The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

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mend that said portions, viz from Mar
shall to the boundary line dividing Texas
and Louisiana from Marshall TO Texarkana,
and from Sherman TO Br9ekstnn, of said
railroad, favorably reported on by said com
missioner, be accepted. am, sir, very re-
spectfully, c. DELANo, secretary.nT
HAVANA, August 11.-Several skirmishes
occurred between the Spaniards and Insur-
gents, with results favorable TO the former.
The loss on both sides was slight
CHEYENNE, August Il.-Gen. Crook and
Col. Stanton have returned from the Black
Hills. The miners are preparing TO leave
the country. The mountains are full Of
quartz which capital and skilled labor can
aevelope equal TO Colorado and Nevada
There were 1909 miners in the hills who
had done much preliminary work m
LONDON. August IA Telegram 10 the
TRes, from Constantinople, saws ~, coo
Turkish troops have left fdr HerfesoSingia
GA Kick ~
The Pest publishes serlons scuffie be-
tween the Russian aud Prussiau frontier
guards. The affair was provoked by the
Russians who had trespassed on German
territory
WASHINGTON, August ls.--The signal
officer reports that il was showing on Pixies
Peak this evening, with temperature at 33 >
WARRINGTON, August 10 The call for
Sio, OoO, goo worth of bonds, will be issued
oy the Treasury Department to-day, the
cynuieate having made another subscrip-
tlon Ior tklt sum. This leaves but S.
GOO, 900 OF the new five per cent. bonds Ia
the hsnus oil the Secretary and the syndi-
cate has, until November rs, taken this
amount es ~ p r0alr
NEW York, August Is.-The loss caused
by the storms in New Jersey to day is
heavy. In Orange county the damage Is es-
timated at $500, 600, and in others il is
heavy.
NEW York, August Q. Notice Of the
trial of the 500, 900 libel suit of Theodore
Tilton against the Brooklyn Eagle and
Thomas K Ensell was entered this evening
in the Brooklyn City Court for the Septem-
Der term.
NEW YORK, August 13.-President Or
ton, of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, in 4 card published this evening, says
the Western Union Company can use to adj
vantage 10000 more miles OF wire next
year, and will buy out other companies.
but have not made proposition to buy out
competing lines, and no proposition has
been made in the interest of the Western
New YORK, August ia special dis
patch irom London says Webb, the English
man who undertook to swim from Dover TO
Calais without life-saving apparatus,
failed. He started at p. NJ. yesterday,
and at midnight he was halfway across
Owing to the increasing roughness of the
waves il was thought prudent to take him
on board by the attending sloop. He was
apparently not fatigued.
New York, August 13. = Judge West
brook made an order this evening, on the
petition of Hugh j. Jewett, receiver of the
Erie Railroad, permitting a contract by
which the interests of the railroad company
in Pennsylvania coal oil lands shall be con-
solidated with those of the Shawmut com
pany, and a mortgage to be executed on the
property to secure bonds for "a 000, 900 and
transfer by Jewett, TO he consolidated, of
5000 shares of the now Mining and Elk"
change Company, or exchange for $500, 06T.
of said mortgage bonds at par, subject to
the payment Of the balance duo on the pur-
chase of the new company, amounting to
$344, 080, the Shawmut company to receive
a certain amount Of said mortgage bonds IN
payment for ITS interest in the mortgaged
premiums. Consolidation is permitted Of
the Buffalo, Bradford and Rochester Com
pany, with a capital stock of 81, 000, 900 In
shares of 800 each, of which 90, 900 shares,
a majority, are to be delivered TO the three
companies and to grant pay
ment of the principal and interest of 4, 000,-
900 bonds Of the National Mining and Ex-
change Company. iA'
William B. Shipman is appointed trustee
of said bonds which the consolidated COM
pany is to assume. The Pennsylvania and
Erie Coal and Railroad Company's proceeds
of the bonds are to be used 10 construct
the railroad and to furnish market for the
coal. This, Jewett claims, is an advantage
to the line including, substantially, q mo-
nopoly of the right and transport Of
freights and passengers over and beyond
the Pennsylvania and Erie Coal Railroad
Company, and that he will best serve the
interest of the Erie Stock holders CONSOLE
dated company, and will hold 33. 1T acres
containing, it is believed, immense depos.
its of coal. aal 'iAH- ~ - 4' VII
MEAfPms, August 13.-During the twenty
four hours ending at p. NJ, the river has
risen only q third of an inch, and only
shows thirty-three feet ten inches flush on
the guage, which is trifie above the
spring rise and two inches below the danger
line. Additional news from below, in =
reference to the crevasse at Burk's place, in
the lower end of Coahoms county, Missis-
sippi, states there is gap twelve miles, be-
tween the level district Of Coahoma and
Boliver counties, and at the lower point,
which is Burke's, aprivate levee had been
constructed, which broke on last Friday
night. Since then the water has beenpouf
ing down through the crevasses, and thence
TO HUGH and Perry and Sunfiower. About
5000 acres Of cotton and corn are already
destroyed IN that vicinity. At Chicot City
q he lr.od ia fsnudafoH ~ thu Fo,,e Al
eight mile points, and most OF the land be-
tween there and the Red Fork, on the
Arkansas river, is submurged. The people
are feticent in regard 20 their losses, and
the steamboamen are not inclined 70 give
any particulars. in go -,
GALVESTON, August 17--C otton--markcf
quiet; ordinary lie; good ordinary. 1895 !
low low, mlddling lsci middling 1896 good mid
NEW YoRK, August i7.-Gold 113. .,s
Cotton firm and held higher; sales 1850
bales; uplands I4l1, Orleans i4s.c -
Later-Gold 1130nfI3tz Governments dull :
and lower; new flyes 10. State bonds quiet
and n0minal. ~ hnf ~ elF 4Hia3 iaa1
Coiton--frm and held higher; sales 1904 ,
NEW oRI.EAa;s, August 17.--lCOiton market
dull; sales go bales; low middiing l316csil
good ordinary l2c. al - .5oa 81
Gold il22s{. Sight q per cent. premium.
Sterling 552G15.53
LrvERPoo1., August IL. Noon. &C Cotton
market firm; middling uplands 2 1-l6d;
mddling Orleans 2 5-16d; sales 10000 bales,
including 1000 for speculation and export
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