The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-19

be much larger than it was last year,
and cotton now promises to be equally
as good, if not better.
Bishop Parker, who is now holding
quarterly conference of the Metho-
dist church in Austin, says the Corsi-
cana Messenger never ceased to be a
regular pastor during his journalistic
career as editor of the New Orleans
Christian Advocate.
Mr.. Fortson, county assessor, fur
nishes the San Marcas Free Press
with this data:
Total value of real and personal
property in Hayes county, for the
year 1877 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Sl.93O, 700
Ditto for 1888. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1,439, 800
Increase over 1882. .......... S 500, 100
A committee of the University of
Pennsylvania will shortly begin an
investigation of spiritualism, using
a fund of $1,000 left by Mr.. Seybert,
of Philadelphia, for that purpose.
Besides what is popularity known as
spiritualism, the committee will eX-
anime the question of terrestrial mag
netism. The committee is in cor
respondence with person in Cali
fornia, who feels himself nervously
affected when passing over subter-
ranean ledge of certain medals or a
hidden water course.
In the case of the State VS.. Oscar o.
Nation, of the Brazoria Independent,
prosecuted for liber for certain pub
LEGATIONS, and in which the jury gave
a verdict for the defendant, Judge
Forris charged that if the jury found
that if the publication was report
of judicial proceedings they should
acquit; if they found the editor had
relieved himself by giving the name
of the author they should acquit, and
if the publication was true they
should acquit. The case, says the
Independent, was strongly contested
on bootI sides.
The following is from Ell Provenir,
printed at Cartegena, Colombia
"The English once enjoyed an entire
monopoly of the crockery trade of
Colombia. Within the last decade
New York has acquired no small por-
tion of this trade. While 1T is trut.
that some of this crockery is shipped
in bond from the East, it is no less
certain that great quantities of gen.
uine American croci-e cry is to be met
with in the tropics. The ports of
northern Colombia afford d fair field,
in this line, to the dealers in New Or
leans; They certainly could secure a
fair share of the trade if they sent
drummers to introduce their goods
The Sherman Courier of the 18th,
gives the following account of case
of hydraphobia. A little son of
James Hollingsworth, at White
Mound, was bitten about seventeen
months ago by dog. So long a time
had elapsed that no uneasiness was
felt by the parents, but on Monday
last the little boy began to feel sick,
and Tuesday developed strong symp-
toms of that terrible malady, hydra
phobia. Yesterday he was having
aid it became evident
that the fatal poison was doing it's
fearful work. Two neighborS, Mr..
Mullins and Mr.. Steve Stevenson,
came to the city yesterday to secure
assistance and the necessary
drugs to appease his suffering, but
they entertained but slight hopes of
hi recovery.
The Brazos Pilot speaks of old Tex
ans as justly noted for simple man
nerS and plain dress, which are very
little affected by the innovations of
foreign tastes and customs. From
the governor down to the humblest
citizen" it says, "TeXans as rule
have been plain, blunt, self-reliant
people,. 1t may be suggested that
this is largely due to the fact that it
is just such men as rule who have
the nerve to emigrate, and that Texas
is largely made up of
plain, enterprising people who have
here from all parts of the
country. The spirit of the Pilots ar
ticle, however, is to compliment.
among others, Gov. Ireland as "a
plain, earnest, Industrious man, who
seems to consider the duty more than
the dignity of the office"
Archer, of the Crockett Patron,
speaks of the glorious climate of
Texas in these terms
The climate of Texas, we are per-
5uaded, is not surpassed under the
sun. There is absolutely no COM
parison between this and the climate
Of states on the Atlantic coast, on
the same or even a higher latitude.
In Virginia or the Carolinas, where
the days are hot, the night continues
and it is midnight
before it becomes even toll
cradle. If the breeze comes
from the south, it is well-knigh suffo-
eating. The only air that affords re-
lief there is that which comes from
The north. The nights are enervating,
and a person often rises in the morn
ng weak and unrefreshed. But here,
20 matter how hot the day, it is al
ways pleasant (when not exercising)
IN the shade. Inthe evening, as the
sun goes down, it is at once delight
fully cool and refreshing, and. so it
continues through the night. We
nave not seen a night this summer
hat we could sleep before an open
south window without more or less
covering.
Says the Cornhill Express: Every
lays experience demonstrates, by
arguments growing stronger every
year, that the interests of Williamson
county demand the opening up and
strengthening out of more roads. The
present system of roads is by no
means creditable to the intelligence
IF our people. The travel in the |
county is great, and is rapidly in
as the population increases.
Why should the people wait longer to |
begin the opening up and straighten- |
ng out of roads that they really can
lot do without?
These remarks are equally applica-
Die to roads and ways in Travis coun-
~, and particularly to division lines |
md streets in OutlOtS of Austin. The |
,rouble is that parties imagine they |
nave acquired sort of presumption or |
right to keep public ways |
shut up, which they were allowed to |
close when there was no special de- |
nand for their use. because no one
cared to make any issue in such mat
,ers as long as public convenience did |
not require it.
Capt. Shackford was an American |
inc commander, and is as undemon-
strative as Mr.. Gould and quite as in
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