The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-19
STATE NEWS.
Items and Comments CuIled From
State Exchanges.

State Exchanges.
A colored state fair at Marshal next fall
is in contemplation.
Burglars have been getting in their
work on visitors at Wootan Wells.
The prospects for heavy pecan crop
in Victoria county is very hattering.
The San Antonio horse market is re-
ported brisk, but the wool market is re-
ported quiet.
| The board of equalization of Hunt
county raised the assessed values of that
county 100000 over that shown by the
tax roll.
The Advocate reports the corn crop of
Vic'o as being enormous and the cotton
excellent. The fruit and melon crop is
very fine and of excellent flavor.
San Antonio has raised the money
necessary to pay the expenses of the re-
union of the war veterans TO be held in
that city the latter part of August.
The Light announces the opening of
several new gambling houses in San An
tonic, the proprietors of which report
business very good and money getting
easier.
All IHo
of wooden mills, foundries and other SINH
lar enterprises from taxation for the term
of ten years, has been unanimously passed
by the city council of Laredo.
County Assessor Poor reports the num-
Der OF acres of land in cultivation in
Bexar county as 1881, in pasturage
Ala, 4S3. The number of mercantile estab-
lishments in the city and county are 315,
| employing 924 clerks, whose average
monthly salaries are $44 81.
At Yoakum, on the 7th, about ~ o'clock,
while it was raining, Mrs. Tucker was
struck and instantly killed by lightning.
She was standing in the yard near an out
house. Her daughter, Mrs. Kettle, who
was inside the house, was very severely
shocked and Frustrated by the stroke.
The Houston Direct Navigation COM
pany have paid Mrs. Charles Herb, widow
of the late Professor Herb, $4,000 as a
compromise against the institution of
suit against the company on account of
the death of Professor Herb who lost his
life from an accident on one of the COM
panys barges returning from the Volks-
fest grounds.
The Houston Post deals in some
statistics: On one day last week at the
Brighton Beach races there was con-
sumed 5000 pounds of fowl, eighty dozen
of spring chickens, forty sets of beef ribs,
$500 pounds of Holsters and $1,000 sand
witches, together with vast amounts of
vegetables. To wash this down required
237 kegs of beer, three barrels of whisky,
200 cases of champagne and 600 boxes of
soft drinks.
| Naor Mayio 1'uos1o1r To- 81 Oh
two men and one boy, not quite grown,
rode up TO the house of Mr.. Dick Burney,
and, presenting their pistols, made the
which consisted of about S1,700, after
which they secured what jewelry they
could find and hurriedly rode off. At the
time of the robbery Mr.. Burney, his wife
and children and two ladies (neighbors)
were present, and all were placed under
guard until the house was rummaged,
after which Mr.. Burney was taken about
200 yards from the house and turned
loose.
Mr.. Burney had just got back from
Chicago, where he made large sale of
cattle, which accounts for his having SO
much money in his possession at the time
The men were not disguised, and after
the robbery rode off rather hurriedly, but
without showing mucn excitement.
The clerical force in the adiutant-gene-
rails office at government headquarters
had the monOtony of their duties dis
turbed yesterday morning by the appear
ance OF frenzied dog that rushed through
the department with sharp yelps and
foam on its jowls and exhibiting every
symptom of madness. 1t need scarcely
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their usual equinimity. The unfortunate
animal was pelted with inkstands, type
writers and watercoolers without any eff
feet. 1t pursued its even tenor at 2:15
speed through the office, and then dashed
into General Stanley's Office. Here there
was more excitement until the canine
made leap through the window. 1t
reached the ground, after falling dis
lance of forty feet, with no apparent in
jury, for as soon as it touched the grass
1T bolted out of the government grounds,
and since then it has neither been seen
nor heard of.-San Antonio Express.
News from Texarkana on the 10th says:
"Since last night we have had a success
sion of RAIN, thunder and wind storms,
and at intervals some of the hardest
rains that have fallen here for years.
terrlhc thunder storm visited the city last
night, and peals of thunder shook the
very foundation of the hills, as it were.
A two-stOry house on State Line avenue,
used as residence and store in the lower
story, and the lodging rooms of benevo-
lent society of colored men in the upper
story, was struck by lightning during the
storm. The lodging room was almost
completely demolished. James Allen, col
ored, the proprietor of the store, and his
wife, were sleeping in the back room. The
Lightning ran down the flue and killed
dog under the bed and shocked the oe-
cupants. The woman has not yet re-
covered, but the man was unhurt. The
lightning also struck and completely
demolished frame residence which was
in course of construction, the property of
Alderman Maxwell, of the east side. 1t
is thought that immense damage has
been done to crops throughout this Sec
ton ~