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

MIR. WATSON, just down from the from
tier, reports that Mr.. Phillips was killed
last Friday in Backbone Valley, Burnett
county, it was supposed by his brother-in-
law and on Saturday night black man
was killed by an unknown party. 1t was
reported, also, that the deputy sheriff Of
Mason county had been killed and scalped
by the Indians in Llano county.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

. Dr.. Moons, Of the Avenue Hotel, writes
from Lampassas that there are ut this time
about four hundred visitors ut the Lampasas
Springs He says that If there vas more ac-
commodation, or were the grounds fenced
in 50 as TO prevent campers against stock,
there would be great many more there-
He speaks In high terms Of sosisfy at the
springs, and OF the beauty Of The ladies and
says there is dearth Of beaax. He says
that the pr,peEty about tbs springs Is
owned by parties who viii neither sell nor
allow Improvements, and that the cisizens
of Lampases are nervous upon tie subject
He praises Mr.. n. n Long fox the sstsb-
l;.hment Of stage line that snakes the
triDs through nom Austin 20 Lampzszs IN
one day. The only thing, be says u the
way Of making the trip inside q daylight
Is the detention Of the staSe hare u sne
morning COR the malls With TIE proper
improvements, The doctor thinks L1mpas.s
Springs will becone Efeat plNcs o. rssori,
aad stop TEXANS from spending thear sum
nsss sbsoad. "a =
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

A PRIVATE letter from 81. Joseph, Mis-
sour, states that Millett, Mabery q Co.,
have sold their herd Of cattle ct the follow
ing rates: Yearlings, 90; two years old,
$40; three years old, &16; four years old,
SEQ, and cows at $l2. Messrs. Millett,
AIabery & Co. are perhaps the most extern
sive dealers in cattle in the Southwest, and
we are glad to learn they have been re-
markably successful this season.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

! TEE DE6F ASD DUNE AsYLUsG. - lester
day we paid visit to the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum across the river, accompanying Mr..
Larmour, architect for the new buildings
being erected there. Improvements to the
extent of about $40, coo are being made,
and from appearances they viii be com
pleted in sbout six weeks. They consist Of
atwo-story brick ad 1iilon to the main build
ing, the lower story of which is to be used
as kitchen, and tine upper stsry as sleep
ing apartments for servants. The size of
this building is twenty by tAirty feet, and
it is so located that it can be added to when
ever the State sees fit to tear away the
wooden buildings to supply their places
with brick or stone edifces. A stone sta
bic, thirty by sixty, with Mansard roof, is
also being erected in q most substantial
manner. The upper story of this building
will be used for a workshop, OF possibly
portion of it as q printing Office for the
mutes when that establishment gets under
way The asylum grounds, consisting of fifty
seven and a half acres, are being inclosed
with good, high, rough pannel board
fence, which is nearly completed. We had
the pleasure of meeting Professor Van
Nostrand, who has been in charge of the in
stitution for the past eighteen years, and 10y
him was shown about the premises, up
stairs as well as down, and, to his credit, we
found everything in the neatest order. The
dining room Is twenty by sixty feet, and
over it is the female sleeping apartment, one
large and well ventilated room Of the same
size. The beds all have wire spring bot
toms and cotton mattresses, and they
looked clean and neat. The sleeping apart
ment for the males is in the upper story of
another building, the room being also
large and airy, and the beds the same as IN
the famale department. The first floor of
this building is used as a school room, and
there we saw a few mutes amusing them
selves in different ways, it being noon
hour. Some had their states, two were
playing checkers, some had books, and
one was perusing the STATESMAN, which
is decidedly fashionable in this city
and throughout the State. The sitting
rooms, work rooms, etc., were in harmony
with the Others in neatness and order, and
the shady grounds showed that the profess
ser had not neglected or sighted them.
Below and west of the buildings we saw
fine peach orchard, and garden of sew
eral acres. At present the mutes are
mostly all spending vacation at home, there
beng but sixteen now in the institution
but they will soon return, as the term is to
commence on the eighth of September.
Last year there were twenty female and
twenty male pupils, and this year an in
crease of ten or fifteen is expected.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

OVER IN the western portion Of the city,
where the dirt from the excavations on the
Cook corner is being deposited, woman
with a babe at the breast, was last week
seen scratching and digging in the dirt for
nickels, and at last accounts she had found
about twelve of them. She is poor wo-
man. and as she picked nickel sitter nickel
from the dirt that she sifted through her
fingers little bearss Of joy danced and ca
pered over her fsce, and IS she toiled away
in the sun to get what all grown people SO
freely ''go for" the babe At her breast kept
striving to satisfy the natural instincts Of
all living creatures.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

In LUcK.-The farmers living on Horns
by'sprairie and in that vicinity were in luck
this season. They dipped heavy" into
oat and wheat-raising, and therefore
" struck oil, or something that win buy
oil or anything else. They made this year
about twenty-five thousand bushels of
oats and wheat, and the partial corn failure
and moderate yield OF cotton that Is prom
ised does not affect them. They have
already been well rewarded for their years
labor, and they are blessing the day that
they concluded to ego in" heavy on oats
and wheat and very light on corr and cot
tim y a-----------
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19


A PAssEsaKR DEroT. Learning yester-
day THAI Major Denny, civil engineer, and
Mr.. Robert Eigin and Mr.. TurnbulL of the
land department Of the Central Railroad,
had arrived on the morning train, their pur-
pose being 70 selecsa location for the erec-
lion of = passenger depot in this city, this
reporter took occasion to ascertain the facts.
and from information obtained il at last
seems probable that the Central Company
has determined 70 build good passenger
depot in this city. Recently the company
purchased = few acres Of ground lying
Just e1st Of the round house and along the
railroad track, and az this plaee. 1t is said
the depot Is 10 be located and built this
fan. Il Il also understood that the track
fr1m East Avenue west is to be taken up.
and possibly the freight depot buildings
moved further east, the Company having
determined upon this course IN consequence
81 what il deems unfriendliness on tho part
az some Of Austin's citizens. A plan Of
the depot has nlready been arawn. and we
nndersfand is is 10 Be q large two-sfory
etone building. uish SIMPLE passenger Sc
commoaations below and elegant Offices for
she compsny aboye. Whale some may -
9rea 70 see the depot located 80 far from
are BUSINESS eentsr % the city, the fac,
thar We are g last % have : good passeE-
e.r eepot esoc1ed ak she State capital win
be hailed with satisfaction By all. . eAars E
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

PAssrSaEn nEfor. The fact that the
passenger depot Of the Ceutral Railroad i e
he moved back 10 and ser5 probably hegond
the freight depot. 4 ! matter thai should
interest our citizens. We think, much more
than, from any sigus We can see, e has.
The innonxenienco 10 oail eitys which \
fast moving and settling north Of the Capt.
toll, besides the expense 81 bskgags and
express transferring. e sufficient % cause ~
to At least think what Il viii amount TO
within few years. Our bankers and busi-
ness men generally cannot afford the time
and expense this disianee viii make for
them in getting moneys and yuluables
20 and from an expsess once located
at least ons-hnlf mile from them.
when it sheuld be n the vsry centre
Of the business .elsy. Ths engine rooms
and freight Car yards have been wisely lo-
Gated. New Why net ensour4ge the hnild-
ing Of Gee passs1spr. honss. convenient a.
il should bel kv0uId not OILY add much
20 the fine apbsas1ncs Of cur cisy, but the
necessity Cor such, Il negluctsd news viii
be 90 kconlv felt within = few short year,
that this neglect win then be considered an
wise in The. extreme. We have been IN
formed tha. il Is NOS impossible % secure
the right Coz such purposes a. sns herein
referred 10, on the grounds nor nsed g ?
passenger landing. We are not fully IN
formed, but e would csrtainis b well for
our buniness men 10 investiEats the nn.t1.r-
Think az the large railroad cities a tn-dsI.
all over our lzna. and. e posslbls' svoid
this mood which viii 20 soon be feis ~
Ausfin t "a I'D
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

THE COLORADO BRIDGE.-At the Ray
mond House last evening we had the
pleasure of conversing with Mr.. N. Chaplin,
of Chicago, in regard to the bridging OF
the Colorado river at this place. He in
formed us that be had finished his surveys
and observations for solid rock foundations
for abutments, and that he would start for
st. Louis this morning to make his report,
in order that the company could arrange at
once to begin work. We then asked him
what positive information we could give
the public in regard to the certain COM
mencenent snd completion of the bridge,
and he replied that work weuld be COM
menced inside of two months, and that
the bridge would be finished according TO
the requirements of the charter, IN two
years from the eighteenth day Of last Feb
ruary, or in eighteen months from this time.
AS to where the bridge would be located
be could not answer, but gave us the dis
tances across the river at four points sur
veYed by himed. The first survey was just
below Thompson & Cunninghanl's ferry,
the distance across the river there is
1900 feet The second survey was
just above the old ford, where the distance
is 1920 feet. From the foot of the Avenue
the distance is 500, and from the foot of
East Avenue 1t is 1909. Mr.. Chaplin had
made no estimates as to the probable cost
of the bridge, but of its certain and early
completion be was positive, which win be
agreeable and valuable news to the people
of Austin and Western Texas. We trust
Mr.. Chaplin, whom We found TO be a very
Intelligent and social gentleman. may re-
turn to Austin and remain at least while
the bridge is being built.
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Local Matters.

Notice. or m. IDEAS syl.l .e ehssgse cOr
at our regalas rates
unVaryfng guie.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

= cUSBEREAND PRESBYTERIAN CANFxEEr-
Ns.-The campmeeting Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. which Was held 81
MccAlrs Spring. two and half miles above
Round Rock. in williamson county. closed
rs lAbors one week ago last Sundays after
aixty conversions had been made, and >
wide Interest awakened. On Sundays e
high a tHn thnnsnnd people were prnssnt.
snd often As high as sixty persons were -
shsmo1rner's bench a one time. Tire meet
ings we're condactsd By Revesends Messrs.
Davis. Cmfcher and Hudson.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

To PHorooR1FHEEs.--sse notice Of pho
topraphic outat wanted.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

THE CAMP MEETING. = There is a very
large attendance at the colored Methodist
Episcopal campmeeting now going on three
miles east of the city, there being over sixty
tents and sheds on the grounds, and hosts
of people who go and come from the city
and surrounding country every day. The
services are being conducted by Parson
Samuel Gates, pastor of the church in this
city. Parson Gregory, presiding elder of
the Columbus district; Parson G. L. Madi-
son, of Dallasr Parson A. r. Norris, OF
SeguIn; Parson E. Nesbett, of the Weber
vile circuit; Parson Peter Johnson, of the
Sweet Home circuit; and Parson E. Cogs-
well, of Caney. Some four or five CONVEX
sions have taken place, and the meetings
are to be kept up until next week. The
place selected for meeting is in beautiful
shady place little north of the Bastrop
road and about three miles from the city,
and everything possible seems to have been
done by the manager of the meetings, j.
W. Alexander, and other members of the
church for the comfort of those pres
ent. A large canvass had been stretched
over head and seats provided for the
attendants at service, and a number
of the old street lamps erected to
throw a little light on the subjects at
night, and to enable the brothers and sis
tiers to see their way clear to the mourners'
bench. We heard the manager speak in
grateful terms of some Of our Austin mer.
chants, etc., who had made liberal contri-
buttons. Among other things that had
been donated by the whites was twenty
gallons of kerosene oil. There is very
large class of colored people in this city
who are moral, temperate and Industrious,
and the kindliest feelings exist between
them and the whites.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

Hueged in the clinging pillows grasp
From seaweed fringe to mountain heather
The British oak with rooted clasp
Her slender handful holds together; e.
With cliffs OF white and bowers Of green,
And oceans narrowing to caress her,
And hills and thread, streams between
Our little mother isle, God bless heri :
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19
.DEPARTMENT or TIE INTERIOR.
WAsHIN0TOE. August 4. 1875

W AenA801OAs n1SAst y 1919.
- SIR-On the seventh Of April, 1874, 90
much Of the Texas and Pacific Railroad ~
lies between Marshall snd Dallas, Texas,
was accepted In the report Of Nr. Isaac II
Sturgeon, commissioner, who had exam
ined and found L c0nsuucted In subsfnu-
tial compliance with the requirements Of
the printed Instructions Of the department.
In addition 70 abe portion which was &C.
cepted By you, Mr.. Sturgeon also made q
favorable report on said rallroad constFucted
from Marshall east 10 the line bounding the
States Of Louisiana and Texas, and from
Marshall northeast 10 Texarkans. and from
Sherman eas. 20 Bfookston. These portions
were not then accepted. because they did
not come within the act authorizing the
construction % sid railroad. Since then.
ho1ever, the act Of the twenty second Of
Juus, 1874, has declared said portion to be
deemed and % be . part Of the said Texas
md Pncifc RailroaI, and shall heszaftsr be
subject 20 all the provisions and limits Of
lie act Of Congress incorporating said con-
pnny, snd Of The supplements therein. In
visE Of the aet, have the honor 70 recon-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

KExxx, August .l7--Dispatches from
Agassle report thai an insurrection has
broken ous in TaEkisA Kronbia, in the dis
trict between Kostainieza and Dubieza,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HoMMEs sent the
following, with his autograph, to a bazaar
and fancy fair at Manchester, England, in
aid of the sick childran's hOstpital:
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

George Alfred Townsend has been pronounced the
most Fictitious Ie,ter-writer now employed on the
American newspaper press- BE has, however, been
Distinguished only writer Of pose. sud therefore
the wonder and admiration excited when he gsye "a
the world the appended admirable poem. sent By h.-
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-01-08
ARIZONA IS 4 HEALTH RESORT.

An article by pr. B. G. Mcphail, Post Surgeon U. S. A., at Camp Apache, in the
 December number of the Virginia Medical Monthly, gives some valuable information as
 to the advantages of Arizona as health re- sort for consumptives He gives his expert ence of over a years study of the subject, and says that among the natives (Mexicans and Indians) he has not seen a single case of con- sumption, and no case in the white popula- tion that had not been arrested, many of which were apparently cured. He says that She has met soldiers and officers who, on their arrival in the Territory, were suffering from almost every form of lung disease phthiss, in its different forms-in several far advanced-bronchitis, asthma, impaired func- tions from old pneuiHonias, pleuFesies, &c., and in erery case marked improvement has followed after a short residence here. Many cases seem to be cured-others benefited and held in abeyance." The article is exhaustive and we'll considered, and proves to demon stration the superiority of Arizona as health resort. The writer premises that a: soon as the Territory is connected with thG outside world by railroad, it will become the Mecca of the continent for consumptives
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-01-08
MINES AND MINING.
YAyAPAI COUNTY.


 Mr. Hitchcock. of the Big Bug Mining Company, visited Prescott yesterday. when we learned from him that the developments which he is making in the Big Bug lode are of very promising character. The old shaft has been drained and miners who worked in 1t years ago are confident of striking rich body of ore in very short time. Our ac- quaintance with this mine and with the dis trict of which it Is so good rocky rib. en- ables us to express good opinions of both. Mr. II. is anxious for tie snow to melt, as then he would be able Co work some rich ors from the Big Bug, which his workmen have, already, taken out. He IS very hopeful of soon having sufficient good ore to warrant him in starting the company's fine ten-stamp mill.
 Judge H. Brooks called at our office yes terdav afternoon, when we learned from him that the engine that is to run =. O. Fred ericks' ten-stamp mill, on the HaSsayampa, is being hauled here from Ehrenberg, by one of s. C. Miller * Bros freighting teams. Should the weather hold as it is, two or three weeks more will see this engine q: work, running the mill above spoken of, Hwhich is situate on the IIaSssyampa, l2 miles south of Prescott, convenient to several of the richest gold and silver mines in America, and surrounded by great forests of pine and oak timber, abundance of grs ss and pure mountain water.
 [ NJ. Price, of Walnut Grove, came to Pres eott yesterday. From him we learned that Allen Cullumber has recently found a rich lode at a point about eight miles from the lGrove Mir Cullumber is now at work on ' his discovery.
 H Yesterday, in our rounds about town, We called at the store of f.. Bashford S Co. and were shown over S, 600 worth of placer gold, great deal of which they got from Mr. Smith, of Lower Lynx Creek, who got it out of his hydraulic claim.
 All are now anxious for thsw, which would give placer and quartz miners more water than they would need, and, of course, enable them to take out a great deal of rdust"
 MoIAvE COUNTY. We forgot to state, in yesterdays sum- mary, that our old friend, R. w. Groom, is constructing wheel on the Sandy, which stream affords abundance of water to run great many wheels and mills. Jackson McCrackin, who has just sold his claim for ever so much money, is an old friend of ours. With him we have often ''prospected" and secured the country on bears straight. Mac served in tho Arizona Legislature, but we have never known him to boast of his having done so.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-01-08

TIE INDIANs.-The Supreme Court of the United States rendered a decision which Is to be the most important ever made as re cards the Indians and their relations with the general government and to each other 1t is held by the Court, Chief Justice Waite delivering the opinion, that the Indian tribes, as such, have no rights whatever in the soil of the country which they occupy, that the fee of the land is in the United States. and the Indians can only acquire 1t as individuals. The case came up from Wis- consin, in action of replevin brought by an Indian agent in behalf of the tribe in his charge, to recover a quantity of pine logs which had been cut on the Indian lands Tho decision practically holds that Indians as tribes have no rights which white men are bound to respect. Inasmuch as they are not citizens, it follows that their position IS decidedly peculiar one. tis thought that the effect of the decision must be to compel Congress at an early day to adopt the nec- cssary legislation to enable them to become citizens.-[Ex.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-01-08

The organization effected at Salt Lake ot the SOth ult., to carry forward an extension on the Utah Southern R. R. to connect with the Texas tS Pacific at the head of the Gulf of California, is of interest to Arizona. This extension would open the flood gates of i'm migration for the benefit of this Territory as much as anything that could be devised. We sincerely hope that the plan will be put in operation. Most of the freight for this sec ton would come by this route and the road would be remunerative one.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-01-08

Governor Tilden, of New York, does not approve of the dead-head system. He re- fused, recently, the offer of pass over the New York Central Railroad for himself and family, informing the autocrat of that cor poration that he hoped to be able to make both ends meet at Albany, and also pay his fare on the railroads.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-01-08

We have received the January number of Vick's Floral Guide, beautiful work, pub lished quarterly at the merely nominal price Of twenty-five cents a year. The proprietor lately donated thousand dollars for the grasshopper sufferers in Kansas.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-01-08
Local InteIIigen c e.

Subscribers to the Daily or Weekly MINER, who do not receive our Calendar for 1875, will be sup piled with the same, by notifying us
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-01-08
COyCLTyrS.

I have stated in brief such subjects and measures as seem to me will most urgently require your attention. l shall be pleased to cooperate with you in all measures that will advance the prosperity and happiness of the people, and if you can devise other and better ones than I have suggested to accom- plish these objects, they will always receive my cordial support.
 Hoping that your deliberations will be guided by wisdom and crowned with benefits to the people; that your associations may be pleasant and that you may be able to return to your constituents with their approval, l now confide the several matters to your hands. Signed,
 \. P. K. SAFFoRD. Governor.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-01-08

MT McKenna, artist, has just received large lot of new and elegant frames, etc. ana as ne m tends to 70 to Verde in a few days, all who may wish to have their pictures taken and encased in these same pretty frames had better call on him
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-01-08
Notice to Settle.

An persons knowing themselves indebted se ne wifl please settle the by the lst day of February ls and by so doing save e and themselves further trouble.
 THOMAS WHITEHEAD. Prescott A. T., January {, 1875, Ssn5