florida, find
himself bachelor. sometimes married
to his first wife, sometimes married to
his second wife, sometimes a divorced
man, and sometimes a bigamist, ac-
cording to the statutes of the state
through which he is travelling"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
The Davis Police.
ISan Antonio Light


It is gratifying to see that the Bour-
bons are shedding some of the moss
which has long been pendant from
their backs, and are showing some
symptoms of progressive DISPOSE
ton. They howled and ranted at a
fearful rate at Gov, Davis for using
state troops to enforce the laws, and
styled it a military government, a
usurpation, etc., but all his Demo-
cratic successors have taken good
care to retain the obnoxious state
rangers, and to employ them as con-
stabulary force, too. But PROPOSE
ton is on the anvil, in the Docratic
legislature, to raise additional troops,
to appropriate 100000 for paying
them, and to enlarge the powers of
the governor, which Is inconsistent
with the criticism and abuse poured
out on Gov. Davis. The Democratic
papers will no doubt approve these
measures shoIld they become laws,
putting their approval upon the ext
gency brought about by fence-cutting
lawlessness, and the necessity of pro-
tecting property, and the Light is re-
Joiced to see them admit that line
of rolicy as "unalterable as the laws
of the Modes and Persians," is stupid
and absurd; that circumstances alter
cases." and that craftsmanship con-
sists in adapting our policy to circum-
stances and the needs of the hour.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

in their intercourse with
the fashionable world. For such sta
tionery. of course, common steel pens
would not serve, and hence the Senate
purchased seventeen dozen gold pens,
or more than two for each member.
OF pocket-knives the total purchase
of the Senate for the year was twenty
dozen. The Senate's total consump-
ton of ice for the year was 100000
pounds, or nearly ton and half for
each member. During long and
weary session Of fourteen hours the
supplies in the basement restaurant
must have become exhausted, as a
little lunch from Wormley's on that
occasion is set down in the account at
one hundred and seventy-fve dollars.
AS tn items OF this account are not
given it is not improbable that it in
cluded several gallons of fluid. In
order to protect the Senate against the
malaria of Washington not less than
100 pills were purchased for its col,
lectlve health, to say nothing Of castor
Oils and other medicines. Besides the
ink there was prcdigious consump'
ton of Apollinaris water and othel
mineral waters. The cleanliness OF
the personal habits of senators is at
tested in the endless profusion of hail
brushes, nail brushes, Cologne water
bay rum and sponges, all Of which art
duly charged to the public account
But all this does not matter; the grea
cash balance Of S150,OO0.O00 is or
hand, and it must be expended.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
SENATOR MCDONALD must IL

SENATOR MCDONALD must lie a
masher; at least he mashed Mrs. Bar
nard, of Indianapolis, who could not
rest until she got divorce from her
husband, after being married over
twenty years, when she and the sepa-
tor We're Joined in holiest wedlock. 1t
is said she is beautiful; that her COM
plexion reminds one of peaches and
cream" No wonder the senator felt
like eating her on sight. She Is said
to be lovely enough to grace throne,
TO say nothing of bossing the White
Houap
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
Advice TO Mothers.

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup
should always be used when children
are cutting teeth. 1t relieves the lit
tie sufferer at once; it produces
natural, quiet sleep by relieving the
child from pain. and the little cherub
awakes as "bright as button" 1t is
very pleasant to taste. 1t soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all
pain, relieves wind, regulates the
bowels, and is the best known remedy
for diarrhea, whether arising from
teething or other causes. Twenty-Five
cents bottle. Jelly
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
TIE Senate of the United States is

THE Senate of the United States is
a heightened body. There are now
about twenty-five millionaire sena-
tors, and of course they are treated IN
royal style. Last year there was
charged to the Senate $50 quarts writ
inS fluid. and with such consumption
of ink it nay not besurprisipg to learn
that in one day there were ordered
for the use of the body 5000 enyel-
opes. Besides the ordinary paper and
envelopes consumed in the CORE
spondence OF senators there Is large
quantiry of elegant French stationery
the decorated and costly "plushT en-
yelopes required by our senatorial
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
An Undoubted Blessing.

About thirty years ago prominent
physician by the name of DR.. William
Hall discovered or produced after long
experimental research, a remedy for
diseases of the throat, chest and lungs,
which was of such wonderful efficacy
that it soon gained wide reputation
in this country. The name OF this
medicine is DIR. WIN. HALLS BAL
SAM FOR THE LUNGS, and may
be safely relied on as speedy and
positive cure for coughs, colds, sore
throat, etc. Sold by all druggists.
jan16-eod&w.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
Eurps the Plies Too

Edouard Reintard, OF New York,
writes:
1t gives me great pleasure to say
that single box of HENRY'S CAR
BOLIC SALVE effected complete
cure of piles with which 1 had been
troubled for over ii year, and which
nothing else that used would cure.
Beware of counterfeits.
dec15- eod&w
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

THE Celtic drifted on the Atlantic
for one month. Her passengers and
crew took in the situation, and made
'life on the ocean wave" pleasant by a
series of entertainments and other
pleasant pastimes.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
How 1t is Interpreted.
Texas Northwest.

Although the governor does not
come out squarely in favor of herd
law, yet the clause recommending
that it be made highly penal offense
to Craze upon the lands of another
without express authority from the
proper owner is certainly strcng
breeze in favor Of such a law. The
penal clause for grazing, and also the
clause for trespassing on lands, are
points of the herd law that our people
so much oppose. If such law were
in vogue there would be thousands of
acres of our waste lands lying idle,
and the grass would fail to benefit
anyone. Such a law would compel
every family who owned COW to
keep her up or secure a pasture, and
if stock should happen to stray the
expense of trespassing on our neigh
bors' lands and the expense necessary
tn regain possession of the stock
would almost equal the value of the
animals.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
oxp ,emadv which TgE srA

ONE remedy which THE STATES
MAN has suggested for destruction
of property by the lawless is to hold
counties responsible for such destruc-
tiou, allowing the counties to collect,
If possible, from those who destroy.
No county would pay damages twice
before all tendency to outlawry would
he stopped. 1t may be remembered
that Allegheny county, PENNSYLVANIA,
was held responsible for lawless de-
structioa of property in 1877. In In
diana and Illinois public sentiment is
drifting towards the enforcement OF
such responsibility.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

THE city authorities at Brussels,
Belgium, have supplied the policemen
with noiseless shoes for their night
duty. They are of cloth with india
rubber soles. THE STATESMAN adj
vises the adoption of these noiseless
soles for our Austin police. Nobody
would be attracted then by any fran
tic effort to get out of the way when
these little pleasantries begin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

UNDER the plan of rapidly paying
off the federal debt. the national
banks viii soon be left without any
thing upoa which to rest. This being
contemplated, the bin presented by
Congressman Mills would protect the
public with gold or silver certificates
or treasury notes. to be exchanged for
all outstanding circulation of banks
wound up by the redemption OF
honda
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
SAYS the Dallas Herald:

The opposition to, and non-appre-
citation of property rights in Texas,
that have been at the bottom of ali
this fence-cutting business, are the di-
rect outgrowth of the long enjoyment
of free range in this state. 1t is not
surprising, therefore. that petitions
against herd law and in favor of free
range are being sent in by the dozen
from certain sections, but the state
has grown beyond the condition indi-
Gated by great commons, and free
range must go.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
THR Southern Pacific railway con

THE Southern Pacific railway COM
pany opposed the Involvement of
bonds worth $4,000 per mile for the
construction of the Texas s. Pacific
railway from Dallas to the Pacific
ocean. 1t was held that land sub
sidy and the bonds were too great a
concession. Having defeated the
money subsidy the Southern Pacific
company bought the franchises of
Texas & Pacific railway; and in this
way obtained the claim now presented
IN C0ngresS
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

THE Dallas Herald asks: What
will the outside world think Of the
appreciation of human life in Texas
if it is permissible for anybody to
shoot down fence-cutter, placing the
death penalty upon common felony
and allowing anybody to execute it
without the process of the court 2"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
CarIisIe,s Long Head.
New York star.l

NV IuIIA slstl'I
In the last year of Hayes term, Sec:
rotary Sherman proposed per cent
bond with which to redeem the fiyes.
Mr.. Carlisle moved to amend by max:
ing the bond 3 per cent. This passed
Congress, then Democratic III both
branches, and was vetoed by Hayes
on the ground that it was too low.
You remember how short time it
was before Secretary Window, under
duress of the banks. arbitrarily and
without constitutional warrant threw
a 3 Il per cent bond on the market.
Cariisle's head was longer in this mat
ter than any other mans in Congress.
To-day the banks would be very much
obliged for a 3 per cent bond.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

THE funeral expenses of late Hi
nois congressman footed up $3lGV.
There were paid $95 for forty-two
pairs of kid gloves; S240 for silk
sashes, $50 for meals of attending
colleagues, S3S for Appollinaris water
and $175 for miscellaneous articles,
besides 1925 for a funeral casket. No
wonder it is growing fashionable for
congressmen to die.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

JOHN SHERMAN prefers Arthur to
Blaihe. He says the former is not 2
dangerous man. while Blaine is. What
IS the use making an eternal fuss
about the gentleman from Maine.
His guano speculations made for him
a political grave, from which he may
meyer more be resurrected. Some
time ago the STATESMAN egitoph for
him: Here lies JIM Blaine, decently
inferred.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

SENATOR ALLISON, OF Iowa, has
been elected to the Senate for third
term. He was in the House six years
before he was elected senator. There
fore, should he live out his third term
he will have been in Congress for
twenty-four consecutive years.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

Mr.. PAYNE is four years older than
Uncle Sammy Tilden, and yet they
want him to be president. Probably
Uncle Sammy IS behind the scheme
If Mr.. Payne be not too old for the
presidency, why, Mr.. TiIden's youth
and vigor may be established.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
senator Brown in Washington.
washington Correspondence Augusta Chron
- 4 icls

Washington Correspondence Augusta enron
! icls.I
Senator Brown has his good wife
and accomplished daughter with him
at the Metropolitan Hotel. Their
Qrana parlor is a regular Georgia
home, and has taken the place of Mr..
Stephens Liberty Hall. Every body
is welcome there. Our Georgia states
man firmly believes in the sanctity of
the marriage relation, but he also
agrees with the Rev. Leonard Bacon
Wolsey and other eminer t theologians
that Now England and some of the
Western States had better cure their
owR sins against the family relation
before preaching crusade against the
people of Utah..
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

THOSE resolutions of endorsement
may break the back of the House.
Had the body suspended its existence
as legislative body and resolved it.
self into political convention it
would have been different.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

Mr.. KALLooH, ex-preacher, return
ing to San Francisco the other day.
lectured in his old "temple." His au-
dience consisted of a bakers dozen.
His popularity is gone, and he finds
himself, with Kearney, on the shelf.
lie began his career as an anti-South-
ern monster, infiaming the fanatically
disposed mind in Boston in 1866.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

ACCORDING to the census reports
the aggregate wealth of the United
States in 1880 was $43,642, 100000, or
an average of something less than
$1,000 to each inhabitant. The capt.
tai invested in business was $S,177,-
100000 and the number of persons en-
gagged in business 703,328.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
Excited as Partisans.
Tyler Courier.l

The question of public roads is CIV
ing the members of the legislature no
small amount of trouble, and upon
this subject they are consuming too
much time. They are acting more
like excited individuals than they do
ike lawmakers and wise men.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

In the Democratic presidential con-
vention of 1880 Payne received 81 votes
on the first ballot. Seventy of these
votes were from New York and none
from his own state. 1t is now pro-
posed to fix the Ohio delegation for
him in the next convention.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

LET the commissioners court Of
each county decide rs to the capablli-
ty and efficiency Of peace officers. and
give these courts the power to remove.
Keep the power near the people, not
take it away from them and concen-
trate it in Austin, where it may be
used for political purposes.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
Thirteen ut Table.

The statistical probability of the
superstition that if thirteen sit down
to table one OF them will die in the
course of the following twelve months
is given in a French paper, from
which it appears that, to make the
death of one of company scientific
ally likely in the course of year, the
humber of persons present and their
ages, ought to be as follows:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

JUDGE LoCHRANE, of Georgia, has
received fee of $4,000 for settling
difficulties between the Memphis &
Charleston and the East Tennessee Il
Virginia railroad companies. Besides,
it is said be has been retained as
counsel for one of these railway Or
CARNATIONS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

OK THE fence cutting question the
San Antonio Light thinks the legis-
lature is acting like a hive of bees
without queen. Does it mean to in
innate, too. that there are no queen
ael- left with germs in them?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
Letter From a Well-KnOWn New
York AuctiOneer.
116 and 118 EAST 14TH ST.

New YORK, May Is, 1883.
l have been troubled with an irrita-
ton of the throat and a cough for
some time. am also martyr to
dyspepsia. BY the advice of a very
learned physician l applied two ALL
cocks Porous PiaSters to my chest
and one on the pit of my stomach. In
three days my cough was cured and
my throat was well. / have now
worn the Plasters two weeks, and my
appetite and digestion have much i'm
proved. / am confident that in an
other week my dyspepsia will be en-
tirely removed. 1 have never used so
pleasant and agreeable a remedy in
my life. THoS. MATHEWS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

IT is hard to defend injustice. Tie
Chicago Inter-Q Ocean, in beating about
for argument, the other day reiterated
the cotton-tie Pigment. which consists
in asserting that the planter buys his
cotton-tie as iron. at cents pound,
and sells it as cotton, at 10 cents a
pound. The people are no longer dc.
ceiyed b5 such stale stuff as this.
They begin to think.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
Their Name Is Legion.


Col. w. G. Young of Cara county,
says his fences have been destroyed
more than a dozen times, and that he
has used four carloads of wire for re-
pairs alone. He now pays $500 a
month for protection, hiring his own
policemen and furnishing them with
arms and ammunition. One hundred
persons in the same condition as Col.
Young were in Austin last week
seeking protection from similar out
RACES.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

THE Fort Worth Gazette says kill
the fence-cutter; some Of the legisla-
tors say kill him; and the report is
going the rounds OF the newspapers
that the governor SO declares himself,
which we are not prepared to eorrob-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

The Mormons seem to spare no cost
in their public buildings, Their tenn
pie at Salt Lake City has cost So ,OOO,-
600 and will require half as much
more to complete it. Its walls are of
frantic, 8 feet 9 inches thick. They
have, too, tabernacle which will seat
10000, and which has a marvellous
whispering gallery.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

Mr.. DURANT's remarks yesterday
in the House, are not creditable to
him. His constituency should invite
him home to undergo schooling in
choice English.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

TyeRE is boy III town that sleeps
marty lbs whole time. The fold
parents say choy do not know what
will become of him, after awhile, if
they cannot get him on the Austin
polica force
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

ESTRAYED byJ G. TimberlaKe, residing
" about 6 miles south OF AUSTIN before 4.
Tegener. j. p. T. c., November II, 1883, one dun
mare; about years old, about Il hands high,
branded Ms with bar under it, on left should
er, appraised at SIS. FRANK BROWN, C. T.
d6-W-3t Clerk C. c.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

EX-SENATOR MCDONALD said, dur
ing chat with some friends in In
dianapolis, the other day, that MIR.
Holman most likely would be the
next Democratic candidate for COVER
nor OF Indiana.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

BEN BUTLER is going to sell his home
In Washington, opposite the capitol
to the government for the use of
House committees. There is not
enough room in the capitol for their
accommodation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

IT BEGINS to appear that the pun
ishment for fence cutting will not be
liked at over FIVE years imprisonment
in the penitentiary, which Is not
enough, as a maximum, to suit the
xvorat rasaa
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

THE Age does not continue to en-
tighten US on the subject of the New
Orleans exposition appropriation
Hew close to the line, Uncle Dan, nc
matter where the chips fall.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

EDMoNDs is too honest to become
the Republican nominee for the presi-
dency. Is Bayard is too honest and
too noble to be the Democratic nomi-