The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-23
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remain ssya.aS Nh aeempany her dome, and viii
,iesIerdsy was big cotton dav again in Bprnat
AooU' seVen'y'ilye bales were sold on the s.reets
SAW rHE FAIrH DOCTOR.
ors ar Barton, ex county commissioner. and
ett buTnet COuity's most ann
s-o,d s-ou,la cllzene, has just retnrned
~ I,a ba en. Sowesl 10 Leon county where lie went
si,. ue iteasea Tor reumatsm by tue faith or rub
Sing doctor, in that section When ~ Ian hsr. N.
IaI ist tue entire USE Of his right bpDd he saved
L;9'g @ooat elght days and be is now abis fo pse
a., uauu , ana arm as we'll as he ever could He
- - 'IeJ ga nothing 10 Alm bat rub him, with
iheif hands He says money couldn't bny the re
hed ne ma felt from his visit to them
NJ, Sarrett VIII commence to rebuilt his stable
recently destroyed by ire immediataly
MRS McSween's new dwelling is absnt comnlat
eu' ana she Will move in next week.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
IN, oonn l. Chamberlain and wife 10 Robt II
thompson, land in Burnet county, $500.
u bGyee to Essy Boyce, (his wifi !, part of lot
4 III BLOCK /, Barnet county, love and affection
r. NJ Whitten to b. Voland, mart of ten'scrs
tract In Burnet county, SlOO
Jack Fetterly to j w Fry, one hundred acres
% ol .ne east ST. end of Isaac Casner survey, Burnet
H Lagos to C. H. Malloy, 20 acres in Burnet
Robert Foster to C. D. Mclean, IN acres in
6nrnet county, SIS and ether valuable considera,
county, Sl,9I4. % isN' I'D acres In Burnet
j. o. Norrid and wife to G. T. Pantev ct al one
one OF TWO acres in the Houston creek neighbor.
hood, 10 De used as burying ground
ROW AMONG THE DARKIEs.
Burnet county's rocks are not onlv.becomino
valuable as building material but are fast coming
to the front as an implement of war Last nigh7
two darkies, named respectively Geo Wilson and
Josh Miller, got into a dispnte over
woman named Mary Litman, about whom Josh
cla'med George had been making some disparao-
ing remarks. Some words passed Ivhan Lash
stopped down and picked up a large rock. which he
fired at George, hitting him squarely in the ave
completely shivering the bone nnder the ave and
knocking him sepseess Josh immediatelv liz ont
and officers are now after him.
pvpsa>,
H. c,u,
o;t, ~ Unalles a. DolnscnlR 0t Austin, is in this
0iI1, ~, anu p ls stoPPlng al the western hotel
tobnc WaIy My HoUranu, prominent farmer OF Pom
'oooc' nason county, Is buying goods in this city.
BURNET, Texas, December IL. - To give
permission to John Willett and his asso.
Gates to construct and maintain harbor on the
east shore of Padre Island, in the state of Texas
BE 1t enacted by the senate and house of repre-
ssntatives of the United State4 of America in con
gress assembled-"That John Wil!ett, w. II.
Westfall, j. NJ. Britton, Jot tiunter 10 Hutch
erson, John II. Mathis and Geo n y Rust and their
are authorized and shall have the riUht
to construct, build and maintain, for ninety nine
years, one or more piers on the east shore of
Padre Island in the state of Texas. commencing
at such point, or points. as thev deam
most eligible, for the purpose and ex.
tend the piers out into tbe Gnlf of Mexicn
to depth of thirty feet of water at mean law tide
said piers to be constructed of iron natural or ar
tifcia stone, or other like durable material also
one or more break waters in front of said niars in
the gulf at a depth of not less than thirty feet ~
thereby providing a safe and secnre harhnr for The
United States navy and merchant marines of everv
character and descrintion and for said nprnosa
said parties shall have the exclnsive rgbt tn use
the waters of the guif for the distance of " U9e
miles on each fide of the piers and brealx waters
as far from the shore line as THAR niers or hrea