The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19
Special kilograms


PALESTINE, April IL. This morn
ing about three o'clock Mr.. Reynolds,
proprietor of sporting resort, had
his room in the Arlington hotel.
where he resides. entered by burglars.
About $500 in cash and valuable Jew
elry was stolen. Reynolds was chic
reformed. His wife, who awoke, was
sllenced by revolver held before her
eyes, and the robbers escaped with
their rich booty. No arrests yet.
DALLAS, April 1.-THE city council
tonight received and accepted the in
vitation of the Fort Worth city
council to be present at the test of
the Fort Worth water works the last
OF the present or the first of next
week, the exact date to be commune
Gated to Dallas by wire.
Alderman E. NJ. Tillman, the oldest
member of the board in point of
service, was elected mayor pro tenn.
MesSrs. Maroney, Gill and J. d.
Carter were elected board OF water
SOlilllllSSliutGS.
Fort WORTH, April 1.-THE COM
mittee appointed to take measures to
secure the building of branch luna
tic asylum met this afternoon and de-
clded to at once select 400 acre tract
near the city, suitable as location.
The selecting committee will be here
early in May
Moses Weider, of 81. Louis, to-day
brought suit against Sheriff Maddox
for $4,000 damages for selling stock
OF goods belonging to NJ. Splror, of
st. Louis, under attachment. when
the goods were assigned to Weider.
County Surveyor Williams, in
charge of a corps of engineers, left
tonight for Cara county to survey
$4,000 acres of land for the Llano
cattle company. The land will he
put under one fence ut once
A party of railroad men, among
whom were Oscar G. Murray, c. II.
Mallory, of the steamship line, Capt.
Ben Walker, Gen. Hayes and F.
Fowler, passed west on a special
train tonight for San Francisco.
GALVESTON, April 1.-THE atten-
ton of Col. j. s. Burns was called to
the editorial paragraph in the STATES
MAN of the 18th inst, which stated
that "ex-United States ATTORNEY
Burns, tits said, is after Col. HAYNES
place at Brownsville" Upon read
ing it Col. Burns stated emphaticalIv
that he was not an applicant for the
place and would accept no position
under the government outside of the
line OF his profession, and anyone
making representations to the con-
trary did it without his knowledge or
authority. 1t is well established
fact that Col. Burns is making an eff
for to secure the iudgeship in case the
Hon. Amos Morrill,, the present
United States district Judge of the
Eastern district, should resign, which
is expected at the expiration of the
present term OF the court.
VIM. Zuber, whose little daughter
was run over by the street cars and
killed the lst of last MAY, through
carelessness OF the street car driver,
and who brought suit for damages,
placing the amount at $4,000, which
has been on trial for the past three
days in the district court, received a
verdict to-day for $500.
Gen. Cuedo, of the Mexican army,
and eX-Gov. Pacheco, of California,
were passengers by the steamship
Whitney for Vera Cruz, which sailed
to-day.
Houston, April 17.-This morning
two small boys passing through the
woods near the fair grounds discov-
cred the body of a negro man with
his throat cut from ear to ear, and a
rope tied around his neck, indicating
he had been murdered and dragged
to the spot. The inquest proved the
body was that of Milan Williams.
but failed to develop any motive for
the murder, unless for small amount
OF market money given him by his
employer, j. c. Baldwin. Two ne
groes, one of them the nephew of the
dead man, have been arrested on sus-
picion and lodged in Jail.
ThlS morning officer G.. Z. Gorham.
| of the fifth ward, arrested a. man
named Mclaughlin for robbing a
man named McGraw, in the fifth
ward, OF $50. 1t is claimed that Nc
Laughlin got McGraw drunk and
perpetrated the robbery. He is now
IN jail to answer for the offenSe.
The man Masters, who was arrested
Saturday for playing a confidence
game to the tune of $50 on two ger
man preachers of Grimes county. is
still in custody. The names of the
victims are Messrs. Becker and LANCE.
They have been notified by the mar
sinai TO appear and prosecute, and if
they do not do so Masters will have
to be released.
The state shooting tournament con-
tlnued to-day. The Houston gun
club will banquet the visiting sports
| men at the Hutchins house to-mor-
row night. The second shoot. ten
clay pigeons, first prize, D. w. C.
Dunn, Houston; second, d, w. Dol
larhlte, Denison; third, W L. jenkins,
Bastrop; fourth, divided by ]. j.
Weiss, Houston, and G. Davis, Co.
lumbia. Third shoot, sweep stakes, five
pigeons, prize $3.50, first, Geo. L. Porter,
and c. G. Pettitt, Houston; second w.
L. Douglass, Liberty; third S. A. Gar
land and ID. w. c. Dunn; fourth j. M.
Jemison and r. H. Downey, Fort
Worth. Shoot No. 4, first prize $50,
Albert Erickson, Houston; second,
gold cane, L. w. Dollarhite, Denison;
third, Winchester rifle, j. G. Pet
mecky, Austin; fourth, two quarter
kegs of powder. B. A. Calhoun, Bryan.
Shoot No. &, five pair of clay pigeons.
first prize divided between J. J. Weiss,
| }. e. Petnecky and w. E. Jenkins;
second, folding boat, between H.
Fountain and G. NJ. VanLiew; third,
silver cup, A. Erickson; fourth, two
quarter-kegs of powder, W. A. Ryan.
SAN ANTONIO. April 1.-THE once
famous shooting case of w. r. Lyle,