The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-11-04
BURNETT.
TERRELL DECLARES AS IN
FAMOUS FALSEHOODS
RECENT CHARGES.
A REAL INDIAN WAR DANCE AT
THE DALLAS STATE FAIR
STATE WIRELINGS.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
BrRNET. October ga cool norther sprang up
last night and the weather has continued cool al
day with a good prospect for frost Tonight The
frost will hurt the farmers IN TINS eectlon much
as the top crop of cotton ia about all gathered.
RAILROAD EXCURSION.
Invitations 10 prominent men in the state, to
visit Burnett on November II, will be sent out to-
morrow the occasion being the visit OF the diff
ferent railroad committees from Gainesville, Lam
pasas. Waco and Austin TO this city, relative to
the extension of the Arkansas and Texas railroad
from Gatesville, via Lampasas to this city, and on
TO the gulf by way of Austin.
BEAUTY.
The SundaY STATESMAN sold like hot cakes on
our streets, and the typographical appearance and
vast amount of interesting reading matter ELECTED
no end of favorable comment.
ARREST OF MR.. STEWART.
The friends of Mr. Stewart, the man recently ar,
rested in this city and charged with opening mail
matter not his own, and taken to Austin for trial
feel confident of his aCquittal; and as to the silly
charge of his being wanted in Colorado county for
murder II originated, they think, in the futile
Imagination of the officers. His father states that
his son was never In Colorado county, and the
Kindness shown by Mr., Stewart to the old Con
federate soldier, who recently died in this city
without money or friends, goes to show that
Mr. Stewart at heart is not as bad man as the
officers would try TO make him out to be.
RELIGIOUS.
Rev j. r. Nelson, of this city, who is holding a
protracted meeting at Lampasas has snatched, as
Il were, seyenty-fy persons from the broad road
of sim and landed them safely in the straight and
narrow way that leads to life eternal
TOWN TALK.
Mr. Will Dale is having an addition made TO his
house on the northeast corner Of the square.
Candidates are putting in full time here, and are
eleCtioneeTing with a Will
The race for county Offices In THIS county Is Tree
for all, catch as catch can race.
There are several prisoners in the couaty Jail
here waiting to he taken to Huntsville to serve the
state all the way from two to ten years.
Quite crowd of Burnetites will visit Austin next
Saturday to take In the show.
Our Burnett citizens now have under considera-
ton proposition from the Edison Electric Light
company in relation to lighting the city with cleo
tricity.
There Is residence going up on Tomlins9!n
HILL which looks very suspicious for certain
young society gentleman of this city.
" leern that Mrs. ThOrnhill, who has been
ruHning the Burnet hotel in this city, has leased
the same 20 parties in Mason and that she Will
shortly remove from Burnett to some of the north
ern states.
The effort that was being made some time ago to
connect this city by telephone with Round Noun
tain, BlancO county, has about gone by the
board.
PERSONAL
b. NJ. Brown, of Longview, was in the city
yesterday.
HIX, the boss cigar of Texas, had representa-.
tive here yesterday in the person Mr. Malcolm
McNar.
FRANK W. hUDuell, OF AUslln, COulu ne IOlnu
taking his ease at the I}urnet hotel to-day
Major II A. Pitsburry, of Dallas, was in town
TO day
j. w. Ormond, of Austin, spent the day in this |
city.
BURNETT, October 70. To-day has been good |
day for cotton buyers, the square being full of
wagons loaded with cotton, all day.
r. H. Holloway purchased $50 bales of Alliance
cotton, at Liberty Hill, yesterday.
Last night a car loaded with pecans, was standing
on the side track on the Austin ~ Northwestern
road. Some time during the night, some one cut
hole in the bottom of the car and then in one of
the sacks containing pecans, 80 that they would
run ont, and so secured several bushels, 1t being
impossible to tell how many were stolen, without
unloading the car. Mr.. Holloway, to whom the
pecans belonged, has offered reward of $50 for
the arrest of the thief.
TERRIBLE GIN ACCIDENT
News has justbee received here of terrible
gin accident at Mr.. Giilespie's gin, twelve miles
frem this CITY, which occurred this evening II is
impossible at this hour to learn the particulars,
more than that Mr.. Gillespie's daughter was caught
in the gin and nearly cut to pieces.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. Clifford of the San Antonio Light was in the
city to-day
Hon. A. j. Northington democratic nominee
for representative of Burnet and Lampasus cUun-
ties, was In town, to-day
BURNETT, october 3'.-To-day at > o'clock Judge
A. w Terrell addressed one of the largest audi
enCes that has assembled at the court house here
one of the ablest he has delivered Notwithstanding
the fact that he was very much tatgned and worn
ont. his address, in the main, was devoted TO
discussion of the tariff, and to denounCng waeTed
railway stocks. lie says that friend had to-day
requested him to notice some charges recently
made in Austin in hand bills the stump and
otherwise and though he had heretofore refused
to regard the hired gang that was traducing him,
he said he had been charged with riding on free
passes during this canvass; with being opposed to
labor organizations, trade unions and farmers
These ghurUn9 thp
poems of corporate power, and were circulated
partly to deceive the ignorant and partly to divert
him from discussing the aggreesions of monopoly.
IL made by those who really believed them to be
true, he could only say they We're mistaken; but
when persisted in by those who knew better, he
could only characterize them as infamous false
hoods. complimentary passes, he said have often
been sent him, and usually by railway attorneys,
whose courtesy he Appreciated but he had travelled
this state during this canvass and no railroad con
ductor had ever seen one in his hands, Ii they are
intended as badges of servtude to corporate power
the sooner the people understand il and punish ii
as a crime, both in him who sends and him who
receives pass, the better.
In 1876, he said just ten years ago, he addressed
the Agricultural association of Williamson county
and predicted that the evils of corporate aggression
rs to-day them, and then urged |
the organization OF the farming element of the |
country for their social, Intellectual and material |
progress, and for their improvement in knowl- |
edge of public affairs. That speech was circulated |
in phamplet form over the country before farm |
ers' alliance wac dreamed of. But he never favor
ed the organization of any ret political party; he
who charges me with opposing the organization of
labor as a check within legal bounds TO the powers
of organized monopoly, he said is either perverted
both in judgment and memory, or is serving for |
pay some hard master by hard lying. lie de |
nounced Sam Randall and his crowd, saying he |
would rather vote for a white republican and pro
missed his hearers II elected to the
United States senate not to affiliate
with hin, He said he was glad that
Senator Maxey had come out at the eleventh hour
at Galveston, favOring the breaking up of the pool
ing system, but even yet he had not opened his
mouth against the infamy of watered railroad
bonds, nor has he said anything about consolidat.
ing the railroad eXtortion system by a railroad
commission, In closing his address he paid
high compliment to the democratic nominee for
representative from this district Hon. A. j. North
ington. Taking the speech altogether, il was a
treat our citizens seldom have the opportunity Of
enjoying, and was listened TO with marked atten-
tiOn by the LARGE audience present.