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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
SHOT A SAILOR. .
A CoAsTING sCHooNER's CAPTAIN
KILLS ONE OF HIS CREW.

A coAsTING sCHooNER's CAPTAIN
KILLS ONE OF HIS GREW.
GALVESTON, Tex, July 22.-R. H.
Larrabee, wood and charcoal dealer
here, received letter from the sheriff
ofChambers county, which states that
Capt. Phillip Smith of the schooner
Tidal Wave, shot and killed Richard
Mays, one of the crew, at Wallisville
last Monday morning. The difficulty
originated in Mays knocking Smith
OIL the counter of a grocery store.
Both men started for guns. Smith
succeeded in getting a Winchester
from Mays aunt. who resides in Wal
lisville, and meeting Mays fired three
shots at him, the last shot taking
effect in Mays breast, from the effects
of which he died Monday night I'm
mediately after the shooting Smith
was arrested and lodged in Jail. The
schooner Tidal Wave is owned by Mr..
Larrabee and is due here in the next
two days, when further particulars of
the tragedy will be obtained.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
A KANSAS KILLER.
JIM BRENNAN, THE SLAYER OF COL.
WOOD, HELD WITHOUT BAIL.

JIM BRENNAN, THE SLAYER OF COL.
WOOD, HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
ARKALoN, Kas., July 23.-The pre-
liminary hearing of James Brennan
for the killing of Col. Samuel Wood,
was held yesterday at Hugoton before
there justices of the peace, G. M.
Hugoton, Robert KcKinney of Woods
dale, and William Glover of eNiagara
township. DR.. G. l.. Eabnother, the
county coroner, Mrs. Wood and Mrs.
Carpenter were the only witnesses
called by the state. The defense in
troduced no testimony, and at the
conclusion of taking of evidence the
presiding justices bound Brennan over
to the grand jury, and committed him
to Reno county Jail without bail. His
trial will be held at the September
term of court.
A large delegation of Col. Woods
friends headed by j. E. Thomas and
armed to the teeth were in town when
the case was bout to be called. Three
men armed with Winchester rifles
were stationed at the door of the
school house where the trial was held
and as the crowd passed in each man
was examined and disarmed. Three
men with Winchesters were on guard
in the court room during the hearing.
The precaution taken precluded the
possibility of trouble and there was no
demonstration of any kind made.
The question of securing a jury at
the trial next September is the great
problem now. There are less than 800
men in Stevens county eligible to jury
service, and it will be an easy matter
for Brennan's friends to interview
them all and get an expression, which
will render them ineligible. The case
cannot be removed from the county
without consent of the defendant. In
this way indefinite continuance of the
case can be forced, and the final re-
lease of the prisoner by habeas corpus
will follow
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
important Masonic Meeting.

MIENEAPoLIs, Mimi, July 22.-
General Grand Chapter Royal Arch
Masons of the United States of Ameri-
ca, began its 2Sth Triennial conven
ton here at high noon. The body
the largest masonic body in the W )rld
having membership of al, 9Ol. 1t is
also the Oldest body in the Unitei
States, and it will celebrate it's centsn.
NAL in 1897.
The address of welcome was deliv-
cred by Major P, E. Wenstien and the
response by General Grand High
Priest d. F. Day. of Buffalo, N. Y.
The report of the general grand
sire showed that in, two years the net
growth Of the order has been IA, 942
The total mem oership now is al, 901.
Since 1889 1886, 796 were collected and
$l68,O97 expended. There are 2069
enrolled chapters. Interesting refer
ence was made to the growth of the
order in Asia, Mexico and South
America. The grand chapter in Chill
had not been heard from on account
of the civil war.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
ALL NOW QUIET AT COAL
CREEK AND THE CoUN-
TRY SAVED.
O0NvIOF WILL RETURN TO WORK.
The Militia Will Stack Arms and the
Legislature Will Il eet in Special
Pow-wow and Pander to
Foolish Prejudice.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July 23.-This
morning the miners committee left
Knoxville for Coal Creek with the de-
cision of the governor that if the con-
victs were allowed to be placed in the
mines from which they had been
evicted by the miners the militia
would be withdrawn and the legisla.
ture would be convened in extra SEES
sion for the purpose of taking such &C
ton as it saw fit on the convict lease
system. Coal Creek was reached at II
o'clock and when the miners commit
tee and Associated Press correspond
ent stepped from the train
a thousand miners were assembled to
meet them. AS soon as the committee
alighted from the train a loud voice
was heard, Cali miners to the big
grove" The big grove was about a
mile away. and thither the large crowd
rapidly made its way. A rude plat
form was hastily constructed, and on
it was placed the committee and Hon.
y. W w lilulllS, VIII represented Utlc
Knoxville arbitration committee. The
crowd was called to order by min ers
and two spokesman of the committee
related the incidents of the trip
to meet the governor, how he received
them and his decision. They stated
that the committee had received con
cessions and that in their minds the
miners ought to grant the same. This
did not meet with anything like uni
versal satisfaction, but the implicit
confidence miners had in their leaders
was shown in the unanimous vote to
accept the report OF the committee of
resolutions which had been appointed
and which had been in session while
the speakers were being heard.
The gist of the resolutions was that
the convicts should be returned to the
mines, the miners guaranteeing that
they would not be. molested. The
militia will be ordered home.
Sixty days will be allowed to con-
vene the legislature, during which
time no convicts shall be molested
and no property shall be destroyed,
and the miners, if necessary, will place
guards to see that the promises are
kept. The miners committee returned
to Knoxville at 5:15 p. IN. and are now
in conference with the governor and
Knoxville committee.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
HE IS GUILTY.
THE JURY IN THE GIBBS MURDER CASE
SAY HE is GUILTY-GEORGE-

THE JURY IN THE GIBBS MURDER CASE
SAY HE is GUILTY-GEoRGE-
TOWN NEWS NOTES.
GEORGETOWN, Tex, July 23.-After
being out since 6 o'clock yesterday
evening the jury at noon today re-
turned a verdict of guilty of murder
in the first degree in the case of J. P.
Gibbs, accused of killing a Mexican,
his wife and year old child, near
Hutto one year ago. The case has
been of more than local interest, and
attracted wide attention at the time.
The Mexican government at first
seemed determined to take an active
mart in the prosecution of the crimi-
nails. but abandoned further proceed
inrs' The son and son-in law of the
condemned was also arrested. and i'm,
,orisoned. The latter was pronounced
not guilty by the jury today. The son
of ]. T. Gibbs was dismissed from this
prosecution pending the trial only to
find his home deserted, his wife and
two children having died in small
pox camp some weeks ago. The case
was tried at the January term of court
but the jury disagreed A new trial
was begun last Monday with the above
verdict and penalty fixed at life i'm
prisonment.
The criminal docket is full and
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
An Old Mans Crime.

CHICAGO, July 24.-Geo. Froboese,
aged 90 years, this morning attacked
his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Geo. Fro
boese, Jr.. with Ratchet, inflicting
two serious cuts upon her head,
Thinking he had killed he. he severed
the arteries in both of his wrists with
razor. and settling himself com
posedly In an arm chair bled to death
before the woman had recovered con-
seriousness 1t is not yet definitely
determined whether Mrs. Froboese;s
injuries will prove fatal. The cause of
the tragedy is not known.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
Tracy Got Some. Too.

KYLE, Tex, July ga number
here believe that your correspondent
reported favorable to Judge Moore in
his debate with Harry Tracy at this
place. They claim that Judge Moore
did not "aunihilate the Cincinnati
convention" and that Mr.. Tracy re.
ceived as much or more applause than
he. Of course this is a matter of
opinion and your correspondent states
this in justice to Mr.. Tracy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
Sheriff in Charge

CHICAGO, July 24,-The Western
National bank of New York began at
tachment proceedings today in the
supreme court against J. H. Bonnell
u Co., ink dealers to recover s13342
upon six promissory notes which the
bank discounted upon the endorse.
ment and guarantee of the company.
The. sheriff has taken charge of the
business.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
SOME DALLAS DEVILTRY.
ADULTERY HOMICIDE, INCEST AND
BOGUS MILK DEALERS.

DALLAS, Tex, July 22.-William
Anderson Was fatally wounded by Tom
Smith, both colored. Anderson has
eighty shot in his body. Smith
caught him in his wife's room. Smith
escaped.
A. b. Stevens, farmer of Richard
son, was admitted to bail in the sim
OF $Ioo To-Day: He was charged with
incest with his daughter; Lavonia, who
is only l6 years of age.
w. A. Atwood, a milkman, was con-
victed for selling adulterated milk
again this morning and fined. The
city chemist is waging telling war
Iare on crooked dealers and is backed
by almost the entire community.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
Promised to Marry Her.

WACO, Tex, July 23.-Deputy Sheriff
Burke today brought in from East
land county R. H. Glover, who is
charged with seduction. S. M. DON
nell, who resides in Waco, made COM
plant several days ago charging that
Glover under promise of marriage
accomplished the ruin of Laura,
daughter. of af1iant. Glover waived
examination and was allowed bail in
the sum of $500.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
an ALI Keeo C3Ol.

FORT WORTH, Tex, July 23.-Ten
days ago an ice pool was formed by
which the price Office was put up to
cent a pound to the consumer. Threats
of prosecution broke the'pool and ice
went down to so and rs cents per
hundred, according to quantity used.
An ice war has now developed, and
today the price is 80 cents per hundred
pounds.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
Davis Last Drop.

FORT WORTH, Tex, July 22.-The
scaftold upon which ]. W. Davis, the
murderer of B. G. Evans, is to hang
Aug 10 is being erected on the third
floor of the county Jail. No interior
ence from Governor Hogg is antic-
ipated.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
Storms In the Northwest,

AUSTIN, Mimi, July ga terrific
hail and wind storm fully one mile
wide and several miles in length Wis
tied the north portion of this county
IN Walthen township last night and
ruined everything in its path. Dam
age will aggregate thousands of dol
lars
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
''Man With the Hoe

Has taken possession, and it is be-
lieved that with proper cultivation the
farmer in the Abilene Country can
make more clear money than in
any other section of the state, for the
lands are easily cultivated, improved
farming machinery is in general use
and the great diversity of crops en-.
ables the farmer to plant, cultivate
and gather a much larger acreage in
crops than in any other section of the
state. Besides, the Abilene Country is
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
1T WAS A DAISY.

ABERDEEN, s. D., July 23.-Re-
ports are coming in of d destructive
hail storm which passed about
twenty five miles north of here Tues
day. The track of the storm extends
from Hosmer, point forty miles west
OF Frederick, eastward for over one
hundred miles and is from one to four
miles wide. In some localities great
damage was done while in others it
was slight
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30

can be greatly benefited attending
courses under the heading Commercial
in
Professor
principles Law from their
Will oe$l per course " Tor
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30

There are good roads in all direc
tions that do not get Doggy even in
winter time, and all the important
streams have been bridged. The farm
ers can haul their surplus crops to the
nearest railroad station with the
greatest ease and realize the highest
market price for them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
Family Supplies, Farm
ing Implements,

Lumber for building and everything
else that the farmer must buy are as
cheap in Abilene and in the other
towns in the Abilene Country as in
Dallas. Austin, Bastrop or any other
town in the state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
Public Free Schools and
Churches

Are conveniently located in every
neighborhood.
The people living in the Abilene
Country are almost exclusively Amer
lean born white people, and more
energetic, industrious, intelligent and
law-abiding people cannot be found
anywhere.
The country is settling up fast, val
YES are rapidly increasing, and the at.
tention OF home seekers from south
Texas is especially called to the Abb
line Country.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
Exceedingly Healthy

And chills, fevers and other malarial
diseases are unknown.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
ABILENE COUNTRY,

But during the last four years four
good crops have been raised. Up to
that time the cattle interest was the
important one, but now the
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-01-16
Greasing Trolley Wires.

\ somewhat singular outcome of the
necessities of certain conditions of cleo
tric traction has just made its appear
ance. In frosty weather the firm con-
tact between the trolley wheel and the
wire Of an electric railroad is interfered
with seriously by the formation of a coat
of ice on the wire. and the weight of the
wire is thus so increased as to initiate
against the safety of the overhead work.
To overcome this difficulty an ap-
paratus has been designed for greasing
the wire, and. thus preventing the ad.
hesion of any considerable amount of
moisture. a frame is made t. support
a pan. Inside the receptacle is a wheel
or roller for taking up the grease and
spreading it on the conductor. This
grooved wheel is made of wood or hard
rubber, and is covered with thick felt,
so as to be perfectly adapted to carry up
and smear upon the wire the contents Of
the pan. Where a semi-liquid substance
is used for coating the conductor an end
less belt or chain may be passed oyer the
wheel for the purpose of carrying the
grease.-Philadelphia Record.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-01-16
Intelligent Efdo.

One of Seattle's leading physicians,
who brags that he is "a descendant OF
one of the first families of Virginia, sah!'
tells q story of a dogs sagacity that Is
rather astonishing, to say the least.
when / was a boy" said the doctor,
my father used to keep a large number
Of hogs. Sometimes he would have as
many rs a hundred on the farm. we
were constantly annoyed by hogs De
longing to our neighbors getting IN with
ours. The only way we could tell them
was by a branding mark on their shouid-
ers, But Fido's sagaeity used to save Us
a great deal of trouble. Every morning
the dog used to run in among the hogs.
1T is difficult to believe, but 1t IS an
actual fact that that dog got so that he
knew the branding mark. He would go
up to every hog in turn, put his front
paws on the porker's shoulder and look
at the mark. If it was ours he let the
hog go, but if it was any other mark he
would take the hog by the ear, lead 1t
to the gate, and then stand there bark
ing until some one came to let 1t out.
But Fido's sagacity did not end there,
He o got so that he knew every mark,
so that when the gate was opened he
would lead the hog by the ear q short
distance in the direction it ought to go,
and then stand there barking until 1t
was out of sight. Seattle Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-01-16
His Marriage Aided Him.

Abram S. Hewitt affords an example
of the value of profitable marriages.
Naturally a man of great force of char
acter and a jealous student with worthy
ambitions, he would have succeeded
anywhere and in almost any line of
activity, but his marriage to the daugh-
ter Of Peter Cooper placed him at nee
on a plane which he, unaided by the
fortunate alliance, might never have
succeeded in attaining.
He was but a teacher when he first
loved his respected wife, but once the
son-in-law of the great benefactor and
philanthropist he assumed a prominence
in the public eye that gave him prestige.
AS plain Abram S. Hewitt, the teacher,
he would have been no less a man; but
as Abram S. Hewitt. the son-in-law OF
Peter Cooper, the public was predisposed
to hear him.
The marriage leveled for him barriers
that long years of self, unaided labor
might never have overcome. He profited
by the circumstances and became an al
most natural figure. That he improved
his opportunities is to his credit, but that
the opportunities were available was the
result of a happy, fortunate marriage
New York Letter.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-01-16
Obsenuious SERVANTS.

A lady recently returned from several
years residence in Japan adds another
to the many tales of the obsequiousness of
japanese servants. Inleaving the house
one day in the care of his nurse her
young son slipped and fell, as children
will. receiving no injury beyond n or
two trivial scratches. The nurse was
inconsolable, however. She upbraided
herself in the most extravaganza terms,
and called down all sorts of dire conse-
quences upon her head. The other serT-
ants, to whom the affair was immediate
" communicated by the unhappy maid,
were equally shocked and outraged. and
the jabbering and chattering lasted in
terminably.
For weeks afterward the occurrence
was referred to as q dreadful calamity,
and the day of its happening served for
a long time as Il prominent date by
which to place other events. It is fur
Their stated that the accident was not
witnessed by any member of the family.
1t would never have been known to the
boys mother save for the intense and
continued excitement it created.-Her
Point of View in New York Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-01-16
Worked by the Gang.

A gentleman who makes it a point al
ways to carry a few nickels in his pocket
for any apparently worthy mendicant
whom he meets during his days a
behring's, started to City Hall park
from the Park row side yesterday after
noon, when he vas approached by a
seedy individual whose face was almost
blue from the cold.
Excuse me, sir" said the seedy one.
81 have been down here for two days
from Boston, and l haven't eaten-oh,
thank you. sir; you're a gentleman" his
smudgy fist closing over the nickel.
The gentleman turned after taking a
dozen steps and saw the seedy one drop
his handkerchief. Instantly another
beggar sided up and also got a nickel.
Like the first he was profuse in his
thanks, and emphasized them by drop
ping his handkerchief. Then came third,
with the plausible tale of a long and
weary walk from Philadelphia.
See here said the gentleman, I've
just been held up by two of Your pals,
and I think you ares gang of profession
ais. Skip
Number three took the advice, but
failed to drop his haudkerchief.-New
York Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-01-16
SPENDING HER HONEYMOON ALONE.
Economy Prevents n Bridegroom from
Accompanying His Bride.

Economy Prevents n Bridegroom from
Accompanying His Bride.
Wedding tours are expensive affairs.
1t sounds like treason, but the honey
moon usually costs a good deal more than
it is worth. a young Pittsburger who
fe1l into matrimony the other day hit
upon a novel plan to reduce the expenses
of The wedding trip. His bride to be
and he, before the wedding day came
around, talked as most young lovers do
of all the places they. would visit during
the HONEYMOON. The drew up a new
itinerary every evening and altered it
the next night-as others in the same
delightful state of imbecility have done.
E. But as the fateful day drew near the
young man fell to counting his pile and
estimating how much it would cost to
go to Niagara Falls and to New York
city and the rest of the places that had
figured in loves young dream. Then he
footed I'D the cost of furnishing a little
home. and no matter how he tried to
keep the figures down, pairing off a dol
lar or two from a table here and a car
pet there, and eeonomizing On plates
and other prosaic things-which lovers
very seldom think of at all till the col
lector rings the bell and will not so
away without that little amount-no
matter how he clipped and Topped and
pinehed, the total expenditure for hon.
eylnoon and the home at the end of it
covered all the assets, and Tapped owe
into the bargain.
This would never do, he thought-and
then he went on thinking. The boldest
fact of all that stared him in the face
was the cruel indifference of the rail-
road companies and hotel proprietors to
the needs of the newly married. Though
a minister or 4 magistrate declare two
people to be one, the railroads and the
hotels insist upon charging for two.
Contemplation of this cruel condition
led the bridegroom-to-be a solution of
the problem.
When next he visited his beloved he
spread the minutes of his self COM
munion before her and boldly suggested
that she should take the tour they had
planned alone, while he remained be-
hind to prepare the home. She de-
INJURED at first warmly, but he persisted
that she needed the change of air and
scene-she was a hard working girl
that he did not. She had set her heart
upon the trip and she should have it. At
last she gave in. They were married,
and she went to Niagara and the other
places alone.
They belonged to a sphere where Mrs.
Grundy is not a power, and very few of
their friends to this day know the unique
character of their honeymoon. 1t &C
tually occurred as has been told-in
Pittsburg, too, and not a great while
ago., either.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-01-16

The difference between straight and
curly hair is very apparent IN a micro
scopical examination. \ hair is a hol-
low tube, and a straight hair is as sound
as a reed, while a curly hair is always
fattened on both sides and curls toward
one of the fiat sides, and never toward
the edge. 1t is a curious and little
known fact that the hair of women is
coarser than that of men as well as
thicker IN the scalp. In an average
head of hair there are about 1870. 900 in
dividual hairs. The hair Gems to have
a life of its own, independent of that of
the man, for numerous instances are
known of the hair continuing to grow
after death. In one of the St. Louis
cemeteries a body of a lady was some
years ago disinterred for the purpose of
removing it elsewhere. When the coffin
was opened the entire cavity was filled
with a mass of auburn hair which had
grown after the interment had taken
place.-Interview in st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-01-16
The Abuse of q Letter.

The way the letter 'a" is being dis
torted and abused ~nowadaysi is shameful.
Judging from the pronunciation affected
by actors and anglomaniacs the poor
little letter has only one sound. and that
the mushy la de da Italian variety, des-
ignated in Webster's Dictionary by two
little dots over the vowel. l went to a
theatre the other night, and heard a girl
sing a song in which she had something
to say about a mash-she called it
''mosh"-and Il hat, which she pro-
nounced as we do the adjective applied
to the business end of q poker in active
use. In the course of her ditty she had
occasion to use the words man. grand.
fashion, habit, and answer, dash and
mantel, all of which she pronounced i'll
the same manner. l would like to know
where this thing is going to end.-Inter-
view in st. Louis Globe-Democrat.