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ached when he thought of the petite Chin
panzee he had left in his faraway home or
how her image was in his heart when he died
and left his life insurance to the one who
now bears his name. Though his humor
was rather broad and, therefore, obiectiona-
bic to the more refined, he got great MANY
good press notices, and with little better
voice could have succeeded as lecturer.
Dying in New York as he did, he will not
get monument, of course, but he richly de-
serves it.
1t would be impossible to enlarge upon
the almost numberless specimens of animal
life scattered about through the park, from
the wakeful weazel to the moth eaten
buffalo, from the little birding up to the
large portable emu, the little smooth Zebu
or Bos Indicus, the pensive stork, the Yak,
the Kooroo, the wart hogs of the wilderness
and the war togs of the massive lion and
the lame lioness who limps about her cage
and eats nothing but frogs legs and ragouts
of beef.
CLOSE YOUR EYES.
Sitting down near the lions cage one can
almost fancy he is about to discover the
sources of the Nile. In, the distance, as he
half closed his eyes, he hears the cluck of
the dodo which has just come off her nest
with two little new dodos. He also hears
the lit of the Scaroo and the sleepy voice of
the high behind. The FURNISHED moon
seems to Simmer little bit through the
almost opaque jungle. The yum yum tree
seems to sigh in the gentle zephyr The
tutti frutti palm sways in the soft starlight,
while far away in the deep recesses of the
pungent night one can almost hear Emin
Bey.
In the murky depths of the bush, the
scorbutic murmurs its lullaby to its young
and the lala sinks to rest with low cry.
Hist!
What is that?
do not know what it is.
AvIvID IMAGINATION. i
Is it the croupy moan of the dewdad asfit
rubs its hot back against the gum ar4bic
tree, or is it the valedictory of the oyeHipe
citizen as he drops from his tree into1 the
yestibule of straw colored lion with red
gums?
Again tits still until the sleepy voio9of the
hippopotsmus is heard as he yawAs a little
and obscures the face of nature Also his
own. Then as silence comes there is a crush
ing blow in the back of the explorers a harsh
voice tells him to wake up 3nd move on or
get a moss agate over the i've "and 30 days
on thoiland." He awake9 with wild start
to find himself in the clutches of sparrow
chaser"
Central Park, including the menagerie
and the mouth Of the hippopotamus, will be
open each day until further notice. Lohen-
grin boats viii connect fgith park phaetons
ana polite park police1nen viii club the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26
He Wanted n troublesome Timspiscs.

Washington Critic.
At the clockery:
Purchaser-What kind of time does this
watch keep?
Dealer-Oh, very excellent time, sir.
Purchaser-Alwsys?
Dealer-Always
Purchaser-Then I guess it won't suit,
for some of the time it will have to keep
on me won't be so good as it might be.
Haven't got any that keep monkey and
parrot time?
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POE'S FAMOUS FIGHT.
The Celebrated Battle Between Pi-
oneers and Indians, When
BRAVE BIGFOOT WAS WORsTED.
The Scene of the Desperate Encounter
Located Definitely,
SETTLING A HISTORICAL DISPUTE

THERE are few
more thrilling stories
in pioneer history
than that of the des-
perate fight between
Andrew Poe and Big
foot, the Wyandotte
Indian. 1t has had
such widespread no
toriety that to many a
schoolboy this excit-
ing tale is more IA
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CHAPTER XIII.

WAITED till she had dried her tears. Then,
"Well, my dear sister," questioned, "dO
you realize what that letter means?"
''What it means? Why. that her blind
ness is only temporary, and can be cured.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26
NYENCE CENTRALPARK
William and the Other Wild Animals
Are Thrown in Contact.
ATALK ON THE FLORA ANDFAUNA.
He Thinks the Elephant Should Shorten
Up His SuSpenders.
THE KANGAROO AND THE LAME LIONEsS
WRITTEN Foz THE DrsrArcH.!

- 80 AAACCN .
great delightto the
busy truck drivers
a n d other BRAIN
workers of n e W
York, on a quiet
Sabbath afternoon,
to stroll about our
great free menage-
rie and congress of
living wonders near
the Sixty-fourth
street and Fifth
avenue entrance
to Central Park.
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Leopold Benary, an old New York physician.
prev nts Louise Masarte, beautiful young
woman. from suiciding in the East river at
midnight. The woman says she has neither
friends. relatives nor money. and she is haunt
ed by the memory of her past She resists the
doctors interference, but finally agrees to go
to his home. where he engages to show her
better way out of her trouble or to release her
within an hour. There sho tells the physician
that she has been guilty Of crime that cannot
be outlived. The physician tells her that he
can, by means of an operation, obliterate her
memory of all past events; that mentally she
will be as a newly-born babe. He offers to per-
form the operation, and with the aid of his sis
ter Josephine. educate her in her new life. She
accepts the offer, and the next morning the OPP
GRAFTON is successfully performed. The physi-
clan and his sister educate her. and introduce
her to their friends as their niece, Miriam.
-Four years later the doctor is saved from the
blizzard by Henry Fairchild, a young sculptor.
DR.. Benary insists upon the sculptor remaining
at his house for the evening, and introduces his
niece Miriam. The sculptor falls in love with
Miriam and marries her. without knowing her
history, but supposing her to be the niece Of
DR.. Benary. The welded pair 60 to Europe to
spend the honeymoon.
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caterpillars off the trees and and try to do
everything in their power to make the occa-
sion q success. BILL NYE.
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A DEAD ISSUE.

We here see the American opossum, or
didelphys Virginiand. He ought to be the
crest of the civil service reform party, for
to the casual observer he is extremely dead.
We next pass to the fat occupied by the
hippopotami or the genus pachyderm. The
two hippopotamuses. as our best Engilsh
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26

ginia shore extended down nearly opposite
the mouth of the run. It was in the bushes
at the mouth Of the run that the Indians
secreted their RATS or canoes, and it was for
this point that they were making when they
were overtaken and the fight ensued.
Some accounts state that 1t was Adam
Poe who grappled with Bigfoot and had the
celebrated hand-to-hand conflict from the
bank into the river; but other and better
authorities agree that it was Andrew, and
that Adam was the one who finally shot
Bigfoot This is the prevailing view, al
though 1t is often spoken of differently, and
upon one of the Ohio river aliases the spot
Is enormously designated as "the place
where Adam Poe and Bigfoot fought.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
If Pittsburg or Allegheny children want
to personally inquire into the subject sny
farther, there is little doubt but that one of
DR.. Cowls sons, who is pastor of a church
In Allegheny, would be source of infor-
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Ridge Do,O11 Which the Indians We're Chased.
and Where John Cherry Was Killed.
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can be done for it or not I do not pretend
to say. am not here to moralize. My
duties simply embrace terse description Of
the animal ITSELF The only cases, however,
where the kangaroo has not been gregarious
are isolated.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
Military After thu boomers.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March l8.-The latest
news from Oklahoma is that many of the
boomers, instead of leaving the country
as ordered by Lieutenant Carson, who is
in command of the United States soldiers,
are taking to the woods, and are conceal
ing themselves in camps and in the for
ests along the north fork of the Canadian
river. This has left at Oklahoma only
those who are entitled to remain by reason
OF being employed by the government or
by the railroad company. Indian scouts
are securing the woods and thiokets for
these camps, and the soldiers are securing
the country in every direction, and wherever
boomers are found they are ordered to
leave and get over the line as rapidly as
possible. There has been but little Oppo-
sition to the soldiers, but some boomers
claim since the cession of the country by
the Greeks, the land is public domain, and
that the military have no right to drive
them from it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
Taylor Topics.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
TAYLOR, March 1S.-The canvass for the
city election is warming up. Four
candidates for marshal are out, but
in the other Offices the present incum
bents have no opposition. For aldermen,
S. Lewis and j. f. Black are announced.
In the local option election at Granger
and Bartlett, held last Saturday, Granger
gave seven majority for prohibition, and
Bartlett gave sixteen anti majority. -Four
kegs of beer were opened at Granger
Saturday night by the ants to celebrate
their victory.
County Attorney R. A. John is in the
city to-day.
Major B. Gerry, of Rockdsle, has bought
an interest in the warehouse business of
Symes g. Blood, and the firm is now Symes,
Blood d Gerry, with the latter as general
manager.
Cotton continues to come, and to date
Taylor has shipped a little over 10000
bales.
The family of Mr.. K. Matthews, station
agent for the International and Great
Northern, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
and the Taylor, Bastrop and Houston rail
roads, arrived yesterday from Cotulla, and
are moving into their new residence.
Nat. Q. Henderson, after visit to Tay-
lor, left to-day, duly armed and equipped
for Washington, in search of federal ap-
pointment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
BURN EFT BUDGET.

w ork on the Austin and N orthwestern
notwithstanding Damage Suit.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
BURNET, March 18.-Forty hands were
brought up from the Austin and North
western main line yesterday and added to
the track laying force on the extension.
There are now about seventy"five hands in
the construction force, including those at
work on the bridges.
Judge W. A. Blackburn opened district
court in Mills county to-day. He now has
two instead of one week to dispose of the
Mills county docket before opening court
at this place.
The district court docket here for the
April term shows, SO far, eight criminal
cases coming over from last court, and
twenty civil cases, most of the latter new.
To-day Robert and hewitt Smith,
through their attorney, j. G. Cook, each
commenced a civil suit for $1,000
damages against Mr.. Alfred zoe,
well-kuown citizen of the county.
During the last term of county court the
Smith brothers were tried on az indict-
ment for obstructing public road by
changing the original road and fencing it
up. They were tried by jury and &C
quilted, and now bring suit against Mr..
zoe, who was prosecuting witness, for
damages for malicious prosecution. All
the parties are citizens of good standing
in the eastern part of the county, and the
damage case will be among the most in
terestipg to be tried at the coming term of
court. Hammond and Baker are retained
for the defense, and the cases will be
warmly aud ably contested on both sides
II. L. Higdon, the engineer employed to
survey the line, says he believes the Lam
pasas, Burnett and Southwestern road will
be built. That the business men of Lam
pasas seem determined In the matter and
will go to work as soon as it is settled
what road will occupy it on the best terms
II is understood they are negotiating with
both the Austin and Northwestern and the
Cotton Belt roads. The line is 80 short
that it seems strange it has not been built
before this time, considering the valu able
connections it would make for Lampasas
Burnet and Austin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
Bidding for Immigration.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1S.-Late Chill
ian advices state that the Gillian govern
ment has issued decree prohibiting the
immigration of Chinese into the repub-
lie. The Gillian government has sent
across to its immigration agents in Eu-
rope, authorizing them to give free pas
sage to all who desire to emigrate to
Chill, where on arrival they will receive
board and lodging for fifteen days.
The Bolivian and CHILEAN governments
are engaged in dispute over the action
taken by the latter in Antofastogo. The
Gillian minister of foreign affairs, in re-
ply to protest from Bolivia, says Chill
considers as annexed to her territory all
land south of parallel No. %; that Chilli
exercises determined jurisdiction over
the rest of the coast, and, while Chilli en-
tertains the most friendly intentions
toward Bolivia, it does not accept the
conditions of the coast to be such asS is
claimed by Bolivia.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
LETTER OF SYMPATHY.

R. B. Hayes Delivers a Few Words of En-
couragement to Disabled Confederates.
New YORK, March 19.-Letters of sym
pathy with the projected National Con-
federate Soldiers Home at Austin, Tex,
continue to pour in to Secretary Oliver
Downing. Among the letters received is
one from er President R. B. Hayes. 1t is
given in full below. There are also letters
from Major General George Crook, of the
Division OF the Missouri, and from W..
Merritt, of the Department of Missouri.
General Crook speaks of the movement as
"charity which sectionalism can we'll afford
to overlook. The north can in this way
show kindness and sympathy to fallen
foe."
Ex-President R. B. Hayes writes as fol-
lows:
FREMONT, o., March Is, l9S9.-My Dear
Sir: thank you for the privilege of unit
ing with the New York citizens commit
tee in their patriotic and charitable work
in behalf of the disabled and destitute SOL
diers of the Confederacy. The time is
uodI VI ~ 10 uOb hlEohuy OOuoJ Whou Jup-
tice to its defenders will require the ma
tional government to expend much larger
sums than have heretofore been appropri-
ated for the support of the men who saved
it. A sacred obligation to the Union sol
diers will not be forgotten nor neglected,
and especially by those who have shared
in the fullest measure the the prosperity
which has come from their services and
the sacrifices of those who stood by the
government when it was imperiled.
But those who fought against
the nation cannot and do not
look to it for relief. Their
disabled and destitute comrades are left
to the generosity and benefactions of
their more fortunate fellow-citizsns who
wisely forecast the inspiring future of our
country. The Confederate soldiers and
their descendants are to share with US and
our descendants the destiny of America.
Whatever, therefore, we, their fellow citi-
zens, can do to remove the burdens from
their shoulders and to brighten their lives
is surely in the pathway of both humanity
and patriotism. With my contribution to
the enterprise, I beg you TO accept also
my best wishes for it's success. 1 remain
sincerely, RUTHERFoBD B. HAYES
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
TEXARKANA.

Residence Burned Evidently the Work
of an Incendiary.
( Special Telegram to the Statesman.
TRxARKANA, Ark, March 1S.-This morn
ing at O'Clock the fine two-story resi-
dence near State Line avenue, on the
Arkansas side of the city, owned by Col
onel Thos. Trigg, was consumed by fire.
It was occupied by two families-the fam
lily of the owner and that of Doctor Ham
mond. Strange to say the inmates were
late discovering the fire. They barely
escaped with their ives; scarcely an
article of furniture or clothing was saved
Colonel Trigg thinks it undoubtedly the
work of an inoendiary, as not a spark OF
fire was left on the place when the fam
lilies retired. The loss falls heavily on
the parties. The house was valued at
$4,000; insurance in Offenhsuser's agency
for $4,000. The furniture, including two
fine pianos, was valued at $4,000, with no
insurance.
District court commenced on the Grim
inal docket and is dispatching business
rapidly. Joe Robinson, the colored man
caught burglarizing Hewitt's store some
months ago, was sent up for two years on
a charge of burglary and the same time
for theft.
Search for the missing Robinson has SO
far been unsuccessful.
After court adjourned this evening the
members of the bar met and passed a
series of resolutions favoring change in
this Judicial district so as to allow six
weeks for each session of the court here
instead of four weeks, as under the exist
ing law the time allowed is totally in
adequate to dispose of the business. A
committee, composed of Hon. W. IL.
Tilson and W. I. Hudgins, was appointed
to memorabilia the Legislature on the sub
ject. A member of the local bar will
visit Austin to urge the measure.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
MARY ANDERSON.
Her Physician Denies Certain Remarks
Concerning Her Health.

Her Physician Denies Certain Remarks
Concerning Her Health.
BALTIMORE, March 1S.-Dr. John Van
Bibber, who attended Mary Anderson dur
ing her stay in Baltimore last week, en-
phatically denies the report that her
mind is affected.
81 am always very averse,". said he, "to
saying anything about the symptoms of
my patients, as such matters are con-
fidential, but in the face of
these absurd reports about Miss
Anderson I am glad to enter
an emphatic denial. Miss Anderson is in
an abnormal nervous condition from over
work and insomnia, and is suffering from
nervous troubles that has given her great
pain. She is not suffering from any
mental ailment whatever, nor has she
shown any symptoms of such troubles.
She is weak and nervous and unable to
stand the severe strain of her part in the
play this season, and it Ia better she should
take an extended rest.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
WASHINGTON.
The Appointment Mill Slowly
neutrality-suspicious. Batch
of Nominations.
Whltelaw Reid Gets q Piece of
the Poisonous Illness of
Mrs. Harrison.
FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The vice-presi
dent announced the appointment of the
following select committee on the April
centennial celebration in New York:
Senators Hiscock, Sherman, Hoar, Voor-
bees and Eustis.
Senator Sherman called up the proposed
amendment of the rule requiring the reso-
buttons that call for information from the
executive department to be referred to the
appropriate committee. He said the
adoptions of such resolutions without in
curing sometimes involved very large and
unnecessary expenses and that such a
change of rule was desirable.
Senator Voorhees, opposed the change
of the rule. He understood that no as
mt to it had been given on the demo-
cratic side of the chamber. He called at
tention to the fact that the government
was within few weeks of closing its first
hundred years of history under the Con
stitution, and that during that century of
the national life no such rule as that now
proposed had ever been found necessary.
He could see no object that it was likely
to accomplish, except to stihe investiga-
ton and obstruct inquiry into the CON
duct of the executive department.. He
submitted to the senator from Ohio and
to all senators on the other side, whether
they could afford, at the threshold of a
new administration, to give notice to the
world that Investigation and inquiry into
the proceedings of the departments shall
been the case heretofore.
OAfter long debate the rule and amend
ments were recommitted to the committee
on rules, and after brief executive ses-
sion the senate adjourned.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
HOUSTON.
Almost a Riot All on Account of
Two Rival Street Car
companies.
The Fire F1end at Tyler and
Texarkana-Suicide at
Dallas.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Houston, March 1S.-Several times this
morning it looked as though riot could
not be avoided when the new street rail
way company men began to drop their
ties along Congress street. The gang in
the employ of the old company followed
them up and dropped each alternate tie.
Their. began the tug of war to see which
nrowd would get the rails down first and
the result appeared to be stand off. On
the block are three rails; two are laid so
closely together as to render it impossible
to run a car over the track. The forces of
the old com pany were marshaled under
Alderman Freuud and those of the new
were led by Alderman Underwood. The
streets were so thronged with people the
workmen could hardly drive the spikes,
and more than once there came near being
a collision between the forces which would
have resulted in bloodshed. Work was
finally stopped on the hostile ground by
the COURTS the city suing out an lnjunc-
ton against the old company and the
old company enjoining the Boyd Bros.
The injunction suits will be heard by
Judge Masterson at O'Clock tomorrow.
His honor, Mayor Smith, has placed
Colonel Sinclair, Manager Macgregor and
Superintendent Freund under arrest for
interfering with the new company.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
Cattle Accommodations.
ial Telegram to the Statesman.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Fort Worth, March l9.-The Union
Stock Yards company are whooping up
things just now, and it will be but short
time until Fort Worth will have the most
extensive yards west of Kansas City. A
large amount of lumber for the pens and
buildings is now on the grounds, and car
penters have begun work. large gang
of men are at work putting in sidetrack
connecting with the railroads, and there
will be no let-up until it is finished.
Complaint is made that the Indians are
killing large number of cattle. They
make a roundup of the choicest young.ani-
mails and drive them to the Territory.
Here they cut out the tongue, leaving the
entire carcass to rot on the plains.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
Red Nosed Mike,

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, March 19.-Private
information reached here this evening that
Giuseppe Beveviro, the accomplish Of Red
Nosed Mike in the murder of Paymaster
Mcclure and Stablemsn Flanagan, has at
last been arrested in Italy and will be
brought here with Vincenzo Villelo, who
was arrested month ago. Counsel for
Red Nosed Nike have determined to sp
peal to the supreme coart for new trial
for their client, and have already filed
their writ of error. The case is to come
up before the supreme court in April.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21
CattIemen's Compromise.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
GAINESVILLE, March 1S.-For the past
three days many cattlemen who failed in
the great crash of 1885 have met their
creditors here and have effected COM
promise. Most OF the cattIemen pay 9 to
5 cents on the dollar on their debts for
their release, while some pay as high as 10
cents. Some of the creditors who have
settled are from Kansas City, Springfield,
Mo-, and Chicago, but large part of the
debt settled is held here. The total
amount of the debt thus wiped out is in
the peighborhood of million dollars,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21

trains loaded with cattle that are passing
through this city. Sunday on the Den
yer road cattle trains were feature, all
going to points in the Panhandle and the
Indian Territory. 1t may be that the
oattlemen are selling low down, but the
fact is apparent that they are selling and
selling by punches. This, if kept up,
will stimulate prices, and better times are
confidently looked for. The Stock Jour
nal reports the sale of 5000 three and
four-y ear-old steers by D. H. & W. j. Sny
der, of Colorado City, to Forsyth d Smyth,
of the Indian Territory, at $50 per head,
the lot being the cut of the herd and ex-
ceptionslly fine. The same parties also
sold to j. F. Evans, of Sherman, 1000
head of two year-olds for $15 per head.