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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

The Agassiz Museum, at Cambridge,
Mass, contains specimens of nearly
every beast, fish, reptile, and insect
that can be found in this world.
The returns for the first month of
the new schedule Of internal revenue
duties show a decrease for July, 1888,
Is compared with July, 1882, of g.
1889, or at the rate of over. 1872,
100000 year. This may be taken as
a fair estimate Of the reduction for the
year.
The beer sellers of st. Joseph, Mo-,
on Sunday mount their kegs on a
barge and come to anchor in the mid
die of the river. Small boats carry the
the thirsty multitude back and forth.
The county attorney holds that this is
violation of the Sunday law and will
prosecute the offenders.
When 1.-THE modern German army
head gear was first adopted, it was re
diculed by the French wits, who made
innumerable grotesque and amusing
comparisons in describing it and its
functions. Now we find some of the
French military journals urging that
the infantry kept should be displaced
by the helmet.
Good morning, john" said one of
the leading pastors in Scranton to a
Young friend whom he met on the
street the first warm day of the sea-
son, show does your father stand the
heat ?" The young man made no re-
ply, bit went away with clouded
brow. And when the good pastor
learned that the young mans father
had died only week before, he un-
derstood why his cordial greeting was
met so coldly.
The ftrst-class hotels of New York
city are being renovated, and the car
pets sold at auction. 1t is thought
that $4,000 yards of brussels and vel
vet carpets will be sold this season.
Some of the carpets are well worn
and others as fresh as when put down
Red colors are preferred, and carpets
originally costing $3.50 yard, go now
for so cents. The average price is &c
cents. Secondhand dealers and house.
keepers are the buyers.
MIR. Tiza the president of the Hun.
garian council, is man of strong will
He has determined to adopt severe
measures against anti-J eWiSh rioters
one of them providing that sentence
of death under martial law shall be
executed within three hours after it is
pronounced. He has also notified the
government that he will resign hi;
office unless authority be given him tt
suppress the Croatian riots at once
The language of Herr Tia is evident
ly that of man of determination.
AT Beaver, Utah, lives Brother Gen
try, a latter-day saint, who tells thu
following mule story: while hunt
ing stray mule in the hills east Of
Beaver, 1 became lost, and after wan
dering around aimleSsly for couple
of days, l rested on the evening of thu
second, completely exhausted. and al
most famished from hunger an(
thirst. While in this state 1 saw ;
bright light illuminate distant peak
and directly after 1 heard voice say
ooh, Brother Gentry, come hither
and you will find your mule Recog
nizing the voice as divine command
1 did so, and 10! and behold, Their
stood the mule, quietly grazing in ;
deep ravine, while bubbling brool
made music over its pebbly bed"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
DALLAS.
Especial to The Statesman. l

DALLAS, Sept. 14.-Joe Forsythe,
whom the people of Humewell, Kas.,
sent for a few weeks ago, to be mar
shall of the town, returned to-day. He
says the cowboys of the surrounding
country used the place as picnic
grounds, before he went up, but that
he and his deputy, II. Rayner, also of
Dallas, killed two of the gang, and
comparative peace has since reigned.
There is not whole pane of window
glass in the town. Rayner is holding
the fort during his absence.
The Brown Stockings base ball club
accompanied by a number of the
friends of the club, left this evening
for Galveston, where they will play
the Gulf City club Saturday, Sunday
and Monday. Returning they will
probably stop at Houston and play
the club three games. They will de-
termine after reaching Galveston
whether or not they will visit Austin
and San Antonio.
Norris Mortel, a German, arrived
here to-day. He tells the following
story: He came to America seven
and a half years ago, landing at New
Orleans. A few days after his arrival
he was married to Miss Margaret
Weber, also German. Two days
after the wedding he started up town
to purchase some household furniture,
but before he reached the place at
which he intended to make his pur-
chases he fell in with couple of fell
lows and began to drink with them
The next thing he knew he was on
board of German vessel twelve
hours out bound for Cardiff, England,
his two companions having drugged
and robbed him and placed him aboard
the vessel The vessel met with adj
versities and was eleven months reach
nights destination. Arrived at Cardiff
and being unable to speak
English he went to the German
consul and related his story. Dis
covering that he had not taken out
his naturalization papers in the Uni
ted States, the consul sent for the
captain of the vessel and compelled
him to deliver Mortel to the German
authorities. He was taken to Berlin
and converted into soldier, to serve
three years and nine months and then
be placed in the cavalry brigade. He
wrote to his wife, explaining the sit
uation, but got no answer to his let
tiers. After serving three years and
three months he succeeded, with the
assistance of his father, who held a
government Office in America, in pro-
curing an honorable discharge and
finally landed in New Orleans, but he
could not find his wife. She had left
the city some time after ibis disap-
pearance, and no one knew of her
whereabouts. Mortel set out to hunt
her, and after writing numerous let
tiers and wandering over the states |
and Canada. He at last heard of her |
in San Antonio. Two days ago he re-
ceived letter from her in ibis city. |
The letter was written six weeks ago,
and had been forwarded to him from |
che postoffiee TO another in his wan
derings. In the letter she stated that |
she had given up ali hopes of ever
hearing from him, and had married
another nlan-Ed. Kronan, but that
she would leave the latter il he would
come Tor her. He arrived here at u
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
A Riot.

READING, Pa, Sept. 14.-A dispatch
from Hazleton says, fearful riot
took place there late yesterday, at a
coal mine on the upper Lehfgh. A
number of miners were discharged
and they threatened to destroy the
companY's property. The constabu-
larry was called out and aterrible fight
with pistols occurred. A woman,
named Harding. and girl aged six
years, were instantly killed, and Po-
lice Captain Hines was shot through
the hand. Nine miners were arrested
and eleven revolvers found. On their
persons a number of the men were
slightly wounded and several oaicers
badly hurt.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
Wages and Window Glass.
IN. Y. Commercial Bulletin.l

The Western window glass manu-
facturers-a wealthy and powerful
rganization-we observe, have just
pose of cutting down the wages OF
their workmen, and, after much DELHI
Grafton and great deal of talk about
poor profits, ETC., the result of it all
was notification that on and after
the 10Th instant reduction of from
10 to 20 per cent will have to be sub
mitted to. Not only this; if the
workmen dissent, it was unanimously
resolved that "each and every firm
agrees to make no glass until these
lower wages are accepted This
means lockout, if the workmen do
not accept the reduced schedule.
We do not suppose that the gentle
men who have chartered Mr.. r. B.
Porter to go among the workshops,
and manufactures of England, in or
der to write home letters for publica-
ton showing how much better off are
the industrial classes here than "the
pauper labor of Europe" will con-
descend to notice this movement ; but
it deserves some notice, nevertheless.
The first thing that will impress the
reader is the spectacle OF a manufac-
ture which has been all along pro-
tected against foreign competition by
heavy duties, ranging all the way
from 40 to 120 per cent, thus forced
into position of confessed poverty.
They say they cannot afford to pay the
present state of wages because they
are unable to compete with increasing
foreign Importation. In other words
protection has failed to protect. This
being the case, is it worth while TO
maintain these enormous protective
duties at all? They neither provide a
profitable home market nor secure to
the workingman satisfactory wages.
If so to 100 per cent viii not enable
the industry to stand on its legs, what
will ? In addition to the existing 80
to 100 per cent what assurance is
there, if the manufacturers have re-
course TO the beggar's plea of a little
more, that even ii the duties were
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
Mr.. PendletOn's Political Scheme.

1t seems that the doctors are being
appealed to now to aid the political
clerks at Washington in evading the
civil service law. The law legalizes a
sixty-days' sick leave, which, with the
regular thirty-day leave, would
amount to three months. A fearful
number of sick clerks have been
brought to light in some of the de-
partments lately, physicians certifi-
Gates falling as plentifully on the
department desks as Dorsey's two
dollar bill or the leaves in autumn.
One certificate recently received sta
ted that the patients sickness would
last just month and that it wasn't
worth while to keep a man at his
desk who was going to be sick at least
four weeks. Il is to be feared that the
doctors of the capital share in the
general Washington disbelief in civil
service reform. A doctor who can
calculate to a day the period of a
clerks sickness may be an excellent
but he certainly has no re-
spect Tor Mr.. Pendleton's scheme to
keep the clerks out of politics.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
How Malaria is Developed.

Invariably there is vegetable de-
composition in connection with latent
moisture standing over from a pre-
vious super-abundance. Sutrefaction
does not necessarily engender ma
laria Excessive heat, though pro-
noting it, is not Indispensable. What
is obligatory is that at little dis
lance below the surface matter of a
kind to rot with damp Should exist,
and that the Surface itself should
not be covered with water to
drown or purge in its transit
the deadly vapor. Floods, while
they last, are as inimical
to malaria as the refusal to let water
stagnate underground. Summer and
and early autumn are its peculiar sea-
son, as mitch because the surface
waters Of winter and spring are dried
up, as that the scorching rays of sun
tend to draw the novious vegetable
fumes at that period most readily
forth. Earth in which moisture is
not allowed to accumulate undis-
turbed purifies the elements Of corrup-
ton. Malaria works its mischief by
urate the soil to its surface
anu Ill6th C14OuSh w OO
absorbed thoroughly. In a state
of nature vegetation often effects its
own cure by a sufficiency of foliage to
condense and neutralize the DANCE
rous emanations. With a perfect
system of cultivation the evil is OBJ
waited by the compulsion imposed
upon river and rain water to circu-
late where they are bid, and to con-
fine themselves to their proper pur.
pose of irrigation. Miasmatic all.
ments are most inveterate and malig'
nant in lands subjugated inadequate
ly. AS physical condition of malaria
is that there should be some moisture
| where once there was much, cor
responding historical condition in
the gradual retreat of human enter
prise from an area at once ruled
London Times.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
Want n Railroad.

NORFOLK, VA, September 49,
The bankers, merchants and capital
lists of Norfolk to-day resolved to
subscribe whatever sum might be
necessary to build a road to bring the
Richmond and Danville system of
roads into Norfolk. Geo. S. Scott and
Mr.. P. Clyde, members of the syndi-
cate controlling the Richmond and
Danville railway, to-day examined
the harbor, its shipping advantages
and termal facilities. A proposition
of conference was submitted to the
Richmond and Danville syndicate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
A Heavy Shit

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-The hearing
against Commodore Garrison, for the
recovery of 100000, value on $4,000
shares of the Missouri Pacific railroad
stock, was continued to-day. Counsel
spent the entire day arguing whether
the contract made in Missouri is legal
in New York. Referee ruled that the
question of validity must be settled
by the state in which the contract was
made, and that he is to follow New
York law evidences.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
An Illumination.

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 14.-Twenty
thousand oil barrels in the cooper
shops and adjacent sheds of the Stand
ard oil company burned last night,
six miles north of the city. Several
cars of the st. Paul company and
many of the Northwestern company,
which were standing on tracks, were
consumed. Loss, $4,000; no insur
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
Special kilograms.
MARSHALL:
Special to The Statesman


MARSHALL, Sept. 14.-There was a
grand parade of the U. B. F., (colored)
with a splendid band of music and
competitive. drill of six knights, at
the Union Park picnic, and speaking
and ball. The following officers of
the grand lodge of U. B. F. were
elected for the ensuing year:
R. G. Collins, of Calvert, was re-
elected grand master by reclamation;
III. NJ: Fun, of Houston, deputy; NJ.
/. White, of Austin, grand secretary;
W. Gross, of Marshall, assistant secre-
tary; w. S. Buckner, of Austin, grand
treasurer. The delegates speak in the
highest terms of praise of Marshall
and their pleasant sojourn among the
freedmen.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
HOUSTON.
Especial to The Statesman


HOUSTON, Sept. 14.-To-day VIM.
Yandell, president Of the State Press
Association, was here, and arranged
with the railway lines between here
and Louisville for free transportation
for members of press excursion to
the exposition. He has arranged for
accommodations for all desiring to
attend. He wants all who will go to
notify him at once, so he can procure
needed accommodations. A party
will leave here on the evening of the
oath and all must be here then. They
will arrive at Louisville on the even
ing of the 18th, and will be absent two
weeks, visiting st. Louis and Cincin-
natl during the time. Yandell left
tonight for Seguin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
LAMPASAS.
TSpecial TO the Statesman

~NN-N~----N---N4
LAMPAsAs, Sept. 14.-Mr. Snod-
grass, president of the street railway
company, is expected tonight, and
dirt will be broken in the next day or
two. A thousand ties have already
been received, and the cars will be
running in three weeks.
There is a petition in circulation to
call an election on the question of the
city taking charge of the public
schools.
Work on the Park Hotel will COM
mence next week.
Judge Lynch, the celebrated archi-
tect, is here taking observations and
gathering dots for the Santa Fe one
hundred thousand dollar hotel.
Trade is booming and the general
impression is that we will have 27,00C
visitors here before June.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
HEARNE.
rspecial to The statesman,1

Especial TO Inc statesman
HEARNE, Sept. 14.-Rev. j. r. Bry-
an, colored, was to-day fined So and
costs for an assault upon Conductor
Couple, on August 10. Bryan tried to
force his entrance into the ladies' car,
but failed. He filed suit in the dis
trict court at Bryan for $4,000 dam
ages. He lost the case, and was ar
rested and returned here for trial and
was confined all night in the city cal
aboose. He paid the fine and was re.
manded to Brazos county for carrying
pistol. Bryan made strong ap-
peal to the court there for mercy, and
said this had been an unintentional
offense, and it was the first time he
had ever looked through the bars.
No rain here for three months.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
Elevated Railroad.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. 14.-The
secretary of state to-day licensed the
incorporation of the Chicago Central
Elevated Railway. Capital $4,000, 600.
The incorporators are w. d. Scott,
Chas. M. Clark and James Sweeney.
The line is to extend to Riverdale,
Englewood, Washington Heights,
Norwood Park and Provise, suburbs
south of the city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
The Police Gazette in Georgia.

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 13.-W. Mon
trose, OF the New York Police Ga
zette, was to-day convicted of dis
tributing an obscene pictorial news
paper, and sentenced to fine of $1,000,
or serve twelve months in the chain
gain. Several weeks ago Montrose
came here by order of Richard X.
Fox, proprietor of the Gazette, to
make test case under the law passed
in 1878. Fox is here and the trial ex-
cited much interest. The Judge said
he would impose the full penalty, be-
cause the defendant was seeking to
get a foothold for the paper which
had been suppressed for five yers. The
case goes to the supreme court.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
Cholera Coming.

CHICAGO, Sept, 13.-The Daily
News publishes a large number of
letters from the physicians of the city
in answer to circular asking their
opinions as to the probability OF
cholera in this country next year, or
the next few years. Most of them an
ticipate more or less cholera in this
country next year and urge the ne
cessity of thorough sanitary precau-
tions-municipal and personal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
New Jersey Democrats.

TRENTON, N. j.. Sept. 13.-The
Democratic State Executive commit
tee remained in session until o'clock
this morning, when temporary officers
were agreed upon. Allen McDermott,
a strong Abbott man, was chosen
chairman. A careful review of the
delegation at 10 o'clock this morning
indicate that Abbott has good lead;
Whitaker a good second; Cochran a
fair third.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
SAN ANTONIO.
Especial to The statesman.i

IoVcCIdI 20 IIIt oIssttSIIIaII'I
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. l4.-It is re-
ported that a man was run over on the
Southern Pacific, at Spofford, last
night, and seriously injured.
Govock Carlisle and another rail-
road contractor in Waco, are said to
have been ambushed by enemies, and
after desperate fight killed.
Forty English immigrants have ar
rived from England.
May Meyers, the little girl who stole
the jewelry, has been found by the po-
lice at negro woman's house, and
placed in the city jail. She seems to
have no conception of the crime she
committed
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
Quite as R asonable.

The users of tin plates in this coun-
try may be counted by the million.
The makers of tin plates if all that is
used in this country were made in it
would not number 100000 persons.
Why should the millions be taxed to
enrich the thousands by enabling a
few men to establish an industry in
which they are not able to compete
with Engiishmen unless they are per-
united to put the country under frib-
nte2 IL would be quite as reason-
able to grow our tea in South Caroli-
ma, where Mr.. lie Due could raise il
for dollar pound, instead Of nav
ing fifty cents pound for il in China
or Japan. The lie Dues .thst wish 10
furnish dear tin plates are not Wilt
more absurd than the LIE Dpc WHO
would like to grow dear tea AID De
and the tea growing selpgFierity Of
the Chinese soil
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
After the Gamblers.

KANSAS CITY, Sept. IA. = The po-
lice began crusade against the gam
blers here last night, in pursuance of
notice given them by the authori-
ties. All the gambling rooms, as far
as known, were closed. Chief Speers
states that since the games in West
Kansas City closed, there has been an
influx of confidence men here and the
authorities are determined to sup
press the gambling evil.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
New at the Rnsiness.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Sept. IA
Frank Alderman, for number ofsi
years book-keeper for the Giness<3
Brewing Company, and John 5tapcaAsS
eX-collector, have been arrested fol-
defrauding the company out Of
$4,000. Alderman confessed be was
fleeing from the city when remorse
caused him to return.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
A Woman Hanged.

RICHMOND, Va, Sept, 14.-Barbara
Miller, colored, was hanged here to-
day for completely in the murder of
her husband in February last. Chas.
Henry Lee, her accomplish, was
hanged the Sd of last month. She,
died from strangulation. Several
thousand people were in the vicinity
of the Jail. Everything was orderly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
Contract Ratified.

HARTFORD, Sept. 13.-The stock
holders, representing about five-sixths
of the capital stock of the American
Rapid Telegraph company, to-day
voted practically and unanimously to
ratify the contract with the Mer-
chants s. Bankers Telegraph com
pany Of New York.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
Fire in the Anheuser Brewery,

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 13.-The wash
house of the Anheuser-Busch Brew
ing company burned this morning.
Loss $4,000; insured.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20

supervising the offenses against
gaming. Now, Mr.. Tansey, you have
published that as fact, and have so
informed the public and its officers,
and now, when you have been called
upon to assist the taw-abiding people,
you think It not right, and attempted
TO refuse to state anything until you
are compelled to, and still we have
nothing, and you seem not to know
anything, and wanted to refuse to
testify.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20

The Atlanta Constitution contrasts
the action of the Georgia Democrats
and Pennsylvania Republicans on
the apportionment questions in their
respective states-very much to the
detriment Of the other.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20

A Massachusetts man who was sent
to state prison for life for kicking his
wife to death has had a stroke of
paralysis and lost the use of the leg
with which he killed the poor woman
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
X. and l.. of II.

New YORK, Sept. 13.-The supreme
lodge of the Knights and Ladies of
Honor to-day decided to hold their
convention two years hence in Chi
cagO,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20

BIRMINGHAM, Sept. IL. At the
trade unions congress Joseph D. Arch
offered resolution, that, considering
the large amount of waste land in the
kingdom, which is capable of culti-
walton, radical changes in the land
system of the country are required in
order that land may be put under pro-
duc5fve cultivation Tor the benefit of
the country, thereby offering a check
to excessive immigration. An amend
ment was offered calling upon thegov-
eminent to declare such land govern
ment property, and with this addition
the entire resolution was adopted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
Rates Restored.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1.-THE passenger
rate war to Louisville and Cincinnati,
between the Ohio and Mississippi and
the Air Line, terminated to-day by the
restoration of all rates to botHplaces.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20

m. today, as above stated, to learn
that Kronan had removed to Abilene
few days ago. He left on to-night's
train for that point.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20

Many times you want to keep meat
or fish for several days. Lay it in a
solution of Rex Magnus over night
and YOU can keep it for weeks. You
can also Keep milk a week or more by
stirring in alittle Of the SNOW Flake
brand, d&wfm
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20

LONDON. Sept. IA Norwegian
vessel sank in the English channel to-
day BY collision. Twelve persons we're
.5roWned.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20

The Pascagoula, Miss. ice factory
runs night and day, and is still behind
with its orders.