The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
DALLAS.
Especial to The Statesman. /


DALLAS, August 29.-H. ID. Peters
was run over to-day by a wagon and
sustained a serious fracture of the leg.
Cyrus Bently, of Chicago, attorney
for the Anglo-American Land and
Claim association. who built the Dali
las and Cleburne branch of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe railroad, and
of the Chicago, Texas and Mexican
Central, is in the city taking deposit
lions in the case of number of citi-
zens- of Dallas against the Anglo
American for claims aggregatlng
$4,000.
The Dallas Blue Stockings admin
istered a strong defeat to-day to the
Fort Worth Nationals. The score
stood: Dallas 40, Fort Worth 20.
1t was regular old-fashioned slug
ging of pitchers on both sides. The
Shreveport club has arranged an inter-
state tournament for September 10.
The prizes aggregate $500, the largest
of which is only 5000, and an entry
fee of $50 is charged. Dallas, Fort
Worth, Marshal and Jefferson club
have been invited to be present. 1t is
not likely that the Brown Stockings
will accept, for if they won the first
money they would only clear $3.50,
which would not pay expenses.
Col Z. G. Boudinot, the noted Cher
okee Indian, is in the city and in IN
interview concerning matters in the
Indian Territory to-day gave gloomy
outlook for the general welfare of the
tribes. Speaking of the recent election
in the Cherokee nation he said Bush
head owed his reelection to the Office
of chief to negro votes. A
short time ago when Cherokee
council, which is composed of
full blooded Indians passed an act APP
propriating 100000 for per capita dis
tribution in The school districts. The
negroes were excluded from the bene-
tit of it. Chief Bushhead vetoed the
act, but it was passed over his veto.
This made Bushhead friends among
the African element, and they
voted solidly for him. Negroes are
about 700 strong at the polls. The
colonel saw that some trouble was
likely to arise out of the act of the
Cherokee council leasing 100000
acres of land to the Standard Oil com
pany, for cattle ranch The lease
is to run five years for $l,O0O,0O0, the
company to have the privilege Of
renewing at the expiration.
AT that time he saw that the matter
would be brought to the attention of
congress when that body meets. The
opponents of the lease hold that thu.
council acted without authority OF
treaty or law. Trouble is expected to
September. Spiechee, the leader in
hh Int hA
he remembered, was arrested by
United Stat S soldiers and taken
to Fort Gibson, where sort
OF truce was patched up, has
been nominated by the ignorant
masses as a candidate for chief peril
man of the Checote party, which is
a party of progress. The negroes are
talking strongly of making a tria. gu
lar ticket, by bringing out a candidate
of their own color. Boudlnot says
there will be trouble whatever may be
the issue of the election, as the de-
feated factions will not submit to the
majority.
PaymaSter Keats and six assistants
arrived to-day with the Santa Fe pay
car and distributed the salaries of the
employees of the road.
1t is reported that Mr.. Daugherty,
of Gainesville, will proceed to take
County Clerk Hill, of Dallas county,
into the courts, for issuing a license
to his daughter, Miss Cora Daugherty,
to marry Mr.. Fairchild, of Mckinney,
whose wedding was reported last
night. Miss Daugherty, it appears,
was only sixteen years old. Mr.. Hill
states that he had assurances from
what he considered reliable parties
that she was past eighteen years of
age.
Commercial travellers who are very
observant of their trips report far
mers and planters as feeling very de-
jected and the business outlook not
very promising, from what appears
to be a partial failure of the cotton
crop. No serious commercial or BUSH
ness reverses are as yet anticipated.
but an unlocked for stringency in
these directions are feared. The wall
from the merchant and planter they
reDOrt as being general