The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-26
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FORT WORTH. July ls.--The Victoria pack
ing company has finally agreed with capitalists
of this city to establish refrigerating eStab-
lShment here. capital stock Sl50,000, $1,000 to
be taken by Fort WOrthianS. \ committee
OF three is TO 20 to Victoria tomorrow to see
the works there.
Eleven marriage licenses have been issued
this week and all To widows.
All opposition to the Sunday law has ceased
| and City Attorney Swain has triumphed over
the saloon men.
A few boil AormS have appeared in cotton
in the western part of the county, but are not
very bad as yet.
A canvass of the city council shows five of
the six aldermen opposed to the reappontment
of Prof. Hogg as superintendent of the schools
One ground of the complaint is that h shows Il
disposition to exclude lady teachers from the
schools who receive company. Another conf
plant is that although the law requires him to
act as principal OF one school he has utterly
failed to do so.
The business men generally show a deep i'll
terest in the prospective strike of the tele-
graph operators, who are members of the
brotherhood. The strike was looked for to-
day, and at different times through the day
number of prominent citizens We're at the
Western Union office seeking information. The
manager of this office claims that of his six
operators not enough are brotherhood men to
cripple the service i'll case of a strike. The
operators are very reticent regarding the mat
ter, but it Is expected the brotherhood VIII
walk out if orders come from New York TO do
So
SAN ANTONIO, July 1S.-A large jewelry
firm will soon be opened here. and large
clothing house, and stationery and jewelry
firm.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars was
voted by the city council last night for public
improvements sewers, etc.
j. L. Holland took hack ride last night and
complained of being robbed by the driver, Sol
omOn, of 81 and IL watch The articles were
found hidden by solomon. who was Jailed.
Races are being arranged to occur at MIR. Nc
NlurrayS old fair grounds, between any num-
Der of thoroughbred horses who may come be-
tween now and the 2nd of August. The races
are TO be run August 3 and /; $3.50 and $50 i'll
purses each day. Hotel, saloon, merchant and
livery purse already offered Seven horses are
training daily.
Toby Hart. The New Orleans excursion man.
will bring over large excursion to San An
here the New Orleans Lone Star base ball club
will play match games with our clubs. From
here they go to Austin.
MalteO CASTILLO. NarciSO Marcunda and F.
Il. PaSchal, Texas veterans, have been pen
stoned
Mrs. Vannage, Il relative of Il, prominent
pawnbroker here, attempted suicide by lauda-
mum, because he ordered her to vacate the
house rented from him.
Tonight. at . O'Clock. Il party of young men,
headed by Paul Martin went To San Pedro
Springs called the barkeeper. Fritz Stern
berger; and told him that some ladies wanted
to see him They took him out. and some six
or eight shots were fired, Martin alleging
that Sternbtiger had Seduced his sister The
barkeeper promised to marry her, aud he
took him to the house and then the marrying
took place. There is considerable excitement.
Martin has been arrested.
LAMPAsAs, July 1s.-The second day of the
great live day shooting tournament began at
o'clock this morning. with the weather bright
and clear.
score of the second shoot, five birds. twenty
yards, privilege to use but one barrel. ties to be
shot of at thirty yards, entrance fee $50, 40,
80. 20 and 10 per cent, paid respectively to Win
nerS:
Maj Ryan Of Austin, q G; A GaEdner ne rI Aus
er, Fort Worth, 3; I. Witten, Fort Worth, 8;
q. Glasscock, Fort Worth, 5; Jake johnson,
Fort Worth, 8; A. +. Sheet, Fort Worth, >; }.
pasas, 5; n. o. ReynOld, Lampasas, ); ID. w.
Phillips. LampasaS. /; G. Platte, Lanpasas, 4;
F. r. Randell, Lampasas, 3; I. IL. Haynie.
George Ellis, Hockey, .; j. r. Mason: llous-
Houston. 3; r. p. Downey, Houston, 3, J. J.
Weiss, Houston, 1; George l.. Porter, IOIIS-
ton, 5; Jerry Epson. Houston, 5; 5: X. Nell
heny. Houston, 4; ID. w. G. Dunn, Houston, 4:
Jim Fucker, Houston, >; p. d Watson; Holls-
ton. ); j. Contran, Gainesville, 5; I. Dollar
hide, DenisOn, 3; F. Laster, Denison, 3; 7. p.
Luckett, BaStrOp, 4; w. c. Jenkins, BaStrOp,
;. j. w. Duval, BastrOp, 3; w. f. Fort, Waco,
5; A. F. Wilson, Bryan, 4; b. ID. Wilson, Pitts
Jake Johnson. of Fort Worth, and Erickson,
of Houston, won the first money, S61 o.
A. +. Wilson, of Bryan, and b. ID. Wilson, OF
Pittsburg won second money, to be equally
divided-S457S
G. l.. Porter and r. T. Downey. both of
Houston, won third mOney-S30.F2
J. d. Cassell, of Lampasas, won fourth
mOney-S15.26.
Following this came the third match, seven
clay pigeons, eighteen yards rise, 50 entrance
fee-f0, 80, 20 and 10 per cent to be divided
among the winners. Ell chsOn of Houston won
the first money-S4S.7S
G. L. Porter and ID. w. c. Dunn, of Houston,
won the second mOney-S36.5S.
Monroe Miller of Austin, won the third
mOney-S24.39.
p B. Watson, of Houston, won the fourth
mOney-S12.19.
The fourth shoot. for the handsome gold
medal, offered by Mai. Gribble, of Waco, gem
eraI agent of the Equitable insurance compa-
ny, and the sweepstakes was Overtaken by
tile darkness and will be continued in the
morning
There were many ties and some remarkable
shooting done, considering the fact that all
were limited to one barrel. 1t even surpassed
the wonderful record of yesterday.
Crowds were in attendance, and hundreds OF
people arrived this evening. The interest in
the tournament is great, and has the consider
ton of all.
A. p. Anderson, of the firm of Toland & An
dersOn, met with a horrible accident this
morning while driving from the Hancock
springs, about O'Clock. accompanied by his
wife. His horse took fright and ran away,
throwing both out and seriously lnJurlnS Mr..
Anderson. whose recovery is doubtful.
There are delightful social events nightly.
Business is rushing and the weather Is fine.
MILANo, July 1S.-A Mexican, the dish
washer, and a mulattO negro, the waiter at
the junction House, had a difficulty Tonight.
The Mexican struck the negro on the head