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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
A CLASSICAL CHAT.
Or a Chat About the Classics with Prof
Milton w. Humphreys.

Or n Chat About the Classics with Prof
Milton w. Humphreys.
Meeting Prof. NJ. w. Humphreys OF
the streets day or so ago, repre-
sentative of TUE STATESMAN stop
ped him for few moments to enquire
about the progress of the university
and his own departr tent in particular
Has there been any improvement
over last session, asked the reporter
L think there is some improvement in
the preparation for classical study over
last year, responded the professor, par
ticularly in Latin. There are very
few students pursuing Greek. The
main trouble in regard to the latter
language is, that great many young
men and girls too, perhaps, who would
like to learn it have nobody to give
them instruction. 1t is scarcely my
province to teach beginners, though [
am satisfied that if the elementary
tr1ining in this study COULD be had, a
large class in Greek could easily be
formed.
Does not the present tendency of
studying the sciences, or those
branches which presumably have a
more direct bearing on the practical
affairs of life, rather presage the de-
cadence Of classical study?
To certain extent perhaps. There
has been slight falling off as re-
CARDS the Greek, but the Latin will al
ways hold its own. But the value of
Greek ought not to be underestimated;
1T is one of the most beautiful and
perfect of tongues, and there can
hardly be thorough linguistic scholar
ship without knowledge of the Ian
guage in which Homer sung and De
mosthenes delivered his impassioned
appeals. All this talk about the
downfall of the classics is no new
thing. OF course it may not be well
for all to study them. 1t depends
greatly on che inclination and future
position in life of the student.
The ground taken by the professor
seemed sensible and conservative. |
While a profound classical scholar,
himself. ranking with Goodwin, Gill |
dersleeve, darkness and other eminent |
he is no extremist, but |
accords to every study its proper |
value, giving undue prominence to |
none
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
GOSSIP WITH GOREE.
A Talk With the superintendent of the
Texas Penitentiaries.

| A Talk With the Superintendent of the
Texas Penitentiaries.
Observing the name of Major J. T..
Goree, superintendent of the state
penitentiaries, on the register of the
Hotel Brunswick last night reporter
thought it too good a chance of ac-
quiring some points of information
about prison affairs to slight him and
accordingly tackled" the Major for an
interview. But the latter, as soon
as the scribe had declared his OBJ
ject, smilingly declined to be inter
viewed, saying there was nothing that
he could say that would be of any
interest to the newspapers. In an in
formal talk, however, he spoke at
length in regard to certain phases of
the convict question.
In response TO a question as to the
progress of affairs at the present time,
Major Goree replied that the hard
times had hurt the interests of the pen
itentiarieS to q considerable extent. He
instanced the failure of Conner & Farris
lessees of the Rusk penisentiary.
What was the cause of the failure !?
Well, the low price of iron and the
general depression of trade. They
couldn't ship the iron to st. Louis and
make any profit, so they got behind.
About 1000 tons of pig iron, however,
was manufactured by them, and the
state won't lose anything.
Wouldn't il have been good idea to
have worked up this iron into manu-
featured articles, as pipe, plows, stoves,
etc. was asked.
Perhaps so, but it would require a
Of 70 IN
with. The policy is to have the men
employed in some kind of work re-
quiring the least outlay for machinery
and mechanical apparatus. For in
stance, if practicable, the employment
of large convict forces on some heavy
enterprise, like the quarrying of the
Burnet granite, where everything is
carried on by purely manual labor,
would be the most satisfactory solu-
tian of the question.
The press and the public have
clamored to have the men kept with
in the walls, but there is not enough
shop room to contain tWo-thirdS of
the men we usually have an hand. In
the iron mandatory, for example,
the proportion of men working out
side, mining the ore and burning the
COdl was dDOuU W OQC Ill COLl-
parison with the workers on the in
side.
About how many convicts have you
altogether?
When 1 left nearly two weeks ago,
replied the superintendent, there were
about twenty-five hundred and fifty;
unless escapes and deaths are of very
frequent occurrence the Hdmber will
run up to about 300 before the first
of next year.
Isn't that rather too great proper
ton of criminals for the population,
asked the reporter.
About the same as that of other
states with an equal number of in
habitants, was the reply, with con-
Guiding remark that new prison
would have to be built ere long, the
conversation came to close.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
ABILENE.
Safe Contents Destroyed-New Merchants
Exchange-Attempted Fratricide-
Wrong Man Killed.

Safe Contents Destroyed-New Merchants
Exchange-Attempted Fratricide-
Wrong Man Killed.
Special telegram to THE STATESMAN.
ABILENE, October 1.-THE post
Office safe, which went through Mon
days big fire, was to-day opened.
Twenty thousand two-cent stamps
were found destroyed and a great
deal of other valuable property badly
damaged.
James Donnally to-day attempted
to murder his wife with a shotgun
but failed to injure her. Two deputy
sheriffs lodged him in jail.
The new merchants exchange build.
ing, just completed at a cost of $780,
O3O, and to be dedicated on Monday
night next, was damaged about 81 ,OOC
worth by fire this morning at
o'clock.
Dock Pisler, planter at Forney
this morning attempted to kill his
brother-in-law, Gus Wilson, claiming
that he refused to pay debt of 500
| Pigler fired three shirts at Wilson, bu
failed to hit him. One of the shot!
passed through the body of stranger
| killing him. Pigler escaped. A poss'
of officers are pursuing him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
LAREDO.
What a Mexican Newspaper Says =
Things at SabiDas, Mexico.

What a Mexican Newspaper Says =
Things at SabiDas, Mexico.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
LAREDO, October S.-tl HoriZonte,
the Mexican Newspaper here, publishes
an attack on Grain this evening, claim
ing that while District Attorney
Cram made the stateme Mt that every
Mexican mothers son, from his earli-
est days to his last, and from the be-
ginning to the end, were thieves from
instinct, from conviction, and for past
time, and Editor Jose Lopez Montalbo
claims it will lose him every Mexican
vote on the Rio Grande; consequently
he will be beaten. Montalbo promises
more developments soon, and says it
will be used fully against Grain.
Nothing additional has been heard
from Sablnas that would prove inter-
esting. The mob are still in Capt.
Morton's house, and are liable to stay
till dislodged by the arrival of troops.
A change is looked for tomorrow.
Both factions of local parties will
hold meetings tonight, Our neigh
bors across the river are resting easier,
as it is now supposed Ell Coyote was
satisfied to escape, and will not make
q raid on the town.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
that land, and it has created a great

that land, and it has created great
scandal.
Hard words are like hailstones in
summer. beating down and destroying
what they would nourish were they
melted into drops.
AT Bowling Green, Kentucky, it is
necessary for the churches to take
out clearinghouse licenses before
they can give charitable suppers.
Rev. DR.. Deems tells his congrega-
ton to go to sleep if they feel sleepy
in church; that both he and the Lord
will forgive them. but that they must
sleep quietly.
Recently the religious interest at
Newman, Ga, was SO great that the
court, including the grand jury, adj
Journed to engage in prayer meeting
led by the judge.
The Mormons who were warned to
leave Tennessee within thirty days
are said to be on the move. The ac-
ton of the vigilants was illegal, but
1t appears to have been effectual.
Bishop Taylor has gone to California
to pay farewell visit to his family
before entering on his missionary
work in Africa. He proposes first to
establish twenty mission stations on a
line, commencing at the Congo river.
The Roman Ghetto is fast being de-
moliShed to make room for modern
improvements, and thus another his
toric israelitish quarter will soon be
as much thing of the past as the
Frankfort Judengasse. The house
where St. Paul dwelt, according to
tradition, is among those doomed.
An inquiry of religious paper re-
garding a Christians right to read
Shakespeare, recalls to the Brooklyn
Union that "Clarke's commentary
contains elaborate quotations from
Shakespeare The editor makes Gu
rious confession as to his own reason
for ceasing to read the dramatist, |
which was simply because he found |
he was in danger of quoting Shakes
peare more than the Bible in the pull
pit, and concluded to stop in time"
The presbytery of Genesee, New
Y ork, has entered s solemn protest |
against Sabbath Dissertation, as dis
played in ''open Sunday camp meet
ings, Sunday mass meetings, Sunday |
railroad excursions and Sunday pic
MICS and pleasure parties" They also |
resolved to communicate their action |
to the various UNCONVENTIONAL bodies
Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
and Episcopal-in their vicinity, and
to ask their cooperation in efforts to
maintain the proper observance of the
Lords day.
Harry Wakefield, who died recent
Iy at Colebrook, Connecticut, at the
age of 50, had a passion for saving
all sorts of articles that people gener-
ally throw away. In his barn is a
huge pile of newspapers, and it is
said that every newspaper he had re-
ceived in sixty years lies in that |
heap. He Is said to have been in a
church not more than three times in
MS life, but his will gives $1,000 each
to the Episcopal, Methodist, Roman
Catholic and Congregational churches
at Winsted. Some small legacies are
left to relatives, 81, 900 to the borough
Of Winsted, and the rest of his estate
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
CHURCH NOTES AND CHIMES.

The Pan Presbyterian Council is to
meet again in London three years
hence.
Any man may do a casual act of
good nature, but a continuation of
them shows it is part of ones tenn
Reconnaissance.
A Parsee girl has astonished her
race in India by bringing suit for
breach of promise of marriage. 1t is
the first episode of the kind known in
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
DALLAS.

James WATSON Held for Murdcr-Died of
An Accident.
SPECIAL Telegram to The Statesman.
DALLAS, October Thames Was
son, who killed Almarine Watkins, in
the Chickasaw nation, in July last,
was to-day held for murder by L. S.
Commissioner Ricketts,, at Sherman,
in $500 bond, and sent to Fort Smith
Jail to await trial in the federal court.
The wife of the murdered man offered
81, 600 reward for the body of WATSON,
dead or alive, and paid it on his cap
ture.
Howell Willis had the fingers of
his lett hand slightly lacerated yester-
day. in some mill machinery, in Cass
county, and died to-day. His death is
remarkable, considering the slightness
| of his injuries.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
OUT AT LAST.

The case of Isam n. Tooke, who
created such sensation by his very
peculiar methods here and in San An
tonic some months ago, is still fresh
in the public mind. He married an
exceedingly nice young lady of this
city, and while on a bridal trip to San
Antonio got on drunken debauch on
account of which she very properly
left him and returned to her home
But he also succeeded in obtaining
various sums of money from parties
here, among themIKMr. b. Melasky
He was brought back to Austin, anG
failing to give bond has lain in jai
ever since on a charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses. Tht
grand jury falling to find bill he wa
liberated yesterday, and has doubtless
denarted the CITY,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
LAREDO.

Real Causes of the Revolt at Sabinas-A
Mexican Mob-Laredo Amusements.
Special Telegram to The Statesman.
LAREDO, October 11.-Your CORES.
pondent saw the statement in one of
the Texas dailieJ that the uprising at
Sabinas was occasioned by excite
ment attendant upon the approaching
gubernatorial election in the state of
Tamaulipas. Now, your correspond
emit has furnished you with data as to
the cause of the uprising, which can
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
FROM TYLER.

Proceedings in the Appellate Courts.
Special Telegram to tho Statesman.
TYLER, october 13.-ihe commits
sioners of appeals reported the follow
ing cases to the supreme court to be af-
tirmed: Schneider s. Davis VS.. San
soin; Texas Pacific railway company
VS.. Cavanor; Sansoin vs. Anderson
Nichols VS.. Winner.
TO be reversed and remanded: G..
w. Day vs. R. J. Chambers ct al; Git
tenwater and wife VS.. II. T. Scott.
Dismissed by agreement: Thomas
VS.. Schneider & Bro.
Reversed and rendered by agree
ment: w. F..North VS.. ]. z. Yaho.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
Seized bY Tigers.

WArRRBURY, Conn, October g.
Richard Clark, Of Caledonia, Canada,
employee of Forepaugh's circus, while
opening the ventilator in the cage this
morning had his hand seized by a
tiger. While trying to release himself,
he was seized by two tigers and
dragged inside the cage. The animals
were finally beaten off after Clark's
arms and legs had been most horribly
crunched and mutilated.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
STATE DEPARTMENTS.

Nineteen counties are still behind
with their assessment rolls.
The sum of $4,000 was paid out of
the treasury yesterday from the free
school funds.
The quarantine regulations have
been so far modified by recent procla-
nation by Gov. Ireland, as to allow
all vessels with clean bill of health,
entrance into Texas ports except those
hailing from Cuba.
DR.. SWearingen, state health officer,
leaves to-day for st. Louis, to attend a
conference of medical men which as
sembles to discuss preventive meas
ures In regard to the advent of cholera
In the United States.
Thirty-six applications for land. by
heads OF families under the actual
settler act, have thus far come in.
The Ell Paso board of trade, capital
stock $25,0O0, has filed a charter, j.
Julian, g. r. Morehead, J. Schultz, S.
Schultz, M. Ulman, G. l.. Pierce, z. T..
White, directors.
The Pickwick club of Victoria. a
social and literary organization has
also taken out charter.
The sum of $1,000 was deposited in
the treasury to the general revenue.
Howard Brayhan, financial agent of
the state penitentiaries, has made a
statement of the receipts and disburse-
ments for the month of August,
which has been approved by the board
and filed with the comptroller. 1t is
as follows:
Receipts from huntsville Pen;y..... s2,E96 IS
Receipts from Rusk Pen'y.......... 80 70
Total available Cash. .. ........ S44,34g 20
CREDITS.
BY " /" RusIx K 80 ~
BY balance cash on hand Sept. L.. Il, 3O7 30
1otdl.-.' ....................... S44,3D AZ
The receipts credited to Huntsville
include all amounts for convict hire
on the railroads and plantations, and
the expenditures charged against the
prison include amounts paid out. also.
on account of outside convicts.
The ClarksvIlle building and loan
association, with capital Of 100000,
has filed charter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
COLORADO CITY.
seventy Miles of wire Fence O.

Special Telegram to The Statesman.
COLORADO CITY, October 10.-News
reached here to-day that eighty miles
OF wire fence in Borden county sur.
rounding the pastures of the Magnolia
Cattle company, was cut WEDNESDAY
night. This is.the first seriors fer G.
cutting reported in several months in
this region. No clew to the guilty
parties.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
NEGRO KILLED.

How the Superintendent of a Poor Farm
Defended Himself.
Special Telegram to The Statesman.
PARIS, Tex, October 8.-A negro
convict named Dangerfield, on the
Lamar county poor farm, was killed
to-day by the superintendent, James
Bates. Bates ordered Dangerfeld to
go to work, when the latter grabbed a
stick and knocked Bates down, saying
that he was as good as any Cd id
white man. Bates then shot him, the
ball taking effect just below the heart.
The negro ran several hundred yards
before falling. The grand jury now
in session refused to find a bill
against Bates.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16

a GENTS something new. hare chance.
Co., aal Canal s4reet. ny.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16

Every smoker should try aLittie
Joker"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-21
F. CALDWELL
NO. 1907 MAIN STREET,
TXECUTOg's SALE OF VALUABLE

feb2l.M4rh Near Stone Bridge. I.
TXECUT0R's SALE OF VALUABLE
by virtue OF the authority vested In me hv the
will Of Thomas Il; Wins. late Of tho city Of Wheel.
s On ssa sfSSq;f1; l. ": TaE " 9sa bas u si SssRtjA Ky
1854, beginning at 10 o'clock A. ~, scll at public
auction at the front door OF tho Court House o.
Ohio county. In the City of wheeling, the follow.
said city called Centre Wheeling:
1.-The middle third-2! feet front more or less
OF lot I6G, on the west side Of Ch1pline street, with
the two-s:ory brick dwelling house thereon.
2-Lot 81 on the Eouth.elst corner OF Main street
aud Alley IS. with four two story brick houses
fronting on Main htreet, and other Improvements
thereon. ~ 5tlr gr g. ( laaEEgIs
SOUTHWEST corner Of Main street and Alley is, with
Two ~two-story brick houses fronting on Main street,
aud four lwo-slory brick houses fronting OH Alley
49, This part cf lot 81 lies north ind sdloins that
devised to hdlnas Z. Amick. .izsH =
$50 much Of lot 50 as lies south Of the property
devised TO J. y. Amick and rorth OF ihst owned
by W. 7. Rachlnhn, and having af'ont OF about l6h
feet on Main street, with q two story brick house
fronting on Main stieet and a twottoty frame
dwelling house ON the rear OF SAID part Of Int 81,
5-Alt0 q trAc. 0! land known Ms tho "McCutch.
en-" farm. containing 60 acres al 5i-i00 poles, eitu.
ate OH tho National hoad in Ohio county, about
twelve miles east ot tue city Of Wheeling, together
With the buildings thereon, and being the same
farm IN which Charles Crumbackcr now reSidet,
All the above property ~ well improved and pro-
ductivc;' and Is such rs Is desirable for Investment
1t Is all now under lca&e, and possession Will be
given to the purchasers on April l,1sS4, eal,s will
DO made Of this property In such parcels as will be
most beneficial TO the estate. ~ ~
TERMS oS sALf.-onc third and as much more
OF the purchasc money as the purchaser may elect
to pay. cash; and the residue In two equal pay.
Eents In . and Is months with interest from day
OF sale. for the credit III, AILMENTS. notes with good
personal security to bs given BY the purchaser or
purchasers, ano the title to be retained uutil nay.
ment in full a-Ee NJ. v. AMI.:K, -
"a Executor Of ThomaS e. Wins, deed,
J, e, HEEvkY. aUettnneer ia13.uAa
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lenses return, and, 10 all intents and pur.
poses, for weeks at u time, no "a q sober,
clear headed, money making business man.

tenses return, and, 10 all intents and pur.
poses, Tor weeks at q time, he is a sober,
clear headed, money making business man.
The Hon. j. B. Grinnell, for whom the
town Of Grinnell, Ia, was named, recently
said: "In Grinnell there are no saloons,
and no no one has been sent to Jail, to the
poorhouse, or to the penitentiary for
twenty-five years. We can stand a cyclone
occasionally II you keep whisky away from
us." al r
There Is q noble oak on thellne Of Mary.
land and Virginia, near the little village OF
New Church, which las been famous from
time imnemorial as a place where clipping
couples haye been joined In wedlock. A
runaway Virginia couple were married I'm.
der lie spreading branches on Thursday Of
last week.
Senator.elect Payne says that the civil.
service law Ia like trying to clean the
Augean stables with a tooth brueh," and
that the only remedy is "the election Of a
Democratic President" This would be
like trying to clean the Augean stables by
dumping several car loads OF garbage into
them,-N0rrisloun Herald
No bureau OF the Government exceeds
In importace the United States Patent
Office. From the start II hes been self Bus
tanning, and now has an une%xpended bal.
ance TO liz credit Of about s., 100000. This
money 10 the result Of fees paid by inyen-
tors to secure the patents which protect
their inventions. The business OF the
Patent Office has increased with each year
OF its existence. w Z. ti
An Illinoia man had accumulated a few
thousands, and bis health WAS such as to
convince him that he had not much left Of
lie. lie picked out the s:rlptural clause,
"Lay up treasure In heaven, and believed
that he could obey. The process that he
invented was to convert bis wealth into
paper money and burn 1t prayerlully on
the altar. lie went SO far as to. build the
altar and kindle a sacriilcial fire, but he
had burned only $40 when his relatives
deprived him Of his liberty.
The Orientals, who use coffee 10 a much
greater extent than we, are careful in their
selection and preparation Of It. The va.
rietiea preferred are Mocha and Martinique
mixed, and the roasting is performed every
day; the pulverization when wanted. This
Is done In q mortar; the berry, roasted TO q
light brown, to the point at which, with q
strong pressure bslween the thumb and
forelnger, it will breuk crisply without any
tendency to pulyerizs, ia pounded to IN
impalplble powder, placed In a little cop
per vessel called an ibrik, and boiling water
poured on it. The ibrik then being re-
placed for a moment o the FIRE 10 restore
t 9 heat taken up by h, metal, the fluid Is
then poured into the cup and drank,
grounds and all. II thoroughly prepared,
the coffee should be in u condition rather
resembling chocolate than the beverage
We prepare. u. n
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~.
BUDGET.

at 81. Louis newsboys have to pay Il.
cense. .g'tTI
Matches that are not made in heaven
Horse racing matches.
"Im locked III slumber," murmurs the
prison bird III hts sleep.
The average detective gets $40 a day for
noshndlng out anything,
NJ. de Lssseps!predict that the Panama
canal Will be opened before 1855.
Whata country Of learning is this! Even
the wafer comes in volumes.
"My white elephant is to have a special
palace car, q la Patti" says Mr.. Barnum.
A masaaehuaett, man So years old. last
week married a girl Of 10. She is his third
wife. hi
Awhole row Of dwellings in Montreal
hava been vacated because the tenants be.
lieye them haunted.
, my opinion on the tariff" SAYS a Bow
cry man.. Us that a fellow has a right to 20
on a tare il he wants to-"
Earthquakes are not much considered in
South America, where they are al common
as other family jars. F5t
A woman he's just died at Belfast, Ire
land, who worked rs a laborer at the dock
yard there forithirty ycarp.
The babe that was born in the Court
House at %Lawrenceburg, Sunday, has been
christened Ohio Flood Wallingiord.
The Burlington Hawkew man, who has
experimental. With both, says that "pow.
der is like money. It's awiully hard to
hold alter 1t begins to 60"
a saleaman IN Covent Garden market.
London, recently Advertised for a few
pounds Of ripe Strawberries, stating that he
had q special Order, and could get G5 per
pound. ,4.
A doctor writes to the Medical and SIR.
gical Reporter }""To direct the person 10
keep his eyes on his toes, I have found to
be a help to keep the head in the proper
position in taking a pill"
In Washington City there is a rich mas.
ter mechanic who every now and then
fancies he Is q boiler and about to burst.
He throws himBelt prone upon the floor
and insists upon. his family drenching him
with cold water. They always so humor
When about half drowned bis right