The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-18
STATE NEWS.
Items and Comments Culled From
State Exchanges.

Items and Comments Culled From
State Exchanges.
/ At meeting of citizens of Temple, to
consider the question of an increased
water supply, plans were submitted show
ing that, at cost of $4,000 in addition
to the present investment, an adequate
supply could be brought from the Leon.
The plan was adopted and $1,000 was
subscribed before the meeting adjourned.
News has arrived from Richmond of the
killing of Taylor Randall, colored, Sunday
night. He was one of the leading negroes
in the recent troubles there dnring which
Sham bin, a respectable white citizen, was
killed, and Henry Frost, another, was shot
in the back about O'Clock at night. After
Randall was killed five men were arr ested
on suspicion.
The Post was serenaded about l o'clock
this morning by brass baud, seconded
by Jubilsnt supporters of Hon. Charles
Stewart. The only member of the Post
staff present was the telegraph editor, and
he was too busy boiling down Associated
Press matter to respond in person. Judge
Goldthwaite kindly acted in behalf of the
Post, and Captain Chew generously threw
in few good words for the editorial
manager, after which the big and jovial
crowd gave three lusty cheers for the
Post, for all of which many thanks are
returned.-Houston Post,
A cattleman said yesterday that the Or
der recently issued denying the Strip
association the privilege of releasing its
holdings would have some effect upon the
market during the next year-not a great
effect, but some. Over 100000 head of
cattle were on the range in the Strip,
most of them being in process of fl tten-
ing for the spring and summer trade next
year. Most of these cattle will have to be
dumped on the market at once; and it is
plain that depression in values will be
caused thereby. But their absence from
the market will scarcely be noticeable
Fort Worth Gazette.
The annual value of each pension in
the United States amounts 10 S130.l0.
The amount paid for pensions during the
year ended June 80, 1876, was sea, 5s4,-
27046. Amount paid during the year
ending June 30, 1887, $74,S15 1856 So.
Amount of pension money paid from July
80, 1860, 1888, 1886, OF this vast
amount no confederate soldier has ever
received one cent for services aud wounds
received in the confederate army. Verify
this pension money seems to be very I'M
equally and partially ributed.-Gaines-
vile Register.
But the south would be the last PEG pie
in the world to ask for change.
The supreme court of Utah has entered
final judgment in the suit of the United
States against the Mormon church, which
was instituted to dissolve the church cor
poration and declare its property escheated
to the government. 1t is hardly worth
while to say that the saints came out sec
ond best and badly worsted, with their
rights recognized only to the Temple
block and buildings which were set aside
for their use. The court decided that
neither the present church nor individuals
had any legal claims at all, the property
having been held upon trusts, the objects
of which were principally to uphold
polygamy. The defendants have taken
the case to the supreme court of the United
States, where it will be holly contested
Waco Day.
Last Sunday while Mr.. Power eRd wife,
CT Alpine, were out of town visiting their
ranch their three daughters, who we're left
at home, went calling in the eve ming and
found two strange men in the house when
they returned home, who, after some
scutfiing and several screams from the
girls ran away. The eldest girl, about 16,
was so frightened that she had one con-
vulsion after another, and now the moving
of chair or the dropping of thimble
throws her into severe commissions. This
devilment seems to be a nightly occur
renee. Monday night there was an at
tempt made to burglarize Captain
Gilespie's house; Tuesday night Frank
McMurrsy's; Wednesday night they
raided the BARRIERS house and robbed his
money drawer of about $2s. People are
on the watch, and no doubt the guilty
parties will be hunted down.
A special from Brownsville says: son
Friday night the lightkeeper's residence
at Point Isabel, occupied by Mrs. SchreI-
Der, widow of the late keeper, who recently
died, was struck by number of Single
nails. The occupant paid but little at
tention to it until the next night, when
about dark the shower of nails began
again, varied by an occasional oyster
shell and clod Of dirt. People gathered d,
but could not tell where the missiles came
from. Last night the bombardment was
continued, brickbats being sddsd to the
nails AID oyster shells, and every now and
then an old scrap of copper or iron cast
ings. Messrs. Kountze, Judge Lightburn
and several others were struck, and bricks
rolled through the house or entered at a
window. A crowd collected and a deputy
sheriff from this city, who was sent down
to investigate, made careful search, but
could discover no source from whence the
shower of missiles came. The super
stitious mariners at the Point insist that
it is ghosts, and say that it is because this
light, which is of great use to commerce,
was Pot out by order of the lighthouse
board through some difficulty in acquiring
title to the land. As it is not in operation
they firmly believe a legend started, that
during the war it was put out one night
by alight-keeper in league with wreckers,
and a schooner was enticed ashore, and
stoutly maintain that the ghosts of the
drowned sailors of her crew are kicking
up the present trouble as a mark of their