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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
RIAL ESTATE TRANSFERS..
ABSTRACT OF TITLE AND REAL, ESTATE
OFFICE OF ZIMPELMAN s. BERGEN, 2
PECAN ST., AUSTIN. rEXAs.

List of Travis county lands transferred dur
Chas Wolf to ]. W. Whippler and wife, part
of wall on lot 4; block 90. Austin; Sl60
Mrs. ii. Il. Thomas to l. s. Simon, lots aud
6, block 15l, Austin; 300
j. G. Cameron ct al. to G.. G. Jones, Isl acres
Willis Avery labor; 9335 acres j. T. Wallace
f W. Chandler to +. W. Kluge, east Il of
lots I and s. block 10. Austin; $500.
Sven Bergstrom TO Andrew Water, 81 acres
p McElroy league; $780,
John Eckstrom to Andrew Waiter, so a res p.
McElroy league; $3.50.
M Statesman and wife to Tom Murrah, lot Al 3,
block %, division D., AUSTIN; $1,000;
John X. Lawrence to Mrs. Kate Edwards, I'M
divided one-third interest in outlot is1s of 3l11
ii. /. Bentley and wife TO Charles Wolf, block
8, outlot >, and block 3, outlot %, division o.,
Austin; 500.
H. L. Bently and wife to Charles Wolf, block
l. outlot 81, division Il. Austin; zoo.
Robert Wells to ID. I. Graey. 2l3l4 acres,
J. w. Raleigh and wife to W. c. Philips, one
third interest IN Charles Clark survey; S25,
II. l.. Bentley and wife to Amelia Brass, block
4, OutlOt 8, division O, Austin; S500.
Elizabeth GrumbleS to Tom Murrah, 30 feet
OFF of south end of lot -. block 4, AuStin 500.
George Piuger to VIM. Smith, CD acres, L..
HimbrO league; $3.50.
Wilheimine Hansen to J. T. breckenridge, 5
acres, l. Decker league; S3r0.
l.. NJ. Mays ct al to G. T. and J. L. Hume, lot
:, block 8, division ID, Austin; $50.
J. I. Breckenridge to z. Burns, 5 6-l0 acres,
/. Decker league; SS39.99
NJ. G. Hamilton, by attorney, to V. A. Fen
ner, outlot 43. division A, Austin; S7eO.
j. II. thomas ct al to +. GorletZ, 70 acres, NJ.
Castro league: S2000.50.
RObt. Mays to j. A. Saunders. my pre-emp-
ton claim ON Barton'S creek; S1200.50.
". ). Riley and wife to E. Z. Krohn, 10 acres,
II. NJ. Babcock survey; 10 acres, b. B. b. s. G.
railroad company'S survey, and S3lS acres,
Mckinney & Williams survey; $500.
W. I. YaI brough, by alto he! TO j. j. Tobin,
north half outiot So, division ID, Austin; $3.50.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
Is Alum Poisonous?

DIR. Halls Journal of Health, in a
recent issue, says:
This question has caused a good
deal of discussion. Alum is used by
many bakers to whiten their bread,
enabling them to use in inferior flour.
1t is more extensively employed as
cheap substitute for cream of tartar
in the manufacture of baking pow
ders. 1t has not teen considered I'M
mediately dangerous, although II con-
tInued it induces dyspepsia and oDstl-
nate constipation. But the fact that
many cases of poison have occurred
from baking powders which con-
tanned alum, puts the question in a
more serious aspect, and prudent peo-
pie will exercise caution in the Se.ec-
ton of baking powders.
Under what condition, then, does
this substance-formerly used only
for mechanical and medicinal purposes
-become poisonous? They are GER
tainly obscure, and at present we can
only surmise what they may be. We
suspect that the cause exists IN the in
dividual poisoned; some popularity OF
the constitution producing morbid
change in the secretions OF the stom-
ach, with which the alum combines
and makes an active poison; or the Sc
cretions may be healthy, but in unus-
ual proportion, and that these less or
greater proportions, in combination
with the alum, constitute poison.
For example, two parts of mercury
and two parts Of chlorine form Gallo
mel, which is not poisonous; but
change the proportions to one part OF
mercury and two parts of chlorine,
and we get corrosivesublimate, Which
is deadly poison.
before committing ourselves, how
ever, we made tests of a sufficient
number of baking powkers to satisfy
ourselves that the substitution OF
alum for cream of tartar in their COM
position has not been over-eStimated,
while careful examination of the
Royal Baking Powder confirms our
belief that DR.. Mott, the government
chemist, when lie singled out and
commended this powder for its whole.
someness, did it wholly in the interest
of the public.
"We do not hesitate to say that the
Royal Baking Powder people deserve
the gratitude of the community
whom they are endeavoring to pro
tect.
Twill not some prominent manufac
turer of pure candies follow their eX
ample, and expose the secrets of
business that is doing untold mischief
to little children ~
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
Capital State Fair Association.

A stockholders meeting of the
Capital State Fair Association was
held week ago, when the following
directors were elected for the ensuing
year: John Hancock, John Ireland,
John Cardwell, w. e. Phillips, Ed.
Christian, E. B. Hancock, j. w. Ora
ham, +. G. Bartholomew, John o.
Johnson and T. A.. Thompson.
Yesterday the directory met to
elect officers and transact other bust
ness with the following result: Lewis
Hancock, president; John Cardwell
and j. w. Graham, vice presidents; e.
G. Bartholomew, secretary; G. w.
Sampson, chairman finance committee.
Mr.. Christian was placed at the head
of the Improvement committee, and it
was decided to have tin
roof placed on the grand stand Other
inpl avements were contemplated,
which will he carried ont some time
next year The grand stand is TO be
covered without delay. 1t cost a
large sum of money, and should have
been properly covered years ago.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
A MANUFACTURER OK PROTEC-
TION.

Mr.. J. Schoenhof, a manufacture
or of New York, has devoted much /
time to the elucidation of protection |
falacies, and as a result OF his labor a
work has just been issued in which he
presents in compact from reasons why |
raw materials should be freed from |
import duties. In a comparative !
table, giving the tariff rates of leading
articles of manufacture, and of raw
materials therefor, in various foreign
countries, it is shown that the high
tariff countries leave raw material
untaXed. Another table shows
whence these countries get their reve-
nue. in 1882: France whose revenue
of S540,000,000 is greatest Of all, raises
So, 100000 from customs, S190,000,0G0
from excise. $4,000 from stamps,
100000 from direct taxes. Great
Britain comes next, with S425, 000,O00
$50 100000 being customs, $135, 100000
excise, S60,000,000 stamp, S50,000,000
income tax, $4,000, postal and tele-
graph. The United States raises $780,
100000, S195, 100000 of it from customs,
S130,000,000 from excise. The German
, empire has an income Of $l4tO0O,OO0,
$40, 100000 from customs, $38,OO0,OJ0
excise, S25,OOO,OO0 contributes of
states, etc. a third table shows the
relative rates of duty Of the tariffs of
1870 and 1883, and fourth gives the
actual prices from 1871 to 1883, to
prove that the specific duties reduced
to ad valorem are really higher under
, the revised tariff than they were
under the old tariff at the time Of its
adoption. Mr.. Schoenhuf incidentally
/ argues against the balance of trade
: theory, by showing that the prosperity
of England involved S600,OOO,O00 more
imports than exports in 1880, which
he takes to be her actual profit on for
eign transactions. The body of the
book deals, in successive chapters,
with the facts of the wool growing
and manufacturing, iron and
steel, and other leading indus
tries, the Superiority of Ameri-
can over foreign labor, the compare
tive wages and purchasing power in
this and other countries, Gncluding a
table of what dollar would buy in
successive years., etc. Out of this
Mr.. Schoenhof draws the general con-
ciusions that tariff taxing raw ma
terials does not protect American
manufacturers, but prohibits eXporta-
ton of their surplus products and
makes home competition destructive
ly fierce that the carrying trade of
the world goes to the country whose
trade and manufacture are least bur-
dened that wages are not determined
by tariffs, but by the standard of life
among workingmen, and that high
standard, promoting developement
and invention, makes production
cheap and that protection" is the
normal condition of counties with a
low, and free trade Of those with a
high, standard of life. Mr.. Schoenhof
is thus an exponent of the economical
doctrine now Put forward by free
traders, that high wages are consistent
with cheap production AMI low prices,
so that by free trade both the producer
and consumer will gain.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29

THE uperintendent of public edu-
cation in Philadelphia has studied the
question closely and takes strong
ground against compulsory education
He does this in face of statistics as to
illiteracy, shown by the last census
which credits the United States in
1880 with 100000 children, out of a
scholastic population of 100000,
with non-attendalce on schools, about
half of whom are in the Northern
States; with 100000 who can not
write their own names; with 4.250,OOO
over twenty-one years of age who can
not write, half of whom are white; and
with 6,2500O0 over ten years of age,
who can not write. This superinten-
dent cites many instances, at home
and abroad, where compulsory educa-
ton has been failure, and very prop
erly asserts the proposition is a dan
gerous one. 1t may be mentioned,
however, as a curious coincidence,
that in presenting plan to do away
with illiteracy, he adopts that which
has been so strongly urged by protec-
tlonists-the accumulation of fede-
raj educational fund to be distributed
among the states. The protectionist
plan is to do anything that will create
necessity for taxation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29

land had some difficulty in regard To
- negro, and in the heat of passion
Durham said something that reflected
upon Cleveland. His son took it up,
and undertook to cane Durham pub
licly upon the street on the corner
where the National bank now stands.
Both men were powerful physically,
and struggle ensued. Durham
drew his pistol and Cleveland
grabbed it with his left hand and
continued to deal his opponent
terrible blows over the head and
shoulders. Finally Durham got the
pistol loose and shot Cleveland
through the heart. Judge Lee, who
was the most celebrated criminal law
yer in Texas, saw the whole affair.
II could not act as advocate for Dur
nam, as he had TO be witness in the
case; all he could do was TO aid him
by ms counsel. The trial, as We have
said, was an interesting one and re
suited in the acquittal of the defend
ant. This was in 1913 Some time
afterwards the old building was
USED AS A SCHOOL HOUSE,
and among those who went to school
in it, was our respected fellow citizen,
Justice Won Rosenberg. He was q
very small lad at that time, but he
can quite wildly call to mind some Of
the String events that took place
here. The scho0l-marm's name was
Miss Payne, but she never missed ;
pain the boys when they deserved it.
Some of her pupils remarked to Il
STATESMAN representative yesterday
that the good lady was
rightly named-She was exceedingly
painful at times. But we have nc
doubt, like most school boys, they de-
deserved all they got and perhaps owe
many good shading to their char
acters to the painful recollCctionS OF
tbs historical building, and the gentle
hand and singing rod OF this same
Miss Payne. In 1916 the state was
admitted and Il few years afterwards
the legislature passed an act authOriZ
ing the old public buildings
for sale and this one wa:
sold to a. ii. Boerne. lie turned il
around and fixed it into dwelling
Such is Il brief outline of some Of the
important events connected with the
house that fell before the tire-king yes
terday. 1t is the last OF the origina
public structures, the old stable Oh
the corner below the Raymond having
been originally built as church
though it was at one time used fol
state purposes. 1t is with regret We
part with the old land mark and WI
have concluded to give it fitting
obituary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
GALVESTON.

The Santa Fo train this afternoon
carried fron The city q number of dis
tingu.shel people among whom zero
Dr.. ElH.fd Lasker, for New Orleans,
}. route 70 The north; Mr.. j. W.
Makey, Hon. Thos. p. Oehiltree and
Col. De Castro. DR.. Lasker was ac-
companied by his brother, NJ. M.
Lasker d his nephew, II. Sachs.
Mr. Isaac Heidenheimer went with
Mr.. Mackey, who goes to New York
before visiting Washington. There
was a large crowd at the depot to bid
goodbye to Dr.. Lasker and Col. Ochil-
tree.
Richard Harris, convicted of rob-
bing the Richmond postoflice was
sentenced this morning to pay a fine
Of one dollar and be imprisoned three
years III the pen.tentiary at Chester,
Illinois.
The United States district and cir
cult courts adjourned till December
II
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29

THE Financial Chronicle reports a
better feeling prevailing in mercantile
circles, and in some departments an
increasin consumption of goods, a.
though here is great competition
among sellers and therefore very
small profits. The numerous failures
do not show a condition of general
business unsoundness. They are
either due to special causes long ante
dating the present depression or are
simply injudicious traders who are
always dropping out every slack.pe-
Rod. The actual truth is" says the
Chronicle, "that with the one eXcep-
ton of railway material we are proba-
bly, producing more to day than we
have ever before in the history of the
country, and the whole Of it is going
into consumption. A good illustra-
ton of this activity III production and
distribution is found in the railway
earnings we published last week,
which showed a gain of IL per cent in
October this year, and that was on
top of a gain Of 16 per cent for the
same month last year. If any consid-
cradle number wish to croak over
such figures as these, the disease must
we think, be chronic, and they should
be permitted to exercise the privilege
| unmolested.'
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
Tie Work OF a Crank.

JACKSON, Mich, Nov. 26.-Yester-
day afternoon u man representing
himself as Col. ". Z. Perry, of Pinker-
TONS detective force, applied to Supt.
Bush, of Michigan Central railroad,
for 4 spfcidl engine to go to Mason,
small station 30 miles north on the J.
L. q S. railroad, in quest Of the
murderer of the. Crouch family.
Bush, supposing him to be rs repre-
scented, granted the request. Perry
went TO Mason, secured the services
of the sheriff, and arrested a farmer
named Andrews living nine miles
west Of Mason. bringing him to Jack
son at midnight. Considerable
excitement was caused by the arrest,
aud thousands crowded to the depot
awaiting the arrival of the special en-
CINE with threats of lynching the
prisoner. The engine was stopped
outside of the city limits and the pris-
oner was conveyed to the Jail in
hack to avoid the mob. Perry turns
out to be a crank and ex-convict
named Howard, and Andrews, a re-
spectacle farmer who stopped at the
hotel the night the murder was COM
mitted, and returned very late, giving
the excuse that he had been out at
house of ill-fame. Sheriff Winney ex-
amined into the facts and sent An
drewS back home.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
SAN SABA.
Especial to The statesman.l


SAN SABA, Nov. 26.-To-day about
2:3O o'clock a fire broke out in the fine
residence OF T. w. Ward. Esq. There
being q no1ther blowing almost gale
at the time, it was impossible to stop
it, and the house and a portion of its
contents were destroyed. The town
was in Imminent danger and but for
the wind changing its course would
have been destroyed The Doiflemy
house. kept by S. s Munge, in which
is tie Telegraph Office, caught two or
three times, and but for The Efforts
on the pant Of the young men, must
have been destroyed. Several other
houses caught fire but were soon put
out. MIR. Ward was insured for 5000
aud the agent, o. G. Price, who in
sured the building, rode into town
soon after the ire started.
Two small robberieS of cash were
committed during the excitement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29

HONEST JOHN SHERMAN comes to
the front in an interview and says,
regarding Mahone's circular, that it
is an "honest and manly document;
but when asked about the finances of
Virginia, he replies: 81 don't want to
discuss that question. Virginia
finances are a local matter" The
tricky Ohio senator accepts the state
ments of disreputable politician for
pure gospel, but will not discuss, be-
cause it is a local question, the repu-
diation by a state of its bonds, which
not only have been and are before the
Unite States supreme court, but are
held d over the country, and in
EuroI Had the Virginia repudia-
ton policy been Democratic meas
ure, this Honest John would not have
been slow to declare it a public shame.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
salt for Dyspepsia.

Half a teaspeonful of common table
salt dissolved in little cold water
and drank will instantly relieve heart
burn and dyspepsia. If taken every
morning before breakfast, increasing
the quantity grandually to teaspoon
full to Il glass of water, it will in a
few days cure any ordinary case of
dyspepsia, if at the same time due at
tention is paid to the diet. There is
no better remedy than the above for
constipation; no better gargle for
sore throat. 1t is equal to chlorate
of potash, and is entirely safe
1t may be FUSED as often as
desired, and if little is swallowed
each time it will have a beneficial
effect on the throat by cleansing it
and allaying the irritation. In doeses
of one to four teaspoonfuls in half a
pint to a pint of tepid water it acts
promptly as an emetic, and in cases of
poisoning is always at hand. 1t is an
excellent remedy for bites and stings
of insects. 1t is valuable astringent
for hemorahages. particularly for
bleeding after the extraction of a
tooth. 1t has both cleansing and heal
ing properties, and is therefore most
excellent application for superficial
Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
Dead Eyes that Winked.


For wonderful stories read the
Paris Figaro. Here is one of them:
DR.. de la Pommerais was executed in
June, 1864, for a murder of the Palm
er type. On the night before his eX-
ecution he was visited by Surgeon
Velpeau, who, after a few prelimina-
~ remarks, informed him that he
came in the interests of science, and
that he hoped for DR.. de la Pomme-
rails cooperation. you know" he
said, "that one of the most interesting
questions of physiology is as to
whether any ray of memory, reflection
or real sensibility sury yes in the brain
of man after the fall of the head"
At this point the condemned man
looked somewhat startled; but pro-
fessional instincts at once resumed
their sway, and the two physicians
calmly discussed and arranged the
dstails of an experiment for the next
morning. "When the knife falls"
said Velpeau, 81 shall be standing at
your side, and your head viii at once
pass from the eXecutioner's hands
into mine. / will then cry distinctly
into your ear, 'Couty de la Pommerais,
can you at this moment thrice lower
the lid of your right eye while the
left. remains open?" The next day,
when the great surgeon reached the
condemned cell, he found the doomed
man practiciHg the sign agreed upon.
A few minutes later the guilletine
had done its work, the head was in
Velpeau's hands and the question put.
Familiar as he was with the most
shocking and CHASTITY scenes, he was
almost frozen with terror as he saw
the right lid fall. while the other eye
looked fixedly at him. "Againl" be
cried frantically. The lids moved,
but they did not part. 1t was all
over.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
LAMPASAS.
Especial to The Statesman.


LAMPAsAs, Nov. 26-Our telephone
is about completed and is Il great con-
venience to the business men. We
will soon be connected by telephone
with Bolton.
The street ears are now running
from the square TO the Hancock
springs, via the Park hotel, and will
connect with the depot this week.
Van Vactor & Co. have opened UP
a large grain depot.
Business is quiet but improvements
continue.
The Exchange hotel has been closed
by i. NJ. Hargrove, banker. The
Globe hotel has gone into the hands
of J. d. Harris and is being painted
and entirely reiitted with elegant fur
niture.
A cool norther gave US an early call
this morning.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
THE iron and steel industries c

THE iron and steel industries con-
tinue to shut down. How is it that
they can not be sustained under a tar
iff practically as high as ever existed
in this country? Why, it is asked
should steel-rail factory stop running
while it is protected with duty of
SIT a ton, or about "a per cent? Is
the tariff to be again raised, and to a
limit that was never before heard of !?
Protectionists, in order to be consist
ent, must so demand, or confess
that their policy is a decided and com
plete failure. They are the last ones
who ought to object to a change in
our tariff policy; for certainly they
admit that the condition of these pro-
tected interests could not be worse
than under the present system.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29

AT late Evangelical council in
Philadelphia a probable ministerial
famine came in for strong degree of
consideration. The lack of candidates
for the ministry was attributed by
one member to lack of faith; another
said it was because of false conception
as to the hardships of the ministry. 1t
was asserted that the decline in appli-
cants had reached fifty per cent in the
last six years, according to one Penn
sylvania synod. The decline of
Professionalism was also under consid-
Grafton, and it was charged that this
impression had gained ground because
of "Protestants in the Papacy, and
Papists in the Protestant Church. y
The alleged decline was not dis
proven,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29

The Tennessee cotton mill, at Nash
vile, has just declared dividend
equal to an annual dividend of four
teen per cent, after having quite re-
Gently doubled its capacity. The cot
ton mills North AMI East are COM
planning of hard times, but in the
South there seems to be no reason
for complaint. If Austin intends to
have cotton mill the move should
be made at once. Machinery can now
be purchased at such low prices that
the investment becomes doubly at
tractive. Who will start the enter
prise and make it a success?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
Tic 0Oahsnes,,

New YORK, Nov. 26.-In the
Oahspe convention to-day Prophet
Newbourg officiated at the mysteri-
GUS ceremonies according to tie
OahSpe revelation. Addresses were
made by several in reference to the
project of starting colony in the
Southwest, where they can live apart
from other religious sects. The idea
is to send orphans there to be brought
up in the faith.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29

THE Stalwart Republicans say they
are satisfied with Malone because he
has given them an issue for 1884.
They maydo their utmost with the Ma
hone issue. but they will fail. Nah one
was wiped out on his own issue, and
his party will go the same way.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29

A LEARNED scientist bases an able
argument against the new time stand
ard on the ground that the sailor must
have the true meridian time to COM
pare with the readings of his sextant,
so rs to ascertain his whereabouts.