The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-07
AROUND Aus TIN
Get thee a gun oh. serving girl,
And keen II b thy bed.
Take AIN up II Tie rUINdH
And fill him full of lead.


NIessrs. Tips, Searcy and DiObrell
! have received their commissions as
Penitentiary Commissioners.
The flowers in the Capitol grounds
are daily plucked by childish hands
with as much confidence as if they
grew at home.
| Mr.. p. DeCordova has been appoint
ed temporary administrator of the
estate of F. Everett, deceased, with a
bond Of $4,000.
When it comes to lading the air
with perfume, one Austin pole-cat
can offset the fragrance of half a
dozen flower gardens.
Abe Pearson (colored) was sent TO
the peniteDtiary for two years for
burglary and not rape He will be
tried for the latter offence later on.
The matter of appointing a financial
agent TO look after the claims of Texas
against the United States Government
for frontier defence will likely be
postponed till the accounts are pre-
pared.
A darkey named Sampson and a
white man named Nessick, got into a
rough and tumble fight in West Pc
can street store. near the postotfice
last night. A policeman arrested both
and "yanked" them to the cooler.
A lady dwelling in the Eastern sub
uTbs of Austin was astOnished on
repairing to her COW pen, at milking
tine the other day, to see huge black
snake sucking the teats of her favorite
jersey COW. On her approach, the
reptile glided off and has not been
seen since.
A summary of the mail matter de-
liVered and collected by the carriers
of the Austin post office for the month
of April is as follows: Delivered
registered letters, 156: mail letters,
47,117; mail postal cards, 1858; local
letters, 1,565; local postal cards, 2,404; ;
newspapers. etc, 1902. Collected
letters, 26,868; postal cards, 500;
newspapers, 3,343; drop letters, 675.
The Missouri Pacific and Interna-
tional Railroad Companies have set
apart a room in their immigration Of
fee, in this city, for the purpose of ex-
hibiting the products of this State
Any person having minerals, grain,
fruits, vegetables or other natural eX-
hibits, by sending the same to Major
&c. Lewis, the genial immigration
agent of the above roads, will have
them placed to. good advantage
and shown to prospecting parties
who come here with view to locat-
ing in Texas.
A poor, dejected-Iooking woman, ap-
parently about twenty years old, sat
on the Courthouse steps. She was in
a delicate situation, and without
money or friends. She told gentle
man that she lived near Taylor, in
| Williamson County, and that her
step.father was the author of her
shame. She wanted 70 go home, she
said, to confess everything, and few
gentlemen taking pity on her wretch
ed condition, helped her to leave Aus
tin. If her story is true, the heart
less wretch who ruined her should be
! invited to leave the country.
Poor Mamie Maiden, the unfort-
innate woman who has been spoken of
more than once in these columns, has
laid down her burden at last. BY her
death three little children are left ut
terIy alone in the world. The Oldest
is boy of three, and the others
tWins-a boy and girl. not over two
weeks old. Mamie Madden was a
woman of refined looks and apparent
ly had seen better days. Perhaps
some childless couple might see fit to
adopt one or more OF these little or
phans. They can be found in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the city hospital,
It is believed on good grounds, that
the negro man who entered Mr.. Cal
laway's house the other night and
threatened the life of his cook, with d
razor, is an insane negro called "Old
John" He was put in the asylum
some time ago on account of similar
exhibitions of lunacy, but was dis
charged not long ago. It is also
thought that he had hand in The
outrageous attacks made few weeks
ago. There are certain circumstance:
that go to confirm the correctness Of
this theory. But, sane or insane, be-
fore long the killing of some Of these
providers is an affair quite likely to b.
chron cled.