The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-09-18


shot him badly at a railroad meeting. Ths
flags are at half mast in honor Of Gen. Mc,
Cook.
Uassaehusetts Politics.
WORCESTER, Mass, September 10.-Lor
ing called the convention to order. Cover
nor Bullock was elected permanent chair.
man. There is a dense crowd. Hoar and
Butler were loudly checred. Butler was
withdrawn, and Washburne unanimously
nominated
Elections In California.
SAN FRANCIsCO, September 9.-The Bal
letiR gives the following summary Of the
composition of the next Legislature, viz
Republicans, -; Independents, Sc Dem
ocrats, Il, Total, 100; necessary to elect 8
United States Senator, 81. Many Of the
| Republicans recently elected are anti-rail-
road men, and favor Booth for Senator, as
suming that the latter viii be supported By
part of the hold-over Senators. His friends
claim confidently that his strength from the
! start VIII be much greater than can possibly
be combined for any other candidate.
miscellaneous.
NEw York, September 12.-The Trans
Atlantic balloon was burnt at o'clock.
SAN Francisco, September 10.-The men
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Lincoln mine, in Madden county, have been
taken out alive. They were shut in sixty
hours. Two men in the mine were drowned
while trying to reach the shaft before the
water had been lowered.
PORTLAND, Me-, September 11.-ArthuI
! Wayne, for forty-four years Judge of the
United States Supreme Court is dead,
aged eighty-one.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, September IL
The vault containing the romans of Chan
cellor Livingston, in the town of Red Hook,
was broken open, two collins destroyed, the
bones of the dead scattered, and the silver
plates and handles of the collins stolen.
No clue to the perpetrators.
SAN FRANcIsco, September IA fire at
Redding burned square, including the
-postofice and mails. Loss $50, 600.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 12.-0nc-
/ fourth of the town of Forest Hill is burned.
Eight Chinawomen, brought by the steamer
MacGregor, who say they were purchased
and brought here for base purposes, have
been sent to the Chinese Mission School, for
protection.
SAN FRANcIsco, September 13.-In the
Oregon Republican State Convention Hiram
Smith was nominated for Congress.
BALTIMORE, September 13.-Chas. G.
Wexford, aged fifty-three years, suicided.
Cause intemperance.
Henry Roof was crushed fatally between
the cars on the Central Railroad.
PHILADELPHIA, September 15.-In q raid
on Italian children the police madeal52 ar
rests, instituting thirty girls. Nine houses
were visited, and Padrones also captured.
Duke DeRaussaurs, husband of Queen
Christine, of Spain, is dead.
LOUISVILLE, KY, September 13.-Razor
and Malston, two Ku-Klux prisoners, es-
capped from Jail Monday, but were recap
tured by the sheriff of Henry county Friday.
Joseph Campbell jumped from the Ohio
river bridge last night, eighty feet to the
bare rock below and was killed instantly.
Cause unknown.
LOUISVILLE, September 13.-Lord, the
missing Herald correspondent, who disap-
peared from Shelbyville some weeks since,
has been seen near Midway and beyond. He
is splendidly dressed, exhibits considerable
money and spends it freely.
CHICAGO, September ia special train
bearing the remains of Gen. McCook, who
was assassinated at Yankton, passed
through this city yesterday en- route for Gin
cinnati. The body was accompanied by
Governor Burbank and a number of the
most prominent citizens of Dacotah.
The billiard tournament, at which prizes
to the amount of $4,000 will be awarded,
has been arranged to commence here No
vember 1.
ST. LOUIS, September 16.-Fifteen hun
bred negroes, formerly slaves in the Indian
Territory, are moving for a Territorial gov
ernment. They propose holding a coLven-
ton in Choctaw Territory.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, September 10
The midnight express train, going east, on
the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, which
left Grand Rapids at 6:30 o'clock p. NJ, con-
sisting OF thirteen coaches and one baggage
car, ran off the track between Lowell and
Ada. 1t is rumored that the entire train
went into the ditch, killing twenty persons
and wounding many others.
YANKTowN, September 16.-Gen. Nc
Cooks alleged assassin waived an examIna-
ton and was committed for trial.
BALTIMORE, September 16.-The next
session of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
conyenes at Atlanta, Georgia.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, September 18.-S.
II. Tucker, the oldest banker in the State
has suspended. He has abundant property
to meet his obligations.
GRAND HAVEN, Mich, September 16.-
The propeller Ironsides, of the Englemann
Line, connecting with Detroit and Alilwau-
kee one of the largest steamers on the
lakes, toundered and sank within seven
miles of this port, at noon to-day. Thirty
two passengers are known to have been
saved, and fourteen bodies have been re-
covered. No Southerners.