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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING TO CAN
VAS RETURNS.
PEACEFUL REVOLUTION OF THE
CITY GOVERNMENT.

The city council met last night in
special session, his honor J. w. Robertson,
mayor, in the chair.
Roll called, all the aldermen being pres
ent.
Mayor Robertson stated that the first
order of business would be
TO COUNT THE RETURNS
of the late election for aldermen, and
thereupOn appointed Aldermen Hancock,
Campbell and Hill as tellers. The returns
of the several wards were then canvassed
and the following figures announced as
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
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A BIr bser-i9strod Ice, y A-.....'
Carolina legislature for utilizing the labor
of county prisoners on the public roads
where they will not interfere with honest
laborers. To prevent any abuse of the
proposed measure, the bill provides that
the question of imprisonment with or
without hard labor shall be left to the dis
erection of the courts, in passing sentence.
The Charleston News and Courier states
that under the present system the colored
prisoners in the county jails are, for the
most part, better off and better satisfied
in confinement than when they are at lib
erty, and instances are known in which
petty crimes have been deliberately COM
mitted by Migrants in order to secure i'm
prisonment
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

WORD of caution may do two, if not
three, of our Texas weekly exchanges no
harm. When you send out dodgers" or adj
the postoffices, folded in your newspapers,
you are liable to fine and imprisonment.
If you must send these out, do so in
supplement" to your sheets, and thus
there will be no danger.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
When Baby was sick, we gave ner 'Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
Whom she had Children, she gave them Castoria,

Advocates of prohibition need have no
fear of "PRICKLY ASH BITTERs," as it is
medicine, and by reason of its cathartic
properties cannot be used as beverage.
1t is manufactured from the purest mat
eriais and acts directly on the liver, kid
neys, stomach and bowels. As a blood
purifier it has no equal 1t is pleasant to
the taste, and effective. in action.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

The registration of voters for the mu-
nieipal election in Boston, closed Wednes-
day Less than two thousand names have
been added since the state election. The
registration of women has been larger
than usual, and nearly all the women who
were specially assessed, have registered.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

The effects of the Mutual Self-Endow
ment and Benevolent association CT Amer
lea have gone into the hands OF receiver.
Mr.. L. Carb is his name, and Fort Worth
is his address.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

The fifth annual session of the fed
Grafton of organized trade and labor
unions of the United States and Canada,
held in Washington, D. c., last week, rep
resented constituency OF 100000 work
ingmen.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

The Susquehanna river is blockaded
by ice and navigation is suspended for the
season, also on the Susquehanna and Tide
be locked in an icy embrace that will only
be dissolved by the genial sun of spring,
while we in the glorious climate of Texas
only feel the breeze sufficiently cool to be
bracing and health-giving.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

PAsTEUR, physician of Paris, is max
ing the most remarkable cures of the
hitherto incurable disease, hydrophobia.
He has hospital in that city, where he has
under his charge seventy-three cases. If
person can procure treatment before the
how old the bite, Pasteur's treatment is
successful. Naturally, people from every
where are anxious to get to Pasteur if
they are bitten by mad dog. A Hunga-
rian boy arrived in Paris the other day,
having spent his last cent in the journey.
He was bitten November and reached
Paris December 6, where he wandered all
day in the streets, not being able to speak
word of French. At last he found
Vienna baker who could speak Hungarian,
and who directed him to the laboratory,
where Pasteur had him inoculated at once,
and is now paying his board out of his
own pocket. Pasteur does not charge
anything for his services, but takes what
ever is given him and uses it for the poor
patients. At Newark, N. j., last week, six
children were bitten by dog supposed to
be mad, and four of them are to be sent
to Pasteur at once. The Pittsburg mil
| lionaire, Andrew Carnegie, offered to pay
the costs, but his offer was declined,
enough having been already contributed
by persons who read the accounts in the
New York Herald. DR.. Billings accompa-
MES the children. According to the &C
cepted ratio of so per cent, three of the
six children should die; it is thought that
Pasteur may save the four sent over to
him. Immediately a person is bitten by
a mad dog, if he or she is not able to go
to France. the community in which such
person lives should willingly supply the
means, as it is in fact question of life
or death.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

THE Fort Worth e New Orleans railroad
is being rapidly pushed forward in the di-
rection OF Corsicana. Fort Worth is the
''nip," and Dallas the ''tuck" of Northern
Texas. At this moment nip is ahead. Go
it nip; go it tuck!
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

In closing an able article on the late
VIM. H Vanderbilt, the Courier Journal
says:
1T is obvious, therefore, that the late
Mr.. Vanderbilt owed the greatest debt to
his contemporaries, and. there is probably
not the least doubt that of all living men
he paid the smallest percentage of his in
debtedhess. This is the particular dis
tinction in which he is probably without
rival in either hemisphere The bene-
factions of his lifetime, so far as publicly
known, do not amount to a quarter of one
years income. Men with a small fraction
of his estate have donated many times as
much to institutions of learning, to hos
pitfalls, to accommodations for the indus
triOus poor in crowded cities, to splendid
monuments of art and such acts of
magnificent generosity as have rendered
their lives many times greater benefits to
their city, their nation and the human
race than the millions which the world had
conferred as the reward of the enterprise
of its benefactors. George Peabody, for
example, is an ant1thesis which exhausts
the subject.
''It is, therefore, the late Mr. Wander
bits entirely unique distinction that he
gained more from his own generation in
proportion to what he returned, whether
in spirit of generous application or of
cold calculations of practical equity, than
any man of the times.''
| THE STATESMAN will close what it has to
say concerning the dead millionaire by
asserting that its remarks made the day
after his death have been fully corrobor-
ated by the entire press of the country.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

The notorious scandal of the fashiona-
bic Boston clergyman, Rev. W. w. Downs,
and Mrs. Annie J. Tabor, eliminated yes
terday in the indictment of both by the
superior criminal court of Boston. Not
withstanding all said and done, it is said
Mr.. Downs is most popular and draws
crowded houses to his lectures.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

THE official vote, as ascertained by the
count of the city council last night,
showed an increase over the vote of last
year of seven hundred and seventy-fve,
xbiGh aIsa shows ea i2sseee y il the last
year of population in Austin of sever
thousand seven hundred souls, the est
mate at this city being considered one
voter to every ten of the population.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

ANONYMOUS correspondence, especially
of person al character, generally goes
into the waste basket Anon" of Kyle,
remember this.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

The president takes the responsibility
for the policy of the post-office depart
ment towards the steamship companies
carrying the foreign mails, and vindicates
the policy Mr.. Villas has assumed towards
the companies, and argues that it was the
only proper course for the government to
pursue under the circumstances. The alb
stract question of subsidy he refers to
congress as a matter properly within its
Jurisdiction.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
PRETTY WOMEN,

Ladies who would retain freshness and
vivacity, don't fail to try ''Wells' Health
Remover"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
MEDICAL,

A CARD-To all who are suffering from errors
and indiscretions In YOUTH nervous weakness, early
decay, loss of manhood, ETC., / will send q receip
great remedy was discovered by a missionary in
South America. Send self-addressed envelope 10
REV. JOSEPH T. IMAM, Station D., New York
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

The Waco Day says the Baptist Herald
is to be removed to Waco without delay.
This is news in Austin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

its session last Monday, the republicans
will have AZ and the democrats 81 mem
bers in the United States senate, Senators
Farley, of California, and Slater, of Ore
gon, democrats, being superseded by Sen
ators Stanford and Mitchell, republicans.
In the last house of representatives the
parties stood, democrats, pol; republicans,
119; Independents, 3; greenbackers, L; and
one vacancy. The house which met Mon
publicans, greenback democrat, and 1
greenback republican total 325.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

oath of on
The motiA vas put and carried.
beIore ofoSkg the call Major Robert
son addressed council briefly, return
ing his hearty an incere thanks to the
retiring aldermen ID other officers for
the uniform kindnex and courtesies ex-
tended to him while n -aice.
ENTERING A rEsr
Col. J. II. B. Miller, of K firm of Miller.
Satterfeld 4 Brown, attorl -. presented
the protest of Charles McA 1T against
J. G. DeGress, being sworn inc alderman
from the eighth ward, setting She in
eligibility of DeGress, in that heS5,as an
officer of the United States arms and
could not hold two Offices, and thatSVc-
Anally was Of right entitled to the ohS>.
Formal notice of contest would at once EO
served on DeGress.
In speaking to the protest, Colonel
Miller asked that Colonel DeGress be re-
quired to stand aside and be not sworn in.
THE OTHER SIDE.
Judge John B. Rector, attor-
ney for Colonel DeGress, said
that to refuse to sN ear him in would be
to serve his client with notice of contest
nothing before the council but simple
protest, so he hoped Col DeGress would
be allowed to take the oath.
THE MAYOR RULED
that there being nothing before the
council but protest, and the judges OF
the election having certified that Col De
Gress was elected he was therefore, prima
facie, entitled to take the oath and his
seat in the council, before which body the
contest could be prosecuted.
Alderman Wells gave notice that he
would contest the electioe of Alderman
Brush to a seat from the third ward.
THE NEW COUNCIL.
The newly elected aldermen were Their
sworn in by Mayor Robertson, after
which he vacated the chair, which was oc
cupied by Alderman Croker.
Roll called, twenty aldermen present.
On motion of Alderman Pillow, Mr.
Oceola Archer, notary public, administer
ed the oath of Office to his honor, John w
Robertson, mayor elect.
Mayor Robertson then delivered thu
following
Gentlemen of the city council: new
administration of the municipal govern
ment of the city of Austin is inauguratet
this evening. For the second time hav,
been honored by the people by election
to this Office. come to this Office again,a
came to it before, free and untrammelled
and without single promise or Obligation
of private character to fulfill. I hav,
no friends to reward and no enemies tt
punish. 1 enter upon the duties of tn,
Office free from favoritisKn and free from
prejudice. I have but one desire, ano
that is to faithfully and impartially dis
charge the trust confded to me, and there
by to promote the welfare, happiness ant
progress of this city and its people,
feel confident that I address a body O
men acutated by like motives and i'm
pulses as my own, and that our effort
| viii all center in common object ant
end.
Under the charter, you are vested will
great powers, and these powers I shall
at. all times respect. It shall
be my earnest desire to &C
in harmony with you in all matters o
public interest, and I shall expect to b
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

The Louisville Courier Journal cites the
following natural coincidence:
"On the very day that the first democra-
tic message for quarter of century was
sent to congress the dispatches reported
the resumption of operations by ten idle
mills in one state alone. This was not as
it should have been, according to the pro-
phets of the republican scriptures
1t is now in order for some republican
newspaper to rise and explain, that the
mills that resumed operations were paper
mills, so as to furnish paper on which to
print the message. If this suggestion is
used by any such newspaper let them not
forget to come forward and pay a royalty
for the use of same.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

WAS NOT SIGNED BY THE JUDGES.
After considerable discussion of the
matter, the presence in the hall, of the
judges, was announced, when Alderman
Hill moved that they be permitted to
amend their report by signing the re-
turns.
The motion carried, when three judges
carefully examined the tally sheet, and
satisfying themselves that it was the orig
inal, si1non-pure, untampered- with, and
only one they had sent in, affixed their
signatures thereto, and the returns were
accepted as official and binding.
MAYOR AND SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
The committee of tellers announced the
result of the election for mayor and school
trustees as fOllotws
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

AT the second session of the forty eighth
congress theUnited Statessenate was diyid-
ed politically as follows; Republicans, 40;
(including Messrs. Malone and Riddle
berger. of virginia,) and democrats, Sc.
In the forty-ninth congress, which began
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

The Matches (Miss.) Democrat says
there was large amount of cotton
brought into that city last week from the
surrounding country, but that it is
noticeable that there is very little increase
in the cash trade, even when considerable
quantities are brought to town. Most of
it was "eaten upp before it was made, and
when it is brought in it is turned over to
the merchants, some of whom at once
ship it to commission houses in New Or
leans, and the result is little or no cash
money goes into circulation for it. The
Democrat again urges the necessity of
southern planters raising their food sup
plies on their own plantations if they
would avoid the repetition of the same
old story plenty of cotton, but no money
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

The STATESMAN extends hearty well
University Magazine. It is octave size
and contains about twenty-five pages. On
the front page of the neat brown cover is
picture of the university as it will be.
The editorial on co-education is good
one, and gives good reasons for that sys-
tenn, and there are several interesting ar
ticles in the Literary Department The
Local Department is very well edited, and
gets off some very fine hits, showing a
vein of satire and wit combined, which is
very entertaining; the ''Two Bohemians,"
good, and should encourage its author to
try his hand again.
The custom of colleges and universities
in producing magazine is time hon
ored one, and always has good results.
For although all the efforts of the stu
dents may not be given in monthly
magazine, the attempt to write an article
worthy the consideration of the magazine
staff, is beneficial in itself.
Too much encouragement canuot be
given to the present undertaking, espec-
tally as the Texas University is compare
lively new, and it win have the effect OF
showing what this great institution is do
ing.
TIE STATESMAN viii be glad to render
any assistance to the management, tina
they'may desire, in editing their maya
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
MONEY.

D L. BROWN, mortgage agent 122 West Pc
IO. can street, Cor box 583) Alstin, makes real
estate loans long time of any amount from 81 00C
to 100000. without delav owest current
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

The first annual meeting of the Bar As
ISOLATION of South Carolina, is to be held
at Columbia, this week, commencing Tues
day evening, at which an opening address
will be delivered by the president, Hon. A..
G. Magrath. At Wednesdays session there
will be reading and discussion of essays
by prominent lawyers, and Wednesday
evening the annual address will be deliv-
cred by ex-Judge John F. Dillon. an emf
nent member of the New York bar.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
In speaking of the Mormons the Wash

ington, D. c., Evening Star, says:
The twin relic" must go. The Nor
mons might as well understand it first as
last. If they insist on polygamy, they
must find another country. There is
all Asia, for instance, large place with a
great diversity of climates, where plural
marriage is the fashion. In Africa, also,
they would find congenial neighborhoods.
But in this country, as that fistic philoso-
pher John L. Sullivan observes, zone wife
is enough
This Mormon question will, without
doubt, be settled during the present ad-
ministration.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

TNOR SALE-Choice Land, with good title on
Z easy terms, in tracts to suit small farmers tat
corner of Travis county, three miles northwest of
EIgin into tracts of POS and now offer it for
sale at the price of ten dollars per acre. onefourtn
cash. one-fourth payable in two years, one-fourth
payable in three years, onefourth payable In four
years Deferred payments to draw interest At the
For further particulars enquire ut the ranch at
nv office over Jas. II. Raymond q Cos. bank,
Af1stin. Texas. W. A. BLACKBURN.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

T OST-Confederate land scrip No. $50, issued to
lIW N Braswell by the commissioner of the
general land Office September 49, 1881. Ifnot heard
from in 80 days, application will be made for du-
plicate. SAM'L l.. CHALK!
Agent for Owner.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

When the ninth ward was reached, AL
derman Hill announced that the certif-
cate of the returns
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

WE have received a circular from, and
signed by Gen. W. D. Wylie, commanding
the department of Texas of the grand
army of the republic, in which it is stated
memorial has been presented to con-
gress, signed and presented by ex-union
soldiers, petitioning for the establishment
of a national home for INDECENT and
MANNED ex-Confederate soldiers. The
circular declares that ''the i'll feelings and
animosities growing out of the war are
fading away, and that the soldier who wore
the blue and the soldier who wore the
gray are now bound together in closer
unity, and working hand in hand for the
perpetuity of our common country 1t
also declares that the ex-Confederate sol
diers are contributing to the support of
disabled union veterans, and that France
empire, while we, in our war with the In
dams, observe the extreme demands of
civilization, and significantly propounds
the Interrogation, .sShall we deal less gen
0IOuSly Will OUTs 1Il0llOS duu DTObn0TS!
-ts.,---js - s.p~%ssp--A.-xu-e- 49,
The circular itself is an evidence of tn,
restoration of generous fraternal feeling
on the part of the union soldier that viii
be highly appreciated by those who wor'
the gray, and it is to be hoped
that the politicians in congress
will be equally as generous b.
aiding in the establishment of Confed
crate home, which will stand for all tim
as testimony of national amity between
those that once met at the lannon's mouth
and in the deadly breach. May the Eter
nal hasten the day that the angel o
peace shall stand upon the pinnacle o
Washington's monument with its whit,
banner floating over restored, undiyide'
and indivisible galaxy of states now form
ing the republic of America, with thos
glorious words inscribed upon it, 'Peac
on earth, good will to man."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

. Messrs. woodbridge, Graham and
Breckenridge having received the highest
number of votes, were declared elected.
THE COURTESIES.
Aldermen Croker offered resolution
sth1 |s.As newly elected ale sEmsn be called
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
WEEKLY STATESMAN.

THURSDAY DECEMBER II. 1885
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
THE OTHER SIDE.

Judge John B. Rector, attor-
ney for Colonel DEGREES, said
that to refuse to sN ear him in would be
aud unheard of. The proposal
to serve his client with notice of contest,
was all right and regular; there was
nothing before the council but simple
protest. so he hoped Col DeGress would
be allowed to take the oath.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

In closing an able article on the late
VIM. II. Vanderbilt, the Courier Journal
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

frien0s Suggestion I called ON Ius-
trian of his acquaintance and le ned
from him the following facts in regard to
the man who is, SO far as I know, the
only ex-cardinal who has ever sought re-
fuge in this country:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-27
CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSION.

IT Is choice between security without liberty
and liberty with diminished security, and not
wi;hstanding The cry Of dissatisfaction with the
London police because they did not meet with
instantaneous success in the search for the
wretches Who produced the explosion in the
Tower and the Houses Of Parliament, it would
require great many repetitions of the affair to
induce the English people to part with any sub
Stantiai part Of their individual liberty To fur
Their the cause Of public oIGer.-ISan Francisco
Alta
THE Irish-Americans who advocate dynamite
warfare are as one in a thousand, and, in the
absence of any overt act, il will be difficult TO
pick that one out of the thousand If there
were any weil-defined conspiracy III this coun-
Try to perpetmte dynamite outrages in England.
such, for example, as existed in England 20 fit
out rebel prirateers during the late war. we
might then move against the comprehension
Francisco Call
WE have asylums and public support FOR the
wanton. If a woman he Of vicious life, there is
q retreat for her where she eats the bread of the
State and is surrounded with the moral helps
which AID in her redemption But If z woman
be blind the state closes every door against her.
aud she, no matter how excellent IN character.
now yiHuous, and how worthy, must go upoa
the streets and beg her bread Oakland Times
THERE viii be the usual Mormon cutlery against
this exposition of the law. but It is a step tor
ward in the treatment Of the Utah question:
New York Herald on the decision denying bail
10 convicted polygamists.
TAXATION on fishermen may he made to pay
the expenses Of fish protection and propagation
and that is an improvement on the present sys-
em.-lGrass Valley ridings ON the MeGlashan
fish bin.
THE Journalist of experience who mas had the
handling OF manuscripts submitted 10y college
professors for publication, can bear witness that
the instances have been frequent in which their
was bad and their grammar de-
feetive. In this respect they are often surpassed
by graduates OF our public schools. III which the
dead languages and the higher mathematics sre |
never taught-ISap Francisco Call.