The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-11-04
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their afmorys and under arms dunng the
election. q 81.
BosTox. November s.-The voting was
. generally light Rice Is SAID to be gaining
many votes in this city. -
PHnADELPHIA, November 2.--The re-
turns ' III be compared with the vote of
1874, when the Democrats had 1879 ma
jority. FggI Fsay x.sfl
The Eseaing Telegraph publishes the
ward returns 10 10 o'clock, showing q ma
jority of $500 for Hartfanft
Boston, November a. Returns from sew
enty towns outside of Boston, which last
year gave CASTOR Is, 1S8 against Is, S87 for
Talbot show 1, vote for CASTOR Of II, 9SS /;
Rice, IL 994ss Grapes sGRep9 was elected TO
Congress in the First District over Davis
DEM Fourteen wards in this CITY give
Rice 6749 and CASTOR 5S26., The IrarslLer's
estimate of sixty-Dine towns aud wards, in
clnding Boston, places the vote for Rice al
LOB; CASTOR, IL, 658 against the follow
ing vote last year: CASTOR, q, 472; Talbot,
20, O0l, Republican gain of over 4OOO
MILWAUKEE, November 2.-The returns
favorably compare with the election of two
years ago when the Democratic reformers
carried the State by Is, 900 majority.
BALTIMORE, November 2. = There have
been several bloody fights but no general
disturbance. The roughs are out, in, force
The precincts.
NEW YORK, November 2. : Six colored
men were arrested in Washington Market
for illegal voting.
Tie Fox and Morris contest is very ex-
citing, with betting in favor of Fox.
One or two stabbing cases have occurred
in. the city. aI.a ee/itf s'-a'eo ,Gzhs
The Democratic State ticket is running
largely ahead. Several arrests have leen
made for illegal voting. g. zr..uaT = ,e
/ Wa 'hington.
| WASHINGTON, November 2. -Aspirants
for the Speakership are working quietly,
but earnestly. Among the most prominent
ly spoken of are Kerr of Indiana, Randall
of Pennsylvania, Wood and Cox of New
| York, Saylor of Ohio and Knott of Ken
lucky, The friends of Mr. Kerr have very
acknowledgements foE him from nearly all sec
lions. gjilssP I
H BY royal order of the Spanish govern,
ment all vessels leaving New Orleans after
the first of September are declared foul,
the order stating that yellow fever exists
there, and vessels will be subject to quar-
antine on entering any Spanish port. ~ 4'' |
The Internal Revenue Office has a tele-
gram announcing that Collector Charles E. /
Norris of the Third District of Texas is
dead. Wm.aT.' Otto has been appointed to
fill the vacancy. .,..i15t,sr Ia, 49, 4
WASHINGTON, November AT five min
utes to ten O'Clock last night there were two
severe shocks of earthquake, which contin-
ued for about forty-fivel seconds, the second
shock following almost immediately on the
first. The shock was directed a little west
of south. rs 5ssoS 81, 80 - %
. WASHINGTON, November 2.-Tventy-two
female clerks were dismissed from the p
emit Ofice.El al 9,iL 80 lot-5iasI fss5e54Ea tsa2
5Sg New YORK. si''s-s's
F. New YORK, November 2. = Moody has
proposed that November fourth be appoint
ed as day of fasting and prayer for Gods
blessing, which was carried by standing
vote of 5000 people. 1t, was unanimously
resolved to invite altthe churches IN. Amer
lea to unite in observing the day.
9 NEW York, November 2.f7TssNo markets
to-day. Business suspended on account of
elections.
New YoRK, November 1.-The building
owned by G. S. Robinson, MeClellan's and
Hooper's block and the Union HOTEL in
Cambridge New York; occupied BY various
parties, burned. Loss, $50, 900.
sefi" miscellaneous. 70 'teo' ut
PoRT JERyIs. November 2.-Three inches
of snow fell in this section. There was also
nearly an lncn OF Ice.
SAN Francisco. November 2.-The Ma
tional Bank aud Trust Company didn't
open. The bank has been considered weak
since the failure of the bank of California.
ATLANTA, November 2.-William White,
an operative at ,Qrmond's paper mill, was
caught i. the shafting and his brains dashed
out against the ground &c.,
TROY, November 2.-The operatives in
the Harmony Mills at Cohoes, numbering
5000, acceded to the one half per cent. re-
duction.
KEY WEST, November 2.-The cable
steamer Prof. Morse, sailed for New York.
having laid new cable between Key West
and Punta Rosa and repaired the second ca
3bfe.a Thisrestores telegraphic comm uuica
ton by duplicate cable with Havana and /
other West India islands, and with the
South American telegraph system through
the new cable from Demerara to Para and
from Para to Pernambuco, connecting with
established lines to Rio Janeiro, MOntevideOt
and Valparaiso.
LITTLE Rock, November Am adjournedlt +
session of the General Assembly commercial
to-day There wasa quornnlin both houses.
The Governors message will be delivered
tomorrow.
GALVESTON, November !. The fire at
Sherman, Texas, tonight, destroyed three
blocks in the business, portion of the town.
At o'clock the telegraph manager reported
the fire had nearly reached his office, and
he was preparing to move. The wires are
now down on each side, and it Is supposed
h. office Is burned. II
g BALTIMORE, Nd. NpvemberSs. Z It is,re5
ported that the schooner Bertram, of Nor
folk and Baltimore, for North Carolina,
foundered in the Chesapeake Bay. Capt.
Ta.v . h. Dtrrn haai
lost. Two ofrthercrcw were saved. n
ATLANTA, November A distinct shock |
of earthquake was felt here and in other
parts of the State last night.
ST. LOUIS, November 1. Returns from
the constitutional election indicate that the (
constitution will be carried by large ma
jority. - -a- ~~.-w- l.
PffrsBuRG, NoveT1bef The threatened
lockout of puddlers from the iron mills
has been averted by compromise, the man
ufacturers to pays 5 per ton for pudding for
the next thirty days, and after that prices
are to be regulated in accordance with
the prices that are psid in the East. This
agreement arrived at in consequence of the
lsaa 81 -ess-e. .,f--aniniou7 bstweens employers
and werkmen regarding the pay Tor b0rTTni- +
in Eastern citizens, John Masters contend
ing that puddlers there are only receiving
81 so, while Eastern mill owners pay So.
During thirty days our mills are to be run
at the puddlers' compromise. The matter
will be investigated, and it is stated that
both parties are willing to have the ques
ton Of wages settled by the result.
E5TS0c SO Fcrslgn. CT aak9
LONDON, November 2.-Advices from
Cape Palmas, on the west coast of Africa,
dated on the eleventh of October say
Lberisn force of nine hundred attacked
some native villages and were repulsed,
losing twenty-four in killed and wounded
and all their cannon. The trouble resulted
from Liberian laws prohibiting direct trade
between the natives and foreigners.
ATHENS, Greece, November 2. Lycur-