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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
WASHINGTON.
News Gathered About the Capital
Hifv

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-No decision
was rendered to-day by the supreme
court.
Issue of silver dollars for the week
ended October 20, S519,095; correspond
ing period of 1881, S953,OO0. UP to the
close of business to-day the total
amount Of bonds redeemed under the
various calls was $115, 210,600.
Adjt.-Gen. Drum and Col. Barr have
gone to Leavenworth to inspect the
Nmilitary prison there.
Governor Poctor Knott, Kentucky,
arrived in the city to-day on business
in relation to the claims of Kentucky
against the federal government for
arms, ETC., furnished during the war.
1t seems that in making provision for
the payment Of claims of this charac-
ter, held by various states, congress
omitted to allow Kentucky what is
held to be her rightful dues, and the
governor intends to confer with the
secretary of the treasury as to the
best means of getting the claims of
his state adjusted.
Under the recent decision of the
comptroller of currency concerning
the transportation of mails over suit
able branch lines of land grant rail-
roads$ 1857 will have to be returned
by the government to the company
for mails transported over such
branch lines during the fiscal year of
1882 and 1888; $48, 339 will be returned
| and in addition there is balance OF
$S5, S51 which will be paid to the roads
| for mail transportation on the subsi-
| died portions their main stems.
A land case of great Importance OF
the Southern Minnesota railroad and
extension company VS.. August Kuf-
nsr to-day was decided by the secreta-
~ of the interior. In 1875 the land
grant of the railroad was certified to
| by the state of Minnesota by the land
department, for the benefit Of the rail-
| road company. Kufner, however, re-
Gently made an entry Of the tract Of
| land. and his entry was received by
the commissioner of the land office,
who held that the certincation Of the
| lands to the state was not regular, and
that the certificates had not the force
of patents. The secretary, on review
ing the legislation upon the
subject, holds that by virtue
of the grant and under the
act of July II, 1866, and as amended
July 13, Of the same year. the titles to
! the land IN contest passed TO the state
of Minnesota for the benefit OF the
same county, when the tract was GER
tilted to the state in 1876 by the land
department. He further holds that
on having been decided by said de-
partment in 1875 that the land passed
| to the state under the grant, and it
having been 80 certified, and under
such Jurisdiction the lands having
generally sold to innocent parties.
Such decision cannot now be changed.
It is said at the interior department
the decisio ion Of the commissioner, If
sustained, would have resulted in a
loss to the railroad companies in Min
nesota of about 1 100000 acres Of land,
and it might also have unsettled the
title to 100000 acres of land certi-
fed to railroad companies in other
states.
The work Of erecting suitable
monument over the grave of Thomas
Jefferson has been completed, the adj
jacent lots repaired, and strong and
handsome fence built about the bury,
ing ground.
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Press kilograms.
Fire Ffend.

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 22.-Basil's block
is ablaze. 1t contains the largest bus
mess houses in the city. 1t is thought
two or three persons are burned to
death. Baltimore has been tele-
graphed to for aid.
LATER-Ten houses and nine store
rooms were burned. Loss, $4,000
distributed among a number of peo-
pie. Insurance only partial.
DUBUQUE, Oct. 22.-WeSts flour
mill, in Guttenburg, burned Saturday
night. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $1,000.
DETROIT, Oct. 22.-Stearns manu-
featuring company's establishment at
Grand Haven burned Sunday with
$50, 900 worth of lumber. Loss $780,
600; partly insured.
BIG RAPIDS, Mich, Oct. 22.-The
Grand Haven lumber company s
barns burned Saturday with seven
teen horses, seven oxen, $50 bushels of
oats and forty tons of hay. Unin-
sured.
MONTREAL, Oct. ga. McDou-
gals grain and flour warehouses and
contents, on the banks of the canal,
burned to-day, and another was badly
damaged. Loss $4,000; insured. A
w Oil 1O11 upOh CChDC1dJ duu Gl1c
company's nail factory damaging it
considerably; insured.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Oct. PA
two-story brick building at Middle
vile. Barry county, owned and occu-
pied by Capt. Sidney B. Smith, burned
with its contents of hardware and
agricultural implements and machines
yesterday. In entering to save the
property in the shed adjoinion it Capt.
Smith, Chas. Bundy and a boy IA
years old, son of Thos. Walsh, were
killed by the wall of the building fall
ing on the shed and crushing it. The
clerk for Smith, Silas Gear, was badly
hurt, and is not expected to live.
Geo. Freeman was badly hurt, but
not fatally. The fire is supposed to
be incendiary. Loss on building,
$4,000; on stock, $4,000, partially in
sured. The upper part of the build
ing was used for lodge purposes. The
Masons and Good 'Templars each lose
about $1,000.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. PA fire on South
Second street damaged four stores
this morning. The St. Louis Quilt
ing Company to the extent of $780,
coo; Jno. Dermeyer, tobacconist, $780,
600; and VIM. I. Obear' & Co, gro
GERS, $4,000. All are insured. The
buildings are owned by VIM. f. Obear;
loss, $4,000; insured.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
A Sage who was an his weary 10,

A Sage, who was an his weary Jour
ney to Wisconsin, came upon crowd
one day and observed a general sad
ness upon all faces. "Why this
gloomf" queried the old man, as he
laid down his bundle and felt for the
front end of his plug of tabacco. "Oh,
Sage, we mourn the death of a good
man." was the reply. WAS he hon
ored ?" "He was" "Sober, upright
charitable and given to peace?" "He
was" "Who of you praised and en-.
couraged him in life? ?" asked the old
man, as he looked around him. A
hush fell upon the crowd, and no one
replied. PRAISE that comes after
death" whispered the Sage, "does not
even cut down the undertaker's bills
Better squander your time in saving
wood for his widow" Moral Tht
widow will be expected to take il
plain sewing to support herself.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

J. H. Sanders, of the United States
cattle commission, has been inspect
ing the cattle quarantine stations at
the principal Atlantic ports, and it is
now stated that suitable and ample
accomm 9dations have been provided
proper care of imported herds while
under inspection. New York, Balti-
more and Boston are the chief points
for cattle quarantine. There has been
some complaint in the past OF imper-
feet facilities, and foreign sanitary
authorities have been disposed to
sneer at the American quarantine sys-
tenn for cattle. The Importance of
the service is indisputable, and it is
encouraging to read in the Breeders
Gazette that considerable improve
ments are making, ond that not only
the grounds but the yards also are
now considered fully equipped.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
GALVESTON.
GALVESTON. Oct. 22-Jennie Yea

GALVESTON, Oct. 22.-Jennie Yea
mans, who commenced a short en-
gagement here last night, suddenly
departed on the 4.40 train this morn
in with an admirer named Frank
Daniels, leaving her company and
managers in the lurch to considera-
BILE amount. She was billed through
out the state. An endeavor will be
made to have her arrested.
The chief of police denies the rumor
that he will order the gambling
houses closed. He claims he hasn't
the authority.
Abrahams, land commissioner of
the Texas & Pacific, Fry, of the San
Antonio road, and Elgin, of the
Houston & Texas Central, are in the
city, and with Allen, of the Gulf, Col
orado & Santa Fe, will have con-
ference upon the land interests of
their respective roads. One of the
chief matters will be certain changes
in the law to be asked at the special
session Of the legislature relative to
the taxation of railroad land.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
The Fora Burns Murder,

LINCOLN, ILL.,, Oct. 22.-At Fora
Burns inquest Thos. M. Duke, who
was engaged to marry the murdered
girl, proved satisfactorily an alihl
The father of Fora testified she had
shown him two letters received from
A. A. Carpenter, now under arrest
for her murder, and read portions OF
them to witness. The dead girl has
claimed that Carpenter was ewing
her some money, and she had stated
before leaving his house that she was
going to Lincoln to try to collect it
from him
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
Church Service In Georgia.

AUGUSTA, Oct. "a bloody and
fatal fight occurred yesterday near
Nc Bean. in church in Burke county.
Saturday there was difficulty be-
tween two young men, Syms and
Rogers, at the base ball grounds, and
Syms cut Rogers in the hand. After
church yesterday the difficulty was re-
newed. Thomas b. Syms and his
sons Frank and Thomas were shot by
T. B., G. M. and Warren Rogers and
Rufus McNorrell and John T. Cox.
Thomas B. Syms was shot five times
and killed, and Frank and Tom Syms
were mortally wounded. John Rogers
was shot in the face by friend. The
Syms family, 1t is reported, were un-
armed. All the parties are well-to-do
farmers and respectfully connected.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
Charley Ross Again.

PITTsBURe, Oct. 22.-The telegram
from st. Louis, stating that new
clue had been found to Charley Ross,
has been contradicted by statement
made by q gentleman here from Wy
ominG territory, who says Henry
Mosher, brother Of the Mosher who
admitted kidnapping Charley, was
lynched near Cheyenne, five weeks
since. Mosher begged to be spared
twenty-four hours. saying he would
give information for which they had
been seeking for years. He admitted
to have in custody person held for
ransom for more than year, and said
he had been driven to the far West by
the hot pursuit of detectives. The
time was not allowed him, and the Sc,
cret died with him. The crime fol
which Mosher was lynched was kill.
ing S. II. Hentzell and a murderous
assault on j. knight.
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kilograms.
TAYLOR.
Especial to The statesman.l

IoDtC1A 70 ING bIaItSInAn.I
TAYLOR, Oct. 22.-The residence of
r. B. Chalmers, on the corner of
Hoxie and Talbot streets, took fire
about 6 o'clock last evening from de-
fective fiue, and burned to the ground.
A portion of the furniture was saved
in demolished condition. Total loss
about $1,000; insurance on building,
$500. Location Of the water hydrants
was such that the fire company could
do no good
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

Why do unshapely girls wear Jer-
seys? There ought to be a law against
it. Yesterday there was seen living
skeleton showing herself in stocki-
net waist, which revealed every bone
in her body. Not only could the
joints be located with the naked eye,
but from hips to vertebre the articu-
lation was plainly visible. She would
have been useful as an illustration In
teaching a class in anatomy-the en-
bryo doctors must put up with I'M
pleasant sights, it is supposed but as
fashionable and voluntary exhibit
she was incomprehensible.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

service. The quarantine appropria-
ton is not exhausted, but it is not
deemed necessary to keep up the ex-
pense.
AS to the law against the adultera-
ton of food, drugs, etc, ID. Swearen-
gen says it will hardly be practicable
to put it into operation till labora-
tory is provided. This will be fur
nished when the chemical apparatus
of the state university is ready. He
has fixed on no definite plan, but will
doubtless commence operations when
Prof. Mallet, who is willing to do so,
is ready to assist him in making
analyses.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
Cen. Steadman's Funeral

TOLEDO, O., Oct. %. = The funeral
obsequies Of the late Maj Gen. James
B. Steadman at this place, this after
noon, wore attended by one of the
largest gatherings ever seen in the
state. It is estimated that at least
10000 persons were present, many be-
ing from a long distance. Business
generally was suspended. The Board
of Trade adjourned to attend in a
body. All public schools closed for
the like purpose. kilograms were re-
ceived to-day from S. Tilden, Gen.
Hancock, GoYernor-elect Hoadly, and
many other prominent personages
regretting their inability to attend
and extending coincidence. Distin.
guished visitors present were Elk
President Hayes, Gen. r. p. Brick.
land and A. V. Rice, Hon. Dur biz
Ward, of fremont; Gen. w. A
Throop, Of Detroit; Gen. Parkhurst
of Virginia; Col. Moe, of Chattanooga
Gen. Slocum, of New Y ork. A cal
load of flowers from friends of The
deceased, at New Orleans, arrived to-
day and formed one of the most in
teresting features of the procession
The remains lay in state till 2:30 p
m. and were reviewed by thousands
The funeral cortege was very impos
ing and over four miles long.
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Narrnv Eseana

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-The steam
ship Heimdahl, reported on fire, has
arrived in the lower bay. She has on
board three cabin and COS steerage
passengers. She reported that smoke
was discovered coming up from the
on to keep the fire down. The cause
or extent of the fire is not ascertained.
The people on board are not now in
peril.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
Killed at Dance.

DENVER, Oct. 22.-The Republicans
Rosite special says: Last night two
Mexicans. whose names are unknown,
went to a house near Gardiner, where
a dance was going on, and while
standing outside fired several shots
into the house, killing two Mexicans,
one of whom was the owner of the
house, and two white men, one son
of a prominent citizen of this county
Intense excitement prevails, and the
sheriff with a large posse Is in hot
pursuit. Should the rascals be cap.
tured they will undoubtedly be
| lynched.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
Not on the Bills.

NASHVILLE, Oct. 22.-At the after,
noon exhibition of Barrett's circus
Robert Briefly shot Robert Bates
twice, killing him. Ten years ago
Bates killed Briefy's brother at q
dance. On his release from prison he
went to work in a foundry here. The
shooting caused somewhat of a panic
among the large crowd attending the
circus, but all got safely out,
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Deaths D0ingS.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22.-Elisha Foote
father-in-law of ex-senator Hender-
son and commissioner of patents un-
der johnson, died of heart disease this
morning.
HARTFORD, Oct. ga dispatch
from Paris announces the death there
this morning of the wife of John Rus
sell Young, minister to China. She
was the niece of the late Gov. Jewell
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

When Moody and Sankey went to
England they sent an advance courier
to say that they wanted none but
pious choir singers at their meetings.
The plan did not producegoo results.
Doubtless they found themselves in
the position of the theatrical mana
ger, who, falling to pay expenses with
a moral drama, was compelled 10 try
| the immoral drama.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
BRENNAN.
lSneciaI to The Statesman.

Especial to The Statesman.
BRENNAN, Oct. 22.-The case of the
State vs.. Bill Testard, for the murder
of Tom Hoxie, was tried in the dis
trict court to-day, and clear case of
self defense was made out. The jury,
after an absence of fifteen minutes,
returned verdict of not guilty.
Frank Smith, colored, who killed r.
F. Tamplin, a wealthy planter, last
summer, was given ten years in the
penitentiary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

Ostrich chicks are Matching out at
the ostrich farm near Anaheim, Cal,
at the rate of one day. When they
first come out of the shell they are
about the size of a half-grown duck
They have good appetites and grow
rapidly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
A Gale at Sea,

ROCHESTER,, Oct. 22.-The barge
Pacific was picked up by a tug off
Charlotte this morning, and all hands
were saved. There were four other
barges in charge of the tug Caubon
but all broke away in gale. One is
supposed to have gone down with all
hands.
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Gone in the Grain Business.

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 22.-Patrick
Eagan, late treasurer of the Irish land
league, to-day filed in the district
court his intention of becoming an
American citizen. He will engage in
buying grain in Lincoln, and expects
| b family here in April.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
The Knife.I

CINCINNATI, Oct. 22.-In Wells
saloon, on the corner of Sixth street
and Broadway, where yesterday
Wells killed negro during a dispute
over game of cards, another murder
happened this afternoon, also in dis
pute over game of cards. James Y.
Need. a white barkeeper, was fatally
stabbed by VIM. Nance, colored.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

THE senator from New Braunfels
having be en- interviewed before the
governor made his proclamation,
calling an extra session of the legis-
lature, the substance of said proclaim
alton was already stale.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
STATE DEPARTMENT.

The charter OF the Star Hook and
Ladder Company, No. l, of Victoria,
was filed yesterday in the Office of sec
rotary of state.
Also, charter of the Evin Co-ope-
MISREPRESENTATION, Patrons Of Hus-
-bandry, established at Evin, in Jasper
county, with a capital stock of $4,000.
Also, charter of the Sulphur Lum-
Der company, of Bowie county. The
stock of the company is fixed at $780,
600, and Messrs. VIM. Buchanan, j. II.
Bemis, e. p. CoWen, Ii. G. Moore and
j. w. Buchanan are named as lncor-
porators.
ATTORNEY GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
The attorney general has not yet de-
cided what action he will take upon
the cases submitted to him by the
land fraud board, and probably will
not till the board conclude their
report after their session in Deem
Der. The encouragement has not
fully examined the law as to his duty
in the matter, but will hardly, he
says, deem it incumbent upon him to
bring the suits, were he to find them
positively groundless jim his opinion.
or course, II he has any doubts in the
matter, he will bring the suits to give
the state the benefit of the doubt. 1t
is doubtless discretionary with him
OF sue or not, as he deems advisable.
In this same matter arises the ne.
cessity of finding the transferrees in
anumber of cases which perhaps is
more properly the duty of the board
than of the attorney general. In the
Haskell countytcases it is supposed
the lands were all transferred to a
party well known here in railroad
circles, but whether for his own ben
eft or In trust for the benefit of 9th.
ers Is not stated.
Several parties seem quite surprised
at the sudden TODD made by the
board as to these school lane
purchases, which they say they were
invited to make in the interest of thu
state, 30 the lands could be brought
moro largely in the market than they
had been before the administration o
Gov. Roberts, prior to which the sale
had amounted to but a few Thousand
sections per year for years. They re
fer especially to the address of thel
Gov. Roberts on this subject on tn
18th Of July, 1882, in which he allude
to the subject. On this point, how
ever, reference to the ex-governor
address shows that he did not go as ia
as it is supposed he did. He alluded t
buying "for our cousins" it is true
but added the law did not say so.
There seems to be good deal to b
said on both sides, and it is likely W
shall hear from the defendants i
their defense sson.
ooMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
The earnings within this state {
tho railroads operating in this state
shown by the returns made by thel
rs follows
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Ran Off a Trestl0.

GLEN's FALLS, N. Y, Oct. 22.-The
train due here from Albany at 4 p. m.
ran off trestle near Fort Edward
and three persons are reported killed
They are Mrs. Mcmahon, of this city,
man named Wingar, also of this
place, and the third unknown.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

Best steel engraving, G. Warren
first prize.
Best crayon drawing, w. II. Hud-
die, first prize; s. b. Hill, second prize.
Best Typographical sketch, S b. Hill,
first prize.
Best penmanship (English), boy un-
der seventeen. Johe +. Day, first
prize; Alex L. Kessler, second prize.
| Best penmanship (German), boy un-
der seventeen, Alex L. Kessler, first
prize; John f. Day, second prize.
Best Penmanship (English), Miss
Annie Law, first prize.
Best collection of curiosities, Walter
Sneed, first prize.
Best lettering, McComas & Rogers,
| first prize.
Best granting, McComas & Rogers,
| first prize.
Best freseo painting, McComas &
Rogers, first prize.
Best sign painting, McComas &
| Rogers, first prize.
Best plain Photographic portrait,
II. r. Marks, first prize.
Best Photographic landscape, III. B.
Hillyer, first prize.
Best collection of Photographic pic
lures, S. B. Hill, first prize.
Best exhibition of evergreens, G. L
Nitschke, first prize; VIM. Radam, Sec
ond prize.
Best exhibit of tub plants, best
climbers, best ornamental grasses,
best bouquet of cut flowers, and best
collection of flowers in bloom, VIM.
Radam took first premiums.
Best miniature garden, Chas. Alff,
first prize.
Best grass bouquet, Mrs. F. X.
Green, first prize; Miss E. A. Ray,
second prize.
Best pair canary birds, Mrs. S. s.
Tully, first prize.
Best display of drugs and medicines,
0. SamostZ, first prize.
Best display of paints and oils, Har-
rell & Stacy, first prize.
Best display of dental instruments,
G. B. Stoddard, first prize.
Best display of hair work, Mrs. Will
son and Mrs. Webster, first prize.
Best display Of sewing machines,
Messole 6 Bros, first prize; J. w.
Thompson, second prize.
Extra heavy velvet painting, Miss
Annie Law, first prize.
In the district court three cases
for burglary; jury trial; jury found
the defendant guilty and fixed the
punishment ut two years in the peni-
Tertiary. ". B. Durham appeared
for the defendant. Next John Per-
kins was tried for burglary and again
for theft, by jury. and found guilty
in each case, receiving two years in
the first and three in the other. j. W.
Wilson, Esq, was his counsel.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
More Failures.

NEW YORK, Oct. &c. B. La.
throp, grain broker, has gone into
liquidation. He was unable to put
up margins this morning.
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There is talk of starting a shoe fac
tory in Norfolk, with capital of $780,
600. A New Jersey man proposes to
furnish one-sixth of the capital.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

The government has secured the
condemnation in New Y ork of 100000
cigars not bearing the number of the
factory.
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Some OF the roads have not yet re-
ported, but all of them are of minor
Importance, except the Sunset route.
The amount may be swelled to $780,
100000.
Assessment rolls Of Clay county
show an increase over 100000 in
taxable values. The rolls of Tyler
comfy are also received, but not
examined.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
DIR. Swearingen. state health officer,
informs us that notice has been given
that general quarantine will be raised
Nov. 1, on the Texas coast; but the
officers at Galveston, Brownsville and
Corpus Christi will remain on duty to
inspect all vessels from really infected
!. ports, and should any vessels arriving
be found to have infectious diseases
on board they will be properly de-
tanned
All employees of the health officers
at the ports will be discharged No
vember l, and only the health officers
at the ports raned will be retained in