The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22

ford, by man named Miller. Aiken
by accident stepped on the toes of
Miller. He politely apologized, stating
that he did not do it meaningly but
by accident, whereupon a brother of
Miller, standing near, with an oath
drew a revolver and shot Aiken dead.
The two Millers fled, but reports from
there say the commudity are terribly
incenSed and are determined to cap
ture the murderer if possible.
Lieut.. &. Brothers, of the cavalry
branch of the Mexican army and II. HUI
CANA, a customhouse officer, accompa-
MED by j. Roma, business man of San
Francisco, acting as interpreter, have
been in the city last night and to-day.
They are all direct from the City of
Mexico via Vera Cruz and Galveston.
Lieut.. Brothers is en- route to Chihua-
hua to take command of portion of
the Mexican forces against the
Apaches. Hugana goes to Investigate
customs matters and Roma is return
ing home from business trip. The
gentleman acting as interpreter for
Brothers and Hugana requested your
correspondent to make statement
for them of what they consider the
treatment by the Gould system rail-
road officials at Galveston. They de-
sired to follow the instructions from
their government and reach Paso del
NOrte at the earliest time pos
sible, and to go from Calves
ton via San Antonio over the
Sunset and Southern Pacific route, if
open for traffic, and that at Galveston
the Gould system officials told them
that the line was not yet opened, and
the only route by rail that they could
take was via Dallas and Ell Paso, and
that they were sent up by the Texas
Central to Dallas, where they have
been detained twenty-four hours;
that they have lost two full days
time in reaching Ell Paso, put to I'M
necessary expense, and neglected very
important business for their govern
ment. They think they have been
| badly treated as strangers and repre-
sentatives of a friendly government.
Your correspondent knows nothing
of the facts further than their pro-
lOnged stay here and their statement.
They all appear to be elegant gentle
mon.
Henry F. Bowen, of the New York
Times, is in the city.
There is evidently trouble brewin g
and being Matched over the federal
building site location. The old town
crowd refuse to accept defeat, and in
| timations of protests, clouded titles
TO property, ETC., are heard. Several
| prominent lawyers are being consult
ed by the wheel-hOrses of the defeated
element.
San Antonio authorities thought
Dallas had an ordinance against par
ties driving in the streets allowing
their teams to splash mud on pedes-
trias, and sent commissioner up here
to see the ordinance, investigate its
workings and report on it. The
official has spent two days in the city
consulting City Attorney Field,
and returns to the Alamo city DISCUS
ted at finding oceans of mud.
| splaShing ordinance. The only law
about the matter is an old dead letter
ordinance requiring vehicles and
hOrsemen in muddy seasons to slow
up when they approach crossing;
provided, there is any one on the
crossing. But this was never en-
forced, and was not known to be in
existence by any except antiquarians
till Tesurrected by the San Antonio
investigator.
The federal court at Graham adj
| journed yesterday after two days seS-
sion, and Judge Mccormick, Attorney
Bigger and the other officers returned
to-day. The only conviction OF any
publ interest was Dudley Arm
strong, a white man, for selling whis-
key to Indians in the Territory. He
was sentenced to thirty days impris-
Onment.
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 15.-The morn
ing train from Laredo brought in the
body of William Monroe, the Inter
national agent at Webb station, and
the details of mournful tragedy.
When the train reached Webb. Mon
roe was missing, and on search being
made he was found lying senseless on
the floor of his Office, with three ugly
axe wounds on his head and a gun
shot wound under the left eye. He
had evidently been attacked whilst
writing, as an unfinished letter to his
mother, in Detroit, Michigan, lay on
his desk. He had been robbed. but to
what extent is not known.
He was brought here for
treatment. but died on the way.
There is no clue to the murderer, but
the engineer says that as the train APP
preached Webb Station man on
horseback hurriedly rode from it.
Marshal Gosling and a deputy left
this morning to investigate the mat
| ter.
Dan. Small, who was injured by
MafIet on Monday night, was rail-
road mechanic, and died last night.
| An inquest was held to-day, and it
was stated that Maffet knocked him
down and kicked him whilst down.
The jury declared that the above
caused his death. 1t is stated that
Maffet is in Houston.
Information from St. Louis states
that Mrs. Dan. p. Smith and her para
mour. Harris, to whom she eloped,
have left there for Chicago.
The Rev. Father Ryan
this day denounced man calling
himself Father Ryan, of Cleveland,
Ohio, as an impoSter and swindler.
He came here in January, and has
swindled many people, but he has
now skipped.
Mrs. Kate Peay, wife of Col. r. W.
Peay, died this morning, and will be
buried tomorrow.
n. j. Petrich, after having been
manager of the Western Union tele-
graph office for sixteen years, was re-
lieved to-day. He is succeeded by
Mr.. w. a. Pillow, of Austin.
a man named Crockett Holmes,
of Bolton, Atascosa county, came here
last night for treatment, with small
pox, and was ordered out of the city
at once.
Two boys named Coggshell and
Marshall were detected burglarizing
Grenet' store last night and arrested.
1t is supposed they have committed
several of the petty burglaries report
ed lately.
BAsTRoP, Feb. 15.-Mr. w. A. Nc
Cord, of Nashville, Tennessee, was
married to Miss Sallie E. Powell, of
this place, this morning at ten o'clock
at the residence of the brides parents,
Rev. J. A. Duncan officiating. They
left on the two o'clock train for Nash
vile, via Galveston and New Orleans.
Quite number of handsome presents
were presented the bride.
The commissioners court, which
has been in session all the week, con-
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