The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-28
SUNDAY TELRGRAMs CONDENSED.

William H. HUT, United States
minister to st. Petersburg, is about
to leave on furlough.
The construction trains of the
Northern Pacific reached Missoula,
There IS Il gap of 120 miles to close
between Mlssoula and Helena.
The monument to Gen. Fred
Hecker was unveiled last Sunday
in Washington park, Cincinnati.
Speeches were made by Emil Rothey,
Moritz Jacob and Albert Springer.
The Chicago, st. Louis and Pitts
burg railroad announces a change of
timetable, which went into effect
Sunday, the oath inst. 1t shortens
time between Chicago and New York
one hour.
The conservation of Rev. Joseph
Rademacker as bishop of Nashville
took place Sunday morning, in the
presence of vast crowd. The bishop
received purse of gold eagles from
his former Pensioners of Ft. Wayne.
AT Richmond, Va, an ARRAY occur
red Sunday evening between William
Crutchfield and L. f. Mason. The
former was stabbed four times in the
body. Physicians say the wounded
man cannot live. The cause of the
ARRAY was an old feud.
The river is still rising at st. Louis.
and the flooded district in the north
ern part of the city presents about the
same appearance it has had for seve-
raj days. Should it rise another foot
it will inundate all the lowlands, and
seventy million feet of sawed lumber
will be surrounded by water.
A cablegram from Shanghai says,
it is stated that telegram couched
in language of a very pacific nature
has been received from France. This
is believed to- be due to the efforts of
Marquis Tseng. A report has also
been received of an outbreak of trou-
BILE between the French and their
native allies in AMMAN.
A Cleveland, Ohio, dispatch says
the body of Chas. r. Goodwin, the
missing cashier of the Lake Shore
freight house at that place, was found
Sunday in the lake near the
breakwater, but no letter or
writing explaining the suicide
could be found. Goodwin was a de-
faulter in the sum of $1,000. Cause.
too much speculation in stocks.
AT st. Louis, a reception was given
at st. Patrick's hall tc Patrick Eagan,
at which large number of Irish cit
liens were present. Eagan made
brief speech acknowledging the cIm-
pliment and exhorting all to stand by
the national league. Judge John
O'Neil was Missed, because in his
speech he deprecated secret societies
and denounced the murder of Caven--
dish and Burke.
Secretary Chandler has addressed a
letter to the chief of each bureau OF
the navy department, calling atten-
ton to the recommendations of the
commission concerning the organiza-
ton of navy yards and the DISPOSE
ton to be made of each yard. He
also alloues to the enormous expendi-
lures at the several yards, and consid-
ers this inconsistent with faithful
administration.
A second dispatch from st. Louis
says the break in the Chicago & Al
ton railroad track has flooded nearly
all the eastern part of Venice, and
has forced many families to vacate
their houses and seek safety on high
er gro, nd. The Venice and Enter-
prise elevators are closed, and the
transfer stock-yards on the bank of
the river are no longer available.
Creeve Occur lake, twenty mile
west of st. Louis, which is an O.
bayou of the Missouri river, has sw
len so much from high water in the
river that it has overlooked its west
ern banks and flooded the low lands,
doing great damage. Anice house
belonging to the levee Creeyeice COM
pany was undermined and fell, en-
failing loss of $4,000. The rail-
road, hotel and other buildings sus-
tanned considerable damage.