The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-16

SAN ANTONIO, August 15.-The
county seat election of LaSalle and
Frio counties resulted in Cotulla for
the former and Pearsall for the latter.
Mary j. Vaughan sues for divorce
from her husband Robert F, Vaughan.
of Guadalupe county, alleging cruelty
and threats against her life.
VIM. A. Bland, late of Rockdale,
lost his estimable daughter to-day by
death from consumption.
There was another sunstroke yes
terday-a German laborer, but he has
recovered.
In addition to the eight city pre-
cincts, whose total vote on the amend
ments yesterday was only 278, the fol-
lowing outside precincts report: No.
3, for and against; No. IL, 10 for
and against; No. Is, IA against.
Mrs. Helm, wife of the international
engineer, hurt herself badly, on Sum
day last, in stepping off a moving
street car.
Three horses have beeh stolen from
Joseph Petisch's ranch in Gillespie
county.
Thirty.four acres of city property,
were sold by Nat and Dan Lewis to J.
M. Campbell, sheepman of Mcmillan,
for SIT 900.
Capt, G. G Hubbard, a well known
wool buyer of Boston, was married
here, yesterday, to Miss Ella M. Plat.
An athletic club has been formed,
with strong polo team of ten men,
bers.
Fort WORTH, August 15.-The
state railroad engineer, Jas. II. Brit
ton, goes over the Fort Worth and
Denver railroad tomorrow on an in
spection of the road.
A committee was out to-day solicit
ing subscriptions for the refrigerating
company, and met with great success,
$4,000 being subscribed in cash sub
/ scriptions. The works are to be COM
pleted and in operation by July /,
1884.
There are now sixty patients in the
temporary railroad hospital here.
The work on the new building pro-
crosses rapidly.
News from the northwestern cOun-
ties in the state shows Il light vote
polled on the constitutional amend
ments, but all greatly in favor of them.
ROUND Rock, August 15.-St. Clair
Dobbins, a negro was arrested
near here last night, charged with
stealing horses last week from this
vicinity. He disposed of the horses
and returned within few miles of
this place, When captured he was
riding gray horse, blind in one eye.
Tie horse is about fifteen hands high,
branded j, with triangle over it.
He claims to have hired the horse at a
livery stable at Austin.
Messrs. Walah & Martins lime kiln
Is now in full blast, giving employ
ment to about twenty men. They are
burning FIVE to six carloads of lime a
week and shipping over the state.
Messrs. Mays & Black are shipping
large quantities of fine building rock
to different points. The finest quar-
ries in the state are near Round Rock.
DALLAS, August 15.-East Dallas
tomorrow votes on the question of
annexation to Dallas. The iDdica-
lions are that the proposition viii be
largely defeated, and both cities con-
tinue as separate interpretations.
Full returns are not yet in from the
election of yesterday, but it is gen.
orally conceded that De Witt Smith
and H. w. Farce were elected public
weighers for Dallas county. The re-
suit on the constitutional amendments
is not yet known, but the probability
is for a small majority in favor Of
them. Charges of an illegal election
are freely made, as it is claimed that
in many precincts no polls were
opened at all, and in others not until
late in the day, that many voters were
deprived of expressing the right of
suffrage.
John Copeland, who was shot and,
as was supposed, MORALLY wounded
a couple of weeks ago, on the surprise
of everyone has so far improved as to
be able to 60 about. His brother
started few days ago from their old
home in Polk county, Tennessee, to
take him back to their parents but on
reaching Texarkana yesterday went
crazy, and the wounded man to-day
left Dallas TO take his unfortunate
brother back to the old homestead
| bereft Of his reason.
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