The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-11-06
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Throughout the State
Texas has $50 newspapers.
Burglars are doing Sln Antonio.
The RAIN was general through north
Texas.
Mayor Wilkes, of Waco, is soon to
resign.
Heavy rains have fallen in Preside
county.
Politics are at fever heat in Fort
Bend county.
Paymaster KretZ, of the T. p, at
Marshall, has resigned.
The drouth was not broken at Ar
ington till last sunday.
Grain has announced himself deep
water man-for Galveston.
Maj. Penn has pitched his tent at
Lampasas for two weeks.
Governor Ireland spoke at Garth
age, east Texas, on the 25th.
Judge Rector failed to show up at
McDade Wednesday evening.
Betting on the election at Ell Paso
is even on Blaine and Cleveland.
Lee Williams, at Bolton, charged
with outrage, has been acquitted.
Rentfro and the Mexican consul
spoke at Victoria Tuesday night.
A theatrical troupe put in four
nights at Wichita Falls last night.
United States Marshal Gosling has
been i'll at his home in San Antonio.
Some 200 Presbyterian ministers are
expected to attend the synod at Bel
ton.
Prince Middleton won the $500 trot-
ting race at Sherman-best two in
three.
Twenty thousand bushels of grain
have been shipped from Crowley to
Galveston.
Ys-o-sS 10 raise $4,000
il TOW gudse to come to
A Montgomery saloon keeper was
knocked down and robbed the other
day of $500.
Rhodes, the Galveston negro wife
murderer, waived examination and
went before the grand jury.
At San Antonio a man named Pa
lacios attempted suicide by cutting
his throat with pane OF glass.
An unknown stranger died at Hous-
ton Wednesday. DR.. Rutherford pro-
nounced his disease malarial fever.
Hon. H. J. Labatt, Grand Command
er of the Knights of Pathias, delivered
an address at San Antonio, Thursday.
Thursday the presbytery of West
Texas met at Weimer, and was open
ed with sermon, by Rev. j. NJ. Con-
nelly.
Thursday evening lion. w. III.
Grain, on arriving at Cuero, Was met
at the depot by his friends and a.brass
band.
A Hill county farmer named Stan
ford, was decoyed out behind an en-
glne house, at Waco, Dy two negroes
and robbed.
A citizen of Terrell has bet $500
that Cleveland carries New York
$500 that he is elected, and $lO0 that
lie carries Indiana.
The International train ran over a
man fifteen miles north of San Anto.
Mo, killing him instantly. He was
lying square across the track.
The synod of Texas, of the Southern
Presbyterian Churh, convened at Bel
ton, Thursday, with $50 members pres
ent, the moderator being Rev. j. S
Moore, of Marshall.
Col. ]. &. UNeiJ, who commanded
the Fenians in the raid on Canada, il
1868, and who was also an officer il
the war of 1861, died at Ell Paso O.
hemmorrhage Of the lungs.
According to the Houston reporter
of the Galveston News employees o.
the International railroad say con
ductor of that road stated
that J. Gould had issued an ordel
to General superintendent Harris
to discharge all employees who favor
Cleveland and Hendricks.
In his Thursday night speech at Sa1
Antonio, eXCoDgressman UpSon de
nounced free trade as destructive Of
American interests; tariff for reve
nue. only as free trade in disguise; {
protective tariff as creative of mon
opolies, and advocated a tariff will
incidental protection as the true anC
safe mean.