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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
THE COURTS.
DISTRICT COURT.

DlbThIOT OOUhIs
The case of the State VS.. O. L. Neville
ct al, was continued on application and
affidavit of defendant.
REooRDER's COURT.
City VS.. Edward Hodge, fast driving;
fined $40 and costs.
Emma Whipple, disturbing the peace;
fined $40 and costs.
Louisiana FISHER, fighting; fined $40 and
costs.
Joseph Klein, drunkenness; fined $40
and costs.
JUSTICE sTUART's COURT.
No business transacted in this court yes
terday.
JUSTICE oALHoUN's COURT.
Argument in the case of John R. Peel
VS.. Marshal Lucy and M. Paggi.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
District Court.

Suit of VIM. Radam VS.. Chas. Aft ct al;
verdict for plaintiff of cent damages and
permanent injunction againt defendants
from selling Microbe Destroyer.
State VS.. p. o. Saunders; dismissed,
plaintiff to pay costs.
The following sentences were pro-
nounced:
John Perkins, assault with intent to
murder; sentenced to seven years in the
penitentiary.
VIM. Russell, assault with intent to rape;
five years.
William johnson, burglary; four years
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
Swain DoWd.

In Justice Oalhoun's court yesterday
the suit of Walter Swain, through his land
agents, Holland g. Grifliths, vs. Miss Marie
Dowd, to test the right to the property of
an organ, the same being levied upon by
Mr.. Swain, through his agents, for rent of
house occupied by defendant. A jury
was had, which rendered a verdict in
favor of the plaintiff, Mr.. Swain.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29

ing cards, Job lot poker chips, job 10
memorandum books, Faber's pencils 800
doz'; job lot envelopes cheap; MANILA
envelopes SOC per thousand; $50 sheets
tissue paper 75c; 10x12 rustic picture
frames 10c. larger ones in proportion; Job
lot jewelry and ring trays lot cotton
Irvine below cost. Remember the place is
Hawkes. Book store.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
Mammoth Potatoes.

The largest and finest Irish potatoes we
have seen this season we're presented as
yesterday by Mr.. I. Nicholson, of this city.
They were produced in the state of Colo
RADIO, and the entire lot of them will
average nearly two pounds each in weight
They are what might properly be termed
big potatoes and good many In the hill.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
Justice stuart,s Court.

= In Shis court yesterday the case of the
State against Elizabeth Fry, for theft of
less than $50, was up before Justice Stu
art, who, after hearing the case, bound her
over to the county court, first Monday in
January, In the sum of 800.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
A Fine Painting.

There is painting now on exhibition
in the office of Acknowledgement King, at
the capitol, executed by Mrs. George NJ.
Marchant, formerly of this city; it is a
portrait, in oil, of her brother-in-law,
Eugene L. Marchant. AS work of art it
displays great merit and as portrait it
is true to life.
Mrs Marchant will also send here at an
early day portrain of Colonel Davy
Crockett, executed by her.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
A Scarcity of Wood.

There seems to be scarcity of wood in
the city. The roads are in such condition
il is almost im possible for the haulers TO
bring the wood in to supply the demand.
The price by the cord is slr lady telling
the necessity of good roads leading into
the city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
A Forgetful Man.

There is a man in Austin who, in his
eager pursuit for knowledge, forgets his
food; who, in the JOY of its attainment,
forgets his sorrows, and who does not
realize that old age is creeping upon him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
Musical Union Art Loan.

Mrs. Goeth, Mrs. Geo. Brush, Mrs. Eu-
gene b. Robinson and Mrs. L. j. Tyner
will be assisted by the following young
ladies at the flower tables: Misses Ruth
Lee, HAY Bowen, Ona Graham, Goeth,
Mamie Litten, McOashen, Hunter and
Anderson.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
Married.

Monday, November 26, 1888, at 1890
O'Clock, at the residence of the brides
parents, Miss Fannie Breeding to Mr..
Frank Brown, jr., Rev. Il. W. Dodge Off
ciating. No cards.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29

Inc names OF the married ladies In the fol-
lowing list are guarantee of the success
of the Musical Union art loan:
Mrs. VIM. North, Mrs. Lula Trip,
Mrs. Tolmsn, Mrs. WheatIey,
Mrs. Mi chell, Mrs. Daniels,
Mrs. Gaeth, Mrs. John Holmes,
Mrs. o. d. Newning, Mrs. Lila Rector,
Mrs. Jno. Maxcy, Mrs. Graham,
Mrs. Fannie Camp Mrs. Dunbar,
bell, Mrs. Robt. Shelley,
Mrs. II. Hutchins, Mrs. j P. Maloney,
Mrs. A. p. Walker, Mrs. Jas. johnson,
Mrs. Crane, Mrs. Clark,
Mrs. Styles, Mrs. Folts,
Mrs. E. @. Barthol- Mrs. Caldwell,
omew, Mrs. Anderson,
Mrs. Mia P. Morris, Mrs Swancrat,
Mrs. Henry Shelley, Mrs. Archer,
Mrs. R. A. Smith, Mrs. Taylor Moore,
Mrs. JIM. Thornton, Mrs. VIM. Tobin,
MIS-. A. s. Roberts Mrs. dicks
Mrs. Neff Mrs. Harper Kirby
Mrs. Frank Maddox Mrs Shaw
Mrs. Mamie Ford Mrs. Thompson
Mrs. Montgomery Mrs. W. B. Walker
Mrs. Thomas Mrs. Borroughs
Mrs. Stacy Mrs. Moses
Mrs. Mather Mrs. j. V. Davis
Mrs. Male Mrs. Il. j. Hill
Mrs. Newton Mrs. R. L. Brown
Mrs. Besserer Mrs. R. Lawrence
Mrs. Phillipson Mrs. Monroe Miller
Mrs Langerman Mrs. Rosine Ryan
Mrs. Amanda Collins Mrs. Joe H. Stewart
Mrs. Eilers Mrs. Jim Shepherd
Mrs. Jno. Tobin Mrs. Silliman
Mrs. Paul Thornton Mrs. Evans
Mrs. Look Mrs. Littlefeld
Mrs. Day Mrs. Sheeks
Mrs. R. Thompson Mrs. Will Starlight
Mrs. EN-. House Mrs. Chas. Newning
Mrs. T. P. Maxcy Mrs. Myrick
Mrs. Mary Moore Mrs. Ella d. Givin
A list of the single ladies who have
promised to assist will be given in The
STATESMAN of Thursday.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
on Life's Ocean Wave.

County Clerk Frank Brown issued the
following marriage licenses yesterday:
Frank Brown, jr., and Miss Fannie
Breeding.
John Peck and Miss Mary Gates.
James Grant, colored, and Hattie Hol-
Inns,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
CITY AND COUNTY.
IRON TUESDAYS DAILY
The Grand Jury.

The grand jury met again yesterday,
after an adjournment of few weeks.
What will be done remains to be seen.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
The County Schools.

County School Superintendent Maxwell
reports an expenditure for teachers sal
aries, etc., for the present scholastic year
from September to date of $2,177.11.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29

Qour complexion, as well as your
temper, is rendered miserable by die
ored liver. Improve both by taking Car
ter's Little Liver Pills.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29
Who Will Assist.

The names of the married ladies in the fol-
lowing list are guarantee of the success
of the Musical Union art loan:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29

A list Of the single ladies who have
promised to assist will be given in The
STATESMAN of Thurs day.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-12
q Bakers Profits.

A baker will toss a barrel of flour
into trough. Then he pours 104
pounds of water on top of it. A
quantity of yeast is added, and then
the jolly baker has 800 pounds of
dough to operate on. The 800
pounds cost him So
In short order the dough is turned
into twists" high loaves, pan
loaves, and other styles of the same
quality. The ovens heat reduces
the 800 pounds of dough to 260
pounds of bread. The baker sells
his bread at the rate of four cents
pound or at an advance of 80 per
cent over what it cost him.
There are 1400 bakers, great and
small, in this city, and to them is
committed the trust of supplying
bread to 100000 persons. There
are many bakers in this city who
make 1900 loaves of bread per day
and sell it for from $50 to $105, or
at net profit of about $40. Little
money is lost in the business, and
most bakers do a cash trade. 1t is
very seldom that bakers fail. The
business is steady, reliable and at
tended by few risks, unless incom-
petent workmen.-N. Y. Journal.
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THEY BELIEVED IN FREE LOVE.
But They Were Tricked Into q Sure
and Fast Marriage.

(
Some years ago, when free love
notions were running around loose
in New England, Boston man and
woman who had imbibed of these
doctrines until they affected to des-
pise all the common conventional
tiles of life, came to the conclusion
that they would live together with
out going through the ridiculous
and unnecessary ceremony of mar
riage. They both moved in good
society, and made no secret of their
intention; in fact they announced
it to every one they met. Staid old
Boston's aristocracy was shaken tc
the depths at such an unheard-o1
proceeding-apparently determined
upon in the best of faith. Rela-
tives, friends, and even chance ac-
quaintances, tried all manner OF
reasoning and persuasion upon the
wayward couple, but to no avail.
The man and woman quietly pur-
sued the even tenor of their way.
not being in the least alarmed when
legal proceedings were threatened
by the woman's parents. So plan
was patched up by which it was
hoped to circumvent them in their
intention. The man was prevailed
upon to give a dinner party, to
which were invited prominent soci-
ETY. people, including the governor
of the state. When dessert was
put upon the table the talk became
general, and soon turned upon the
peryerse couple. The man and
woman answered every question
put to them with the most perfect
equanimity. Finally the governor
took hand in the conversation.
After asking a few questions and
commenting on the answers thereto
in a calm, judicial manner, he
turned to the man and asked:
"Do you, Mr., intend to love
and cherish this woman as your
wife, for good or evil, for better or
worse?"
Yes, sir" answered the man
calmly.
"And do you, madam, intend to
obey this man as your husband, for
better or worse, for good or evil2"
81 do, sir" answered the woman
politely.
Then, by the power vested in me
as governor of this Commonwealth
/ | declare you to be man and wife
And thus the plans of the couple
were frustrated, for which they af
terwards declared they were heartily
thankful. They are now old and
respectable residents of Chicago
Chicago Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-12
The Word "Cultus."

"What does the word 'cultus'
mean?" asked the Rev. Thomas Nc
CURE, who is a new wcomer and per-
fectly innocent of all Indian jargon,
Just as we were going to say that il
means subscribe for the Journal, y
the Rev. Ed. Mclean spoke up and
said: "Cultus is Latin word and
means cultivate" This took all the
wind out of our sails and we left
it at that, but cultus means with
our Indians, onery, lazy, dishonest
lascivious, debauched, polluted, de-
graded, sacriligious, illfamed, das.
tardly, mean, contemplate, in g
word, a man with a "cultus tum
tum" is a man with a very bad
heart, and with the Indian is both
dreaded and despised.-Walla Wal,
la Journal.
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FRANCES AND DEATH.
Why People Do Not Recover Conscious.
ness in the Grave.

"There is no excuse for any one
being buried alive" said DR.. w. A.
Hammond. A New York Herald
reporter. had called on him in ref
erence to the burial alive of Miss
Stickney, Of Indianapolis, who was
taken out Of a vault and found to
be in a trance state, and did not die
for several weeks after her funeral.
"No," he continued, "tho1e is no
excuse for it. The tests of death
have been brought down to such a
point that any competent physician
would have no difficulty in accu-
rately determining whether or not
death had taken place"
"Does decomposition always set
in after death2"
Invariably, provided the body is
not frozen. OF course, you can freeze
it and keep it for years before it
will decompose-just as fish are
kept frozen for market. The sal
mon that you eat now were caught
last spring, and have been kept fro
zen ever since. They are just as
good"
"Do you imagine that there is any
foundation to the belief of many
that people are sometimes buried
alive?o
"Oh, l have no doubt of it. I
have known of its being done, but
it is not by any means of frequent
ccurrence-not nearly as frequent
as many people imagine. The ply
sician is entirely to blame when it
does occur. The fact that bodies
have been found turned over in the
coffins leave people to believe that
they have been buried alive. But
that's no SO. 1t is probably the
work of the gasses coming from the
body. Pent up in coffin they be-
come very powerful, and it is almost
singular that they do not move
bodies around more than they do. :
"Then, don't you take any stock
in the stories Of men who come tc
life under the ground, of their ter
rible struggles to get free, and theil
horrible death at last?"
That's all bosh. Poe wrote o
graveyards trembling with the
struggles of the buried alive. That:
all bosh, too. When people are
buried alive, as they most certainly
have been, they never wake up to
know it. When in a transe state
their vitality must be so weak that
when they begin to regain conscious
ness and to attempt to breathe
they die Of suffocation Immediately
and never know that they came tc
life again. Buried for dead, they
practically are dead
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-12
The Old Hoosier Schoolhouss,

The primitive schoolhouses were,
Of course, very rude affairs, built Of
round logs, and with as little ex-
penditure of time and money az
the law would allow. 1t was re-
quired that they should be eight
feet high from floor to joistsy and
that they should be provided with
such furniture as was absolutely
necessary for use in the schools.
The hoors were of roughly hewn
puncheons; a great fireplace and
chimney, built of sticks and clay,
often extended entirely across one
end of the room; the seats were
long slabs with legs driven into
them there were no desks, but a
narrow shelf against one of the
walls afforded the larger pupils an
opportunity to write; and black
boards were inventions not yet in
troduced into the Western country.
Close to the place where the master
sat there were usually two long pegs
driven into the wall for the purpose
OF supporting choice assortment
OF hickory switches, for the rod was
then regarded as the most effective
and convenient means of securing
obedience Those were the days of
the ''Hoosier schoolmaster," hap
PLY known no more in either Indi-
ana or her sister states s.-Scribner's
for Nav.
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helped Fleuse in carrying the re-
manning tigers into the cage.
Passion for Gambling in New Orleans

think there must be as many
manufactured cigarettes used in
New Orleans alone as in New York
and Boston combined. But the
mania for cigarette-smoking is moth
ing compared with that which seems
to possess youth and age of all
classes and both sexes for gambling,
in one form or another. 1t seems
to me that this accounts for the
stagnation of business here. First
and foremost there is the author
lied Estate Lottery" with its daily
and monthly drawings. l suppose
most people know there is draw.
ing once month, but they are
probably not aware that there is a
daily drawing, and that the poorest
people are the largest patrons.
There are three numbers on each
ticket, all three of which must be
drawn to entitle the holder to a
prize, and, to win any considerable
amount, the numbers must come
out in regular order, or consecutive
ly. The chances that this will oc-
cur are so infinitesmally small that
virtually it amounts to robbery.
The whole ticket is 81, halves, 80
cents or four bits, and quarters, 25
cents or two bits.
Well. after the State lottery, which
declares stupendous dividends upon
its capital stock, and pays two we'll
known ex-Confederate Generals
$4,000 year each to superintend
the monthly drawings, to lend the
prestige of their names to the enter
prise, come the faro banks, kenos
and pool-rooms, roulette and rouge
et-noir layouts, and iii fact, every
form of gambling known. There
appears to be little attempt made
to enforce what few laws they have
relating to gaming, though most of
these places have the sanction of the
authorities. The result is that the
people who manage these schemes,
from the lottery down, live like
princes, while the great army OF
poor, foolish working people who
patronize them, are in poverty and
want, and the streets are full Of
beggars. The only CLEAN of re-
deeming feature to all this is, that
the lottery is obliged by its chartel
to pay certain amount per annum
toward the support of the Charity
Hospital and Orphans Home.-N
0. Corr. Boston Traveller.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-12
The President Treats.

President Cleveland, on Thurs
day afternoon, received two chiefs
of the Chippewa Indians to discuss
matters affecting their tribe. Fleet
Wolf and Hound-that-bays are
clean, clear-eyed Indians who talk
good English. They were perfectly
at ease in the presence of the pres
ident, Fleet Wolf, in fact, offered
Mr.. Cleveland a chew of tobacco,
which was declined in a dignified
way. AS they stood up to depart,
Hound-that-bays asked: "Won't
you give us a drink?n Mr.. Cleve-
land was astonished, but with great
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-12
PICKING UP TIGERS.
From "Thtee Years of Wanderers Life

Trum 'AHfet L ears ol w 2nueteE Liis
l once saw three young tigers,
larger than Newfoundland dogs,
loose on the deck of British India
steamer crowded with several hum
dred Mecca pilgrims. The cage in
which they were confined was large
and barred on each side with par
tition running along its middle,
which had drop door. The man
who had charge of the animals
would drive them over to one side
of the cage, close the partition and
clean the other side at his leisure !;
then, barring up the clean side,
he would open the partition and
drive the tigers back, while he went
through the same performance or
the other side. One morning he
neglected to put up the bars on the
side he had finished and so drove
the tigers out of the opposite side
of the open cage.
The animals on obtaining their
liberty took different directions and,
crouching in the nearest corners,
lay snarling and exposing their
teeth, showing unmistakable signs
of a most dangerous fear. That
side of the deck was deserted and
the crowd gazed in interest at a
respectful distance. Mr.. Fleuse, the
third officer, the second officer and
the keeper each placed himself be.
foro a tiger, barring their exit should
they attempt to get away. Fleuse
inquired if the tigers had been fec
that day. They had not; they had
always been fed on living fowls
Fleuse called for three chickens
from the hen-coop. Taking these
he throw one in the face of eacl
tiger. The chickens seemed sim
ply motionless, glued to the spot
so instantaneous was the fixing O
teeth and claws.
Fleuse then went deliberately uE
to tiger, coolly took the loose'skir
Of the back of the neck with ONT
hand, and the root of the tail will
the other, and, putting out his full
strength, dragged the heavy brute
along the deck to the cage, anc
forced it through the open bars
The chicken diversion acted per
fectly. The brute had no objec
but that of retaining its prey, /
| growled fearfully; its eyes blazed
its teeth crashed through the chick
en-; its unsheathed claws claspe(
and pierced its quiyering body
Red-h irons would hardly hav,
made it loosen its grip of the bird
Then the keeper and the Others
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-12
The Coin Saved His Life.

Among the stories told about
congressman Allen, of Mississippi,
by his colleagues, is the following:
Allen was private in the Con-
federate army, and as he was born
in 1S47 he was of course, a very
young soldier when he ''went away
to the war;" and an old uncle of his
gave him a coin which he carried
for years as a pocket piece. The
uncle ,aid:
John, | believe this coin carries
good luck with it. Keep it about
you all the time, and it may even
be the means some day of saving
your life."
Allen put the coin away carefully
in an inside pocket and took his
leave amid the prayers of his weep
ing relatives. When he returned,
his people gathered to greet the
hero, and among them was the old
uncle.
"Uncle," said John, "you remem-
Der the coin you gave me? Well,
that coin saved my life at Perry
Vile"
"Did it, John? did it, indeed, .
exclaimed the old man. II thank
heaven for prompting me to give it
to you. Tell us all about it, John"
swell, uncle" said John Allen,
sat Perryville that pocketpiece was
the only money l had left, and
and-I bought bought drink
with tn. Y. Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-12
The Whistling Tree.

In Nubia there are groves of aca-
cia extending over 100 miles square.
"The most conspicuous species,n
says DR.. Schweinfurth, sis the Aca-
cia fistuia. Its Arabic name is
'soffar,' meaning flute or pipe. From
the larvae of insects, which have
worked their way into the inside,
their ivory white shoots are often
distorted in form and swollen out
at their base into globular bladder
like gall about one inch in diane
ter. After the insect has emerged
from circular hole, this thorn-l like
shoot becomes musical instru-
ment upon which the wind as it
plays produces the regular sound
of flute. On this account the ma
tives of the Soudan name the acacia
the wooden tree.-The Coronado.
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Look at Him Now.

Do you see that man across the
street? Mark him well, my son.
Three years ago he drew a prize of
$3.50 in lottery. He was happy,
industrious man before he won that
prize. 1t ruined him. He has sunk
every dollar he could borrow, beg
or earn since that luckless day in
that same lottery. Look at him
now. Note the hungry look in his
eye. He has only one object in life.
He wants to draw the capital prize.
He is lottery maniac. If you ever
feel any symptoms of his disease
coming over you, my boy, get down
on your knees and pray for the de-
liverance and then hunt this man
up and take another good look at
him.-Chicago Tribune.