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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

NEXT to Texas, Wyoming is proba-
bly, the greatest stock-growing region
in the United States. 1t is said that
about 100000 cattle are now feeding
on the plains, the estimated value of
which is about $3O,OOOOOO.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

THE Pennsylvania legislature had
been in session on the LIST of Septem-
Der 243 days, costing the state $685.
600. Such is Republican rule in a
great state which demands Democratic
presidential nominees.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
LAREDO.
Especial to The Statesman.

Especial to The Statesman
LAREDO, September 3.-Col. M
Gussett, a wealthy and leading mer-
chant of Corpus Christi, is here. He
is authority for the statement chat
work on the Nueces Valley railroad
will positively commence the first of
next year. Northern capital will be
largely interested in the enterprise.
Col. j. q. Wells, an old railroad con-
tractor, arrived here to-day with a
large force of men and material for
the purpose of going to work on the
International extension into Mexico.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
WACO.
[specSRso the statesman.l

[SpectAeCo the Statesman.l
WACO, September 5.-The county
court met do-day, with 100 cases on
the criminal dockA. Forty retired.
Of thirty-three continued alias
capiases, six were tried, resulting in
five convictions and one acquittal;
the remainder were set for trial dur
ing the week. Gettinge Green, an
escaped county convict, was captured
at Cause Saturday and was returned
here Yesterday.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

GERMANY has twenty-one nniversi-
ties, of which ten are in Prussia. The
total number of students attending
this summer was 25,0S4, being an in
crease of 1850 upon last summers at
tendance
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
FORT WORTH.
Especial to The Statesman. /

Especial to The Statesmar.l
FORT WORTH, September g.
Charley Whites little girl, to whom
was given morphine sold by Bruins
wig for quinine, died to-day, the at
torneys therefore changed their dam
age suit to $4,000.
Robert Cunningham, a young Ohio
an, was killed last night while coup
ling cars. A sad incident connected
with his death is that he was to have
been married here on Thursday, to
Miss Della Smith, a handsome young
lady.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

THE Courier-Journal says that if
Mr.. Tilden would agree to become
a candidate for the presidency, no
other aspirant would come before the
Democratic convention. Let Waiter
son trot him out and see if no person
will dare oppose him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

A MICHIGAN man, Webster Gillett
is working out an invention at Flush
ing, L. l., that he believes will revolu-
tionize the telephone business. He
thinks the time is near when we can
not only speak across the ocean, but
ralso see those to whom we may be
speaking.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

THE total visible supply of cotton
for the world is 1,794,917 bales, of
which 103,917 bales are American,
against 1889, 407 and 579,S07 bales re-
spectively last year. Receipts Of cot
ton at all interior towns, 10,640 bales;
receipts from plantations, 1915 bales;
fcrop in sight, 1884, 19 pales.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
CORSICANA.
Especial to TheHtatesman.1

Especial to TheStatesmanl
CoRsICANA, September 3.-The mar
row gauge bridge over Texarkana
creek was burned last night. 1t is
supposed to be the work of an incen-
diary. The passenger train west last
night, owing to misplaced switch,
ran into the turn table, causing a de-
lay of several hours to the train.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
A Bold RObber.

SMrTHFIELD, Utah, September b.
A min boarded train here at late
hour last night, covering eight pas
sengerS and two train men with his
revolver and relieved them of watches
and money, and then made his escape
in the darkness.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

AT meeting of labor unlonists in
New York, it was resolved to boycott
the Sun; and yet the Sun will continue
to shine as brilliantly as ever, proba-
bly, more brilliantly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

ALABAMA coal mines are to some
exteatAyorked by convicts. 1t must
! be an unhealthy business, since the
monthly death rate is elghty-seven to
the 1000 convicts engaged.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

In Great Britain business failures
are decreasing as compared with last
year and with 1881. The same is true
of Canada. But in the United States
the failures this year are steadily
greater, week by week, than in the
corresponding week of the two pre-
ceeding years. For the week ending
August Is, they numbered six more
than the preceding week. The leather
failures and the Wall street failures
swelled the list more than the average,
but as they resulted in no panic such
as often affects even solvent men, they
are now regarded as sort of test that
the general condition of trade is not
discouraging.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

AT ONE time nearly all the live stock
kept in New Mexico consisted of sheep
and goats. AT present the old sheep
raisers are selling off their sheep and
investing in cattle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
Annfher Snread.

The unparalleled increase in the de-
mand for the celebrated Winkelmeyer
beer has forced Mr.. John Kelly, he
popular agent, to enlarge his facilities.
and he has determined to build a new
depot and more room for his business
next the railroad track opposite the
International and Great Northern
depot, which, together with his
present quarters, will give him ample
room for the large shipments he is
obliged to handle. The Boss has
corralled nearly all the trade in most
of the towns in the vicinity, and is
kept busy in supplying the demands
upon him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

AT LAST Mr.. Blackburn withdraws
from the race for the speakership;
and he declares emphatically against
the South and West sustaining Mr..
Randall
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

Vermont sheep breeders have begun
to reap reward for their skill and
care in breeding the Spanish merino.
A flock of 173 sheep which were Sc
lected from the flocks of different
breeders in Vermont, are en- route for
Mr.. John Hay, of Australia, who al
ready owns $1,000 sheep on his two
ranches in that country. These sheep
brought the breeders the handsome
sum of $4,000. -Four of the rams cost
$4,000 each. AS the freight from Yer
mont to San Francisco was $1,000, and
the steamer charge from there to Aus
tralia is $15 per head, these sheep will
cost $35,595 when they reach the inn
porter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

A cardinal business principle is that
one must have goods in order to sell
them, and Messrs. Schoolherr & Bro.
fully recognizing this important
truth, have brought on even a larger
stock than last year, when their hand
some apartments were piled from
floor to ceiling with the finest goods
the markets afforded. The ladies will
be glad to learn that they are devot-
ing their efforts more than ever before
to supplying the demand for fine dress
patters, trimmings and fancy goods
They are now opening and arranging
their purchases, and will in few
days be ready to offer their friends the
pick of the season at their customary
low prices.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

SPRAINED ankles are a prevailing
thing among women, who wear the
present style of abominable high
heeled shoes.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.

: THE doctors of Georgia want an in
ebriate asylum established in that
state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

A valuable silver mine has been dis
covered in Carter and Johnson coun-
ties, Tenn.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
Mills DESTROYED.

EAsToN, Pa, September L. Heyers
grist mill and saw mill, Moorestown.
was burned last night. Loss $3.50, 600.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

For apples, potatoes, onions and
cabbage and full variety of western
produce go to Archie Thomson, SOB
East Pecan street. sept2-1w
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06


items last year were the following:
kaw cOttOn ....-.....-.... SZ4I 80, 81
Corn and meal. ....;..:........... 2a,136 $50
Meat and dairy products. 99,644,621
petroleum OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 0S.9l4,uZo
Total. .s59s, s25, 500
These items, constituting nearly
three-fourths of our exports, are not
among those favored by the tariff in
the smallest degree. With the excep-
ton of petroleum, they are all pro-
ducts of the soil upon which compare
lively little labor is expended in
changing them from a raw state to a
form suitable for export. The in
crease in the total of these items
last year over the year be-
fore was S48,672, $50. 1t is quite prob
able that this years returns will show
gain over last year, as crops gener-
ally are good or very promising, ex-
cepting wheat, and what with the sur
plus left from last crop year we have
plenty even of that to spare, and there
is a good prospect that Europe will
take it at fair prices.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

". A. Henderson was elected mayor
Of Hico,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
The Raw Stuffs that make the Bulk
Of our Exports.
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LRl[tsDurg Fost.I
Az n-@a.%1 H. ,

Among the exports the principe
items last year were the following:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-01
GENERAL NEWS.

The funeral OF Hon. G. v. Fox, ex-assist-
ant secretary OF the navy took place in WASH
ington yesterday.
Two freight trains collided at Fayette juno.
tion on the Toledo, Cincinnati and st. Louis
railroad in Ohio yesterday morning. A fire.
man was injured and one Of the engineers is
reported killed.
The total registration OF Fall River, Mass
is :. ll5 the largest ever known. Last year s
registration for the Stats election was 6,002.
Yesterday morning the boiler of gliding
machine in John Bakers boot factory in Hol-
liston, Mass, exploded with terrific force, se-
verSly scaldine Mrs. Ella Hart, operative,
and damaging the building. The cause OF the
explosion is unknown.
In the race at Concord, N. H., driving park
yesterday for q special purse of $500 between
Onawa and Forest Patchen the former won;
best time 230 1.2.
DR.. Seth Arnold, a leading and wealthy citi-
zen and proprietor of well known patent
medicines died yesterday afternoon at Woon-
socket r. l., aged So.
Harvard freshmen defeated Phillips Acade-
my at foot ball yesterday by score of 10 to A.
Elery H. Andrews, clerk in the North
Western National bank OF Chicago was arrest
ed yesterday charged with embezzling $4,000.
An Ottawa despatch says a rumor that the
Canadian Commissioner is arranging the sale
of the Island of Anticosta to the French is alb
surd. The Canadian government could make
no such transfer. 1t would have to be done
through the Imperial authorities.
Fourteen persons in Cincinnati, o., have
been poisoned by food bought at a grocery
One child died and many are seriously i'll.
Dewey, the Boston forger passed through
Chicago yesterday in charge of officers en-
route for Boston.
Tuesday evening Martin Fonts, postmaster
at Wilderness, Clay county, Florida, was shot
and robbed at his own door.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-01

LONDON, Oct 31.-The excitement over the
explosion is very great. large number Of
policemen were on duty all night at the vari-
ous railroad stations and guarding the line. A
heavy force was also employed watching the
houses Of Parliament and other public build
ings.
The explosion at Charing Gross occurred 200
yards west of the station. No train was there
at the time. The walls of the tunnel were
battered but the rails were not misplaced. The
windows in the station were blown out. The
roof as not damaged. No person was hurt
there.
At the Praed street station the force of the
explosion was terrible. Although workmen
were busily engaged all night in removing
the debris they have not yet finished the task,
nor has the damage there been repaired. The
tunnel there was not destroyed bot deep hole
was excavated in. the road bed, the brick
work was blown up and the gas pipes and tele-
graph line were broken. The refreshment
saloon was wrecked and the windows OF the
other rooms Of the stations were smashed. Ihe
explosion occurred Immediately under pass.
ing train forty yards west of the station. All
the persons injured were in the last two car
riages OF the train. 1t is now known that
tWenty-eigh persons wounded were taken 10
st. Mary's hospital. Four are seriously hurt
but are expected to recover Others were able
10 go 10 JD0lr MONIES curing tu6
All available detectives Of the metropolitan
police force are engaged in searching for the
perpetrators OF the outrages, and the railway
officials are assisting them. The police deny
that any rocket cartridges were found near
the scene of the explosions No traces as yet
have been discovered of the nature of the ex-
plosives. 1t has been ascertained though
that the explosion could not have been caused
by coal gas. No clue to the persons who caused
the explosions has been obtained. The trains
were running as usual this morning.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-O'Donovan Rosa
states that the explosion yesterday in London
was the work of the Fenian Brotherhood, OF
whose movements he is apprised. The work
was done by band of Fenans in London
who were in constant communication with
the comrades in this city. The Woolwich ex-
plosion was only another sample of what is
being done. London would be in ashes, he
said, before long unless England gave up Ire
land. New developments might be expected
any moment, for it was the purpose of the
Brotherhood to push the work rapidly forward
and reduce England to submission.
Investigations made by scientific advisers of
the war department have led to the conclusion
that nitro glycerine in some form was the
agent used in both cases.
Later inquiries confirm the early statement,
that large number of people were injured.
In addition to the thirty treated at the hospital
large number were treated by private sur
geons.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-01
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS.
Answer Of the Boston and Maine.

AAo ~ WOA Va elAO 0OobOh oANA hAelAO'
lions Herald, in this weeks issue, has the
following statement:
The following is the reply of President
Lord, of the Boston and Maine Railroad, to
communication enclosing the resolutions on
the desecration Of the Lords Day, adopted by
the Maine Baptist Convention at South Bsr-
wick:
BOSTON, Oct 25, 1888.
Reu. Henry S. Burrdge, Portland, Me-;
My Dear Sir, Your communication of Oc-
tober 18th, enclosing resolutions which were
recently ADOPTED by the Maine Baptist Con-
veDtion, was received by me in due course OF
mail, and was laid before the directors at their
regular monthly meeting yesterday. 1t did
not seem to the board that it was necessary to
take any special action on the matter at that
time, and the resolutions, with your communi-
cation, were laid upon the table,
Very respectfully,
GEORGE @. LORD, Pres.
The Herald remarks: While this letter is in
striking contrast with the letter of President
jackson of the Maine Central Railroad, it does
not forbid us to hope that the officers Of the
Boston and Maine Railroad may yet place
themselves on the side OF those who desire to
preserve the Lords Day from desecration by
Sunday excursions This evil on the line of
the Boston and Maine Railroad has, in recent
years. increased to such an extent that our
Methodist brethren tell US that, at Old Orch
ard, Sunday has been robbed of its sacredness.
We are aware that our Methodist brethren
have brought about this state of things by
their Sunday campmeeting This error they
now see and lament, and, should the Boston
and Maine follow the example of the Maine
Central in the discontinuance of Sunday ex-
cursion trains, there will be no louder and
heartier amens than from the Methodists of
Maine.
The officers of the Boston and Maine Rail-
road possibly desire to receive wider express
sion of public sentiment. There is now an
opportunity for such an expression on the part
of those " ho live along the line of the Boston
and Maine between Portland and the New
HAMPSHIRE line. Concerted action is of course
desirable, and we trust that steps to this end
will be taken at an early day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-01
THE SENATE RULES.
Results of she Committees LabOrs.


WASHINGTON, Oct. Ex-senator Frye OF
Maine is chairman of the committee of the
Senate charged with the work of revising the
rules of that body. The resolution to this
effect was adopted by the Senate during the
last season, at the instance of Mr.. Frye. II
authorized the standing committee on rules,
of which Mr.. Frye is chairman, to sit during
the recess, at Washington or elsewhere neces-
sary expenses to be paid out of the contingent
fund The results of the committees laberH
are now for the first time published.
Most of the old rules have been revised anu
reclassided without material alteration in lAtl-
guage or effect.
The regulation of the Senate wing of tie
Capitol-a matter heretofore under the control
of the presiding officer-is row entrusted 70
the committee on rules.
In the matter of the appointment of q Sena-
tor to the chair, it is provided that in the ap-
sence Of the Vice President and pending the
election of g president pro tempore, the secre-
tary of the Senate shall perform the duties q
the chair; land the president pro tempore shall
have the right to name in open Senate, or.
absent, by writing, q Senator to perform TING
duties of the chair; but such substitution shah
not extend beyond one adjournment" This
last clause is intended to meet such an exigen-
cy as that presented at one time during tho
last session of Congress, when the President
pro tempore, David Davis, absented himself
from the Guy anu Inc oonate, preiorfiAR hoSuv
act hastily u the matter of filing the vacancy
and set an important and dangerous precedent
concluded to adjourn to await Mr.. Davis's re-
turn.
Two new standing committees are provided
one on internal improvements and one on ex.
penditures of public money, and the name OF
the committee on commerce is changed to
commerce and navigation. No Senator shall
be member of more than one of the COM
mittees on judiciary, appropriations finance or
commerce and navigation.
In regard to the privilege OF the floor of the
Senate, which has been SO much abused in re-
cent years by the admission thereto of un-
worthy and disreputabls characters, it is pro-
posed to make the rule mora stringent
By far the most important of all the changes
proposed is the adoption of the House rule
known as the previous question.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-01

Nathaniel Cannon and wife Of Presque
Isle celebrated the fftieth anniversary of their
marriage on Saturday, Oct. goth.
RAYMOND.
w. H. Smith, at the Central Hotel, has
hornets nest nicely formed in twig of an
apple tree limb with an apple ia view in the
nest. The nest is Al inches by 373 inches cir
cumference.
One of the famous dwellers upon the Kenne-
bee is Gen. Totman of Richmond. Gen. Tot
man is % years old; is a blonde; stands 81
inches high in his stocking feet, and weighs 40
pounds His parents are good Methodists, and
the dwarf first attracted the attention OF the
public at the Dresden campmeetlng. OF late
he has been travelling curiosity. He is a
sharp-witted, precocious little fellow, and has
made lot of money. He is about to be mar
ried at Brooklyn, N. Y, to Miss Rose Wolf,
otherwise known as the German Rose:
Rose is now in her 18th year, and was born in
Hamburg, Germany, of Jewish parents. She
is 80 inches high; weighs 50 pounds; is perfect
ly formed; has black hair and eyes; and a very
sweet voice which she uses to advantage.
In climbing fence with loaded gun Willie
Curtis of Richmond placed his hand over the
muzzle of the gun, which, sccordlng to GUS
tom, went off, shattering his fore finger in
shocking manner, making amputation neces-
sary. The operation was performed by Dr.
Price.
SMYRNA,
The frame Of the Baptist meeting house has
been boarded in, and the society, though
small, are vigorously pushing forward matters
Rev. I. Ridley, their pastor for five years, has
closed his labors.
WINTHROP,
The people of Winthrop were recently horri-
fed at the report in the local paper that the
dead body of an infant had been discovered,
buried in the ground back of the hotel by some
workmen while digging trench. Investi ga
tion, however, proved that the supposed human
remains were those of a fayorite dog, given a
decent burial by its humane owner.
WEST BUXTON.
A. X. P. Lord has been running his saw
mills day and night all summer, and has cut
out large quantity of lumber.
The covered bridge across the Saco river at
this place has undergone quite extensive re-
pairs, and is now nearly completed.
The Saco River Woolen Mill is running on
full time and is turning out large quantities OF
fannels, for which they find ready sale.
The potato crop is the largest that has been
known for many years. The apple crop is
very light in this section.
York has nine resident Taxpayers who pay
over $75 tax. The total assessment is $11,-
112; the total number of names on the tax
list is 1928, and the nine estates above men,
toned pay 81, ,10037, or nearly one-tenth of the
whole tax. The rate of taxation is $l370 on
thousand valuation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-01
An Infuriated Panther.
Barnum's Animals Get Loose and Cause 9
Stampede.

AS Barnum's menagerie train arrived at
Bridgeport, Conn, last Friday, one Of the
cars ran off the track while turning a curve.
AS it fell it burst open ard out rolled els-
phants, heads, legs, tails. trunks all mixed
up. In their struggles they knocked over
several OF the animal dens and then terri
bic scene was enacted. Monkeys climbed
on the roof of the main building, chartered
and cut up all sorts of pranks. Two sun
bears started down the track for town, and
a panther jumped upon the roof OF the car
riage shed.
George Arstingstall whipped out his re-
volyer, fred and wounded the beast, which
then sprang over an adjoining shed and
took to the open country. Martin Edwards,
who was seated on the back of camel,
started in pursuit, followed by Johnson's
bloodhounds and a dozen men with guns.
They tracked the panther through the
cemetery, across Moody's stream and
up on Holland Heights, where they found
the panther fastened upon the neck
of a horse which the infuriated AMI
NAL had just killed. The hounds sprang
upon the panther. Edwards from the cam
el's back, opened fire, but not until the
panther had killed four of the hounds did
he succeed in killing him. The scene was
terrible and exciting People fed in all d.
rections, and not until Edwards returned
with the dead beast loaded upon the camel
did they dare to show themselves.
While the panther hunt was going on Pro
fessor Arstingstalps attention was devoted
to two of the larger elephants which had
been hurt by the capsized car. Juno had
her foot badly crushed, but Albert, whose
tusks had recently been sawed off, was ter
ribly lacerated about the trunk. 1t may
become necessary to amputate this impor-
tant member to save his life.