The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-12

four years OF Tie war. Eever used a
stronger word Il, Ii dog gone it 1t
was not until the close of the war,
howe yer, that Grant went iuto poll
tics and Wall street.
The post office department issued
16S,OOO,0OO of postal cards in the last
six months. We pity the postal clerks
who are obliged to read the missives
Inscribed thereon.
Pulque, the Mexican national drink, T
is made of the fernenLed milk of the
cactus. 1t looks like skim milk and
tastes like yeast. Ii only costs two
cents quart, and ten cents viii make
man as drunk as a naoob. 1t leaves
no head the neat morning.
The EngliSh-American, January II,
suggests as compromise totDe friend
ly controversy between Mr. Wander
bilt and General and Mrs Graut. that
the amount at issue be turntd over
tOthe Bartholdi pediment fund, and
that Inscriptions acco dinghy be
placed upon that structure.
One of the uses to which it is pro-
posed to put the electric headlight is
to have n second illum:natar placed
on the rear OF the engineers cab,
throwing the flood of light over the
train, and SO arranged that it can be
turned to the right or left and be made
! to illuminate the Station grounds
when the train is at a stand still.
/ \ London dispatch Isays that the
| general impression lie - i / a. the eX
/ piosiOnS of SATURDAY more seriously
agitated America and Europe than
they did England, more specially Lon
don, where the people are now fdmll-
IarIZed with them apd treat them with
more or less contempt. This is rich
too rich for ordinary peoples blood.
In 1875 Pennsylvania court au-
thorized the nephew of DR.. Thomas
w. Evans, the Paris dentist, to as
sumo the name of Count D'OYley.
The young man found thai as q den
tlSt in Paris he W0Hld do better under
his original name of Evans, but Ihen
hn sought TO reaSSume it mis- uncle OBJ
al, AMI the French courts sus-
lin+d ii ,-linc,r.
=: : -: E.AiYey, of Hunting
ton, EcnnSy iVania, is a veritable hero.
inc. During the absence oi hc- father
: who is sheriff and keeper of the local
jail, three of the prisoners who are
allowed the liberty OF the corridors en-.
gagged in a desperate fight among
themselves, and the instruction was
quelled through the courage and pres
ence Of mind of Miss McAIvey, who
/ forced them back to their cells at thu
/ muzzle OF revolver.
When 10 Brown of Georgia started
} out in the world, his old father, who
) in those days was poo white trash,
3 ed could only give him a yoke o
=; steers, suit of home-Spun and hi
i blessing. 10 sold the steers and spen
/ the money in going to school. Witt
: the education thus acquired as capi
i tai, ne has prOspered until he has liv
ed to be called colonel, general, COVER
?. nor, senator, by other people, and
n blatant demagague by Henry Wattel
son.
g Gen. Benjamin f. Butler began
J, suit IN the United States court, &
Il New York, Monday, against Stephe
e 8. Elkins, one of Biaine'S manager
e of the Republican National commit
o tee. The complaint charges that i
lie February 1884, a contract was signe
II whereby the defendant agreed TO col
,e vey by quit claim to the plainti
about 100000 acres of land in Moi
p county, New Mexico. Gen. ButlI
l. was to pay Elkins seventy-five cen
= an acre. Gen. Butler asks the cou
1T to enjoin Eikins from selling tt
o. lands, and make him perform b
1t agreement.
W A number of prominent democra
t. of Allegheny county, Pennsylyani
- in : n fitIv col
al brale the result of the late HfeSS;rScffti
~ election, haze decided to give a bal
lie quet in Pittsburg On Thursday evel
70 ing, February IL. Among the distil
gEished democrats invited are Citize
to Cleveland, Mr.. Hendricks, Samuel
Of Tilden. Gems. Mcclellan and Hancoc
* ex-Senators Thurman and w lilac
Y, Speaker Carlisle, Senators Bayar
r Peadleton, Lamar and German, Gov
se Pattis0n and Hoadly, and all the sta
TO officers and democratic congressmt
k Of Pennsylvania. 1t will be an occi
~ sion of note.
ee American heiTesse5 seem to ha7
III a penchant for Italian noblemen. II
rd engagement of Miss Eva Mackay adj
E another name to the already long Il
Il Of American and Italian unions. II
leading names on this list may
,g briefly mentioned: Miss Fiel
70 Princess Rrancacicco; Miss Lorrilla
he Spencer, Princess VIcararo Cent
ell Miss Broadwood, Princess Ruspo
Of Miss Conrad, MaFchesa Teodoli; Mi
y. Kinney, Countess Gianotti; Miss Fis
Up er, Countess GherardescaMiss Rober
I'd Countess Fail; Miss Fry, Marche
ne TorregIani; Miss Lewis, Counte
re Barbolini Amadel; Miss Giliindt
by Marchesa di San Mariana, and Nj
ID. Hungerford, Countess Telfener.-T
ut Citizen.