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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
Railroad Troubles.

CLEVELAND, Sept. 26.-Last July
Pettifer and other English stock
holders OF, the New York, PennsyI-
vaRte IL Ohio railroad, filed petition
in tA United States circuit court
here, toSetcAide the lease of the road
to th< Erie. .Bkh railroad companies
subsequently entered demurrers. To-
day James McHenry, claiming to
own half of the stock of the Atlantic
q Great Western, now reorganized as
the New York, Pennsylvania 81 Ohio,
filed a petition to be made a party in
the suit of Pettifer ct al. b. II. Bris-
tow and w. A. Mcfarland, counsel,
arrived from New York to argue on
the motion to-mnrroW
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
An Important Decision

WASHINGTON, Sept. 49, Secretary
Folger just rendered an important de-
cision with regard to the construction
of the new tariff law, relating to
packages and coverings of imported
merchandise. He holds that the cost
or value of outside covering, into
which the goods are finally put fol-
land and ocean carriage. is not to be
taken for part or in addition to the
value of goods, nor is the value OF
goods to be considered as enhanced by
reason that the outside covering has
been put around them at the
cost of the manufacturer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

The Automatic Spring Motor Car
and Carriage company is about to test
one of is railroad cars on street pas
senger line in Philadelphia. The eX-
detrimental car will cost $1,000. The
power is in eight spring shafts at
tached to the axle, each shaft having
ten coil springs wound around it, and
each spring is ten inches wide, 1892 of
an inch thick and sixty feet long.
These springs have power equal to
propelling a loaded car eight miles
with ease, and this power can be in
creased or diminished or entirely shut
off as may be desired.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

By combination of pIodUction and
manufacture it is asserted the South
ern states must become the centre of
the worlds wealth and power. How
long will Texas allow its cotton, wool,
hides and timber to be manufactured
elsewhere? When will it apply the
double account to its increasing
vvno1rh .
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

LONDON, Sept. "a. - A letter from
Stanley, the African explorer, was
read to-day before the British associa-
tion for the advancement of science,
urging that Great Britain should pro-
claim protectorate over the Congo
country.
PARIS, Sept. "a. = Hava's agency
publishes a letter from Lisbon assert
ing that the English commander has
been charged with the duty OF acquir-
ing for Great Britain the territory
obtained by Stanley on the Upper
Congo.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

NOTHING yet demonstrates the
truth of the Madrid report, that a rev.
dictionary plan is in progress for the
liberation of Cuba. Landings are
planned, these reports say, from Hon
duras, from Jamaica and from the
United States, and the new captain
general, Castillo, who is now on his
way to Havana, has authority to pro-
lain state of siege, and use the
most vigorous and rigorous measures
to crush insurrectionary movements
on the island.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
STATE NEWS REPERTORY.
Spirit of Our Texas Exchanges.

Spirit of Our Texas Exchanges.
Ex-Comptroller Brown was admit,
ted to the bar at Marlin on the 18th
and will at once begin the practice OF
his profession at Austin.
DR.. w. NJ. Yandau, president Of the
Texas Press Association, announces
that he has arrangements for the free
transportation Of the association to
the Louisville exhibition and other
places.
Falls county hires her convicts out
at $3.50 per month. The contract
STIMULATES that every person convicted
who fails to pay the fine and costs
assessed within four days after the
adjournment of court shall work I'm.
der this contract
Three farmers from different por'
lions of the county have stated in the
Blade office this week that the cotton
crops would produce a much larger
yield than is generally believed
Our people are too ready to be
come respondent and predict the
worst.-Blade.
The farmers around Dallas are still
shipping their cotton to the neighbor.
ing towns. The Dallas Herald says
"At least $4,000 leave Dallas daily
This is a big loss for Dallas. and it is
all owing to the action of the cotton
buyers.
OF eighteen prisoners confined re-
Gently in the Sherman Jail all but one
were under twenty-one years of age
yet Texas has no house of correction
or reformatory for youthful offenders
A matchmaking case has developed
in San Antonio, in which a young
stockman and a young married lady
| figure. The yong man turned ovel
$500 in cash, a diamond ring and {
S2On watch
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

A PENNSYLVANIA court has re.
Gently decided that if company al
ows employees to run bills at their
store, and then deduct the amount OF
the bills from the pay of the employees,
they can be forced to pay the amount
so deducted. This will create quite a
revolution in the manner Of conduct
ing the business Of large manufac-
turing companies, who generally com
pei their employees to buy from them
all their supplies, upon which hand
some profit IS made
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

The largest ranch in Texas is that
of Charles Goodnight, at the head of
Red river. He began four years ago
with 100000 acres, bought at 30 cents
per acre, and has continued buying,
paying as high as 50 per acre, and now
controls 100000 acres. To enclose the
land 250 miles of fence is required
He has a herd of 10000 cattle. AS
the state of Rhode Island covers only
674, 944 acres, it will be seen that this
mans possessions cover territory
enough for a commonwealth
change.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

GENERAL elections in all the states
should conform as to time, and the
laws should be changed so us to place
congressional election, Immediately
preceding the meeting Of the con-
gress, in which the elect are to COM
mence their labors. This thing Of
electing congressman thirteen months
before they are to enter upon duty is
abcur6
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
Tho Lord.

CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-Lord Coleridge
visited the criminal court this morn
ing and spent half an hour listening
to the proceedings in a murder trial
which happened to be in progress. He
went to the state fair in the forenoon
and in the evening dined with Col
Emory Storrs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

Mr.. MCLANE, the Democratic gu
bernatorial nominee in Maryland, is
regarded by good many as an I'M
wise selection, and yet he is Demo
crat of the strict construction school
in federal politics. As late mem
Der of congress, Mr.. McLane voted
for the river and harbor bill over the
veto of President Arthur. Most as
suredly he will be elected by a good
majority.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

LEON ABETT is the Democratic
gubernatorial nominee in New Jersey.
Republicans have been free to admit
that he is one of the strongest men in
the state. He has always taken an
active interest in the politics of New
Jersey, and in former years his infiu-
ence has been a powerful factor in Sc
curing the election of the Democratic
nominees. In 1876, be was chairman
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

The unluckiest man in Georgia
lives in White county. In attempting
to cross the river in a bateau 1T cap
sized and threw him into the water.
Trying to reach the boat again, his
foot caught in snag and wrenohed
it, losing at the same time a $40
watch, his hat, shoe and the boat.
He finally reached the shore, and was
hobbling across a field when large
ferocieus bull started for him. Reach
ing tree, he climbed it lively enough
to escape the bull, but also lively
enough to get into a hornets nest.
The hornets objected, and he sprang
to another limb, which broke. letting
him fall to the ground, fracturing his
wrist. With the broken branch he
kept the bull at bay and managed to
escape. All this happened on FRI
daV
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
RROWNMNOD.
Especial 10 The statesman.l

Especial 10 The statesman
BRoWNWooD, Sept. 26.-In the dis
trict court to-day the grand jury
found Geo. Wilson guilty of stealing
money from l. a. Bryan, of this
place, and sent him to the penitentiary
for term of two years. Several wit
nesses were fined, and some bonds for
faitel
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

THE first scientific martyr to the
cholera has fallen-Dr. Thuillet, Of
the party which accompanied NJ. Pas
teur to Egypt to investigate the ORR
gin and course Of the disease in that
country. He will receive no military
honors, but his death has occurred in
cause far more noble than most of
those in which military heroes have
won their renoWn.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

GREAT satisfaction has been given
to the friends of woman's advance
ment by the announcement that in
the recent examinations of woman
students at Cambridge. England, five
have obtained honor5 and two de-
oraac
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
A new flying machine has been con

A new flying machine has been con-
structed in England and subjected to
a trial which the inventor declared to
be wholly satisfactory. 1t is propelled
by steam, first on the land until We
locity of thirty to thirty-fve miles is
attained, when it is, by means of fan
lever, projected into the air. The
machine is made of light wood, with
a frame like that of a four-wheeled
carriage, and has two large wheels in
front and two small ones behind, with
a nine-bladed screw for the air. The
inventor thinks he can easily travel
at the height of one mile.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

The government printing house at
Washington is said to have been lately
running its entire press-room and
bindery fifteen hours out of the
twenty-four. so great is the accumu-
larion of the work imposed on it. Yet
the last session of congress was the
short one, ending on the 4th of March
instead of being prolonged into the
summer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

The New York Herald calls atten-
ton to the aggregation of tall build
ings inewhat it calls the "dry goods
district of New York. Within Il
small compass there is property with
an insurable value Of S500,O00,000,
which is exposed to an undue fire risk
in consequence of the inadequate
water supply. An extended fire in
this quarter, it is thought, would
break every considerable insurance
company in the country.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

CHICAGO, Sept 25.-The Daily
News special from Buffalo, n. Y,
says: During a terrible storm last
night on Lake Erie the schooner York
State went down with all hands, con.
sisting of Capt. Hayes and six men.
The schooner was loaded with 10000
bushels of wheat.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
About Given Up.


1t is cause for gratitude that the
walking match nuisance is becoming
a thing of the past. There was six
days contest in Baltimore last week,
but it was very tame affair, the win
ner covered only All miles, and the
public was not troubled with reports
about it. The base ball craze will go
the same way before long,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
Eighteen Vessels Wrecked.

BOSTON. Sept. ga letter from
st. Pierre Martinique, of September s,
says on the night of the 4th the har-
Dor was completely ss.ept by a violent
cyclone. Eighteen vessels were
wrecked, and only one in the port was
saved,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
A Rolling Miu Rnrned.

New HAVEN, Conn.,, Sept. 25.-This
morning early fire, originating in a
defective fiue, burned the New Haven
rolling mill at Fairhaven, causing a
loss Of about $4,000; $4,000 insur-
ance. About 125 men are thrown
out of employment. The night gang
lost much property.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
The following patents were granite

The following patents were granted
TO citizens of Texas, bearing date Sep
TENDER Is, 1888, reported expressly for
this paper by Louis Bagger 81 Co., me-
chanical experts and solicitors of pat
ents, Washington, d. c.: Theodore
Holt. Lexington, plowgage, 285, 264.
A. E. Osborn, Waco, oil press mat;
90. 300.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
Special Teleg.rams
SALADO.
Snecial to HE Statesman

opeCldI 10 Inc DtdltSihdu.l
Yesterday morning at o'clock G..
a. Myers gin house, about four miles
south Of here. was burned. Total
loss; insurance $1,000. The cause is
unknown. but it is supposed to have
been friction of the press.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
Down They DO.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25-F. Mayer s.
Co., woolers, to-day assigned to Simon
Dalzig, giving preferences amounting
to $81O,513. The preferences are priD-
cipally on account Of accommodation
notes and money loaned. The assig-
nee expressed the belief that the liza
bilities would exceed 100000 and
considered it as probable that the
assets would not be far short. He
could assign no reason for the suspen-
sion. The firm has been in existence
for twenty-five years and its business
has been confined exclusively to wool
ems.
Chas. F. Dare, carriage maker, Court
land street, failed. Assignment for
benefit of creditors, giving preferences
amounting to say $29, 122.
Levy Bros. 81 Co., clothiers, No. AZ
Broadway, filed an assignment to-day
for the benefit of creditors, to Solomon
Fl. Kohn, giving preference to the
amount of about $50 COO
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

A mighty army of lawyers infest
this country. According to figures
furnished to the American Bar asso-
citation convention, in 1856 there were
29,939 lawyers in this country; in 1870
40,676; in 1880, 64,187. The number OF
lawyers in the states at the close OF
Only 1873 attorneys had been admitted
in New York by royal license prior tC
the revolution. and many of these
were dead when hostilities broke out
In 1880 there were 70 female and 81
O62 male lawyers; GA of the 70 female
lawyers were under 60 years of age, II
were 60 and upward. To-day there
are 10000 lawyers in the country. Ii
another half century there will prob
ably be 100000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 26.-This was
Arkansas day at the great exposition,
Gov. Barry and nearly 800 citizens of
that state being present. The cere-
monies and formal reception were full
of interest.
Forty-four hours before 3 o'clock
this afternoon, and 500 miles away, a
bale of cotton was picked from the
field and at once sent to this city,
where it arrived yesterday at the eX-
position. The cotton was cleaned
ginned, carded, spun, colored, woven
and cut into a SUIT of clothing and
made this afternoon. The mayor OF
Louisville presented the same to Gov
Berry, who tonight wore the suit to
the exposition.
The Texas press association will be
here tomorrow, and with the Arkan,
sas press will be formally received.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

In SPITE OF the drouth it is under
stood that the farmers will make a
fine display at the fair. They viii
show VIII 1t Texas is capable of doing
in drouthy year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

IT is estimated that the cutting
down in prices of New York papers
is not ended yet. Several other dailies
may meet the reduction Of tho Times
and Tribune. This, observes an eX-
change, is a rather unusual shape for
newspaper rivalry to take. Com
petition in the journalistic field is
usually in the direction of appealing
to popular support by making the
columns more interesting and more
valuable than those of rivals. After
all that is the surest way of gaining
and holding circulation. The average
reader does not stop to consider
whether the paper he likes best costs
a cent more or less than another.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

WHENEVER fence cutters assemble,
a copy of the adjutant generals letter
should be drawn on them. The read
ing of it would dispense whole regi-
mont
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

FREQUENT Inquiry is made by ex-
hibitors in distant states, who propose
to advertise what they have fer sale
at the approaching fair.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
A sad case of hydrophobia result

A sad case of hydrophobia result
ing from the bite of a half-breed Spitz
dog, in October last, is just reported
in Philadelphia. When the patient, a
boy, was first bitten, the wound was
at once cauteriZed by a physician.
After a month had passed the family
ceased to look for any serious results.
A few days ago, however, the lad be-
came very nervous, and in short
time was thrown into spasms at the
sight of water. He was attacked on
Wednesday and died on Friday,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

ARE the ladies preparing to make
that portion of the fair attractive
which relates especially to their in
dustrieS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

MEYERS, the architect of the Texas
capitol, applies for the place made
vacant by the resignation of Archi-
tect Hill.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
A New Railroad President.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-Fredericlz
Lovejoy has been elected president of
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, as
successor to Gen. Palmer. He has
been thirty years in the service of
the Adams express company, during
the last seven of which he acted as
general manager, with Office at Phila-
delphia. This Office he resigned few
months ago. Loyejoy is not yet fifty
years old. During the war he had
charge of the express service for all
the northern armies, and this difficult
business he conducted with excep-
tional success. He is a man of great
executive ability and essentially in
sympathy and training railroad
man.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. XAS.

THE live stock exhibition at the
fair. it is predicted, will surpass any
thing heretofore seen in Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

GEN. GRANTS fierce opposition to
Mr.. Bayard ought to lie a very strong
card in favor OF the Delaware states
mon
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

THE Missouri Republican, in an ar
ticle on the future of iron-making,
says that in order to hold iron up to a
fair price, and prevent the market
from being overstocked with unsafe
able iron some means must be devised
whereby it can be made cheaper than
in Ohio and Pennsylvania. AS So
luton Of the question. it suggests
that the iron industry is located in
the wrong states, and the only
prevention Of the difficulty is
their removal to Tennessee and Ala
bama, where iron can be made at
from eight to ten dollars per ton less.
1t closes by saying: at is not more
certain that wheat growing has been
transferred from the East to the
West, than it is that iron-making will
be transferred from Pennsylvania and
Ohio to Missouri, Tennessee and Ala
bama." The Republican might have
added Texas, for in this state there
are as extensive and as rich iron de-
posits as are to be found anywhere in
the world,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

of the New Jersey delegation to the
national convention. Three years ago
the nomination for governor was ten.
dered TO him, but he declined on the
ground that as he was chairman OF
the convention it would not be for the
best interests Of the party. lie made
no personal effort to secure the pres
ent nomination, and it is held by those
who know him, that his Gne oratory,
his strong convictions, strength of
purpose, energy, force of character,
atfability and regard for the feelings
for his fellow-men will aid him in Sc
surfing a substantial majority.
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THE Globe-Democrat, Rep, SAYS
there are indications that the conven-
ton Of colored people at Louisville
will be the scene of political fight.
Several Of the state delegations have
been selected with reference to party
lines, and the great struggle on the
part Of the better class of colored men
IS to prevent partisan considerations
from monopolizing what they hoped
was to be a deliberation over the
moral advancement of the race. But
there seems to be a poor show OF their
success" The Republican organs
generally look with suspicion on what
may be the outcome at Louisville.
The negroes have submitted for a
long time to being ridden, and buck
ing at this time would really not be
unreasonable.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

THE navy of the United States for
late war purposes cost $84,OO0,000,
with $36,O00,O00 off for sales Of YES
sells aid material at the close of the
war, which net sum will be stin fur
Their reduced by the sale of thirty. i've
vessels ordered sold by the last con-
gress. Since the wa there has been
expended 100000 on new vessels,
while England has spent S156,000,000;
France, $S6,0OO,00O; Russia, $50, 100000;
Italy 1872, 100000; Germany ,$37 900, GOO;
Turkey, 100000; Brazil, 100000,
and Chill, 81 100000, all on iron-clads-
in all over $40O,OOO,O0O expended by
our naval and commercial rivals.
This is the style in which Mr.. John
Roach, ship builder,puts up the figures.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

ANOTHER gigantic railway is an
nounced. 1t is called the Canada
Southwestern or Diamond Diagonal,
and is to begin at the falls of st.
Mary's river, northeastern Michigan,
connecting there with the Canada
Pacific, running to Montreal. 1t is to
come southwark by the way of La
Crosse, Wis, thence through south
western Minnesota to Charles City,
Iowa, then to st. Joseph, Mo-, thence
through the Indian Territory to
Texas, and finally to the Gulf of Mex
leo. 1t is not stated if the gulf is to
be bridged and the road pushed on
into the valley Of the Amazon
and down to the jumping
off place of Terra del Fuego, but it
would not do for grand scheme like
this to stop at Galveston, carrying
the trade of continent, and stopping
short of deep water. But really, the
projectors talk in earnest about this
railway. 1t would connect the st.
Lawrence and the lakes with the wa
tiers of the Gulf of Mexico, tapping
all the great railway systems of
the country, traversing the richest
coal and lumber regions of the CONT
nent. The credit of working up this
gigantic scheme belongs to Mr.. F. A.
Rozein, who has patiently worked
upon it since 1860. The company rep
resents capital of $16,OO0OOO and it
is proposed to build the road to St.
Joseph within nine months and COM
plete it to the Gulf of Mexico in less
than two years. Newspapers all along
the line are enthusiastic over it, and
agree in pronouncing it as route
which is destined to take rank as one
of the principal channels of transpor-
tation on the American continent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

The Cubans naturally do not like
the order recently sent out to them
from the Spanish government raising
the district taxes IN the island. 80 per
cent. The date on which the new or
der goes into effect is not yet fixed.