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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-03
Run over by the Cars.
Telegram to the Statesman,

OptCIHI ItIBgThIH 10 lII7 oldIebIIIHHt
JEFFERSON, April 26.-Jack johnson
brakeman on freight train No. 43, was
run over by the engine while doing some
switching here, this morning about 9
O'Clock. His heel got caught in a frog
near the switch, and one of his legs was
badly crushed. He was taken to the rail
road hospital at Marshall this morning,
but is not expected to live. His home ls
in Longview, and he has family.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-03
Curious Accident
Special Telegram to the Statesman.


LoNGvIEw, April 26.-Eugene Graves, a
young man, while driving oxen, fell OH his
whip handle, which entered his lower jaw,
taking away some of his tongue, and com
ing out of his cheek, causing very pain
full if not fatal wound. He was brought
to town for medical treatment and is do
ing as we'll as could be expected.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-03
Tremendous Rainfall.
ram to the Statesman.

SpeCIaI Telegram 70 IHe oIate5MHn'
COLORADO Cry, April 25.-Another tre-
mendous rain set in last night at 9p. M,
and continued almost increasingly without
interruption all night. The Colorado
river is rising rapidly, and there is likely
to be flood. This is the third heavy rain
in ten days.
Martin, Byrnes & johnson shipped
nineteen cars of cattle to the Territory
Monday. Gilliland Bros. shipped sixteen
cars yesterday, and A. W. Hudson forty
cars to-day.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-03
Leon River on a Boom.
inl Talnnrann To the Stataaman

DUBLIN, April 26.-Very heavy rains
during the past fOrty-eight hours have
put up the Leon river SO much that it has
overhowed and covered the bottom from
hill to hill. The bridge between here and
Comanche is afoat at one end, with all
likelihood of being washed away. The
Leon is higher than it has been since the
great food of May 27, 1885.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-03
Attached.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
DA1NaERFIEID, April 27-The sheriff
levied an attachment on the stock of
liquors and bar fixtures of O. Z. Kirk
patrick this afternoon, in favor of J. M.
Demare, of jefferson. Liabilities; $1,100;
assets, $400. Kirkpatrick had already
turned ! the stock, on hand over to
three of his creditors, John O, Corley, j.
f. Jones and j. H. Wise, before the at
tachment was run,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-03

A baker at Indianapolis last Saturday
received greater number of votes for
delegate to the St. Louis convention than
did ex-senator Joe Mcdonald, who led
the opposition ticket.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-03

Caution. Buy only DR.. Isaac Ihomp-
sons Eye Water. Carefully examine the
outside wrapper. None other genuine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-03
LIST OF DELEGATES.

FORT WORTH, April 25.-Following is a
complete list of delegates and alternates
elected to the national republican con-
vention, which meets at Chicago, June 10;
At large-Delegates Jno. B. Rsctor, OF
Austin; A. j. Rosenthal, of LaGrange; N
W. Quincy, of Galveston; H. G. Ferguson
of Richmond. Alternates: j. G. Bigger,oi
Dallas; F. G. Cleaves, of Gainesville; N. L
Mebehill, of Tyler; BurreIl P. Johnson, oi
Fort Worth.
First District-A. Baker, CT Houston
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18
BRIGHT BITS.

PEOPLE who try deaf mutes as servants gen
orally find that they don't answer.-NetC York
Tribune.
ONE never grumbles if he finds a hare among
the vlands while eating game supper.-De
trOtt Free Press.
=. THE bright. dewy morning Of the average
Kentucky Colonel is in the evening about 10
oclock-kentuchy state Journal.
A WOMAN being welded to an old man should
be partial to Coleridge, for she should be fond
OF the ancient marryin her.-OceGn.
You've HUsBISD-And you will never take the
wedding ring from your finger, darling3
Young Whichever, George; death or divorce
VIII alone remove 1.-THE Epoch.
TIE tenor in a fashionable church choir found
to his horror that his voice all at once had be-
come unpeasantly thick. He strained il, but
without any good effect.-Netc York Tribune.
SOMETIMES il almost seems as If the reason
the church steeple keeps pointing heavenward
so persstenty is because it is trying to distract
attention from the debt beneath it.-JourpdL of
Education,
81 SAY, Jack they've got so now that they
can draw pictures on paper by telegraph
Pooh that's nothing I've drawn drafts on
my gunner by telegraph for the last three
years. "-Hd1Udrd LdmpOon.
PRETTY CREATURE-Ye Yesterday was my birth
day, dear; and my Charlie gave me string of
such beautiful pearls-one for every year.
Second ditto (who has failed to secure Charie)
How sweet, dearest What an expensive
present-such long string, dear.-Ft1e.
UNCLE RAsTUs lin telegraph ofice)-Has yo'
got n envelope sab?
Operator do you want of an envelope
Uncle RastuS?
Uncle Rastus- expatch, sab, am OBJ a very
private nature, an | want it sent sealed--NeU
York Sun.
PAPA" said rich and beautiful girl who
has many beaux, what is your idea in build
ing our new mansion so near graveyard? 1t
will seem so ghosty after dark"
That is exactly The idea, responded the old
man, Il want to try and have the house closed
before midnight. ''-NetO York Sun
A SUPERFLUoUs QUERY "A writer in the
April number of the Century asks the question:
Shall fortunes be limted?n The query is
superfiuous, when limited fortunes is a com
plant every suffers from, more or less
Judy would rather see misfortune limited and
fortune expanded But there is no pleasing
some people, apparently.
MABEL, 1 love you" The words came forth
like the plaintive vibrant sigh of an aeolian
harp.
1t can never be-"
But | am rich and can furnish you with ev-
cry luxury. Besides, | am doing well in my
profession and may one day be famous"
Il know it, Harold, but you can't tell the diff
ference between home run and pitchers as
sist. Merchant Traveller.
SOME PEOPLE have an idea that the word
funny is synonymous with the word strange 9"
Yes sighed the widow Hendricks TO her
caller, poor John left the house in the morning
as well as ever he was in his life. At noon
word was brought to me that he had been run
over by milk wagon and killed"
'Ah, yes" responded the caller, with deep
feeling, I'VE know not at what moment we
may be called away. Isn't it funny!-Nelo
York Sun.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18
Soma Editorial Onininns-

III Is quite interesting to study the answers
sent to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the other
day, in response to kilograms requesting
many leading newspapers in the country to
give their opinions concerning the action of
tie St Louis and Chicago conventions, and
the result at the polls. The answers not
only show the drift of public sentiment, but
they arc sprinkled with several peculiar
opinions, SUCH for instance, as that Of the
Brooklyn Edgie which thinks the two tick
cts will be Cleveland and Gray and Blaine
and Gresham, and that the chances will APP
pear to favor Blaine until the middle
of September, when the drift
will turn to Cleveland SO strongly that he
will carry the South, New York, Connectl-
cut. New Jersey, Indiana, California, Ore
gon, and probably New Hampshire, Iowa
and Wisconsin. This sounds like weather
prediction, but it is backed up partially by
the Pittsburg POST which believes Cleve-
land will carry all the States he did in 1884
and four he did not carry then. A Maine
| Journal thinks the Democratic ticket will be
Cleveland and Thurman and the Republican
ticket Blaine and A llison, and the Wash
| ington Critic believes the Democrats
will win because they have the ma
chine. The Springfield Republican thinks
Cleveland will again defeat Blaine, and
another Independent journal, the Chicago
NetCS, confident that Cleveland will be re-
| elected, attaches no Importance to the Re-
publican nomination, but thinks Gresham
Will not be the nominee because Q) his can
djdacy would mean tariff reform, ~ he
would be opposed by Jay Gould, and 81 he
| has not been Endorsed by his own State.
Ohio has the unenviable distinction of fur
nlshing the only journal winch waves the
bloody shlrt-a journal which also presents
the extraordinary view that Mr.. Cleveland
has been so great a failure as President
that he cannot command the necessary two
thirds vote of the convention, and that Gov
Hill will be nominated. Another peculiar
view from Ohio is that if Mr.. Blaine's
friends insist on placing his name before the
convention, Lincoln or Foraker Will be
nominated. Ohio seems to be the home of
several cranks
Most of the Republican journals which
have faith in Sherman's nomination and
election are printed in Ohio, and the two
believers in Gresham's triumph are respect
lively in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
There is hardly dissenting opinion
among the Democraticy and independent
journals from the view that Mr.. Cleveland
will be reelected, but the Republican or
gans are considerably in the dark concern
ing the action of the Chicago convention.
They generally agree, however, that Mr..
Blaine can get the nomination if he wants
it. The State conventions which have been
held lately Indicate the correctness of the
Democratic view concerning Mr. CIeve-
lands denomination, which promises to be
unanimous; they also point to the re-nom-
ination of Mr. Blaine.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18
The Handy Time Table.
From the Ne1c York Sun.

A stout, elderly woman stepped upon the
railroad platform at Spring Valley, n. j., at &
O'Clock a few evenings ago, and sat on the hard
bench before the closed and darkened station
until $780, Then a countryman with a lantern
came along the road and asked her what She
was doing there
I'm watin' for the train to New York, 4" said
the woman. 81 always like to take plenty OF
time. It's the safest way, even though have
to sit for a couple Of hours Oh hard seat
Better be too soon than too late, you know"
But" said the man, there amt no train
down from here tonight. The last one went
more'n two hours ago"
"Oh yes, there is, replied the woman. conf
IDENTIFY. There is a train at minutes before
10. I've seen it on the time table"
The man looked incredulous, and held his
lantern over the time table, while the woman
showed him that a train left Spring Valley for
Jersey City at 7:10 p. IN.
There, ~ she exclaimed, "you see for Yourself
that there's a train down at z minutes before
TO-"
so there is, be gosh" said the man, as he
scratched his head. II never heerd tell Of it. II
must have been put on mighty suddint"
He walked away, and left the woman on the
platform, where she sat until II o'clock when.
as no train appeared she concluded that il
must have been taken Off as ''suddint" as il
was put on, and, pinuing her shawl closely
round hen, for il had grown cold. she went
home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18

The travelling commercial men of Geor-
g1a met in convention at Augusta yester-
day for the purpose of electing delegates to
the Drummers' National Convention, which
is soon to convene at Minneapolis, and for
the transaction of other business. The
drummers' organization is known as the
Travellers Protective Association, and a
very strong and interesting association it
is. 1t includes some Of the brightest men
OF this State-the majority of them being
quite young men-and from their ranks
Will be supplied Georgia's future mer-
chants. AS a rule they are well educated,
and they are certainly possessed of much
more than ordinary ability. A dull, stupid
man could not be drummer, because he
could not earn enough to pay his travelling
expenses. One always expects to find in a
drummer bright man, who is not only
quick to grasp an idea, but able to see the
exact value of It,
Savannah's Post in the association is the
leading one in the State, and the men who
compose it compare favorably with the COM
merclal travellers of any city in the world.
They are extending Savannah's trade every
year, and they are doing it by careful, con
scientious and Intelligent work OF course
they represent solid houses, and that helps
them, but they would make their mark
even if they didn't represent interests which
rest upon such firm foundation.
The aim of the association is to promote
the interests of its members and aid them
in their business. By acting in concert
their protests, when they find il necessary
to make any, have more weight and their
requests command more attention. The
association in this State, although it has not
been in existence long, is in very flourish
ing condition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18
A SURPRISED ARTIST.
His Wife Sets Out to Astonish Him
and Succeeds in Paralyzing. Him.
F1.om AZ Detroit Free Preas.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Now, George, dear said fond little New
ark wife to her husband of year the other day,
this is your birthday, isn't it? You see didn't
forget it if you did, and I've been working
dreadfuLy hard for four months to get up a
surprise fol-, you, and I'm going to give you
something that's all my own work"
She threw back a slkrn scarf as she spoke,
and George saw before him a large oil painting
in frame that he knew he would have to pay
at least S25 for when the bill came in:
Now, my dear, she said gleefully, 'aren t
you surprised? Didn't know l could paint, did
you? couldn't four months ago, but painted
every bit of that picture myself
You did?' said George; well, | am sur
prised. How perfectly natural those COWS
Cows! Why, George, those are horses"
'Oh, 50 they are; wasn't looking closely. 1
was so taken up with the natural look this old
stump has"
That stumpl Why, my dear husband, that's
man"
of course it is. I see it plain enough now,
and suppose that is his little dog running by
Fido."
George, it isn't dog; it's little boy
why, 1.-THE picture ism in good light,
is it? Let's move it around little. There; that s
better You have succeeded wonderfully with
that mountain in the distance"
'George, where are your eyesS That isn't
mOuntain-it's hayStack."
so it is. What am | thinking of? I've been
looking all the time at that pretty rustic
bridge"
There's no bridge in the picture You must
mean that rail fence"
NO surely not, What is the matter with
this lightS l see now, it Is O fence and there's
a white cow lying down on"
George JeAlins, that white cow lying down
is q lady in white dress sitting on a fallen log
You're making FUN of the picture, and"
. mo no. my dear, Il"
You're just as mean, you"
Now, now, dearie, Il"
You're horrid; you just sre I'll never
paint another picture as long as live, never
will "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18
index TO new ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGS Savannah Lodge No. 217, l. O. B.
B.; Isle of Hope Yacht Club; Myrtle Lodge No.
6, X of p Pulaski Council No. 1873, R. A;
Zerubbabel Lodge No. Is, F. & A. NJ; Landrum
Lodge No. 49, F. & A. NJ.
SPECIAL NoTICEs-Spencer C. Devan, M. D.
Election Notice; Chatham Superior Court
Jurors; House at Private Sale.
MILITARY ORDER-Savannah Cadets.
RAILROAD ScHEDULE-East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad.
FINE PROPERTY AT ISLE OF HoPE-LaRoche &
Mclaughlin.
AUCTION SALEs-Closing Sale, by l. 2. La
Roche g. Son; Furniture, Etc, by Barton Bros.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale; Summer Resort; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18
True Love.
/ think true love is never blind,

think true love is never blind,
But rather brings an added light;
An inner vision, quick TO find
The beauties hid from common sight.
No soul can ever clearly see
Another's highest. noblest part;
Save through the sweet philosophy
And loving wisdom of the heart.
Your unanointed eyes shall fall
On him who fills my world with light;
You do not see my friend at all,
You see what hides him from your sight
see the feet that fain would climb;
You. but the steps that turn astray;
] see the soul. the unframed, sublime,
You, but the garment and the clay.
You see a mortal, weak misled,
Dwarfed by the earthly clod
] see how manhood, perfected,
May reach the stature of godl
Blinded l stood, as now you stand,
Till on mine eyes, with touches sweet,
Love, the deliverer, laid his hand,
And lol worship at his feet
PHGBE CARY,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18
The Finest Country House in America
IRON, San Francisco Letter.

Almost every American has heard of j. c.
Flood, the California millionaire, but very few
are aware of the fact that Mr. Flood is the
owner of the most magnificent country house
and grounds in North America. This estate is
at Menlo Park, near San Francisco and during
Mr. Floods illness is closed to tourists. The
goSsper was privileged visitor, and can, there
season. The estate covers 900 acres and is
under the charge of a landscape gardener and
100 assistants. The drives are several miles in
length, and are made of white gravel kept
spotessly clean. The foliage, shrubbery and
flowers are beyond description. Everything is
symphony in white and gold" The
porter's lodge is a beautiful cottage near
the great gates are white and gold.
The grounds are lighted by hundreds of gas
lamps with ground glass shades, the gas being
made on the place. Statuary of the most chaste
and elegaent design and of exquisite workman
ship gives a finish to the velvet-ike lawns and
closely trimmed hedges But the house is the
main attraction. 1t is built in style of archi-
lecture that might be termed French, although
not decidedly of that school. 1t is dazzling
white, the roofs are of black slate in patterns
and the decorations are all in gold Even the
inside blinds and the furnishings are white and
gold, and this effect has been preserved in the
finishings of the servants quarters the superb
stable, and all the buildings on the premises
The house stands on an eminence and overlool<s
produce. Fountains plash on every side; a ter
race of ivy and flowers hem in the eastern view
while bank OF vlOletS and wall of r Dses tenn
per the force of the ocean breezeS aud perfume
them. The perfect creation of an artistic mind
with all the necessary funds to maintain it in its
perfection, Floods Palace stands unrivalled in
America, typical home of a self-made million
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18

The Pittsburg Dispatch draws this pict-
ure of how matters of the heart are carried
on in the South: From certain rumors that
have recently been finding their way North
1T would appear that engagements in the
South are quite as numerous as divorces in
the West, and of about the vino value II
is by no means uncommon for a Southern
girl to engage herself to three or four men
at a time, without having the remotest in
tention of eSpousing any one of them. A
young man paying a visit to her parents or
brothers is considered to be guilty of the
grossest discourtesy if he fails to propose
for her hand. Only the proposal is made
to herself, and when he goes away she is
quite ready to give him release if he re-
quires one. More usually, if these reports
speak the truth, the young man is content
to have the engagement continue until he
or the young lady marries some one else.
Young men from the North that have en-
gagged themselves in earnest have often been
surprised by the news of other betrothals
existing at the same time, and have had to
go broken hearted until q new CONSIDER was
found" From this eminently imaginative
statement, it appears that the young man
from the North" is frequently in need Of q
great deal OF sympathy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18

The apathy which is still displayed by
the people of this city in matters pertain
ding to public Improvement is surprise to
the energetic Western man. But it is
noticeable that that apathy is disappearing,
and that Savannah people are beginning to
show progressiveness that argues we'll for
the future
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18

The New York World probably thought
it could crush Gen. Boulanger when it re-
ferred to him as ''the French Ben Butler, -
but it will not. Gen. Boulanger is not the
French Ben Butler. In fact, he and Benja-
min could hardly be more dissimilar, in one
important respect at least-he appears
TO have a strong following to back
mp his aspirations, while Butler, though
possessing aspirations, has no following
whatever.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18

The sale of the site on which the
Spreckels refinery in Philadelphia is to be
erected was consummated the other day,
Mr.. Spreckels paying the balance of the
purchase money, about S45O,OOO. 1t is ex-
pected that the refinery will be in operation
in about a year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Peonle in the Lead.

From the Philadelphia Record (Denl.)
The politicians, instead Of leading, are nearly
always in the rear of the people in the political
procession. Witness the onward movement of
the Ohio Democracy in behalf of tariff reform
and the hating, hesitating steps of some Of the
SO-call eadarQ
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18
One at a Time.

From the 50. Louis Republican (Depl)
Mr.. Halstead believes that there are at a low
estimate, 10000 men in the Democratic party
Cleveland If Mr. Hais,ead will only wait
may elect number of them, but he will have
TO worry along with Cleveland in the mean
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18

New York has no more use for a cotton
press. The Empire cotton press building,
in Twelfth street, is being taken down, and
the machinery is being sent South. New
York now has no cotton press, and she needs
none. The South will raise and compress
the cotton, and the prospect is that she will
soon manufacture a large portion of 1t into
cotton goods
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18

Does the paving ordinance, passed by the
City Council Wednesday night, mean that
Liberty street is soon to be pavedl The
City Council is beginning to shake off the
apathy with which it has been afflicted for
so many years The new buildings that
are going up on every hand have awakened
dt to the necessity of making public i'm
provements Let the good work go on.