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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10

About thirty years ago prominent
physician, by the name of DR.. William
Hall discovered or produced after long
experimental research, a remedy for
diseases of the throat, chest and lungs,
which was of such wonderful efficacy
that it soon gained wide reputation
in this country. The name of This
medicine is DIR. WIN. HALLS Ball
SAM FOR THE LUNGS, and may
be safely relied on as speedy and
positive cure for coughs, colds, sore
throat. etc. Sold by all druggists,
janl6-eod&w.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
FROM BELTON.
odds and Ends.

s,aciai Telegram to The Statesman.
0''R1S ELToN, April To-day being the
f;rst MONEY of the month, the streets
, We crc led with country people in
sttendance on the district court and
.astraysales. There were eleven horses
sold. amounting to 1929:
In the district court the case OF
AYERS Va. Harris was continued.
Jndees Cleveland, of Galveston. an
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
Galveston Cotton Kings.

GALVESTON, April THE cotton
exchange annual ballot to-day re-
suited in the unanimous reelection of
G. G. Wells as president; Joseph FL.
Metcalf, vice president, and George
Sealy, treasurer. The following were
chosen directors: ]. A. Robertson, j.
M. Northman, T. j. Grace, j. o.
Agnes, A. Boernfeld, Julius Weber
and T. hammers
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
TURKEY.
Raising the Wind.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, April THE
United States, Russian and German
governments, have sent fresh and
energetic note to the porte, protesting
against the excessive dues charged for
the storage of petroleum, and especi-
ally because fresh depots have been
introduced at Beyrout and other ports
where still greater extortion is prac-
ticed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
On Trial for Riot.

GREENsBURG, Pa, April 1.-THE
trial of Milton Weston. Chicago Col.
Blakely. of Pittsburg, and twenty
others for riot at the MurraySville gas
wells, commenced this morning. The
town is flooded with strangers and
friends of the accused, and great In
terest is manifested on all sides.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
In all s691. sections of land.
Respectfully, W, q. WALSH.

Not one in twenty of the above has
complied with the requirements of the
law. Judgment for $1,000 has already
been obtained against the Leona Irri-
CATION company, and suit has been
ordered, or probably will be COM
menced soon against the Canatillo
company for $4,000, the amount of
that company's bond. There seems to
be big business in store in the inter-
ests of the state in these cases. The
acts referred to by Commissioner
Walsh are acts of March 10. 1875, for
all the cases, except the Comanche IT.
rigation, which comes under act of
August 81, 1876. and the Francis
Rooney, for which article 1894 of the
revised. statutes is cited.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
The COnfederate Dead

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April Large
excursion parties from Illinois, In
diana, Ohio and other states visited
the Shiloh battle field yesterday, and
passed the day in an appropriate man.
ner, honoring, by song and speech. the
sacred spot where so many of the
brave have fallen,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
A Royal Robbery.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April I'm
the senate to-day a resolution was in
troduced calling on the secretary of
state for Information concerning the
threatened confscation of the Ameri-
can college in Rome, Italy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
Negro LaWIessness.

NEW ORLEANS, April IA Vicks-
burg special says: David Martin, a
Waterman, arrested Reuben Springer,
colored, who attempted to murder
Schwartz Bros, on a trading boat. A
crowd of negroes gathered. and one
of them killed Martin. Springer eS-
capped, but was again arrested.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
The Worlds Fair.

New ORLEANS, April Capt.
Eads has informed Director-General
Burke, of the Worlds exposition, that
the Great Eastern steamer can be Lad
for an exposition motel, and CORE
spondence is now passing looking to
bringing the great ship here.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
Notice.

In pursuance OF a decree of the Circuit
Court of the United States in and for the
Fifth Circuit and the Western District of the
State of Texas at Austin, bearing date the 2lst
day of January A. d. 1884, and made in GER
tain cause In equity numbered 1853, wherein
the Mercantile Trust Company is complainant
pany ct al. are defendants, the undersigned,
as master appointed in said cause for that
purpose hereby gives notice, calling ON all
persons holding any OF the bonds or coupons
of the said Austin & Northwestern railroad
company, secured by the deed of trust which
was foreclosed in and by said decree, and all
persons asserting any claim or lien on the
mortgaged premises covered by and included
in said deed of trust and decree, to file with
him statement thereof
Austin, Texas, February G, A. ID. 1884.
ID. w. DOOM, Master, etc.
Office: Room No, 5, second story, Masonic
Temple. Austin, Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
BELes.,JM.
Red-Headed Fritz.

BRUSSELS, April THE German
crown prince received an ovation here
and was escorted to the railway sta
ton by the king of the Belgians and
the members of the German colony
and legation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
Murdered Inv ROughs.

LOUISVILLE, April 7.-W.H. Terrys,
stone-mason, late of Baltimore, was
killed early this morning at New
Albany by drunken roughs, who
struck him with bra ss-knuckle5.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
Duty on Wool.

: WASHINGTON, April Tin the
house to-day Converse's motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill re-
storing duty on wool, was lost-yeas,
11Q .nava 106
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
GREECE,


ATHENS, April THE sixty-third
anniversary of the beginning of the
war of Independence in Greece was
celebrated here to-day with unprece-
denied ec1at
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
She Got in Her Say.

NEW YORK, April Miss B. H.
Hadley, of Indiana, was the principal
speaker al the anniversary meeting of
the Won ems Foreign Mission Society
TODAY
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
SHARON'S GARMENTS.
The Charm by Which Miss Hill Ii
weighed Him into Marriage.

The Charm by Which Miss Hill In
weighed Him into Marriage.
SAN FRANCISCO. April I'm Sha-
ron's divorce case to-day George Dud-
ley Gillard, employed at the Masonic
cemetery, testified relative to Miss
Hill having placed package of Sha-
acknowledgements on newly made
grave in the spring of 1883, Miss Hill,
accompanied by Miss Brackett, called
at the cemetery, and Miss Hill said she
had just had her fortune told, and in
obedience to commands, wanted to
place a package in newly made grave.
Witness, who was personally &C
quainted with Miss Bracket, granted
the request. Miss Hill then went
down a ladder into a grave, and placed
package under coffin. She insisted
on witness accepting a silver dollar,
saying if he did not take it the charm
would not work.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
He Has Pinned.

ST. LOUIS, April John Goodin,
proprietor of the Eagle steam pipe
works, assigned to David A. Breslin,
superintendent of his works. Assets,
S 600. liabilities. same.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
The Cincinnati Riots.

TOLEDO, O., April THE CONNER
cial of to-day publishes remarkable
letter from distinguished citizen of
Cincinnati, giving new version of
the story of the orits. He states
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10

In the directory column of the
STATESMAN is the advertisement od
Mr.. Fritz Holtz, dealer in fancy ant
family groceries, ETC., at 319 easi
Pecan street, Attention is directes'
TO his card.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10

Alexander, of Waco, are in attend
ance.
Peter Hammersmith is building a
splendid two-story house on East
street.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
Rather Cool.

M1NNEAPoL1s, April Snow is
general throughout northern Mime
sofa and Dakota.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-10
The Education Bill.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April THE
senate this afternoon adopted, by
vote of SO to II, Hoar's amendment to
the education bill fixing the total sum
to be appropriated at $77,0O0,O 900, to be
distributed over period of eight
wears
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-30
BuIwer LyttOn's Bridge
Where It Touches the Shores ano
the Great Columns. in Mid
stream.

"What beautiful bridge between old age and
childhood Is religion. How intuitivey the child
begins With prayer and worship on entering life,
ard how intuitively, on quitting life, old man
turns back to prayer and worship, putting him elf
again side by side with the infant" remarks Sir
(. Bulver Lytton, in his ''Strange Story"
Yes, but between its distant abutments the
bridge OF life has many high and awful arches,
through which the wild wNers dash and roar in
wrath and desolstion. Prayer and worship alone
do not sustain these. Natures solid rocks must
lie mistaken beneath. an. human art and skill
must rear and ,olidify the structure overhead.
Gods will Is best exemplifed in the laws he has
made for the creatures whom He mas placed under
their control. Neither the ehild's tIustful "0ur
Father " nor the old m ms Forget me not 10 the
midst Of mine infermsiies,' will alter this by the
weight OF a single grain.
Science and art 6rst--then faith and prayers
the order of HEAVIER itself Divinity heals through
Its ents, and those agents the discoveries OF
man (; not the vague announcements of prOphits or
seers. IL life a burden TO you Doss time drag ?
Is your power to cope with life's problem and
duties weakened You are not well. Your blood u
sluggish and tainted. perhaps; or some important
orgaa is torpid or overworked. This fact may have
taken the form OF dyspepsia, rheumatism, gOG {,
malaria pains in the stomach, chronic headache,
or any Of a dozen other ills. PARKER'S TONIC
will invigorat you, T. esh air invigoi ate those
who have been shut up in damn, fetid cells II is
pow erful, pure, deliI Ous, scientific, safethe key
stone of the central arch of the bridge Of life.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-30

because it would get all unused up
if / slept with it on. Bless me if ]
hadn't forgot to take my hat of, the
first time l ever cut such a caper in
my life. Then l tried to laugh, and
you know how silly a man looks when
he tries TO laugh a forced laugh, and
be feels more like crying? Well, my
wife kept poking fun at me till | got
to sleep, and dreamed / was one of
those distillery worms that they recti.
fly spirits through. and in the morn
ing | found that l had my vest on.
| think nv wife put that vest on me
just to have fun. / asked her if she
actually tn ought / drank, and while
she knows did not, she said she only
Judged from appearances. was co
lug to 60 and hang myself, but l
thought if / did the papers would sey
I had committed suicide after a long
debauch, from remorse at my conduct,
SO didn't. Boys, l would give all l
am worth if my face could be as pale
as some of you drunkards who are full
all the time. What would you advise
me to do?' and the poor, red-faced
blonde sighed and drank a glass of
mineral water. One of the boys ad
vised him to use face powder, another
suggested joining temperance lodge.
and the others were about giving ad-
vice when the temperance man rush
ed out of the saloon suddenly, ran
over a woman who was passing and
was arrested by policeman for being
drunk and disorderly.-Peck's sun.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-30

Bslva A. Lockwood. She wants to
know if Belva, in the event of being
elected to the presidency, will 60
junketing on a government boat at
government expense.
A relic of the olden time has just
died in Paris, in the person of a won.
derfully attractive old lady, the &C
tress, Amalie Hainzinger. She was
81 years old, and bad acted in the
presence of Napoleon l., and of
Goethe, who mentions her in bis
writings.
Mrs. Alice Mason belongs to the
best Beacon Hill, Boston. blue blood.
Her father. Jonathan Mason, was
one of Daniel Webster's most intimate
friends. She has been Mrs Hooper as
well as Mrs. Sumner, and now pro-
poses to marry Mr. Junius s. Morgan,
who is seventy years old and worth
$4,000, 900.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-30
A BAD REGION FOR CATS,


One of the queerest of manv queer
things about "Ihis here mining camp,
as most of the natives still call it.,
says Leadville correspondent of the
st. Louis Globe Democrat, is that
in all the length and breadth thereof
there lives not single cat. Cats
have been imported here by the hun
dreds, and in al varieties of color,
breeding and size, but not one has
ever survived the second week of
residence. The midnight serenade.
the backyard clawing contest, and
the boot-jack are alike unknown to
the Leadvillian, and his nightly slum-
Der is sound and sweet-a calm and
undisturbed repose. No one seems
to understand why it is that the cats
all die, but they do. The healthiest,
sleekest cat in st. Louis, if brought
to LeadviIle, would lose all interest
In life the moment it reached here,
and, after moping around 10 sickly
and disconsolate way for few DAYS,
would resigDedly have fit and give
up the ghost A saloon-keeper on
state street, brought in bag strong
Maltese from Denver, a few weeks
ago. hoping the animal would survive
the fits long enough to become a CHM
ated, but it was no use. The cat had
fit the first day, two or three the
second, and then the number increas-
ed in a geometrical progression until,
as the saloon man said There was
more fits than cat and the cat had
to give in
However, as there are no rats or
mice in Leadviile, there is no real
netd of cats, and it makes little DIFF
terence whether they live or die.
The thin atmosphere at this elevation,
l0, 200 feet abIve the sea, is as fatal
to the vermin as to their foe, and the
inhabitants are thus mcrcifully spared
the infection of both,
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-30
WOMEN OF THE WORLD

sMrs. Watterson, the mother of Edi-
tor Henry Wattereon, died In Louis
vile, on Monday.
Sarah Winnemucca. the "Piute
Princess" is lecturing in the Nevada
towns on People | have met in the
East"
The steepness of the streets is be.
lieved TO contribute to the health, and
therefore to the beauty of the women
in Quebec.
The acknowledged prohibition
Queen of Minnesota" is Miss Laura
tixen, who is now engaged in fixin'
things for St. John.
The girl Sarah Coyle, who aided
her mistress to elope. has eioped Der.
self with the coachman of neighbor
of Mr.. Morosini.
Nothing so captivates a susceptible
young woman as a bright uniform.
1t is putting coachman in livery that
makes the mischief.
Mrs Cullom, who died at Newport,
r. L.. yesterday, was the wife of Gen.
Geor2e w. Cullum. When she mar
ried Gen. Cullum she was the widow
of Gen. Halleck.
A Brooklyn woman forgot her
baby and left it in the street Car. By
running half a block and yelling, she
succeeded IN stopping the car and re-
covering her heir.
Every fashionable girl wears a
small lobster on her breast, and the
Lowell citizen man, who has evidently
had some experience, says that is the
most comfortable way to wear lob
ster.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton interrogates
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-30

The D. & VI. R'y is now running Palace Sleep
ing Cars without Change
from st. Louis i'm
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-30
You Need Nothing Else.

Do you want an tx erual lie rely fpr OF
binary ailments? Use Bel rs Capcine
Piasters. 25c.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-30
A RIost Atrocious Affair,

New ORLEANS, La, Sept. SO.-Informa-
ton is received of the arrest in Arkansas and
return to Webster parish Of Red Mcdonald,
party, with man named Pickett, to the
murder of little negro boy. The story of
the crime is given by the best authority as
follows: Two or three white children jumped
on the negro boy and were whipping him,
when he hit one of them on the head with
something heavy and made his
escape Pickett pursued the boy, captured
him, and, assisted by Mcdonald, tied him to
post, whipped him brutally, cut off his
ears, split his mouth open wider. so as to put
a big rope in it, and mutilated him otherwise
in horrible manner, and then shot him.
leaving him for the vultures to devour. The
way his death was first found out was by a
dog bringing one of his bones to the house
Of neighbor. Red Mcdonald told all
about the facts while on spree, and since
| told about it in Arkansas, where he fed,
which led to his arrest.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-30
MORTGAGEE'S SALE.

Whereas, John Evans of the county of Rock Is
land in the state of Illinois, did on the 18th day of
January, A. D., 1881, execute and deliver to Il.
Woeber Il Bros. of the city of Davenport, Scott
county, Iowa, chattel mortgage. which is record
ed in the Recorders Office of Rock Island county,
Illinois, in books of chattels. page 420 thereby
conveying TO The said Geo. Woeber Il Bros, the
following described chattels, to-wit one Landau,
painted black, green trimming, manufactured by
links II johnson, Bridgeport, Conn, also one
Landau, blue trimming. same make, and has also
name of G. Woeber u Bros, on hub band; also
one two seatedicarriage manufactured by G. Woe
Der Bros, Davenport. Iowa, with blue trimming ;
one white chapple end spring top buggy, manufac-
tured by Dave II Co.. Davenport, Iowa, with blue
trimming; one side-bar Whitney square box top
Buggy Co, Columbus, Ohio; one two spring Phae-
ton, blue cloth trimming, made by said Colum-
bus Buggy Co; one two spring Phaeton, no name
on plate, with green cloth trimming; one end
spring square box top buggy, leather trimming,
made in Peoria; one end spring (2) Phaeton, blue
cloth trimming. no name on plate; two Portland
style Critters, also three swell body Cutters; one
Sorre! Horse, seven years old, name Frank; one
Sorrel Horse seven years old. name Colonel, both
with spot in face and two white hind feet, all OF
said property now being in the livery stable OF
said Evans, situated on West 18th street, between
lst and 2nd avenue in said city of Rock island tc
secure the payment of certain promissory notes
mentioned IN said chattel mortgage, and default
having been made in the payment of said notes
Now. therefore, notice is hereby given, that the
undersigned mortgages of said mortgage, by
virtue of the terms and conditions Of the saiC
mortgage, will on the 4th day of october 1884. a
ten O'Clock in the forenoon of sand day at the Cour
House in Rock Island, Illinois, sell at public auc
! ton to the highest aud best bidder for cash, al
| the aforementioned goods and chattels.
G. WOEBER a BROS, Mortgages.
| CANNON X McQUIEK, Attorneys. sep-24dt'
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-30
DIVIDED iF THEY LIVED,
They Concluded TO He United In the
Arms of Death.


DALLAS, Tex, Sept. 30-The bodies of a
man and woman were found Saturday
afternoon in the woods, just beyond the cor
Poration limits, on the west fork of the
Trinity river. The victims lay side by side,
the mans arms extended and partly living
on that of his love- as il in the agonies of
death he sought to embrace her in a CON
VolSlve grasp. She was apparently about IS
years old, and wore diamond brooch, and
was dressed with exquisite taste, which bore
no evidence of poverty. He appeared few
years her senior. Between them lay a re-
volrer with two chambers empty, telling
the story of the murder and suicide Near
by was found note written in clear, bold
hand, saying: "As we cannot be united in
life, we will be In death" 1t was signed by
George Faustrick and Annie Manlor
Appearances and an examination
of the bodies lead to the conclusion
that the note was written before
reaching the fatal scene, and that, after a
final leave-taking, he fired the pistol into her
mouth, thus killing her. He then placed the
weapon to his right temple and, again pull
ing the trigger, fell close beside her Death
was instantaneous with both The bodies
were still warm, and when taken charge Of
by an undertaken it was learned that the
young woman was sister of W. H Manlor,
wealthy and well-known citizen of Fort
Worth. The young man is said to have been
German officer on a years leave, which
wousdAave expired next month His family
in Germany refused to hear of his marriage
to the young lady
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-30
THE CYCLONES WORK,
Four People Killed and Much Prom
erty Damaged.
A pennsylvania Town Nearly R,o,
Away-Freaks of the Tempest
-Fearfui Fall From
Ladder.

BRADFORD, Pa, Sept. 30-At o'clock
SUNDAY evening terrible cyclone swept
over the country near here. The town Of
AiIon was directly in its path. Phillips
BROS. feed store was blown away. The new
methodist church in progress of erection was
1otaiiy destroyed and portion of the roof
was found a mile distant. The carriage
Dridge was carried several rods. Several
persons were found in houses that were de-
molshed, but none were seriously injured
Nearly every building in Alton was damaged
Between Alton and Big Shanty the track of
ene Eric railway was strewn with trees and
buildings. The cyclone passed through Allie
enemy county into New York state. The
Town OF Shongo, eight miles south of Wells
Vife' N. Y, was entirely destroyed and four
persons were killed At Buffalo the wind was
were damapad
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-30

New YORK, Sept. 30.-Ex-Judge Hill on
Monday continued his argument in the tele-
phone suit He said seventy three witnesses
had identified exhibits "B" and Il" Operative
telephone) as being in existence prior to Bells
first experiment of June, 1875; more than
forty had identified them as being in exist
snce prior TO July 9, 1875, the date of Bells
alleged conception of the impractibility of
getting audible results by the vibration of an
armature in front of an electre-magnet, and
twenty had testified that they talked through
the machine and heard and understood words
and sentences prior to June q, 1875. In re-
viewing the whole evidence which had been
presented, Mr.. Hill said that 1877 persons had
testified to a knowledge of Mr. Draw
baugh's speaking telephone prior to Feb. IA,
1875 OF these, 126 actually saw the instru-
ments, and majority of them had identi-
fed the particular machine, or were present
when others we're successfully talking
through them
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-30

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