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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-01-12
WASHINGTON.
FOrty-Seventn Congress.

WASHINGTON, January 6.-The
president sent the following nomi-
nations to the senate to-day: Sam
uel Parks, of New Hampshire, to be
associate justice of the supreme
court of Wyoming Joseph Bell, of
New York, to be associate justice of
the supreme court of New Mexico.
SENATE. Pesident, pro tenn,
Davis, a few minutes after the as
sembling of the senate, vacated the
chair for the day, to Senator Gar
land.
a number of resolutions were i'll
troduced and referred, among
which was the following by Senator
Maxey:
Instructing the secretary of the
interior to furnish report of the
survey OF the United States and
Texas boundary commission, made
under act of June 5, 1858, and if no
final report of said commission was
made, he will report that fact, with
maps, surveys and reports of the
work so far as it Was prosecuted.
General Maxey explained that the
purpose of the act of 1858, was to as
certain the true northern Texas
main Red River line as laid down
i'll Melish's map, improved TO Jan
uary l, 1918, which boundary was
fixed between the United States aud
Mexico, under the treaty Of 1888.
The work of the commission showed
nothing definite. Texas claimed the
north fork, and the interior de-
partment the south fork OF Red
River, to be the true Red RIVER, ac-
cording to Melish's map.
A resolution was offered by Sena-
tor Jones, of Florida, calling on the
secretary of the interior for inform
alton relating to the selection of
swamp land IN Florida, in violation
of the law ; whether or not any in
vestigation of the subject has been
made under authority; whether
any of the state officers are involved
and have been notified of the fact,
and also, whether the facts of the
whole matter are to be investigated
by congress.
Senator Jones said he had seen it in
the public press, and in one paper as
if coming from the secretary of the
inteior, that the state officers of
Florida had been connected with a
ring which was engaged in making
selections of land in the state I'M
lawfully. He knew noting of the
facts, but according to his knowl-
edge of the persons referred to he
believed there was no foundation
for the statement, and. in justice to
them he would favor an investiga-
ton of the matter. The resolution
was adopted.
Senator Sherman moved to take
up his three per cent. bill.
Senator Mcpherson objected, and
gave notice of an amendment, max
ing the bonds read payable after
January 1, 1882" instead of payable
after January I, 1887, or to extend
the time of payment to thirty years
from the date OF issue.
Senator Plum gave notice of an
limiting all funds |
held in the treasury for the re-
dempuon of United States notes in
excess of 100000 for the redemp- |
ton of Al per cent. Senator Hoar
leave to make statement
said that he had received a news
paper in which was letter on cor
respondence which asserted that, as
chairman of the committee of claims,
Senator Hoar was sending letters to
the representatives of southern
claims, which had been presented to
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In TINS court nOtnlnS OF importance
was done. Judge Turner was engaged
sounding the docket and setting cases
for trial. Several judgments were taken
by consent
DISTRICT COURT.
Following is resume of business in
this court
Pelegrini v. Foster, Ludlow & Co. f;
suit on contract. Continued by con-
sent.
State " S. NJ. Strayhorn ct al; suit on
official bond as sheriff of Williamson
county. The plaintiff was granted leave
to file the first supplemental petition.
Forster &c Co. v. W.. S. Lee; attach
ment. Plaintiff allowed to file first
amended original petition, and the case
continued for service.
P. II. Gerhard v. w. S. Lee; attach
ment Continued for service.
John Chambers v. Chambers Bros
suit on sworn account. Bond and ap-
peal for removal to United States
court filed.
Andrew Chambers v, Chambers Bros.
same suit and same course.
James A. Chandler v. Robt. b. Brad.
shaw; suit on note and lien. Continued
for service.
State v III. j. Garland ct al. suit on
official bond as sheriff of Kinney county.
The plaintiff was allowed to file the first
original petition, and case continued for
service ON H. ]. Garland and Pearl.
State v. A. Leftwich ct al. ; suit on
official bond. Judgment by default.
State V. c. c.. Campbell two cases.
Set for first Monday in February
State v. j. F. Garner ct al; suit on
official bond as sheriff of Mason county.
Leave given sheriff of Travis county to
amend his return on citation for H. NJ.
Holmes.
State V. Milton Mast ct al suit on
official bond. Leave given the clerk to
amend citation.
State v. Thomas McDade ct al; suit on
official bond as sheriff of Waller county.
Case set for fourth Monday in February
three cases.
State v. T. w. Gee ct al suit ON Off,
cial DO I'd. Continued for service.
State v. II. p. Warrington ct al; suit
on official bond Case continued TO per
feet service.
State V. w. A. Whatley ct al; suit on
official bond. Continued for service on
W. A. Whatley, Galloway and Denton.
State v. M. n. Ozment ct al; suit OIL
official bond. Continued by consent.
State v. w. M. Harrison and L. A.
Ellis; suit on official bond of T. NJ.
Bagby deceased. Set for January 9Th.
lobe Thompson v. Susan Thompson
divorce. Set for January 14th.
McIlhenny & Co. v. L. w. Carothers;
attachment. Set for January 90.
John S. Craft v B. p. Templetcn ct
al. Suit on note and lien. Dismissed at
plaintiffs cost.
II. Y. Cross ct al v. j. L. Driskoll, ad
ministrator; suit on written contract
Defendant has leave to file first original
answer, and case continued by consent.
State v. VIM. r. Edwards ct al; suit
on official bond. Continued by opera
ton of law.
w. ]. Tannehill and wife v. T. 8.
Abel and ]. S. Warner; suit on note.
Continued by operation Of law.
Nothing in the other courts.
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KANSAS.
NIulcting a Mob.
postmaster Gel
To the President.

Usage CITY, January 6.-S. S.
Richmond, one of the principal lead
ers of the Caldwell-Danford mob,
who was afterwards appointed trus-
tee of the assets of the Merchants
and Drovers' bank of Caldwell, with
power to settle up the business, came
to this city to-day to con-
fer with Danford in regard to
unfinished business. The suit was
at once settled by Danford against
the members of the Caldwell mob
for $4,000 and damages. Papers
were served on Richmond by the
sheriff of this county, thus bringing
the case to this county, and enabling
Danford to have papers served on
other members of the mob in Sum-
ner county and compel them to
come to this county tor trial. There
will be about fifty defendants.
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A Black Desperate.

In the western suburbs of the city
there Is settlement known rs Clarks-
Vile, inhabited chiefly by colored peo-
pie, where they have a church and a
community all to themselves. For some
time past a eolored desperate by the
name of Nick Woods has been terroriz.
ing the neighborhood, threatening
to kill several parties, for which
he was reported TO the au-
thorities. Although the officers have
been vigilant in their efforts to cap
ture him, he has thus far succeeded in
eluding them. He is of dark color, me-
diuir height, slender build and lame in
one leg The STATESMAN gives a descrip-
ton of the fellow in order to assist in his
capture.
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The Cash Balance.

If independents, greenbackers
and radicals could lay hold on that
"cash balance" in the state treasury,
how rapidly it would melt away,
says the Jefferson Democrat. OF
course it would, and if some of the
democrats of this state could get
"their" hands on 1t, it would melt
away too. AS general Thing dem
ocratic administrations have been
honest; the present state admins
tration is honest, and in that partic-
ular it has had its greatest strength.
To be honest is to be just, and un-
less a state administration is both
honest and just, it should be
promptly displaced. No one, no
matter what his political views may
be, has ever charged Governor
Roberts or any under him, in the
administration of our state gov
eminent, with dishonesty; the diff
Guilty has been a wide difference of
opinion as to the policy to be pur-
sued by the state government
BrenhdDs Banner.
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A MUSICAL EDUCATION.
A Few suggestions as TO its Benz
Gifts.

A paper was read recently before the
German Wissenchaftliche verein (scien-
tific association of New York, by Mr..
Julius Fuchs, which advanced some in
teresting thoughts on the advantages
which would accrue if music, instead of
being treated in our schools and homes
as an accomplishment merely, were
raised to the dignity of factor in a well
rounded educational system. Its value
would be seen from the uDquestioned
influence which it exerts upon the emo
tons and capacity for assisting very po-
tently in the training of the intellect.
He outlined a plan by which musical
instruction might be carried through all
the stages of liberal education. The
object lessons having brought a fact or
feeling to the understanding of a child
and clothed it in words, a step further
might be taken and musical illustra-
ton be added to the verbal. The music
would of necessity be extremely simple,
but, Mr.. Fuchs thought, it would not
be difficult to make a child of ordinary
musical inclinations feel the appropriate
ness Of such music as the "Wild Rider, u
"The Song of Happy Farmer" "The
Child and the Cuckoo" and numberless
other expressive bits which some of the
best German composers have written.
There is abundant and suitable material
for even the youngest learners in the
music of Reineck, Tauber, Kullack,
Eschmann and others. AS the child adj
vances such writers as Mendelssohn, Spei.
del and Jadassohn might be put under
tribute, their simple writings being sue
ceeded by the studies in technics, the
best of which can be drawn from the
works of Reinecke, Heller and Haber-
bier, while Krause, Raft, Merkel, Haydn
and Mozart, and even some easy selection
from Bach furnish the desirable change
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NORFOLK, Va, January 6.-This
morning a fire broke out in the
store of Ii. Woodward, at Suffolk,
Virginia. destroying the courthouse
and stock and residence of MIR.
Woodward. Loss about 100000 ;
insurance $4,000. The origin of
the fire Is unknown.
ST. LOUIS, January 6.-The loss
by the fire at Whittaker's pork pack
ing establishment, last night, was
100000; insurance $4,000.
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SAN SABA.
The Pythian Period on the From
tier-MineraI and other News.

Especial to the Statesman.l
SAN SABA, January 6.-The TO lowing
is list of officers elected by the Knights
of Pythias of this city at their last regu-
lar meeting:
]. ]. Stockbridge, chancellor COM
mander.
G. P. Beatty, vice-chancelor.
j. T. Biggs, prelate.
J. Seiders, keeper of records and seal.
A. Low; master of finance
A. ]. Esterle, master of exchequer.
A. Walker, master-at-arms.
J. J. Stockbridge, representative to
grand lodge.
Christmas and New Years brought no
winter. The weather is very warm.
Wheat is still suffering for rain.
A COW boy brought in piece of ore,
rich in silver and lead, to-day.
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ST. LOUIS.
Pork Packery Burned.

ST. LOUIS, January 6.-The extern
sive pork packing establishment of
+. w. Whitaker e. Co., situated on
the corner of the Market stock
yards, i'll the northern part of East
st. Louis, took fire about one
O'Clock this morning. The fire
started in the lard rendering room
of large three-story brick build
ing, containing fourteen large tanks
of lard. Five of these lard tanks
exploded and blew the house nearly
to pieces. The loss is estimated at
$40 600
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Home News Gleanings.

Ex-Congressman Edward JOY
Morris, of Philadelphia, died Sat
urday.
1t is not thought that ex-senator
Sargent, of California, will go into
the cabinet.
The total earnings of Sing Sing
prison for December were 500, S2S.S3,
and the total expenses $17,7S9.27.
Mrs. Benedict Schesenbeck has
been arrested at Morristown, n. j.,
for the murder of her husband at
Dover by poisoning.
The receipts from all sources of
the MARYLAND penitentinry last year
were SCI, 140; expenses, 500, 40 !;
number of prisoners, 545.
Geo. p. Hendrick & Co.'s livery
stable, at Worcester, Massachusetts,
was burned Sunday, together with
twenty-four horses and contents.
/ Fitzgerald made $50 miles in the
Ennis walking match, beating the
record Noremac made 500 miles !;
Herty, 566 miles; Krohne, $40 miles,
and Lacouse SOL miles.
There are only two inmates at the
alone for disabled Confederate
soldiers and sailors widows and
orphans" at Georgetown.
The Lexington Press has heard of
a project to establish a Woman's
Christian Union among the colored
people of that city.
On Christmas day clover was in
full bloom in Jersey, blue birds were
singing in New London and a crowd
of people held gala day at Coney
Island.
The coinage at the United States
mint in Philadelphia during 1881
aggregated 1914, $50 pieces, valued
at SIC, 1916, 1850.
The boiler in a saw-mill, near
Winamac, Ind, exploded Friday,
killing John Helm and fatally injur-
ing Daniel Dirt and third man.
The Fall River spinners have a
committee to investigate the causes
of wages growing less. The COM
mittee will also endeavor to secure
weekly pay, all but thirteen mills
having already entered into such an
arrangement.
J. D. Walton, of San Francisco,
committed suicide at the Gait
House, in Chicago, Sunday morning,
during mental alteration. He was
a railroad man, aged thirty years.
A farmer in Lewiston, who did
not look with favor upon a sutton
for his daughters hand, seized the
young man when he escorted her
home from church on Sunday night
week, locked him up in the stable,
and kept him there till Tuesday
noon.
California has done phenomenally
well with her trotters at home.
This, it should be remembered,
largely under the running mate
arrangement. We shall now see
what California can do with her
trQtters away from the electrical
phenomena" claimed to be plenti-
full on the Pacific coast, announced
in California paper as rare in the
east.
John E. Owsley went from Ken
lucky to Chicago to collect a bill for
whisky. The debtor had no money,
but offered some land near the city,
which Owsley declined to take,
though he was, by trick, COM
PEELED to do so. That was when
Chicago was young and small. |
The seemingly worthless property |
soon acquired value. which grew
to something considerable, and |
made the foundation of the great |
fortune which Owsley has now left |
at his death.
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new Railroad Building.

Specifications for the erection of the
headquarters building of the Austin and
Northwestern railway company can be
seen at the engineers office. They are
now complete, and call for a two-story
building, Of considerable dimensions,
and to be finished in admirable style. 1t
is to be used for offices and a freight de-
pot, and viii be situated on the depot
grounds of the company, in this city.
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Died.


After painful illness, Mrs. MATTE
ScHoBEY, wife of William Schobey, form
erly of Danville, Illinois, but for ono
month a resident of this state. Mr..
Schobey was improving farm in Bias
trop county, and his bride was boarding
at the Galveston House in this city.
They had been married only six weeks
when death claimed the happy, hopeful,
Christian wife, and their plans and hopes
were thwarted and b. gifted. She was
member of the Meth dist church, and
brave Christian woman. So let us
hope that angels took her to a brighter
home than loving hands could prepare on
earth.
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COMMITTED.

In the district court of Mason county,
In the year 1873, Joe Johnson, colored,
was convicted of the murder of one
Gabe Smith, and sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for life. Yesterday the gov
ernor committed his sentence to ten
years, and ashe has already served eight,
he will be set free two years hence. The
reason urging the governor to this step
Is the fact that the convict committed
the murder under great provocation,
Smith having been guilty of adultery
with his wife, and the further fact of his
good conduct during the past eight years
OF his confinement.
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Fatal Railroad Accident.

NASHVILLE, January 5.-The
north bound passenger train on the
Decatur division of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad collided with
the rear end of freight train, which
had been broken in two, near Ever
toms station, last night, instantly
killing engineer Wash Stokely and
fireman Daniel Weir. Two freight
cars were burned.
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Remanded to Jail.

MERIDIAN, MISS, January g.
After a thorough argument by the
counsel, w. j. Vance, charged with
the murder of Barrett, Haven and
Segars in the Marion riot, was to-
day remanded to Jail, without bail,
to await the action of the grand
jury in February. There is another
charge pending against the prisoner
for the murder of one of the
sheriff's posse.
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ABusiness straw.

New YORK, January 6.-The fail
ures for the week, throughout the
country, are reported by II. q. Dun
81 Co.'s mercantile agency as LAG.
Which shows a material reaction,
compared with the weeks of 1881.
The east states had 165 western, 26 ;
southern, "a; middle, "a; pacific, 9,
and New York City 8. The bust
ness houses III the south shsw no
diminution, but in all other sections
of the country there is an improve
ment. New York City's failures are
mostly in small retail trade and
have no significance.
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CoIored Wan Murdered.

AUGUSTA, GA, January 6.-Hugh
Lake shot and killed Manly, col
ored, near this city tonight. Lake
asserts that Manly abused him, when
he shot him in the breast with a
carbine. The affair created great
excitement among the colored peo-
pie, who made threats of lynching
Lake, but were finally outwitted by
the police, who arrested Lake.
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Line Located.

Messrs. F. A. Hill, civil engineer, NJ.
G. Hurley, general contractor, and MIR.
Vim. Brueggerhoff have just returned
from a three days trip up the line of the
Austin and Northwestern railway. These
gentlemen made the final location OF the
main line of the road from this city to
Burnett They report general boom in
the section of country visited.
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Lockhart guarantees Us.

Il was reported on the streets yesterday
that the town of Lockhart had quaran-
tined against Austin on account of the
small pox. That is drawing it rather
fine, considering the fact that two Of the
physicians of that place telegraphed here
yesterday that case of the disease exists
there
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FIRE RECORD.


PHILADELPHIA, January 6.-The
picking, weaving and finishing
rooms of Seville IL Yorcald's mills,
at Manayunk, were burned out to-
day. In the weaving room were
fifty looms. The loss will not ex-
coed $4,000 and it is fully insured.
The insurance is DIVIDED among
seventy companies.
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Perished i'm the Flames.

DECATUR, ILL, January Cat
the Macon county poor farm, when
search was instituted among the
ruins of the building, 1t was found
that three of the inmates, Isaac
Franklin, M. Casey and f. Fletcher,
had persisted in the flames. The
total loss on the building is $4,000 !;
insurance, $4,000.
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A Minister of God Accidentally
Poisoned by His
Wife.
ROUND ROCK.
Reported Case of Small POx De-
nied---PersOnaI.
Especial to the Statesman. I

IoFVOIuI 20 INC oItIVsIluH'I
ROUND Rock, January 6.-The report
has ben going the rounds to-day that
a case of small poX had made its appear
ance about mile from town DR..
Many, city physian, examined the case
and says there is no foundation for the
report.
Business very dull.
Mr.. NJ. Bernheim, one of Round Rock
leading merchants, left to-day for Dallas,
and other points, with aview of locating.
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AUGUSTA, Ga, January &c.
Whitterdale, shoe dealer, assigned
to S. B. Wright for the benefit of his
creditors. Liabilities, $45,O 600; assets,
$4,000, in stock ON hand and notes
and accounts.
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A Fatal Mistake.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 6.-Rev.
James Cameron, pastor of the Sec
ond Presbyterian church of Oak
land, died yesterday evening from
poison. His wife gave him a dose
of carbolic acid by mistake, thinking
il to be medicine.
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BEIITON.
A Fatted Calf now in order.
Especial to the Statesman

Especial to the Statesman.l
Bolton, January 6.-Davis Smith, the
young man who created so much eX-
citement near Moifatt, Texas, in this
county, about ten days ago, aud caused
all of the neighboring citizens 10 turn
out in search of him, believing he had
suicided, was tracked up and found by
his father in Fort Worth, . few days
ago.
The weather is wet, muddy and dis
agreeable.
Business is quiet since The holidays.
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An Accession.

An Accession.
DR.. Il. W. Moore, late of Victoria, has
settled in Austin to engage in tho prac-
tice of medicine lie has been prac.
tlcing physician in this state Tor twelve
years, and besides being a professional
man Of thorough education and informa
ton, has, also, comprehensive ex-
perience as to all local diseases incident
. 10 Texas. DIR. Moore was raised in Bas-
|,rop and Fayette counties, and being a
nephew OF Col. A. w. and L.
W. Moore, is no stranger
b many of our people. He is pleasing
bentlemao, and, as a physician, must,
we are satisfied, soon occupy an envIable
place in this community. The doctor
has made considerable reputation in the
treatment of diseases peculiar to females.
For the present. we are informed, Dr.
Moore's office is in the Bremond build
lng, ground floor, just west of Millett's
opera house.
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a Lively ThieS.

A Lively Thief.
n Henry Robinson, the colored individ-
Hal convicted in the county court last
Tuesday, for theft, and sentenced to the
county Jail for six months, is certainly
lively thief, He gets around with all the
alacrity attributed to the bold, bad ''Dick
Turpin and his black mare Bess, and the
Aforesaid Henry did not have
any black mare, or sorrel
horse, or even Texas pony.
on the seventeenth day of December, at
o'clock in the afternoon, Henry was
sent to the poor house, seven miles from
Austin. for stealing jacket from a
store in the city. The very next NOR
ming he was in Jail in Austin for stealing
cabbages, having absconded from the
poor house, footed ii back to town, made
eraid on the cabbages, and being scsoped
BY the officers. This is quick work, but
Henry will suspend operations for the
next six months.
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The STATESMAN has been enlarged
and otherwise improved, and is re-
ceiving the congratulations of other
papers on the fact that it is now a
credit to the capital of the state.-
Galceston Nescs,