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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
nIENARDVILLE.
Mennrd County tn Have New jail
Farm PrOSneesa

MENARDYILLF, Tex, May 1S.-The County
commissioners Court is now in session.. The
contract Tor the erection of q new court house
was awarded to Vickery & Haynes Of Junction
CITY, at Sl2,fC0, payable in county bonds. Eight
DDS were presented to the court and the COM
petltion was necessarily spirited. Work Will
dOuDtIeSS be commenced about the first OF next
month, and the house will be completed in six
months. IL is possible the contract for the
erection of a jail will not he let at this term as
all the bids presented we're rejected, and new
plans will have to be adopted or a new appro-
prlation made
Crop prospects are flattering An increased
acreage is in cultivation this season, and farm
erS anticipate sn abundant yield. This year
Will surely demonstrate the fact that this Is
an excellent country for small grain of all
| kinds.
| Very few cattle have changed hands in this
| county this spring. Only one or two buyers
| have appeared and their prices seem to have
| been unsatisfactory.
Showers have been plentiful oflate.
| DETROIT, May 1S-A strike has been begun
by laborerS iu the brick-yards at Spring Wells,
| which may result In considerable trouble this
morning. The strikers massed three hundred
| strong, and we.lt to various brick yards, de-
handing the work be stopped August Little
| refused, and was disarmed and shaken up, but
not seriously hurt. AL Smith and Smith, tive
OF the strikers cut the bet on the fly
wheel, preventing the further work.
ng of the machinery. The total
number who have quit work, voluntarily, or
uHder compulsion. is 1863 The Michigan Gen.
trail Car Shops and Detroit Car Wheel works
have all received threatening notes during the
past two weeks from the socialists, telling
The they must quit work. There is appar-
emily dissatisfaction among the employees and
| no demands have been made.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
The Springfield Farce.

SPRINGFIELD, May 1S.-A joint conventlo
was called to ORDER with five Senator'S an
htrJy six Representativ s present, Before til
call on the choice for a United States Senator,
Mr.. Fuller presen. ed resolutions to have tn o
Door-keeper of the House and Sergeant-at-
Arms of the Senate act as doorkeepsrs of tn
Joint Convention, with Instructions to allown
One upon the floor save those having the privi-
lege. This will be acted upon to-day. After
several scattering votes the Joint Convention
adjourned until tomorrow noon. Both house
then adjourned.
ST. LOUIS, May 18.-The large Touring mill
of Gordern, Baker u Co., at Sparta ILL.,, was
burned yesterday. The building and machin-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
THE CAMELIA.
How the Beautiful White Flower OBJ
tanned Hts Name.

How the Beautiful White Flower OBJ.
tanned Hts Name.
From the Home Journal.
Ferdinand vi. of Spain, while suf-
fering under the hereditary melanc holy
Of which he subse quently died, was
pacing to and fro one December Gay
in the year 1889 in his bed room in the
Palace Royal of MadIid. He was i'll
terrupted by the entrance Of Maria
Theresa his Queen, who boundeC gay
ly into the room. in her hand she held
flower of dazzling WhiteDess, which
she presented to her husband. "a
beautiful flower but scentless," ex-
claimed the King, folding in his arms
the wife whom he ;passionately loved.
cit is the new flower of the Philip
pines" said the Queen. L have kept
| the best for YOU
The flower which Maria Theresa
| brought to her husband a century
and half ago had been presented tC
her the previous day by a Jesuit mis-
sionary just returned from the Indies
Craving an audience from his sover-
eign he brought his Offering, small
shrub, with glossy green leaves, or
which blossomad two magnificent
white flowers and which he haC
brought from the island of luZon, ont
of the Philippine group. 1t was abou
three feet in height and grew in vas,
of mother. of pearl. The Jesuit dono
was named Camellia. Cuttings from
the rare shrub were carefully cultiva
ted in the hothouses of Ell Buen Retro
at Madrid. Though it was introduces
into Spain toward the end of 1889 tn
new flower of Father Camellia re
NAMED for long time in a state @
semi-ebscurity, as the possessors jeal
ously guarded it lest it should becom
common. But the monopoly wa
gradually relaxed and the camelianoy
blooms nearly as universally as othe
beautiful ornaments of the flowe
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
FATED PLYMOTH.
low Doctors Disagree while Dealt
Puts in its Work.

low Doctors Disagree while Death
Puts in its Work.
There are fourteen physicians in
Plymouth. When cases first broke
out they had the field to them
selves, but they did not know
what the disease was. They prescrib-
ed great doses of quinine and treated
the peop'e for malaria. The disease
spread and the quini1e did not save
the people. The death rate increased
from one or two to half dozen. day.
Still the physicians thought it was
malaria. Finally the Wilkesbarre
physicians came, and in a short time
The disease got to be called typhoid
fever. The death rate ran up. None
of the physicians were sure what the
disease was and Of the seventy odd
deaths that have occurred not a
single postmortem examination was
held. The physicians Say that
the reason that no post-mortem exam
ination was made was because they
were satisfied that it was malarial
fever. DR.. DAVIS says that the fever
is a pure type of typhoid, entirely dis
tinct from malarial fever; that mala-
rial fever comes from a poison brea h.
ed from the atmosphere and typhoid
fever from poison taken into the
stomache with food or drink. His
theory is that the source of the poison
of typhoid fever is human excreta and
cites the case of man who lives on
three miles back of the borough, on
the reservoirs. The man whose
noToo n TOncc moc falrnT hoal/
with typhoid fever in Philadelphia,
not yet convalescent. The excrement
of the patient was not carefully dis
pose d of, and DIR. Davis declares that
it was washed into the stream, and
poisoned the water. The analysis
ply revealed nothing. The water was
found to be pure, sweet and soft. Had
the analysis been made when the
scourge first broke out, three or four
weeks ago, the physicians would not
Notwithstanding DR.. Davis theory,
the majority of the doctors believe
that the fever was caused by the
water drunk that came from the
river. superintendent Lance said
when he heard OF DR.. Davis theory:
eff DR.. Davis has been in possession
of these facts for any length of time,
then he is criminally responsible and
it was his place to make known about
the patient on the mountain"
DIR. Sporting, of Kingston, insists
that the disease is contagious and
that it is not typhoid fever, but a
spotted fever Of a malarial nature f;
that it was caused by the impurity OF
the atmosphere, resulting from the
filth in the borough.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
A CYCLONE.
THE TOWN OF TAYLOR STRUCK
BY A STORM.
Buildings Blown Down, and
Ten Thousand Dollars
Damage Done.
Special Telegram to The Statesman

special Telegram TO Inc statesman
TAYLOR, May ia Second-class cyclone
struck our city about p. m. yesterday. The
first lick hit the City Hall on top MASKING the
building as fiat as an ArkanSaW hoecake,
then down Main street, taking in its flight a
photograph gallery and demOlishing the sec
ond story of Sands brick saloon building.
Then it crossed Milan street, completely TAX
ing out the rear end of G. +. Vance's two story
and fronts Of Tally & Mead's and Armfield &
Avery's brick stores. From there it made a
massive shot, taking -, the South par,
s. Co.'s brick blu lding. and fifty feet of roofing
off the National Bank building; then richo-
cheted across Main street, taking the west
parapet wall of the Taylor Hardware build
ing, and pOcketing itself at the j. & Il. N.
freight depot by twisting the building into
lumber shape and placing its remains on the
side tracks. The Total los is about eco.
@. z. Vance had q storm policy on his build
ing, VIII oh will help to cover his loss. Other
sufferers will have to grin and bear it. No one
was personally hurt. Several parties
were yanked around rather suddenly.
1t was all done so quick that the old sinners
didn't have time to study up the p ay ers their
m theirs l.arned them them. A, A heavy heavy
age to unroofed buildings, but not to any
great extent. Squire Daniel Moody, Judge for
this precinct, had his office, and held his court
in the second story of the city hall building.
All such court papers as records, wrlts, ven
ueS, penal codes, appeals, assessments, attach
mentS, amendments, liens and reliefs, in pos
session of this court, took a heavenly flight,
to the great joy of the evil-GoerS whose names
were prominent in this court circle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

Good roads and free bridges would
be worth hundreds of thousands Of
dollars to Travis county and Austin.
But this great interest must remain
subservient to the proposed record of
paying public debt. thing not de-
manded by the people, and to the en-
hancement of property values on the
north side of the Colorado river.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
A Fatal Fight.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May IA special
from MrdiSon to the Times-UniOn says: A
fight occurred at Hickory Grove Church. nine
mi es from here, yesterday, between the West
brothers ala he Langford brothers. The fight
arose in cons" quence of publication during
t9e iaSs campaign Oh some lsIterS whcn WS1e
VIM. LaDgford was killed outright; Geo. Lang
ford was so severely wounded he is not ex-
Eected to live, and Off l.angford was wounded
In the head Eugene West was shot and Abe
and Johnson west were cut, but not seriously,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

Toquin has at last furnished the
French with phrase. When a French
man tells anybody to go to Tonquin
he does not mean to be polite; he de-
signates place to which he sends his
"zephyrs," convict corps. to fight his
battles. TonquID, however, can hard
ly be worse than the Soudan, to which
England has sent the flower of the
British army. When an Egyptian SOL
der is ordered to the Soudan he con-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
Should Women Propose.

| FrOII Gne LOnOOu lEuGu
The American lady who recently lee
tured at st. James Hall on the sub
jects of love, courtship and marriage
appears to entertain rather pessinis-
tic opinions with regard to the amount
of happiness annoyed in the married
state. She computes that a percen-
tage of one-third of the couples so
joined in this country and America
are thoroughly miserable, and traces
a large amount of such misery to the
prohibition against women proposing
to men. She thinks it hardly fair that
men should monopolize the privilege
of selecting their partners for life,
and deplores the restrictions that con-
denim girl to sit in silence while he
OH whom she has fixed her young
affections goes around proposing to
other ladies. With, however a
wholly womanly one-Sidednes, the
lecturer only enlarged upon the suf-
ferings of the lovelorn damsel and
quite ignored the painfulness of the
position in which the gentleman
would find himself if suddenly con-
fronted with proposal of marriage
made in person. Much of the lecture
was too thoroughly American to be
quite Ineligible to an English audi
ence, whose social customs differ so
entirely in many ways from those of
their transatlantic cousins. For in
stance the world ''lady" was used so
completely to the exclusion of "wom-
en-" that it was impossible to avoid
the conclusion that there are no wo-
men in America, but only ladies. One
"lady" was described as beidg unhappy
in her marriage, but entirely successful
as market gardner. Another acted
as school teacher and boarded
around"-a mode of life that is uncom-
fortably suggestive of vague and
cratic meals. And the diseases" of
ladies were referred to as though the
beings so designated were construct
ed upon some especial plan, differing
ESSENTIALLY from the one pursued in
the formation of mere women. Here
es the lecturers notion of domestic |
happiness: Apleasant room, bright |
fire, comfortable cat and dog, rosy |
checked children and prettily dressed |
mothers with sewing in hand. To !
these enters the husband, tired with |
his days work and happy to be at !
home. He throws himself in comfoli
table arm chair, in an attitude of |
careless repose, which he completes |
by placing his feet upon his .wife's
knees! This must be bliss indeed.
or FOrgetful Mind.
Baltimore Herald, (Rep.).
"Mr. Randall is growing in popu-
larity N Mississippi, and we hope and
expect tosee him the choice of the
Democrats for President
when the National Convention meets
In 1883" says the Vicksburg Post.
Either the Post is magnanimous or
II has forgotten entirely the I'M
avenged insults which Randall heap
ed upon Mississippi during the mem
orable debate on the river and harbor
swind1 our sessions ago.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

IF THE story of kidnapped laborers,
which appeared in our telegraphic
columns of yesterday. be true, there
is further use for Uunited States au-
thority in Central America. The
matter win, no doubt be investigated
and if the story be founded on fact
we may soon expect some govern
mental interference in Guatemala
There is crying necessity, in fact,
for protectorate over several Gen.
trail American States.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
A Wife Murderer.

ST. LOUIS, May ia special from Chatta
nooga, Tenn (, to the Post-Dispatch says:
ABOUT nine O'Clock this morntng, the dead
b Jdy of Mary johnson was found in an alley
in the lower part of the city, and it was sup
posed that she had committed suicide, but on
investigai ion 1t was found she had been beat
en- t. death. Her husband was seen whipping
her last night, and has been arrested for muir
dering her."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

1t seems that Rob srtson got the best
Of McCraken in locating the silve:
lead in Mexico. 1t is told that both
made the discovery together, and that
the latter attempted to get the advan-
tage in denouncing the claim, when
the former beat him at his own game.
McCraken depended upon the speed of
his team and Robertson upon the sad
die and the spur. But after all, it is
said, the find is mostly lead.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

A NEW cattle disease is repor-
ted in Missouri. 1t is saidi to af-
feet the hip joints, and to kill in three
days. That is about as quick work
as that other fatal disease, which we
may be permitted to call ass-iduus
veterinarians.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

GERMANY has at last conceded the
right of German-American citizens to
visit their former homes without be-
, ing drafted, but it will not concede
that it has the right to drive such
American citizens out of Germany
whenever it sees proper,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

The New Mexican Review says
that stock-raising in the Territory
will soon reach its utmost capacity.
That is the reason Texas cattle are
now so dangerous. AS long as stock
ing up was necessary they were the
very thing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

The narrative of Burton, the dyna-
natter, set forth from the dispatches
this morning, is exceedingly interest
ing, and show him up an arranE, mer-
cenary scoundrel and assassin, instead
of patriot as he would like to be
known.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

MARROW mindedness suggests that
the price of property on the north
side of the river may be maintained
and enhanced by keeping up the toll
bridge. Thereby may hang tale
sweeping in its explanation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

EVERY time Secretary Bayard is
instrumental in having good Demo-
crat placed in good Office, the Shrek
goes up from the disgruntled opposi-
tion that he has made another mis-
take. Mr.. Bayard, when selection
is left to him, does not mistake a
Republican for Democrat; and that
Is what is the matter with the Repub-
lican Hannahs, so tar as Mr.. Bayard
Is concerned.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
Ea RATES OF -sUBsCRIPTIoN

THE President tells Sunset Cox to
take all the time he wants to look
after his book, before starting to Con-
stantinople.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

Lieutenant Gardiner, of the English
Steamer Garnet, who released Boyton,
the torpedo man, in New York har-
Dor without taking him to the cap
tain, seems to have gotten into seri-
GUS scrape. He was imprisoned by
the captain for as days.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

.css ACCORDING to "Poor's Manual"
the freight transportation accomplish
ed by the railroads of the United
States, last year, was equivalent to
moving eight hundred tons of mer-
chandise one mile for every man, wo-
man and child in the country. Evil
IDENTIFY, says company. if it were not
for the railroads, great deal of our
work would remain undone, or we
should be very tired people.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

THE Dallas Herald properly urges
hat the armed burglar should be
ade a capital offender. There is no
filter candidate for the halter than the
villain who sneaks into your house
ready to effect his design, to kill for
for that and for his own self-protection.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

AFTER a long contest-one of the
longest on record-Logan was yes
terday declared reelected to the
Uuited States Senate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

The Brazoria Independent thinks
the precept and example of the Nine
teenth Legislature gave life and &C.
tiyity to deyiltry in Austin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

WITH better roads and free bridges
Travis County farms would be in
creased in value, and every pound of
their surplus production would be
more readily marketed at greatly ad-
Vanced prices.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

1t is the unanimous verdict, that
Travis county has the worst roads in
the State; and they have driven a vas
deal of trade from this community.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

THE Land Board is a calamity as
long as the people hope for relief
from raxationi for educational pur-
poses. Were it not for rulings of the
Board it might be hoped for. that in
great while theIrevenue from the
Aool lands would be great enough
warrant the Suspension of ad va
taxation for the schools. The
we're set aside that there might
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

- Ex-GoYERNoR THRoCKMoRToN's
physician thinks now that he may
recover his health; so says the Den
ton Mirror.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

Some of the liberated convicts will
be very apt to "peach" on their "pals'
Hope of final release will do a great
deal to bring about such end.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

A MORMON delegation has called
on the President. and read him a pro-
test against enforcing the Edmunds
act. The act Will be enforced all the
same,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

IN BAD weather the wear and tear
of trip over bad roads and toll
bridges to Austin knocks all the prof
it out of the sale of farm products.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

one rule-that of awarding the spoils
tothe Republican victOrs, and treating
Democrats as outcasts-and the per
sonal fortunes which these poiis have
wrought into may be expressed in a
thousand millions.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

extol,ed as ''cure-aH," but admirably
a singleness of purpose, being NEST po
specific in those chronic weaknesses pecuIf1
to women. Particulars in DIR. ri rce's lar
treatise on Diseases Peculiar to Women, u
pages, sent for 10 cents in stamps. Addr<
Worlds DispeT sary Medical Association,
Main street Buffalo N
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

THE Dolphin has again failed to
stand trial trip, and old man Roach
begins to regard her in a contract
sense as a whale.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
Nutmegs Poisonous.

It is not generally known that nut
megs are poisonous, but DR.. Palmer
writes to the American Journal of
Pharmacy detailing the case of lady
who nearly died from eating nut
meg and half, and he points out the
fact that the toxic effects of the drug
are described in both the National and
United States dispensatories.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

THE Commits s1oner of Agriculture
has begun the war against bogus
butter, and he is going to fight it out
in that line if it take all summer. He
insists that laws should be passed,
permitting no compound to be sold
as butter, and he suggests as the
universal trade mark of the pure cow
product round globule with a st..
Andrews cross on it. The hash-house
keepers have not yet been heard from
on the subject.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

Sam Dyer, supposed to be connected
with the Sheriff Ragsdale murder in
Fannin County, was captured day or
Two agQ concealed under corr /crib.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
GALVESTON.
Capt. Fulton not yet Installed as
Mayor.

Mayor.
Special Telegram to The Statesman.
GALVESTON, May 1S.--The city council met
at D III. to- lay, and the general impression
prevailed that the mayor-clect, Fulton, would
be installed, which drew large crowd to the
city hal. The Installation for some reason
did not take place. A motion prevailed that
the council adjourn without day and the
DE- law Of e the council. As the Charter geGires
a meeting will be held on next Wednesday
for the purpose introducing mayor elect
Fulton, in office.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

/. THE true policy of a people is to
encourage domestic productions, to be
sold to others, and to discourage pur-
Schsses from abroad except those nee
essities which cannot be proftably
produced at home. This is the policy
we have always urged upon Texas
asriculturists.