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FIRE AT BLAEco.-Mr. James Austin,
driver Of the Austin aud Fort Concho. stage,
reports that fire occurred in Blanco city
Tuesday night, consuming the court house
there. The county records were not saved
The Masonic Lodge was in the upper story
of the bnilding and everything was con-
sumed. The loss was estimated at about
$lS, 900 and the fire was believed TO be the
work Of an incendiary. IL the court house
the benches and chairs, etc., were seen to
be piled up together, and IN the morning
books and papers and the county seal were
found some distance from town On the
river bank. A petition from the Blanco
people has been brought to the Leg stature
asking for relief. ~ .=... = G1s
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pepsia and liver complaint that you know
nothing about, you get Discouraged spend
ihs money with but little success. Row to
give you satisfactory proof that treeu's
August Flower viii cure you of dye pepsia
and liver complaint with all its effect, such
as sour stomach, SICK headache, b s1ituaI
costiTeness, palpitation Of the heart, heart
burn, water brash, Coming up Of fool after
eating, low spirits, etc.. we ask you 10 go
to your druggist, Morley Bros, and get a
sample bottle of Green's August Flo ser for
ten cents aud try it, or regular h1e for
Seventy-hve cents, two doses win relieve
You.
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THE Cost OF TURNPIKE RoADs.-A citi-
zen of Ohio gives the following informa-
ton in regard to the building of turnpike
roads and their cost in that State, which
may be equally applicable in these parts.
He says there are thirty-two turnpikes in
his county, from five tt twenty-five miles
long, and total of one hundred and sew
enty miles finished. They are from twen-
ty-four to twenty-six feet wide, gravelled
from sixteen to eighteen feet in width, and
to depth of from twelve to sixteen inches
in the middle of the road, and eight Ito
ten inches in the edges. The cost of these
roads per mile,. he says, is about $4,000,
inclusive of preliminary surveys, and the
interest on bonds running from one to five
years. 80 D aeoa n y ars.sil
In these spikes" no hill Is allowed over
five. degrees eight and three,quarter feet
in, one hundred; few, indeed, are so
steep; from two to three dASrees (three
and ione;halfto five and one-quarter feet to
one hundred) is common where the coun-
try is most rolling or billy, and the roads
are made by. assessment upon the lands
adjacent to the road, not to exceed two
miles on either side; assessed according
to the benefit to be derived; running in
amount from twenty cents to three dollars
per acre on the lands only. The assess
ment has to be paid to the county treasury
as other taxes, and the bonds redeemed,
one-ffth of them annually, they running
five years. Very many farmers work out
the amount of their assessments, and more,
and receive the pay from the contractor
at from So to So. so per day for plow and
team with man to work them; the same
for wagon and team. sa. ~ = 81 - .ia.tIlo-,fa
The writer says that towns aid in the
constructions of the roads, voting tax on
themselves of from $50, 900 to a 800, 900
for each road touching the corporation,
and donating from $500 TO $500 per mile to
each road The writer also asserts that "a
load over these hills" for, a two-horse mar
row-tread wagon. is five Thousand pounds,
lust double what was hauled over the same
roads before their improvement, which
makes saving to the farmer and ateamster
of r one-half in the way of characterization.
He then goes on to argue the general bene-
fits to towns and the country, and speaks
especially of the wonderful demand for
lands along such roads and their consequent
increase in price. The cost of repair is
very light, and can be done in the way of
each and every man in the county being
required to work one or two or more days
pei, annun on the roads. We print the
above with the view of throwing all the
light possible upon the cost Of building
turnpike roads, as there seems to be gen
eral desire. for informstion of the kind.
We hope to hear of a meeting being called
at once for the discussion Of the subject,
and have faith that our citizens gre at last
awakened to the necessity of immediate acs
tion.G} 20 9Ho l0 nOi-a9seoq nf En0I
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"hEADING WITHOUT TEARs"-If you
would relieve your eyes of hurtfuI strain.
If you would prevent loss Of sight, or so
soothe the light to your eyes as to rend"r
reading physical as iwell as mental pleas
ure, use the Diamond Spectacles," having
a small diamond stamped on every pair.
For sale in Austin by A. Balm. -
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. MRS. WILLIAMS boarding house, two
squares west of the STATESMAN Office, was
bamboozled out of twenty dollars by q
dead beat Thursday. He went to his room
at night and sneaked away with his books
and clothes, having borrowed forty dollars
from an innocent printer. The swindIer
has tooth missing, dresses well, is TWEEN
ty-fve years old, slightly squiline nose, and
never talks in q crowd. "a
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THE surveying party of the Internati on
al Railroad started on Monday morning to
run line to this city from DuvaL, and it
was said that was to be the final survey.
When last heard from they were at VIM.
RobiDson's, six or seven miles from Austin,
on the upper Georgetown road. laa - q . :
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IT'S Sozodont the whole world tries.
IT'S Sozodont which purifies
The breath and mouth, and dirt defies.
IT'S sOzodont for which we cry,
Sweet Sozodont for which we sigh,
7Tis only Suzodont we buy.
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A Mr.. WIN. PHILLIPS, a Llano merchant,
was in the city Sunday and brought the
news that the negro arrested for the muir
der of the two women spoken of in Fridays
STATESMAN was taken out and hung from a
live oak. Mr.. Phillips says the evidence
against him was positive beyond all doubt.
The deed was one of the most villainous
aud cruel that has ever transpirsd In Texas,
and the man that did it deserved his fate,
and worse. Death is too good for such de-
Mons l
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A srRANeBR reports that Col. Taylor and
Frank Taylor report that the bodies, IF two
men were found in box q few days ago
near Brushy. on the road from Circleville
to Basirop. He also reports that footman,
poorly clad, was shot and killed the other
day in the road in Bastrop county. The
man, it was thought, had been followed
and murdered. -. 81 <,
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FArAL AFFRAr AT BRooKvrLLE. fatal
ARRAY occurred last Monday at Rockville,
in Williamson county, between two men
named Atkinson aud Brooks. The latter
had been going to see AdkinsOns daueh-
ter. and Atkinson had told him II be came
again he would do 80 Al the peril of his
life. But nevertheless he called, and was
met By Atkinson before he had dismount-
cd. who knocked him OF his horse with a
stone. Brooks recovered from the fau and
rushed upon the old man with knife
making several woands when young Adj
k,nson came 70 his fathers sd and plunged
: knife several times into Brooks Both
men were expected 70 die three days ago
when our informant passed through Brock
willie.
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WEEKLY STATESMAN
AUSTIN.
THURSDAY. AUGUST "a. 1875

THE Austin Collegiate Female Institute
will commence Its twenty-fifth scholastic
year on the fourth Of September, with
full corps of teachers. The tuition will be
as heretofore. See advertisement.
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No CRY HosPITAL.-In the last year or
two this paper has frequently lamented the
absence of hospital in this city and urged
the Importance of one being established.
A few days ago the city authorities sent a
sick white man out to Wheatyille to be
cared for by the blacks; and we learn that
the man has since died. Why can't the
old Jail and the court house, when it is va
Gated, be fixed up for hospital2 If this
suggestion, often made befores don't meet
the appreciation of officialsL and citizens,
let some one propose something else.Iu Y w
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A MAN named G.. A. Wilson, and form
erly arrested as - Cosgrove, and again
known at his boarding place as - Ter
rell, sort of bogus book agent, was ar
rested Thursday and given in charge of a
deputy sheriff. The court allowed him to
go out with the deputy to get money or
bail, and he has not since been heard
from. There are many people about town
who would gladly see Mr.. Wilson, alias
Cosgrove, alias Terrell. He Is described
in another place. How did this man get
away2 Q slfrtaeSG. HGv
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per.ounl and LocsI ,,os..

People are returning from their sumner
trips North. =
New corn is now down to twenty i've
cents bushel.
Butter is very scarce in :he city and COM
mands forty cents pound.
From the amount of baggine coming in
some one must Anticipate large shipment
Of cotton this season.
Delegates to the congressional cunven-
ton pronounced Austin the Invest and most
thrifty looking town in the State.
There are sixteen car loads of iron at
Round Rock station. and tracklaying from
there to Duval will soon commence.
No stock of goods has been opened as
vet at Round Rock station. The business
houses are not yet ready, but soon will be.
Round Rock ia looking up. Thirty
houses of different sorts are going up, and
$50, 900 feet of lumber has been sold in the
last five weeks. =. i.lts q
There is lady in this city who is the
mother of three children, of different
ages, and the oldest is but twenty-nine
months old. Her name is-well, we have
reconsidered. ra.F 81. liIs-ar . oTi.
During the past week Treasurer Dorm has
taken up over two hundred thousand dol
lars of State warrants. He has exerted
himself to meet all demands and the Treas
ury is in healthy condition. ..'-ss
The new court house Is now being rooted,
and it is expected the courtroom will be
finished in time for the fall term of the dis
trict court, which meets on the the third
Monday in October. ....-,,...y ..-.,
Warrants have declined in the last day or
two to 80 and 90, and this is in consequence
of the suicidal course pursued by the Leglsla-
ture in making appropriations. 1t proba-
BILE they will go down ten cents below this
figure within the next thirty or sixty days.
Judge R. A. Henson, of San Antonio,
now at the Raymond House. has recently
visited Bexar, Comal, Hays, Travis, Will
son, Bell and Milan counties, and tells that
there were never such crops produced, and
that corn will not be worth more than
twenty cents per bushel. ....----.-.-,
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soMR people imagine thai they can pre-
vent a railroad from ranning across their
land, which reminds one OF the bulr the
bridge that tried TO butt. the train sh the
track, but got hoisted sgAlly west" himself
There is State law which allows railroads.
40 gross any mans land, and when railroad
paAy and the owner Of a piece Of land
over which II h necessary for the road to
pass cannot agree regarding the price, then
all that has to be done is TO place the mat
ter in the hands Of disinterested citizens,
and if their decision does not sanction the
price pat upon the land by the owner, THAI
puts him in for the cost.
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How Is YOUR LrvERi-Are you troubled
with headache, dizziness, incapacity to keep
the MUD on any subject; Dizzy sleepy or
nervous feelingsG gloomy forebodibgA ir-
inability of temper or q bad taste in the
mouth, palpitation, unsteady appetite,
choking sensation in the throat blcatihg
of the stomach, pain in the side or about
shoulders or back, coldness-of extremities,
e.ci II you have any OF these symptoms
Won should go at once 10 your druggists
Morley Brothers-and get Or, sherman's
PrickIey Ash Bitters; they are the best and
most pleasant ''lives" medicine eyeronered
to the public. If you don't believe il try a
sample bottle. -0see = iinut3si.
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NARROW GAUGE RAnRoADs.-It is use
tempt to prevail upon the people of Austin
70 build narrow gauge railroad from this
city to Lampssas and the frontier counties
that have heretofore done business with
this city; but it is possible, by presenting
some facts now and then on the subject, that
capitalists from abroad may have their at
tention drawn TO the enterprise and ueons'
.clude TO put il through. Unless, however,
the road is commenced soon, it viii
most likely never be built, as other roads
win in the meantime be constructed to the
above section, which Will remeve the necess
sity for road from here Westward The
Texas Central Company and the people of
Bell county seem determined to build q
narrow gauge road from Hearneltol Beltons
and thence on TO LampAsas. During the
Lsmpasss fair. two weeks ago, a represen-
tstive Of that road was present and made 3
talk at the fair on tbe subject, and equsid7
cradle stock was subscribed 10, aud every
thing indicates that work will eammence
ere long. II is no use Cor the sFkzEss14N
70 urge the beginning of \ road n once
from here 70 LsmpAsas i Nouid do no
good The people, e least those who are
able 70 take stock n Al entefprise Of tie
/ kind. have practically dsfhonstraled that
they have no sondasss ior such thlqgs.
They win most likely regrss Il after :
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Liberate the Impurities of ,he system.


This can easily be done through the in
strumentality of the searching blood de-
purent and Alternative, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which incites those scavengers OF
the body, the kidneys and the bowels, to
vigorous action. The first named organs
secrete impuritIes-wbere such exist-from
the blood, which would otherwise poison
it, and it is the office of he.bowels to carry
off the useless portions eff the food rejected
during the process of digestion, and which
if retained interfere with digestion and bill
ious secretion. Rheumatism and govt,
both products of acid elements in the CIR
culation, are remedied by the Bitters, which
will likewise be found prompt though
gentle cathartic. Both kidneys and bowels
are iLvIgorated, aa well as stimulated by
this famous medicine, which possesses tonic
properties of the highest order.
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DEATH TO THE SCREW, WORM

crew Worm every time and care iFo0t IL OF in
sheep and Cattle.
Bucha n's CTesyIfc sheep rfP IL an infallible
remedy for the Scab in Sheep; being soap, it pene-
trates al once the skin and kills the scab.
Buchan's Carboltc DisIDfeeIIRg Soap
cures Mangein Horses, Dogs, and aside, and
kills Lice. FIeas and Ticks on all animals.
Be sure JAS, BVCHAN & co.'s name appears on
the labels. All Others counterfeit and worthless
WIN. r. KIDDRR, g. FCO.sas7is,l
PRINCIPAL DEPOT;
je15 deod&wsm SIS John ST., New York.
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Tss acres az land IN BAstrop county, enc anA halt
miiss nom the Central Railroad with al the improve
nenis, near between McDade and Klgtn- A good
chance for Q bargain. Terms easy. Cal On ~. 3.
sWkhNEY. us Congress Avenue
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II yoa want farms. improved and unimproyed. iand
- good a. any In the state, You had beiter eAl on
n d aWEENEY
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iess acscs, win al the improvements, two Ezlsi
from ERn on the Central Railroad, IN Bastrop coun
~. Call and Get bargain. ...,s7.E
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yoa want to bay house and lot. or building loss
y. q sWEENxY.
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1878 aefes so acrer farming land. with Improve
meats plenty Of wood and water. ane pasture tWsa.
v-hvs miles west from Austin. n Travis county
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G1Aaalnpe comfy ax mile$ from Kin9sbprJ rallroaa
station. near 10 cAnrch and school house; naa fer
stock
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Medical.
TAKE
Sin MOES'S LIVER REGULATOR,

Sia iMONS'S LIVER REGULATOR,
For sill si,eases of The II,es stomach ami Spleen.
VIII Cure Dyspepsia
must OWN that your
s,mmons's Liver re gulator
fuly deserves the populari-
~ Il has attained As &
family medicine Il has no
equal. Il cured my wife OF
amalady hal counted m
cuEAhle-thst wolfsbane Of
oar Gerican people, pys-
PPsi-. A E p ALBERT,
+l- q Professor 10 Nicholas Pub
Lie school, Parish OF Tsrrs-
bonnie. Ia
MRlarious Fevera
You are AZ liberty to my me In praise Of your
Regulator as prepared by you and recommend n tn
every the beat preventive for Fever and Agne in
the world. pianI In Southwestern Georgia near Al
bany. Georges and Rust say that 1t has done more
good on my plantation among nv negroes, than any
medicine ever used; it supersedes quaAe 10 taken
In time. Yours. ETC., ...0-4
Hon B. H. HILL, Ga
CHILDRKN.-Your Regulator
10 superior 10 any other remedy for
MSiarial Diseases among children.
and Il has largo sale In this sec
tlon of Georgia W. II. RUS
n - SELL, Albany. Ca "
Constipation.
TESTIMONY OF THR CHIEF JUS TIcE OF qRoR-
GIA. II have used simmons Liver Regulator FOR
constipation of my bowels, caused By temporary de-
rangsment Of the liver for the last three or four
yeUs and always. when used according to the drec-
tons, with decided brncnt. think 10 good medi-
ciae for the derangeInent OF the rYerat least such
has been my personal experience in the use Of II.
HIRAM WARNER, Chief Justice OF Georgia
9r'''f'a0 sick Headache.
'..sei EDITORIAL we have tested its
virtues personally. and know that for
dyspepsia, Bilousness aud Throbbing
Headache Il lie the best medi-
cine the world ever saw. We
have triod forty other remedies before
II li simmons's Liver Regulator. but nors
of them gave more than Temporary .'
relief; but the Regulator not only
relieved, but cured MS. Editor Tsle-
graph and Messenger Macon, Ga. E
Having had during the last twenty years Of my life
to at EN- to racing stock. and having had DO much
trouble with them with collie grubb. etc gave me
great deal OF trouble; having heard OF your RI guator
cure for the above diseases, concluded to try It,
Afte: trying one package in mash. fouu Il TO cure
In every nstasce 1t te onlv to be tried prove
have said In its praise. can send you certificates
horses .fi-9uUJt GEORliE WAYMAN
Ma on. Ga. Jny -. 1874. 80 jya7deod A-yly
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a ueTIN ZOE RACTORY.

oar p-irou, sn1 cssrlners q fes gsnsuIly. .sh9
- Ehfoarb Ger eriFers the pogic1l-, q q - ftro
~ IL qnzniss a. ice fhsy Nls1 - % f4slfl ftzn
fkrlnEh fka nNnEnN IhoeT fakinG tbs n.c4f So l14
- lorrs fI11 - sislng he pEesfrence aef11fHe
re kaTs . fnset y eel - fef s1P1zHt 80 = ~
<ell ~ - 10 1l1 Ea1lf1c1Eri1R flIEInN over
1900 fenrn1a lh1ll efDef EtrioF eof 80 neontt
t6e BFsfrFsarn nke nErNDEsm91il lq[ tEzl1 e1fTl4E
cnf surplas- 41A@84 = 49,
AsEnEt {, l17A
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q acres OF land In Travis county, threefourtha Of
mile nom Aoaht Bonnell; Elk acros In cultivated:
good house. splendid spring and abundance Of fne
building rock and timber. A bargain can be had bs
applying 70 N. B. SWEENEY.
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Special Notices. !
: ~ n N - pfseroS-oN0
a SARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors aud indis-
eretions OF youth nervous, weakness, early decay,
lnss Of manhoe1 ets VII Send recipe that will
was discovered BY missionary in South America.
SEND self ed YelVpe % the Rev. JosKPH T.
rre..-er-rrr ~ 1sffr.'' aprl4deod &w6m
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now ofer fog sale the best market garden ma
frnit farm In the State OF Texas with ali the Improve
meuts with every convenience attached 70 the plaza
except the present growing cropa within thrSs milos
o. the city OF Austin north side Of the Colorado nvsr
For further Information and DESCRIPTION o. ths proo
erty, call on N b. SWEENEY, No. Ti5 Csnsrcss
Avenas, opposite Avenue Hotel. j fflIsIl34-iI
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sT. LOUIS q BUSINESS HOUSES
SEEKING TEXAS TRADR

zero BAGS AND BAGGING. rT.,
III & L. CHAsE. Bags OF all kinds for grain,
II flour, &C. Sand 10 n. Main 81. q
COMMISSION MERCHANTS -
CARTWRIGHT Il co.. Commission Merchants
OCotton, Hides, Wool, & G rain, nos. ComrsI
+ r TIED6MASAS CO., !S;ommissIoH, Sot os;
W. TICKS a. co.. wholesale dealers In Fruit
-. and Produce, no WalnutSt. i.a-H 600
u ]. CALHOUN & co. Cotton Factors & Com n
". Grain, Leather, Hides Wool. loo Com'lst
SES,IElRs : CO.; Cotton Eastors and cOmnis-
w \. r. BEALL & CO., Cotton FACTORS aud
vvs Commission Merchants IS s Commercial ST.
DRY GOODS. =
CAM'L C. DAVIS & CO., Wnoiesase Dry Goods.
v Washington Avenue and Firth st.
.ITI7 IRoy. : = =
CLI6O IRON STORE, IeO7 NJ I'd 81. iron, Steel,
" Horseshocs, BbAcks smith Merchandise, &C., sc
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION. :,
REASLEY BROS. Live stock Commission Mer-
ID chants, Natl stock Yards, Fast Sc Louis. III.
HUNTEn. EVANS Z CO.. 1--we STOCK Commis-
u sion Merchants. Nal Stock Yards, III.
-, STATIoyERS =
LEWISTON q BLYTHE, stationers, Printers and
Blahk Book Mrs. Proprietors ofthe Chsm-
KANSAS CITY BUSINESS HOUSES
SEEKING TEXAS TRADE q
----~s>-4
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
TRUMBULI,, REYNOLDS & ALLEN. SEED and
L A'gI Implement house. l9and AL " alnut st.
MEDICAL And SURGICAL INSTITUTE.
NEFORMATIES and Chronic Diseases treated.
Dsend for circular. Ora Dickersoa srar Delaware 81
STOCK YARDS = LIVE STOCK C0MH.
THE KANSAS STOCK YARDS, the most COM
modious in the Mo. Valley, L.V. Morse, Supt,
KlNGSBERY, ALGER CO.. Kansas Stock Yds
- Kansas City. Mo. National Stock Yards, East
ST. Louis, Ill. Specially made OF Blooded Cattle.
POWERS. RIAL Il CO., Live Stock Commits
sion Merchants, Kansas Stock Yards.
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FOR SALE.

A farm, nine and half miles from Ausfia ON
Onion creek and on the Antonio road; $50 rcrcs
Enclosed and In cultivation with all the
lT77 Apply to NJ. 3, SWEENEY.
farm Of 30 acres, north OF Austin about three ana
half miles; 20 ucree for cultivation 10 acres N paS-
turf. and wood, with improvements, near 70 church
and school house. In good neighbof hood
.l s.ltg.g ai Call on N. b SWEENEY.
farm four niles east OF. Austin. on The Bastrcp
road containing y acres with improvements near 70
church and school house; wooa and water % ne
place: Apply TO l.-. NJ b. SWEENEY.