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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-21

COURT OF APPEALS Causes decided
Thursday, June IA, 1877:
No. 505-Jack Goliath v. The State {;
appeal from Bexar. Reversed and re-
manded. Opinion by Ector, P. ].
No. 533 -R. 8. Willis v. L. W.
Mitchell; appeal from Hays. Reversed
and reformed.
No. 4S0-James H. Culberson v. The
State; appeal from Kerr. Reversed
and rcmanded. Opinion by White, ].
No. 562-Er parte, William Cook
appeal from Wise. Bail granted at
$4,000. Opinion by Ector, P. ].
No. 531-Wm. NJ. Walton v. John
B. Rector; error from Travis. At
firmed certificate.
No. 554-Dick Shackelford V. The
State; appeal from johnson. Reversed
and remanded. Opinion by Ector,
p. j.
No. Sal = James Robinson v. The
State of Texas; appeal from Freestone.
Reversed and remanded. Opinion by
White, J.
No. Tim Smith v. The State of
Texas; appeal from Falls. Affirmed.
OplHlOu Dy w ute, j.
CAUSES decided in the Court of APP
pesls June IS, 1877:
No. 366-A. B. Gatewood v. The
State; appeal from Tarrant. Affirmed.
Opinion by Winkler, ].
No. 409-A. NJ. Attaway v. E. NJ.
Callahan; appeal from Ellis. Affirmed.
No. 267-Joseph Van Wee v. The
State; appeal from Travis. Appeal
withdrawn.
No. 572-Aleck Logan v. The State;
appeal from Hood. Reversed and re
handed. Opinion by Ector, P. ].
No. 3S6-Charles Higbee v. The
State; appeal from Milan. Reversed
aud remanded. Opinion by White, ].
No. 3S6-Robert Chambliss v. The
State; appeal from johnson. Reversed
and demanded. Opinion by White, j.
No. 27S-William Ferrell v. The
State; appeal from Hill. Affirmed.
Opinion by Winkler, ].
No. 400-Csrothers v. Mullins ct
ais. appeal from Navsrro. Affirmed.
No. 5S4-Harry Connolly v. The
yersed and remanded. Opinion by
White, J.
No. 161-D. Grissom v. The State
appeal from Victoria. Affirmed. Opin-
ion by White, J.
No. 469-Polly Mitchell Y. The
State; appeal from Nacogdoches. Re-
yersed and remanded. Opinion by
Ector, p. ].
No. 573-W. L. Grissom v. The
State; habsds corpus from Harris AZ
frmed. Bail refused. Opinion By
kcsor, T.
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grain or produce is on hand. Anything
about your schools, church or Sunday
school or grange, names OF officers.
ministers, etc. Marriages, births,
deaths; revivals, number of CONVEX
sions; festivals or entertainments, what
for, and amount of proceeds. New
arrivals and departures; improvements,
what kind and by whom. Accidents,
crimes, fires. Call attention TO any en-
terprise or improvements wanted by
the community, any public evil, or any
curious circumstances. And then leave
it to the editors discretion to condense,
omit, or modify anything that you have
written. and don't feel that he has not
treated you with kind consideration If
he should do SO. The object of papers
must necessarily be to get the greatest
amount of information in the least pos
sible space. Short words, short state
ments, short paragraphs. Brevity is
the soul of wit, yet it matters not how
long an article is if sufficiently import
ant
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Mr.. CAsTLEMAS reports fine pro-
gress of the improvement OF the Bur-
net road. The lane from DR..
Philips's north for three-quarters of a
mile has been well graded and ditched,
and Capt. Champion is now putting in
few culverts. The fences have been
set back about ten feet and the road is
now straight and forty feet wide.
Grading will commence soon in the
Stringer-Hancock lane running west,
and in few weeks the matchmaking
will begin. Good wagon roads, like
railroads, enhance lands, and the land
owners along this route have cause to
rejoice at what is being done.
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THE commencement exercises at the
Blind Asylum were held yesterday.
Or. Frank Rainey, superintendent, de-
serves much credit for the manner in
which he conducts this Institution, and
the examinations of yesterday gave
evidence of the fact that the instruc-
ton is thorough. A class in algebra
showed great proficiency. DR.. Rainey
made most appropriate remarks, but
the speech of Governor Hubbard was
really sublime. The institution is in 8
most prosperous condition. We give
substantially the brief but pertinent
speech of his Excellency. He said
My Young Friends Of The State Blind
Asylum-I have gwen earnest atten-
ton to your annual examination. You
must let me assure you that your Won
derful success in the varied branches
of learning and of art-from the ele-
mentary to the higher departments
is indeed most gratifying. You have
told US this day, by these exercises,
that your instructors possess all the
rare qualities of guardians for the blind
patience, knowledge, and how to
impart it, and with all Christian chart
ty aud kindness to the unfortunate.
We rejoice to see that here ysu have
opened up to you q world of light, in
which the sunshine of the mind and of
knowledge may fall in brightness and
beauty forever. The State should be,
Is she is, proud of this noble monu-
nent of the wisdom and unselish hu-
manity of its founders. 1t Is your
home; dedicated to you, my young
friends. so long as you shall be athirst
to drink from these fountains, s'with-
out money and without price" I
shall tell the people, who sustain BY
their bounty this great charity, that
you are worthy Of all that has ever
been done for you.
As the executive, represen tisg he
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A Certain IIendnche Cnrn.

II you suffer from sick or nervous
headache, morning sickness or neu-
ralgia, go to your druggist and get a
ten cent trial pack of DR.. Heisley's
Victor Headache Powers, or ]. II.
Heisley & Co., Salem, N. j., will mail
them postpaid. A single powder &C.
tually cures the most distressing cases
in ten minutes. 1t is purely vegetable,
entirely harmless, q physicians dis
covery, and we guarantee it to do all
we claim. You can get the so cent.
packs or the 10 cent. trial size at Nor
ley Bros, in Austin, and at all other
hrst-class druggists everywhere. Con-
vince yourself.
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THE Ne,oS says that the slate fire In
Galveston has had tendency to for
ward rather than retard contemplated
improvements, both public and private,
and projects that would probably have
been deferred for months under ordi-
nary circumstances will now find i'm
mediate execution, and that new and
better buildings will take the place Of
the old ones in the burnt district"
Mr.. John Mcdonald, of this city, has
been awarded two building contracts
in the Island City, and quite number
of Austin mechanics have already gone
down to get employment, and Others
will follow.
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the risk of meeting the British as we'll
as the Turkish troops. The writer
adds: II am informed that whatever
mAy be the truth about the reported
disunion the cabinet has taken certain
military precautions. A large army
corps is ready for immediate service,
ana transports can be obtained"
CoNsTANTINoPLE, June 19.-Dienit
Pashs has been attached to the staff of
Dervish Pasha, who is commanding
the Turkish troops at Batoum. Hassan
Psshs remains Governor of Batoum.
1t is stated Nicsics is revIctusled for a
year.
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An exchange speaks of man who
grated some horse-Iadish for his wife,
and then sneezed, broke blood-Yessel
and died. II an event Of that kind had
happened in this city, half the mar
ried women would the next day have
gone out shopping" for horse-radish
and lin graters. 1t is little strange
after so many husbands have cut their
fingers peeling potatoes, put out their
eyes grinding pepper, and ruined their
best Sunday pants tending baby, that
men don't learn to sit on the gallery
and let domestic drudgery alone.
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PIRATES PKRvADE THE LAND-LET
THE AFFLICTED BE WARNED IN TINE.
ona of the most deplOrable and danger
Gus crimes Of the age is the practice
adopted by desperate and INSCRIPTIONS
men Of attempting 10 deceive the af-
flicted with worthless and injurious
substitutes and limitations of Simmons's
Liver Regulator. The afflicted can
protect themselves by buying nothing,
however plsusibly it may be recon-
mended, that is not sealed with our
private revenue stamp, and attested by
the signatures and designs on our
labels aud wrappers. Sore disappoint-
ment, danger, and perhaps death, may
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-21

FANNIN county has, through its en-
ergetic and efficient collector, Capt.
J. w. Dunn, made full settlement
with the State to March 81, 1877. This
is the first county of Northern Texas
to come forward so promptly, and
much praise is due the county, as well
as the gallant Captain. 1t Is a re-
markable fact that only 1915 remain
unpaid of taxes due on land In Fannin
county, and the only defaulters are
those good voters who forget always
to pay their tax, and the law gives no
remedy. But they do vote early and
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WANTED-INFoRMATIoN.-If any of
the survivors of Capt. II. r. A. Wig
gonton's company, recruited in Louis
vile, KY, and vicinity for the Texan
frontier service in the year 1885 or
1886 are still alive they will hear of
information that will benefit them by
addressing r. p. L., lock box 1, Hum
boldt, Gibson county, Tennessee.
je20d1w2mw
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AT Tobin's drug store-a large and
beautiful assortment OF frames for
photographs and pictures, and cheaper
prices than ever sold before in Austin.
BE certain and examine before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
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Austin Market Quotations.
COUNTY PRODUCE.

Butter, 15c. Eggs, lie. Cabbage
50 per dozen heads. Potatoes, 81
per bushel. Onions, none in market
Fruit.-But little in the Rarket q!
yet, and prices high. Peaches anC
apples sold mostly by the dozen anc
plums by the quart. Demand likely tt
keep the prices high for several days tt
come.
Grain.-Corp, whiteshell, Acc. Oats,
- 1-2 to soc. Wheat, No. ., 81. So
No. 3, S1.15; No. 4, S1.O5; rejected,
CSC.
WHOLESALE PRICES FOR STAPLE GRO
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A BLACK character is awful, but
pretty black hair and whiskers is not.
Use DR.. TUFTS Hair Dye, and in fifteen
minutes you will have them as natural
as in youth. II your druggist does
not have it he will order it for you.
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There's q charm about thee, maiden
Which l cannot we'll define;
And sometimes think it lieth
In that fragrant breath Of thine,
In those teeth so white and pretty,
Which with Sozodont do shine.
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Popular illustrated book (26o pages) on
MANHOOD WoMASHooDi MARRIAGE!
Impediments to Marriage; the cause and
cure. Sent seeH,rty 5ealed, postpaid, for 50
cents, by DR.. {. WHITTIER, 6I7 St.
Charles Street, ST. Louis, Mo-, the great
specialist. a Read his work.
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SODA WATER at Tobin's drug store,
drawn from steel fountains, which is a
guarantee that it does not contain
either lead or copper, at five cents per
glass
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CAUSES decided in the Supreme
Court, June IA:
EdmOnds ct al. v. Sheahsn; appeal
from BeXar. Reversed and remanded
Lockhart v. Lyttle; error from Me
dina. Affirmed.
Linn v. Lacomte; appeal from
Bexar. Reversed and remanded.
ElliOtt's executors v. Mitchell; ap-
peal from Navarro. Affirmed.
Galveston, Brazos and Colorado
Narrow Gauge Railroad Company v.
Groos, Commissioner; appeal from
Travis. Affirmed.
Baldridge v. Scott ct al; appeal
from Washington. Affirmed.
Jackson v. Butler; appeal from
McLennan. Reversed and remanded.
Chalk v. Darden, Comptroller; ap-
peal from Travis. Affirmed.
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THE Houston Telegram says that at
no period since the great crash of 1878
has there been SO complete a redun-
dancy of the unemployed classes in that
city as at the present time, and this is
the cry everywhere, east, west, north
and south, and let the people be not
too confident of an early change for the
better. Business should revive some
IN the fall, but the revival will not be
sufficient to make any great change.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-21

THE Home Stomach Bitters has be-
come not only household word, but
a household remedy; its reputation be-
ing unsullied by adulteration, and its
tonicity as great as when first manu-
facted.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
q CARD.

To al who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth. nervous weakness. early
decay, loss Of manhood, etc.. wiz send . recipe
that viii cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This
great remedy was discovered BY . missionary
in South America Send . eelf-addFessed en-
velops TO the Rev. JosEFH 7. INnAN, Station D
Bt1E H0zse. HsD YorE Cstg. jGnisdeodE6m
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EoR SALE.

At great bsrgAIn- Ten city lots, six fnelosed
for gardening Purposes. where there IL aeeAse-
less demand for the produce Of the soil. Ten
hOusee- A nice family dwelling. with furniture.
suitable for frontier life. store with small
stock Of g0ods, connected, and eonysnisns 70
the largest military post on The Frontier. am
very low hgHre. and on easy terms. requiring
only half OF purchase money - hand.
ie2odiHkslmo- JOHN AkLLlfOAfs
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Gen. Couttolene has retired to pr
vste life, and is now devOtIng his ener-
gies to the recuperation Of his fortune,
which suffered considerably during the
revolution.
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SALAD0 COLLEGE.
CLOSING EXERCISES.

The closing exercises of this school, for the
current year, Will be as follows:
S anS WEI SS%Ry aS GSSs
June.
Prof ZAuPRI.s musical examination, evening
or night OF the twenty seventh.
Thursday afternoon and night, the busineaa--
meeting and reunion OF the Alumni Society.
On Friday orations and essays by students;
and, also, addresses on Education by Major j.
II STEWART and Mr.. +. w. PATTIE, both Of the
city Of Austin.
The whole TO conclude Friday night, with
concert OF the pupils of Prof. ZAUPEI. the emf.
nent director OF music In the Institute.
o. ii. McOMBE, President.
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WALL PAPERl WALL PAPRRl-A
large and varied assortment for sale at
greatly reduced prices, by ]. J. & W.
ii. Tobin. f1Sd&wtf
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result from q neglect of this precaution.
Be sure you obtain the genuine Sim
mons's Liver Regulator, as prepared by
J, ii. Zeilin & Co.
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SUNLIGHT on, sold at Tobin's drug
store, is the cheapest and best burning
fluid and perfectly safe.
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ATTENTION is called to the adver-
tisement OF $3.50 a month. A good
opening these times.
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Az exchange under the head Of
"What to write to q local paper. says:
The kind Of crops being cultivated
IN your vicinity, their condition, and
whether in greater or less quantities
than usual; whether much or little
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LIVERPOOL MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, June 19-Noon.--Cotton
market dull and easier; middling up
lands 6l4d; Orleans 7-l6d; sales 5000
bales, including 1909 for speculation and
export; receipts 1920 bales, of which
10000 bales were American. Futures,
buyers offering l-a2d better; uplands,
low middling clause for June and July
delivery, 61sd.
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AT Tobins' drug store you can get
window or picture glass of any size.
feb25f
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DURING the term of the court
just closed, the following conYictions
have been made and sentences rem
dered: Bob Spout, theft of calf,
plead not guilty, was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary; E. A. Hicks,
assault with intent to kill. plead not
guilty, found guilty of simple assault
and fined S25; Joe Higgins, assault to
kill and murder, two years; Maria
Hudson, assault to kill and murder,
seven years; Stephen Pound, theft of
mare, plead guilty, fifteen years !;
George Douglass, theft of steer, two
years-appealed; Ed Everett, theft of
prize over $50, two years; Jacob Pat
terson, theft of steer, tive charges, two
years each; George Slaughter, theft of
pistols, over $50, five years; Dave
Jackson, assault and rape, seven years
Walter Henderson, theft and burglary,
over $50, five years; George Bell,
theft of work-ox, five years; George
Postoak, theft of work-ox, five years
Sanders Griffin, theft of work-ox, two
years; Glib Dishay, theft of gelding,
five years; Tom Saylor, burglary, two
years; John Lindsey, theft of horse,
fifteen years; Jim Cam alias Jim Jones,
murder, second degree, ten years; John
Brown, theft of horse, affirmed, five
years; Jake Williams, theft of steer.
two years; Jim Burditt, murder, plead
guilty of simple assault, fined $12;
George Franklin, theft of hogs, one
year. A very large amount of business,
civil and criminal, has been disposed
Of at this term of the court, and
though the criminal docket was very
long, but two appeals from the decis-
ion of the court were made.
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$3.50 A MONTH.

The above sum can be made each month By
any energetic person who engages In the sale az
the I" American RenoVattng Fluids
IL will erase grease from all kinda OF clothing,
ribbons, laccs, pictures, etc, and u unequalc3
IN cleaning woodwork in pariora, kitchcnes etc
II is unsurpassed for cleaning persons head,
hair smooth and glossy II Is excellent Tor
washing clothes, two 20 three tAbleep0onsful
being sufficient IN a washing TO make tho clothes
lSok clean and white, and q saving Of one-h1if
the usual quantity OF soap. Five years ago. a.
the Houston state Fair, $500 worth was sold In
Two weeks. 1 viii send the recipe for making
jesiwtf Rox Ssi. Austin Texaa.
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ther in this city from Cheyenne on the
seventh, gives the following descrip-
ton of the Black Hills country:
The country from Cheyenne to the
Red Canyon-that Is, one hundred and
fifty miles-is perfect desert; not a
stick of wood is to be seen except in
one or two places. Fort Laramie is
100 miles from Cheyenne, and is stu
ated at the junction of the Laramie and
Plat rivers. The Laramie is small
stream, about the size of Barton's
creek; the Platt at this place is narrow
but deep, and runs very swift. Fort
Laramie is within ten miles of Custer
City. Water is scarce, and alkaline at
that. The Red Canyon is the only dan.
gerous point on the road. There the
robbers have good chance to pounce
down on the traveller. 1t is deep cut
through the hills of about eight miles
long. 1t is here that all the robbcries
and murders were committed last year.
There is squad of soldiers stationed
there, but not enough to protect them
selves. After passing the canyon you
are fairly in the Hills. Twenty-Five
miles further is Custer City, where
gold was first found. 1t is now almost
deserted. The road from Custer to
Deadwood is very rough, going up and
down hills all the time and over noun
taiIs such as Texas cannot show. Dead
wood is situated in narrow valley
with creek running through it. The
only street crosses and recrosses this
creek. The houses are placed without
any regularity. There is gold here,
but not in quantities to pay; water is
too scarce-there is not sufficient to
run over two or three mines. One
man has worked nearly a year and
spent all his means to bring water to
his claim, about seven miles, and now
finds there is not gold enough to pay
running expenses. There have been
one or two lucky men who took out
some gold, but they have left. All the
country has been taken M with claims
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NEW YORK MARKETS.

New YORK, June 10. 49, COLOMBIAN.
ket quiet; uplands IL llc; Orleans lllkc;
sales pa bales; consolidated net receipts
4233 bales; exports To Great Britain 1891
bales; TO France lI,063 bales; TO the
Continent 100 bales; to the Channel
320S bales.
Money easy at IL per cent. Sterling
firm, at ASS. Gold quiet 1855. Gov
ernments firm; new IS Ill. State
bonds dull.
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CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. a pro-
lection against counterfeits the present
proprietors have patented the likeness
of DIR. A. Q. Summons, the originator
of Simmons's Liver Medicine as trade
mark. Hereafter the original and only
genuine DR.. A. Q. Simmons's Liver
Medicine will he put up in yellow
wrappers with his likeness upon each
package aud bottle-noDe other genu-
inc. beware Of counterfeits and IN
scrupulous persons Offering you other
preparations.
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FARMS FOR SALE.-AnOng other
farms in this county, We have for sale
John c. Hamilton's place, $50 acres,
we'll improved, five and a half miles
from the city; Armstead farm and
rancho, ten miles east OF Austin, $50
acres, best rauche in the county, only
Sc. 90 per acre; Rogers farm, 2G0 acres,
IN Hornsby's bend, on Colorado, good
house, clstern, outhouses, etc., low
price and easy terms; W. II. Kings
farm, 1T acres, four miles east of Aus
tin, 100 acres in cultivation, good
dwelling house, outhouses, etc.-very
desirable; Mrs. Runkle's place, 100
acres, on Onion creek. ten miles from
city; ]. w. Taylor's farm, GOO acres,
part river bottom and part upland;
Glasscock farm, river bottom and up
land; A. B. PALMS farm of $40 acres,
near Round Rock, all under fence;
T. J. Hill, bottom farm, $50 acres, we'll
improved, east of Austin, and other de-
sirable tracts, improved and large
tracts, which will be sold in lots to suit
purchasers. For particulars apply TO
E. W. Stands, real estate agent, 119
Pecan street. je17 d1tw1t
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N. A. THEDFoRD & Co.,
Sole PrODrietOrs,
OVEN IOPESEos
ChattanOOna. TennRssee.

Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Sold by Morley Brothers, J. J. 6 W.
Fl. Tobin, r. II. Cousins and r. H.
Smith. Received weekly by Morley
Brothers or j. J. & W. II. Tobin.
ian13 iGmeod&H6m
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AUSTIN
THURSDAY. JUNE 81, 1877
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Whatever discount Is done at the
banks commands 10 to "a per cent.
Loans on real estate security for long
time can be had at ~ per cent, paya
BILE monthly.
State warrants-bid 90 1-2c; asked
90 lie. City warrants - bid roc;
asked SOC.