The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-05
THE NEWS.
FHE WORK OF REPORTERS ALL
OVER THE LAND.

A Cincinnati dispatch says Archbishop Pur
cell is dying.
Another fine day of racing with fair attend
ance, at Chicago.
A severe storm struck Eau Clair, Wis, yes
terday, doing great damage.
The pduper immigrants III Castle Garden
are forloTn and hOmeSick.
The Continental Guards were given a grand
banquet by the GrayS at Cleveland, o.
The TewksDury investigating committee are
allowed six more sessions in which to render a
! Additional charges against Supervising
Architect Hill were received by Murch yeSter-
| day.
Lieut. Farquehart, engineer corps of the
United States army, died IN Detroit yesterday
! afternoon.
The volcano of Ometphe in Lake Nicaragua
Panama, is ill eruption, and the entire island
| VIII be destroyed.
The one hundred and fifth anniversary OF
the massacre OF yOming was celebrated with
| great pOmp at WilkeSDarre, Pa
Delegates to the difference of anti-monOpo
! lis are arriving i'll Chicago. A large represent
tation is expected from the Western states.
Treasurer Polk, who elnbeZZled the ate
funds OF Tennessee, Is being tried III the crinl-
| gal court at Nashville, Judge Allen presiding
The internal revenue bureau have re-
| ceived to date 100000 stamps imprinted on
checks and drafts for cancellation and redemp-
| ton.
| A bureau for collecting accurate commercial
| mining, agricultural and industrial statistics,
has been established by the Mexican presi-
dent.
! Capt. Fleming, late chief deputy of ex-Treas-
urer Polk, was arrested ON a requisition,
charged with making false entries to the
amount of $4,000.
A Cincinnati dispatch says huckster
wagon, containing family OF six persons, Was
struck by ThunderbOlt express train and all
except the driver killed
1t Is reported H. Cincinnati, that scheme
has been devised to build a parallel road from
St Louis to San Francisco, with branches run
ming to Texas and the Indian Territory.
AdNlceS from arts confirm the death OF
ChamDord.
The New York Cotton Exchange was closed
until Friday.
The races in Chicago were Well attended
with heavy betting.
Enoch Pratt yesterday gave to the city of.
Baltimore library.
A sentence OF eighteen months was passed
upon Holland i'll Jersey City.
The president left the White House late III
the evening for New York.
Gov. Butler, at Boston, vetoed the bill 10 levy
state tax OF S2,0OO.OO
Wu.. Ii. Seamen murdered his sister, i'll New
\ DIRK, ana then SuicidCd.
The COntin, ntal Guards were disappointed
i'll meeting the president at the white house.
There Was a decrease i'll the public debt OF
90 20I, with 1915, S9 ,902 cash in the treasury
ForUy-seVen tourists Oh bicycles started out
on AN extended Canadian trip from Windsor,
Wisconsin.
A severe storm swept over Wisconsin, com
and killing several.
Advices il ON Wilkesbarre state the Cunning
ham and Baltimore mines are Hooded with
The Dauphin county aims house, laundry
and school house, near Harrisburg, Pa, were
burned; inmates rescued.
j. L. Brown, late United States marshal,
was sentenced in Little Rock to two wears i'm
priSOnment and fined $4,000.
A months festivities, ill commemOTatiOn of
the European colonization of that city, have
begun i'll Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Elan, one OF the dnelling editors IS recuper-
atlng at The house OF Lieutenant Governor
Lewis, at Harrisburg, Va.
The Semi-centennlal commencement eXer-
ciseS of the ladies department OF Oberlin col
lcge, at Cleveland, were celebrated with
pompouS ceremonies.
Developments in the Hill case show an lille
gal and excessive charge of $l3 u allowed
Dartlett, Robins & Co. for extra work on the
New York postotfice.
In Elm ra New York, Mayor ArnOt contin-
II to wage war on the Delaware, Lackawana
and Western railway, against laying track an |
State and Fifth stree is.
Arrangements are being made for holding |
reunion OF surviving participants of both |
armies OF the battle OF Wilson creek and Oak /
lin al Springfield, Mo, shortly.
Holidays commence i'll the cotton markets in |
Galveston, New Orleans and New York to- |
u orrOw and no futures will be sold or spot |
quotations given until Friday.
he management of the Southern Cotton |
at Louisville, have closed con- |
tract with Edison Tor Illuminating the entire |
building and grounds with incandescent lights |
AZ cost OF not less than 100000.
The secretary OF the treasury has decided to
continue the present lead seals system Of faS-
len1ng cars.