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

lge Folk, of Brownsville, Tenn,
invented a spiral windmill,
b will run street and tram rail
way cars.
AT Granville. Georgia, boy plow-
ing in field turned upa gold watch
and chain, supposed to have been
buried there during the war.
Owing to the wet season and cold
weather, large part of the peanuts
planted in Virginia have rotted, and
farmers are forced to replant or to
abandon the crop. The outlook is
said to be very unfavorabie.
A gentleman of Tallahassee, Fla,
put up fruit evaporation last week,
to utilize the blackberry crop and
fruits of all kinds. The capacity of
the machine is twenty-five bushels
per day.
Vicksburg Post The grit or sand
which is taken from the artesian well
now in course of construction at the
Flowerree Ice-works, at a depth of
OF l60 feet, is composed chiefly of
minute shells, and corresponds exact
ly with "bottom" such as is found in
the ocean, hundreds of miles from
land.
Mrs. Ewing (colored), of Franklin,
Tenn, on Tuesday sent her niece,
eight years old, to a saloon for a quart
of whisky. The girl got the whisky,
and before getting home drank the
entire contents of the bottle. She
then went on home, and in a few
minutes after entering the house she
dropped dead.
WASHINGTON, June I'm view of
the appearance of yellow fever on
cupboard at Havana, marine hos
pital officers have cabled the proper
authorities to examine vessels leav-
ing Cuban ports for the United
States.
CLEVELAND, o., June 2.-Amasa
stones will was made public to-day.
The property for his wife included
the Euclid avenue homestead and
$4,000, from which she shall re-
ceive $4,000 annually during life. At
her death the property goes to his
daughters. Mrs. John Hay and Mrs.
Samuel Mather, who also also receive
$4,000 cash, and their husbands
100000 each. To his sister, Mrs
Burgess, to Liberty and Andrew b.
Stone, his brothers wife's sister,
Wilthea NJ. Moore, $1,000 each !;
to his nephew, A. q. Stone
100000; to eighteen nepheWS and
nieces, $4,000 each; to Mrs. Rebecca
Blood and her husband, $4,000; to
his coachman and gardner house
and lot each; to Adelbert college. if
the estate reaches $3,500,000, 100000;
TO home for aged women, $4,000;
to the children's aid society, $4,000
The residue of the estate goes to his
daughters, their husbands and their
heirs, share and share. 1t is stipulated
that no inventory or appraisal shall
be made, or any property sold at pub
lie sale.
TUCsoN, June 2-It is reported
that Indians were seen near
. Nacott, a small settlement in Mexico,
Nj that they were on raid for cat
lie. 1t appears that these Apaches
have escaped from the Sierra Madres,
owing to failure ON the part of Next
can forces to cooperate with Crook.
No engagements had taken place up
70 Monday last.
Excitement continues regarding
the Lower California gold field. The
exact location of the fields is said to
be known only to Indians.
ARIZONA, A. r., June 2.-Advices
,from Mexican headquarters at Apu-
snra to May 28th, state that couriers
arrived from headquarters bringing
'the alarming intelligence that Indi-
ANS appeared in force at Narcori,
Thursday last. The authorities there's
asked for achievements, and were
afraid of being attacked at any mo-
ment. Only thirty soldiers of the
state troops, under Lieut.. Jesus Marie
Morence, are stationed there. When
the courier left the Indians were kill
ing cattle within six hundred yards
OF the town. The Indians are nearly
all dismounted, and have evidently
fled from the Sierra Madras to escape