The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-11-11
BURNETT BUDGET.
HIGH SCHOOL-GRANITE RIFLES
THE GATESVILLE CONVEN-
TION.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Burnett Novem Der 1.-The election passed off
quietly. Not single fuss low Occu red As
pre- dcted in The STATESMAN few days ago, the
Hon A D. NOrthington, tue democratic candidate
for representative, dOwned Mr. Goodman, the in
dependent candidate for that office, by majority
that exceeded his friends most saDguine eXpecta
tons. The balance Vt the old county officers are
all reelected The state democratic ticket, in
Guiding Sayers for congress, received the usual
democratic majority. This district % hard place
for independents
The STATESMAN reporter was told by Gen. A. r
johnson that he had in his possession docu-
ments from the Edison Electric Light company pro-
posing to light the town of Burnet with electricity
and notice to that effect appear in the Burnet
Hero last week
a grape vine special in a Burnet paper this
morning states that N.rthingtons majority in Lam
pasas county is 300
Burnett is now very healthy and very
few cases of sickness are reported. The
repsrt that the dengue was in the city, was evil
IDENTITY started to mslead some poor unsophisti-
Gated creature, and 1t succeeded admirably.
RARE CURIosIrlEs.
In the lnteroceanc museum IN this city may be
seen some rare CuriOsities and valuable relics con
neCted with the history ut Burnet county. Here
can be seen specimens of Burnett marble, granite,
iron ore, and other valuabl4 building material ;
also pair of spurs supposed to have been worn
by the celebrated bandit chief, Zapatta, and found
in an old well in this city, three or four false
teeth, supposed to have once ornamented the
mouth of some classic Indian maiden,
an old razor once used by Uno, an
Indian chief, flor corn-pareing purposes,
| a picture of Ben TOmpson, and several jars of
! insects carefully preserved in alcohol. 1aking
the collection Altogether it is very interesting and
! the proprietor of the museum deserves great
credit for the valuable curiOsiues he has secured
sparlng neither time or expense in getting up this
wonderful collection.
PERSONAL.
Maj. A. j, Rutherford, of Austin, is sojourning
| in the city.
j. X. Hynes, prominent stock man of Mobeetie,
| is in town.
win Davis, of Galveston, is visiting friends in
this city.
DR.. Thorp, of Liberty Hill, spent the day in Bur
net.
P. a Francis, OF Austin, autographed at one Of
our hotels.
Jno. Huugerford, Of san Antoniu, is in the city,
interviewing unr merchants relative To goods
Mr.. sam Olive returned from Galveston TODAY
and is again at his old post in of our dry goods
stores.
BuRNEr. November 6-The total returns from
the election in this county gives Ross. for COVER
nor, I, "a; DOhoney, 81; Sayers. for congress
40. and NOrthin ton, for representation. sSi
The balance of the state ticket is elected.
LITERARY SOCIETY.
The literary society at the Burnett high school is
now moving of ~ smoothly, and ON Yesterday
evening had a very pleasant time al the school
building. The society is composed entirely of stu
dents, with Mr.. Theodore Aultman as president.
NEW UNIFORM.
The new dress uniform Of the Burnet Granite
Rifles arrived yesterday. II is green, trimmed in