The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
WEDNESDAY,.

Imprisonment, because aske for by
the county officials and large num-
Der of the citizens of the county and
because he has a large ana helpless
family, and from a statement Of Mr..
floats the sentance appeared to be
severe and the fine is a heavy one.
THE ToYAH FoRAY.
Official information from the recent
cowboys foray into Toyah was re-
ceived Wednesday at the adjutant
generals Office as follows:
HEADQUARTERS COMPANY "a"
FRONTIER BATTALION
Ysleta, July q, 1883.
Gen. W. II. King, Commanding Frontier Batal-
ion, Austin, Texas;
Dear Sir-On receiving telegram
from Private J. J. Beaver, who was
Iefy by Corporal Cantly In charge OF
the squad at Toyah. left for Toyah,
aud on arriving there found all things
quiet.
The man Kelly who was killed had
threatened to clean up the town
several times and wanted to skill
three or four s. of B.
there" He had, on his
last trip there, shot through ca
boose and came near killing man
sleeping in there.
The day of the light, Kelly and five
fathers came on the cars, firing OFF
:. Meir pistols and behaving in a bois-
ferrous manner, and continued the
same after they got into town. Cor
poral Cantly and Private Lease hav-
ing got track of Doughty, had gone
on after him, leaving only three men
at Toyah. The justice of the peace,
Mr.. Fields, called Cd the Rangers,
and, after Il posse was summoned to
assist them. of six or seven cowboys,
q demand was made OF the cowboys
to surrender, which was answered by
discharge of pistols at the Ran ers,
having taken refuge in caDooSe, on
learning there were Rangers in the
place. The fire was returned, and
lasted only minute. when the Ring
ers entered the car and disarmcd the
party Kelly, who began the fight,
was found mortally wounded, with
1.-TWO balls through his body. Two
other men were seriously and enc
slightly wounded A railroad man
who was in the cars and tried to run
was badly wounded, having his right
arm broken and Il ball cutting him
across the stomach.
l turned the prisoners over to
Justice Fields. who fined three of
them $50 each, the two seriously
wounded being badly enough punish
ed. Kelly was penitent before he
died and said he would live "a different
life IL he did not die from his wounds.
Sergt. Tumbs and five men went down
from Garlic with me, but finding
everything quiet | let him return,
leaving Corpl Wilson ard two men
at Toyah until Corpl. Cantly and Pri-
svate Sears should return to their sta
ton. They passed Doughtysat Colo
RADIO City and went on TO
Dallas, but Capt. McMurray caught
him. They are now at Toyah.
CofpOraf rilson and Private Car
medy went down f-om there with me
and have returned. They report
some feeling among the cowboys, but
1 do not anticipate any further
trouble. Mr.. Buster, who had con-
troll of the men who are in the employ
of Hughes q Sampson, gave the cow
boys q severe reprimand and did not
endorse their conduct at all. | will
- u-yed down with the balance of my
as soon as. | can get wagon re-
and attend to some other mat
e.
lrs very respectfully,
GEO. w. BAYLOR,
Captain Co. A.
ARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
4 81. etary Baker. of the hnafdd-uff et-
ucation, assembling out a large num-
Der of the printed statute relating to
free schools of the state, containing
all acts in force concerning the system
of public schools Mr.. Baker has col
lected and published the desired in
formation in pamphlet form. Copies
will be sent TO each of the county
judges.
COMPTPOLLER'S DEPARTMENT.
About $1,000 for account of the gen.
eral fund was the aggregate Of pay
ments into the treasury Wednesday
Geo. w. Bell Collector for Goliad
county, and II. Ii. Kincaid, for Tyler
county, made their settlement with
the Office.
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL PAPERS.
Col. Brewster, commissioner OF
history and statistics, has just receiv-
ed 100 sets of the Southern Historical
Society's papers. The last legislature
it will be remembered, appropriated
$1,000 for the purchase of 100 sets OF
ten volumes of the Southern Histori'
cal Society. to be distributed by the
commissioner, one set to each of the
the public libraries in the various
state institutions.
THE STATE CAPITOL.
Col. Abner Tayler, of the Capitol
building syndicate, left for the NORTH
Wednesday via st. Louis, where ht
will consult with the officers of the
International railroad relative to co
operating with the syndicate by
furnishing the rails for the branch
track (about six niles from the Inter
national to the Oatmanville quarry
where the stone for the new capitol i:
being quarried by force of about
fifty men. The cost of this road wheI
laid will be about 100000, and that O
the road which is ready for the rails
known as the syndicate's city track
will be about $4,000. Fully 100000
as Col. Taylor informs us, will hav,
been invested in the preliminar,
work of the capitol building befor
single stone of the immense struc
ture has been laid There have beer
200 laborers named on the quarry pay
roll this month, showing, by tn,
changes, how difficult it has been TO
Col. Turner, who is in charge of tn
quarry, to secure a good force of work
men. All the stones for the footin.
of the foundations are already quai
ried. They measure, on an average
about 4x8x8 feet, weighing about fou
tons each, and with the exception o
but "a few others will be the larges
required in any part of the bulldins
The cement for concreting the fnin
dations will soon be arriving at tn
rate Of four car loads-100 barrels t
the car-per week. 1t has bee
FOL hot mill -.
quire 10000 barrels of the cement
The contract for the quarry hrancl
road has been let to Mr.. E. Creary, t
be completed by the 18th of Septen
Der. It and the city track will b
equipped and ready for use by tn
middle of October, and then the man
moth structure will begin to rear it
grand proportions in all the magnif
cence of one of the finest capitols i
the Bnion--'A thing of beauty an
JOY forever to the people of Texas.