The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-18


Mrs. Thompson is sister of ex District
Attorney Spencer, of Galveston.
A fatal accident occurred at John
Viewers gin five miles north of Calvert.
Alex Wood, colored employe at the gin,
in attempting to throw the band off the
main shaft with stick, was caught in the
band and thrown against the shaft,
breaking his neck instantly.
ma serio-comic mistake occurred at Vic
toria the other day. A prominent citizen
had grievance against certain young
man, and, meeting him, as he supposed,
began cursing and beating him, but dis
covered at last that it was another party
he was after. Apologies and explanations
of course followed.
Geo. Hickman, Frank Dodson and Ben
Walker have been lodged in Jail at
Comarche on the charge of robbing the
residence of Jesse Williams, near Proctor,
Comanche county, on the night of the 4th.
Hickman was under indictment for theft,
and, when arrested, exposed Walker and
Dodson as his pals.
Among the widely known murder cases
set for trial at this term of the Hill county
district court is that of Tom P. Varnell
charged with the murder of old man
Jonas Land while he Land) was endeavor-
ing to rescue his daughter from Varnel,
who was attempting to ravish the young
lady.
In the suit, at Hillsboro, of W. H. L.
Martin against the Missouri Pacific Rail
way company for damages in the sum of
$4,000, for injuries sustained by plaintiff
while in the employ of the company,
about twelve months ago, compromise
was effected by the road paying Mr.. Mar
tin $500.
Mrs. Mary Brandenburg, of Sherman,
an old lady who has been relying on her
widowed daughter, Mrs. Robinson, for
support, and her daughter has in turn
been earning a scant sustenance by TAX
ing in washing, have received information
that by decree of the emperor of Ger
many, property has been returned to the
Brandenburg heirs, which will place about
$4,000 at their disposal.
While one of the junction yard switch
engines was standing on high treste at
the end of the yard, at Longview Thursday
night, something got wrong with the water
injector, and Engineer Bob Gibbons i'm
mediately climbed down out of his engine
and stepped, as he thought, in the yard,
but fell twenty feet on the hard clay bot
tom of the creek, breaking his leg and
bruising him in shocking manner. 1t is
thought he will die.
Mrs. Lille Ingram, nee Miss Lille SUIT
ton, wss taken in custody Friday evening
at Weatherford by Officer Sisk, and the
pair departed for Canton. The young
lady is an attached witness in case
against her father for killing her husband,
and had been spirited away to prevent her
testifying in the case. The crime was
committed about three weeks ago in Van
Zandt county.
Mr.. E. L. Watkins, the county clerk of
Maverick, reports that several declarations
of intentions have already been made in
his office, but very few compared to the
large numbers usually made just previous
to an election. He also notices that, out
of the many declarations recorded in his
Office during the number of years over
which the record extends, but very few
have ever become citizens. This goes
rather to show that the declarations of in.
tention are made solely with the object Of
enabling the parties to vote-anothel
reason why registration law should bt
passed.
Jake Watts, young negro, Thursda )
night in Longview made desperate at
tempt to assassinate Sylvester Kemp, q
colored porter. Watts was incensed al
Kemp for slapping his wife's face some
months ago, and wished for an QppOr-
tunity to avenge his wife's wrongs. By
| hn
written his own woman a note asking bel
to meet him last night; so he followed the
woman, accompanied by his wife, anC
secreted himself behind a brick pillar in {
store and witnessed a "scrap" between
Kemp and the two women over the note
during which Kemp discovered Watts an(
advanced on him, accusing him of reading
the note, when Watts drew his pistol, {
short double-action bulldog, and fired a
Kemp in rapid succession, but failed tt
hit him, although Kemp was powder
burned and shocked by the conclusion
being within few inches of his breast
Watts, believing he had killed Kemp
escaped in the darkness and has not beer
seen since.
About fifteen days ago gentleman by
the name of j. f. Yates, who resides a
Forney, Tex, arrived at Texarkana from
visit to Georgia. Failing to give salts,
factory explanations as to where he hac
been the quarantine officers took him il
charge and sent him to the quarantine sta
ton, a few miles north of Texarkana Mr.
Yates went up the railroad few station
and purchased ticket through to Dallas
to which point he went without molesta
ton. Now comes in the interesting part
Mr.. Yates wrote to Governor Ross concern
ing the very lax system of quarantine in
Texarkena, and cited his own case as al
example. The governor mailed the lette
to Doctor Rutherford, state health officer
who Immediately went to Forney an
placed Mr.. Yates under arrest for violating
the state quarantine laws. Mr.. Yate
made grand kick and offered any bon
that might be acquired, but bonds wer,
out of the question, he must obey the law
let the consequences be what they may, 81
he was sent to the Denison quarantin
station, where he was held until Thursday
when Mayor Love of Denison received
telegram from Governor Ross to dismis
from custody j. F. Yates. Mr.. Yate
passed through Denison Friday, thor
oughly satisfied that the quarantine law
are strict enough.