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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

JUDGE THURMAN has taken the
stump for HoadlS. 1t is question
able whether he can do any good.
Every Ohio man has a craving after
place, and every one will attempt to
knock down the next man in his way
TO office.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
kilograms.
LAMPASAS.
Especial to The statesman

LAMPAsAs, August 28.-In the races
here to-day Grey John, owned by j..
s. Hale, of Burnett, won bv about
eleven feet over Alexander's Grey
Dick, taking the purse of $1,000. A
large and enthusiastic crowd was in
attendance.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

THE Wyoming people believe that
the real significance of all this sum-
mer's excursions to the Yellowstone
park will be found in an effort to in
duce the next congress to transfer the
mark To Montana control.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
IN Baltimore a move has been made

IN Baltimore a move has been made
AEorking men" to get control of
the law making power of the country"
This power, if it can be attained, is to
be employed, say the projectors, in i'm
proving the condition of tn working
classes. The labor element will find
that it makes IA mistake in directing
its efforts to the one end of securing
political power. 1t would be unfortu-
nate for any special class. race or sect
to obtain exclusive power in this
country.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

HOUSEWIVES can especially add to
the interest of the coming fair. An
examination of the premium lists
will show them in what line they may
make exhibits.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
The Exposition-HOrticultural Day.

LOUISVILLE, KY, August 26.-To-
day is horticultural day at the exhibit
bition, and there is the largest display
of Of fruits ever seen IN ot the south;
all kinds of fruits on the tables. The
crowd is large.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

THEY are beginning to discover,
says the Denver News, that the Pen
dleton civil service law makes no pro-
vision whatever Tor turning bad men
out, but rather impedes that process.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
To 0nerate in Texas.

CHICAGO, August 28.-The Organi-
ization of the Trans-Continental Stor-
age and Shipping company of Chicago,
has been perfected. The object is to
cooperate with the Texas Continental
Transportation company Refrigerator
line. of the Huntington system. D..
NJ. Higgs is general manager of the
poyr oOmnanu
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

SENATOR MAxEY's remark that the
Democrats of the Southwest want
the old ticket for neither the presi-
dency nor the speakership. meets with
pretty general approval.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

Now is THE time to begin to put
live stock in condition TOR exhibition
at the coming fair. 1t is only little
over six weeks off.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
Destructive Hail Storm.

JoNEsvILLE, Wis, August 28.-A
furious hail storm last night, practi-
cally destroyed the entire tobacco
crop of Rock county. The damage is
estimated at fully 100000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
DEPARTMENT. NOTES.
ooMprReLLER's DEPARTMENT.

CONTROLLERS DEPARTMENT.
About $4,000 were paid in yesterday
for account of the general fund.
The following collectors settled with
the office: II. w. Merrell, of Menard;
r. c. Ware, of Mitchell. and j. w.
Jones, of Callahan county.
The rolls of the following were re-
ceived: Preside, Fayette, Wise, Camp,
Collin, Donley, Victoria and Lamar.
The rolls of Donley show an increase
from about 100000 last year to about
S8OO.OOO this year. Preside increased
from 81 1892, 245 to $3,512,15 Other
counties with these two, footed up by
the assistant clerk Mr.. Riley makes
IL n ,1-ol1Io avhshxf.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
III 4 lLI1S11 W . Il 1SIkI
Commissioner
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.
At meeting of this board yester-
day the following was adopted:
Whereas, Inquiries are being made
as to the probable course of the board
of education about the investment of
the school fund in county bonds;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That it in the event the
constitutional amendment allowing
such investment is adopted, the board
of education will purchase all county
bonds presented that are in strict ac-
cordance with law, and that, in the
opinion of the board, six per cent in.
tereSt is as much as such bonds should
bear.
The action of the board was taken
in consequence of an application from
Capt. Booth, of Decatur to sell to the
school fund some bridge bonds OF
Wise county.
PENITENTIARY BOARD
There was a meeting CT this board
yesterday in the governors Office, the
governor presiding, and Messrs. Tips
and Searcy present.
The board refused the application
of Gen. Hardiman, agent and superin-
tendent of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college aud Prairie View nor
NAL school, for convict carpenters to
build houses at the latter school. They
were wanted because no satisfactory
bid for the work could be obtained.
The board also refused to allow the
undertaken at Huntsville to use a
convict at his house outside Of the
penitentiary.
Ex-lessee of the penitentiary, Gel.
Ellis. having applied for feed of horses
for guards for convicts, which he and
other parties were now hiring, was
allowed So per month for feed of each
horse. The claim is based on the
ground that mounted guards are more
efficient
Col. Ellis also raised the point that
hirers of convicts contracted for as
"trusties" should be allowed expenses
of recaptures. The board decided to
allow not over $50 in each case.
The contract with Wiggin & Simp-
son, of Houston, for convict labor in
the Huntsville prison was approved.
That of Seeligson d Kempner was
laid over for consideration till this
morning, when Mr.. Seeligson will be
present.
Financial Agent Brahan's monthly
report and the report of Superintend-
ent Goree will be presented this morn
ing. There are 1850 convlcts in the
penitentiary.
The board adjourned till to-day.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

BECAUSE of the cheapness of copper
and its great durability its use as roof
ing is urged.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
eral. relativeto ex-comptrollet

ney general. relative to ex-Comptrollet
Brown:
Enclosed please find statement of
the account of the state of Texas
against Hon. W. NJ. Brown, ex-comp-
troller, showing a balance due the
state of S5677.50. The account is
handed you for such action as may be
deemed proper. W. J. SWAIN,
Comptroller.
The sales of lands in the morgan
lied counties for taxes and costs for
1871 to 1881 inclusive, amounted as
follows:
First sales. S13.939.72; second sales,
50, 443OS; third sales, 81. 1925.
The decrease in each sale shows
how rapidly the sales of property for
taxes have decreased, fact which
argues well for the prosperity of the
state, as does also the wonderful in
crease in taxable values in nearly
every county in the state. The pro-
gress Of Texas in material prosperity
is simply marvellous.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Commissioner Walsh has received
the typograph maps of Angelina,
Coryell, Sabine and st. Augustine
counties. These are the counties
which were previously named in THE
STATESMAN as having their maps
ready for the Office.
ADJUTANT GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
Adiltant General King has just re-
ceived a letter from Lieut.. Shelley,
writing from Pearsall. in Frio county,
and Cound rangers at that point
that everything is quiet in that sec
ton and on the neighboring Rio
Grande frontier.
The rangers through the state are
getting ready for the reorganization
of their battalion, as required BY law
on the LIST of September.
ATTORNEY GENERALS DEPARTMENT
Attorney General Templeton is il
receipt of the following communica
ton from Col. Brewster, commission
or of insurance, statistics and his
tory, but has not yet taken any nc
| ton in the matter:
Hon. John d. Templeton, Attorney General:
SIE-As required by law in such
! cases, report to you that one How.
! ard Herring. acting for and in behalf
of an association styled the Ginners'
! Millers' and Farmers Mutual Reliei
| Association, having its domicile al
! Fairfield, in the county of Freestone
in this state, has. and continues t
solicit insurance from divers persons
hereafter named, in the county O
| Washington in this state. and has re
| ceived and collected premiums Tor saiC
association, and has done various 9th
er acts and things relating to contracts
of insurance for other persons thai
himself without having received tn,
certificate OF authority required il
/ such cases.
The said association. through sait
Herring, has issued policies of insur
ance and received pay therefor, to thu
following persons: Samuels 4
Schramm, on gin house and contents
Washington county; August Miller
near Greenvine, and John Peewitz, al
of Washington county; and Ben Knott
! of Round Top, Fayette county, ant
&. & f. Eichler, of Burton, Washing
| ton county, were solicited to take in.
surance. Respectfully,
Fl. z. BREWSTER,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

THE French are pushing the war
into Tonquin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
Total, eight counties. =.

Total, eight counties. 81, 64s 433
Only about one-half of herolls have
so far been received.
On the first of the month there will
be transferred from inter est ON bonds
of the school, university and asylum
funds the following amounts, to
credit of the available free school, uni
YerSitY and aSYlums funds.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
A Poet in Jail.

A man giving his name as H. Wit
tbs, was put into the calaboose for in
toxication yesterday. When sober
enough to realize his condition, he
wrote on the back of an envelope in a
beautiful chirogrophy with accurate
photography, perfect capitalization
and punctuation, the following lines.
1t will be seen that the poetry is ar
fickiolrr nnnrrnto.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
Department
OF
Telegraphy
OF TIE
CAPITAL BUSINESS COLLEGE.
AUSTIN, TEXAS

AUSTIN, TEXAS,
Will be Organized SEPTEMBER 10. isea
PROF. L. B. BOBO. Superintendent of Several
Telegraph lines In Texas, is secured as Teacher
OF ielegrnphy: The Professor has years Of ex-
perlence In this department, and as Superin-
tendent OF Telegraph lines can furnish 0rad-
yates positions. This offers young ladies' and
young men rare opportunities
Gun rerms are liberal, Write for particulars
j. ] ANDERSON,
President
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

THURSDAY = AUGUST 80, 1888
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

The comptroller addressed the fol-
lowing communication to the attor-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

Ills useless to languish in sorrow,
And grieve for the Joys of the past,
There Is something in store for the morrow
AS pleasing and bright as the last.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
Wanted to Be Liberal.

He must have been from the West
He was idling about cid Burling slip,
when he took stumble and brought up
in the river. A ready hand threw him q
plank to sustain himself, and he was
soon hauled out.
Gentlemen. he said, as he gave him.
self shake, whats your time worth
per hour?''
II m getting twenty-five cents. re-
piled one.
land you were about nine minutes
fooling with my case. About nine, but
we'll call it ten. Your charge should be
about four cents. About four, but we
call it five. / haven't anything smaller
than dime, but one of you can run
across the way and get it changed' :,
"Oh, we don't want pay, remarked
one.
"You don't? But you must accept
of something. Here boy. run over and
buy me a couple of pears.
The fruit was purchased and placed
in his hands, and as he put one pear in
his pocket and bit into the other he re-
marked:
land if you ever come within fifty
miles of where my uncle lives he'll be
clad to have you stop all night with
him. He keeps hotel and his charges
won't be over two dollars. ~ Z
4Zorsd.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
A DOUBLE MURDER.
A Mother and Daughter Foully Murdered
and the Blind and Crippled Father Cru.
ely Assaulted-AH for Plumber.

A Mother and Daughter Foully Murdered
and the Blind and Crippled Father Cru.
ely Assaulted-An for Plumber.
NEW YORK, Nov. Is.
On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Lydia May
bee, the wife of Gerritt Maybee, an
aged Long Island farmer, who has been
blind and paralyzed in his lower limbs for
fourteen years, and her daughter Mary
Ann, were brutally murdered in their barn
at the hamlet of Brookville, near Oyster
Bay. At sunset the mother and daughter
went to the barn to milk, leaving the in.
valid alone. Miss Weeks, living opposite
heard the cry of murder and summoned
neighbors. When they reached May.
bees house the old man was suffering from
wounds on the face and head, inflicted by
a club in the hands of the thief, who Sc.
cured the valuables of the family. May.
bee said that he feared his wife and daugh.
ter had been murdered. The barn was
searched and the bodies of both found in q
COW stall, covered with leaves. The body
of the latter waSstill warm. The woman
had been choked to death. No trace OF the
murderer has yet been obtained.
The murderer is believed to be tramp
who has haunted that part of the country
for year, and who, two or three hours af.
ter the murder, took a train for Brooklyn
from Westbury station, about six miles
from Brookville. He was last seen leaving
the train in Brooklyn. Detectives are look
ing for him, and the town Board of Oyster
Bay have offered five hundred dollars re-
ward for the conviction of the murderer.
A strange thing in connection with the
murder is the fact that exactly one year
ago on Saturday, when the younger of the
victims entered a shed near the house, she
found man behind the door, who at
tempted to choke her, and who was only
of Mrs. Maybee, who dragged him off.
There are no means of discovering now
whether the murderer was the assailant of
q year ago.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
FACTS AND FIGURES.


The American banking interest has
q capital of about 500, OO0, 900 and de-
posits of $4,000, OOO, 0OO.-Bufalo En-
press.
"A tree recently cut in Clark Coun-
ty, KY, made 500 fiat rails. thirty fence
posts and four cords of wood.-St. Louis
Post
There are 112, $50 Royal Arch Ma
sons owing allegiance to the General
Grand Chapter Of the United States.
The Smiths will have to sit down in
Lexington, Ky. rs there are only 90 of
them. while there are 10l Jacksons, Sc
Johnsons and SO Chicago
Times.
The three largest companies in
Maine packed 1866, 600 cans of sweet
corn this season, and the forty other
factories are thought to have made over
100, 600 cans.-Boston Post.
The losses sustained by the farmers
of Ohio on account of the floods last
spring are estimated at 1921 .45S. The
floods were more damaging than during
any year since Cleveland Leader.
Moses Waterman, who has charge
of the labor and supplies for the Pam
ANA Canal, says that enterprise will be
finished in 1899. The men employed on
The work number 5000, and to these
5000 japanese laborers are to be added
next month.-Caicago Inter Ocean.
Veterinary practice was recon-
mended to young men Mt recent meet
inc of the Kentucky Medical Society.
The horses of the country being valued
at $500, 1000, 600, it is estimated that the
annual loss from want of sound advice
and treatment amounts to Sl5,000,0O0.
Cincinnati is the champion beer
drinking city of the Union. Colonel S.
ID. Maxwell, in his annual report to the
Chamber of Commerce, sets down the
consumption at lover 100000, 00C
glasses during the fiscal year" Be.
sides, Cincinnati shipped to other places
2S6. sos barrels of beer.-Cincinndt
| Times.
The apron of the big dam of the
Hudson River Water-Power Il Paper
Company at Mechanicsville, y, Y..was
completed recently. The apron is
800 feet long and 16 feet wide. In pre-
pairing for its erection 1000 yards OF
solid and 800 yards of loose rock were
removed. ABOUT 800, 600 feet of hem
lock lumber, 10000 feet of Georgia
pine, $1,000 pounds of wrought-iron,
and $4,000 pounds of cast-iron we're
\ used in the construction of the apron
| dlbdny Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
STEAMER BURNED.

Destru ction by Fire of the ssP'' Line Steam.
er Pnrisot Near hatcher, Miss, Together
with Large and Valuable Cargo-Some
Loss of Lie Feared.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. Is.
The steamer 8. H. Parisot of the "P" line,
engaged in the vicksburg and New Orleans
trade, was burned this morning about day.
light near Bullets Bayou, few miles above
Natchez. The Parisot left Vicksburg yes.
terday morning at ten o'clock with the
largest cargo ever carried by her, and with
good passenger list. At few minutes
before five O'Clock, Just below Goodhore
landing, the cotton stored amidships IVES
discovered on fire. Engineer Clarity be.
gan working the pumps without sounding
she alarm, but the fire spreading, an alarm
was sounded. Pilot Voltz at once headed the
steamer for the Louisiana shore. The boat
struck the bank and lines were put out.
Nearly all. the passengers rushed to the
bank in night clothing, carrying other gar.
ments, and abandoned all other baggage,
safely off the lines burned and the vessel
drifted into the stream. Yell Boring,
second engineer, stood at his post until sur
rounded by fire. Finding he could do no
more, he jumped into the river and swan
ashore. A portion of the crew was taken
off in yawl. There was great excitement
among them. Two jumped into the river,
and one, Phil Burdbarg, drowned. When
the news of the disaster reached Natchez
the steam-tug O'Brien started for the scene,
and showed the steamer on a sans-bar.
Soon after, the powder in the Parisot's
magazine exploded. The steamer City of
Yazoo, of the same line, en- route to Vicks-
burg, took the Parisot's passengers out of
the canebrake and brought them to Natchez.
Origin of the fire unknown. The boat had
(ifty-eight deck passengers, many of whom
insisted on smoking, and it is believed the
fire resulted from their carelessness. 1t is
feared that two or three deck passengers
perished in the flames. The boats papers
were lost. The boat had on leaving Vicks-
burg 300 bales cotton, 1895 sacks of oil.
cake and 800 barrels oil. She took on after
leaving Vicksburg AGA bales cotton, bring
ing the total up to 1854 bales.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29

crasy and attempted self-destruction. The
husband and father was also said to be
nearly crazy over the sad result of single
spree.
A COLLISION occurred on the Alabama &
Great Southern Railroad the other morn
ing, at Coaling, Ala, between 1.-THE south
bound New Orleans express and the north
bound freight train. It was reported that
the number killed was four, and that sew
eral were seriously injured.
The large planning, saw mill and box fac
tory belonging to the Paducah Lumber
Company, at Paducah, KY, burned recent
ly. Loss, $780, 900; insurance, $4,000.
The convention of the National Cotto4
Planters Association, at Vicksburg, Miss,
adopted a resolution memoralizing Con-
gress to make an appropriation for the i'm
provement of the Mississippi River, and
urging Congressman to advocate the cree
ton of levees. A resolution commencing
women to membership on the same basis
as men was adopted. 1t is the first step in
this direction ever made in the Cotton
States.
NEAR Hickman, KY, recently, Hillman
King and wife, an old and respected couple,
were murdered and the house robbed of
$1,000. A peddler was suspected.
ANDY TAYLOR, the last living of the three
Taylors brothers who murdered two Sheriffs
and captured a railroad train with one
hundred passengers on board, compelling
the engineer to carry them twenty miles at
dangerously high speed, about a year
ago, was hanged at Loudon, Tenn: on the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
THE SOUTH.

Ar the special election in the First North
Carolina district, Thomas G. Skinner, Dem
ocrat, was elected to succeed ". F. Pool,
Republican, deceased.
A pEsPERADo whom the officers had been
hunting for a number of years was recent
" captured at Denison, Tex. His name Is
Theodore Degrafenreid. He has a brother
in the penfteutiary, and it was thought
there might be family reunion soon.
THE annual convention of the National
Cotton Planters Association of America
convened at Vicksburg, Miss, the 21st.
There was large attendance of delegates
from the Southern States, and number of
capitalists and manufacturers from the
Northern and Eastern States.
A LATE storm at Fort Smith, Ark, dam
aged the cotton compress, Riverside Hotel,
the Miller block and other buildings. The
falling smoke-stack of McCloud, Vale &
Sparks furniture factory killed John
Mechans, the engineer, und seriously in
jured Deiderick, workman.
A CYCLONE recently nearly destroyed the
village of La Crosse, La. The fine academy
was destroyed and only six houses left.
Three persons were killed and several
seriously injured.
AT Baltimore, the other day, Lizzie
Burmeister, aged twenty-one, attempted to
kill herself by hanging, but was discovered
and saved. Several weeks ago her father,
who was reported to be an Industrious,
temperate man, for some unknown cause
got on a spree and while crazed with liquor
made deadly assault upon his wife. for
which he was arrested. The wife soon after
hanged herself. The affair so worked upon
the mind of the daughter that she went
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
RETRIBUTION.
jacob Melting, the Murderer of Ada Atkin.
son in Indiana, Placed Beyond the Pos
sibIe Effect of an Insanity Plea.


sibIe Effect of an Insanity Plea.
FOWLER, IND, Nov. 10.
Finally Jacob Melting, the murderer OF
Ada Atkinson, has paid the penalty of his
crime. He was taken from Jail last night
and lynched. The affair was well planned
and carefully and coolly executed. About
half-past ten o'clock "a lone horsemaD
might have been seen" riding into town.
He rode completely around the Courthouse
and Jail. and seemed to be taking survey
of things, after which he rode away again.
Two or three people who happened to be on
the street saw it was rather a curious ac-
ton, but the idea that he was a scout for a
party of lynchers never seems to have sug-
gested itself until, in about an hour after,
three hundred masked men rode into town.
They hitched their horses, posted guards to
warn away citizens, went to the east door
of the Jail where they soon forced an en-
trance by breaking down the door with
sledges. They then quietly, but with great
determination, proceeded to break the iron
doors leading to the corridors. This took
some time, perhaps half an hour. Soon,
however, the doors gave way under the
sturdy strokes. Old man Melting met them
at the door of his cell, already dressed and
ready to go to his doom. He was quickly
walked to the carriage, in which was
rope. The old fellow took the matter coolly
so far as can be learned. He made no re-
sistance nor cutlery. The only remark that
he made was: go little slow, gentlemen,
l an older than some of you" The party
did their work with very little noise and
having secured their man rode out of town
toward Oxford. Later news was received
from Oxford that Melting had been hanged
there at half past one o'clock.