The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-03-26

Aresolution was saOPsed. introdneed By Alderman
BrueZgeThod. that The Mayor appoint special CON
miee 10 confer with Sylvester Wstts for the purpose
q Pr%Sselss ne city Siih e. sngs ssa g, posts
BruegEerhof, Boardman and Robinson
The ordinance relative 70 animals taken up and
hogs goats shaI be allowed 10 run AZ large any
where In The city Went over under unfnished bust
The vote whereby the ordinance regulating the du-
ties ETC. OF the assessor and collector was reconsid
mode o. procedure ts collect dne taTes
The eolncl then &C ios45 adjourned untn next Mon
THra1 are about sight public schools organized IN
this county at present.
Oh. PIIrrs. Of this city. b. just completed sta
bic at the Capital Jockey cubrtrnek-
RECEIPTS are coming in to the Secretary OF state.
from al the counties showing the transmission Of the
Texas Reports through the mail has been very prompt
cHAHrEs ". srEyESs and lady, Of Chicago, ana H.
p Aabry and wife, OF Jefferson, are stopping in the
Fitzhugh Rouse.
Dr.. IhAJ cUITEH, formerly in the United states
service here is stopping in the Fitzhngh. He pro
poses to remain in Anstin and practice medicine
THE Mayor proposes to fine persons who make com
plants against others for various alleged oensez and
who do not appear in court when notified
THE police are looking arOund to find out who have
over twenty hve pounds OF powder and hfy gal
Ions of eOmbustibe oil Of all kinds on their premises
.
The funeral OF Jessie Andrews, who died Of bron-
ehial consumption, took place yesterday afternoon.
He was ysx years OF age, and lately from Natchez,
Miss.
The debating elub organized in the ONCE Of Measrs
Ward q Gaines, Saturday night, has about twenty
/ gsa.
Phillips. secretary. The society viii meet again next
Saturday evening.
P1RIrUALIsM-Fhere was private seaaes Sunday
night in a well known fashionable boarding house in
Pecan street. 1t attended only by eiite. Tables
mysteriOusy moved and questions mystic ious
ly answered .a
&C." OF the Houston Mercury, is creating sensation
here. He Is Ia Cog, it seems. Several have asked,
Who is he and pers is he: but failed discover
correspondent Of another paper asked If he was
&C." and promptly replied that he was not.
ANTONIO LUNA, Mexican. was drunk on Saturday
night, and having had quarrel with another Mexican,
drew large knife. and going to stab him, 1t is
thought. Lima was fined three dollars and costs for
drunkenness and twenty-five dollars for carrying the
weapon FL
SUPREME CoUEr-Cases decided March %, 1874:
Black Epperson ct al; appeal from Titus reversed
| and remanded. Boggess v. Howard Ray; appeal
from Rusk; affirmed. Collins. executor, Cook; APP
peal from Houston; affirmed. Tapalanek the state;
appeal from Fayette; reversed and remanded.
C. NJ. ROME brought out some whisky from the
house of Morris Co., New York, and disposed of it
in such manner he brought before United States
Commissioner Price, charged with wholesaling liquor
without license He ordesed to give bond yesteF
| day, in tho sum OF 500, for trial.
ENFORCING THE SUNDAY LAw.-The police under
the personal superintendent OF Marshal Long, en-
forced the law rgidly Sunday for the closing Of all
business establishments on the Sabbath day, and
complaint was made before the Mayor, yesterday,
against Phil Abrams Bro for having wilfuly violated
the law. Its expected the case WIN come up to-day
IT has been raining at intervals nearly all over the
country for several weeks past and hence the rain
have had here has been confined to section.
Judging from what exchanges say about the depth
and abundance Of mud in their respective localities,
Austin is not in as near bad condition other cities
are.
WILL not the city fathers see that the revenue OF the
city paid for its improvement instead Of being
consumed almost altogether in paying of the officers
and employees They have the power in their hsnds
to bring about this simple act OF justice and the peo
Pile demand Of them immediate action. There are men
on the board who, we believe, will see to this.
THERE are about 1000 wholesale liquor dealers in this
internal district; three lager beer breweres in
Austin one in fredericksburg three in San Antonio
two in New Braunfels, in castrovllle one in Sc
guin one at Fort Worth, one in Jaeksboro, one at
Waco, and two in Bastrop. The district is seven
hundred and twenty miles from east to west and
eight hundred from north to south. aG
/
THE following is from an editorial in the Burnet
| Nh. kIf
city and vicinity thus, in part expresses HIMSELF
'Austin is improving generally the suburbs Of the
city require the attention Of the authorities either I'M
der the corporation laws or our State road law there's
posed places, excavations OF all shapes and from sew
e6ai causes s n3icsH o o u t5osa Macs SeIn
natey it contained ladies, but two gentemen-one
received several bruises and serious accident might
have been the result, but the team was gentle and
made no effort to run" 81
THE Waco AdUance Of the eighteenth instant says:
'The little news paragraph Of yesterday evenings
edition. mentioning the death Of Daniel r. Wallace at
| Austin, has caused good deal Of excitement among
the friends of Dr. David R. Wallace superinten-
dent of the State Lunatic Asylum Daniel R. Wallace
was shoemaker and the only funny part OF the whole
thing is the fact that Dr. Waaces oldest friends seem
to forget that the ID in his does not stand for
Daniel, but David"
II INJECTING
nance was taken up regulating the duties and prescb
ing the fees Of the city treasurer On motion Of Alder
man Brueggerho the fees were cut down from five to
three per cent making it and half for receiving
and one and half for Disturbing. The ordinance,
amended, passed The city treasurer was present
/ at the time. He called on Mr.. BrueggeFhOf on
Thursday morning nineteenth March, 1874, and said
he was perfectly satisfied with the compensation cut
down from five to three per cent; that he knew the
salary was too much for the taxes that would be CON-
ing in this year We glad to note the above facts
[ooNNUEIcATEDl
AUSTIN, TEXAS, March :, 1874
We have noticed the ordinance published In the State
sets provide for the construction Of water works
| in the city of Austin, Texas, In which the city
| Is to put up at her own expense, fifty hydants,
| and pay to the parties building the water works
] the sum OF one hundred dollars per annum each.
We suppose IL is for this large outlay that the addi
iOnal tax Is to be collected VIII the Mayor please IN
form what kind Of water works are to be erected
and their capacity And II IL would not De Putting