The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-01-08

leave % attend the eva,ninst;or h. ,..o-,.~
at-iaw 81 this court Ia ise .,rp.iip,e,l ana
Paisl for BY thcIn. Tie United STATES Ia H..
represented IN the same manner.
81. Lcr'S January s.-Tao unknown
drunken men. srrangers Ia each other ousf-
relied ~ ST Lnuis last evening. when one
knocked tie oiher down anil stabilized II /,
tnr.ueli his forward breaking the blade. ~
ms Niiie an,i leaving part of il in the mans
et"l,'- hen the police arrived he was
dead The mu derer escaped.
Ally WEST, January S-United States
steamer franklin. has arrived in ten DAYS
from Boston She passed through two
STORMS, but remained uniniurcd. All well
aboard.
Captain Whiting. chief Of staff Of North
Atlantic Squadron and chief e,o;rsa,
Harris Of the Dispatch. have been sum
noned Ga Washingts n 10 testify in the case
IN regard to the sinking Of the Virginius.
LOUISVILLE, January 3.-The situation in
railroad circles here is unchanged. The
strikers on the Jacksonville, Madison and
Indianapolis Railroad still hold out and as
sert positively that they viii not return I'M
.ess tlleir demands are complied with II
IS not probable that the engineers on The
Nashville road will strike.
WILMINGTON, January 3.-Two seamen
and the steward of the German bark .Adolph
Won barth, were suffocated by the coal gas
generated from stove in a close cabin last
night. Two other seamen are in a critical
condition from the same cause. but they
may recover. The captain and mate de-
clined to give the names of the men. but
this will probably be ascertained by the cor
oner's jury.
New ORLEANS, January g. E. j. Hart &
Co.'S glass warehouse, 30 Tchoupitoulas
street, IS burned. Loss $50, 900.
PHILADELPHIA, January Sat Hunting
ton, Pa, last evening, the editor of the
Journal was attacked in his Office by party
OF r0ughs, at the instigation, it is alleged,
Of the editor of the Globe. The attacking
party were dIsarmed and kicked out of the
Office The trouble grew out of publ
cation In the Journal attacking certain par
ties.
CHICAGO, January 5.-Bishop Cheney. of
the Reformed Episcopal Church, TODAY ad-
ministered the rite of confirmation, after the
form adopted by the new church, to forty
five persons, which was crowded with peo-
pie.
PHILADELPHIA, January 1.-The Bone
Black Factory attached to the sugar house
of Mexican 81 Co. on Church street, near
Third and Market, is now burning furiously.
A large ten story sugar house adjoining, is
in danger. A disastrous fire is threatened
The late fire was confined to the bone
black building. Loss $500, 600. The same
building was burned two years ago.
BosToN, January 5.-The Clarendon
Street Baptist Church is damaged by fire to
the amount of $50, 000 The organis ruined /;
the steeple and walls arc uninjured.
JACKSONVILLE, H., January 5.-The ma
tionaI crop report figures show the corn crop
this year Of IlliAois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee to
be 241, 200, 900 bushels below that of 1872.
The potato crop in the same States show a
loss of Is, 400, 900 bushels.
i GALVESTON, January 6.-Snow fell here,
commencing at 10 P. NJ. last night.
New ORLEANS, January 6. The weather
is turning cold; mercury stands at 40 deg.
Is showing this morning at New Iberia.
] TOPEKA, Kansas, January 6.-Ex-Senator
Morton, charged with bribery, forfeited his
1 $40, 900 bail. It is understood that reeui-
sitions have been issued for his arrest and
constables are after him.
MANSFIELD, Ohio, January 6.-R. H.
4 Rowland, county treasurer, is over 500, 600
defdulter.
HAVANA, january 6.-The home govern.
ment has granted, without restriction, the
1 extraordinary powers demanded by the cap
tain. general.
4 The, conservative party here is delighted
with the change of government at Madrid.
\ The. boatmen of the bay here look fol
payment in gold. Communication between
the town and shipping is difficult for pas
sengers.
Il 1t is rumored that the insurgents have
fo1rar, bo Cpap1cl OO1ono1 NTopfour uric
oner.
SAN FRANcTsco, January 6.-The boys
high school has closed on account of tho
small pox.
! SPRNeFlELD, Mass, January 6.-ThG
block on the corner of Main and Taylor
streets is burned; loss $500, 600.
KEY WEST, January 6. = Admiral Case, OF
taking command of the fleet, ordered al
vessels to complete their complement of Goa
and be ready to sail at any moment.
HARRIsBURG, Pa, January 6.-The report
Of the special commissioner to Vienna tC
the State Legislature recommends the ap
preparation of 81, 900, 600 in aid of the Phil
adelphia Centennial Celebration, and dwells
, on the advantage that would accrue to the
city and State
At a caucus of the Democratic Senators, il
/ was informally resolved that the Constitu
ton went into operation on the first Of
January.
The schooner David Nichols has arrived
from Brunswick, Georgia, having on board
the captain, second mate and four men o.
the schooner Guy z. Philips, bound from
! Savannah to New York. The men wer'
taken from the wreck of the Philips
which was capsized on the twenty-sixth ult.
? at which time the first mate and steward
, were drowned. When rescued, they ha6
been FIVE days without food.
2 ATLANTA, Ca, January 6.-Thc carnlya
to-day, despite the incessant rain, was
brilliant success. The streets along the lint
t of the procession were filed with crowds o.
: thousands of spectators. The procession
s was twenty minutes passing any giveI
= point. Rex appeared in magnificent state
In some respects the display equaled Mard
Gras at New Orleans. 1t was the grandesf
! display ever seen in Atlanta.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, January 6.-The con
G vention of general freight officers of thu
. principal railroads Of Pennsylvania, New
y York and New Jersey. organized at moor
( to-day, Ellis Clark of the North Pennsyl
, MIA Railroad, being chosen president, anS
J. Lowrey Bill, of the Philadelphia ant
J Reading Railroad, secretary
The meeting was held with closed doors
but it is understood that a revision 0
: freight rates and classification Of trade are t.
be finally disposed of at this meeting. Tn
! bearing of the new Constitution upon tn
D railroad interest was pretty generall
canvassed during the morning, and the gen
e eral opinion is it viii not materially chang
! the existing system.
Foreign.
I LONDON, January 2.-Threo hundrc'
Ashantees were drowned in the Pratt Will
: flying from Sir Garnet Wolsay.
Bullion in the bank Of England has in
: creased nearly a half million.
, Mr. Evans, proprietor Of the LOndol
4 Hour, is dead.
: MADRID, January lon Tuesday night
a shell from the besieging batteries set fir
o to TIE insurgent iron-clad Tetuan, in ia
r harDor Of Carthagena. After burning tire
c hours. the fire reached the magazine. whic