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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

GALVESTON, June 2.-Ex-Governor
Hubbard, of the Texas and Saint
Louis Narrow Guage, recently stated
In conversation with gentlemen of
this city recently in st. Louis, that
the Narrow Guage would be opened
for freight and passenger traffic from
McGregor, Texas, to Cairo, Illinois,
by the first of July, and, connecting
as it does with the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe at McGregor, will give
the latter road an outlet to all the
principle points north and east, indie
pendent of the Gould system.
John g. Wilkes, of this city, and E.
PHIL, of Houston, have been commits
stoned by Governor Ireland to try an
important case in the supreme court
in which Judges Willie and West are
disqualified.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
railway have added another to their
regular trains running between Gal
weston and Houston, this making
three trains daily connecting the two
cities, leaving Galveston respectively
at $40 a. M, $3.50 p. M. and $50 p. N,
and arriving at 10 a. m., 4 p. m. and
1G:l5 p. m.
The accomplished wife of Mr.. Jake
Davis, the senior of the firm of Jake
Davis & Co., wholesale liquor dealers,
died to-day. Her death was a sur
prise to a large circle of friends,
whose heartfelt sympathy goes out to
the deeply bereaved husband in the
hour of his great distress. Mrs. Davis,
by her social qualities, genial man
ners and sympathetic nature, had
become an universal favorite, and her
loss will be deeply deplored.
The Beach hotel has been leased by
J. II. Pierce. of the Grand Central
hotel, New York, and is expected to
be ready for occupancy by the first
of July.
Real estate transfers filed for record
during the week amounted to $6057.
Interments reported for the same
period Ia; nine adults and five chill
dren.
DALLAS, June Oscar q. Murry.
general freight and passenger agent
of the Gnlf, Colorado & Santa Fe
railway. and party of subordinate
officials were in the city to-day on
some important mission. The exact
nature is not known, but it is gener-
ally surmised to be in connectionwith
the antagOnism existing between the
Santa Fe and Gould systems and the
contemplated extension Of the Santa
Fe towards t. Louis.
a terriiic e thunder storm, accpmta-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

New YOrk's Ferries In Early Times
The Advent of Steam-The Ex-
.cursiOn Season Inaugurated-One
Hundred and FOrty-fOur Miles for
Eiffv NanfS
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THE HIGHER COURTS.
TRepOrted by J. j. Lane ]
IAU5TIN TERM 1888.

SYNOPSIS OF OPINIONS RENDERED.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

CoRsICANA, June 1.-Geo. E.
Roland, guard on the Central con-
vict train, came to town last night,
and got intoxicat ed. In returning to
the train, which is about three miles
south. he sat down on the railway
track, and while there the north
bound 12:45 train struck him, killing
him instantly. The deceased was
fir ON Dover, Arkansas.
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Supreme Court.

PARTIES desiring Information upon matters
concerning the higher courts will receive such
DY writing our court reDOrter,
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the train, which is about three miles
south. he sat down on the railway
track, and while there the north
bound 12:45 train struck him, killing
him instantly. The deceased was
fir ON Dover, Arkansas.
GEORGETOWN, June 1.-The
contract was to-day closed by the
Georgetown water works company
and j. T. Jones, of Palestine, to COM
plete the entire water works in one
hundred days, for $8S,OOO. Five miles
of pipe are to be laid. W tn capacity to
dis charge 100000 gallons of water in
twenty-four hours. The tank is to
be seventy-five feet above the ground
on a rock tower, and is to hold $1,000
gallons of water. The water is to be
conveyed direct from an inexhausti-
BILE spring to all consumers.
The company is composed wholly
of home capitalists.
FORT WORTH, June l.-After fif-
teen months of discussion, the city
council to-day let $190,0O0 contract
for street paving. Stone and gravel
has been decided upon.
A number of officials of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe railway are in
the city to-day, fixing rates to meet
the rates of the Gould system. A
Gould man was here also. Oscar u.
Murry, in an interview, says
the Santa Fe is not for sale,
whether Mr.. Gould wants to buy or
not, and further, the bitter war on the
road by Gould has only increased its
business. The reason of GOuld'S an
tagoniSm is that nearly all Texas
freights from the east are coming
br the Mallory steamship line and
Santa Fe. Thus Gould loses valuable
business. There ale many indica-
tions that scheme is on foot to at
once build the Santa Fenorth, to con-
meet with the Kansas City and st.
Louis.
HOUSTON, June 1.-During the
storm last night the lightning struck
the house of Geo. Baker, two and one
half miles from town. completely de-
moIishing one side of the house and
flinging the weather-boarding in
every direction. Its inmates were
stunned, but not injured. The light
ming struck several houses in town,
among them that of ]. E. knight.
1t is rumored in railroad circles
that the Sunset route intends build
ing line from Harrisburg across the
country thirty miles. to connect with
the Texas and New Orleans road.
This will not affect the passenger
traffic, but will send all through
freight via Harrisburg.
To-day work was commenced by
the Santa Fe road to build from its
depot to union depot in the fifth
ward. giving them connection with
| the Galveston Harrisburg and San
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

HOUSTON, June City Assessor
and Collector Tryon will report to
the city council Monday the collection
of $4,000, in cash, during the month
of May. For the first two days in
June he has already collected $500
$ll00 yesterday and 500 to-day.
The Rev. DR.. Rogers, of Galveston,
the presiding elder of the Methodist
Episcopal church, is in the city for
the purpose of conducting the regu-
lar quarterly. conference, and will
officiate at the conference services at
Shearn Chapel tomorrow morn
ing. The regular quarter
ly conference meeting will
be held at the temporary chapel at
$3.50 o'clock Monday night. The Rev.
}. j. Clemens has been indisposed for
several days, and is at present con-
fined to his bed. -
w. IL. Armstrong, United States
commissioner of railroads, and Thos.
Hazard, engineer of the commission
er's Office, passed through on their
way to San Francisco. They are on a
day light trip of inspection and have a
special train.
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NO. A..

Antonio, and Texas and New Or
leans roads. They will build a fine
bridge across the bayou.
The California railroad officials.
Fred Crocker, son of Vice President
ChaS. I. Crocker, William Curtis. su-
perintendent of tracks. and MIR. Ger
aid, auditor. all of the Central Pacific
and j. A. Fillmore, general superin-
tendent of the Sunset system inspect
ed the Sunset shops at Harrisburg.
The entire party leave on their spe-
clal train tomorrow for California.
via the Eden route.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

CORsICANA, June 2. = AT a called
meeting of the city council fran
chise was given the new street rail
way company for the laying of track
and doing the necessary grading ON
our streets. 1t is thought that the
hurried passing of the ordinance was
without due consideration, and that
a great many needed restrictions were
omitted which will rebound against
the city's interest in the future.
n young son of j. Redding fell
from Il tree this afternoon, injurying
him so severely that he will probably
die this evening.
Our county is being seriously dam
aged by the drouth, and unless we
have rain soon our hopes of Il crop
will be small. Indications tonight,
however, are favorable to a pelting
rain tonight.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

JEFFERSON, June 1.-Our district
court has been engaged this week in
impanneling jury in the case of the
state VS.. Travis Urquhart, for the
murder of Pat Mathis, the
jailor, last summer. The jury
was completed to-day and
the examination of witnesses begun.
Mathes and two other officers were
trying to arrest Wright on capias
from Cass county, when he shot twice
and killed Mathes.
An incipient fire near the railroad
depot, occurred yesterday, but was
promptly eXtinguished, with loss of
part of the roof of the house.
1t is reported here that the safes of
Messrs. Galloway & Anderson and
also the postoffice at Kildare, fourteen
miles north of here, on the Texas and
Pacific railroad, were broken OPEN
and robbed last night. No arrests
have been made, but is thought there
is clue to the guilty parties.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

| NALN ESION, June I.-JOnn Ber-
locker, once prominent and success
1ul merchant of this city, died sud
denly this evening at his residence on
Mechanic street. Mr.. Berlocher had
been a resident of Galveston for the
past forty years, and when in busi-
ness was active and enterprising. He
has been in feeble health for some
time, although able to be on the
streets until quite recently.
The investigation into the custom
house and charges preferred against
Collector Malloy was concluded to-
day and it is believed will result in
the reorganization of the custom SER
vice at this port, if not result in re-
moval of the collector.
The special car of the general su-
perintendent of the Southern Pacific
railroad system arrived at 10 o'clock
this morning. The party aboard the
car consisted of &c w. II. Arm
strong, commissioner of railroads, ac-
companled by his wife and daughter:
Nlr. Hazard, chief engineer, and Mr..
Curtis, general superintendent of the
track OF the Southern Pacific. Gen.
Armstrong stated he is on tour of
inspection of all the subsidized roads
OF the Southern Pacific system, and
had made the run from New Orleans
to Houston yesterday in twelve hours.
and concluded to take a run down
here and see the city to-day.
The party have been driven all
over the city, visiting all points of
note, and expressed surprise at the
size and substantial evidence of the
property of Galveston. The party
return to Houston and from there
take their departure west.
Pope, an Austin negro convict, who
escaped from John Wells gang of
convict laborers in Brazoria county
last December, was recaptured in this
city yesterday and is now in Jail,
awaiting the penitentiary officers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07
THR ExcURsIoN SEASON.

LnH LAObho4ON oAAoOr-
At last we have some Sure-enough
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 (Sunday) may be considered q
the opening day Of Me excursion y
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-09-14
LATER.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 1.
Later investigation swells the number OF
missing at Drenan's rag warehouse fire to
nine. The list is: Chris Borman, Rose
O'Connell, Mary Burke, Mary Lynch.
Bessie Brady, Nellie Kelly, Mary Lee and
Maggie Lee (sisters) and Mary Spieler.
None of these have reported to their homes,
and all were known to have been in the
building at the time Of the fire. The entire
building has fallen, except little portion
of the front of the southern half, next to
the Tines Star building. The rags
are still burning and a stream Of
water from an engine is playing
on the smoking debris. The work of search
ing for the dead can not be undertaken yet.
The Times Star issued an edition at twelvs
O'Clock. Its presses were not injured and
were used. Their type. was all DESTROYED
and the editorial rooms drenched. The
VoikSbldu gave them type and editorial
room to-day. Tomorrow they will remove
their composing and editorial rooms to the
building vacated by the late News Com
pany, where they will remain until repairs
are made.
Tonight the search for bodies in the
brennan rag warehouse ruins is still in
progress, but without success. The task is
exceedingly slow. The half burnt rags,
paper and hemp drenched with water make
the mass almost impossible to remove,
except by handfuls. The mass is smoking
yet from smouldering fire. With the ex.
ception of the discovery that no such girl
as Lizzie Kelly worked in the house there
is nothing to reduce the number of victims
below that given in the former dispatches.
1t was very late last night before it was
certainly known that so many as eight
persons had lost their lives in the building.
The Times Star issued its edition on time
TODAY,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-09-14
Sweet Sixteen and Sixty.

About six months ago, says the Vic
toria Post, the steamship from San Fran
cisco brought number of hands from
the railway works at Yale. Among the
number were two who seemed to bt
much attached to each other. The
elder was man about sixty, quite plair
in appearance, but evidently we'll
educated gentleman. The younger ap-
peared to be about sixteen years of age
with a remarkably winning face. wear.
ing large hat, drawn well over his
eyes, small hands and natty little foot.
With the party these two left Victoria
for Yale and Immediately commenced
work on the road, the supposed boy
doing his share of the saving and chop
ping with the rest and gaining many
friends by his gentle and unobtrusive
manners.
After few days the elder of the two
became sick and he had to be removed
to the hospital, where he was followed
and nursed by his devoted little COM
panion. The medical attendant soon
discovered that the supposed youth was
young lady and the wife of the sick
man. She was Immediately taken to
the house of a lady residing at Yale,
where, after discarding her masculine
attire and assuming more befitting gar
ments, she disclosed the fact that with
her husband she had eloped from San
Francisco. where her father and STEP
mother resided. They had objected to
her choice and wanted her to accept the
attentions of man she disliked. Her
lover persuaded her to leave home, and
after being married they took the
steamer for Victoria young wife
disguised as boy in order to elude
pursuit.
The enthusiasm and admiration of the
rough men with whom the young lady
worked knew no bounds when they
learned that their quiet little companion
wSs girl, and that she had endured
the hardships of a camp life in order
to be near her husband. The husband
returned to San Francisco a fortnight
ago, leaving his wife with some kind
friends at Yale. Having secured a
house and furnished it, he wrote for his
young wife to come, and the brave little
lady sailed away from her. new friends
TO join her husband
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-09-14
Summer COasting.


Thomas Alexander. a typo ut the
| University Press office, has novel in
yention which he styles an artificial
sliding or coasting hill, for use all the
year round. 1t is claimed that by this
invention accidents, which are too fire.
quent from the use of sleds on ice. NAV
be avoided This artificial hill, fol
which patent has been recently
granted, is designed for use all the year
round, but is especially adapted during
the heated or milder seasons for use at
seaside resorts, public gardens, parks,
and private grounds. 1t may be
erected in large buildings devoted 10
varied public amusements. The hill
may be erected of any desired length.
the elevation of the platform being
made sufficiently high to give the re-
quired incline and impetus to the sleds.
1t may be placed on level ground or on.
a natural hill or incline, the expense in
the latter case being much less. The
invention in part consists in construct
ing the hill with grooved ways ortracks,
to be .sed with sleds of peculiarconstruc-
ton and adapted to the grooved ways, SO
as to insure perfect safety to the occu-
pants of the sleds while gliding swiftly
down. Each sled will be supplied with
comfortable seats, also a brake TO con-
troll its speed. The sleds rest on start
ing table on the platform, and, when
loaded. are started by means of this
table with force down the hill. At the
lower end of each track is curve by
which sleds are conducted to side re-
turn course, on which is arranged an
endless chain or belt, with hooks, which
engage with loops on the sled. whereby
the latter are drawn to the top of the
hill again, with or without their occu-
pants. The sliders descending and
those ascending the hill will be in full
view of each other, thereby enhancing
The pleasure and excitement of the oc-
cupants of the sleds. The platform.
which will be pleasant resort for spec
;ators. is reached by means of stairs
with landings. An elevator may also
be used ii necessary. 1t is thought by
those competent to judge that this novel
coastirg hill cannot fail to be popular
with old and young, all the ordinary
objection to this fascinating and health
full amusement being overcome in this
invention. 1t is predicted il cannot fail
to prove very great attraetion.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-09-14
A Horrible Report Lacking Confirmation

CHICAGO, sept 4.
The Inter- Ocean Springfield Qll.) specia'
says: a private dispatch says Company A
Ninth Regiment of Infantry, State Militia
returning home to GRANVILLE from the en-
campment of the Second Brigade, met with
an accident onl the st. Louis & Evansvill,
Road between Carmi and GRANVILLE. The
train ran through bunch of cattle and rar
over some of them. The car in which wert
members of the company was overturned
killing nine and wounding fifteen.
Nobody at Carmi had heard Of an acct
dent. Vincennes answered an inquiry:
"No news of any disaster; train dispatch
ers on that road say no accident occurred
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-09-14
Shocking Fate of an Old Lady and Two
Children.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. o.
The village Of Merton is stricken by the
terrible death of Mrs Hayland and her two
grandchildren, who were burned to crisp
this morning. Mrs. Hayland, aged sixty.
Ave, and the children. aged three years and
six months respectively, were occupying
room in the second story of a small frame
dwelling, where she resided with her son.
in-law, Everett Everett, who was at work
at a new coal shaft. Mrs. Everett had left
the house on an errand, and during their
absence the structure was discovered to be
on fire, and before the inmates could be
rescued their egress was cut of and they
persisted in the flames.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-09-14
A Suspicious Disappearance.

NEW IONh, rSP1sV s
Henry Lumburg, a baker of Austin, Tex,
came to this city early in July, and stopped
for a week In Hartmann's Hotel, 40 Bowery.
On July IA he sailed for Europe. and trav.
eled throughout Germany. He returned to
this city in the steamship Fulda Septem.
Der I, and again went to Hartmann's. he
was very liberal with his money, and IRE.
auently invited all the persons in the bar.
room up to drink. He carried valuable
gold watch and chain, and seemed always
to have considerable money with him. On
Monday morning he went out at nine
O'Clock. and has not been seen or hear1 OF
ut the hotel since.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-09-14
THE LATEST.

THE official statement of the cotton crop
| of the United States for the year ending
August 81, 1888, issued by the National
Cotton Exchange of New Orleans, shows a
total crop of 6,9A,756 bales; including the
receipts at shipping ports, GOOGLE; ship
ments by rail routes overland to northern
spinners, direct from producers, GIL ,SO1
bales. The report shows that the southern
mills consumed 313,S bales, an increase
over last season of 26,439 bales. Increase
in total crop compared with the previous
year, 1,4O3, 10s bales.
HEAVY rains and high water recently did
great damage in Western, Texas. All the
creeks which had been dry the entire sum-
mer, suddenly became raging streams
twenty to forty feet deep and spreading
across the country, washing everything
before them. Horses, cattle and sheep
were seen floating by hundreds down the
current. Windmills and outhouses were
swept away. The loss to stock could not be
estimated as nearly the entire country was
flooded. The Texas Mexican Railway lost
eleven bridges and culverts and several
miles Of track within width of sixty miles.
AT one place 1,1O0 sheep were drowned.
About thirty miles from Laredo shepherd
was found killed by lightning. The body
was in sitting posture, holding piece of
meat in its mouth.
A HEAVY frost on the night of the 9TH in
Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin DAM
aged the corn in all parts of the State, es-
pecially near the Manitoba road and Sioux
City division of the st. Paul & Omaha
road. There was also frost in Iowa.
The exports of breadstuffs for the seven
months ended July 81 were 500, 32s ,532,
against Ss1, 1924 BIB same time, 1882.
Hon. j. ID. BEDLE, Ex-Governor of New
Jersey, had his left leg broken by fall at
the CORTLAND Street IN. " ferry.
/ AT Usage City, No., a colored mob at
tackled Constable Krantz and his deputy,
who had charge of the colored man, Mings,
who stabbed Written, and getting Mings
away from them stabbed him six times and
left him for dead.
The boiler in portable saw mill near
Manila, Ohio, exploded recently, killing
Charles Palmer and Martin Ellison and
severely injuring two others.
RECENTLY the cottage of Robert Adair,
of Houston, Texas. was struck by light
ming and burned, and the same bolt killed
Louis Sickness.
JAMES BRYCE was recently arrested in
New York on the charge of embezzling
y! 600 from Henry Ferris & Sons, brewers.
GREEN & SoS's mill at Milford, Wis,
was destroyed by fire with 5000 bushels of
wheat. Loss, $45, 900; insurance, $35, 600.
oh oafa To
Griffin was recently convicted at Spring
Held, No.. for the murder of John p. Henry
and given fifty years in the Penitentiary.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-09-14
A Suspicious Death.

ST. PAUL, MINI, Sept. 4.
This morning the body of Leon Clark, Of
New Haven. Conn.,, was found in the river
under the bridge by officer Clark. He
either jumped or fell from the bridge
last night, and falling into shallow water,
was stunned and drowned before recov.
ering. He is man OF fine physique, about
twenty-five years of age, five feet eight
or ten inches in height. well-proportioned;
wore q good business suit of navy blue
cloth. He was Clearly shaven, with the
exception of dark-brown mustache.
Later in the day a roommate appeared
and said Clark was q brakeman on the
Manitoba. There is some suspicion Of
murder.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-09-14
GENERAL.

WAR between France and China is de.
clared to be inevitable.
LATER estimates of the loss of life by the
recent volcanic eruptions upon the island
of Java place the number of those who
persisted at 100000.
Two hundred persons have been arrested
in the province of Girgenti, Italy, charged
with brigandage. Among those arrested
were a priest, several land overs and
members of the Communal Councils.
AT the Berlin (Prussia) depot some days
since crowd of people made rush to
board an excursion train when another
train ran into the crowd, killing seventeen
men, eighteen women and four children.
After the catastrophe the railway was
found covered for one hundred yards with
bodies shockingly mutilated. OF family
of five persons only one escaped.
BUSINESS failures the past week 157,
agaist 1876 the previous week.