The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21

of the working man, without assum-
ing the insane role of endeavoring to
antagonize capital and, it is expected
to meet with hearty support from the
working classes.
Joseph Mass, for theft of lumber,
was sent before the criminal court
under bond this morning by the re-
corder
Irvine Mather, of the reportorial
force OF the Fort Worth Gazette, was
in the city to-day.
DALLAS, June 15.-The Dallas dis
trict conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, who have
been in session here three days, adj
journed tonight. There were about
forty delegates present, twenty-five
of them being from the laity. The
following delegates were chosen to
attend the North Texas conference at
Mckinney in November next: A. w.
Nowling, +. Welch, VIM. Allen, w.
III. Graham. The district conference
meets next year at Smithtield, Tarrant
county.
The affairs of the church were re-
ported to be in Il prosperous and sat
isfactory condition.
The case OF the State VS.. II. E. Cow
art, a prominent lawyer, charged
with Ga1iTf66 DEF i1liing Ex-yudge j.
NJ. Thurmond, in the courthouse, or oT
March II, 1882, was called to-day and
proceeded to trial. The regular We
nire of 10, and two special Venires of
20 men each, were exhausted without
securing a jury. 1t will prob
ably take all day tomorrow
and perhaps longer to get
Il jury. The defendant WAS tried one
year ago and convicted of murder in
the second degree and punishment
fixed aJ seven years in the peniten-
tiary, but judge Aldridge granted IL
new trial on the ground that the
verdict contlicted with the law and
evidence. The case excited univer-
sal interest, and large majority of
people believe it a clear case of self
defense, and that Cowart had either
to kill Thurmond or be killed him.
self. When shot the latter was ad-
yancing on CoWart with his pistol
partially drawn from his pocket, and
is alleged to have said "draw, d-n
you, Pm ready for you" and fell, with
his pistol in his hand, on the floor.
The special meeting of the stock
holders of the Texas Trunk railroad
recently disposed of a foreclosure sale
for the purpose of recognizing the
company. They met at the office Of
the company's attorneys in this city
to-day, and were in session till late
this evening The local stockholders
and Messrs. Sartwell, of Boston, and
Stepalt, of New York, were
i'll attendance, and with the
proxies in their posses
sion represented thirds of
the stock of the company. The first |
thing to be dOle is to organize the
company, and the day was devoted to
preliminaries in that direction. 1t is
safe to say that Samuel j. Adams, of |
Dallas, will be the new president, and |
Judge Schneider, Alex Sanger, and r. |
V. Tompkins, of Dallas, will be in
the directory. The organization will |
matters of reorganization and eXten-
sion of the road will be
considered. There is no doubt but |
what construction operations will be |
at once inaugurated from Kaufman |
to Athens, and will in all probability |
be continued through the long leaf |
pine regions to connection with the |
old Kuntz road, now owned by Hunt
ington, giving an outlet to Sabine |
Pass. This is the plan given by the
owners of the Texas Trunk line, and
they announce positively that the
road is not for sale but is to be con-
trolled for the new company's benefit.
and the city of Dallas, the best busi-
hess men of which have majority of |
the directory.
1t is contemplated to at once erect |
a telephone line from Dallas to Kauf-
man, thirty-six miles, to transact the |
railroads business. Probably the |
first instance of telephone superced-
ing the telegraph in railroad service