The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-02-06

and four hundred head of stock, many
Squaws aud children in the party. Csptaii
I Ferris will follow the trail.
a The Cheyenne prisoners from Fort Rob
e lnson en- route 10 leayenworth. TWENTY-FIVE
: IN number, including Wild Hog and OLD
{ Crow, arrived to-day. TEey lefI for theil
destination tonight
\ CINcINYATI, February lO.-A Telegram
: says all the trains on the Ohio and Missis
sippi railroad were detained at Flora. Hi
nois, irom A ~ 10 8 =. NJ. yesterday, by
the enforcement of the vigorous Sunday
, law.
= MEMPHIS, February l0.-An argument on
the general creditors bills. representing
city bonds to the amount OF 81. 800. 600
was heard this morning by Judge Baxter of
. the United States district court. Tie Judge
announced his determination 10 appoint a
receiver tomorrow.
LONDON, February s-An outbreak If
pleuro pneumonia has occurred among cat
tie at Wigan,horf near Nation, county of
York.
The Times dispatch from Calcutta saws
advices from all parts of the scene of active
operations are highly satisfactory both as
regards political and military situation and
the condition oil the forts and supplies.
| LONDON, February l0.-The report print
ed in New York that the British govern
ment has issued an order forbidding live
cattle from the United States to land at the
ports OF the kingdom after the twenty-eighth
instant Is incorrect. The government has
issued no such order; on the contrary. it
has intimated that unless future arrivals
prove the existence of the disease il has no
| tntanftnn nf tal-src. =
ence with the cattle trade.
At Liverposl the dock beard has agreed
to erect lairiage, and work has already been
commenced.
LONDON, February lO.-Reports from
Russian villages continue to give alarming
statements of the prevalence OF a plague
and other epidemic diseases.
! WAsHISGToS, February IA. A. Viii
son is nominated for postmaster at Union
Springs, Alabama.
House to-day majority and minority reports
of the Committee on Elections in the Florida
contested election case of Findley VS.. Bis
bee were submitted, and laid on the table
for future action. The majority report IA
vors Findley's claim. and is signed by all
the Democratic members of the committee
except Turney, OF Pennsylvania, who Joined
The House was in committee on the leg
islative, judicial aud executive appropriation
bill. After a protracted discussion the
House proceeded to consider the bill by
paragraphs for amendment. After making |
some progress the committee arose.
Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, chairman of tie |
committee, reported the river and harbor |
appropriation bill. which was ordered |
printed and recommitted
The Senate agreed to the conference re-
port on the naval bill, which was passed.
A joint resolution providing for COM
mittee TO consider and report on what leg |
islation is needed for the better regulation |
of commerce among the States was sub
mitted and referred.
WASHINGTON, February IA move |
ment has been started by representative /
colored mon for a convention to consider /
their condition, wants, ETC., and call will |
be prepared for convention to meet in
Nashville May 5.
WASHINGTON, February A caucus of |
Republican Senators was held to-day. The
purpose Of the signers of the call WIS to
secure the assignment of some early day
for action in the Corbin-Butler contest. No
determination was reached. There was |
some informal discussion as to what course
should be pursued in the case.
Amendments providing for the repeal Of |
the Federal supervisors and test oath laws
are attached by the House to one of the an
nual appropriation bills. Although no ac-
ton was taken in the caucus the general
tenor of the opinions expressed by the Re-
publcans was TO the effect that the effort to
enact such legislation upon an appropriation
bill should be resisted even To the extent of |
causing the bill to fail.
WASHINGTON, February LITTLE Potter
committee met this morning and immediate
ly went into secret session. TheefGGTigman
read letter from 1fcGreen, president OF /
the Western Ehion Telegraph Company. |
A few comments were made on the expla- |
nation therein given and with regard to its |
publication before received by the commit. |
tee. The Democrats have no more wit
nesses to examine, though the Republicans |
will call one or two more.
New YORK, February 1.-THE Brooklyn |
health officers charge that number of cows /
suffering from pleuro pneumonia have been
taken from their stables and slaughtered at
the abattoir. The carcasses are now under
guard until veterinary surgeons can exam
inc them.
The strike against a reduction of wages
on the Metropolitan Railroad extension
lIOu ElSull -lulTO 10 OUe huuuf6Q ana
Tenth street continues, though everything
is quiet, Two Thousand men are engaged
in the movement, but it is expected they
will return to work at reduced prices to-
morrow.
ST. LOUIS, February IA Kansas City
dispatch says terrible accident occurred
this morning at the foot of Grand Avenue
in cut being made for the Chicago and
Alton Railroad. The cut, with its almost
perpendicular walls ninety feet high, caved
in and buried the workmen and their teams
under six thousand yards of falling earth.
There were four teams in the cut at the
time, and ten men working at each team.
Besides there were the foreman, James Nc
Carthy, his clerk and two men working with
picks. Mr.. Soden, the contractor, was not
in the cut. Six persons were killed out
right and several wounded. The following
are the killed Peter Bagley, James Hagen,
Thomas Cosey Ed Haines, Dan Luckett and
Richard Kline. All the bodies have been
recovered. The scene is heartrending.
PARIS, February IL Monsigneur De-
sprez, archbishop of Toulouse. has been ,
created cardinal.
LONDON, February IL The Algeria,
from Savannah. January 6, for Amsterdam, !
is ashore near Egmond
AONDON, reUruaTy ll.-A summons was |
issued this morning for Cabinet council |
to be held this afternoon to deliberate on the |
reverses to the British troops in Zululand
Official kilograms announcing the defeat
were received at the Colonial Office at 1890 !
this morning, and substantially confirm the |
details OF the affair heretofore given In these
The news of the defeat caused
a sensation throughout London. The de-
mand for newspapers at all suburban sta
tons is greater than since the outbreak of /
the Franco-German war.
LlyERPooL, February ll.-An order of
the privy council was adopted yesterday re-
voking, after March 3, 1879, article i3 of
the foreign animals order so far as it re.
lates to the United States. It was a great
surprise to the trade here. All cattle from | ,
the United States after March will have !
to be slaughtered in sbbattoirs, now being ;
prepared on the dock estates of Birkenhead !
and Liverpool, within ten days after land ,
ing.
MADRID, February lion receipt of
Official reports from Rentro Plato, the
Spanish Government will, if necessary, dis
patch man-of-war to San Domingo TO !
exact heavy indemnity for the families of !
the two generals taken from a Spanish
steamer, and shot by San Domingo authori- 5
lies and the satisfaction of the Spanish flag
The Spanish Government has purchased q
I'll private rights in CABRERA, one Of the
Babiric Islands in the Mediterranean They