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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-11
THE COURTS.
Supreme Court.

Chief Justice, R. S. Gould; Associate Justices,
| NJ. II. Bonner, J; W. stayton;
| Clerk c. $. Morse.
F. p. Osborne VS.. M. Koenigheim; ap-
peal from Bexar. Judgment affirmed.
| Opinion by Stayton, J.
r. +. Rountree VS.. George Gilroy;
appeal from Llano. Judgment affirmed.
Opinion by Stayton, ].
H. X. Il F. B. Thurber 81 Co. VS..
James Corners appeal from Tarrant
county. Reversed and remanded. Opin-
ion by Bonner, J.
Milton A. Hardin VS.. John H. Ran
dali; error from Hood. Judgment affirm
ed. Oral opinion by Gould, G. ].
Falls County, Turnpike, Road and
Bridge company VS.. j. d. Jordan; ap-
peal from Falls. Opinion of commits
siOners of appeals adopted, and judg.
ment affirmed.
Thomas Gentry ct al vs.. Goodrich &
Clarkson; appeal from Falls. Opinion
of commissioners of appeals adopted,
and judgment affirmed.
NJ. r. Tut VS.. W. T. Thornton ap-
peal from Cooke. Opinion of commits
sioners of appeals adopted, and judg-
ment affirmed.
u. ". INOUtItSOu vs.. =. "a. Johnson CT
al appeal from Lamar. Opinion of the
commissioners of appeals adopted and
judgment reversed and cause remanded.
Vane, Calvert & Co. VS.. Albert Nc.
Kinney ct al; appeal from Collin.
Opinion of the commissioners of appeals
adopted and judgment reversed and cause
remanded.
j. Z. Hickman vs. ID. 0bOskie, ad.
min toNr lNNts. 81 al,
sioners OF appeals adopted and appeal
dismissed.
S. and A Schultz VS.. Maria SIN tn ct al;
appeal from Ell Paso. Submitted on
briefs for appellant.
Thomas Dwyer w. j W. Hackworth;
appeal from Washington. Submitted on
briefs and oral arr ument for both parties.
ID. G. Holcomb ct al vs. J. +. Kelley
appeal from Coryen. Submitted on
briefs and oral argument fer appellant.
Josefa Stone, executor, VS.. estate of
VIM Stone; appeal from Maverick.
Leave granted appellant to file transcript
Morris IL Cummings ct al VS.. the state
ex. rel. Gussett ct al; appeal from
Nueces. Given precedence on motion
of appellants.
Court meets at 10 o'clock this morn
lug.
l.. & Fl. Blum vs.. ]. A. Wassenich &
Co. appeal from Guadalupe county.
Submitted on briefs and cral argument
for both parties.
Sidney Pitcher vs. A. L. Kirke ct al :;
appeal from Erath county. Submitted
on brief and oral argument for appel
liant
p. s. Woodward ct al VS.. VIM. Sug-
gett ct al error from COryell. Submit
ted on briefs and oral argument for plain
tiff in error
ii. Kordzict, administrator, VS.. F.
Grote ct al; error from Mccullough
county. Submitted on briefs and oral
argu ment for both parties.
Morris & Cummings ct al VS. the state
OF Texas ex. REL, n. Gossett ct al APP
peal from Nueces county. Submitted on
motion to give precedence.
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Letter From BIanco County.
CYPRESS MILLS, May 5. 1887


To the Editors OF the STATESMAN
AS L write we are enjoying the
cheerful "patter of the rain upon th,
roof" steady rain having "set in,
with fair prospect that it will stay
with US all night. 1t is welcome
since gardens and crops generally
were languishing for wetting. Thii
rain makes the prospect for a fine
crop and an abundance of trui
very f1attering.
Stock of all kinds are in fine con
dition, and the advance of last fall il
still maintained. The sheep men are
sorely disgruntled because of the
decline in wool, but are hopeful o.
an early advance.
The tendency of land owners to
fence, operates serious damage to
"loafer" flocks, and those whose
holdings are too small for their prop.
erty in live stock to Craze upon
Thus the small men are gradually
forced to sell and move where lands
are cheaper.
Mr.. II. B. Capt, who recently sold
the store at Cypress Mills to Mr.. j.
r. Kellersberger, will soon leave
US; it being his intention
as understood, to embark in the
stock business. His departure is re-
GREETED by his many friends, who
wish him success in whatever he I'M
dertakes.
Mr.. j. S. Roberts, at present the
very efficient commissioner of this
precinct, will be candidate for
sheriff of Blanco county at the COM
ing election. Mr.. Roberts Is native
Texan, and comes of a family whose
deeds belong o the history of Texas,
from the earliest times to tie pres
ent, his father being one of the
pioneers, who was ever among the
first in action, while his brother was
but lately one of the captains of the
frontier battalion. Mr.. Roberts
himself is "no SLOUGH" as an anti-red
man, and possesses the courage and
capacity for business which a sheriff
should have.
The renaissance wave has not yet
struck this rural "deestrIck." Rus
kin and Oscar Wilde are not as
familiar to us as Ellison and Pryor,
and yearlings and the high price OF
cOrnmeal form the staple of CONVEX
satlon rather than ceramics and
symphonies of color. Since sim
plicity Of attire is a feature of es-
thetics, however, we can claim TO be
somewhat in sympathy with the rul-
ing mania, since here it is that
"beauty unadorned" may be found,
the announcement that calico is five
cents a yard being joy forever to
the maids of the mountains.
OCCASIONAL.
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FORT WORTH, May 9.-Abo1t twelve
O'Clock, last night, t;ti| city was visited
by one of the most terrific anu destruc.
tive hailstOrms ever known here. Hal
fell thick and fast for ten or fifteen min.
uies. The ground was completely GOV.
cred with hail stones, many OF
them as large AS turkey eggs, and
some larger. Tin roofs were riddledj
sky-lights and windows demolished.
Fortunately but little damage resulted
from leakage. Trees were stripped of
foliage, birds, sheep and calves killed,
and fruit totally destroyed. The course
of the storm was from northwest to south
east. The line of it was about three
miles wide. But little has been heard
from the country. Crops must have been
seriously damaged in the line of the
storm. Rumors have it similar storm,
passed twenty-five miles west Of here this
morning, doing much damage.
Mrs. Hanna died at the pest house to-
day of smallpox. This is the first death.
No new cases reported in the city.
The state pharmaceutical association
met here to-day. No business of import
ance was transacted.
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POSTAL CARD.
Burglaries Perpetrated and At.
tempted In Round Rock
Hogs and Dogs to Feel
the Law.

ROUND Rock, May 9-There was a
little excitement here last night. There
was some robbers that went into Mr.. Nj.
Witss residence, about 10 O'Clock, and
went into the room where he slept and
took pair of pants, shoes and coat and
several other things, while he was asleep.
From thei e it is supposed the thief went
to the store of Wiess & Trigg, and were
boring holes into the panel of the door
when they were scared off. They had
bored nine holes into the door. There
was six shots fired at them by the officers,
but it is not known if any of them were
hit or not. There seems to be consider
BILE petty thieving going on now. Mrs.
O'Connor's house was entered night be
lore last and large piece of bacon was
stolen from her, and several other houses
near her have also been entered. The
pants, shoes and coat'have been found at
another house, where, it is thought, the
robbers went, and were scared off by the
dogs, and left them in their flight 1t
is hoped they will soon be caught.
The hog and dog laws will soon be en-
forced in this place.
Everything is quiet.
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SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

SAN ANTONIO, May S.-A special cleo
ton took place to-day to decide the ques-
tions, first. whether 100000 should be
expended In street improvements; Sec
ond, whether $4,000 should be spent in
sewerage; and, third, to authorize the
city council to levy q tax OF ten cents on
every hundred dollars value of
real and personal property in support
of the public schools. The vote
was as follows: For the first propositio u,
129 ; against, 3S9. For the second propo-
sition, 149; against, 335. For the school
tax, 36s; against, 23l. The first two
propositions are therefore vetoed.
Yesterday morning colored man
named Sam johnson shot at another
negro named ThOs. Brown, wOunding
him in the leg. johnson has been Jailed.
ON Sunday morning cyclone
broke forth near the Dean creek, tore up
trees, blew down fences and did consil-
cradle damage. The house of VIM. Braun
was blown down and the family buried
in the ruins. All were extricated with
on: much injury, except MIR. Braun's
son. who is injured internally in serious
way.
On Saturday a teamster named Britt,
from Lavaca, was crossing the lnterna-
tional track. near the Boerne road, when
the Austin train ran over them. The
team was broken and the man seri-
ously injured. II Is fortunate the
train was not delayed, as it was closely
followed by freight Il ain, and serious
collision might have ensued.
Mr.. Frank l.. Paschal took lunar caustic
this morning by mistake for some medical
compound. Prompt remedies were APP
piled, and he is now doing well.
A fearful storm ragged here on Saturday
night, in which trees were uprooted In
all directions, and much damage done 10
houses and other property.
SAN ANTONIO, May 1.-Two Mexicans
named Severe Ramirez and Cosine Reyes
were arrested late yesterday evening in
the act of selling two horses. stolen at
Austin on the sixth of May last, from X.
W. Leonard, of Gonzales. They have
been jailed.
During the month of April PA persons
were before the recorder, and fines
to S1014 were collected.
The contract for building the new
court house was signed to-day.
A dispatch from Del Rio reports u
shooting scrape, in which man named
Duggan, formerly OF this city, shot a
for insulting his sister, breaking
his wrtst. Another Mexican was acct
dentally killed IN the ARRAY.
There were ten deaths In San Antonio
during the past week.
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Re.cued From Deatb.

William j. Conghlin, OF Somerville
Mass, says /: "In the fall of 1876 was
taken with bleeding OF the lungs, fol.
lowed by severe cough. lost my APP
petite and flesh. and was confined to my
bed. In 1877 1 was admitted to the hos.
pItal. The doctors said had q hole In
my lungs as big as half dollar. At one
time report was around that was dead.
1 gave up hope, but q friend told me OF
DR.. William HALLS Balsam for the Lungs.
got a bottle, when tony surprise com.
menced to feel better, and to-day feel
better than for three year, past.
81 write this hoping that every one
afflicted with diseased lungs will take
DR.. william Halls Balsam, and be con-
WINGED that consumption can be cured.
/ can positively say thas done more good
than all the other medicines l have
taken since my sickness"
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The commissioner of pensions re.
ports to the senate, in response to q
resolution, that the number of pen
sioners on the roll in September last
was 269,851, the annual amount OF
whose pensions was $29, PCS, 1869. Oh
these, 1900 were not paid and have
lapsed, not having been called for
within three years; 5000 were sail
ors, whose residences were not
known. This left 255,S51 pensioners
who were paid, and the amount re-
quired for annual pensions and ar.
rears was $51, 224,204.
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THAT Italy has one level-headed
statesman is demonstrated by the
fact that Signor Blanca, in the
Italian chamber of deputies, pointed
out the disbandment of standing
armies as the sole means to repel
the invasion of Europe by American
products.
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FIaffering Brands

are acknowledgements of the great worth
aud superior merit of the genuine medi'
cine; but they are very dangerous and
improbable to the consumer and demon.
alizIng to the dealer. When anything
else is recommended as the same, or just
as good, remember it is to make you pay
full price for a worthless article that cost
the dealer one-quarter the price Of J. H.
Zeilin & Co.'s scientifically and carefully
prepared simmons Liver Regulator
medicine for the sick generally conceded
To have no equal.
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THE Globe Democrat charges Gov
ernor Roberts with refusing to CON-
ply with requisition for the arrest
Of Ryan and Cross, charged with
obtaining credit in st, Louis on false
pretenses, because the governor OF
Missouri had refused to extradite
Colonel John t. Crisp on "a sixteen
year-old uumped-up murder
charge" No sooner does the Quill,
which OF late courts the favor of all
such influences as tho Globe Demo
crat, see the charge than it repro
duces the article from the Globe
Democrat, TO show our COVER
nor up ain bad light" II
was stated by the great
organ of responsibility that a law
yer had to be sent down to Texas. to
urge the governor to order war
rant Of arrest to be issued, in COM
phance with the request of Gov
ernor Crittenden. This is not true.
The order Of arrest was issued by
Governor Roberts ON Governor
Crittenden's requisition, before any
lawyer ever came to Austin to see
about the matter. The GID, at
tackled on false ground for thing
already resorted to by the governor
OF Missouri, but, as to its statements,
they are just reliable enough to re-
ceive endorsement in most nnre-
liable quarters.
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away, and also the Santa Fe bridge across
Sulphur. The rain fell steadily all day
Saturday until p. m, when it fell in tor
rents, causing second and still
greater rise in the streams. The, tele-
graph wires were blown down in severa
places, preventing communication on
Saturday night. The season is very fine,
and farmers are rejoicing.
The Santa Fe railway, expected here
on Saturday last, will not be here for
several days, on account of the washouts.
The weather is clear and pleasant.
Business is good.
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COMPLICATIONS are likely to arise
out of the Mexican law which re-
quires registration in Mexico of
The nationality of American citizens,
rs a condition precedent to recog-
nizing any diplomatic interference
in their behalf. Ii is obvious that
this law cannot fail to breed mis-
chief, and it is suggested that with
so sensible aud right minded a
representative at Washington of
Mexico as Mr.. Romero, measures
ought to be taken for securing a
working modification of 1t.
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DEPARTMENT NOTES.

There was little of interest in the de
partments yesterday. The secretary OF
state was comparing the enrolled bills
with the original copies, and they will be
turned over to the printer as soon as pos
s.ble.
The receipts lat the treasurer's Office
yesterday from land sales represented
about twenty thousand acres. For the
past three months the sales have aver.
aged very near fifteen thousand acres
daily.
Two gentlemen from Nebraska appear.
ed at the general land Office yesterday,
one with ten, and the other with five land
certificates, which they said they had
purchased at $3.50 each, the traitor who
sold them, representing that the extra SEES
sion of the legislature had opened the re.
servation to the location of all land cert.
ficatees, and had forbidden the issuance
of any other This is false, the extra
session did no such thing, and il will be
well to be very careful how you purchase
certificats thinking TO locate them in the
reservations.
From Thursdays Daily1
Very little of public interest occurred
In the department, yesterday. The CAPT
tol board was in session, and the result
of their proceedings will be found in an
other column.
The Houston & Texas Central railroad
company paid into the treasury, yester-
day, $50, 500, interest due on money Dor
rowed from the common school fund.
The governor approved on Saturday
the following bills, and they were deliv-
cred 10 the secretary of state yesterday:
"An act to prohibit railroad companies,
their officers, agents and employees of
railroad companies from making eXces-
sive charges, and compelling agents of
companies to deliver freight on payment
of charges specified in bill of ladiDg."
and IAN act to authorize the secretary
of state to purchase Texas reports and 10
contract for the REIMBURSEMENT of the
copyright"
FIR, m Wednesdays Daily.l
The secretary of state, on yesterday,
turned over to the state printer the acts,
thirty in number, passed by the extra
session of the legislature. The governor
failed to approve the congressional APP
portionment bill, the one granting leave
of absence TO certain county judges, and
the act to supply the def ;lency for the
support of the Prairie View normal
school.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Colonel III. Il. Andrews paid into the
state treasury yesterday, SIS, 495 interest,
and $5l65 sinking fund on the school
money borrowed before the late war, by
the Buffalo, Bayou, Brazos and Colorado
railroad company, now the Sunset route.
The comptroller, yesterday, deposited
ga, 900, money received from tax collec-
tors, and thus it is the cash balance is on
the increase. He is preparing a very
important circular 10 tax collectors
with the Iobject of facilitating prompt
and correct settlement.
The capitol board will convene this
and among other things will
probably select clerk for the board. A
dozen or more applications have been re-
ceived from as many patriotic and self
individuals who ale perfectly
willing to contribute their mite towards
building new capitol, at the modest sal
airy of $500 per annum.
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ROUND Rock, May S.-We had very
heavy rain here night before last. Every
thing was overlooked, but no damage
was done here at all.
Some petty thief broke into DR.. john
sons house last night and stole some
some meal from out of the pantry. TDey
left an iron skillet at the gate in their
retreat from the place. There was
nothing else missed. 1t Is supposed they
were scared off by the dog.
Everything is quiet at present, and the
weather is beautiful.
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A WASHINGTON special says How
gate is going to make Rome howl ;
that he is slowed away near Wash
ington, and will appear when the
time requires. He says he will be
ready to face his accusers whenever
the government gets ready to try
him; that he will make defense
that will sicken some of those who
have pressed him so hard, so as to
cover up their own crookedness.
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Commissioner of Appeals.
Commissioners. X. S. Walker, Presiding
Juoge, and Hon W. s. Del1ney, Judge.
Austin Term, 1882, May 1.

r.. V. Tompkins VS.. j. B. Hart; ap.
peal from Dallas county. Affirmed.
Opinion bV Walker. p. J.
Gaines 4 Hancock VS.. Levi Wolf; ap-
peal from Lamar county. Affirmed.
Opinion by Walker, ]. p.
A. E. Morris vs.. L. NJ. Montgomery
appeal from Wa .hington county. Re
yersed and remanded. Opinion by
Walker, P. j.
NJ. Knitted vs.. E. II. Cushing; appeal
from Washington county. Reversed
and remanded. Opinion by Walker,
p. ].
F. f. Green vs. VIM. Kemp ct al; APP
peal from Dallas county. Affirmed.
Opinion by Delaney, j.
j. NJ. Nelson VS.. S. j. Galbraith, ct
al; appeal from Fsnnin county. Affirmed.
Opinion by Delaney, J.
W. n. Stroud ct al. VS.. Giizendauer &
Ferries; appeal from Ellis county. AZ
irmed. Opinion by Delaney, j.
G. G.. Wright vs.. ]. X p. Campbell;
appeal from Lamar county. On motion
for reheaung. Reversed and re.
handed. Opinion by Delaney, J.
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SOUTH GABRIEL, May s.-The much
needed rain came Saturday evening and
night. 1t was the hardest we have had
foryears, filling the creeks and branches.
Fortunately there was no wlnd with 1t to
injure small grain, hence more than an
average crop of small grain Is expected
in this section. Prospects generelIy for
the farmers are quite fiattering, making
business, for this season of the year, ex
traordinarily good.
Our young people are enjoying them
selves by giving picnics. AT one given at
South Gabriel last week Miss Lena Mo
ses, daughter Of Hon. Norton Moses, was
crowned queen Of the day. Everything
passed OF pleasantly.
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District Court.
HON. A. 5. waIker, Judge rre.laIn

Hon. A. S. Walker, Judge Presiding.
In this court yesterday the following
proceedings were had:
Christian & Radkey VS.. the Texa:
building association; suit on note. Judg
ment for plaintiff for $1l, 343. S3IS, and
attorneys fees $1,000
Charles Francis House ct al. by next
friend VS. Jennie Stewart ct al. Decree
of partition granted, and w. A Pitts,
Andrew Neil and A. J. Jernigan appoiu,
ted commissioners to divide the property.
A. J. Jernigan W.. d. NJ Wilson; suit
on note. Judgment for plaintiff for
$23S7. so.
Several cases continued.
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THF letter ofinstructions I, ON IN,

THE letter constructions fl ON the
secretary of state to Mr.. Hoffman,
at st. Petersburg, concerning the
persecution of the Jews in Russia,
is a more ingeniously diplomatic
document than Mr.. Frelinghuysen
was supposed to be capable of. 1t
Is SO cautiously and courteously
worded, with such nice regard for
the amenities of international inter-
course, that the hottest-headed Rus
sian could not take offense at it; and
yet there can be no installing the
meaning it conveys. The disgust
with which these outrages are re-
garded could have been expressed
more bluntly, but If Mr.. Hoffman
shows this letter to anybody at the
court the ideas of this government
will be understood clearly enough.
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SOME of the Republican papers
are complaining about there not be-
ing enough negro congressman, just
as though they could not trot out
negro candidates in northern Re-
publican districts and thus satisfy
the desire.
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SOME of the b4tls hang in the ex
ecutive Office, and it may be barely
possible that Il thunder clap may be
heard some bright day over in that
direction.
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Every nervous person should try Car
ter's Little Nerve Pills. They are made
specially for nervous and dyspeptic mel
and women, and are just the medlcIn,
needed by all persons who, from any
cause, do not sleep well, or who fail tC
get proper strength from their food
Cases ofweak stomach, indigestion, dys
pepsia, nervous and sick headache, etc.
readily yield to the use of the little nerve
pills, particularly IL combined with Car.
ter's Little Liver Pills. In walls at p
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THE editor who is credited with
running the quill is in California
along with the press gang. The
quill is at home, being run by subs,
and that is why the paper is more
precocious than under a Gosling.
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TAX SALE.

In accordance with of the
proved March 49, A d. 1884, notice hereby
County Taxes the following described year 1881
being and unpaid have this levied
Tuesday the being the SIXTH JUNE 1882 between the
hours offer the highest bidder
public
Austin.
A r. MORRIS,
Tax Collector, Travis County Texas
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THE Legislature, in fixing tax
of five hundred dollars on persons
who sell the Police Gazette and IL
l,Lstrdted Nes1S, have done what Mr..
Vanderbilt enforced on his railway
years AGO.
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From Eminent wilmer BrintOn.
VI. D.. RallimOre.

have used Colden's Liebig's Liquid
Extract of Beef and Tonic InvigoratOr in
my practice, and have been much graft
fed with the result. AS II tonic in all
cases of debility and weakness, aamia,
chlorOsis, etc.,. ETC., 1t cannot be sur.
pissed. Remember the name, COlden's
take no Other.) OF druggists.