The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
FRIDAY.


Frank johnson declares there was
no woman at the bottom Of his trou.
BILE with Maj. Morgan. That che
just went down there to see q girl
and the major cracked him on the
head for nothing at ALL" We cheer
fully give him the benefit of his OWL
construction of the affair.
X. Roderegnes, Dan Courtney and
Hosia Johnson were the only parties
before the mayor yesterday. All for
drunkenness. The two former were
fined S. each, and the latter was let off
on the promise that he would emf
CRATE to some city that needed his
society more than Austin.
Letters have been received here
from prominent citizens of Coleman
county, stating that the fence cutters
have commenced their operations in
that section, and that last night five
miles of the fence of Mr.. Day were
cut by them. The fact is having q
paralysing effect on business. The
parties say: "See Gov. Ireland and
ask him for Gods sake to do some.
thing in the matter"
There is great deal of comment
oyer the fact that Gov. Ireland has
not yet appointed the district attor.
ney. Next Monday the court sets
and a very large criminal docket is
for trial, and many important cases
among them. The man who is APP
pointed will have % go right in to
court without any preparation what
ever. If, however, Taylor Moore is to
be the man, his familiarity with the
old cases will largely remedy the evil
In an interview with representa-.
tiveS Of the contractors of the work at
the new capitol, they stated as the
reason why they could not honor time
checks given to their Workmen and
by them transferred to third parties
was that the law requires the work,
men to sign the pay roll, and the
signing by a tranSferee is not a suf-
ficient complying with the law. Par
ties to whom these time checks are
offered for sale should bare this in
mind, as the contractors cannot get
away from the law.
AT the battle royal cock fight to be
held at the Capital State Fair, Thurs
day, the third day, each person will
be allowed to fighg one cock and this
must be presented by the owner, and
the chicken must have been on eXhi-
bitiop on the first day of the fair
already twenty entries have been
made. The medal to be given to the
winner is a fine painted Texas star
with the word "TeXaS" Oh the points
and "Capital State Fair. Battle Royal
1885," on the center. On the reverse
ci6 a will no n fNr
the winners name, etc.
The condition of the cotton market
can be very well estimated from the
fact that one firm, Iglehart & Co..
have shipped this week 1477 bales to
Liverpool and the Massachusetts, mar
kets. About two thousand bales have
been compressed this week at the
Austin compress and but few of
our buyers are sending their cotton TO
it, many of the heavier buyers hav-
ing congresses of their own at other
points, to which the cotton is shipped
and the work done. The price yester-
day fell to 9ls. Great complaint is
made by the buyers about the very
poor bagging used by the ginners this
year,
Chas. Burton, alias Brock, man of
some considerable Jail fame. went to
the First ward late Thursday night
and got into quarrel oyer woman,
with another ffequenter of that high
ly perfumed part of the capital. Bur
ton drew pistol and was going to
shoot, but was interfer,d with by
others, who prevented him from do
ing so. Special Detective belongs
quick ear detected the fuss, and he
too K the man to the cooler He was
fined $50 by the mayor. He did not
have the money to pay, and was
sent to the street. Here he fatty re-
fused to labor, and had to be taken
to the jail again, where he viii be
dieted on bread and water for
while,