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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

An intoxicated colored man who
resisted arrest with whisky despe-
ration, bit off the right ear of the
Marshal of Neville, Georgia, day
or two ago.
The Suez canal, according to cor
respondent of the London Times, is
fast becoming source of disease.
The numerous settlements that have
grown up along its banks have allow
ed their sewage pipes to run into the
canal, and owing to this fact the
stencil is sometimes intolerable, and
many diseases are prevalent.
The perpetual clock, which has
been running in Brussels for a year
without stopping or being touched
by human hands, is wound up by a
draught of air through a tube which
operates on fan connected with the
machinery. The draught is made to
pass upward through the tube by ex-
posing it to the heat of the sun.
Within the last thirty years there
has been Il marked decline in the
English death-rate. The general effect
as stated by Mr.. N. A. Humphreys. of
the Statistical society, is to raise the
mean duration of life among men
from 40 to AZ years, and among women
from AZ to 40 years. The decrease Of
mortality is manifested chiefly be-
tween-the ages of and %.
The Union flour mill company, of
Waterloo, Iowa, has brought suit
against the Weekly Observer, of Vim
ton, Iowa, and two firms in that city,
claiming damages to the amount of
$50, 600, for the printing of an article
in which it was stated the Union mill
company flour was adulJerated with
alum. The statement was made in
the shape of an analysis by 4 chemist.
The throne on which the car sat at
coronation, Sunday, is covered with
$40 diamonds. 1926 rubies and many
other precious stones. The orb re-
ferred to as blazing in front of the
throne is adorned with fifty-eight
diamonds, eighty-nine rubies, twenty
three SapphireS. fifty emeralds, and
thirty-SeYen other stones, and with
enamels colered in the highest style
of the Grecian art to tell the story OF
King David. 1t is also claimed that
it contains piece of the True Cross
The number of savings banks in
Francs is 541, which have besides 794
branches. They comprise about 81
100000 depositors, of whom 2,500.0O0
possess sums below 500 francs. $780,
600 from 500 francs to 800 francs, ESQ.,
600 from 500 francs to 1000 francs, and
10000 above 1000 francs. The share
of Paris in these depositors is 900, $50,
of whom 120, III are workmen, 55,69S
domestic servants, 21,717 trade assist
ants 1O.311 soldiers and sailors, 1885,
037 professionals, l58. .324 minors and
507 benefit. .soc7ties.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
District Court.

A. S. Walker, Presiding; j. p. Hart, Clerk
In the case of the state VS.. w. S.
Wikerson ct ais, sued on his bond as
tax collector of Smith county, judg-
ment was yesterday rendered for de-
fendant, Mrs. ]. III. Davis married
woman: and for the state as against
the other defendants for $5627.70 and
costs of suit. Horace Chiffon attor-
ney for Mrs. D-.vis, and County At
torney Moore and o. Archer, Esq, for
the state.
Judgment was also rendered for the
state in the case of the state against
Wilkerson ct al for S3133:26.
The suit of Eanes and wife, sueing
the water works company for dam
ages in the loss of their little son by
drowning in the reservoir of the wa
ter works, was ably argued yesterday
by Messrs. Dowen and Archer for
plaintiff, and Sheeks and Sneed for
defendant. The argument of Mr..
Sheeks was particularly forcible and
was admirably supplemented by that
of Mr.. Sneed. The jury gave YER
dict for the water company.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

A STARTLING report comes across
the waters. Some of the London pa
pers assert that ODonnovan Rossa
and Peter j. lyman are the secret
spies of the British government.
"These declarations" say the cable
dispatches, "are backed up by certain
detailed statements which carry the
impression that the papers which
make the remarks are in possession of
good deal of information
upon the subject. These publi-
cations have produced genuine
sensation among the members of the
different Irish circles, but nearly all
the members of the. Irish parliamen-
tary party ridicule the newspaper
statements. and assert that no we'll
informed Irishman in London doubts
the fidelity to the Irish cause of both
Rossa and lyman. Some of the Irish
leaders affect great Indignation over
what they call pretended disclosures,
and characterize them as government
inventions, made for the purpose of
injuring the Irish cause.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

THE Philadelphia American, a
staunch but honest Republican Or
gan, says:
"The news of the emphatic rebuff
of Malone will be well received by all
men of honesty and intelligence,
whatever may be their political
opinion. for the cause which MIR. Ma
hone represents, and upon the
strength of which his former success
ses were achieved. is cause which
does not deserve anything better than
defeat. The reputation of legal debts
is simply cheating, by whatever Ii
cense it may be practiced, and Mr..
Malone. as Readjuster, is not man
with whom the Republican party can
afford to form an alliance There are
other grounds upon which, as poll
tician. he has forfeited the respect of
right-thinking people. and if he has
been snubbed, as would appear, it is
a matter of cOngratul,Ition."
The current having turned away
from the boss repudiator it may be
confidently expected that hereafter
Virginia will return to it's old allegi-
ance, and swell the list of Democratic
ctofac
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

A COMMITTEE of the New York
Cotton Exchange, which for some
weeks has been considering the ques-
tion of inspection and classification
of cotton, has sent in report, in
which it is stated that it is for the in
terest of the exchange and of the
trade generally that some plan be
adopted by which cotton, once de-
livered and classed, should. upon all
subsequent deliveries on contract, be
deliverable upon the same classifica-
tion. The committee, therefore,
recommend Il code of rules to carry
out these suggestions. The plan
Is certainly the proper one. The
classification ought to hold in fact,
all the way from the producer 10 the
manufacturer
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

MED at times by very severe wind,
has ragged here and over North Texas
for the last five hours, commencing
ut six o'clock in the evening. Con:
siderable damage has been done to
windows, signs, weak frame build
ings, and trees, shrubbery, flower
gardens and telephone wires. 1t is
feared crops just ready to harvest
have suffered severely by being
beaten into the ground. A great
amount of water has fallen, and por-
tions of the city are flooded. The
electric disturbances are very bad,
and telegraphic communication is in
terrupted to considerable extent.
A. III. Talmage, of the Missouri Pa
ciiic system and party of his asso-
ciateS, arrived from Ell Paso to-day
and remained several hours. lie Is
on tour of inspection of the Gould
lines, and left for New Orleans and
goes thence so st. Louis. While here
to-day he was in private consultation
with w. ii. Newman, but what was
under consideration has not been
made public. Mr.. Newman leaves for
Galveston tomorrow night, to estab-
llsh his headquarters there.
Base ball to-day-Dallas 10, Caruth
Station IL.
n horse stolen from J. b. Perriman,
of Wise county, about IA week ago,
was recovered to-day. The thief,
named Wilson, was captured near
Dallas and lodged in jail.
n. l.. Sheppard, secretary of the
North Texas race circuit, is prepar-
ing to issue the programme for the
October meeting ut Dallas, Fort
Worth and Gainesville. The
purses aggregate $4,000. The
dates will be announced next week,
the secretary of the Memphis associa-
tion having telegraphed to-day that
he will give his dates ON Monday
next.
Information from Denison tonight
is to the effect that Miss Moore, the
companion of Miss Hattie Bayliss.
who committed suicide on account of
the Sherman-Denison scandal, to-day
attempted to kill herself with poison
by taking large dose of chloroform.
At last accounts she was still alive, but
in critical condition, Burke and
Hughes, the two scoundrels who
caused the scandal and ruin, are still
in custody, and it is considered GER
tain that the tragic features are not
vet ended
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
Uncle Sammy Tilden.
Hartford Times.1

No wonder the Republican party
managers fear this man. They both
fear and hate him. 1t is said to be a
law of human nature to hate one
whom the hater has wronged. No
wrong so great was ever done to any
man in American political history as
the Chambers, the Shermans and the
other Republican plotters did to Til
den; and no such wrong was ever
done to the principle of American
government as that returning board
fraud of 1876, and the not less dishon-
est action of the Republican MEM
bers of the highest court who sat on
the electoral commission. 1t may be
in the order of things that Mr.. Tilden
is again to lead the Democratic col
umn, but, nominated or not, he will
never be forgotten.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

On THE 2Sth of May the treasury
reserve was down to $126.O64 ,O32. and
this is about $12,5OO,OOO below forty
per cent of the outstanding legal ten
ders. The receipts for the month had
been about $28,OOO,OOO and the ordina-
ry expenditures about $22,OO0,OOO,
leaving an excess of about $6OOOOOO.
The pension account for the month
having been deducted. the balance
will hereafter improve.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

STATISTICS show that not quite
one-third of our population is foreign
born, or foreign in the second degree.
OF the 100000 included in the
above computation, about 100000
have Irish fathers. The number hav-
ing German fathers is 10000 larger,
showing that the Germans outnumber
the Irish in the Union. The Irish are
less than third of the population.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
BY What Authority?

There is some talk of the state
building broad gauge railroad from
the International and Great Northern
railroad, at Jacksonville, to the
branch penitentiary. at Rusk, a dis
tance of fourteen miles. 1t is mat
ter of some interest to find out where
the penitentiary board (Which would
act for the state in this enterprise)
derives the authority to launch out
in this kind of internal improve
M Av,fu
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
VOL. XII.

THE San Francisco Examiner
thinks it would be proper in the
Democratic executive committee of
the country to formulate a plan by
which the Democrats of New York
may be induced to work in harmony.
Dissension now means disaffection
next year, when the whole force of
Democracy will be required to carry
the presidential election, and we
think, as does the Examiner, that the
committee might do valuable service.
OF course, the dissensions in New
York arise from personal causes, and
these ought to be settled
by disinterested arbitrators, and
no agency could be more
potent in deciding these differences
than the one suggested. The dissen-
sions are, as a matter of course, be-
tween Tammany and anti-Tammany,
and the executive committee have
direct authority from the Cincinnati
convention not t. recognize separate,
political organizations in the same
party. 1t is properly said, that any
faction which measures it's influence
by the capacity for evil and not for
good, is undemocratic; that any
party is wrong which threatens
to ruin the party to which it pretends
unless it be extended that
which it wants. If, the discordant
elements in New York cannot be in
duced to harmonize they should he
crushed. Democratic unity in that
city is essential. Too long have
the scheming politicians of
the great metropolis been
permitted to endanger the success of
the party by their ceaseless ticker
ings, and if they come not at once to
what is reasonable. every DemocIat in
the land should lend aid in driving
them out of party which has prin-
ciples at stake greater than all the
personal considerations affecting New
Y Ork politics,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
A Novel Text BOOk. .
[Brenham Banner.l

WE fully concur with the Calves
ton Print in the following: "Goy-
ernor Roberts having named few
law books which he will use in the
law department of the University,
the San Antonio Express thinks Rob-
er IS book on Texas would be appre-
ci;Gted also. We trust the Express
will not urge the adoption of the
Governors finely illustrated book
very strongly, If he has any hopes of
the University being a success
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

THE council of the Democratic
union veterans, at meeting in San
Francisco, on Tuesday evening, pro-
posed to extend their organization to
all parts of the United States. Gen.
Rosecrans will be made head of the
organization with the view, it is be-
ieved, of giving him presidential
hoorn
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
StalMarts to the Front.
boston Star.1

Mr.. Walter Evans, of Louisville,
Kentucky, whom President Arthur
has just appointed to succeed Mr..
Green B. Raum us commissioner of
internal revenue. is genuine, una
dlllterated Grant-3O6- medal
s an. Gresham, who is credited with
bringing about his appointment, is
also staunch admirer of the hero Of
AppomatoX. The "old mans" stock
is looking m
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
County Court.

Judge z. T. Fillmore. presiding; Frank Brown,
Clerk.
Judgments were rendered yester-
day as follows:
In case of Leader VS.. City of Aus
tin. in favor of the city.
Koerber VS.. Mo. p. R'y. Co.; Criser
VS.. 1. s. G. n. R'y. Co.; and Rector vs.
Mo. p. R'y Co, all for plaintiffs.
j. w. Smith was appointed admin
.istrat0r of the estate of Jno- I. Miller,
in place of J. B. Rector resigned.
Bond required and fixed at SlO0OOo.
Aif. Smith. Jr.. was appointed
guardian 6. Poindexter, etal. minors
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

ACCORDING to information derived
by the Cincinnati Commercial-G Ga
zette from the best informed dis
tillers and dealers, the country uses
now only as much whisky as it did
when it had but 100000 population.
How about the oceans of lager?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

JUDGE THURMAN believes that
the Democrats will carry the state
ticket, and a majority of the legisla-
ture in Ohio this fall, and the judge
is not one who is in the. habit of
making idle boasts or talking to kill
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

THE administration organs declare
that Dezendorf, of Virginia, is an sir
repressible crank and dead beat" be-
cause he is persistently exposing the
bad practices of Boss Repudiator Ma
hone. If Malone should be defeated
at the next state election in spite of
the coddling by the Republican ad-
ministration, the stalwarts would
drop him at once and perhaps attempt
to set up Dezendorf himself as boss.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

THERE are to be elected in Mime
sofa this fall governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary Of state, state
treasurer, attorney general and rail
road commissioner, and all the present
incumbents are said to be deslrous of
nomination.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
NEW YORK, May %, 1888.

Hundred and FOrty-fOur Miles for
Fifty Cents.
NEW YORK, May %, 1888.
From Our Special Correspondent
The completion of the East river
bridge has brought out some history
in regard to the earlier methods of
crossing the two great rivers that
separate this city from Brooklyn and
Jersey City. Passing over the misty
past, when this continent was i'm,
habited only by the aborigines, who,
no doubt, crossed rivers and bays in
dug outs" and bark canoes, and COM
ing on down to the period after the
pale face flashed the light of his coun-
tenance in the lower bay, the colonial
records tell us that the first ferry es-
tablished across East river was i'm
1912, and the place of landing on this
side of the broad deep river was
where the present Fulton ferry house
now stands. The boats on ferrieS
were required by law to be worked by
two experienced watermen, furnished
with four oars and two boat hooks
and to bear the names of the owners.
and proper numbers. Those who
ran the boats were required to- pay
the city for each two boats the
the fabulous sum of $3.50 a MONTH
Sails were used on some of the boats
but whether oars or sails or both
were used, the boatmen experienced
great difficulty in operating them,
especially in stormy weather.
THE ADVENT OF STEAM.
The steady growth of New York
and the spread of Brooklyn impress
ed upon the public the necessity of
more adequate means of crossing the
river than the row and sail boats.
Improved facilities came from an un-
expected quarter, none other than the
the steamboat, and in 1919 Robert
Fulton and Robert r. Living.
ston established the hrst
steam ferry ever seen
on this continent. The line was from
Paulus Hook, now known as JERSEY
CITY. to Beekman Slip, now known as
the foot of Fulton street, New York.
Fair street was extended from the
river TO Broadway and given the
name of Fulton street, in honor of
the great inventor. From this point
may properly be dated the origin of
Fulton ferry, the line which last year
transferred upward of 22.0O0,O00 of
passengers. Fulton and VIM. Cut
ting. his brother-in-law, leased the
ferry for twenty-five years, from
May 1, 1914, at an annual rental of
$1,000 per annum for the first
eighteen years, and $500 for the
remaining seven. At first trips were
made hourly, and when other boats
were added. half hourly. At first
about twelve minutes were required
to cross the river, but in few months
! the time was reduced to from four to
eight minutes. About 184O rapid and
effective improvements were made,
and the ferry business became one of
| the great and prosperous enterprises
of the times. Now, ferry boats are
shooting across both rivers and the
bay like rockets every minute in the
day, and they alone have made the
spread of population at this great
commercial center horrible.
THE EXCURSION SEASON.
At last we have some sure-enouQh
summer weather and the excursion
season has opened. The tide has not
yet set in from the city to familiar
seaside and country resorts, put yes
terday lSunday) may be considered q
the opening day Of fhe exeursi ion y
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
Don't Like Shooting.

The gentleman who, on the recent
press excursion, amused themselves
by shooting out of the Car windows
with their pet revolvers, should be
entitled to the thanks of the people
OF the state. Carrying pistols on ex-
cursions is as commendable as carry
ing them to church.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
A Word in Reason.

lCharleston News and Courier
The New York Times says "the
eastern states cannot escape from the
competition Of the south and west in
manufactures" The safest and best
thing for the eastern manufacturers
to do is to pull up stakes and move
down into the cotton belt, where we
have cheap cotton and low freights.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

THE fare across East River bridge
is one cent. The insurance premium
for crossing is high.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
Special kilograms

SAN SABA, June 1.-The wheat
crop is reported by those who have
harvested, to be yielding very well
The acreage in cotton this year is
very small and late. The weather
continues dry, with no indications of
rain, which is needed very much.
Unless it does rain soon the corn crop
will be Il failure
Cattle and sheep pass here almost
daily, going west.
Wool continues to come in in large
quantities. Wool men complain of
the nominal prices offered by buyers,
and many will hold their wool for
better prices. Our town is now about
free from the measles and the health
of this section was never better.
WACO, June l. Work upon the
new oil mill is progressing rapidly.
1t will be a gigantic concern when
finished.
Sanitary notices, to be served upon
citizens delinquent in cleaning their
lots, are in the hands of the health
committee.
A sale Of 500 head of cattle has
been made by citizen of Waco to Il
gentleman who will stock a ranch in
Shackelford county.
Mr.. Van Hall left this morning
with seven convictS for the Hunts
vile penitentiary; four are from
johnson, two from Hamilton and one
from COmanche county
a base ball nine leave here to-
morrow morning to play match
game at Whitney with a nine at that
place.
The case of Matthews q Co., men,
toned in yesterdays dispatch, occu-
pied the district court all day, going
to the jury just before adjournment
of court. No verdict yet. This is
the fourth trial of the case. The
first case to be called tomorrow will
be the railroad bond case of Walker
VS.. the city of Waco, in which the
constitutionality of the city charter
is involved.
Steve Bates, colored, indicted for
attempting to starve his children,
was arrested to-day and placed under
a bond of $3.50.
n negro udln6u OdDe, living on
the Steiner place. ten or twelve miles
from the city, was found dead this
morning, his body filled with bullet
holes. When found he was 100 yards
from the house, and appearances in
dicated that he had been shot in the
house and then dragged to the place
where found. He bore a good repu-
tation. No clue to the perpetrators or
motive of the crime.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

DALLAS, June IA sad case of sui
eide is reported from Denison this
evening. A respectable young lady,
Halle Bayliss, aged sixteen years,
shot herself about 10 o'clock this
morning, dying almost instantly.
She left Il note to her mother, stating
therein that Henry Burke was the
case. Miss Bayliss and young lady
companion yesterday accompanied
Burke and F. Huges from Denison
to Sherman, the party stopping at a
hotel there. They returned to Deni-
son last night, arriving after mid
night, and this morning ,scandalOus
reports were set afloat which soon
resulted in the suicide. Burke and
Hughes were arrested, the former
being conveyed to Grayson county
jail. ut Sherman, for safe keeping
from mob violence at the hands of the
enraged citizens OF Denlson
A stockman in the city to-day, from
the Indian territory, informs the
STATESMAN correspondent that
everything is again harmonious be-
tween the cattle men and the Indians.
A satisfactory adjustment of
all range differences has been
made with the Kiowas, Arrapahoes,
ChickasawS and seven smaller tribes
by the stockmen paying four cents
per acre for the use of all lands used
for range purposes. Stock is in good
order and there is an abundance of
fine grass. A great deal of land is
being fenced in since the four cents
per acre law was made.
A report from Fort Worth tonight
says the Gould system has adopted
such severe and extreme restrictions
with the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe road that the latter company is
not hereafter to be permitted the use
Of the union passenger depot, but
that the depot will be for the exclu-
sive use of the Missouri Pacific, Texas
and Pacific and the Fort Worth and
Denver roads. The Santa Fe ran it's
passenger trains to and from it's own
faeight depot, several blocks distant
from fhn 1Ig1inn 6pnnt
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
United States Courts.

United States Attorney Evans has
brought suit against Stillwell II.
Russell and his bondsmen as u. S.
marshall for $l,357.76, amount of pro-
ceeds of sale Of sheep and goats con-
demned by the government and al
legged to have been appropriated by
him.
The First National bank of Aus. in
has brought suit in the law side of
the same court against G. e. Ander-
son and Sanford & Son for balance on
prOmiSSary notes.