The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-31

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Cool weather. Parties from the
country are complaining of the
drouth, and are afraid that the small
grain will be failure.
ChaS. Vidor, of Galveston, and fam
lily, are on visit to Mrs. Oliver
Steele.
General health good.
TYLER. May 23.-Mrs. Walker.
mentioned yesterday as the lady so Sc
verely burned, died to-day, after lin
gering in terrible agony for nearly
Twelve hours. She will be buried
here tomorrow.
Master Mechanic Lewis withdraws
from the service of the Texas and st.
Louis railway to-day. Mr.. Frank
Adams, formerly travelling foreman,
succeeds him. Mr.. Adams enters
upon the duties of the Office at once
No one has been named for the SUI
perintendency, and it will probably he
some time before the appointment is
made.
FORT WORTH, May %. = c. G.
Brown, a telegraph operator from
Tucson. Arizona, took ten grains of
morphine with suicidal intent. He
was worked on with battery and
stomach pump. and was thought to be
recovering, but has reiapSed and to-
night is said to be dying. A young
variety girl is said to De at the bottom
of it.
J. Finch, a brakeman, stole pair
of shoes this evening and was chased
and caught. He was, at his own re-
quest, taken in saloon, where a num-
Der OF railroad men compelled the
officers to release him, when he
escaped.
A move is on foot to establish
sew, raj large wool houses here, to
store wool for commission business
strictly.
The war of property owners against
HELPS Half-acre" continues. The
cyprians are backed by a few men
who rent them shanties at exorbi-
tant rates.
1t is announced that the surveying
corps to locate the line of the Deca-
tur and Western road goes into the
field tomorrow.
Gen. e. B. Mcclellan is expected to
be in this city early in June.
Houston, May 23-At about two
o'clock this morning kitchen was
burned in the rear of a building in
the third ward, occupied by W. II.
Mead.
About 2:3O o'clock to-day Tom
McManus was shot in Albrecht's sa-
loon, on Preston street, by
Toney Morris, who keeps
a fruit stand at the corner of Preston
and Travis streets. Morris has been
arrested and placed in the calaboose.
He claims the shooting is an accident.
McManus is reticent upon the subject
IS tG the cause of the shooting, but
denies that it WaS an accident. The
ball entered in the right breast. The
wound was examined by Drs, BUyles
and clarendon, but it cannot yet be
said whether the wound is fatal or
not.
Houston will soon have system of
paved streets made by a voluntary
special assessment of property hold
ers that will make Galveston AID San
Antonio and Dallas, TO say nothing
of the villages OF Fort Worth, Austin
and Waco feel very cheap.
After two days trial OF the case in
the district court OF County judge
Hamblen as relator against County
Commissioner Frank S. Burke, ON d
charge Of collision with contractors
in bids for the new 100000 court
house, the jury brought in verdict
Of not guilty, hardly leaving their
seats.
The loss by last nights fire is about
5000, insured in the following COM
panies: Liverpool, London and
Globe, $1,000; Underwriters, $4,000;
H. T. Hurd, $1,000 in the Childress
and Taylor agency; Pete AntOnsky,
$3.50 in Springfield fire and marine.
GALVESTON, May ga Norwe-
gian bark went ashore day before
yesterday, between the mouth of the
BraZos and San Louis pass. and re-
port has it that she has yellow fever
on board. The bark is from Vera
Cruz and was consigned to Vogel,
Amundson & Co., of this city. Mr..
Vogel left this morning TO 20 to the
vessel and learn what assist
ance is needed.
It is understood in railroad circles
that Mr.. Allen Mccoy has resigned
his position as assist; ut eeIiaral
freight agent of the Missouri Pacific
railway, and that W. H \ Anlan,
general freight agent, will reIi ;.vv his
headquarters from Dallas to 81 ) city.
President VIM. Harding AID iirCny
both bein out of the city, it -. inI-
possible to obtain definite inToi aston
1t is understood, however, that Mr.
Mccoy tenders his resignation for
the purpose of engaging il other
business. The rumor was current on
the streets this morning that anothe
man had betrayed his trust, but en-
quiry failed to elicit who. This
thing seems to be becoming
epidemical. Mr.. @. J. AicRaa, teller
of the Texas Banking and Insurance
company, left by the train this even
ing for New Orleans, where he is to
wed Miss Ranberthuysen, popular
young lady of the Crescent City, and
in elite circles here.
President W. H. Harding, of the
Galveston. Houston and Henderson
railway of 1872. sailed for New York
to-day on the steamship San Marcos.
Another smallpox patient died
in quarantine camp last
night, making three in all
since the camp was established. The
other cases are doing well and the dis.
ease is confined to the camps,
Hon. 81. j. Labatt has been invited
to address the association of eX-
cadets of the Agricultural and, Me-
chanical college at Colorado City next
month.
LOUISVILLE, May 23.-The spring
meeting of the Louisville jockey club
opened to-day. Ten thousand spec
tators present. Track slow. First
race, three-fourths of a mile, all ages
Carson first, Rena b. second, Cen
tennial third. Time, 1:20. Second
race, one ana one-fourth miles-Ap-
polo first, Lizzie S. second, Juliet
third Time, 2:17.
Third race-Kentucky Derby, three
year-olds; mile and a half. Leonatus
drst, Drake Carter second, Lord Rag
Ian third. Time 1 :43
Fourth race-Mile heats; Rufus L.
first, Snowbok second, Ballast third.
Time 1 ;473S.
NASHVILLE, May 23.-The day
opened cloudless, the warm sunshine
being tempered by cool breeZes from
the northwest. The streets were
thronged with people along the line
of the march of the military process
sion, which WAS in motion at 1870
o'clock. After fharcnidg through Inc
principal streets; which were pro-
fuSelY decorated With buntiny and