The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-17

DALLAS, May 9.-The excursion to
the Midlothian town lot sale to-mor-
row will be very large from Dallas
Parties desiring to attend from Fort
Worth can arrive in time for the
event. In the event of rain, facilities
for shelter have been arranged.
United States Attorney Bangor left
for Cisco prosecute the examining
trial OF man named Welsh, charged
with postoffice robbery.
Freeman, the alleged mail robber,
at Sherman, had his examining trial
continued till May Is.
The sale of the saloon and other
Saengerfest privileges brought $738.
Bnai Birth adjourned to-day at
O'Clock p. m, after being in session
since Sunday last. The delegates
were rendered grand banquet to-
night. Congressman Wellborn and
State Senator Gibbs were the princi-
pal speakers. Of the members of the
order Rabbi H. M. Bier made the
principal speech for the Hebrews.
There was no change made in the en-
dowment plan to provide for mileage
expenses for delegates to meetings
hereafter. A new tax of twenty-five
cents per member was levied. A COM
mittee was appointed to investigate
and report upon the feasibility Of es-
tablishing an academy of science.
The Dallas press club reception
committee, wearing designating
badges, will meet the members of the
State press association at all trains on
MOy 16. the day of the annual meet
ing. The visitors are to be escorted
to press headquarters, at the board of
trade rooms, and given reception at
10 o'clock.
Merchants and citizens generally
are subscribing readily to the new
cotton factory enterprise. A charter
is to be applied for the last of the
present week, and sufficient stock is
expected to be raised within the next
ten days to justify starting work on
the factory buildings. 1t is to be
purely home enterprise and
allow persons of moderate means
to subscribe in sums as low as 800,
and not let any one, even the heaviest
capitalist, take over $500 worth. It
is meeting with greater success than
any CnGOl PitSO " ttiO kluet ever SGdI
ed. It is intended to have q factory
of 5000 spindles and 1000 looms,
manufacturing 10000 yards of
cloth per year, in operation
by fall. Mr.. Joseph f. Barclay
leaves for Houston, San Antonia, Aus
tion, and Waco, to organize a South
Texas racing circuit, to give fall
meeting just ahead of Little Rock
and Memphis.
The changed policy OF the Texas
and st, Louis narrow gauge road re-
specting it's north Texas branch from
Mount Pleasant to Dallas westward
is still an interesting topic. 1t devel-
opes to-day that German bondholders
have caused the change. They are
said to have been represented at the
recent annual meeting at Tyler, and
prevailed on the railroad c6mpany to
first prosecute On its line from Gates
vile to a connection with the Palmer
& Sullivan system, at the Rio Grande,
in Mexico, as the Germans were
interested in the bonds Of both rail-
roads, and decided to have their value
enhanced by connection and by the
increased trade the railroads would
bring to one another, and no loss
could result to the Texas and st. Louis
railway by deferring construction on
the north Texas line, it is understood
a conference is to be held in Dallas
soon to locate the ill-feeling of the
people, but it is well established that
neither concession will be granted.
The press and public are demanding
that local capital be employed to
build about Ten miles of narrow
gauge northeast from Dallas for the
city's benefit.
News from Weatherford says Eli
Mcconnell. the child murderer who
has been in Jail at that place since
last fall, in default of $4,000 bond,
has had his bail reduced to 5000 and
was last night liberated, his bond at
that amount having been made salts
factory.
TYLER, May l0.-A meeting of the
city council was held to-day TO decide
who was elected to the office of mayor
Of the city. Capt. Dodds, who claims
to hold over for another year, called
no election for the Office in April, and