The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-09-02
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

4 DETROIT. august 2f.-Ihe GRAND
Chapter of Royal Arch Alasons
yesterday elected the following off.
GERS: q. g. II. r., Robert L. Brewer
of Keokuk: G.. G.. X. Noble ID. Lar.
ner. of Washington, ID. c.; G.. G.. $.
Henry Bostwick, OF Covington, hen
tuekv: G. q. Treasurer. Reuben G.
bennington. of Toledo. Ohio: G. G.
Secretary. Christopher G.. Fox. OF
Buffalo: 6. Or. {. H., ID. +. Dew. OF
Buffalo; G. p. s.. Joseph Pharno, OF
New Orleans
SARATOGA. August 70. - The
weather was cool and the track in
good condition, but the attendance
small.
First race - Handicap. all ages
mile and .furlong, Gabriel won. Gen
| Philips second. .Iuniata third: time
l:56.
Second racial ages, five fur:
longs. Hermit won. Suannona sec
ond, By the Way third time Los.
Third race-Handicap. all ages
mile and Il half, Checkmate won
Goldbug second, Governor Hampton
third time 2:S92.
Fourth race-All ages. mile dash
Warfield won. Dan X second. Suan.
mona third: time 1:453.
| FLUSHING. l.. L.. August 27.-Dur-
| ing Wednesdays storm Il cylone ten
miles wide and seven long swept
over Little Neck. Great Neck and
| Creedmor Hundreds of acres OF
crops were utterly destroyed. and
many buildings damaged.
| NEW YORK, August 27.-The first
installment of delegates TO the ninth
annual meeting of the National
Board of Steam NavieatOrs. which
begins Wednesday next AT Norfolk
will leave here tomorrow on the
| Old Dominion Line steamer for that
point. The delegates leaving on
| this steamer are mostly from the
New England states and some from
| New York. On Monday and Tues
day the remainder from this section
will leave by rail for Baltimore
where they will take the Bay Line
steamer direct to Norfolk. A large
number of individual steamboat
owners not members of any organi-
zatiOn have stated that they will be
present ut the meeting.
PORTSMOUTH. y. H., August 81
The cause of the recent breaking
out of fever on the United States
steamer Portmouth. which vessel is
at the navy yard here, has been dis
covered to have proceeded from a
defective pipe connecting with the
waste canal, whereby the waste mat
ter, instead of being carried of
through the proper channel. was car
ried between decks and there lOdg-
ing for months, it is alleged. 1t was
removed immediately on the discov-
cry. \ considerable portion of the
planking was taken off, and yester-
day one of the steam fire engines
belonging to the yard was employed
| to wash out and otherwise purify
between decks.
LAGRANGE, Ga, August 27.-The
Democrats of the fourth district
nominated Hon. Hugh Richardson
for Congress.
ATLANTA, Ga. August 27.-Judge
Hugh Buchanan was nominated for
Congress by the Democrats of the
fifth district.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 27.-
Col. John S. Barbour of this city
was unanimously nominated forCOn-
gress to-day by the Democratic con-
vention after thirty-four ballots.
CHARTER OAK PARK, HARTFORD,
Conn, August 27.-St. Julien, on his
second trial to-day, made mile in
2:114, beating the best time on rec
ord by quarter of second.
New YORK. August 27.-The Dem
ocratic state committee met at the
St. James Hotel at l o'clock to-day
to take action on the proposition to
call convention for the nomination
of candidate for chief justice OF
the Court of Appeals. There was a
full attendance ofthe members. John
| Fox of the fifth district, being alb
sent. was represented by McMurphy,
Edgar X. Apgar of the twenty eighth
district by ID. l.. Lamont. and Geo
! Van Campf Of the thirty-third dis
trict by w. w. Henry. The commit
tee was called TO order by 1:25 p. NJ,
with Faulkner in the chair. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Manning, committee OF
three was appointed so consider the
question of calling a state conven-
ton, and to report back at 4:3C
o'clock, to which time the conven-
ton adjourned. The committee con-
sisted of Messrs. Faulkner, Peckham
and Russer, Mr.. Peckham being
proxy for S. o. Gleson. ofthe twelfth
district.
ATLANTA, Ga.. August 27.-On
Wednesday night near Cochrane,
| Goorr;o Conn x-ounor xubita man die
guised themselves and went into q
negro cabin and broke down the
door and commenced firing into it
The occupant, John Brown, seized
his double-barrcled gun, which was
loaded with buck shot and fired both
barrels, killing two brothers named
bikes. The tops of their heads were
blown off. The negro made his es-
cape. The eoroner's jury rendered
a verdict of justitiable homicide.
LAWRENCE, Mass, August 81
Castles & Mayors paper mill in
South Lawrence was burned last
night; loss 100000. insured for
$4,000.
LIVERPOOL. August "a. The
weekly circular of the Liverpool
| Cotton Brokers Association says
4 Cotton was active early in the week
with a good business and higher
prices, and although on Wednesday
and Thursday the market was quiz
eter. quotations generally show an
advance. and the current quota
tions advanced a farthing. In Sea
Island business was of a retail char
acter, and the market was un-
changed. Futures opened strong
with some excitement, and advanced
fully farthing for August, 3-32far fol
September and Ifar for more dis
tant months. The highest price:
were being touched on Monday af.
ternoon. Since then a somewhat ir-
regularity occurred, sfar of the ad,
vance being lost in the near posi-
tons. The latest quotations for more
distant deliveries are unchanged
from last Thursday.
/ LONDON, August pa dispatch
from Thyetmayo says that reports
have been received from Mandalay
of an attempt to assassinate King
Thebau. A ponghee went to the
Kings apartment, and when he was
stopped and questioned. his replies
were unsatisfactory, and he was
seized, when a dagger dropped from
his garments. He had twelve asso-
ciates. The ponghee and his associ-
ates were put to death.
New YORK, August 28.-The local
steamboat inspectors who made the
investigation of the causes which
led to the burning of the steamer
1 = o....,.,kaHa rnado ,,uII;c tha;- ~