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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
The Avenue Hotel Robbery.

Quite sensation was caused in the
| city Friday night by robbery at the
Avenue Hotel. The facts in the case
appear to be as follows, as learned by
a STATESMAN representative: w. A.
Prince, of Memphis, Tenn, came to
| the Avenue Hotel last evening, and
was assigned to room No. "a. He
called for bath and the water was
taken to him by a porter named
Henry Hendricks. Mr.. Prince
changed his clothes and gave his
pants and vest to the porter to dust.
He brought them down to the hotel
bath room, and after busting them re-
turned them, hanging them on the
railing of the back gallery, and re-
suTed his work of mopping the halls.
There was no other servant in that
part of the building at the time.
While he was yet at work hopping
the hall Mr.. Prince came to where he
was and asked for his clothes, and
Henry led the way to them. on ex-
aiming his pants pockets Mr.. Prince
found that two $40 bills were miss
ing. The porter was accused of TAX
ing them, but denied the charge and
asserted his innocence. Mr.. Prince
went for the police and had him ar
rested and put into the calaboose, he
still denying the theft. He
was searched and no money
was found upon him. Upon
their return to the hotel, the
bath room in which he busted his
clothes was searched and in a pair of
servants pants hanging on partition
between the bath rooms the money
was found. 1t is not known whether
the pants in which the money was be-
longed to him or another negro who
left yesterday morning.
Captain Winn states that he was
sitting so as to overlook the bath room
all the time and no one entered it but
this negro, and when the police ar
rested him he was fumbling about the
very pants in which the money was
found. 1t seems as if the fellow has
good chance for the penitentiary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
SAN ANTONIO.
special to The Statesman.

SAN ANTONIO, August 30.-The
committee on Judge Lewis railway
have decided to offer the railway COM
pany $4,000 for a bonus to build the
road here. If this will not do, they
will build road themselves. This
seems to be bluff.
SAN ANTONIO, August 31.-Judge
Noonan's pasture near Castroville is
burning.
A prominent lawyer had fight
with Chinaman and whipped him
at the White Elephant saloon last
night.
John Raminsky, of st. Hedwig, was
on trial for lunacy in the county
court this morning. 1t. was proved
that defendant had been in the asylum
previously; that he had cruelty beaten
his son without cause; had attempted
to outrage his fourteen year old
daughter and been guilty of other
acts that proved him to be insane.
He was therefore declared a lunatic
and an order made that he be sent to
the state asylum.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
PERSONAL.


The princess of Wales still retains
her girlish looks.
There are 1923 daily newspapers in
the United States.
Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, has
many head of blooded stock.
GerSter is announced to sing in
Rome for the benefit of the Ischia
sufferers.
Edison says: at requires as much
ingenuity to make money out of an
invention as to make the invention"
Prince Bismarck spends five or SIX
hours a day in the open air. on his
estate at Friedrichsruhe. His i'll
health seems to be mainly of politi-
cal character.
The king and queen of Greece will
probably visit England toward the
end of September. The queen is now
on the way to Copenhagen, where she
will be Joined by the king when he
leaves Wiesbaden.
Senator George, of Mississippi, who
boasts that his sons are none too good
to work in the cotton field, neverthe-
less has son who draws salary of
$500 in the stationery room at Wash
ington. Paper, you know, is some
times made of cotton.
One of the men who knew it all
rather took away Miss Georgia Cay
von's breath in the Luxembourg gal
lery, the other day, by explaining to
her that a certain picture Of Christ
and the Magdalen was "Our Lord par
doning the adulterated woman"
Monsignor Capel gave the New
porter5 a good, old-fashianed gospel
eXhortation from text that contains
sermon IN itself. "Ye cannot serve
God and mammon." The frequenters
Of Vanity Fair who went to hear the
noted priest out of curiosity did not
find a man whose purpose in preach
ing is to tickle the intellect or please
the fancy.
Mrs. Katharine S. Mcdowell, "Sher-
wood Bonner" who recently died at
her home in Mount Holly Springs,
Miss, was only thirty years of age. 1t
is thought that she first injured her
health during the yellow fever cpl
demic of 1873, when she went to
Holly Springs to nurse her father and
brother, who both died after a weeks
illness.
The Queen will not only erect an
enormous monument over John
Browns grave in Crathie churchyard,
but will have cairn built on a neigh
boring mountain, while at Windsor a
brass will be erected on the walls of
the Prince Consort's memorial chapel,
and tablet in the nave of st. Georges.
Moreover, bust of the dead serVltor
is to be made by Mr. Boeline for the
Queens private contemplation. while
a statue larger than life will be
erected in the hall at Balmoral.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
HOUSTON.
Especial to The Statesman

HOUSTON, August 30.-This morn
ing at 2 o'clock terrible shooting af-
fair occurred in the city limits. in
which Mrs. j. w. Rose shot her step
son. Sam Rose, hitting him four times.
One ball passed through his right
lung, entering from behind, the second
in the right side, and the other two
through the left shoulder. Two of
the balls passed through, the other
two were extracted after having
passed nearly through the parts hit.
He stated that his step-mother came
to him while he was asleep, and stand
ing over him commenced firing, and
hit him twice before he could run, and
while he was running she shot him in
the back. She states that he first
came to her bed while she was asleep
and fred two shots at her and then
ran to his bed, pretending to be asleep
to deceive her. She saw him, how
ever, and he did shoot as above stated.
His two shots passed through the
head of her bed, but missed her and
her husband and his father. who were
asleep. His father claims to have
been so beWildered that he could not
act. Hex stepson was drunk the day
before and abused Mrs, Rosa striking
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
A Lively Row.

Shack Ware, as he is called, is ne
gro well known to the courts of this
county, for he has killed his man and
served his term in the penitentiary.
He was heard from again Thursday
night, and in the same old
role. He rode up to AIDE
man Metz's saloon, in the first
ward, dismounted and went in to
the place to have drink and little
fun after his manner of enjoy
ing life. Some men have a
peculiar way of enjoying life, and
Shack is one of the eccentric men of
earth, and the way he SET himself
about having Il little fun is not exact
ly the way a Methodist minister or a
Quaker deacon would do it, by a good
deal. He called for a glass of beer
and drank it. Then he saw man by
the name of Steele in the saloon, and
he concluded he would try the temper
of his metal. He found itgood Steele,
however, and very springY metal,
and fully as good Ware as Shack was
himself. This brought on first-class
row, and things took most danger
Gus turn. Shack was now in the
height of his glory, and he pulled his
gun for business, as he had done in
the good old days of the past. calling
for another ticket to the states prison
right there and then. He remarked
to, Mr.. Steele that his time had come
to cross over the river, and was about
to send him over when Alderman
Metz, who had been out of the
room, came in and saved the life Of
Mr.. Steele. Ware then made a propo-
sition to the alderman of the first
ward to send him across the shadowy
line instead of the other man, but
Mr.. Metz did not want to cause va
cancy in the city council, so he jumped
back and grabbed shotgun and
took aim at the hard Ware man and
pulled the trigger, but the gun did
not go off. He pulled it a
second time, but as the
gun was not loaded there
was no fall in hard Ware this
time either. And right here we pause
to remark that Niger like Shack
cannot be killed with an empty shot
gun; not even in the first ward. How
ever, the empty shotgun had good
influence upon the famous Shack and
as the crowd gathered to see the battle
he was d little afraid to shoot. He
continued, however, to make promises
to do so. Some one proposed to call
the police. He remarked that Austin
cid not have quite policemen enough
to arrest him, and informed the men
and women who had come to see the
menagerie if they would keep their
seats until the policemen came they
would be well paid for waiting. The
crowd remained until Officer Thorpe
came around the corner on a double
quick. Just then hard Ware fell
out of the saloon-and straddled his
Steed and retreated, failing to hold
the fort as he had promised the owner
to do. The officer followed, but while
Mr.. Thorpe is good patrolman he
cannot out-run horse and the eX-
convict got across the river before
the policeman could intercept him,
and made his escape. If he visits
Austin again he will be pressed into
the service of the state once more.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
FASHIONS FANCIES.

A bunch of sweet peas is favorite
cn>zssasss6 bouquet at present.
Long silk gloves are worn with full
dress evening toilets this summer.
Ribbons, laces and natural flowers
are the ornaments that have taken the
place of jewelry.
Black Jersey" silk gloves are very
useful wear, and so also are black
(raw) silk stockings.
Black tulle evening dresses are
Topped and trimmed with punches of
red currants or of Strawberries.
The Newmarket hat Of felt, with
low crown and curled brim, is worn
in the country by ladies while riding
horseback.
The English fashion of wearing
light gray or drab riding habits in
summer is gradually being adopted in
this country.
The autumn styles in preparation
show very decided tendency toward
the use of fine all wool fabrics in
checked tweeds and heather mixtures.
at church fairs the young lady at
tendants wear red stockings with low
shoes, and red aprons trimmed with
white lace, over gray or blue gowns.
Coffee-colored laces are in great
favor, and laceS made of Irvine and in
terwoven with colored threads; these
are used for summer cottonS and
linens.
Seaside dresses which attract atten.
tion are of red or blue twilled cotton
trimmed with white lace and garni-
tured with loops, and ends of black
velvet ribbon.
White and cream-colored dresses of
Chinese silk, trimmed with Malines
and brown or cherry ribbons, are ia
vorite summer costumes of the Prime
ess of Wales.
All imitation laces are now made
in several widths. so that the deep
fiounce or covering for the tablier
may match the narrow bordering for
the skirt and basque.
The lawn tennis blouse is gath
cred belted waste made of white or
light cloth with deep blue sailor
collar. 1t is worn with sailor neck
tie and wide canvas belt.
Tussore silk of delicate cream colors
is trimmed with flounces, bands, and a
plastron of Turkish embroidery in
dull colors, done in cross stitches on
canvas groundwork.
Evening dresses are again made
with sleeves, instead of merely shout
der straps. A short pulled sleeve or a
pompadour sleeve frilled at the elbow
is added to low corsages.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
SAN SABA.
Special to The Statesman,

SAN SABA, August 31.-The cotton
crop is short, and will average one
sixth of a bale to the acre. 1t will be
gathered by the middle of September.
The staple is short, but clean, and in
good condition.
The pecan crop is promising.
On Monday about noon explosions
resembling heavy canonading in the
distance, was distinctly heard here
and at many other points in this
county. The sky was clear and the
wind was from the south. The same
explosions were heard at Llano, Bur-
net, Lampasas and Brownwood.
Sheriff Parker came in and lodged
in Jail an insane man, supposed to
have escaped from Mason.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
ROUND ROCK.
Special to The Statesman.l


ROUND Rock, August so. = Mr..
Phillip5on, of the firm of Goldstein &
Phlllipson, tobacco and cigar dealers,
of Austin, was violently assaulted by
a negro brakeman on the Georgetown
railroad this afternoon. The negro
demanded of Mr.. Phillipson to see his
ticket, which he refused to show, and
told the negro he had money to pay
his fare. He had ticket, but de-
clined showing it, when he was vio-
Iently pulled from his seat by the
negro, assisted by the city marshal of
Georgeto wn, who happened to be
here. / understand that the negro
obeyed the orders of the company, but
what authority the city marshal of
Georgetown had l know not. Mr..
Phillipson will try the law on both,
he says.
Round Rock college will open on
the 10th of September.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
GEORGETOWN.
The Other Side of the Question.

Especial TO The statesman.
GEORGETOWN, August 3l.-Y ester
day cigar dealer from Austin at
Round Rock refused to show his
ticket before entering the cars for
Georgetown, and forced himself in the
cars. The brakeman insisted on his
showing his ticket if he had one,if not
to procure one, to all of which he re-
fused and persisted in keeping his
seat in violation of the rules and reg
ulations of the company The brake
man then forced him to leave the car.
Mr.. Hoskinson, marshal Of this place,
being present and requested by the
brakeman, aided him in putting the
man off the cars.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
JACKSONVILLE.
ESpeclal TO the Statesman

JACKSONVILLE, August 30.-Mar-
shall w. A. Clark, mentioned in these
as having received pistol
shot in attempting the arrest of Nick
Temple. on the evening of the 28th
instant, died from his wounds this
evening at $50 o'clock. He was a
bold and fearless officer and died in
the discharge of his duty. Much SYM
pathy is expressed for his grief-strick-
en- family and friends.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

both occurred the same day. No
further news from ii.
RevolutioniSts in NuevoLeon are re-
ported as being a small party operat-
ing near Santiago by La Revista.
The trouble which DIR. Deyeroux is
reported as having been involved in
in Monclava, has not been denied as
yet and it is currently believed to be
as reported.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
BASTROP.
fsnecial to The statesman

BAsrRoP, August 3O-The large
corn, gin and grist mill of A. a.
Erhard, about nine miles from Bas-
trop, was burned yesterday. Less,
about $4,000, besides twenty bales of
cotton; no insurance.
II. NJ. Garwood, son of Mai. G. B.
Garwood, returned home to-day from
the university of the South, covered
with well-worn honors.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
MARSHALL.
Especial to The Statesman.

MARSHALL, August 30.-Capt. j.
NJ. Curtis, one of our Oldest and most
respected citizens, died here last night.
He has been prominent in public life
over thirty years. He was an hon
ored member Of both the Odd Fellows
ana MaSons.
Bishop Parker, of the Southern
Methodist church, preached last night
in this city.
G. w. Clawson, train-master Of the
Texas and Pacific railroad, was mar
ried to Miss Garland Lipscomb this
morning at 9 O'Clock.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
PENITENTIARY BOARD.

There was an adjourned meeting of
this board yesterday, mainly to con-
slider the contract with Messrs. Selig-
son, Kampner & Co., which has not
yet been agreed upon in some of its
features alluded tOsin THE STATES
MAN yesterday. The board failed to
agree to Mr.. Seligson's terms, which
are to allow him to employ convicts
outside the Huntsville penitentiary to
run saw mill for providing lumber
for his machinery inside, and to have
guardsfurnished for the outside men,
at the expense of the state; and fur
ther, to allow him pay for repairs of
wagons, etc, used for penitentiary
purposes.
The board adjourned to allow MIR.
Seligson opportunity to consult with
his partners in Galveston.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

Of cotton seed oil a correspondent
of the Atlanta Constitution says:
almost every educated family in
New York City is using it to-day for
all cooking purposes in place of So
called olive oil or lard. 1t is found to
be sweeter and healthier article of
food than lard or ordinary butter, and
is much easier to handle. Estimating
that the supposed 100000 bales of
the present crop will gin out seed
enough to make 100000 barrels of
oil, the South is shown to have it in
its power to discard the dyspeptic
pork and lard of the Northwest, save
its money. and fair back upon its own
home production of a purely vegeta-
BILE oil, now rapidly gaining favor
even with eplcures. e
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

The immense crematory in Rome is
in almost daily use. Cremation is
daily becoming more popular, and
bids fair soon to dispose of more
corpses in the Italian capital than old
fashioned burial.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
THURSDAY.
EXECUTIVE pEPARrMENr.

a
Among the names prominently sug-
gested to Governor Ireland for the
appointment of district attorney for
this district (Travis and Williamson
counties,) are Messrs. +. L. Moore, IT,.
w. Stratton, IL. G. Fisher, Barclay
Martin, Joe a. Stewart, Jos. ID. SheekS
and James III. Robertson. There IS
no occasion for the governor to make
the appointment for some time, and
in the meantime other names may be
suggested.
COMPTRoLLER'S DEPARTMENT.
The assessment rolls of Bastrop,
Marion and Navarro counties were
received yesterday, but had not been
examined. The counties so far re-
ported, about one-half of the state,
show an aggregate increase to the
county of fully S500,000 Should this
be the case with the other counties,
the total increase Of the 10 counties
will be S85,00O,O00. There is every
reason to believe that the ratio Of in
crease will be maintained.
q. X. Morris, tax collector of Liberty
county, settled his accounts with this
Office.
The aggregate increased in assessed
values in seventy counties of those
reported to the comptroller foot up
$40, $4,000. This would make the in
crease in the whole state in round
numbers about $1O0,OO0,000. The
amount transferred from the general
revenue of interest to pay the state
bonds held by the school, university
and Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege will reduce the actual cash rev.
enue balance, available for general
purposes, to $350,OO0, but incoming
taxes by January will probably swell
the amount again to 100000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
INTERNAL REVENUE.

United States District Attorney
Evans of this district is in receipt of a
very important circular from United
States Commissioner Walter Evans.
relative to the sale of "Hostetter,"
Gilt Edge" and ether bitters. From
reading of the circular all parties en-
gaging in the sale of such bitters and
other similar preparations, or making
the same, should be exceed
iugly careful how they act without
paying the revenue license, known as
the liquor dealers and rectifiers' Ii
cense. The circular is dated August
%, 1883, and in answer to the party to
whom it is addressed SAYS:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

King William ", OF England, on
August 20, 1888, signed the bill which
decreed the abolition of slavery in the
British West Indies. The slave owners
received Sl00,000.U00 for their prop
erty.n
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

Dakota territory is four times as
big as Ohio, add Alaska is four times
as big as Dakota, and the rest of the
United States is four times as big as
Alaska. This is a great country.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

Louis Pasteur, the great French
naturalist. whose researches into the
causes of disease has made his fame
world wide, has been granted PEN
sion of $1,000 a year by the French
government in recognition of his ser
Ninnl
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

There is great confusion in the
human mind as to the words recipe
and receipt The intelligent com
position cuts the Gordial Knot with
"receipe.v
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

Gen. Roger A. Pryor is reported as
saying thai President Arthur's nomi-
nation would make four Southern
states doubtful, but that if Gov. But
Ter is nominated by the Democrats he
will carry every Southern state. If
Gen. Pryor is reported correctly the
conclusion is irresistible that he is not
well posted respecting the political
situation in the South.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

If Asblry University can raise
100000 from other sources before Oc-
tober 4, Mr.. DePauw. of Indiana, will
endow it with 100000. Three
quarters of the needed sum have been
raised,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

Mrs. Bonanza Mackey has SUBJ
scribed $4,000 for box in the thea
tire Italienne, in Paris,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
FRIDAY.

STATE DEPARTMENT.
The charter of the Texas Trust
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
SKIN HUMORS
WONDERFUL Cure of Lad I2 years
old, who for = years. from the top
of his head to his ankles was
One Mass of Scabs.

My son, n lad twelve years of age, was ailiict-
ell with the worst form OF Eczema for II period
OF eight years. SO vrulent was it that from
rbe-top of his head to within few inches of
his ankles he was one mass OF scahs, which re-
fused to yield to any treatment that was at,
tempted. Every remedy that was suggested
by friends or physicians was tried in vain. AL
iopathy, homeopathy, herbs, roots, salt water
baths, fiaXseed poultices,, soaps. OintmentS,
~ d In short everything that could be done to
eradicate the disorder seemed only to aggra-
Tate it. and the child'slife became a burden TO
him. and the expense of the various expert
ments was constant drain upon our resour
oes.
My wife, reading the advertisement of the
CuTIcURA REMEDIES IN one of the daily pa
pels, resolved tO make one more attempt at u
cure. (.rhe disease was now encroaching upon
MS lace. and seemed mcurabie. gave re-
luetant consent to the proposal, and an inter
View was sought with q famous lady physician
OF New York, who made most thorough eX-
animation OF the case, aud promised cure
without the least hesitation by the use OF your
CUT1cURA REMEDIES. In one week there was
q marked change; the raw and angry sores be-
n n TO grow pale and along the outer edges
sailed off, and as time wore on they began to
disappear entirely, until at the present writing
tie only veStige is one small spot upon the
forearm. scarcely visible and fast disappearing.
Thus after eight years of expense and anXi-
ely. we have the intense satisfaction OF seeing
the childs skin as fair and smooth us it was be-
fore this dreadful cIlfaneous disorder attacked
him. Sincerely yours,
30 Paramount Ave,
Jersey City Heights, N. j.
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