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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-22


As 1t is about time for parents who wish
to transfer their children from one school
district to another TO do So the following Is
the law governing such transfers:
l. Children within scholastic age belong
ing 10 community lying on county line
may be transferred TO an adjoining COM
munity in the other county. Application
for such transfer must be made before the
school fund is apportioned by the county
judge. The pro rata share Of the school
fund of transferred children shall be held
by the county treasurer and paid TO the
treasurer of the county TO which the chill
dren were transferred, on the order of the
county judge of the county from which the
children were transferred.
2. The county judge may at any time be-
fore he apportions the school fund among
the several districts or communities trans
fer child from one district or community
to another in the same county, and in
every such case he shall transfer the pro
rata share Of such child in the school fund
10 the district or community in which said
child shall be taught. After zthe compile
tioa. OF said apportionment no transfer
shall be made, but all children within tho
scholastic age who have not attended any
public school in the state during the cur
rent scholastic year shall be allowed 10 at
tend free Of charge any public school In
any district or community in which said
children have acquired residence. The
county judge shall also have authority, on
the recommendation of the school trustees.
TO consolidate one school with another In
the. same district or adjoining districts.
and 10 transfer money from one school 10
another school In the same district or adj
joining district
In connection with the above Super.
intendent Cooper has made the following
ruling:
All children are entitled to free admis-
sion in the public schools of the district IN
which they reside so soon as they become
Syears OF age, and until they become IS
years Of age, irrespective Of any other con-
dition than that they have not attended
state during the current scholastic year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-22
Confederate Home SUBSCRIPTIONS.

In pursuance of the late appeal, up to
date the following subscriptions have been
made to the Confederate Home:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-22

When Baby was sick, we gave ner Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When che became Miss, she olung TO Castoris,
When she had Children. she g 20 them Castoria
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-22

publication called ''The Texas Guide" In
corporators: Henry Exall, A. @. Garsia,
7. b. McLaren, G. II. Sawyer and w.
Koppel.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
The governor has received very pressing
invitation to be present and participate in
the opening of the great st. Louis fair on
the Sd of September. He has also been in
vited to open the Alliance fair at McGregor
and the one at Mineala. but official bust
ness will prevent his accepting the invita-
tons
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-22

The governor yesterday offered 800 re-
ward for the arrest and conviction Of the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-22

Texas has 10000 square miles of coal and
iron
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-22

Texas has 46.302, 500 acres timber land,
with 81, sos, 100000 feet of standing timber.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30
A Valuable Revolutionary Relic
Greensboro Workman,

John Schsnck, President Of, the
Guilford Battle Ground Company,
has very recently come into the pos.
session OF quite an interesting aud
valuable relic from the old Clifford
Battle Ground. It is q silver knee
buckle, stamped with the English
Coat Of Arms, and bearing the letter
"W" engraved upon il. In 1856, when
the great Wing mass meeting was
held upon the grounds, some one
found the buckle, while clearing of
the woods. Il was found on the north
side Of the New Market road, along
the way which Lieut.. Col. Webster
led his charge against the Continen-
tai line, aud 1t may be reas Jnably
presumed that this costly buckle was
part Of his dress that day. As Col.
Webster was killed by sshot received
in his leg, little stretch Of fancy
might imagine that the buckle was
torn from his pants by the fatal shot.
The buckle was given TO the Hon
George Davis, Of Wilmington. late
Attorney General Of the Confederate
States, who was one of the Wing ora
tors at the celebration, and by him
presented recently 10 the GuilfOrd
Bottle Ground Company.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30
PUBLIC OPINION.
As Expressed i'm Northern News
papers.

As Expressed i'm Northern News
papers.
Philadelphia Mems, Ind: England
to-day pays a total of 100000 IN
subsidies, and By that means she gets
365,000,OO0 paid for the carrying
trade of the world. These fl sures are
the strongest kind of an argument for
Congressional action.
Providence Journal, Ind: The
New England fishing feet may be the
nursery of American seaman, as Sem
ator HOar says, but unfortunately
there is nothing for them to do after
they get out Of the nursery. Sup
pose, instead OF giving everything to
the nursery. we try and see if some
thing cannot be done for the rest of
the house of American commerce.
Cleveland Plaindealer, Dem. Un-
der Democratic secretary the I'm.
ited States navy is being redeemed
from a condition of reproach and
scOrn. When psval contractors came
to understand that Democratic ad.
ninistration means honest tulfilIment
Of contract the robbery and corrup-
ton which was notorious under Re-
public IN secretaries ceased and the
Vesuvius is one result.
New York Journal Of Commerce.:
Diplomatically speaking, there is not
the slightest cause OF ofiense because
the vacancy made by Lord Sackville's
forced retirement is not promptly
tilled. Our government often leaves
ministries tenantless for months and
no foreign power complains Of neg
lect. If Lord Salisbury had assigned
as relson for his inaction his de-
termination to resent the dismissal of
her maiesty's representative Of Wash.
iDgton the case would be different.
But he has not done so.
New York World, DEM. The
vigor with which the aiders aud abet.
tors Of Mormonism as a political in
stitutiOn pretend that pOlygamy 10
What particularly stands in the way
of the admission Of Utah simply rem
ders them ridiculous. The wiping
out of poligamy would not remove
the objection to placing a State gov,
ernment in the hands Of priesthood
which teaches that voting at its COM
mani is a religious obligation, and
which claims an authority in all
things above that of the nation. The
deslIne in poligsmy is no justification
for setting upa "Zion's cooperative"
legislature or a Zion's State School
system, or q set Of courts, which get
th,ir law from che latter-day saints.
This is what the admission Of Utah
now mean, pOlygamy or no polygamy.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30
Bits of Science,

The average price of gas 10 Lon-
don is 66 cents per 1000 cubic feet
One million dollars for a new gov.
ernment telescope is proposed IN
Congress.
The movement OF glaciers in sum.
mer is found to be four times that
made in the winter.
One ton Of coal is capable of yield
ing an amount of force equivalent to
that Of six and two thirds men.
The tooth with which young cobras
cut their way through the egg isshed
as soon as it has served its purpose.
The latest statistics from Persia
give its dimensions 1886 square
geographical miles and population
Of 100000.
In 1916 one bushel OF corn would
buy one pound Of Dails now ten
pounds can be bought for the same
quantity Of coin.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30
The Cyclone of Wednesday Last.

The Cyclone of Wednesday Last
! Further particulars of the terrible
cyclone of the 9th continue. From
Reading, Pa, the news IS that there
is much sorrow in many homes, ant
that the pail Of death hangs over th,
city. One account says:
Fathers and mothers, brothers anC
sisters, friends and relatives are grieI
stricken over the work Of last night
Over enc hundred spirits are hushed
for ever in death as the result of the
wreck and ruin wrought in this city
by the storm Of last night. The storm
left the entire city in darkness which
was only relieved by the huge bon
fires which shed their lurid glare on
the scene of death. @
All night brave and willing hands
assisted in the rescue of the dead.
The disaster is fully as bad as reports
ed in these dispatches last night. The
list of fatalities will reach one hund-
red and may be more. The hospi.
tails and undertakers' establishments
are filed. The physicians are all
busy and many private houses have
been turned into hospitals. When
the first gray streak of the early
morning appeared it portended q
beautiful and happy day, but not for
the grief stricken residents OF Read.
ing. The smiling sun appeared and
everything was directly in contrast
with the fury of last night. THEN
everything was dark, dismal and
foreboding and finally wound up in
the sacrifice Of one hundred lives.
At Easton, Pa, and Lima, Ohio,
the storm was very severe, while at
Pittsburg. Pa, up to o'clock yes-
terday IA bodies were counted as
victims Of the wreck of the day be-
fore. An account dated at Chicago
yesterday says the storm was general
throughout the northwest, but most
severe in Wisconsin and Michigan.
The record is faithful. The suspen-
sion bridge nearest the falls or the
Niagara was carried away. leaving
only the two towers and cables inact.
The loss is about $4,000. The In.
ternational Hvtel which is situated
near the falls on the American side
was unrooted and several buildings
in The vicinity we're blown down.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30
A TRAGIC ELOPEMENT.
Four Daughters Steal Away
Their Father Kills Two
Young Men.

|
The little town Of Bolar, in Mercer
county Missouri, turns out the follow
ing story: Henry Thomas, an old
farmer, has four grown daughters,
named Hattie, Margaret, Nancy and
Jane. aged sixteen, eighteen, twenty
and twenty-five years respectfully.
Last Wednesday night Samuel and
Charles Hasburn, brothers, procured
a lad Ter and helped Margaret ami
Jane out Of a second window of their
fathers house, and as they were
about to elOpe with the girls the old
man ppeared on the scene, but too
late to prevent their escape. He at
once procured the best horse he had
and a shot gun and started In hot
pursuit. When about twelve miles
from home he overlook the q Icing
party. He Immediately opened fire
on them, killing both the boys and
seriously wounding Margaret.
after getting nearly home with
the girls he was told that the other
two, Hattie and Nancy, had also
eloped with Ned Gleason and Th)mas
Allison. He at once left the girls he
hid with him in charge Of some
neighbors and started after the 9TH
ere. After securing the other two
girls with out auy serious trouble, he
started back, but, when about two
rifles from home, a mob took posses.
sion of him AMI hung him up to
tree.
"The old man was terribly strict
with the girls. He would hardly let
tn IL out Of his sight hence the elop.
ment. de always braggel that he
would not be b ,thered with lazy sons.
ln,law. Public feeling is strongly in
favor of lynchlng. NJ MEgaret died
last night.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30
THE KEY OF DEATH.
Strange and Fatal Weapon Em-
piOyed by a Disgarded Lover.
Not and Ossrigs

Not and Qseries.
About 1900 a stranger named Te
baldo established himself as mer
chant in Venice. He became Anam
ored Of daughter of an ancien
house, and, asking her hand, was re
jected. the young lady being already
afiianced. Euraged, he set himself t.
plan revenge. and, being a skillful
mechanici4n, he invented formida'
ble weapon. This was large key,
the handle Of which, when pressed,
set out from the other end of the key
needle of such tineness that it en-
tered the flesh and buried itself there
leaving no ext rnal trace.
With this weapon Tebaldo waited
at the church door till the maiden he
loved passed in to her marriage. Then,
unperceived, he sent the slender
needle into the breast of the brlde-
groom, who. seiz III with sharp pain
from an unknown cause, tainted, was
carried home sand soon died, his
strange illness battling the skill oft1e
physicians
Again Tebalio demanded the maid
ems hand, and WAS again refused. In
a few days both her parents died in u
like mysterious mlnner. Suspicion
was excited, and on examination of
the bodies the small steel instrument
was found ia the flesh There was
universal terror no one feat that his
own life was secure.
The young lady went into a con.
vent during her IN urniug. and after
a few months Tebaldo b"gged to see
and speak with her, hoping now to
bend her to his will. She, with an
instructive borrow of this man, who
had from the first been displcasing to
her. whereupon Tebaldo cOutrived to
wound her through the CRATE. On
returning to her room she felt a pain
in her breast and discovered a single
drop of blood. Surgeons were hastily
summoned. Taught by the past. they
cut into the wounded part, extractei
ii, needle aad saved her life. Te.
baldo was suspected, his house was
searched, the key discovered and he
peIished on the gallows.
There is q tradition that Duke
Francis of Padua had poisoned KEY
Of similar character, which unlocked
his private library. When be desired
to rid himself of an obnoxious mem
ber Of his household or suite he
would send him to bring a certain
volume from his bo k case. As the
key was tu' ned in the lock out shot a
poisoned needle, stabbed the hand Of
the holder and instantly shct back
again. Examination of the hand re.
veal, d only a small, dark blue spot,
but in a few moments the person
grew strang' " giddy, and would be
found on the Il .or, apparently in a
fit In twenty.four hours he would
be dead, and verdict rendered
"apUplexy."
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30
An Infamous Crime.

A tegro devil obtained an entrance
TO the bed chamber uf daughter of
farmer J. L Bit, in Barnwell coun.
~, agei II. A special TO the Char.
lOlte Chronicle says:
"Her screams alarmed her father,
who went 10 her aid, and was knock.
ed down several times by the negro.
Sistruuk by name. Mr.. Brit and bis
daugh'er clung to the negro, howev.
er, and the three fell down the stairs
together. Here two large fox hounds
came to the Birt's assistance, and tore
the nesh from Sistrunk's legs. lie
tried to escape, but was too badly in.
jured TO do so. He was taken 20 Jail,
where he confessed that be and his
companions had plotted to murder
the entire Birt family. and then fire
the house."
He had two Accomplics. This is
the sort Of dcviltry that develops mob
law.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30
Y
Business.
indianapolis News.

Pay as you 90.
Never fool in business matters.
Do not kick everyone in your path.
Learn to think and act for your.
self
Keep ahead Of rather behind the
times.
Use your own brains rather than
those Of others
Have order, system regularity and
also promptness.
A man of Aouor respects his word
as he does his bond.
Do not NEEDLE with business you
know nothing about.
Help others when you can, but
never give what you cabnut sf,rd
because il Is fashionable.
Learn to say No. No nee ssity for
swapping il out dog fashion, bat ~
it firmly and respectfully.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30
MISSING LINKS.
WHICH EMBRACE A VARIE-
TY OF NEWSY ITEMS.

| AkItttS w Sti
Parts of the World.
There are 1909 registered dentists
in Massachusetts,.
Strawberries are bring ing $3.50 {
quart in New York. Tuey are uset
mainly to decorate shop windows.
A musical manuscript of Mozar
was sold a few weeks ag, in Berlin
for 555 marks, and letter from Less
ing for 500 mar, s.
| Londoners complaia OF theiI
Christmas. They gathered to theiI
dinner in a thunder storm; they
walk nome through mud and Slush.'
"Cho Mah," the Chinese dwarf, the
smallest Liliputian on earth. aged
fifty years, is 50 small that you Can
cover him with an ordinary plug hat
The water is colder at the bottom
than at the surface. In many bays
Oh the cast of Norway the water Of.
ten f eezes at the brttom before il
does above,
The judges of the Supreme court
Of Pennsylvania are ridiculed for
wearing silk gowns, which they have
iast adopted. The innovation is gen.
orally unpopular.
An alum mine has been discovered
in Ulan. 1t yield, 50 to 80 Der cent.
pure alum, which can be extracted by
simply placing the crude material in
boiling water.
During the year ending June 80.
1883, the number of acres of Govern.
mput ian | entered in Florida, was
l .266, ,368 double that of any other
southern State.
The London Standard says that
millions of dollars have been spent
on the heathens Of China by Euros
peau missions, and it doubts if sl00
benefit has thus far come of it.
An English joker took down the
calendar in business office and hung
up one two years old. Dates for i'm.
por anC papers were taken from it,,
and loss of $50, ,0G0 was the result.
The latest estimate of the coal sup.
ply oflhe world gives US fu.l for the
next 500 years, by which tina some
geniu, will have invented a way to
make one corncob heat big house
for a week.
American apples are sent to Eng
land, Germany, France, Italy, Sp lin,
Australia, Asia, South America aud
Mexico, and if the Eskim S want q
few barrels all they have to do is to
speak up.
A singular accident happened at
Albany recently. A horse being rid
den was suddenly p'ralysed and its
hOofs gave way, turning up to its
fetlvcks, while tue horse came down
ON its ankle bones
Four thousand Sailors choice"
the finest eating fish in Florida
waters. weIe lately Caught at one
haul ola net in one of the creeks of
that State. II took two men nearly
all day to get them out of the net.
II has been decided in the Mas.
sachusetts courts that q Boston man
cans leave bis miftress $4,000 and
his wife $1,000 The decision is that
the wife takes all, and she needn't do
any weeping over his grave, either.
A correspondent of the New York
World makes the discovery that the
letter A appears in the name ofevery
President the country has had, ex.
cept IN that Of John Tyler. II also
appears IN the name Of the President
elect.
Ia a lately published story book
for boys the au hor has a boy thr-
teen years old captured three bur-
glars, save four persons from drown.
ing, discover and put out fire. sne
a city from inundatiOn AMI ind
$50, 900 in an alley.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30
Maxims For Houselteepcrs.

Every bees honey is sweet,
The house showeth the owner.
lie that is at ease seeks daiht es.
Anger at a feast betrays the boor.
In a good house all il quicily ready.
Everything is Of use to house.
keeper.
As the year is so must your pot
seeth.
Many good dish is .Poiled By an
i'll .uce.
Tho biggest calf II ates not she
sweetes: veal.
Never haggle about the bIsket il
YOU Let the fruit.
He that saveth the dinner will have
the more supper.
There is winter enough for the
snipe and v Woodcock tco,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30
Land Sale !

by virtue ola Mortgage executed
10 me by Il. X. Mangum aud wife, on
November "a, 1886, / will sell ai
Public Auction, for Cash, ut the
Court House Door IN Durham, on the
9Th day Of January, 1899, st IL
O'Clock ST.. q lot Of land in The town
,of Durham on which said Mangum
and wife now live. and lying on Rox.
iboro street, adjoining Mrs. Christmas
and Others. j. w. GRAHAM,
Trustee Of the Sinking Fund Of the
N. U. X. r. Go.
December 8, 1888. tds
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30

ing the trigger | struck the weapon
from his hand and held him uatil the
police arrived. The fellow was tried,
convicted and hanged.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30
An Ode to an opuIent Star.

If Lotta Crabtree would get q real
gond play she would win tue unIying
oil, ction Of the American public.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-23
n,yAGE BY RAIy AND LIGHTNING.

Baldwin. Wis., Aug. a2.-Dnnng huhoers,or'h
carly Tuesday morning the rebuilding o"heu D,
Henry Frantz, at Hcrsey, was struck by lish.Ins.
entered a room the store occupied Dy W. poV Ho
and wife struck the bed, and passed under uelr
heads between the springs and mattress, leaving the
occupants uniniured then passed down INTO inc
store and ont through the front windows breaking
FIVE large lights OF glass The siding Is torn nom the
building in several places During the same s'orn'
Patrick Rcket, an old gentleman living alone near
Jersey. was struck by lightning and killed.
Mayville, n. D., Aug. pa heavy wind ana rain
storm occurred here. 1t blew down some buildings
and scattered wheat shocks all over school house
west OF Portland blown down, and several farm
buildings In It's vicinity were also thrown into splntes
All heavy grain was lodged and great damage was
done 10 shocked grain. On Murphys farm. six miles
north OF Mayville, the lightning struck shanty In
which several men were killing John Anderson out.
right His farm is near saltwater Two other men
we're severely shocked but soon recovered. Unless
feyorable weather comes great deal OF the grain
will be damaged to a considerable extent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-23
THE c4Iryl TO START FOR HAYTI.

The ofncers and OF the soop-of-"sr uaicna "eo
,,v xo,tcrday in making preparations for leaving the
navy ward Orders had received from Acting secfe
tary Of the Navy Walker that the stores and ammunition
must all be on board and the vessel ready TO SAIL Tor ayu
At noon to-day It is doubtful however she leaves tins
navy v,ra before tomorrow. She will direct to
Portau Prince and II the condition OF AFFAIRS there IN
such vessel may properly protect the American
interests the Keararge Will return North The ioho"ng
the officers OF the Galena: Commander Oeofse W.
Sumner; Lieutenant w j. Barnetie, executive officer;
Lieutenant A. B speyers. navigator; Lieutensnts W. =
Hbghes and Alexander Sharp; Ensigns W. J. Maxwell.
II. Q. Fenton ana J. w. oman Naval Cadets j. b. Hub
bard w. NJ. Crcse A. II. Robertson G. u. Morgan and
Julius Proehaska Surgeon j. a. Ayers Assistant surgeon
X p. Crandaf Chief Engineer d. p. Mccartney Assist
ant Engineers William s. Smith J. s. MeKeon; Pay.
master j. X Martin. First Lieutenant o: Marines 7. N.
Waad.