The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

DALLAS, June 13.-J. n. Keller, of
Little Rock, Arkansas, a director, and
L. n. Downs, of Lowell, Massachu-
sets, general manager of the newly
reOrganized Southwestern telegraph
and telephone company, are in the
city. They are on Texas and Ar
kansas tour of inspection for reor-
ganization and enlargement of the
telephone service. j. VI. Brown, of
Boston, Massachusetts, inspector and
detective for the Bell telephone COM
pany, accompanies them, to look
after the patents, royalties and gen.
eral interests of that company. j..
b. Dunbar, late manager at San An
tonic, but now general superintendent
of Arkansas and Texas, present head
quarters at Little Rock, but probably
soon to be removed to Austin, is also
here.
The following managers of ex-
changes are also present w. Hub
ert, OF Fort Worth; j. Harrison, of
Gainesville; B. Willis, of Sherman;
A. Watson, of Denison; McCurray, of
Paris and S. NJ. Clover, of Dallas.
The following have been appointed
division superintendents: d. M.
Clover. of Dallas, for the division
from Ell Paso to Marshall and all
territory north of Waco, with head
quarters at Dallas; Mr.. Baker, former
manager of the Little Rock, Ark,
exchange, takes all of Arkansas and
in Texas from Marshall eastward,
with headquarters at Little Rock;
J. F. Milburn, all southwest OF
Texas, headquarters at San Antonio.
1t is the intention of the new man.
agement to at once build large mum.
Der of new exchanges and connect
all important towns by a telephone
circuit. There are at present seven
teen exchanges in Texas, with three
more being built. From one hundred
to two hundred miles of lines will at
once be built in the territory tributary
to Dallas, The new company has two
million of dollars capital and tN% 8
hundred thousand dollars paid into
the treasury, for the specified service
in Texas as detailed above. The Wis
iting parties departed tonight for
Little Rock. The organization con-
trolls telephone service us follows all
of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
part of Massachusetts and New York,
all of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota
territory, Arkansas and Texas.
The heavy rains of last night slight
ly injured the Todd Touring mills and
destroyed from $500 to $1,000 worth
of wheat and flour.
The funeral of j. L. Leonard, the
banker, was one of the largest ever
witnessed in this part of the state.
All the banks, many of the business
houses, the state and federal courts
and the city and county offices were
closed.
Gov. Ireland's published appeal for
money subscriptions from the people,
to have Texas properly represented at
the Louisville exposition, does not
arouse much enthusiasm in this sec
ton.
FORT WORTH, June ID. = G. w.
Fugatt, from Wichita Falls, who was
on his way to Hillsboro with two
boys for school, was robbed last night
of $110 at the Metropolitan hotel
where he stopped for the night.
In the case of N. G. Smith, charged
with an assault with intent to COM
NIT rape, was tried in the district
court to-day and the jury returned a
verdict OF not guilty. They were out
only five minutes.
A novel marriage took place here
to-day, in which the groom was only
twenty and the bride 40. They are
now Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Stuart.