The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-10-21
STATE PRESS.
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The destruction to property in around
Sabine Pass, will aggregate over 100000.
La Verdad, new paper in the inter
ests of the Catholic party, has appeared
in Victoria.
A young lady by the name of Clara
Smith, of Clay county, while engaged in
baling hay, last week, got her feet caught
in the press and had both legs broken.
General j. H. Potter, recently placed on
the retired list, arrived in San Antonio,
Saturday evening, and is the guest of
! Gen. d. 5. Stanley, department COM
mander. Thirteen guns were fired in his
honor.
Marshal Jim. Keller had close call last
Saturday night at Terrell. STOPPING for
some purpose, his pistol fell from his belt
and was discharged, the ball grazing his
face and head, making a crimson streak.
He was severely burned by the powder.
On Saturday last, at Blooming Grove,
local option town in Navarro county,
Ortho Ainsworth severely if not fatally,
wounded DR.. Palmer, because the doctor
refused to give him certificate by which
he could obtain whisky from drug store.
The distress and suffering of the Sabine
Pass sufferers called out aid in all the
churches Sunday, at Bryan, and fully $500
was raised, and will be forwarded at once.
Cole Brothers, gave 800, and all our citi-
zens subscribed literally to aid the af-
| f1icted.
Last Friday morning, at FL Paso, Lou
Virgins committed suicide at the Victoria
hotel by shooting himself in the right
temple with pistol. The only reason he
gave was that his mother had recently
died, whom he loved better than his own
life, and could not live without her.
Charles Turner, an Englishman, aged
IL years, who came to Jefferson from
Paris, last Thursday, being unwell and
moneyless, was taken into jail for treat
ment, and died Saturday night. A jury of
inquest gave the verdict Sunday morning
that he came to his death from natural
causes.
The toughest tist-fght in the west for
ten years took place Monday, at Colorado.
Newt Bell and Tom Mort had fist-fght
for twenty-five minutes, when Tom got
Newt Bell down and pounded him unmer-
cifully, and ended up with biting off Bells
left ear. Tom was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Britton, and now languishes in
jail for the crime of mayhem.
The political excitement in Webb coun-
ty has assumed great proportions in the
last two days with the Bota and Guar
ache parties, which have put their county?
ticket IN the field. Both parties are NOV
ing heaven and earth to carry the election,
the city council at Laredo having pro-
hibited, by ordinance, political street pro-
cession at this election.
About half past nine o'clock Sunday
night, at Houston, an unfortunate killing
occurred in the Fifth ward at McGinley's
saloon, the victim being Fred. Arnold,
formerly of Galveston, and the slayer
Charles Renne, a contractor. A jury was
empaneled and the following verdict rem
dered: "We, the jury, believe from the
evidence before US, that the deceased came
to his death from the effects of two con-
secutive falls caused by blow from the
fist of Charles Renne in the course of a
scutfle between the two parties"
Sunday night about IL o'clock, at Paige
as the train, No. Al, was standing on the
main track at the station, the conductor
being in the depot, and the brakesmen
doing switching, two or three men en-
tered the smoking coach and threw down
their pistols on the passengers, consisting
of a negro woman and boy, and com
PEELED them to shell out their cash. This
robbery, coming so soon after the rob-
berry of the station agent at Paige, a few
nights since, causes some excitement
Last Saturday night, at Henderson, the
colored Methodists were having church
festival in the hall above their church.
Too many of them collected in one end
of the hall, when the floor gave away,
precipitating the entire crowd to the first
floor beneath, a fall of about twelve feet.
Two of them, man and woman, were Sc
riously injured. 1t is miracle how any
escaped unhurt.
The recent flooded condition of the
country around Brownsville has com
pletely ruined the fall crops, but cattle
men are jubilant. good pasturage is
assured for the winter, and water holes
that have been dry for year or two are
filed up, and unless a severe drouth of
months comes on next year, are liable to
stay full.