The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30
TOWN TOPICS,
Stray Notes Gathered Here and There
by Rambling Reporters.

ctEdy NOIcS GALncFOu here ana In6f0
by Rambling Reporters.
Gen. Walter L. Lane, President of
the Texas Veteran Association, has
appointed Col Sam. w. McKneeley,
Col. s. ii. Darden and Maj. Jas. II.
Stewart, as d Committee to bring the
remains of the late Col. Frank w.
Johnson from Mexico.
The friends Of Rev. J. N. Philips,
at one time Rector of the Episcopal
Church in Austin. will be sorry to
hear that he has written to a friend
here of the serious illness of his wife.
She was lying at the point of death at
her home in Washington, d. G.
Of all queer freaks of nature ever
seen, the greatest is the possession of
Chas. Cortissoz, proprietor of the Crys.
tai. 1t is chicken of the most un-
calmly and misshapen form that NOR
tai man ever looked at. 1t has two
legs Of natural size and in the proper
place, but from the rear are two other
legs, thus making four-legged fowl
Its ears too are curiously form ed, and
taken all together, it would make a
rare specimen for Barnum's Museum
Apropos the recent visit of Penrose,
the San Angelo marksmap, to Austin,
a friend of his remarked yesterday:
81 know the impression has got out
that the match between him and Car
yer at San Antonio was merely a put
up job, and that Carver "threW off" to
let Penrose beat him. This is not so;
the match was square and Penrose
won it honestly. He can beat Carver
to-day with a shotgun, for any
amount of money, and l think he will
yet be one of the chamlian shotgun
marksmen of the world. Several other
Austin gentlemen, when asked about
it, smiled significantly aud observed
that they had their OWL ideas ds to the
Squareness of the match. They did
not think any living man could beat
Carver, unless he allowed it for rea-
sons of his own.
DON'T PUT OFF.
An erroneous opinion has some
how gained circulation among the peo-
PIE that taxpayers have until the 1St
OF July in which to settle with the col
lector. This is great mistake. Col
lectOr Morris Informed STATESMAN
reporter yesterday that he would have
the delinquent lists made out by the
goth of May, and all who wish to
avoid costs should settle before that
time. The origin OF the mistake was
doubtless due to the action of the
Legislature in deferring the sales of
property levied on until the lst of
July.
WILL SPEAK HERE.
Gen. Dabney Maurey, of Virginia,
whose presence in this city was noted
few days ago, lately delivered an
address in San Antonio, concerning
which the Times has this to say: "The
address is worthy place in any peri
odical in this country. It is one of
the most thrillingly interesting pro-
ductiCns we have SEEN" 1t adds:
"Gen. Maurey's facilities for thorough
and accurate Information on the sub
ject of which he treats have been ex-
ceptional. He is graduate of West
Point. At the beginning of
the war he was appointed Adjutant-
General of the army of Virginia,
and took part in the first battle of
Manassas. He was then transferred
to the Trans Mississippi Department
and made a, brigadier-generaI. under
Van Dorm. Afterward he was sent
across the river and took part in the
bloody battle of Corinth, directly after
which he was promoted to the rank
of major-general, and commanded a
division in the evacuation of Cor
NTH.
The readers of THE STATESMAN will
be glad to learn that Gen. Maurey
will deliver lecture in Austin during
the present week.