The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-31

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r. We have organized in many counties AT
iary aid societies, and our plans are now fo
y. ulated for the organization of such societies
both gentlemen and of ladies, for each cou
M in the state. These societies will gather sp
- mems for county collective exhibits, special
y, hibits and competitive exhibits.
a Prominent among special exhibits VIII be
vs OF honey, showing the varieties made from
'0 tain flowers and shrubs. colonies of Ital
bees, honey specimens in sealed comb
tie strained, colonies of tees at work etc.
10 prehi storic relics, petrifications and G
~ logical specimens. Arrangement has b.
81 made for grand exhibit, embrae
Il todon gigantus, one tusk ivory of mastOd
- thirty. two inches in circumference; petrif
IL tire thirty inches in diameter, petrif
% sponge, coral, etc. In texiderlny an exc
% lent exhibit of animals peculiar to Texas.
~ OrnithOiOgy md etimOl0gya splendid eXhib
one collection embracing four thousand b,
j. ties and moths. Our collection of moths, bl
8 terfies, beetles, ETC., mounted. will be SUI
inches wide by fifty-one feet long. In grasSt
Z building stone, specimens of forestry and Ger
Z ais, arrangements have been made for graz
4 EXHIBITS in other departments are beiI
) arranged for, and when l inform you tn;
Texas has an area OF about 10000 squal
unOrganiZed count eS, each OF which wi
furnish exhibits to be placed in the expositio
at New Orleans, you may imagine the extent Q
As a further illustration of our manner c
working up the state in this grand enterprise
in addition to the circulars issued by. Co
| Elliott and addresses made by myself,
circular has been issued by me, and will b
published by the leading papers of the state
1 also have distributed 800 copies of form fOl
organizing county, city and town societies.
Respectfully,
T. 7. GAMMAGE,
United States Commissioner for Texas.
The new assessment rolls of CAM
county show an increase of $41, 1913
and those of Washington county
SIZE, 476, in taxable values during the
year.
The comptroller has not yet return.
ed from his trip to Marlin.
The attorney general is looking into
the facts as to Spanish land grant
made in 1857. for forty-seJ en- leagues
of land near the Rio Grande. The in
terest of the state in the event railroad
certificates for the land hold good,
rests in the alternate school sections.
Superintendent Baker has received
a number of large sized photographs of
public school buildings to be sent to
the New Orleans exposition.
1t is expected that Major Dorm
will be recalled from Washington to
present the claims of Texas for from
tier defense in different shape. The
defect has been in his presenting
copies of documents instead of origi-
nal vouchers. So he will bring back
the copies and forward the originals
to Washington.
AFFAIRS IN KINNEY COUNTY.
The following communication is adj
dressed to the governor from
Bracket, and will be- forwarded TO
the state department at Washington
In reply to yours of the 18th instant,
l will make the following statement,
and answer all questions prOpounded
in your letter, to the best of my ability
and personal knowledge of the facts
as they occurred.
In December, 1880, at Del l|io,
most foul and daStardly manner by
3ne Louis Rivera and Indalicia
Rivera (the latter being the father of |
he widow of Jones Goiner, deceased.)
Louis Rivera was apprehended, in
iicted by the grand jury, convicted |
md sentenced to thirty years impri-
onment from which judgment he ap-
,ealed and his case was affirmed. In
ialicia Rivera at the same time was
indicted as an accomplice IN the afore-
eased on bond which he forfeited and
tended until December, 1883, and is
low in Jail awaiting trial which will
urtly result in conviction If the
tate succeeds in getting witnesses
Who are in Mexico.
1 merely mention the foregoing cir
instances, ubecause they commence
nd make the present feud existing
etween the Griner family and the
Iexican relatives OF the widow of
ones Griner (she being MexicaD;
ence, this killing and quarreling.
,ouls Rivera anu 1ndticia Rivera
re both M4Xicals, and, as far as
now or Can learn, are naturaliZed
itizens OF the state of Texas, and at
ne time of the killing OF Griner, were
esidents of the town of Del Rio. AT
er the above occurred there arose and
ontinued to exist an enmity between
ne relatives and friends of the said
,ouls Griner and the Riveras. Prom
lent among the friends and relatives
the latter was one AlDino Perez
nd his son, Albino Perez, jr.. youth
T 81 or % years Of age, who were
9th on the desEerado order, as the
lstice'S docket at Del Rio and the
ounty court docket in Bracket will
now they were not strangers before
he above mentioned tribunals for va
Gus deed of laWleSSnesS.
In December 1883, Albino Perez, jr.,
nd Albino Perez, ST., entered a saloon
Wned by one George Rector, at Del
10. (Who rented the building from
lbino Perez, ST. and commenced !
hooking intoxicated men from the
lbles and benches where they were
eepipg, and when one Thomas
eakey and one A. A. Ware
0iected to such procedure {
hey playing cards in the saloon.) |
ertz. Jr., pulled pistol and shot at
eakey, who grappled with Perez, and
9TH fell to the floor. Perez, ST., at !
,mpted to assist his son, and Ware (
ED him off until Leakey and Perez,
r., arose from the floor, when Perez,
r. raised a chair to strike Leakey,
hen the latter shot and killed him,
nd then turned his attention to Perez,
r., who had recovered his pistol and
as Stamping it at Laakey, when the
tier sirJt three or four bullets into
le body OF Albino Perez, Jr. lie
as TAKE n off for dead, but finally re-
overed, wheteupon he commenced
is lawl. ssness again. He then fled to
le other side of the Bravo, and
.om accounts from the authorities at
an Vacus, opposite Del Rio, ne con-
nued his laWieSS career over there
ntil driven away by the Mexican
,ldiers. He is now under Indictment
! this county for murder, with the
est chan. es for conviction if brought
, trial. Thos. L ;akey was indicted
Y the grau,i jury, tried and acquitted
the murd' I IF Perez, ST.; also for
with intent to murder
'erez, Jr. Since that two Mexican
me named Romero) have been killed
t Del Rio, but the authorities have
cen unable to find any clue to the
lurderers, afterIvery strenuous efforts
n their part, as both men were killed
4 a disreputable portion of the town,
nd after midnight. No one at Del
sio seems to have known the men, as
hey were MexicaRs just from Mexico.
Regarding the chasing of Librado
.oZano, 1 will state that special
equity sheriff of this county, Robert
had warrant to arrest a
Lorse-thief who answers the deScr1p-
ion of Librado Lozano (and l doubt
lot he is the identical man) and he,
summoned John Weaver,
u a les Davis and j. Thompson (con-
table of that precinct) and another
,arty whose name 1 do not know, to
70 with him to arrest Lozano INC
dahon and Weaver only being |
nounted) and when called upon by
he officer to surrender, as he had a