The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06

uay morning, killing BartolO Tom
; Amego and five transfers. The
: men made a stubborn fight for their
llVes. The Indians attacked San.
y lords command about 8 O'clock tho
same evening three miles from tbe
station. The fight lasted until dart
. when the Indians withdrew. The
telegraph operator and four soldiers
repairing telegraph lines were shot.
sanford had n sergeant killed and
SIX men wounded.
WASHINGTON, October 4,-Tho
grand jury this morning completed
the hearing of witnesses in Tho chi
teau case, and about / O'clock n M
TOOK recess. The foreman Mr.
Churchmer, proceeded TO the otI;no
oi me district attorney, and placed
IN Coi. CorkhllPs hands present.
nent against Charles j. Guiteau. for
the murder of James A. Garfield.
president of the United States. by
woundlng him with bullet, fired
from pistol in the hands of Charles
y. Guiteau, at the Baltimore and Po-
tomac depot, on or about the second
day of July. A. ID. 1881.
| CHATTANOOGA, October 4.-Col.
Love, president of the Huntsville.
Ala, cotton-seed oil mill companv.
anu prominent citizen. was shot
ana instantly killed by "A brother-iu-
law OF Young lady TO whom il was
tons.
| NEW YORK, October 4.-On early
change today the corn market was
very much depressed and unsettled.
the market declining l 1-2 and 2 per
cent. per bushel by the reported
failure of several very large bears in
corn IN Chicago. Sales of corn be-
lore ard ut first call was about
25,O00,O00 bushels.
CHICAGO, October 4.-The report
that John Il. Lyon, heaviest shipper
OF corn in this market, was short of
about 70,O00,O00 bushels. created al
most panicc on change. He was
said to have been called on for one
million margin last night and failed
to respond. This fact, and the action
OF the board of directors fixing the
marginal price of corn at 62 cents,
broke the backbone of the corn mar
Iet and all other grains sold down
in sympathy.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, October A.
Last week number of negroes
employed on some of the rice plan
tations on the Carolina side of the
river, opposite this city struck for
higherwages and attempted TO force
hands on the other plantations TO
loin them, beating.all who refused to
JOIN. Warrants were issued for their y
arrest and fifteen were apprehended \
but afterwards released on parole
until yesterday, when they were es-
corted by several hundred negroes,
armed with SHOT guns and muskets,
to the Justices office, since which
nothing has been heard from them
it is supposed affairs had peace.
full termination.
NEW YORK, October 4.-Ex-Goy.
Moses, of South Carolina, who is
charged with obtaining money by
false pretenses from VIM. i. Hall,
was arraigncd in court to-day.
Further complaint was made against .
him by John ID. Townsend, counsel
of the society for the prevention of
crime, who accused him of swind- 81
ling out of money, On IL plea of fur
nishing Townsend with some valua-
bic papers touching election frauds
at the south. IL is thought other F,
complaints against the ex-governor, \
will be forthcoming.
DENVER, Col, October "A dis,
patch from Pitkin to the Republi-
can says that several citizens at that
place have been robbed and badly
beaten, and that the robberies have
been traced to Charles Briggs, pro-
prietor of Denver Hall, and his asso-
crates. Nesterday mob of citizens.
after warning the inmates, set fire
to the hall. Briggs fired into the
crowd without effect, when some
unknown person returned the fire,
fatally wounding Briggs.
WASHINGTON, October 4. - The
annual report of the light house
board for the last fiscal year will
embody the request for an appro-
priatisn of fifty thousand dollars for
the introduction of electric lights in
several important lighthouses, the
first of which will be the Highland
lighthouse entrance, ut New York
harbor.
WASHINGTON, October 4.-Com-
missioner Raum, of the bureau of
internal revenue, rendered deci-
sion in relation TO the taxation of
banks and bankers to-day, in which
he details various transactions
of banking houses which must
not be treated as subject
to taxation. lie maintains that
every person, firm or company hav-
m ,.la hVaf,,ne, n
bonds, bullion bills, or exchange of
promissory notes are received for
discount or sale, is regarded in law
as a banker, and that the capital and
deposits ofsuch bank or bankers are
subject to taxation. ltO 4
LOUISVILLE, October Ain JEFF
fersOnville, last night, Ed. McDer-
mott, notorious character, killed
John Keefe, and fatally wounded
Barney McCade. He was drunk,
and was engaged in an alteration
with man named Pat Duff. Nc
Cade and Keete interfered TO pre-
serve the peace, end were each in
turn stabbed, the latter having his
jugular vein severed.
PROVIDENCE, October Ain the
legislature to-day, the house voting
separately for a successor 10 the late
Senator Burnside, gave a total vote
of 55 for Nelson w. Aldrich. being
n majority of all members. He will
probably be declared elected ON the
first joint ballot tomorrow. The
other candidates were w. r. Shelf
field and Henry Lippetl. The
former received eleven votes and
the latter eight.
WASHINGTON, October 4.-The Z
counsel for Gen. Brady, and Messrs.
French, Turner and Brown, defen-
dants in the star-route case. entered
n motion to quash the information "a
filed against the gentlemen on Fri
day last. Counsel asked leave to file h
this motion, and desired the court
to fix n day for its argument. The
governments counsel objected to
the motion until the accused parties
appeared and gave security TO an
swer the charges. The defendants.
through their counsel, informed the
court they were ready TO have their
bonds fixed. Argument then en-
sued rs to the amount of bail re-
quired. Judge Cox finally took the .
question under adviscment until
tomorrow, when he will decide the
question, and determine on day to
hear the argument TO quash the in
M
RICHMOND, Va, October 4.---The
case of L. A. Marion alias Is. A.
Morton the .,llpVad biUanaicf and