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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-01

w. L. Coppersmith don't send
work to other cities, but does all
that is instrusted to him in his
building, 234 st. Clair street. 45-1y.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-01

Engraving OF all kinds promptly
attended to at W. L. Coppersmith' IS,
234 st. Clair street. 45-1y.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-01

June 5-3nl.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
CRISP CONVERSATIONS.

The golden poppy has been selected
&C the state flower Of California
Wooden spoon making is an extensive
industry in Russia, 100000 being the
annual product.
The man who kept Hamilton Lock in
the Thames for twenty-five years was
lately found floating in it, drowned.
There are only two manufactures Of
tape measures in the United States-the
principal one at Brooklyn and the other
at Cleveland, O.
A tusk feet long and tooth weigh
ing over seven pounds, supposed to have
been part of a mastodon, have been I'M
earthed at Monson, La.
The attorney general Of Texas has de-
cided that the court house of Bowie
county must be built at the geographi,
cal center, which is in dense forest.
The climate is said to be responsible
for the remarkably beautiful complex
ions of the Oregon and Washington
women, combined with the fact that
they, as children, live almost entirely on
fruit,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
NOVELTIES IN JEWELS.

Finger rings are one of the fads in
jewelry now, and are much worn by
both sexes.
An elegant trinlet appreciated by
both sexes is q pocket mirror in frosted
gold or silver.
A unique dinner favor is IL seal with
the cipher of the guest who receives it
carefully cut upon it.
Slender fillets of gold or silver are
much worn by young ladies, Elaborate
tiaras enriched with gems are affected
by matrons.
Men about town are affecting rings of
dark red gold, in the chased top of
which are incrusted cat's-eyes, sapphires
or other stones.
The new pocketbook and card case
combination is nearly square, and is
made Of morocco or other fashionable
leather with silver trimmings.
What are known as Cleopatra trinkets
have appeared in the way of bracelets,
necklaces and brooches. These are in
Egyptian designs, such as lotus leaves,
spbinxes and serpent's heads.
Serpent rings with ruby eyes, also
bracelets in the form of serpents, have
come to the fore. This may or may not
be due to Sara Bernhardt's introduce
ton of serpents that are masterpieces Of
the goldsmith's art in her personifcation
of Cleopatra. --Jewelers' Circular.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05

prevent the sale Of cigarettes, tobacco
ETC., to boys under 81 years, will be
reported favorably, with an amend
ment reducing the age of prohibition
from 81 to IA years.
House bill No. ITO, by Mr.. Rogan
of Brown, to prevent the growth and
propagation Of johnson grass in
Texas, was moved down in the com
mittee, and will be pulled up by the
roots and sent to the house with an
unfavorable report.
House bill No. 1856, by Mr.. Agnew,
providing "to pay one-half his fee to
the county or district attorney in all
cases where he is not present, in lieu
of FORGETTING it all to the county, as at
present" fell by the wayside, and will
be laid out in the house with an I'M
favorable report.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
THE GENrLER SEX.

Mrs Clymer, Sorosis clubs old time
president and best looking member al
well. is q slender and graceful blonde
with sweet voice and fine eyes,
The wife of Judge H. B. Brown, re
Gently appointed from Michigan to s
seat on the bench of the supreme court
is said to be most beautiful woman Of
many accomplishments.
Miss Mimi Flanagan, one of the most
prominent of the younger bellies of ST.
Louis, is a girl of rather slight figure
graceful, with finely cut features, light
brown hair and blue eyes.
Mrs. Septima NJ. Coils, wife of Gen.
Coils, was one of the four beautiful wo-
men of Philadelphia who were selected
by Gen. Meade at the Grand Duke
Alexis ball some twenty years ago to
banquet with the royal guest and his
suit.
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett, the magazine
writer, is the daughter of a country doc
tor. She was born and brought up on
the sea coast of Massachusetts,. She is
not exactly pretty woman, but her
manner is most attractive, and Boston
worships her.
The first titled Englishwoman to be-
come laundress is Lady Wimborne,
who has established u successful laun-
dry on her husbands estate i'll Dorset
shire. The enterprise has been so well
conducted that it yields the owner Il
profitable income.
One of the bright particular stars of
beauty in Vienna is Count Taafe's
daughter, the Countess Coudenhove.
She is small woman, whose hair is
blonde while her eyes are dark. Her hus
band is one of the handsomest men in
the Austrian capital.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has broken the
first ground for the erection Of the Art
and Archaeological museum, which is to
be part of the great Leland Stanford,
Jr., university at Palo Alto, Cal, The
university is to be open equally to men
and women; its equipment is to be rs
complete as money can make it,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
SENATE COMMITTEES.

The Senate Judiciary Committee
No. spent the evening in consider
ing minor bills in order to clear the
table of business. Quite number OF
bills relating to the Revised Statutes
and criminal procedure were re-
ported. Among the others bill by
Townsend to allow district clerks and
sheriffs fees in habeas corpus trials Of
felony cases similar to those now al
lowed in final trials of felony cases. A
bill creating period OF limitation of
thirty years will be reported favorably.
Bill by Tyler to throw burden of
proof on persons claiming damage for
injuries sustained from barped wire to
show negligence in owner of such
fence will be reported favorably, as
will bill by Simkins to render void
all mortgages and deeds of trust on
work stock and corn necessary to feed
family and stock,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
DOINGS OF ROYALTY.

Gatchina, the cars home, contains
700 rooms.
The queen of Italy received ~ birth.
day present from her husband recently
superb ruby ring.
The German kaiser rises every morn.
ing at Z. He takes cold shower bath
is shaved and shampooed, and by 1880 is
ready for breakfast with the empress.
The hereditary prince of Nassau is re
garded as a sutton to one of the daugh
tiers Of the Prince of Wales. He is Q
handsome young fellow, somewhat pro
fessorial.
The Duchess of Connaught and hel
husband gave the Princess Victoria OF
Prussia five rows of pearls, each row
having a pendant-the first diamonds
the second sapphires, the third moon.
stones, the fourth emeralds and the fifth
rubies.
King William of Hollnnd would neve
permit his daughter to learn German
although tits her mothers native tongue
Now that she is queen al.l her own mis-
tress as well, she will probably be taugh
German. The littlequcan speaks Frencl
to perfection.
The Archduke Charles Louis, heir
presumptive to the Austrian throne, ha'
limited all his sons to an allowance d
fifty forms month until the day OF
their majority, AT 18 an archduke
steps per saltum into full liberty and an
income of at least goo, 900.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
WENT WITH A HANDsOMER MAN.
Freak of q New Orleans Woman Who Left
Her Husband.

Her Husband.
DALLAS, Tex, Jan 30.-About the middle
of December man named @. w. Bakwell
came to this city from New Orleans. Bak-
well being an expert fresco painter and
decorator readily found work with one of
our leading firing. Since Bakwell has been
in Dallas it appears thathe has correspond
ed with the girl he left behind him and as
the result the woman came out to the Lone
Star State She arrived in Dallas on De-
cember 30th. He met her at the train and
in reply TO the question if they had been
living as man and wife since that time
stated "she bore my name"
This morning Barwell was arrested on q
warrant sworn out by James Finnigan.
charging him with living in adultery.
Finnigan claims that during the latter part
OF December his wife, Jennie Finnegan, left
their home in New Orleans, came to Dallas
and met Barwell A couple of days ago
Finnigan arrived in Dallas. Barwell says
when he left New Orleans it was under
stood Mrs. Finnigan was to get divorce
from her husband and after the divorce
was obtained he was to marry the woman.
Mrs. Finnigan denies that she and Bak-
well have ever lived as man and wife, but
says she will rever live with Finnigan
again. She claims as her reason for leaving
her husband that he did not treat her we'll.
Since the coming of Mrs. Finnigan to Dali
las she and Bakwell have passed as man
and wife at Two different boarding houses
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
A Rival of the Cotton Seed Oil Trust.

CHICAGO, H., Jan. 30.-The Columbia
Oil and Huller company, capital $l,0OO,0Oo,
was incorporated yesterday. The object of
of the company is stated to be the manu-
facture and refining of cotton seed oil and
the manufacture of all kinds of cotton or
other seed products. Arrangements have
been made, it is said, to start mill and
refinery in Chicago and mill in Memphis
to be in combination from the start. The
company proposes to be a competitor of
the cotton seed oil trust, and attracts the
support of discontinued planters and re-
finers not members of the trust. The in.
corporators are lawyers, brokers and
others. What additional backing the CON-
pany possesses has not been developed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
RELEASED FROM JAIL.
Result Of the Case of Mrs. Gillette at Jusrez
Mexico

mexico.
Ell PAso, Tex, Jan. 30-Mrs. Gillette.
the American who vas arrested by the
Mexican authorities at Juarez last Monday,
has been discharged. 1t is stated that she
was acquitted for want of evidence with a
proviso that if, in the future, sufficient evil
denCe should be found .or her conyic-
ton the government would have
the right to arrest her If
found on Mexican soil. At the trial it was
shown that the letter which caused her ar
rest was a private communication to ex-
Jailer Della Tarres from bis wife, and had
no reference whatever to any attempted
escape of Clayton.
The property of the Rosenfield
Construction company was sold by
the sheriff yesterday under an executionis
sued by the district court. The Outfit con-
sisting of 81 mules, harness, wagons, scrap
ers and plows was brought in by Judge
P. F. Edwards for $4,000. 1t is under
stood that the Judge bought the property
for the Ell Paso National Bank of this city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. 3l.-H. G. Kee-
BILE of Selma, head of the Keeble company
which failed for $4,000 few days has fled
the state to escape indictment and arrest.
Some 5000 bales of cotton were consigned to
the company and he used warehouse re-
ceipts, and drew money on them from the
banks and others. Persons advancing the
money claim the cotton while the consign-
ors also make claim. Keeb!e thought it
best to leave. His whereabouts are un'
known,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
The President Grieved.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The effect of the
death of Secretary Window was clearly
visible in all departments of the govern
ment this morning. While the treasury was
the only BUILDING closed, business was
practically suspended in all the executive
departments. The president is very deeply
grieved over the loss of his friend and this
morning gave instructions to inform callers
that he would see no one on business to-
day. Flags on all the executive buildings
are at half mast.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
Fire at Findlay ,

PIrTsBuRG, Pa, Jan. 30.-A special to the
Chronicle. Telegraph from Findlay, o.,
says: At O'Clock this morning disas-
trous fire started from some unknown
cause in the little town of Cynot, seventeen
miles north of this city, and before it could
be subdued six blocks were burned away
and three persons are known to have per
ished in the flames. Others are reported
missing and several more will probably be
found to have lost their lives in the fire.
The loss will exceed 100000, with little or
no insurance,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
Bogus Government Reports.

OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 29.-Business circles
are much surprised by the information that
the prospective wheat crop is 10 600. 600
bushels less than reported by the govern
ment, and the growing crop is in a yerv un
promising condition. The matter was
made public by the committee report at
the National farmers Alliance convention.
The committee was secretly formed two
months ago and visited all the western
wheat territory.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
A Teacher A ssaulted.

BELAIRE, O., Jan. 3O.-Prof. Person May
ers, principal of school in this city, was
brutally assaulted by the mother of pupil
whom che teacher had whipped for disobe
dience. The mother, who is a perfect Anna
zon in strength and temper, Called at the
SCHOOL with her daughter and both attack
ing the professor. They tore out handfuls
of his hair and beard, gouged his eyes and
blutally kicked him. Mayors is in dan
eerous conditions and will lose his eyesight.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05

The senate committee on state al
fairs considered several petitions from
citizens asking for repeal of all Sun
day laws. The petitions, however,
gave evidence of some outside force at
work to stir up the matter and as the
facts indicated that the petitions
were not drawn up by the signers to
cure some existing evils the petitions
were laid aside without action. A
subcommittee was appointed con-
sisting of Senators Kearbey, Lubbock
and Weisiger to draft bill to enact
i more stringent game law in response
to numerous petitions on the subject.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
SUICIDE OF A BUTCHER.
A Dallas Man Goes Insane and Jumps Into
the River.

A Dallas Man Goes Insane and Jumps Into
the River.
DALLAS, Tex, Jan. 30.-A few nights ago
Charles Myers, a young German and
butcher by trade, was found on the street
IN an excited condition, claiming that some
one was following him in order to murder
him. He was thought to be under the in
luence of liquor and was locked up in the
calaboose. Shortly after this Myers broth
er came after him and took him home.
Charles was in high stage of fever when
taken hone, and it was thought he was 60
ing to have a spell of sickness. The next
morning Myers was missing from home
and a search was instantly made for him
Yesterday evening his hat and coat wer,
| found on the river bank and this morning
his dead body was taken from the river.
1t is supposed that he committed suicide
while laboring under temporary menta
arrangement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
Rpnnrts Untrue.

CLARENDON, Tex, Jan. 3O.-All reports in
reference to the Indians are untrue. A
party of armed men went from here to Sal
isbury on special train starting about 2.30
O'Clock and have returned. No Indians
there. All is quiet
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05

upon the bill, hidingit from sight, and
before the united efforts of the speaker
and the clerks had succeeded III ex,
hu ming it, l o'clock had come, and
suspending heavy canopy of fog ovcr
the state house, sadly sank into the
obi ion of the past.
Aquarter of an hour later the House
adjourned and committee work be-
came the order of the day.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05

Judiciary committee No. 2, with
characteristic promptness and dis
patch cut a swath through the ripened
fields of "bills for an act" sheaing
them up to be fed out to the house
in bundles like this:
Senate bill No. Al, by Senator Kear'
by, will be returned to the house with
the recommendation that it be re-
turned to the senate for proper en-
grossment.
House bill No. II, by Mr.. Rogan o!
Caldwell, authorizing county courts
to dispose Of certain criminal cases
during vacation, was taken up and
again referred to subcommittee, with
Mr.. Rogan as chairman.
House bill No. "a, by Mr.. Riddle, to
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05

The hour OF noon came and the
house hung itself on alegislative snag,
running afoul of a substitute offered
to Mr.. Williamson's bill, proposing to
prevent the unauthorized invasion of
enclosed lands for hunting and fishing
purposes.
Oratory, rhetoric and eloquence ran
rampant, stampeding all thoughts OF
adjournment, dinner or committee
work, and chasing to their holes a
number of hungry previous ques-
tions" and emotions to adjourn"
A hailstorm of amendments fell
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05

House bill No. 239, by Mr.. Graves
"to give county attorneys, justices Of
the peace and constables q certain
per cent of all the moneys collected
by them for payment into the county
treasury" will be reported favorably
House bill No. 80, by Mr.. Browning
Of Lampasas, defining rape aud plac
ing the age of discretion at II instea'
OF 7 as formerly" will be reporte
favorably.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-18
VIEWING TIE REMAINS.

General shsrman's Family Opens the
House to Allow Friends TO See the Corpse.
The Arrangement Of the Room.
New YoRK, Feb. 1.-THE family Of
General Sherman to-day decided to allow
the friends and the vetrans who fought
with him an opportunity to view the
body. For this purpose they set apart
to-day and tomorrow from 10 a. m. TO
p. m. for. that purpose. A number Of
friends called at the house this forenoon.
The General looks quite natural in his
last sleep. There Is but slight dis.
coloration and the face is but little
swollen. On the black lid OF the casket
Is folded the American flag, on which
rests the Generals hat and the gold
hilted sword and scabbArd presented To
him at the close Of the war by the State
Of New York.
Candelabra are burning near the head
OF the casket. At one side Is bust OF
the General and a large painting which
is draped on each side by two large flags.
One OF these Is the Generals htadquar,
tiers hsg and ths other a beautiful silk
flag presented by lady friends.
There Ia large painting Of Mrs. Sher.
uan on the wall, and close to the Gen.
erals casket hangs his escutcheon.
About the room are floral tributes from
friends. A number Of palms have been
received from the grandchildren Of Zach.
ary Taylor. The regular military guard
rema!la on duty in the front hall, while
a special squad OF New York's tallest
policemen Keeps the people In line.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-18
JohnntoMnIn Flood. .

JoHNsTowN, Pa, Feb. l7.-At4 o'clock
this morning the river was receding and
got down two feet from the highest
point reached. Heavy rains, however,
caused it 10 swell again, and at 10 o'clock
1t was back to the high stage and pros.
poets were good for more water. It is
now plainly observable that the arches
OF the stone bridge, where 40 manv lives
we're lost in the disaster Of June, 'S9, are
responsible for much Of the overflow by
not permitting the water to pass through
freely, and an indignation meeting is
tslked otto protest againstthis continued
menace to Rafety.
A wild report spread this evening that
the people were going to dynamite the
stone bridge, and by the request OF Su,
perintendent Pitcairn, Of the Pennsyl.
vauia railroad, Mayor Rose placed a
guard at that point. The rumor, how.
ever, Is thought to be the result OF
senseless talk. Late tonight the rivers
began 10 fall rapidly, though the people
will not return TO their houses till morn
inc
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-18
TERRIBLE DISASTER.
A Steamboat Horror at cincin-
natl Last Night.
THE BIG STEAMER SHERLOCK,
Carrying Nearly a Hundred People,
Runs into the Q. y o. Bridge.
How Few Were Rcscued..-A
Number of Lives Lost.

CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 17.-It was after
o'clock tonight when the steamer
Sherlock, OF the Cincinnati & New Or.
leans line, under command of Captain
Mcintyre, backed out from her wharf and
started down the river on her last trip.
She had a burden of thirty.fve passen.
gers and a crew Of fifty to sixty men.
The river was high, the wind was strong
and as the steamer approached the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad bridge
nearly all the passengers were on deck
to see how near the boats chimneys
would come TO the bridge. In a nc.
ment, with q terrible crash In the DARK.
ness, the boat struck the stone pier OF
the bridge and was utterly helpless.
MIR. James Pickett was on the Ken
lucky shore, and observed something
unusual in the boats movements. In.
stead of going toward the wide
center span she moved toward
the Kentucky BhoTe span, where
the current is. He says that she SEEM
ed to be unmanageable aud that she
was too close 10 the pier and to his
horror he saw her strike about the
wheel house on the Kentucky side Of
the pier. She Ciung there for
q short time and gave dif.
tress signals. Pickett manned boats
and went to the help Of the distressed
He succeeded in picking
of six women and seven men, following
the flowing vessel as she left the pier and
hoated down the angry river. He sayshe
saw some OF the crew swimming ashore
and saw two on raft and he thinks ho
saw many struggling in the water. As
many as were yet left were taken aboard
and returned TO the city. There were
tTenty-one registered passengers and
nine not registered.
LATRR.-It is known certainly that
Mira. Mclean, of Pittsburgh, and her
granddaughter, Margery Brown, of
pittsburHh, were the only ones OF
The twenty-one registered passengers
lost. OF the nine unregistered passer.
gers whether all are safe, or not, Is not
known. The rescued are 80 scattered
about on both sides OF the river tonight
hat 1t is impossible to make a tally Of
The living and missing.