The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-26
STATE NEWS.
Items and Comments Culled From
State Exchanges.

Is beng built a. Fort worth.
The San Angelo extension Of the Sants
Fe will be completed in a few days.
J c. Sutton, charged vita killing Dich
Robinson, q negro convict, in Austin
county, has been tried and acquitted
The first OF consignment OF lO,OOC
steel rails for the Mexican National road
extension have arrived in Corpus Christi
The weather of the past few days ha;
been excessively warm olt on the klo
Grande, the heat registering from 20 10
So degrees in the shade every day.
The Waco Cattle company has offered
SIs5 600 per auuum for the lease of what
is known IS the "Chsrokee Strip in the
Inci IN Territory.
The Swanson ard Miller silver mine in
Llauo county is showing up well. The
shaft is about thirty feet deep and the
vein is growing wider. They have been
offered a good round sum for an interest
in it.
The quarantine that was established by
the authorities of Fl PosO against Peso
Norte, on account of diph'heris prevailing
in the latter city, was raised last We1nes
day, as the disease no longer prevails TO
any alarming extent.
As en- evidence that the Mexican
National railroad is completing its liae
through to the City of Mexico rapidly, it
may be stated that only $50 more car
loads OF iron are TO be received in Laredo
to complete the connection.
Capt. ]. NJ. beware, of Jefferson, has
offered to donate POO acres of land TO the
iron ore syndicate to locate their furnace
on. The location of the land is three
miles below the city on the bayou, on the
place known as The Packery.
The election in North Dallas Tuesday,
to decide the question of annexation, re-
suited in victory for the annexationists
by small majority. This adds 5000
people, 1900 acres of area and 100000
taxable values TO the city of Dallas.
Two brothers named Freeman, living
thirteen miles east of Jacksboro, quarreled
Tuesday over a sorghum mill. Each
armed himself with a Winchester and
fought to deaths end. The younger
brother was killed, and the other Is seri-
ou5ly if not mOrtally wounded
A petition has been filed in the circuit
] L
district by United States. Attorney Ru
dOlph Kleberg, demanding the United
States military cemetery, com pTisIng l53,-
400 feet of the residence part of Missouri,
Santa Fe, Franklin and Oregon streets.
1t is learned from sources that may be
deemed definite, that the machine shops
of the Mexican National railroad are TO
be removed from Corpus Christi to
Laredo. IL is said that work on the
necessary buildings will begin in few
days.
On last Tuesday night, shortly before
midnight, the court house of Edwards
county at Leaky was discovered to be in
flames, and, being constructed of lumber,
it burned to the ground rapidly. The
public records were almost totally de-
stroyed. 1t was evidently the work of an
incendiary.
John Gibson, living near Rosalie Red
River county, escorted young lady to
church few nights ago while intoxicated
and on the way insulted her. She re-
quested Bud Hudson to take her back
home, and this angered Gibson who
attacked him while returning with knife
aud inflicted supposed fatal wound
A gigantic railroad meeting was held in
Brownsville at the court house, last Tues
day evening, to consider the proposition
of President U. Lott, of the Arkansas Pass
railroad, to finish his road to that city in
two years for a bonus of $4,000 ia land
and money. The greatest enthusiasm WAS
shOwD, aud the sum asked for will prob
ably be easily obtained. Several prOmi
nent land owners are ready to give $500
cash each beside the lands.
Commodore j. E. Savage, of the Arkansas
Pass Yacht club and engineer in charge at
Aransas, left Corpus Christi Wednesday
morning for Galveston to make his annual
report. The commodore is a live, ener
getic man, and has personally done much
for that section. A large percentage of
the expenses of the late regatta was borne
by him, he paying the fiddler to the tune
of over 500. He placed his tug at the
disposal of the San Antonio and Denver
gentlemen who visited that city recently.
The county convention of Washington
county Tuesday passed the following res
olution unanimously:
Resolved, That we extend our sympa
thy to Hon. z. q. Mills in his late sick
ness, produced by his arduous work IN the
greet work of tariff reform, that we view
with enthusiasm and pride his splendid
career in congress and heartily endorse il,
and the delegates of this convention to
the congressional convention are hereby
instructed to vote for his denomination"
The first convention of the Texas gas
men was held in Fort Worth Tuesday.
Representatives were present from Dal-
las, Houston, Waco, Galveston and Fort
Worth, while letters we're read from all
the large cities of the state. Permanent
organization was effected. The associa-
tion is to be known as the Lone Star Gas
light association. The objects of the as
ISOLATION are the professional improve
ment of its members and the advance
meDt Of gas engineering in its several
branches. Several interesting papers
were read and discussed.
Miss Flora Reeves, residing four miles
west OF Whitewright, was burned in a ter
rible manner last Monday. She was
starting fire in cook stove with kero-
sene. The can exploded, throwing its
contents over her. In second she was
wrapped in flames. Her screams for help
brought her father to her rescue, but not
III time 10 save her. The flames were ex
tinguished. On examination it was found
her lower limbs, right arm and face were
| burned TO a crisp. She died Tuesday
afternoon at > O'Clock. The father burned
his hand in horrible manner trying to