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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
MANGLED AND MUTILATED.
Portions of the Body Of Negro Woman
Found and Her Husband Arrested.
Special to The Statesman.


Special to The Statesman.
FORT WORTH, Aug. 3.-While an
old man named Bum was fishing in
Barkmann's creek, about ten miles
west of Texarkana, he discovered a
meat sack projecting above the water.
His curiosity led to his investi-
ton as to its contents, and he was re-
warded by finding the headless body
of negro woman, evidently dead for
three days past. The head and legs
just below the trunk had been
chopped off, apparently with
an ak or Ratchet. Further search dis
covered the missing legs in another
sack further down the creek, but the
head has not yet been found. The
body was fully identified as that of
Mary Keeling, wife of Geo. Keeling,
who was last seen alive on Saturday
evening last. The pair had frequent
quarrels of late concerning the atten-
tions received by the woman at the
hands of another negro named Harry
Tucker.
On Saturday the woman left her
husband, saying she was going to
Texarkana never to return, but he fol
lowed her and overtaking her at a
neighbours q mile away and drove her
back home at The point of q pistol.
There are several points of circum-
stantial evidence against Keeling as
the murderer. He was arrested and
will be tried tomorrow
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
COLORED VETERANS.
Convention of Colored Ex-Federal Soldiers
at Fort Worth Today.

at Fort Worth Today.
Special to The Statesman.
FORT WORTH, Aug. 3.-The colored
ex-Federal soldiers commenced their
reunion at Rosedale pavilion to-
day. This is the first reuDion of
colored veterans ever held in the
United States, and it is to the credit
of the Fort Worth colored people that
they were the first to inaugu-
rate one. An elaborate program
has been prepared for the occasion.
Mayor Paddock will deliver an adj
dress of welcome and several of the
most noted orators in Texas will
speak, including N. w. Quincy, Prof
fessors d. A bner and Nelson of Gal
weston, Mr.. Barnes of Denison,
DR.. f. w. Davis of this city,
and DR.. A. N. Prince of Sherman.
The veterans will be entertained with
base ball, foot and wheelbarrow races,
climbing greasy poles, etc. A pro-
Cession headed by one or more bands
will parade the streets this morning.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
THE TAYLOR FIRES.
An Explanation in Regard to the suppo-
sition of their Incendiary Origin.

An Explanation in Regard to the suppo
sition of their incendiary Origin.
Special to The Statesman.
TAYLOR, Tex, Aug. An my
special of July 81, in which L STATED
that Messrs. w. G. Wright ano
Howard Bland were in copartnershir
in the cattle and forage business
please allow me to correct an errone
Gus statement.
Since publishing the above state.
ment Mr.. Wright has had quite a
number of insurance policies Cancelled
in consequence thereof. Mr.. Wright
has no business relations with Mr..
Bland ,and.his losses are borne by him.
self alone. Mr.. Wright says if he has
an enemy he does not know it.
Mr.. Bland, one of our most esteemed
citizens, was in copartnership with
Mr. Wright some time ago, but sold
out, so please correct statement
which otherwise would do Mr. Wright
an injustice.
Howard is able to take care of him
self and his own, and there's no ques-
ton about Will Wright looking out
for No. l.
The first fire, the burning of rick
of hay, was caused from circumstances
unknown; the second fire, in which
200 acres of grass was burned, was.
caused from a spark from an Interna-
tional and Great Northern locomotive
Seemingly, no one has it in for Will
Wright. MINOR H. BROWN,
CorrespOndent
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
Idols Not Less Than 600 Years Old

1t is reported from Santa Fe, N. M.
that in excavating some Aztec ruins
near Chaco canyon Governor Prince has
unearthed twenty stone idols of a differ
ent type from any before discovered.
They are circular in shape, forming
disks varying from six to fifteen inches
in diameter, the upper half containing a
deeply carved face and the lower half
documentary arms in relief. The idols
are believed to be at least 900 years old.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
A MAN FOR A cow.
Kansas Farmers Threaten to Kill Texas Cat
tie and Cowmen Talk Fight.

WICHITA, Kan, Aug, Seattle
men from Arkansas CIV say that
bloodshed is looked for b9tween the
COW punchers and Kansas farmers.
1t seems that Receiver Hatch, in
charge of the Preside county, Texas
ranch, is shipping several carloads of
stock day to Chicago from Arkansas
City, and last night large number of
these cattle broke over the line and
spread over Kansas cornfields. Some
forty farmers of the vicinity armed
themselves aud notified the cowboys
that every hoof found trespassing in
Kansas would be shot. The cattle
men, in return, promised that for
every hoof killed Kansas farmer
would bite the dust. The farmers are
said to be patroling the border.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
Brennan Locals.
pecial to The Statesman.

peClaI 70 The statesman.
BRENNAN, Tex, Aug. AT $50
O'Clock this morning the fire alarm
was sounded again. This time it was
the residence of James Butler, brick
mason living in the northeastern part
of the city, on Gay Hill street. The
place is about quarter of mile from
the last hydrant, so the fire companies
were helpless and the house, light
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
Casualties for Six Months.

Since Jan. there have been four de-
structive windstorms, killing nearly 200
persons, viz, April 1. Missouri and Kan
sas, rs; May 16, Texas, 10; May q, Wei
lington, Kan, SO; June 16, southern
Minnesota, 30. In the same period there
have been four great floods, viz, April
II, Tombigbee river, $50; May IS, Sioux
City, Ia, 30; May 90, lower Mississippi,
SO; June 5, fire and flood, Oil Creek, Pa,
1876. There also have been four mining
disasters, viz, Jan. 7, McAllister, l. T.,
65; April 90, Minersville, Pa, 70; May
10, Roslyn, Wash, Al May IA, Butte,
Mon, II. Three fires have been I'M
usually disastrous to life, viz, Jan. 81,
indianapolis Surgical institute, 10; Feb.
7, Hotel Royal, New York, 30; April 2S,
theater, Philadelphia, 10.
Besides these theiS We're on March 81
an explosion at Jordan, Mich, by which
10 lives were lost; June 10, the explo-
sion at the Mare Island navy yard,
which killed ID, and June 10, the fall
of the bridge over Licking river, by
which 80 lives were sacrificed. These
are the principal disasters of the year
thus far, and they involve an aggregate
of 900 lives. Adding to this total the
sum of losses by minor accidents we
have the following sad and unusual
record: By fire, S76; by drowning, 1864;
by explosions, 313; by falling struc-
lures of various kinds, 267; by mine dis
asters, 3OS; by windstorms, $40, and by
lightning, 1870. Grand total, 1858.
The total loss of life by these causes
during the whole of last year-and 1891
was one of the most destructive years
onrecord-was 5, 62.-Chicago Tribune.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
Fire from Birds, Nests.

On taking off the roof of house near
Cambridge, which had been on fire, it
was found that quantity of straw had
been carried by birds between the roof
and the ceiling, and this had been ig-
nited from hole in the chimney. Alto
gether the birds had taken up three or
four sacks of rubbish. Boston Letter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
Salmon Packers Discouraged.

There is no improvement in the sal
mon outlook. Packers generally are in
clined to take gloomy view of the stu
alton, and are of opinion that the pacl
will be $4,000 to $4,000 cases short O.
that of last year. Some of the packer.
have ceased taking orders for fish, hav
ing already disposed of as many cases a.
they are likely to put up unless the fish
ing takes changef for the better. Port
land Oregonian.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
BEXAR DEMOCRATS.
Their Treatment at the Austin Convention
Sets Them to Thinking.

Special to The Statesman
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 3.-The result
of the Austin convention is a disap-
pointment here. The Callaghan fac
ton charge that their delegation was
not seated because it supported Mari,
and that the friends of other candi-
dates combined to effect the result.
The reorganization of Democrats re-
gard the refusal of the convention to
recognize them as a rebuff in the face
of the suggestion given at Lampasas,
which they followed. All Democrats
deplore the fact that the local troubles
are depriving the Bexar Democracy
from voice in the party conventions.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
Shot the Highwayman .

VIRGINIA CITY, Neb., Aug. ga
masked highwayman attempted to
stop Supt. Jas. H. Kinkead of the
Occidental mine yesterday. The
robber was wounded and afterwards
caught in the brush. Kinkead had
$4,000 in gold to pay off the employees
at the mine. The robber was identi-
fled as VIM. Hurd, "a years of age, an
employee of the Occidental mine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been uset
for children teething. 1t soothes the child
.of,ens the gums, allays all pain, cures wine
collie, and is the best remedy. for diarrhoea
Twenty-Five cents a bottle. Sold by all drug
gsts throughout the world
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
PERSIA.
THE CHOLERA sCoURGE.

THE NIIOIISrNA ONVV I'NH'
TEHERAN, Aug. 6.-Cholera has
suddenly become epidemic here.
Fourteen deaths occurred Thursday
and yesterday. twenty-five persons
are reported to have died from the dis
ease.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
SHOT AT THE PRISONER
A Brother Of the Victim Attempts to Kill
Red Carriker, the Ravisher.
Special to The Statesman

Special to The Statesman.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. 3.-The
Bell county district court was thrown
into a fever of excitement this even
ng by a pistol shot. Red Carriker
was on trial for attempted rape on
sill at Te mple some time
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria-
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them Castoria
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11

That hacking cough can be SC
quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We
guarantee it. at Cornwell & Chiles',
Sixth st.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
Pears
Soap

To keep the skin clean
is to wash the excretlons
from it off; the skin takes
care of itself inside, if not
blocked outside.
To wash it often and
clean, without doing any
sort of violence to it, re-:
quires a most gentle soap,
a soap with no free al
kali in it.
Pears is supposed to
be the only soap in the
world that has no alkall
in it.
All sorts of stores sell
it, especially druggists;
all sorts of people use it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11

For lame back, side or chest use
Shiloh's Porous Plasters. Price 25
cents. At Cornweil d Cbilas
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11

Caution: Buy only DR.. Isaac Thompson's eve
water. Carefully examine the outside Wrapper
None other genuine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-03-17
MERRY JAsS.


WIFE-"That mau has been staring
at me for Eve minutesl" Husband
"Well, You wouldn't have known it II
you hadn't kept your eyes on him. -
Once Week.
"WHAT we want In this country"
said an impassioned political orator,
sis reliefr' "Come down, them"
shouted man in the audience, "and
we'll have itl"-Atlanta Constitution.
PATTERN FROM TIE FLooD.-Little
Son-"Uncle John told Aunt Mary yes
terday at breakfast to initiate the food.
What did he mean, papa?" when he
told her TO initiate the flood, he meant
she should dry up, my son."-N. Y. Her
aid ,..
SIZED HIM UP.--Young Bjones-
"When | introduced you to Bloblsins |
thought you would like him; he is a
good fellow as far as he goes" Miss
Beacon Streete-"Perhaps; but his per-
ordinations Judge, are not Of extraor-
binary cxtent."-N. Y Herald.
A LEADING oUEsrIoN.-Mr. Small
brain (fondling his fuzzy upper lip
"Ah Miss Belle, I've bcen-ah-let-
ting my mustache grow, don't you
know, for week" Miss Belle (sig.
nifcantly)-"For weak what, Mr.
Smallbrain?"- Detroit Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-03-17
Don't Take Cold.

This is apparently very simple thing
to say and very good advice to give. No
one would take cold if he could help it
The thing is to know what to do when
you have taken cold When you feel
chilly it is sign that the work which the
skin has been doing in removing the waste
water and carbonic acid from the blood
has been suddenly checked and the little
pores are closed and the system has re-
ceived a shock. The work is then thrown
upon the kidneys and lungs. The blood
vessels in these organs become congested
and as those of the lungs and throat become
filled with blood cough sets in to try an(
expe them. Now to take an opiate j:
simply to paralyze the muscles so tina
you cannot cough, but that does not re
leve the lungs or the kidneys. RElD'S
GERMAN COUGH AND KIDNEY
CURE checks the cough by stimulating
the lungs, melting the kidneys to action
and enabling The skin to resume its for
mer condition. In this way the cough is
cured and cured permanently. Get this
great remedy of any dealer.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, Ill
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-03-17
AROUND THE GLOBE.


ALEXANDRIA has the largest artificial
harbor in the world.
ENGLAND's yearly foreign meat bill
amounts to over Sl25, 900, 900.
OLEoMARaARiNE sells in the open mar
ket of Cape Town, South Africa, as but
ter, at thirty-one cents per pound.
FRANCE, Austria, and even Russia,
supply England and Germany with
enormous quantities of eggs. Yet
France consumes, pro rata Of her popu-
lation, more eggs than any country in
Europe.
INHABITANTS of villages adjacent to
the volcano of Colima, in Mexico, have
been advised to abandon their homes
lest they should share the fate of Pom
peii. The outflow of lava, ashes and
smoke is increasing
THERE is large increase in the use Of
tobacco in Germany, which seems to be
the case pretty much all over the world.
In Cohauila, Central America state
of only lS4,327 inhabitants, the in
creased manufacture of ixtle fiber
amounted to S64, $50 during 1891.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-03-17
SCIENCE CLIPPINGS.

DR.. SAMUEL G. DIXON, of Philadel-
phia, thinks he has grip microbe be-
tween two pieces OF glass.
SENIOR Don ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO
says three thousand tons Of meteoric
stone fell from the moon in his part of
Mexico recently.
ARISTOTLE attempted to weigh air
by weighing bag when empty and
again after 1t had been inflated. The
result of this experiment caused him to
announce that air had no weight. With
out air we could see the stars as plainly
during the day as we can at night
THEY are experimenting with new
pavement at London. This, used in the
same manner as ordinary pavements, is
formed of cork and bitumen, COM
pressed together. The principal adj
vantage of these pavements is their
elasticity; they furnish good footing
for horses and are comparatively noise
less
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-03-17
THE KITCHEN TABLE.


WHILE baking do not open your oven
doors only crack, as tanning in cold
air makes the cake fall
LEMON SPONGE. cupful of sugar,
u cupful of flour, four eggs, the rind
and juice of half lemon.-Good House
keeping
RICE and hominy are much nicer
when preserved in the whole grain;
this can be done by steaming them.
Hominy viii take three or four hours
and rice from one and half to two
hours
In baking all pies where the contents
are liable to soak into the undercrust,
like lemon, custard or pumpkin pie, it
is better to put ON the lower crust first
and bake it half done, and then add the
custard or other soft filling.
PEARL CAKE.-One-half cup of but
ter and one cup Of sugar beaten to a
cream, one-half cup of milk, two-thirds
cup of flour with hcaping teaspoonful
of baking powder sifted in, whites OF
three eggs beaten stiff added last thing.
Flavor to taste.-Detroit Free Press,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-03-17

We planters in middle west Missis.
sippi We're accustomed TO renew our
stock by importations from further
south, under the name ef "Petit Gulf"
without special selection, of which
favorite variety with me was a willowy
numerous and pendant branchcd, yield
ing burr variety, true TO characteristic
form-the willow. My first experience
growing proprietary cotton was with
Rev. IS Mastodon, gigantic of
stalk and leaf, bolls MS large MS tur-
key eggs and of magnificent distances,
that would require double range
and power OF Cunningham's harvester
to gather, crush and cleanse 1t. When
the disgust of this investment matured.
some resentful victim placed handful
of the seed on the stand for Rev. IS
contemplation during services.
My next experience was in the pick
ing of very prolific, small and tena-
cious boiled variety, name not remem-
bered, as its stay was short among us,
procured and grown by pious neigh
Dor, who, as was well up with picking
my cotton, solicited help from me to
gather his full crop. i sent choice
hands that were severely censured for
short weight on the first day, and
threatened with punishment il they
did not improve. But they were
near fifty cents below the usual
average. / went to investigate
and learned that by comforting
with the owners hands employed
picking on the extreme OF the farm
that this was tough picking variety
that was held up for hire. This hint
sufficed me to order the "hands of"
The impracticability of picking by ma
chinery has ever opposed my ardent
desire for it's accomplishment. That it
may be gathered with the weed is feast
BILE, but whether the injury in matur-
ing stage, the loss and expense of the
omne gatherum made will be compen-
stated by expedition, is to be seen. But
the requirements for gathering is met
by the pets" adaptation together
and in concert they make team that
trust may overcome all obstacles.
Green cotton-seed fed to hogs are
very damagingi in accordance with my
experience and that of others, whether
from inherent poison or the clogging
of lungs and intestines by the
lint is the question. The hair becomes
rough and turned. with wheeling, con-
sumptive cough and gradual decline.
Some dumped the seed into pool OF
water or pond, and let the hogs feed on
them; but this was uncertain and waste
full. A successful mode was to put them
in a close pen, eycavate on the top to
concentrate the rain water, or supply
it, giving time for thorough heating
process, which renders them harmless
by destroying the virus, and makes
them tender and digestible. Shove
from the top just the quantity they will
eat at each feeding into a close lot OF
pen adjoining. Don't let the pigs have
access to them or suffer them or grown
hogs to lie upon them, as they are
prone to dow. c. s., in Home ant
Farm.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-03-17
HERE AND THERE.


There is more money in big fat
hog than there is in bale of cotton.
Fact Garland TEX News.
Keep the fowls in dry, warm
place, from droughts, and there will be
little, if any, danger of the roup; damp
ness and droughts are cause of this dis
ease.
Any number of pigeons can be kept
together in one building, provided they
are not crowded too close and the sexes
are kept equal, SO they will not quar-
rel.
Just before the early pullets begin
to lay their combs will swell and turn
red and will keep red until they be-
come broody. This is an aid in making
selections. ..
Poultry raising as an exclusive bus
mess has only in exceptional cases
proved success; the principal depend
ence for both eggs and poultry is upon
the farmer. tt~
The noted Australian lyre-bird is
threatened with total extinction in New
South Wales, owing to the American
demand for it's tail-feathers to adorn
feminine head-gear.
1t takes long time for the cocoa
nut tree to attain its full condition Of
bearing, seven years, but when this
time has passed it is mine of wealth,
and happy is he who can call a planta-
ton of one hundred acres his own
Home and Farm.
The farmer can safely leave to the
professional swine-b breeders the work of
breeding for fancy points. What he
(the farmer) wants, is to have hogs to
eat his corn that will take on fat read
lily and mature sufficiently by tie time
it is twelve months old.-Home and
Farm.
The opinion that debt stimulates
the energies of men, and is thus q ben
eft instead of curse, is founded upon
the theory that man will work harder
to pay his debts than to make a living,
which would be true il il were not the
contrary -Texas Farm and Ranch
Georgia farmers have organized a
Before Breakfast club. The members
pledge themselves to spend as much
time working in garden or truck patches
before breakfast as their wives do in
preparing that meal, and to give their
wives all the profits thereof. The plan
is good one, and should be widely
adopted. Farm and Ranch.
When farmer, by well-directed in
dustry, gets his barn and smokehouse
well filed with solid comfort for man
and beast, and sees his cattle, horses,
hogs and acres every year increasing in
value, pessimistic mischief makers don't
want anything to do with him. He is a
perpetual rebnke to them.-Rural
World.
The annual loss of agricultural
products in this country by the depreda-
tions of insects is estimated at ten per
cent. But what does this mean? Tai.
ing the estimate of our farm products
at figures given, So, sou, 900, 900, it mean,
that these little pests destroy every
year products worth the snug little sum
of SIS, 1000, OO0 The entomologists can
not be encouraged too much in their eff.
forts to find means of destroying them
Rural World
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-03-17
peafnes, Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way TO euro Deafness, and that Is
by constitutional remedies Deafness is
caused by an inaamod condition OF the mu-
cous lining OF the Eustachiau Tube. When
this tube gets innamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, andwhen 1t is
entirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to lis normal condi-
ton, hearing will BIO destroyed forever;
nine cases out OF ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inilamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces,
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Deafness caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls CataTh
Cure. Send for circulars, froc.
4. J. CHENEY a. Co., Toledo, o.
e5S Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-03-17
why Farmers Fail.

The elements of good and success
tul farming are not difficult of discovery
after all is said and done. One man
will haul hay to town and sell it for
about as much money as it would have
cost him for hauling, had he to hire the
team. Another man will employ his
land whole year in the production of
a crop of corn and do with it as the
man with the hay. Smith devotes his
engeries to wheat and pays out ali his
profit in hauling to the depot and
freight to his commission merchant.
Brown does the same with his oats and
Robinson pretty nearly the same with
little butter, few potatoes or
apples, a few eggs or coop of chick
ens,-Rural World.