The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-19

GALVESTON, July 13.-JameS Valentine, a
young man of twenty-five or twenty-three years
of age, who has been under the eye of the po-
lice for certain crooked transactions was cap
tured and jailed last night by Detective Jordan
and Chief of Police Jordan in the attempt 10
make a burglarious effort to rob the sho5
store of Hahn * Co., under the opera house.
Upon being taken to the station and searched,
quite a number of keys were found upon him.
Among them were car keys of the international
and Great Northern and Galveston,s Houston
and Henderson railways. This morn
ing Valentine had a preliminary eXamina-
ton, and. i'll default of $500 bond, was
sent to jail to await the action of the criminal
district court. From letters found in his pos
session, he has been quite an extensive trav
eler, and been, engaged in crimes in other
cities The police regard hin as an impOr-
tant catch. He is easy and plausible in his
address, and takes things very cOolly.
Tomorrow evening the French residents
will celebrate the anniversary of the fall of
the Bastile at Dalian's garden.
Steward, the negro who committed the muir
derous assault on the negro woman, Nephy
Williams, last night, was bound over for APP
pearance before the criminal court in the sum
of $1,000, and in default OF bond, was lodged in
Jail.
This evening while a crew were practicing in
the gulf, i'll front OF the Beach Hotel, with
surf boat, the boat capSiZed and one of the
crew came near drowning before being res
cued. The boat has been pronounced unfit
for the purpose for which she was purchased.
The board of health held a regular meeting
tonight DIR. Penny read a report that he had,
through his inspectors, just completed a
thorough house to house inspection, and that
the city was in as good a sanitary condition as
is obtainable under the present primitive
method OF disposing of night soil. He also re-
ported the establishment of a sanitary Gordon
consisting of picket boat stationed near the
state quarantine station and mounted patrol
on the eastern end of the island; that he had
engaged a seaman at SIPS for the voyage
on the bark Salome to Hampton Roads,
and to defray his expenses back to Calves
ton. He also stated that the schooner Re-
becca, recently from Tuxpan, loaded with
fruit, was detained in quarantine, and that
she had a clean bill of health, no sickness
aboard and there was none at TuXpan when
she sailed, and asking for instructions con-
corning her. The board ordered that The YES
sci be detained in quarantine the full number
of days stipulated by the governors proclama-
ton Mr. j. H. Wilson offered the following
preamble and resolution:
Whereas, During the present season vessels
from infected ports have arrived In
Galveston having contagious diseases on board
Whereas, Vessels SO arriving have had
communication with the Shore having taken
pilots, received provisions, had ballast sent to
Them as well as other things from our city,
and,
Whereas. The vessels are auarantined at
heavy expense to their owners as well as
placing onerous burdens upon the state of
Texas, and city and county of Galveston, and
Whereas, The presence of infected vessels
SO near our city Is, while they are at quaran-
tine, standing menace to the people of Gal
weston that cholera, yellow fever or other con-
tageous diseases may be waited by the wind
or brought by some other means among our
Resolved, That his excellency the governor
ct the state be requested to publish
a supplemental proclamation declar-
ing that any vessel sailing from
an infected port shall be prohibited from com
ing within the States jurisdiction over the
waters during the sickly season, and that the
active cooperation OF all boards of health in
our state be given to this board in urging the
governor TO issue such proclamation. N0n-in
tereeurse IS the only safety against contagion
Resolved, That copies Of this preamble and
resolution be forwarded to his eSccllency Gov.