The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-14
Special kilograms

SpeCldI iei6gFdIllS
TYLER. June I2.-The special
election for mayor, called for to-day
passed off quietly. Between four and
five hundred votes were polled. Capt
Dodd, the present incumbent, was re-
elected, receiving 29O votes. clear
| majority OF all Votes cast. / he
weather is very warm.
DUPRE, June 12-Our little town
is still improving. Several w build
ings are going up. The new Metho-
dist church is nearly completed.
Crops are looking very well cOnSid-
ering the dry weather.
Some new oats are on the market
and selling for forty-tiye and fifty
two cents. per bushel. We have also
shipped some new hay from this place
this season.
BASTRoP. June l2-Last night
about O'Clock Mrs Starcke, probably
the Oldest person in the county, di, d
at the residence of her son DIR. II.
Starcke of this place. She was ninety
three years old and has lived at this
place for many years. Her remains
| were accompanied To the city GENE
| terry this evening at o'clo k, 10y II
| large number of the citizens of Bias
| trop.
1t is very warm and business is not
| lively.
DIR fHhn. -
the Bolton oil mill awarded the con-
tract of the building to B. ID. Lee X
Dow Bros, of this city, at $500 The
contractors filled bond Of 5000 for
| the faithful performance Of the work
and for its completion by September
| lst. They will require twenty-five
stone masOns more than can be had
here and fifty quarry men. The built
| ing is to be 4oX90 feet and two stories
high.
Mai S. E. Bessell, engineer of the
Missouri Pacific, arrived this evening
to lay off side Tracks for the compress
and oil mills.
BRENNAN, June 12-Last Sunday
night, at IL o'clock, Wash Brown, a
negro fifty years Old, living four miles
east of town, was called out of his
house and shot by Bob Love. another
negro. He died Monday evening
A difficulty had occurred between
Frank Brown, son of Wash, and Boh's
his brother Jesse. Both of the Loves
are in Jail.
Two car loads of Houston negroes
are here on an excursion to-day, hay
ing a fine time. Our negroe are do
ing their best to entertain the eXcur-
Sionists.
Saturday night a fine saddle horse
belonging to the county clerk was
stolen from the court house rack.
BURNETT, June 12.-To-day one of
our saddle and harness dealers, Viii
Hanson & Co, made an assignment
of their present stock on hand for the
benefit of their creditors The prin-
cipal creditors are 2. Barnes 81 Co, of
st. Louis, and SchOolkopf & CO., Dial
las. The estimated liabilities are two
thousand dollars, with estimated as
sets of $500 or $1,000, or Il sufficient
amount to satisfy all creditors.
Claims and attachments were run on
the house this afternoon to satisfy
claim of $500 presented by Bandy &
Parker of Austin.
We had good rain last SATURDAY.,
which was very much needed and APP
preciated
The health of our town is good and
Burnet still continues to improve.
Ell PAsO, June News comes to-
day to Paso del Norte from CASA
grande and CorraIetos, that Gen
Crook captured two hundred and six-
ty Indians and their leaders, Loco,
Juh and Orante. They surrendered
at the place named CroWsnest i'll the
state of Sonora, Mexico. n p. Fitch.
whose partner Finn was captured by
Indians on the 10th of May in the
Sierra MadreS two hundred miles
south of Correletos, is rescued. Crook
is now heading north with his pris-
oners.
Judge Crosby to-day sold thirty feet
of real estate, on Ell PasO street, to Il
New Yorker at 1888 a foot. This is
the highest price real estate ever
sold for in this city.
w. u. Wharper, the Chicago Times
scout, has returned here from Corrale-
tOS.
Mr.. Low, of the Galveston News,
left tonight for San Antonio.
GALVESTON. June 12.-Pr1yate ad-
vices received here from Vera Cruz
state that yellow fever is very bad at
that point, and the authorities
are trying 20 conceal the fact as much
as possible. Neither physicians or
newspapers will give an account of
the number of deaths occurring, hu
on the contrary use every effort for the
suppression of information that will
tend to show the extent to which the
fever is raging. The fever is re-
ported to be of a very malignant
type, and is proving very fatal.
Col. L. w. Pierce, president Of the
Galveston, Harrisburg and San An
tonic railway, who has been here 1oI
a few days, sails for New York Oh
the steamer San Marcos tomorrow.
Since he has been here, Col Pierce
has declined to he interviewed and
says he is here simply to get seavoy
age to New York for the beneht OF
his health.
Albert Brunot, while handling Il
pistol yesterday evenin- accidentally
shot himself in the shoulder. Thu
wound, though painful, is not con
sidered dangerous.
HOUSTON, June 12.-At the invi-
tation of Judge Ivey. county judge
of Jefferson comfy Professor w TT