The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-04
STATE NEWS.
Items and Comments Culled From
State Exchanges.


An entertainment is to be given at Cor
pus Christi by the Young Mems club for
the benefit of the yellow fever sufferers.
Thursday evening Sam Easley and Dick
Miller, two citizens residing about three
miles north from Texarkana, got into an
alteration, and Easloy shot Miller, the
ball SCATTERING his right arm just below
the elbow. They had quarrelled about a
pair of mules, and had arranged Wednes-
day to fight duel at q bridge in the
neighborhood, shotguns being named as
the weapons, but they were prevented
from meeting by mutual friends. Thurs
day evening they met in the road, and
Easley, who is much the larger, told Mil
Ter he was going to wear the ground out
with him, which he proceeded to do. After
receiving few slugs Miller struck his as
sailant, when the latter drew a revolver
and fred, with the result stated. Miller's
clothes were set on fire by the charge. He
| yelled murder and ran.
Wednesday afternoon, in Texarkana,
Ed Parker attacked his wife with soda
water bottle about some trivial matter.
The blow inflicted a painful wound, which
bled profusely, though it is not considered
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condition. After committing the das
tardly deed Parker fled across the state
line into Arkansas, but was pursued aud
captured by Officer Gregory. He refused
to go back to Texas, but when the Arkan
sas police learned of the offense they
pushed Parker over the line, saying they
had enough wife-beaters in Arkansas al
ready and would not think of tolerating
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Parker up.
When the mayor of,Charleston, W. Va,
sentenced white won IN the other day to
work seventeen days on the streets, says
the Atlanta Constitution, young farmer
arose and offered to take her place, saying
that he would never permit woman to
be worked as convict on the public
streets. The mayor accepted his offer,
and the man was marched off to the chain
gang. He declined to give his name, and
said that "John Smith" would do as well as
ANYTHING else. He said that he was a
farm laborer from some place up the
river, and that he never saw or heard
of the woman in his life until he saw her
in the mayors court, but that his sense of
manhood and his respect for womankind
would not permit him to see one of the
sex scraping the public streets in COM
pany with tramps and manifestations
ton Post.
The International sent down to Laredo
a trainload of ties and other material
Wednesday night They are making
i'm provements all along their line IN order
to make fast time and close connection
with the Mexican National when that road
begins to run trains through to the
Mexican capital.
The prince of Wales is said to be heavily
involved in debt-in fact his royal nibs
would be considered a bankrupt If he was
an ordinary plebian. This recalls the
bon mot OF thu Londol wit many years
ago when he first saw the princes mono
gram, A. E., albert Edward) displayed on
public occasion. The wit said: "Ii
A. E. is true to his royal pedigree he will
soon add the other vowels, 1. o. U."-Wacc
Day,
An Eagle Pass correspondent says: One
of the first things remarked by visitors tC
this frontier is the amicable relations ex
: isting between the citizens and officials Of
Piedras Negras and those Of Eagle Pass
: This is the more notable from the Iac
that this pleasant state of affairs did no
always exist. This improvement is du'
, in a great measure to the courtesy anC
liberallty of the Mexican officials in deal
! ing both with our own people and will
strangers, with Mexican as we'll as Ameri-
can. They have much increased the traf-
n fic between the two towns by allowing
q buggies, carriages and horsemen to pas
i unrestricted without the formality of ret
. tape, which was formerly demanded
A like liberty is accorded by tn
4 collector of customs of thi
, post to well-known parties, an
Z the consequence is that both social an
a trade relations are increased and en-
couraged. One of the foremost figures il
the introduction of tnis liberal policy
r Fernando F. Mireles, commandante of th
. resguardas, or custom house inspectors
:. of Piedrss Negras. He is gentlema
y whom to meet is to like, and by his un
Al failing kindness to Americans as well Q
I. Mexicsns, has gained the good will an
friendship of all who know him. Count
less have been the favors shown by him
d the officials of this country, who have ha
In TO 90 into Mexico in the discharge of thei
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