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Statistics Concerning Public Libraries.
Some library statistics show that the
European country which possesses the
largest number of public libraries is Aus
tria. In Austria there are no fewer than
OF public libraries, containing 5,475, 900
without reckoning maps and manu-
scripts-a total which comes out at 20
volumes per 100 of the population.
France possesses 500 public libraries,
containing 4 ,598, 900 volumes and 1885,
600 manuscripts, or 10 volumes per 100
of the inhabitants, Italy ranking next
with 493 libraries, 4,349, 900 volumes
and $50, 900 manuscripts, or 16 volumes
per 100. In Germany the public libra
ries number 1893, containing 2,640, 900
volumes and SO, 900 manuscripts, or IL
volumes per 100 of the population.
Great Britain possesses only 200 public
libraries, according to these statistics, the
volumes numbering 1871, 900 and the
manuscripts 90, 1000. There are 145
libraries in Russia, with 952, 900 volumes
and "a, 900 manuscripts, or a fraction
over 1 volume to 100 persons.
1t is noteworthy that in Bavaria alone
the public libraries number 1859, with
1858, 600 volumes and "a, 900 manu-
scripts. Reviewing the principal libra
ries separately, it appears that the most
considerable in Europe is the Bibli-
otheque Rationale, in Paris, with 2, 079,-
900 volumes, while the British museum,
with its millions of books, assumes the
next place. Then comes the Munich
Royal library, containing 800, 900 vol
umes; the Berlin, Dresden and Vienna
libraries taking rank as follows in the
same order; zoo, 900, 500, 900. and AGO.
NM -z1---
berg universities each possess about o O
900 books. AT the Vatican the manu-
scripts attain almost as large a total as
the printed works. The latter number
80, 900, while the manuscripts are re-
turned at 25, OOO..
, 1888-04-13

The Big Horn Sentinel Of the 9th inst.
contains the appended notice of the death
Of a well known Cheyenne lady. De-
ceased was reared in this city and her
many friends will learn with deep sorrow
of her untimely demise:
Mrs. j.. i. Holland of this city died at
$3.50 O'Clock Yesterday afternoon after a
brief illness.
The deceased was the wife OF John f.
Holland, a member of the Des Moines
Cattle company. She came to Buffalo
nearly three years ago as Miss Mary
Winters, at which place and Camp Carlin
she had resided since childhood. Upon
her arrival here she was given a position
as n OF the teachers of the Buffalo
schools, which position she creditably
filled and upon the close of her first term
she welded Mr.. Holland. Mrs. Holland
was universally beloved and respected by
all, and her sudden death has cast a gloom
over many households in this city. She
was aged "a years, and by her death she
leaves a sorrow stricken husband and one
child, scarcely a year old. Her parents
and several brothers and sisters reside at
Cheyenne.
The funeral takes place at 2 o'clock p.
m. to-day, from her late residence. In
terment at the Buffalo cemetery.
, 1888-04-13
POINTS.

Z. H.. Collamer is in Denver
A. Martin has returned to Egbert.
Col. A. L. Rabbit is in Ames, Neb.
Dan. NJ. Arnold has gone to the ranch.
B. S. Hopkins is in from the country.
Donald MacPhee is in from the ranch.
David B. Dole has returned to Lara
mic.
Delegate Carey left for Washington last
night.
County Surveyor Ttcomb is out of
town.
Mrs. Lon Meyer and mother are in
from the ranch.
The Reed company is quartered at the
Inter Ocean.
Mrs. Ellsworth. Denver, is registered ,
the Inter Ocean.
Hon. w. G. Sampson arrived from
Douglas last evening,
H.. Howard and Vim. Peters of Doug
las left for Denver last night.
Miss Lottie Bryan left for a visit to
Kansas friends Yesterday morning.
Miss Minnie Gillian has returned from
Montana, where she spent the winter.
Gen. Geo. Crook was a passenger on
Yesterday mornings eastbound passenger
train.
Maj. H. Glafcke is in Laramie on bust
ness connected with his forthcoming di-
rectory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webster, who have spent
the winter in California, left for Iowa
yesterday morning after visiting the fam
lily of A. Martin in this city for a lew
DAYS.
, 1888-04-13

The fine cabinets of mineral specimens,
petrifactrons, etc, which have been
viewed by thousands in the hall of the
Laramie county court house during the
past six months have been packed and
shipped to Omaha. J.. H. McAlvin,
town lot agent for the Union Pacific,
purchased the collection from w. G.
Hart, the Fort Collins vegetable grower,
who gathered the specimens. MI. Nc.
Alvin is an enthusiastic collector of speci,
mems and has several fine cabinets at his
Omaha home.
, 1888-04-13
TOW N TALK
Cosby Little paragraphs Picked Up
Throughout the City.

Work on the creamery building is pro-
crossing rapidly.
The maximum temperature yesterday
was go, minimum 29o.
Several members of the street and
alley brigade are doing good work in the
city park.
Overland travel is picking up again.
The tram from the East last evening was
in two sections. >
The funny and eccentric Roland Reed
and his company present HumJug at the
opera house tonight.
The work of making soundings for bed
rock in the city dam is somewhat retarded
by the water and mud.
The amateur gardeners of the city and
vicinity are looking after their truck"
patches and figuring on mammoth crops.
Secretary Glover, of the live stock
commission. will soon issue the round up
schedules for the season Of 1888.
1t was Mrs. R. F. Glover alone who so
c%leverly managed the beautiful tableaux
at the paper carnival Wednesday evening.
The Carnival reporter neglected to
mention the fact that each number on
the programme Wednesday evening was
encored.
The Wilson and Rankin MINISTRIES are
the next attraction at the opera house.
The company appears next Monday even
ing.
The county treasurer has a herculean
task in issuing certificates for the frac-
tional lots purchased at the recent tax
sale.
On account of the absence of Judge
Blair in Utah, Chief Justice Maginnis
has been temporarily assigned to watch
over the second judicial district as well as
his own.
Promptly at 5 o'clock every evening
Judge Bergman marches from his desk
to the court house door and announces
that the tax sale will "be continued at 9
o'clock tomorrow morning" The letter
of the law must be observed.
The entertainment by the young ladies
of the school of the Holy Child Jesus, is
the next event in church circles. SROlC
White, an operetta, followed by a cha
rade, will be produced next Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings.
The Allen Bros, known in this city as
grade contractors, are working several
hundred men and teams on a railroad bed
in Kansas. Jos. Allen is in charge of
the outfit, while James looks after the
Sabille ranch of the irm.l
Two location notices were filed in the
office of the register of deeds yesterday.
I. I'll. McGee, d. p. Struman and Thos.
Lenox claim the Exchange lode in the
Silver Crown district, and f. Schwartze,
John Hader and G. w. Corey will de-
velop the Elephant iron mine, Platte
Canyon district.
, 1888-04-13

At a meeting Wednesday evening Can
ton Cheyenne No. 3, p. NJ. l. o. y. F.,
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year:
Ii. MISUNDERSTANDING.
Il. w. Mann--Lieuteuant.
L. Kabis-Ensign.
W. A. Wyman-Clerk.
Jos. Dillman-Accountant.
Martin Honholz-standard bearer.
The 10Th inst, the Canton will tender
the Odd Fellows of Cheyenne a banquet
and auxiliaries in celebration of its ami
Versary' This event promises to be quite
a fine affair.
, 1888-04-13
An Accident out west.

VIM. Smith, a section hand employed
at Miser, a station between Laramie and
Rawlins, was probably fatally injured by
a passing train yesterday. But meagre
details are obtainable at present. 1t APP
pears that Smith, unmindful of the
whistllng OF an approaching locomotive,
remained on the track until struck by the
engine. When picked up he was uncon.
scious and bleeding p~rofusely. An exam.
nation Of his injuries revealed the fac
that lis skull was badly fractured. The
man was conveyed to Laramie without
delay and placed in a physicians care.
He can scarcely recover.
, 1888-04-13

Officer Sullivan apprehended a burly
tramp soliciting aims near the opera
house yesterday afternoon. The beggar
meekly followed the policeman until the
pair reached the Cheyenne National bank,
when he concluded to break for liberty.
His flight was somewhat retarded by the
officers club, but he managed to escape.
When last seen the roadster was running
down an alley and nearing Sidney at
every jump.
, 1888-04-13

DOnT bay CrOckery or
GLASSWARE, ttsssUare, ia fact
IN FTHLNG, until yOM
haze first inquired sUhethe,
ace Keep 10 or not, as ace can
certainly saUe yOu 25 TO so
per cessE. We hare u house
6sH Of nice nesU goods and
cheaper than eUer.
The F0ir.n
, 1888-04-13
Boys Shirt Waists csc
and NDsUards at .TE. MARKS

SNNo. tho Children. They are rs.
60 ,pecially- liable to sudder
COLDS Coughs, Group. Whooping Cough.
cue. we guarantee Acker's English
remedy a positive cure. II Saves
hoars OF anxious watching, Scld by
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-04-13
$1,000
$1,000

so'ooo Reward $500
For a better or more pleasant remedy for
the cure OF consumption, bronchial troub-
les, cough, Group and w%hooping cough
than Santa Able, the California king of
consumption. Every bottle warranted.
Ii you would be cured of that disgusting
disease, catarrh, use California Cat r. Cure
81 a jar, by mail $I.IO. Santa Able and
Cat-R-C Cure are sold and warranted by w.
N, Hunt,
, 1888-04-13
FOR SALE,
COLORADO Nursery stock.

The finest Cottonwood, Maple. Elm
shade trees, hardy out door Roses, Lilacs
and other climbing vines, Ampelopsis
yeitchii, Woodbine Climatis, Trumpet
Creeper, etc.
Sales yard at Mrs. Masteu's, opposite
Opera House. o. ID. SHIELDS.
, 1888-04-13
Notice.

j, M. Newman has again got back to
his old business and taken possession of
the feed and sale stables on Seventeenth
street and Themes where, he will be
pleased to see all of his old friends and
customers. =
, 1888-04-13
Opening Chinese una , Japanese Goods.

Lok Don on Central avenue, rear of
ne Inter Ocean, has on sale a lot of
Chinese and japanese fancy goods, crock
cry, teas and SILK. The opening will
take place next Monday, April 10th.
Everything cheap and good. Everybody
welcome.
, 1888-04-13

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums. allays
the pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhea. Twenty-Five cents
n hottie
, 1888-04-13
Legal blanks at the Leader Office.

NJ NIGHT 1HtSszs h ssss
Soother at hand. 1t is the only safe
medicine yet made that will remove all
infantile disorders. 1t contains no Opium
or Morphine. but gives the child natural
ease irons Pds'A Price IS cents. Sold by
DR., w, n. Hunt.
, 1888-04-13

We can Sace yOx sn0ney
ora aChtIe goods, table linen,
napkins, tO,Uets, bedspre0ds
and shanis, lace curtains
and curtain poles,
The Eair.D
, 1888-04-13

The f%avorite play Hun,Jug will be
given at the opera house tonight.
Roland Reed will sing some new songs
and give his pocket edition OF E,mmie.
, 1888-04-13

Singing will be a great feature of the
play at the opera house this evening.
The pocket edition of Ernttnie is very
dainty.
, 1888-04-13

Roland Reed and his company will be
seen to great advantage in Htn,bug at
to hear the songs.
, 1888-04-13

Roland Reed to night in his well known
play Hnmbng. Don't fail to see HIM.
, 1888-04-13

The Cheyenne Creamery Company
Has been organized with a capital stock
of $4,000, Geo. A. Draper. president,
and will be ready to transact business by
the middle of April. Ali parties desiring
to furnish cream should address as above.
GEO. A. DRAPER, President.
, 1888-04-13

HGHY ~C.gRRE.RGES.
.s"st received u nice lime of
the celebrated "Hay,yurd,,
BGby Carriages. NTcely
upholstered, bent gear.
steeiacheets, lCGrrHmte IL
feet iH cCeryparEicmIUr and
cey'y l0lC " The Fairs
, 1888-04-13

The annual meeting Of the Inter Ocean
Hereford Association will be held at the
Inter Ocean hotel, Cheyenne, Wyo., Sat
urday, April 81, 1888, at > o'clock in the
afternoon. JOHN CHASE,
Secretary.
, 1888-04-13
MONEY no LnAy

hOHES HH bsAS.
sla,000 to loan on inside property at
reasonable interest.
fRAEk Il. SITTER,
No. 1921 Ferguson Street.
, 1888-04-13
NOVELTIES.

Amongst the novelties which deserve especial notice are Swiss and
Nainsook Skrtngs, Panels, Pyramids and Matched Sets and Zephyr
and Batste Colored Embrodeies in Matched Widths and Plain
Goods to correspond.
shall offer this week a lot Of Swiss and Batste Robe Patterns at
ACTUAL Cosr, and a fresh lot of Remnants at % and 80 cents.
, 1888-04-13
FOR SALE.

House for rent and furniture for sale
cheap. ITO O'Neil street.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-27
FROM HOUSTON.

N ominat1ons by the Harris County De mo-
cratic Convention.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Houston, September 24.-The Harris
county democratic convention met here
to-day and made the following nomina-
tions for county officers
County judge, W. @. Anders; sheriff,
Geo. Els; county clerk, Joe s. Massie;
treasurer, Alex. MCGOWAN; attorney, j. X.
Gillespie;' district clerk, Ernst. Vasmer;
collector of taxes, Martin Curtin; assessor,
A. Mckinney. The convention endorsed
Hon. Jas. M. Masterson for district
Judge, and w. @. Oliver for district
attorney, and also elected delegates to the
hoatorial convention which meets at
Huntsville. Hon. VIM. H. Hsmblin was
nominated for representative.
The republicans o. Harris county met
in convention to-day and elected delegates
to the congressional convention which
meets in this city October 6. The dele
gates go instructed but are understood to
favor the nomination of Hon. Lock
McDaniels, of Grimes county, though q
few among them advocate the renomina-
ton OF Hon. J. T. Brady, who received
that honor at the Beaumont convention,
but since withdrew from the race. The
convention was harmonious throughout.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-27
A FAMOUS SHIP WRECKED.

Historical Sketch of Fast Clipper Ship.
Her Record.
New YORK, Sept. 24-News has reached
Gloucester by the schooner Flying Scud,
just from fishing cruise on the coast of
Labrador, that the famous old clipper
ship Dread Naught is one of the vessels
wrecked on the coast of New Foundland.
This celebrated vessel was built in 1858,
and the following year, on her first return
trip from Liverpool, she beat the Cunard
steamer Canada into Boston. Five years
later she made phenomenal run of three
thousand miles from Sandy Hook to Rock
Light, Liverpool, in thirteen days and
eight hours. In 1862 the ship accom-
plished feat in sailing that still stands
without a parallel, going from Sandy
Hook to Queenstown, 2,760 miles, in nine
days and seventeen hours. Fer long
time this trip was the only topic in sailing
circles. Pictures of the ship and of Cap
tain Samuels, of Yacht Henrietta fame,
were printed until the Autograph stones
were worn out.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-27
GRAND RALLY.


Big Political Blowout at SYSTEMATICALLY
light neutrality-suspicious., Etc.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
SHERMAN, Tex, September ga grand
democratic rally, torchlight procession
and flag dedication took place in this city
tonight, and was one Of the largest
crowds ever witnessed here on political
occasion. club of young democrats in
the eastern suburbs of the city have pre-
pared and erected mammoth flag
on pole 100 feet high, dedi-
Gated to the Hon. Sias Hare,
congressman from this (fifth) district. At
p. m. the Sherman democratic club, which
numbers about about 1000 members, as
sembled at the court house and forming a
torch light procession marched to the
grounds whore the flag stands, a distance
of about one mile, where they found sew
eral hundred citizens ana their families.
Speeches were delivered by ex-State Comp
troller W. j. Swain, Judge A. o. Turner
and other prominent democrats on the
political list, paying a high tribute to
Roger Q. Mills, Silas Hare and other
leading congressman of Texas, who have
commended boldly for tariff reform.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-27
WAS 1T MURDBRP

Mystery Surrounds the Death Of Oscar
Glgdhill at Duval.
Special TELEGRAM % the Statesman.
DUvAL, September PAS a south
bound freight t ain neared Duval station
Oh the International and Great Northern
railway, at +o5 this morning, the engineer
observed the body of man lying on the
side OF the tack. He stopped his train
made gu examination of the body and
found that life was extinct, and that il
was both cold and stiff. Justice A. G..
Kemp was notified and was soon on the
spot TO hold an inquest. The body was
easily identified as that of Oscar Gledhill
Sho for some i5tle while has been working
ana boarding With Mr.. j. Sheehan, at his
quarry, about = miles north OF Duval, but
how he came by his death is still shrouded
IN mystery After viewing the body,
Justice Kemp sent it on to Austin by the
passenger tEaiu about a. m.
At first it looked like an ordinary case
or killed On the railroad" but as the
coroner pursued his Investigations, it be-
came clear that such was not the fact.
witnesses were called who proved that the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-27

deceased was "alive and kicking" about
two miles further up the track, at 10
O'Clock, last night, and other witnesses
proved that no train had passed the spot
where the body was found between s p.
m. yesterday and the train that found
him, consequently he was not killed by
trains at that spot. As the inquiry pro-
coded If was shown that Gledhill and
another employe of Mr.. Sheehan's named
Mcclellan Herd had been on drunk yes
terday evening at their camp, andsabout Z
p. m. had ridden in the direction of
Mcneil. During their journey they took
to quarreling and were heard cursing and
abusing each other vehemently up till
about 10 D. m. Their movements after
that time have not been traced, as yet.
Gledhilrs body was found about three
miles south of where the quarreling was
done and Herd when looked up at
his quarters this morning declared
he knew nothing about Gledhill's death.
He states that they were both drunk on a
mixture of whisky and mustang wine,
and had quarrel and high words, but
that he left Gledhill sitting on some rocks
out in the woods and went home at 9
O'Clock. He however made another
statement to the effect that he got lost in
the woods and didn't get home until 8
o'clock a. m.
That Gledhill has met with foul play
seems very evident, and your reporter, af-
ter visiting the spot where the body was
found, feels sure that 1t was carried and
deposited there, as there was only the
falntest stain of blood on one of the ties,
showing that bleeding had almost stopped
before the body got into that position.
The external evidence of violence were
two indented abrasions on the forehead
and cut on the lips.
The clothes of the unfortunate man
were torn about the back as if he had
been dragged over something rough.
The community, which is peaceful and
law-abiding, is much excited over the af-
fair, and everything will be done to track
and punish the perpetrator of the foul
deed.
Justice Kemp, assisted by Deputy Sher.
if Lewis Bevil, are giving the mysterious
affair close attention, and the signs are
that the midnight murderer will soon be
in the tolls.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-27
TRAGEDY AT Ell PASO.

A Woman Shoots Her Ex-Paramour
With So Calibre Pistol.
SpeCioi Te . gr8m to the Statesman.
Ell PAso, September 24.-About 1l:3O
o'clock last night, a shooting ARRAY oc-
CURED at q pleasure resort called the
Mesa GacdeD, in the northern suburbs.
A solled dove, known as George Lewis,
shot her former paramour, Fred Rem
ington in the abdomen with 3S-calibre
revolver. The wound is considered severe,
though not especially dangerous, with the
chances IN favor of the young mans re-
coyery, Remington is photographer in
this city, and a young man of gentlemanly
bearing and veil liked by all who knew
him. The woman says that she became
drunk 10 such an extent that she was
semi obIiyious of what was going on, and
did not remember anything about it, and
does not know whether she shot him or
not. Her story is not believed. The was
committed to Jail to await examination.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-27

vigorous applause from the audience pres
ent. Mr.. A. S. Walker, jr., from Austin,
was present, and, by special request from
members of the club, made statement in
regard to the proceedings of the Travis
county convention, in which Judge Glass
cock claimed that he had been
sold out and badly treated
by the "impure Travis county
democracy" Mr.. Walker stated, in sub
stance, that he did not appear as the
enemy of Judge Glasscock, nor as the
champion of Mr.. Giles, but that he was n
delegate to said convention and the pro-
ceedings we're conducted fairly and
squarely, and that Judge Glasscock had
no just grounds of complaint against the
convention.
Mr.. j, t. Tyler, the enterprising repre-
sentative of The STATESMAN, is circulating
aT ong our people and rustling up sub
scribers for The STATESMAN.
Mrs. j. W. Graves, nee Miss Mollie
Ireland, of Seguin, is visiting relatives in
the city.
DR.. r. M. Swearingen, of Austin, came
in on to-day's train, having been called up
by telegram on a professional visit to
Mrs. j. W. Robertson, of this place, who
is seriously ill., and not expected to re-
cover.
Judge Jno. @. TONNES was in the city
for day or two on legal business.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-27
A KANSAS HORROR.
An Eagle Flies Away With Child and
Devours It.

An Eagle Flies Away With Child and
Devours 1t.
WICHITA, Kan, September "a. The baby
of a farmer, VIM. Beattie, who lives on
Cimarron river,north of the Territory line
was carried off by an eagle Saturday.
Beattie went to work in the morning
leaving in his dugout his Two children
one years cd and the baby, aged 3
months. About noon Beattie returned
home and found his girl in tears. She
said she had taken the baby into the yard
and left it while she went into the house.
In few minutes she heard cry, and, on
looking out, saw the baby flying away, as
she expressed it. The father knew at once
that an eagle had visited his home, and
summoned his neighbOrs to the wooded
bank of the river for which the eagle had
made. In about an hour the sound of Il
shot summoned the seerchers together.
One of the men had found the eagle and
was engaged in deadly conflict with it. He
had emptied his gun at the big bird and
broken wing, and was using his gun as a
club when reinforcements arrived. The
eagle Suffered in the bushes. Then the
father saw his infants dead BODY, hor-
ribly lacerated and part of it gone.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-27

visory committee from the Cotton and
Merchants exchange, in connection with
the city and board of health authorities,
desire to state positively and emphatically
that the city of Memphis is remarkably
healthy, and that We have had no yellow
fever in our vicinity since 1879.
[Signed] NAPoLEoN HILL,
Chairman,
s. II. Books,
f. NJ. NoRFLEET,
JOHN W. DILLARD,
W. II. EvEMAN,
HUGH PETIT,
l.. B. SToGGs,
j. II. MARTIN,
Committee.
d. p. MADDEN,
President taxing district,
J.B. THORNTON,
President board of health,
HENRY HoTTEN,
Secretary"