The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-09
FILBGRAFAIC MEMS,
DOMESTIC.

ID sps;ch received, military orSan'Z a
! sud everything in readiness Tor the
| worst, IL the news l.nm the agency
!s uufavorahlc wilt have t1e women
aud children in the park moved tn
town We feel Amply able - hnid
our own. u. l. DAY
Governor Pitkjn also received IL dis
| patch FROM Lake CITY, s. king Tor arms,
and saying that the Indian chtet 0lray
had notified the whites 10 protect
themselves, and that he Is poweIless
and can sffJId no protection. Capt.
Richards has gone 10 Indian Creek TO
seiZe ammunition destined for the In
dian agency. Ouray is supposed to be
friendly.
Governor P.tkin has sent arms south
in charge of Gen. Daniel Crook who
will have charge in that section.
Prkln ielegraphed three times yes
tcrday to Pope for arms and amnuni-
ton. and also asked him to order the
| troops from Texas aud the lndian
errlory, thst were on their way to
Pagoss Springs, to proceed to Lake
City.
MEMPHIS, October 9 -10A M-Two
new cases were reported ths morning
Annie Werman and VIM. Harris.
The last named is colored.
| Hon. John johnson, superintendent
of quarantine. left for Nashville to at
tend the State board of health meeting,
which cnnvenes tomorrow.
The weather is damp and cloudy.
NEW YORK, October AT meet
| h.. 81 do nf "a
city of Mobile, Alabama, for the pur-
pose of discussing the question of re-
ceiving the bonds of bondhOlders on
| increasing the amount of interest, a
resolution was adopted denouncIng
the Legislature of Alabama for abro.
eating the tax law of the city OF Mo-
bile, committing a mistake and lntiict-
ing Injury on the bondhOlders. A
committee was appointed to confer
with the authorities of Mobile with a
view towards adjusting the matter.
FALL RIVER, October 6.-The strik-
ers are endeavoring to make terms
with the employers to return to work
in body, making q condition that
they shall be paid weekly, instead oil
monthly. The employers decline to az
cept the terms, maintaining that many
of the places are filled and there is no
need for the strikers in their entirety,
and besides, they propose to pay
monthly.
SAVANNAH, October 6 The United
States troops ordered here from Atlanta
to participate in the Jasper Centennial
will be received by the SsYaunsh Vol
uuteer Guards, lately the Eighteenth
Georgia Confederate battalion. Thirty
volunteer corps from other cities in
Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and
other States and the Governors of sev.
eral States will be here on the ninth.
The display will be the finest ever seen
in Savannah.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, October 6. -
Ex-Governor Ktmper addressed large
audience at Spottsylvanis Court House
to-day IN favor of the McCuhoch bill.
A thorough and energetic canvass OF
the State, in which all our Senators
and Members of Congress, except JOr.
| genson, who is absent in California
and Harris, will be engaged, will be
made this month, with the determine.
ton to forever settle the agitation OF
the Virginia debt.
| BAT,N r UGE, October THE
| Democratic State convention met al
noon, and WAS called to order by Hon.
Albert Voorhees,. Louis Texada was
made temporary chairman. After APP
pointing a committee on credentials,
the convention took recess till
| O'clock.
The committee not beng ready to
report at o'clock, a further recess to
| o'clock was had. WIlize's support
ers are voting down a proposition to
adjourn I'LL morning.
| MEMPHIS, October Noon Three
more cases reported-Caspar Zmmer-
mann, Geo. Ruiesch, and Henry Stale.
Three deaths since last night. w.
Green, Aleck Perro and Lille Ingram.
The last named died four miles South
of the city.
Three cases of yellow fever have de-
veloped at Buntyn s 'ation-Minnie
Foley, Motley Kennedy and Dudley
| War;. The last namsd, colored. The
Towards hav2 sent nurses to them.
| Sixteen new cases in all, seven
whites and nine colored, were reported
to day. Among those reported are
Mrs. Ann Verne and Willie Verne.
Three additional deaths-Robert Rem
stead, at Wilson's station, John Joyce
and John Brown. The last was COL
ored.
The donations to the Towards to-
day aggregate $424.
The weather continues threatening.
RAwLINs, October Nothing has
yet been heard from Merritt's COM
| mand. Expecting courier mOmen-
| tsirly. reformation from private
sources states that Prices command
was seen three days since, up to which
time he had seen no Indians. Capt
Dodge's wagon trains, escorted by a
colored detachment, had reached
Prices command.
BATON RoUGE, October THE COM
mIttee on credentials asked for further
time and the convention took a recess
until p. NJ.
The indications are that Wilt will
be nominated for Governor.
CHICAGO, October The markets
on 'Change were more active and ex-
cited yesterday than during any period
of the late rise. There was strong
and general advance in every article.
Wheat advanced four cents, corn one
and half, oats one, pork fifty-fiVe,
and lard ten to twenty cents. Tran
sactions were immense in produce and
provisions.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, October 1.-THE
Central Coal Company, one OF the
largest shippers, are to day giving out
tools TO the miners, who will t)-mor-
row go to work at fifty cents per ton,
the price demanded. The strikers of
all other companies will soon resume
at the same figures.
NORFOLK, N. Y, October THE
forest fires are spreading to Louisville
swamp in spite of all the efforts to SUBJ
due them. The wind ls also carrying
the flames towards Massina. Several
barns, q large quantity of wood and
several wood cutting machines have
been burned.
LOUISVILLE. October 7.-All the
hollow-ware moulders in the city are on
a strike. They number over 1000, and
demand Is per cent. increase.
RAwLINs, Wy, October z. - No
courier from Payne's command had ar
rived up to La. NJ.
FALL RIVER, October Thomas ].
Borden aud Richard 3. Borden are on
the eve of making an assignment.
Their liabilities by the endorsement Of
Thomas j. Borden on the paper Of the
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