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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
District Court.

IN 'ae strict court yesterday, Judge
Iowres pr siding, the following proceed
ipgs were lad:
Har.a Himatz; Judgment for plain
tiff,Cnaa y. Harth, for one-twelfth,and for
the defendant for ele vertwelfths of the
land in con rOverSy.
State y.. Ddugherty; judgment for
state, 81" 90.
Schu.utaald VS.. Schoeuewald; divorce
granted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
The VoYaeers.

The young men who started out on
boat trip to the mouth of the Colorado,
few days ago, have not been heard FROM
and it is supposed they are getting along
we'll. The river is at a fine stage for such
trip, two foot rise coming down the
day the young men set out.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
ANOTHER VICTORY.
The Cap,tol Syndicate Must Pay
Their Faxes.

Attoru,s General Hogg has scored
another vic DRY. Mr.. Harrison, his assist
ant I'd from Graham yesterday,
where he ant to attend the United States
court in t's case of Abner Taylor and
Others who mad refused to pay state taxes
on the cap ,ol lands, and asked for an in.
junction straining the tax collector
The court II sId that the land was subject
TO taxation and refused to grant the IL
junction, The capitol syndicate will now
pony up a. air taxes like other able and
distiUguisnsd citizens.
When Attorney General Hogg starts
oUt over the range he generally gets the
most 'ucculent roots, RAIN or no rain, and
the state feels good.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
Films The Plumb.

The plans of Mr.. Burt Mcdonald, of this
city, for new court house at Marshall,
have been accepted There were many
competitors, but the Austin man carried
off the hOnors.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
GFROM FRIDAYS DAILY. |
Horse Thieves.

Horse thieves are operating in this
section, and they stole fine animal from
Hon. John Hancock the other night. Look
for them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
Will Run Until June.

1t is said that the grades and high
school of the public system of schools in
this city, will run on until the middle of
Jnne,so as to complete the intended course.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
East Avenue Bridge.

Citizens living i'll East Austin and citl-
zens living in the southeastern part of
this county are still talking up that pro-
ject to build a bridge across the river at
the foot of East avenue.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
Justice Tegener's.

joe Atcher, for maliciously killing
dog belonging to some one else, was
hauled up before Justice Tegener, and
fined $40 aud costs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
TFROM SATURDAYS DAILY
Off For The Pen.

Yesterday Harmon and Summers,
agents of the state penitentiary, took
four cOnvicts to the Rusk penitentiary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
Fine Cattle.

Ed Haigler yesterday bought t%enty-
SIX head of very fine cornfed beeves, pay
ing $50 per head. Good butcher stock is
scarce.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
CARRYING AND LIFTING.

According TO
strength and build
a man can carry
from 80 to so
pounds; an ele-
plant from 1900
to 1000; a horse
will carry go to
800 pounds $; a
donkey IT'S to
200; a mule, when
il suits him, go to
$50. A horse can
usually draw seven
times rs much as
he can carry. A
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29

The oil well on Walnut continues to go
down and is now dearly 400 feet deep,
with water slightly mingled with oil ris-
ing almost TO the top.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29

When Baby was sick we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she rave them Castoria,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29

The dependent pension bill speech OF
Senator Ingalls, has been printed IN
pamphlet form and is on sale at 81
thousand. The price is low and go was
the speech.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29

After which refreshments were served.
A good crowd was in attendance.
The proceeds go toward the church,
which is at present undergoing extensive
repairs both outside and inside.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
no THEoRIZE.

It is not impossible that gradually sugar
planting and sugar making will become
two distinct industries. Already the tend
ency is in that direction. When sugar
houses having the capacity of extracting
the sugar from all the cane raised in given
district accessible, and paying the sur
rounding farmers for their cane are well
established, there will be in southern
Texas an immense production of this
great commercial article. 1t is believed
that at least 2,5O0,000 acres of fertile
sugar land in Texas might, by good cul-
tivation, produce over two million hogs
heads of sugar. No one doubts that ulti-
mately every acre of this land will be de-
voted in the main to this production. 1t
means production of over $100,000,000 in
value. When the small farmer will have
at his door a market for his cane at $500
per ton, raising from fifteen to twenty
tons per acre, it is very evident that by
diversity of farm products, which will be
encouraged, he will occupy a more assured
independence than the farmers of the ex-
clusively grain growing, or of the cotton
and grain districts. The seasons in this
coast district are adapted to early truck
farming, which, with the production of
grain for home consumption, and intense
cultivation of limited acreage in ribbon
cane, will occupy the energies of the
farmer nearly every day in the year.
To the immigrant from the worn out east,
these lands must be regarded as of greater
promise than the black waxy prairies of
the great west. Whenever they are
known and appreciated at their true value,
the time is near at hand when Texas may
hope to supply half the sugar required
for consumption in the west, from the
Mississippi to the Pacific. These antici-
pations are built upon no exaggerated
statements, Sugar is first more certain
crop than cotton in the southern district
The yield which we have adopted as
basis is 30 per cent less than that
which is yearly realized on many planta-
tions in Texas and Louisiana. 1t is best
TO allow for unskilled and negligent farm
ing. New Orleans estimates the capacity
of Louisiana sugar land at two tons of
sugar per acre, under the most favorable
methods of farming. We have adopted
as basis for estimates only one ton,
which would still make sugar better pay
ing crop than cotton, and much more GER
tain one. During last season two hogs
heads of sugar and 200 gallons of mo-
la5ses per acre were made on two Texas
plantations.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
Brilliant Entertainment.

brilliant entertainment was given last
night at the residence of Rev. DR.. How
ard, pastor of the First Baptist church,
on West Tenth street. A varied and en-
pertaining programme was carried out, as
will ba seen below.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29
Sugar IN Texas.

After the emancipation of the slaves,
and until very recently, sugar planting i'll
this state was practically abandoned. In
the last six or seven years, however, the
acreage in ribbon cane has increased
every year. The sugar plantations man
aged skillfully have been successful, and
at this time the conviction is growing that
the sugar lands of southern Texas will
become the most valuable farming lands
in the state. They have advanced in
price, and are fast catching up in value
with the cotton and grain lands of the
more densely populated counties in
north Texas. This impetus in the
sugar producing business in this state,
and also in Louisiana, is due first to the
depreciation in the price of cotton, and
next to the improved machinery for har-
vesting and rendering sugar and molasses
from the cane. In Texas the employment
of state convicts upon sugar plantations
started the movement. Now it begins to
promise such development and progress
that the acreage cultivated by convict
labor will soon be a small per cent of the
large area in sugar Louisiana, the past
season, produced more sugar than was
produced in that state during any ante
year. IL 10 tSGlllldl6u JuO
area in Louisiana adapted to the ribbon
cane is less than 100000 acres. In Texas
there are 100000 acres adapted to this
cane, in Zen counties on and near the coast
west of the BrazOs river, and 100000
acres well adapted to it in ten counties on
and near the coast east of the Brazos
river. This does not include thirty
counties above, in which the ribbon cane
has been raised on small scale, and is now
from year to year being produced mainly
for the local supply of syrup. If Louisi-
ana is a sugar state, Texas certainly
should be, having a larger area adapted
to sugar culture. What is most promis-
ing in the new impetus given to sugar cul-
ture is, that the idea it must be confined to
large plantations having costly buildings
and machinery has been exploded. The
large establishments have found it very
profitable to encourage small farmers to
raise cane for sale to the sugar mills. In
many cases this plan has worked to the
mutual advantage and profit of both
parties. SO it must ultimately prove in
Texas.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-09-20
If o girl is Born

In January, she will be a prudent
housewife, given to melancholy, but
good temper.
Tin February, a humane and afec-
tionate wife and tender mother.
Ifin April, inconsistent, not very in
telligent. but likely to be good. looking.
If in May, handsome. amiable, and
likely to be happy.
fin June, impetuous, will mary early,
and be frivolous.
Ifin July, passably handsome, but with
sulky temper.
If in August, amiable and practical,
and likely to marry rich.
Ifin September, discreet, affable, and
..uch liked.
If in October, pretty and coquettish,
and likely to be unhappy.
Ifin November, liberal, kind, and OF a
mild disposition.
If in December, well-proportioned,
fond Of novelty, and extravagant.-6.
Louis Republic an.
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Jumping on Jute.
Foar NOTE, s. o., Sept. /,

FORT MoTTE, 5. O., Sept. 8.
70 the Editor of the Me,os and Go.l4ier
As I am receiving more letters in
regard to veneer for covering cotton than
L can conveniently answer, please say u
the public that am still experimenting
with different woods and believe have
hit upon the right thing, and will know
without doubt in few days. The
stuff that experimental with in Colum.
bia q few days ago was not Of the right
material and would not stand the com.
press. / believe ne have the right kind
of wood aud it only grows in the South.
If it will answer, as l hope it will, it will
take the place Of jute bagging or any
other material :tha. possibly can be man.
.ufactured, as it will be cheaper, less
subject to FIRE or water, insurance will be
less on it, and safer and neater package
can be made of it; compress men will
prefer it. live can geta material that
will answer as good or better purpose
than jute bagging the farmers will not
ask the Cotton Exchange what they shall
wrap their cotton in. I think that the
greatest impudence i have listened to is
the authoritative talk and directions We
are receiving. The Cotton Exchange say
whatthey will receive and what they will
not receive with the same authority as q
military commander in time ;oi war. l
for one will disobey ordess as long as |
have q hope, but if find there is no
substitute for, jate l will be the first to
surrender. I will not fight when ! have
no hopes of gaining victory. Itsis
all stuff. If our cotton is put up in
proper shape 10 every respect, they will
soon find they have no control over
another mans property. The world is
Obliged to have our cotton, aud will take
it in proper shape. II we eau 6nd a
substitute that can be manufactured at
home, it will be saving of several mil
lions annually, besides giving US home
industry and market for timber that
has been heretofore useless. There is
not any doubt but we will have to use
.jute bagging for the present. The Bag.
ging Trust is an outrage, but may event
ually prove blessing.
This is the most destructive weather to
the cotton crop thatI have ever witnessed
except 1882. 1t is now sproutins in
the boil. The late crop IS injured, and
rust, SC. o.called, is destroying the light
lands. If it is general throughout the
cotton States it vii. make considerable
falling off in the expected large crop.
There has been no picking or ginning for
several days.
JAMES A. PETERK1N.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-09-20

4 Take Ayers Pills and be cured.
&isery is a mild word to describe the
offerings of body and mind, caused by
8abitual constipation. A moderate use
& Ayers Pills will invariably regulate
Ae bowels.
IA hen near Belton, Texas, laid an
he, the other day, bearing on it in
pain raised letters the words "You had
bitter change your ways and be better
Ian, for in '99 the world will come to an
ad." The owner of the hen is in state
4 mind.
Il Canker humors of every description, ,
3hether in the mouth, throat or stomach,
FEe expelled from the system by the use
Il Ayers Sarsaparilla. No other remedy
Ap compare with this, as a cure for all
abassees abses originating in impure or i'm.
8yerished blood.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-09-20
to enumerate the many "bome made"
articles which may be put to use in the
school room. Every wide awake teacher

70 enumerate the many-"nome'm 'maoe
articles which may be put to use in the
school room. Every wide awake teacher
has numbers of these devices, and the
lazy ones would not use them if We tried
to mention all. It will pay any teacher
to own these helps: Chart, Blackboard,
and Globe. It also pays to buy books,
attend Normals, g. If you wish to
attain a higher position than teacher Of
q country school, prepare yourself for
that higbersplace, and it will come to you
before many years. If your ambition
tends toward obtaining higher salary.
dc not be afraid to spend few dollars
for selfimprovements. This we can
prove by personal experience; the more
we spend in this direction the more we
prosper financially. Do not think,
because you are only required to teach
little children, this preparation is unne.
ceasary. The idea that any one can
teach primary school is past losing
ground. Parents are beginning to feel
and know that the smallest children
require the most pains.takiug attention
from the teacher. Among the most
popular classes at Monteagle this Sum.
mer were the three classes in English,
viz: Language Lessons, Grammar and
Rhetoric. These were taught by Prof.
iBonrland, who is an enthusiast on the
subject of teaching English. The
teacher pupils in these classes we're study
ing the history and growth of the Eng
lish laDgusge-C Chaucer, Scott, Irving,
Bryant, Shakespeare, and numerous
others. And for what purpose? Not to
teach yonng men and women, for very
few of them ever expect to teach college
classes. They we're simply preparing to
teach Language Lessons and Grammar
to little children. The teachers work is
to endure forever, therefore how thorough
should be the preparation for such work.
We are notsimply to crowd the memory
of pupils with a multitude of facts, but
to train these immortal minds for use-
fulnessin this world and happiness here.
after. Neither is our entire reward found
in number of dollars we gain. That beau
the tiful poem, 'sThe Teachers Dream, is
not a fiction-it may be a reality to each
oftus. Let US endeayor to make it true.
LENoRA G. HUBBARD.
Home School, Sept. 6, 1888.
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Why will you cough when shiloh's
Cure will give Immediate relief. Price
10 Cts, 30 cts, and 81. 8
1t is said that tbs marriage of the
young Emperor Of China will cost some
s6,Oo0,OOO. The young gentleman mar.
ries early, but he can hardly afford to
marry.often at that rate.
= The Rev. Geo. 81. Thayer, Of Bour.
bon. Ind, says Both myself and wife
owe our lives to Shiloh's Consumption
.Cure,n For sale by Hill Bros.
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The Babies Cry For 1t;

And the old folks laugh when they.fr|
that the pleasant California liquid H
remedy, Syrup of Figs, is more easily
taken and more hene6cial in it's actio1
than bitter, nauseous medicines. 81
most valuable family remedy to actS
the bowels, to cleanse the system, and 81
dispel colds, headaches, and fever
Manufactured only by the California; E
Syrup Company, San francisco, N
For sale.by Simpson, Reid & Coz, ;||ss
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-09-20
Another Cotton Picking Machi'

Perhaps one of the biggest show1
side of the farm displays will be the !
ningham cotton harvester. This vi
exhibited by Mr.. r. D. Glenn,
proposes to bring a machine now \
finished in Racine, Wis. This viii
completed in time for the present 1
This machine is much improved
that on exhibition at the Dallas &
Exposition last fall. It is much lid
more readily adjusted, and in fact,
readily handled aud as handsol
finished as a Mccormick reaper,
same team will answer in its use; 4
too, it will pass over as many acref
day as does the reaper. The qua
gathered will depend upon the gus
in the field, and also like it, it will q
all there may be there; it will
none. 1
Accompanying this machine,
Cunningham has what may be cal
cleaner, that gathers from off The 81
all storm beaten or waste cotton.
His cleaner, a new invention Of !
no less merit than The harvester,
quite as simple, is placed alongsid
gin, through which the harvested 9
passes just as it comes from the
thence to the gin in far better cond|
than that hand picked.
Two mules, a driver and one NJ
relieve and renew the baskets is a5
force required. Wagons then follow
empt,f the baskets or haul them as |
to the gin. 1
Mr.. Cunningham ayers that youd
allot to him ten acres of cotton and
hundred hands another plat of ten {
and that with his machine, two mi /
driver and attendant, he will baY
ished his task ere the hundred I
have theirs.-Macon Telegraph. 4
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-09-20
How the Devil Tempted Jim

n gray leaueo, "eatnoi oeo1on
Ky named Jim Short was arraigoed
the criminal court of Decatur c
with stealing a juicy ham from b
store. After the State closed q
"vet" was put up to make his
ment.
"Jedge, I wus jes passin' by an {
ham. De debil say, Jim, dar's
ham, take um.' De Lawd sayi
you's preacher, don't you take 4
mind de Lawd an pass on. Wheel
down the street the debil say, 'Jif|
er mighty fine ham amt no ore
in; better 60 back an git um,' 4
Lawd / / forgits what hea
1 goes back-mind what I 81
wus de debil's work-his /
snatched de ham, tuck under my I
goes an hide um behind Mr.. For
stable. Den I cum back an walH|
street to see if dey miss um. Ds
gets clos ter Mr.. Cowart'r bar rok
perlice fling he han in my collar /
Jim whar de ham?' Dat tuck MI
su ddent, boss, dat I tells whar 4
was and he gifts UNI. p {
"What kind of preacher are5
asked the judge. [
''Pot ticker, boss
"What kind of preacher is thf
"Boss, he's de fellow dat stapd#
floor and zorts. De big fellers gin
de pulpit like yo'self, but we littlS
we stand on ke floor, an dey call4
Ticker preachers Z
His honor sent him up six me s.
sort" in the chain gang -Albaa&
Neaos. E:
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rather firm ground, for the rains g
past two weeks have made the fcSs
scarce commodity.

past two weeks have made the fc
scarce commodity.
Fights occur everywhere, but h
one which the world cannot duplicatsy
to its Origin. 1t occurred near the Cea
tral hotel yesterday evening. A gentf
man paid negro one dollar to carry hi
on his shoulders to the Planters hotS
Some misunderstanding occurred ab&
the position the gentleman should occuS
on the negro's shoulders. and the latte
refused to carry him to the hotel. II
gentleman demanded his money. 1E
negro gave back all but twenty FIVE cerE
and addressed him in abusive langua$
The latter drew his knife and infic@
two or three wounds in the back of s.
negro. The wounds of the negro are $ Is
to be very serious. -
When the wires went down las6
shutting Augusta off from, the wq
was great anxiety here. Mo-
been in during the day -an
Saturday, for that matter-a 81
of the flood away from h SO
known.
Yesterday the mail carrie Sss
early morning collections.
force in the Office stood to ;5S 81
and pigeon holes until abou al
the water began to claim 4 5s
No delivery was attempted sos
clearly out of the question,
fers from and to the morning trf
made all right, but stopped id
noon. ~
Should fire break out in the Gil 81
fire department would be useless. Ell
ever, the fire could only burn to M
waters edge.
AUGUSTA, Ga September 12.-At G.
o'clock this morning the waters M
gone down enough to give those on b tS
street good chance to see the gro
Still you must wade through water
in some places to cross the street.
hotels are full of strangers who cat
get away and all during the evening f
have been joining in the hilarious #
going on. s
At the Arlington, there have
speeches by the enthusiastic August
and the applause has been the e1pla |
of FIRE crackers and skyrockets.
scene is an unusual one.
The guests at the hotel are havi
fine time. The gas and water have s @
cut off, but everything else is abun
except bread. To-day meats and des @
were served together, but bread waa
thought of. MsI M
In Atlanta, people may think Aug g
delightful place-and it may be
there is more ground and less water r}
just now like Atlanta more than
Augusta, and if the water ever goes
l will come back-but not until the S
does go down, as do not want any @
boat rides.
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nothing has been seen of the party
since.
Conducting a funeral in boats is a most
unusual occurrence, but it was done here
yesterday. Undertaken Platt had three
calls for cofins. 1t was q solemn thing
to see the boats making their way among
pleasure parties, bearing their burdens
of sorrow and death. On one of The trips
Undertaken Platt had close call him
self, and together, with his coffin, was
overturned into deep aud swirliDg cur
rent. Both were rescued without ipju
ry.
Late this afternoon pathetic scene
was witnessed on Telfair street, above
Mulberry. 1t was the removal of sick
woman from flooded house. -Four per-
sons entered and after laying the bed
clothing on chairs placed on this impro
yised stretcher the emaciated form of a
young woman, and made their way as
best they could through the water to a
boat short distance off, and took her to
the hills south of the city. She was for.
tuDate in having such devoted friends,
for in the trip down Telfair street anxious
faces would bend out OF windows or stur.
dy voices cry from the hill tops, all on a
lookout for craft ESo remove them.
They had no de6nae haven; simply
wanted to get out, leave their home and
all it impelled and reach dry ground, or