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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Odds and Ends of Current Newspa-

The Odds and Ends of Current Newspa-
per Literature.
The total superficies of the seas in
the world is 231, 915 ,905 square miles,
while that of all the continents and
islands is only "a, 353, $50 square miles.
Two steamers sailing from n eW
Zealand with cargoes of frozen beef
have caught fire in their freezing
chambers, presumably from the vola-
tile liquids used to produce the cold.
The Philadelphia Press says there
are in the schools of that city 1000
more pupils than the law allows
crowded into the school-rooms, and
25,O00 of school age that cannot get
inside of the school houses.
Finger bowls made of bone are
among the curiosities from Mexico
now on exhibition. They are clea-,
translucent, amber-hued, most durable
and yet exquisite, ienoting CERTAIN
refined taste among the natives.
Al English architect asserts that
houses can be made of timber which
will last longer than brick or stone.
In many English towns houses of oak
and plaster are standing and in daily
use that were built 500 years ago.
held shortly in Paris has already
upon it's books the names of 1900 in
fants of all nationalities. An immense
outpouring of ladies is expected TO
gaze at this collection of nearly 1000
babies. A jury composed OF doctors
and painters is to select the favored
ones destined to receive the prizes.
The list of modern books which are
not to be allowed in the public Ii
braries of Russia includes transla-
lions Of works by Agassiz, Bagehot
Huxley, lola, Lassalle, Lubbock
Lecky, Louis Blanc, Lewes, Lyall,
Marx, Mill, Reclus, Adam Smiths
"Wealth OF Nations" and "Theory OF
Moral Sentiments" ana Herbert
| Spencer's works.
The English language is not studied
| il France, on the assumption that the
French vernacular is destined to be-
come the universal tongue. This, too,
in spite of recently published figures
proving that the number of French
speaking people is declining, and that
French is not now spoken by more
than 50,O00,Co0, whereas English is
rapidly spreading, and is already
known to upward of 100000.
1t is curious fact that tornadoes
occur in the afternoon, z o'clock being
called the tornado hour. They move
from southwest to northeast, gener-
ally east about twenty degrees north
and their linear movement is ordi-
narily from thirty to forty miles an
hour. Tornadoes occur on sultry days
or when the temperature is very high
and the air is thoroughly saturated
with moisture. Tornadoes occur wheI
the electrical conditions are high, OF
when the air is highly charged witt
electricity.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
STATE NEWS.

Flaps and F1ipfiaps of the Precious Week
Throughout the State.
The drouth at Bremond lasted four
months.
Wash Jones spoke at Harwood On
the 23d.
Thursdays rain was general all over
central Texas.
An incendiary fire occurred at Beau
mont on the 22d.
L. j. Fain has been elected alder
man, in Sherman.
Over 500 scholars are attending the
schools at Orange.
The drouth was broken, at Long
view, on the goth, by heavy rain.
There was a big ratification meet
ing (democratic) at Kyle on the 23d.
In Hayes county the cotton crop is
estimated at one-fourth bale per acre.
Owing to the drouth all the wells
and cisterns of Mckinney have gone
dry.
Gov. Ireland and Land Commissioner
Walsh arrived in Fort Worth Thurs
day.
An enthusiastic democratic meeting
was held at Brownsville Thursday
night.
A burglar, the other night, broke into
a Fort Worth Store,and carried off $75
worth of fine reviewers.
Ellis county IS now prohibition, I'M
less the express companies will come
to the rescue of hard drinkers.
Sheriff Epperson of Polk county,
and Miss Fannie Shotwell of Living
StoH, were married on the 25th.
AT San Antonio the coroner's jury
eXonerated Jesse Morris, one of the
parties mixed up in the killing of the
hackman "Red" Buckingham.
W. N. Mott, railway postal clerk,
charged with mail robbery between
San Antonio and Del Rio, has been
jailed in default of $1,000 bail.
On the oath, the body of Miss Nc
Williams, "a highly accomplished young
lady, was found floating in the river
near Getesville. Supposed suicide.
Sabine Pass is the great alligator
market OF the south. Last week 1,5C0
hides and so pounds of the teeth of
the saurian were sold at that place.
Recently, the family of Thomas
Lofand, Gatesville, were poisoned by
some person who put Trough on
Rats" in their supper. One child
died.
A stranger, in a long black mother
hubbard. and cleaning eyes, has been
frightening the people of Houston.
He is dressed in black all over, and is
known as "the ghost
Inspector Smith, by virtue of decoy
letters, has had arrested w. n. Mott,
railway postal clerk, running between
San Antonio and Del Rio, charged
with crookedneSs.
Seven miles west of Marlin the
other day, three negro men beat and
fatally wounded an old white man
with intent to rob. One of the assail-
ants confessed the crime.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
The French Stage.
From the Current.


The American Register OF ip-ris
says: "The theatres devoted - :he
drama are nowadays either given over
to the spectacular pieces by jules
Verne, or else reduced to living on tbe
good old .melos of the past. The
drama is a bygone style nowadays, no
longer cultivated by any one, so that
the Gate, the Porte Saint Martin and
the Ambigu have lost the rank they
once held in popular favor. Nor is
vaudeville End farce in a much more
flourishing condition, though there
are still some clever opponents
of this sort of theatrical writing.
The Palais Royal has attracted a
few spirited play wrights, though NM
Labiche, Mellhac and Haleyey, etc.
have not found successors completely
worthy of them" This is surpris-
ing statement, wheni it is remembered
that there are now number of dra-
matists in France who have long been
famous fer great works and who have
not grown to old to write. II fashion
has forsaken the drama in Paris,
where she rules most despotically,
then it has indeed fallen upon woeful
days. The reason for the caprice Is
not clear, and it may only be tenn
porary neglect after all, though one
would not have supposed that French
capriciousness would ever nave been
manifested in this way. for Paris has
SO long been the .srama'S most con-
genial home.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
New Metal in the Lehigh valley.

From Lehigh valley Exchange.
a New York Scientist claims to
have discovered along the Lehigh VAL
ley hitherto unknown metal which
will some day supplant nickle in gen.
eral use. He was making an expert
ment with an explosive substance
mixed with pulverized furnace Stag,
which, on being heated, caused an ex-
plosion to take place. Upon examin.
ing the crucible in which the mixture
had been he found that a chemical
process bad taken place by which an
apparently valubie but hitherto I'M
known metal. had been eliminated
from the Stag. 1t was silyery white
in color. of fine, smooth texture and
susceptible of a brilliant polish that
noexposure will tarnish. It was found
to be notwithstanding and of great
tenacity, showing tensile resistance
of 10000 pounds to the square inch
Further experiments only confirmed
the results of the first trial and com
pany has now been org0nized for the
purpose of s'Working" the large Stag.
banks along the Lehigh Valley To-
the metal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
WEIGHING CHANCES.
The Scales Inclining in the Democrat

The Scales Inclining in the Democrats
Direction-A Phalanx of Figures.
Washington Cor, Cincinnati Enquirer
From the democratic standpoint no
one will dispute that Cleveland and
Hendricks viii receive the 153 votes
of the south. The majority of the
electoral college is 201. Thus they are
within 48 votes of having the neces-
sary number. New York SO and To-
diana Is would give 81, or more
than necessary. New York SO and
Ohio % would give So, or IL
more than needed. New York
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
STABBING AFFRAY.

A Negro Cut and Perhaps Fatally
Wounded by a Mexican.
a difficulty occurred between and
5 o'clock Friday in front OF a bar
room near the corner of Cypress and
San Antonio streets, between a one
armed Mexican lately from San An
tonidsGhose name is unknown, and a
colored man named Tom Garrett, re-
sulting in Garrett being cut by the
Mexican, who inflicted a severe and
perhaps fatal cash in CARROTS right
side, about five inches below the right
nipple and just below the first short
rib. The wound is about two inches
wide,and was apparently inflicted with
broad sheath knife, such as butch
er use. The depth of the. wound is
not known, but Garrett says it pene-
trated through the hollow of his side.
1t bled very profusely until stitched
upby DR.. Burk, city physician, assist
ed by DR.. Cummings.
According to the statement of AN.
ME Lyons, Mexican woman, who
saw the parties at the beginning of
the fracas, Tom and the Mexican
We're in the room of red-hesIded wo-
man, known as Della, playing cards,
and the Mexican won the money
at stake. Tom, however, picked
up the money and put it in his pocket.
Some words followed, and finally the
Mexican proposed to put up his vest
and play for IT against $3.50. The
Mexican, Annie says, won the bet, and
then Tom took the vest and money
also. This let to scufile in the room
in which Tom got the best of
the Mexican and put him out
az doors, the Mexican as stated having
but one arm. Then Tom came up
where Annie and Charley Cooney
were talking outside of the bar room,
and Annie told him it was
not right to treat a man in that way
Then Tom knocked her down with
his fist. and went into the bar-room
and came out at another door. where
the Mexican was when the stabbing,
which she did not see however, occur
red.
On the other side, Garrett claims to
have had no words with the Mexican,
and Lottie Stolls, a colored woman, says
the Mexican said something to Tom
ia Spanish and stabbed him. Lottie
is the woman, by the way, on
whose account the noted Francois
miscegenation case originated about
which so much was recently published
in the papers.
Garrett was resting quietly enough
apparently about IL O'clock last night,
but his recovery is doubtful. The re-
porter was kindly assisted by the mar
shall in getting at the facts Of the case.
If CARROTS statement that he had
no previous difficulty with the Next
can is correct, it is possible that a
quarrel, elsewhere noticed, between
Annie Lyons and two colored women,
led the Mexican to stab him on
Annie's account, and Garrett TO knock
Annie DOWN as above stated, when
Annie spoke to him about stabbing
the Mexican. Annie, however, claims
that the Mexican was stranger to
her. The Mexican was arrested by
Officer Morris and will be arraigned
this morning, on charge of stabbing
with intent tn murder.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
The Marriage Law of Kentucky.

From the N Y Herald.
In his letter to Mr.. William Walter
Phelps, and also in his answers to the
defendants interrogatories in the
Indianapolis libel suit-and. by the
way, it is significant to note that this
letter was given to the public just the
day before these answers were pub
lished-Mr. James G. Blaine for the
first time announces that he was
secretly married in Kentucky in
June, 1850, and gives as a reason
for his marriage in Pittsburg in
March, 1851, that the Kentucky mar
rage was not valid by the law of that
state, for the reason that no license
had been taken out. Why Mr.. Blaine
did not make this alleged discovery
until many months after the first
marriage, and why when he did make
it he did not have the second ceremony
performed in Kentucky in accordance
with what he supposed to be the law
of that state instead of going to
Pennsylvania, are significant points
on which he offers no information.
A Boston lawyer writes to the Her
aid of that city that Mr.. Blaine's ex-
PLANTATION has no legal support. He
declares that at the time of the alleg-
ed marrige in Kentucky license was
not and never had been essential, and
that marriage without license had re-
peatedly been held valid by the high
| est court of the state. 1t was not I'm.
til 1852 that a statute was passed re
curing license to be taken out. Tn
fortunately for Mr.. Blaine, he appear;
to have framed an explanation tina
will not bear the test of legal crit
cism.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
AUsrIN's WAFER SUPPLY
A Mount Bonnel Project-Feasibility of
the Plan.

A Mount Bonnel Project-Feasibility of
the Plan.
The subject of an adequate supply
OF good water is one of deep concern
in all large cities. The Croton Water
works of New York, the water works
of Boston and other northern cities
are constructed on the elevated re-
servoir system. The Paramount
works of Philadelphia, as the name
implies. are operated from an eleva-
ton on Paramount. Eyen in New
Orleans water is supplied from a
large reservoir some thirty or posi-
bly, fifty feet aboye the level of the
Mississippi from which the water is
originally obtained. The object OF
the elevated system is to have
the reservoirs. sufficiently high in
proportion to their surface ares
and depth to create the re-
quired degree of pressure neces'
sary to force the wasec through
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
me Temporary capitol.

Col. Dar6en, superintendent of pub
lie buildings, does not apprehend any
danger from the cracks noticed in the
walls, for which he accounts by reas-
on of the shrinkage from seasoning
of the timbers and such settling as is
usual in all large buildings. THE
STATESMAN reporter, however, after
inspecting the assures and appearance
of things for himself, IS not SO well
satisfied as to the situation. AT all
events, it will do. no harm to have a
critical examination made OF the
premises, even if no Immediate danger
| is apprehended.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

running too far back over the spinal
marrow finally killed him. His death
occurred in the year 1876.
The deceased was a brother of the
author, and we have often heard him
relate the story we have told.
His wife and several children still
reside in Bastrop. Bastrop county,
thlrty-five miles from the city of
Austin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

Admiral Courbet is claimed as an
IrIshman, his father being Cork man,
who, on emigrating, changed his name
from the Irish, Gorbet, to the more
Gallo Courbet.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

ASS tonic take XXI Chill Cure
three times day, one teaspoonful III
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Tobin, Austin. NJ. ID. Conklin u Co.
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

Ladies' approve Of your smoking
Little Joker
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02


the two other guns and make his
escape. This Indian would charge
| up, let drive an arrow, and then re-
treat. This he did repeatedly. Final
| ly Mr.. Wilbarger raised his gun and
took deliberate aim at his head, and
| Just as the Indian was in the act OF
retreating, and just as Mr.. Wilbarger
| was about to pull the trigger on him,
he received second shot from the
Indians who were thanking him from
both sides. The ball passed below the
under law, in front OF the Splna
column, cutting, as he thought, botf
jugular veins. This, of course, brought
him to the ground.
/ Here now, occurs something mos
. myste rious. He AYERS that while IL
this condition he was perfectly sensi
bic Of what was. going on. The In
dams came up and. surrounded him
screaming and hallooing over thei
success, and commenced running ;
: Knife around his head to take hi
: scalp. This operation, he said, roare6
: louder than a hurricane in the timber
but he said after they had run tn
, knife Ground and commenced tearin.
off the scalp, that ii all the artillery il
the world had been discharged a
once. OF nature rent from pole to pole
: it would not have made a create
noise than the tearing of the seal
2 from his head, but that it gave hil
no pain whatever.
After they had scalped him. the
; stripped him of his clothes and lei
him, screaming and halnping at
terrible rate. He says he could hea
e and understand. but was not able
| speak or move. After the Indian
! had left, he reasoned with himse
a thus: as this desth2 Those Indian
Q saw how was and left me for deat
T but surely futurity Is not deyelope
lyet, as taught in the Holy Writ.
The Indians passed entirely out {
q hearing. From the copious bleedin
II from the shot in the neck, as well {
/ from the scalping, he recovered fro
!. his trance, rose up and sat on II
lgror nd. He stw the blood gushir
out of the wound in his neck at ever
o pulsation. He viewed himself a
oyer-the shot IN his neck, his sea-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02

6Q Qll0 very CAUTIOUSLY. Ill. w AOeeA
ger perceived this and held up his
bands, and called to them to bring
him some water. One of the men
recognized his voice, and cried out:
Lord, it is Wilbargerp' He, hearing
his own name name called, said to
them: Eyes, yes, it is me; don't be
afraid"
They took him and carried him to
Mr.. Hornsby's. When the old lady
saw them coming slowly along she ran
to meet them, shouting and clapping
her hands. She embraced Mr.. Viii
barger and exclaimed: ''Oh, Wilbarger,
/ knew you were in this fix. saw you
twice last night, and do you think l
could get single man to go after you
until morning? Oh, if / had been q
man you would not have staid
there all night by yourself suffering
the way you did. They are all
towards"
He was well cared for. The worms
from the wounds and the scalp, sc
scalp was torn off, the membrane Of
the skull was also torn off, leaving thu
skull perfectly bare. The skull hav
ing been thus exposes to the hot SUI
for thirty-six hours, it became as DIR.
as an old bone. The flesh grew owe
the skull, but never grew to it.
Mr.. Wilbarger lived eleven year
after this occurrence, enjoying perfec
health. Before he died his skull bon
decayed away, leaving the brain ex
posed TO view at every pulsation. Tn
brain could be seen on the fore part
where the decay was most rapiC
| There was a new skull forming
From this fact many, especially d.
Anderson, of Georgetown, his attenl
ing physician, thought he would hav
a new skull, and recover from all tn
effects of his wound; but the deca
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-11-28


AinrmIn< Revolutionary Oatbr<sk> - >cm<
- th< Nexlcnr <t2t<>-<tormx Kisses
roek<<f Fer-
NINA L>nspo. MY. November IL
Alarming rumorS al the IN regarding
serious reyolurionary Outbreaks through
nut the states IL Sueva Leon and
Cr1huIti Reliable lnf0rnafion II a.
most Impossible 70 he had. The people
IRE fleeing from the cities into tAa noun
tnins. and thu militia Of this city have
ktfn nn<ier arms for tUo dayS past await
i'm m0menfary troubIe. The prr~ump-
tion - that the present outbreaks are The
out-r0urh "a
THE ErpoDr RIOTS
In various cities on election d1y . week
n0o LIT Snndny. Ihe town 81 sabine
IIIIaixo since that date ha~ been under
martial Inv. The Government troop<
have obtained possession IL >aher1~. and
the rrvoiuti0ni~r< are enealnpt,i In the
hills near by. The rxrclufiouI>t~ nrr r.
ported - greatly Communicating the rr-u--
LarS. The people synpathixe with The
re<o,ufioni<f-. General Tretino. mill
r1ry colninnier ~ the state. has arrived
- f.amraxo~ with Z conp1ny IL regular
tro0p~ FROM Nonterxy. Ilzn1nzo~ a. On
the Nexic1n Nati0na; Railway. about ipv
miles ~outh u Snrra Laredo and some
fourreen miles from Monterey. These
revolutionary outbreaks arr significant.
uhrn II A. rrtacufhtrcd that Eeuesai Diax
viii - in1uzurnfcI President III TWO
weeks N.d lIcxican< here f0re<cc
stormy timr~ ahead
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-11-28

Eepsrt - Superintendent Ts.cmp<on - thr
EsLI~aS Mail <<rxir<--If~ Exfrnt nnI In
err1<<- Tn te1r'< acknowledgements
a-ipn -1>k<1 <n<xr<fIna>-
WA~Hr>sro<. ~ C. N0vetnhrr IL
W. H. Thompson. the General >upegin-
tenl<nt q lhx Railway Mail >erice. in
hi~ 1nnra! report shows That On June
s0ch. lisa. there were l1-.ls1 nile ii
rllIroad upon which mails were carried.
- coinp1rei with <cr<nty-ci<nf mile- II
lisa. Durin- the lat l>c4l year the in-
crease WIS 49, miles The number II
railway IO~t-ofIicc lines IN operation
June 34ch. ls>t- wa~ -f5- The Increase
IA the number q pieces 81 mail matter
hanlie1 Lurin- thc fiscal ye1r was 55>.-
l+t.--u pitre~ III percentage 81 H.
crease IN le<< over l..5 was 1859.
The nnmh&r ~ casualties during <he
year was Ia IN which seven postal
clerks were killed. twenty -eizht ~rrf-
Cu<ly injured and sixty slightly Wounded.
When CLERKS 1re injurcd While On duty Il
kas been dc pr1cticr IL ne department
% grant them leaves ~ ab~encf with pay
for period noe exceeding one year. and
MI their places with temporary clerks
uurin< che past year this action cot The
department S5-5-5. Recommendation l.
made that the ro~tm1<ter-Gcn<ral Be
1ufhorfxed % pny % the widow o. minor
children u III clerks killed In the service
= sum equal % one years salary 81 che
grade % which the clerk belonged ~ the
time - hI~ death. An appropriation u
. .s.}I .o1l II asked for % run this bureau
turing rhe nexr ;I~cai year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-11-28


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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-12-04

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they will be prepared to treat SURe1-
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For full particulars address K. e.
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