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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
DARING DESPERATE.
He shoots at an officer. TO Effect
Escape, but is Finally Arrested.

Considerable excitement was created in
the ninth ward, yesterday, by the rapid
reports of pistol shots, in the vicinity of
the residence of Alderman Plat The
two first shots were fired by white man
named Watson, who was being holly
and closely pursued by officers, and
others, endeavoring to effect his
arrest, The officers randolph and Nor
ris) returned the fire, but without effect.
A reporter of the STATEsMAN was quick
ly on the scene of the excitement, and
from reliable gentlemen gathered the
following particulars About three
months ago the man Watson (who was
at that time employed as la6orer by
Captain Vic Mather) hired saddle pony
at John Diagrams livery stable,
and kept the animal three days.
On the evening of the third
day, and while Mr.. Dagnan was away,
Watson appeared at the stable with the
pony, which he turned over TO the man
on duty, saying, &" / want to hire the
best horse in your stable" Surprising
Watson to be all right, the hired man let
him have what he desired. That was
the last seen of the horse. About a
week since he tried to hire another horse
at Dagnan's Pecan street branch,
stable, but failed. Yesterday Captain
Mather was in the city and saw man
whom he recognized as Watson-the
same man he had formerly employ
and as soon as he could do so, informed
Mr.. Dagnan that the man who had stolen
his horse was in town. Mr.. John Dag
nan, Captain Mather and Mr.. Diagrams
bro her started out to look for Watson,
and coming up with Officer Randolph,
he accompanied the party. They had
not proceeded very far down East Pecan
street, before theyespied the man they
were after. He was standing under an
awning, having his boots polished. See
ing the officer, and the gentleman with
him, approaching, Watson, believing in
the efficacy of ''Bull Run time" cit
out" at full speed, the entire posse fol-
lowing close behind him. Mr.. John
Dagnan, being the fleetest of foot,
gained rapidly on the fleeing
lover of other mems horses; in
fact. he was crowding Wat
son, who jumped Mr.. Platts fence and
ran through the yard, Dagnan still pur
suing. When near the residence of the
late Mr.. Kreisle, Watson suddenly
turned upon Dagnan and fred two shots
time, Officer Randolph had gotten within
range, and discharged a couple of barrels
of his pistol at Watson, but without
effect Watson continued to run,
and the party followed, until
Red River street was reached,
when the colored policeman, Morris, APP
peared in front of Watson, and tripped
him, throwing him violently to the
ground. Before he could recover he |
was secured and taken to the city Jail,
where he is still confined. He had upon
his person check dated November %,
purporting to be drawn by II. Hirshfeld |
in favor of Frank Jones, for five hun
bred standard dollars ; two promissory |
notes, one for $3.50, to order of A. Her
zog, another for So to the same person,
from which the name of the drawers had |
been torn off. He had a So greenback |
bill, also note of hand from John
Wright, in favor of j. II. Holtz, for So. |
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
RAILING AT ROSCOE.
ING AS THE MURDERER
OF GARFIELD.
A Very Remarkable Editorial
Article.

A Very Remarkable Editorial
Article.
New YoRK.-The Tribune has the
following remarkable editorial
"Guiteau has made supreme Judge
as we'll as president, and he is not
hung yet. There is not human be-
ing in the country so ignorant as to
believe that Roscoe Conkling would
have been awarded the highest iu-
dicial Office in the gift of the presi-
dent ifthe cold-bloOded assassin had
not first murdered the president
whom the people elected. For that
horrible murder no man living is
thought by the people of the
United States more respon-
sible than Conkling himself.
The president gave him five
sixths of the important patronage of
this state. He demanded it all. On
the nomination of a single mani
whom he disliked, he declared war
upon the administration, fought it
in the senate. until he found the
struggle hopeless, then betrayed his
party, and threw the senate into the
hands of the opposition by resign
ing, and then besought the state of
New York to return him with let
tiers of marque. as licensed pri-
vateer, to wage var upon his own
people. Meantime Conkling was
beaten in his own state in the
contest he invited, overwhelm-
ingly, hOpelessly, dIsgraceful-
ly beaten. The legislature
of his own creatures dared not Sc
lect him. The people of the state
were as a hundred to one against
him. When he returned defeated
from Albany, he could not have
been elected a road supervisor or
justice of the peace in the strongest
Republican county in the state.
Then Guiteau stole up behind Gar
field and fired his shot, and now
the man Guiteau made president
makes Roscoe Conkling judge of the
supreme court of the United States.
These are simple, historical facts,
known to everybody, undisputed by
any body. We recall them now'
merely to set this appointment in
the light of the attendant facts IL
inc uOulludJlOu was OJncTWlb6 III
one, something would be pardoned
to the personal friendship and per-
sonal gratitude of the late vice-pres-
ident, but the. nomination is on 9th
er grounds VIGOROUSLY unfit. Such
a man may do good service in some
place, but he is no more fit for
judge than he is for a bank note en-
graver or Sunday school superln-
tendent. This nomination is
grossly unfit, because it is fragrant
abuse of the appointing power to
use the supreme bench to pension a
broken down politician who has
made himself to the last degree
odious to the people. If he must be
provided for at the public expense,
it should be after the manner he
himself recommended. This is
what he said about Collector Rob-
ertson to Garfield: "Send him
abroad to some second-class con-
sulship, and will go into the lobby
and hold my nose while he is being
confirmed"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
The Late NJ. KreisIe.

The STATESMAN of Tuesday morning
contained brief announcement of the
death of this estimable citizen, but was
unprepared to say more. Matthias
Kreisle was born in WInterlingen, Wur.
tenberg, Germany, February 10, 1881,
and came to America with his parents
in 1886, landing on Texas soil. He
spent his early years in Victoria,
where he married Miss Sophie Thomas,
July 90, 1852. Three years afterward he
moved to Yorktown, and in 1858 re-
moved to Goliad, where he engaged in
general merchandising. In 1868 he was
elected county judge of Gollad county,
and discharged the duties of his office
satisfactorily to his constituency and
with credit to himself. He came to Aus
tin in June, 1875, at once commenced
business, and has been successfully en-
gagged in it, up to the time of his death.
In addition to being q Mason and Odd
Fellow, he was member of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen and knights
and Ladies of Honor. His funeral will
take place tomorrow morning, at half.
past nine o'clock, from the Southern
Presbyterian church.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
A sPECK OF WAR IN THE EAST.
Austrian Troops Flocking South
ward.

Vienna Correspondence New York World
Vienna can be truly said to dance
on a volcano, for while the usual
carnival merriment is going on, and
the harmony of waltz and polka,
played under the magic direction of
Edward Strauss, fills the air, some
very melancholy music is also
heard, but remains unnoticed.
There can be no doubt that the
whole of the Austrian army
is being modified, and although we
receive daily assurance that only
small divisions are sent south to
quell the rising in Dalmatia, the dis
proportion between the possible
number of insurgents and the num-
Der of soldiers required to restore
peace is so evident that it requires
no great perspicuity to find out
that the rising in Dalmatia is used
as a pretext for something else.
The very last news we received,
half an hour ago, says this some
thing else is nothing less than
war with Italy, for which Austria
is preparing with the utmost haste.
1t is just possible that King Hum
bert, when he paid his memorable
visit to the Emperor of Austria,
offered his friendship at the price of
some valuable territory which Fran
els Joseph refused to exchange for
the doubtful boon. We remember
some strange signs at the time of
that visit.
But wherever we go, in society,
in the street, in the railway,
and the tramcars, everywhere
do we meet with officers or
young civilians who have been called
upon to travel to some distant place
in the southern provinces forty
eight hours after they have received
notices. The armorer from whom
officers in the service buy their re-
volvers had his shops open all to-
day, although it is Sunday. The
public is not of the same
opinion as the army, and
fears that the warfare
into which Austria is throwing it.
self headforemost is much more
superfluous than would be the de-
tense against an attack from Italy.
The high military coterie thinks the
emperor's possessions in the east in
complete sv long as Salonica, the
seaport, does not form a part of it,
and it is all but too likely that the
new expedition is directed that
WaV.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
Trade Notes-TrOuble Among La
bOrers. 80

CHICAGO, Feb. ga decision OF
Importance to board of trade bro.
kers and their customers was made
yesterday by Judge Moran, who
holds that promissory note, given
in settlement of a difference of OPP
ton In trade, could not be collected
tnsomuch as'the dealing was illegal
and neither more nor less than gam
bling.
AT the price list meeting of the
Lumbermcns' Exchange yesterday,
recommendations of the board of di-
rectors for certain advances in
prices to rule during the month OF
March, were adopted, as follows
Fencing and flooring advanced
from $500 to $3.50 per 1000;
common culls, No. 2, 16 feet, from
$500 to $3.50. The striking roll
ing mill hands al the Union iron
and steel company's works, on
Thirty-frst street and Archer ave-
nue., yesterday attacked a number
of men who have been engaged to
fill the places left vacant by the
strikers. The police were called to
quell the mob, but were not in suf-
ficient force to properly protect the
workers, who were hooted and
pelted by the mob.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

A $4,000 cotton press will be
built at Aberdeen, Miss.
A Brandon (Miss.) woman is cut
ting her third set of teeth.
Florida's cotton crop of 1881 was
ninety per cent. of the crop of 1880.
The Alice iron furnace at Birm-
ingham, Ala, cleared $4,000 in JAN
uary.
An artesian well is to be sunk at
Newport News to the depth of 1000
feet.
Murfreesboro, Tenn, is organizing
crusade against the English spar
rows.
New Orleans pays $1.25 a pound
for certain brand of Massachusetts,
butter.
Florida shell mounds are mines
of wealth. They contain the richest
kind of calcareous mari.
Henry Grady writes the Atlanta
Constitution that the cotton crop
will hardly reach $500, COO bales.
Lieutenant Governor Bethel had
his shoulder dislocated by the boom
while sailing in a boat near Key
West, Florida.
A thief was found near hem
house at Dinwiddie, Va; with day
light shining through him. A spring
gun had gone off.
A firm at Rome, Ga, has sued the
E. T., V. g. G. railroad for $4,000
damages for discriminating against
them in freight rates on cotton.
A Green county (Ga.) farmer put
flock Of nineteen geese in his nine
acre cotton field, and they kept IL
clean of worms without iDjuring the
cotton.
At recent performance at Amer
icus of Pauline Markham in the
1.-TWO Orphans" the audience went
out ON the third act, and when the
fair Pauline had the curtain rolled
up for the last act there was no one
in the house.
ID. b. Grace, editor of the Monroe
(Tenn.) Democrat, is sued for libel
for publishing a statement to the
effect that worth Stickney has or
dered.a pure strain game cock from
Virginia" Stickney lays his dam
ages at $4,000.
A desperate encounter occurred
between two colored railroad hands
near fleming, Tennessee. One of
them was armed with a pick and
the other with broad-ax. The one
having broad-ax broke the skull
of the other, inficting fatal wound.
About a year ago Nashville was
infested with gang of twenty coll
ored gamins, who did nothing but
pick pockets, steal goods put on ex-
hibition on the streets and burglar
ize houses at night. ALI these gam
ms, one by one, have been sent to
the penitentiary within the past
year.
w. II. Durham died in Harris
county, Georgia, last week, of a
wound received at the battle of
Charlottesville eighteen years ago.
He was shot in the hip, the bullet, 1t
was thought, lodging in bone. A
post-mortem examination was made
and the ball was found in the small
of the back, lodged against the
backbone.
Fincastle (Va.) Herald: While Mr..
VIM. l.. Reid, of Craig's creek, was
hunting on the mountains in his
neighborhood recently, he came
across a spot about ten or fifteen
feet square from which the snow
had melted. Upon examination he
found that a slight current of warm
air was rising from the ground and
that the ground also was warm.
The limbs of the trees overhanging
the spot were filed with icicles,
instead of snow, caused by the
warm atmosphere melting the
snow in the day, probably, and
freezing at night,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
Not What They Are Cracked Up to
1.-Two Round Rocks 1

The editor of the Corsicana COu-
rier is of the opinion that jails and
penitentiaries are not what they are
cracked up to be. The object of
such institutions, he says, is to sup
press crime and reform the offender.
He views the situation and comes to
the conclusion, and truly to a GER
tain extent, that they fall tar short
of accomplishing the ends for which
they are established. Crime appar-
emily is not diminished by them,
and very few, if any, criminals are
reformed by them. The Courier
man thinks compulsory education
and a system of workshops in which
to train the youth of the state to
some trade would come nearer
breaking up crime than jails and
penitentiaries.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
CAPITOL CULLINGS,
As Cleaned from the Statesman
Reporters Note Book.

A meeting of the capitol board was
held yesterday at the executive office, at
which were present Governor Roberts,
Attorney General McLeary, Commits
sioner Walsh, Comptroller Brown and
Treasurer Lubbock. Among other bus
mess transacted, the board unanimously
elected Mr. E. J. Duhammel, of Hous-
ton, as supervising architect for the con-
struction of the new capitol. His salary
was fixed, and he was also allowed a
draughtsman, to make copies of the
working plans for the building. MIR.
Duhammel is an accomplished architect,
and bears the highest testimonials from
some of the best citizens of Houston, as
to his thorough competency and strict
integrity.
J. n. Browning, esq of Mobitie,
Wheeler county, district attorney, has
rendered his resignation, which was re-
ceived by the governor yesterday.
A commission was issued by the sec
rotary of state, yesterday, to \. p. Tug
well, county Judge of Starr county.
The governor is in receipt of upwards
of seventy-five letters, containing mat
tiers which the writers want submitted to
the legislature. 1t will be impossible
for all these matters to be attended to.
When the legislature will have acted
upon the questions of great public inter-
est which will be submitted flor its con-
sideration, if there be time left, minor
matters may be placed before it,
but hardly otherwise. 1t is
known that the leading subjects, requir-
ing immediate action of the legislature,
are the making of congressional, sena-
torial and representative districts ; to
provide temporary buildings for the sew
eral departments of the government the
enactment of some law to meet the
emergency which will arise by eXpira-
ton of the penitentiary lease, which will
occur before the next regular session
and to enact much-needed laws to pro-
tect the school lands 1t is fair 10 as
sumo that these matters will be submit
ted by the governor in his proclamation,
now being pre- AIRED.
The cash receipts at the state treasury
for the month of February, from sale of
school, university and asylum lands,
foots up something over 500, 600.
The sale of lands in unorganlZed cOun-
ties, for non-payment of taxes for 1880,
will be commenced at the comptrollers
Office this morning, at eight o'clock. The
hours of the sales will be from 8 a.
m. till p. m, with one hours inter
mission for dinner-from till 2.
The sale will be continued until each
tract of land is sold, each purchaser be-
ing required to deposit sum sufficient
to cover his purchase, and, after the con-
clusion of the sales, final settlement with
each purchaser will be made. By this
system, it is expected that the sale can
be COMPLETED within four or five DAYS.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
A New Era.

The true secret of happiness is perfect
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in continual misery, is without hope in
the pursuit of business or pleasure, and
realizes that existence yields only failure
But a new era has come, and good health
is assured, with positive relief from the
ills of indigestion and torpid liver, by the
use of DR.. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets
They are very nice-try them. Only q
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should GET the Benefit of II.

Congress has done some service TO
the country in cutting off some OF
the chances for speculation and
plumber in mail contracts. Nearly
every contract for carrying the mails
in the past has been sub-let by the
original contractor at sums less than
is paid by the government, they Sc
cure a profit without service. If the
contracts can be executed at less
cost than originally agreed upon, the
government should get the benefit
of the same.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
When 1t Hears of 1t.

When the Houston Post hears OF
how the Republican meeting at Fort
Worth terminated, it will cry out
for somebody to assist it in letting
go of all new movements. The Posi-
is two years old, and is a model OF
newspaper enterprise. 1t has had
two years chuck full of experiences
in that time, as it has started no less
than an half dozen political booms,
and witnessed each one burst and
be forgotten in a week.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
Forger Arrested.

PITTsBURG, Feb. 28.-John L. Nor
rison, of the noted gang of Missouri
land forgers, and the man upon
whose evidence largely Robert L.
Lindsay was convicted, in the courts
of Jefferson county, Ohio, December
20, and afterwards sentenced to the
penitentiary for term of nine
years, arrived in Steubenville yes
terday, and was Immediately arrest
ed and lodged in jail. He was ar
rested with Lindsay in Missouri,
and came to Steubenville and after
wards was released on bail and used
as a witness TO convict Lindsay.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
The Germ Theory and smallpox.

The value of Darby's Prophylactic
Fluid in, destroying and counteracting
the effects OF contagious diseases can
scarcely be estimated, as smallpox and
the like are caused by certain germs
gaining place in the human body. The
fluid successfully combats and destroys
the germs before they fully develop,
thereby divestlng them of all power to
harm. Thoroughly disinfect your houses
and every place with the fluid.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
Homicide-RaiIroaa Wreck.

MILWAUKEE, February 28.-Jen-
ME Duncan, keeper of bagnio, near
the town Of Merrill, shot and killed
James Hawlett, in a row, at Cold
Springs to-day.
A freight train on the Wisconsin
railway ran into Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul freight, and soon
after another freight on the latter
road came along and piled into the
rear of the Wisconsin Central
freight, resulting IN the death Of the
brakeman, named Richard Mcbride,
a resident of Menasha. Two engines
were wrecked, also several cars.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
Ii was unIntentionaI,


The STATESMAN misquotes the
Banner in regard to scrub races fol-
offices. We said the scrubbiest
scrub was always the "farthest be-
hind" The STATESMAN quotes us
as saying the scrubbiest scrub is
"farthest ahead" We presume the
error was unintentional.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-02
MONDAY NIGHTS BLOW.
Houses, Fences and Trees Blown
Down.

The extraordinary high wind storm
which struck this city Monday night,
reached the force of tornado west and
southwest of here, and did considerable
damage to houses, trees and fences. In
the city the principal damage, so far as
ascertained was the partial unroof-
ing of the Kelly building, on the Ave-
nue., and the blowing down of trees and
fences in different localities. The wind
held high carnival with the telephone
wires, several of which were broken and
many others crossed. The lines are all
about in working order this morning.
The house and kitchen of Adolf HOTEL
was moved some distance by
the force of the wind, but
no one was hurt A negro cabin, in the
same neighborhood, was lifted about
ten feet away from its position, but
none of the inmates were injured. One
or two old frame buildings In the vicIn-
ity of the Central railroad freight depot
were demolished, and the depot building
of the Austin and Northwestern, now in
course of construction, sustained some
injury.
Across the river, as before stated,
perfect tornado prevailed, but
of short duration. The large colored
sign-board on the bluff, beyond the
bridge, was blown down aud almost
completely demolished. At the deaf and
dumb institute several trees were up
rooted and few panels of fence thrown
down Atthe old Stone place a number
of large, ancient trees were twisted out
of the earth, as if they had been mere
twigs, while many others were bereft of
their limbs. In the ravages of the wind
much damage was done to fruit trees.
No injury to persons has been heard Of
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As they SarcasticalIy Call 1t,
Dallas Times.l

Those Independent papers in the
state which say that a Democratic
paper, or, as they sarcastlcally call
it, "an organ" cannot live in Texas,
should pick their ears, bend their
heads, and answer if they hear any
rafting, or other sign of dissolution,
down in the "innards" of the Times
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.PRAYER.

We bow the head In reverent love
To Thee, great God. in heaven above.
We worship Thee in faith sincere,
Thy glories aud Thy power revere.
Teach us, oh, Lord, Thy love to feel;
OH teach our souls with joy to kneel.
And glorify Thy name divine.
In earth and heaven may we be thine,
And may thy spirit in us shed
The peace for which Messiah blei.
AUSTIN, February, 1882.