The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-03-06
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Inc FARMERS were pussy planning
corn yesterday.
Ice-cream to-day, at J. Prade's.
Orders taken and delivered.
Austin Business college literary So
ciety meets Saturday night.
J. W. Burk and Miss Nellie Hen
drick took out marriage license yes
terday.
The first six carloads of stone from
Oatmanville were hauled to the capt.
tol yesterday.
The cutters on the Avenue were
flushed and scrubbed by the city chain
gang yesterday.
The state laws of the last session
were received by the county judge
yesterday for distribution.
There are six new houses in process
of erection on and near East Bots
d. arc, just across the creek.
The drawing of the silk quilt for
the benefit of the Bayland Orphan
Home will take place soon.
Four thousand eight hundred dol
lars was paid by Collector Morris to
the county treasured, Jernigan;
Mrs. Coggershal is about to build
large two-Story frame house on Live
Oak street. The work was begun
Monday.
j. Prade has enlarged and painted
his ice-cream parlor, and will keep
every day ice-cream, oyster and fish
lunching.
At Barton's creek there is most ex-
cellent fishing; several persons
brought in long strings of the beau
ties yesterday.
By far the best actress on the stage
to-day in heavy acting is Ada Gray,
who is to be here next week. This
will be treat.
James Burns was tried yesterday
before Justice Tegener, for selling
liquor on Sunday, between the hours
of nine and four.
The new county and city hospital
building is nearly ready for the roof.
1t will be six weeks, however, before
it will be completed.
Live Oak street is being greatly i'm
proved by putting down a new flag
ging walk. 1t is four feet wide, with
a grass plat on either side.
A soda bottle exploded at the Iron
Front last night. The report was
heard in every part of the city and
sounded like blast from cannon.
Mr.. p. L. Meyer has kindly fur
nished our commercial reporter. with
prices of junk material, for which this
city is the trade center of this section
of the state.
D. W. Weaver has a fine stock of
feed OF all kinds-such as hay, oats,
bran, fodder and corn, and invites the
public to call and inspect it for them
selves and get prices.
Drs. Shacklford & LeSnoW, dentists,
SOP Congress avenue, entire denture
on gold, $40; eneire denture on rub
Der, $25 to S35; gold filings inserted
So upwards; plastic in proportion.
Teeth extracted so cents.
Mr.. Coleman, the janitor at the
university, ana a negro by the name
of Kennedy, got into a little trouble
and the latter had MI. Coleman ar
rested, but Justice Won Rosenberg
dismissed the case for no cause of
action.
Ex-Deputy Sheriff L. G. Locke was
In the city yesterday. He is now hv-
ing in Kyle, keeping hotel. He says
Kyle Is booming and the many sub
ScriberS of THE STATESMAN there are
greatly pleased over its improved APP
pearance.
The comptroller has received copies
OF the illustrated carnival editions of
the New Orleans Times-Demoerat
There are five different papers repre-
senting the several pageantS of the
carnival, all beautifully and elabo-
rately illustrated.
The cases against Recorder Johns
were dismissed by the county attor-
ney yesterday, as tbs facts did not
constitute violation of any statute
of the state-or, as the recorder
himself put it yesterday, mo viola
ton of any law of either God or
man."
Mr.. Carl Francis of the capitol bus
mess college and school of teiegraphy
left his studies yesterday to take
charge of the San Marcos telegraph
Office for the Frontier company. Mr.,
Francis had nearly completed his COM
mercial course, and is a competent
accountant as well as operator. His
noble character and thorough WORN as
a student have won for him the high
est esteem among his teachers, school
mates and friends.