The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-19
STATE NEWS.
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State EXCHANGES.

to be moved to Dallas.
The Bell county grand jury has re-
turred l2O true bills; 10l for INSIDE
meanors and nineteen for felonies.
Rev. B. H Carroll has not resigned the
passionate of the Baptist church at Waco;
all reports to the contrary are untrue.
H. M. Garwood, who represented Bas-
trop county in the Twentieth legislature,
has just been nominated for county Judge
by that county.
The city council of Waxahachie has
decided to invest in waterworks to the ex-
tent of $4,000, for which the bonds of the
city will be issued bearing PER cent.
County Judge Earnest, of Fort Bend
county, has appointed VIM. Thatcher,
democrat, commissioner to fill an uuex-
pired term, and the taxpayers are jubilant
over it.
There will be regimental encampment
of the companies of the Fougth and Fifth
regiments of Texas infantry held near
Dallas for six or ten days, commencing
Monday, August 10.
On Saturday last in San Antonio Frank
Pohl, German and recent arrival from
Europe, was stricken by insulation, and
despite medical attention he died. He
worked on a farm four miles from the
city. His temperature was one Of the
highest known in recorded cases of the
disease.
This is the third case of sunstroke in
San Antonio this summer, none of the
victims having been native Americans.
Waco seems to be meeting with some
difficulties in the way of securing the
Arkansas Pass railway. While a ma GRITTY of
the public spirited citizens of the town are
willing to come down handsomely for the
enterprise, there are others who positively
| refuse to do anything, although they are
| abundantly able to bear their portion Of
the expense without any great inconve-
nience. Almost every important town in
the state is retarded IN growth and ad,
vancement by just such characters. They
want to reap the reward of the labor and
energies of the more enterprising neigh
Dor, without contributing one cent there
ior.-Brenham Banner.
New York society men have formed an
anti-lOw- necked dress league. The mem
bers bind thems selves not to attend en-
ter taiuments of any kind where the low
necked dress is worn. The reason given
is that the rooms have TO be kept so
warm all the time as to be exec edingly
uncomfortable, and that going from such
high ten perature into the cold air has re-
suited in frequent colds, numerous cases
of pneumonia and some deaths. The
members Of the league are society men,
and it ls thought their absence from
balls, receptions and similar gatherings
will soon bring their wives and sisters
land sweethearts TO time in the matter of
drtss.-FOrt Worth Gazette.
The excitement of Wednesday nights
tragedy at Corpus Christi had scarcely
| reached lis climax when again on Thurs
day, shortly after midnight, three pistol
| sho were heard in rapid success on in
the arroyo portion of town. Again had
| the deadly six-shOnter done it swOrk. Char
ley Clay, colored arrived in town but two
days ego from Mexico to sea his mother,
who was about to leave for the nor tn On a
visit. While there he met Mary Bingham,
colUred, an old flame, and renewed his
proposals of love to her. She refused to
marry him, when he drew pistol and
shot her twice, once in the windpipe and
again through the chest. He then blew
his own brains out. Mary was still alive
Friday night, but was not expected to live
through the night. Charley had driven
the hearse at Walter Doves funeral in the
afternoon.
The AUSTIN STATESMAN thinks that the
salaries of Texas state officials are too
small, and THE STATESMAN is right about
it, The governor of the state should at
least receive as large salary as Texas
representatives in congress, and to expect
to secure the services of the ablest man 10
the state for 81, 500 year, the salary paid
heads OF departments, is akin to folly.
Many commercial houses pay better
salaries. A beggarly salary is often made
an excuse for careless or in efficient service,
not so say dishonesty. If Texas desires
the services of her ablest citizens she must
offer greater inducements. 1t is no I'M
common thing for an able man to resign
official position simply because the honor
of office will not pay grocery bills or
provide competence for his family in
his old age.-Galveston Tribune.
George s. Williamson, Texas agent of
the bureau of animal industry, came
over from Dallas last evening. In con-
versation, he said that there was one mat
ter to which the legislators of Texas had
not paid sufficient attention in the past,
and that was state protection of the cattle
interests. Although nearly every other
state in the Union has enacted
laws for the inspection of
cattle by competent sanitary officials.
and had provided measures for the stamu.
ing out disease whenever it appeared, vet
Texas, the greatest cattle producing
country of the world, had never taken the
first step in that direction. Under these
conditions Inscriptions traders could
take advantage of Texas stockmen, and
send to this state animals tainted with
disease, knowing the chances of detection
are fewer here than elsewhere. In
the past few years the fine stock in
terests in Texas have increased amazingly,
SO much so that In Tarrant, Dallas and
adjoining counties there may be said to
be 100000 worth of fine blooded stock,