The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-04


cruel treatment at the hands of her step
father, Mr.. A. f. Rising Day.
The republican party of Texas has met
and adjourned. As whole, the republic
can party is not as proud of itself as it
mas been. The majority thinks the mi
nority has too high an estimation of
itself and is too much given to frills. The
minority is positive that the majority is
controlled and bossed by Wright Quincy,
of Galveston, and that when Mr.. Quincy
tells the majority to jump over stick, go
through a hoop, roll over and stick out its
paw, said majority jumps over stick,
goes through hoop, rolls over aud hands
out its paw. Besides this, the minority is
emphatically of the opinion that even if
it is promised some other political COM
bination, the goods cannot be delivered.
In truth, the republican party of Texas is
not at present dwelling together in that
harmony admired by those who become
ecstatic over peace between brothers,
Dallas News.
Sheriff Lyons has in Jail at KountZe
two men believed to be Barbour and Whit
ney, who call themselves j. B. Bowers and
A. C. Anderson. Bowers is about 80 years
old, 6 feet or 4 inches high, dark COM
plexion, black eyes and hair, right hand
crippled and SCARED. Anderson is feet
or 9 inches, light complexion, light hair
and blue eyes. Both hail from William
son county. They were riding when ar
rested sorrel horses, one about 10 hands
high, branded l., all white feet, with
large Jumps on right fore leg between
hook and knee. The other Is or IA hands
high, fax name and tail, and branded
on left shoulder. Mr.. j. G. Kelly, special
officer of the Southern Pacific company,
visited the Jail Tuesday for the purpose
of identifying them, but failed to do so.
He identified Bowers as one charged with
robbing the Southern Pacific company of
a box of guns at Sabine. He believes one
Of them to be Barbour, one of the Flatonia
train robbers. They will be held for fur
Their identification.
The jawbone of a mastodon or some
other prehistoric animal was brought in to
Corpus Christi from Arkansas creek by E.
d. Hall. The bone is Ga inches in cir
conference by IA thick. 1t displays two
oblong inch molars, and is inIa perfect
state of preservation. The boneis petri-
fed and weighs 100 pounds. 1t was found
forty feet under the ground in bed of
black clay coal. Local scientists are
unable to place the age or animal to
which it belongs.
The first fatal accident in the history of
the New York, Texas and Mexican railway
occurred Tuesday at Hungerford, small
station twenty miles west of Rosenberg
junction. brakeman named Taylor,
while switching, was struck on the head
by lumber on a car and instantly killed.
The body was taken to Cuero, where
Taylor's parents reside.
1t is reported that Col. Ed. Cunning
ham, at his Sugarland plantation, has lost
700 acres of sorghum by not getting his
machinery ready in time to work it up.
We are sorry for it. But Ed. Cunningham
is a man who has had losses and winnings,
and takes both with equal composure.-
Houston Age.
Belva Lockwood has not yet issued her
letter of acceptance. 1t is reported that
she is not quite satisfied with the last
postscript and is rewriting it.-Brenham
Banner.
Is it a SANDER on womankind, this in
situation?
The labor union non-partisans of Hays
county have endorsed Robert j. Sledge
for congress against 10 Sayers, the demo-
cratic nominee. Mr.. Sledge is wealthy
stockman of Hays county, and a nephew
of Mr.. Vim. NJ. Sledge, who once owned
the Washington railroad from Hampstead
to Brennan, now part of the western
branch of the Central. Mr.. Sledge's wife
Is daughter of Mr.. Terrell Jackson, who
was In his life leading citizen and
planter of the Chapel Hill neighborhood.
Exchange.
contract has been signed to construct
200 miles of the Fort Worth and Western
road. This road, as before stated, will run
through the counties of Tarrant, Parker,
Jack, Young, Throckmorton, Haskell,
Stonewall, Kent, CARA, Lynn, Terry and
Yoakum or Cochran to the state line, and
thence through Tularosa, N. M, on to one
terminal point in Albuquerque. Another
line will be made from sone convenient
point to Ell Paso and make very interest,"
ing route between this city and Fort
Worth.-El Paso Tribune.