The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-02


Y compo,ition of the injured tissues hac
L Sc, in to an advanced degree before dis
solution took pl cs, AID the ladies who
y nur.ed the victim in her last moment:
|. aiuted from its effects. Mrs. Hotz was &
:. voupp married woman of estimablt
character and deposition, and she leave-
a h,art-broken husband behind her. The
> remains of the young wife will be buried
= to-morrow.-San Antonio Express.
No other CITY in the state can show the
same amount of Improvement that Is 90
ing on in Galveston at the present time.
; The new city hall, the Ssaly hospital the
Rosenberg school, the bagging factory,
the water works plant, all under course of
construction, and the new custom house,
with construction of the superstructure
under contract and about 10 be com
menced, gives about million dollars of
public work to Galveston at the present
time, besides numerous private buildings
in the course of construction. The conse
quence is that the laboriug classes of the
city are all supplied with work, and brick
layers are scarce, even at advanced prices.
When the artisans of a community are
pros ering it is the best evidence of local
prosperity .-Galvesto News.
Wednesday morning the wife of R.M.Bur
rus, a farmer living one mile east of
Blooming Grove, while attempting 10 kin
die fire with oil, was burned in a hOrri-
| BILE manner. The can containe over three
| gallons of oil and exploded, completely
enveloping her with its burning contents.
The father of Mrs. Burrus, an old gentle
man, made a desperate effort 10 extin-
gush the flames. Two buckets of water
poured on had no effect. Two or three
quilts were burned also to no avail. The
flames were extingushed only when every
yestige of her clothing was burned off.
The unfortunate woman presented
CHASTITY sight, her flesh being actually
cooked from her ankles to the crown OF
her head, and in places cracked open and
ready to drop from the bones Nothing
could be done for her and death alone can
re ieve her terrible agony. At 6 o'clock
Wednesday she was still alive. Her aged
father was bedly burned about the hands
and face.
special telegram from Ell Paso gives
the following interview:
In an interview TO day with Sam Hing,
the weal'hiest and most intelligent China
man in the southwest upon the presiden
tial campaign, he says: II am and all my
Countrymen are solid for Harrison
"Cl5veland's administration has not
been detrimental to your countrymen,
has it?"
'No, not materially, so far but the
Chinese question will be agitated in the
next four years, and the position Thur
man has taken, especially in 1879. The
outlook is decidedly against us if the
Democratic party remains in power; while
if Harrison is elected of course h views
as already expressed are more liberal
towards us. do not think the restriction
bill would go through were the republican
party in power"
SHOW about the campaign fund? Do
the republicans expect you to subscriber"
"Yes, we will raise fund here, also in
Arizona, for campaign purposes, to be
sent to the national republican COM
mittae."
The Southern Pacific Railway company
announces a heavy reduction in freight
rates between Ell Paso and California
points. The reduction went into effect
July %. The rates between Ell Paso and
San Francisco are the same as between Ell
Paso and New Orleans, and the rates be-
tween Ell Paso and Los Angeles the same
as between Ell Paso and Galveston. The
reduction is about 80 per cent. The re-
duction will have a marked { feet in some
lines of shipment, notably sugar.
1t is expected that the bulk of the
supply of sugar for all that section of the
country will be drawn from California iu-
stead from New Orleans as heretofore, the
price of sugar in San Francisco being &c
lower than at New Orleans. The Texas
Pacific rate from New Orleans for the fifth
| class, which includes sugar, has been 80
cents per 100 pounds but was raised by
Commissioner Waldo to SLY. The
Southern Pacific rate from San Francisco
has been $1.7O. Now the rates from New
Orleans and San Francisco are the same.
The action of the Southern Pacific COM
pany will doubtless cause grand "kick"
by the Texas Pacific company.
A young man named r. j. Osborne, a
resident Of Gilmer, Texas, and said to be
a section boss on the railroad, was visiting
| Texerkana Tuesday on business, and late
in the evening, as he was walking on
Broad street, he was suddenly overcome
sidewalk. He was removed to a hotel
and expired in little while. He ap-
peared to be about 25 years of age and
in robust health. The physician pro-
nounced it a case of congestion of the
brain.
The Mobeetie Panhandle remarks: o.
late Panhandle cattle owners have felt and
shown cheerfulness to which they have
been strangers for a weary time. The
cause is not in improvement of range
conditions, for these have been good all
along, nor in the figures OF market re-
ports, though these evince an evident in
clination to break upward whenever the
vigilance of the beef ring relaxes, but
there is a strong and growing faith that
the turn in the tide of cattle affairs is
near at hand and sure to come. And this
belief is not at all weakened by the fact shat
beef buyers are this season showing
little disposition to come to the
country looking for beef. One of our
most intelligent ranchmen said last
winter, whenever we can see those fell
lows looking around through the country
with umbrellas over them asking for beef
we will see better times and prosperity;
and we ought to stay away from the
markets till they come" OF late few
of the umbrella rustlers have shown up,
the first for years, and really desirable
beef seems to be worth at least little
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