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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08
A Tree started In His stomach.

A strange case is puZzling local med
zeal practitioners and the most proml-
nent of the fraternity from Memphis and
Nashville. John Henry Lealie, a stall
wart negro living on the plantation Of
r. L. Strong, a week or two since ate q
lemon and swallowed one of the seeds,
which it seems lodged in his stomach
and attracting to it a certain proportion
of the food subsequently eaten by him
was soon surrounded by clot or mass
of matter which gradually grew larger.
After a short time Leake began to suffer
acute pains in the region of his stomach
and applied to physician, who dag
nosed his trouble as indigestion and pro-
ceeded to treat him for it.
But the pains increased, and it soon De-
came a matter of impossibility for the
sufferer to retain any food except such
as was administered in liquid form,
and the doctor began to suspect that the
cause of the trouble lay beyond the ordl-
nary phases of indigestion and declared
an operation necessary. 1t was with
difficulty that Leake was prevailed on to
submit to this, but he finally consented.
The surgeons thoroughly explored the
abdomen and intestines, but without
finding any disturbing object, though it
was observed that the stomach was dis
tended to nearly twice its normal size.
Leake suffered the greatest agony, with
repeated efforts to vomit, which con-
tinued until death ensued. A post
mortem examination revealed the fact
that the seed had sprouted from the mass
surrounding it, and putting out shoots
had actually attacked the walls of the
stomach as a creeping plant does a wall.
-Trimble (Tenn.) Cor. Baltimore Sun.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

The citizens of Austin will be glad
to hear of the appointment of the Hon.
Henry w, Lightfoot of Paris, as one
of the judges Of the Dallas district OF
the civil court of appeals, vice the
Hon. Thomas j. Brown, who sue
ceeds Justice Henry resigned from the
supreme bench. Colonel Lighttoot is
well and favorably known to the citi'
zens of Austin as he transplanted one
of our fairest flowers to brighten his
home in Paris. He married daught-
or of one of our most esteemed families,
that of DR.. and Mrs, Wooten. Judge
Lightfoo. is an accomplished gentle
man as we'll as a thorough lawyer
and has recently added to his laurels
by one of the finest speeches, said by
the profession, to have been made in
Austin for years, in the impeachment
case of Colonel McGaughey.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08
The manufacturing rivalry between

The manufacturing rivalry between
the North and the South even in pig
iron, has been inaugurated by the
northern manufacturers of iron. They
have pursuaded the Pennsylvania
and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads
to advance the freight on southern
pig iron to So cents ton to eastern
points, and the advance went into
effect the 1st of this month. The fact
that the northern manufacturer of pig
iron can't compete with the South
fairly is evidenced by this unfair
method to handicap southern manu-
facturers of iron.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

THE most universal wit now used
by the papers is about as follows
"Austin's dam has sprung leak,
dam it," The papers in perpetrating
this kind of wit arc guilty of two
things to wit: profanity and lying
Austin's dam has not sprung a leak
1t is as intact and solid as the granite
mountain itself. The bank on the east
side of the dam gave way and that is
already partly remedied by Golfer
dam and will shortly be entirely cor
rected, therefore you can save your
souls by correcting the first statement
and praying for forgiveness for the
latter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

The appointment by the governor
of Ex-Governor Lubbock and Il. ID.
Brooks, Esq, as board OF pardon
advisers will be ratified by the people
as most excellent appointment. Gov
ernor Lubbock has had long official
and social experience with the people
of Texas, and understands public
sentiment and the needs Of the people
as well as any man in the state Mr..
Brooks is gentleman and lawyer OF
high standing, making the comblna-
ton of peculiar qualities in the board
worry appropriate. Governor Lubbock
might be betrayed into too much len
iency by his humanity, but Mr..
Brooks thorough training in the law
and his habits of thought, should
that be the case, would be check on
the ex-governor giving assurance that
while the law will be executed it will
be tempered with mercy. This board
will necessarily be engaged more on
capital cases than on convictions for
but the eXigencies of
such cases will receive their attention.
The board will be organized officially
some time in August, when the laws
go into operation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08
TIE DLEEERENCE.

The Louisville Courier-Journal
throws up its hat and yells, "Hurrah
for Hogg," applauding his veto of the
sugar bounty. How easy it is for
fellows to applaud the sacrifice OF
others for an abstract principle. If the
governor of Kentucky had nullfied
a law of congress re.enacted by the
state Legislature, by which the state
would have lost several hundred
thousand dollars Watterson would
have roasted him.
The Fort Worth Gazette says the
national Democracy endorse the Veto
That is very kind of the national
Democracy and shows very torglV-
ing spirit for a party in Texas that
failed to endorse the national Demo-
CRAIG platform. No doubt the national
Democracy is full of endorsements OF
abstract principles, but when did the
Democracy of any state ever refuse
federal appropriations for internal
improvements, or Democratic repre-
sentatives failed 10 vote for them,
which involver the same principle?
The Louisville Courier-Journal was
persistent for years for federal appro-
priations to improve the navigation of
the falls in the Ohio river at that city,
but Just as soon as it don't cost them
anything they are willing for other
states to be sacrificed in opposing the
very principle they have advocated.
consistency is a jewel" indeed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

IT is reported that Senator Wash
burn and an English syndicate are
preparing to dam the Mississippi
river at Minneapolis in order to in
crease the water power at that place.
You had better bring your machinery
down to Austin, where we have da ~
across the Colorado river that will
give you all the power you need, and
where the water does not freeze solid
for four months in the year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

THEY are still firing dynamite
at the skies in Kansas and lombard
ing the clouds for rain, but the clouds
refuse to surrender their diamond
drops to the dry and parched land.
They roll by, casting shadow and
that is all. You people in Kansas are
wasting your ammunition. Buy rail
road tickets with your money and
come to Texas, where it rains regularly
every time it is cloudy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

EHE1z4lleFtt'~~
government has no power to control
correspondents writing to paper
published in the United States, and
cites the Cutting case in Mexico as a
precedent. Rlount is in correspondence
with the government about the
matter, and it is probable that owing
to his interference the provisional
government will drop it. The affair
caused much excitement here.
L. G.. Carter, minister Of finance, re-
signed, and his place has been taken
by Vice President Damon. No one
has yet been chosen to succeed Damon
as vice president.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08
THE CHOLERA AT HAMBURG.

Again we have rumors ofthe cholera
at Hamburg. 1t was anticipated that
the germs would outlive the cold
weather and be warmed into life and
activity by the summers sun. We
ought to be, and doubtless are, better
prepared for it at our sea coast ports
than we were, last year. Under the
law and by an agreement between
the federal and state quarantine OFF,
GERS "a most admirable cooperative
arrangement has been made to beat
back,the pestilence that snealls upon
you by, night and boldly walks in at
monday. This arrangement more
especially contemplates a system of
quarantine that will prevent any per-
sons who have been in the infected
districts entering the country through
our seaports, but the interior of the
country must also be in readiness so
that ii the quarantine is escaped and
persons who have been endangered
do succeed in getting in, it behooves
us to be ready, not only to segregate
such persons, but to keep our locality in
a condition of cleanliness, in order that
the germs may have nothing to feed
upon and spread their miasmic poison
through the country. Every city OF
the interior ought to be Immediately
and thoroughly:cleaned up and kept
during the summer at least as sweet
and pure as an oldtime dairy. Tie
fact that the cholera exists in Europe
is a sufficient warning to us and puts
the responsibility upon the council of
every city. 1t may not find lodg-
ment in this country but then again
it may and if it does and finds US un-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08
Sucked Fish From the Lake.

Wednesday night cyclone struck
Portage lake and the surrounding coun-
try, doing great damage. AtS:15 q dark
cloud swept up from the east, and the
roar of the approaching storm could be
heard 10 minutes before it struck the
place. Barns, fences and houses were
blown down, and sheets of water were
carried from the lake over half mile.
Fish, large and small, were found next
morning fully one mile from Portage
lake.-Cor. Grand Rapids Democrat.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

JEFFERSON DAVIS sleeps his last
sleep on the summit of Hollywood
overlooking the historic James river
where it foams and dashes over i'm
mense boulders 100 feet below. Neal
are two presidents of the United
States, Monroe and Tyler, and there,
too, are the remains of the eccentric
John Randolph of Roanoke. There,
too, sleep w. P. Hill and the gallant
Stuart, and around them is a body
guard of $4,000 Confederate soldiers.
In historic Hollywood the green grass
waves above them and the birds
make music through the old oaks and
the brooks and the cascades join in
the requiem chorus. Fitting tomb for
our glorious martyr CHIEF, fitting place
for him and his associates to rise in
martial glory in answer to the beat of
the long roll Of the drums of eternity.
Son of genius tread softly over his
ashes, for he was thy brother; patriot,
present arms, for he was thy leader;
gentlemen, uncover before his grave
for he was the peer of the noblest gen.
tleman in the land. Consecrated be
the spot where our chiettain lies, hal.
lowed be the ground with which his
ashes mingle, and green be the mem.
Dry of his virtues.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

A DESTRUCTIVE cyclone passed over
RosedaIe, Miss, and in Arkansas
Wednesday evening, tearing up
trees, wrecking houses and killing
and wounding persons and cattle;
and that was pretty strong wind
that struck Austin yesterday morn
ing about ! o'clock. A number Of
trees were twisted and blown down
and some of the two-story framed
dwellings quivered and rocked under
the force of the gale, but fortunately
no serious damage was done and no
one was injured, although some of the
ladies were frightened. This spring
has been remarkable for cyclones and
heavy wind storms. All through
April and May the winds were high
even in this section. which generally
is free from destructive storms. Will
not some scientist rise and explain
the causes of these high winds and
cyclones and give US some assurances
that the danger season has passed
and that hereafter during the sum-
mer we will have no more than the
ocean breeze that tempers the heat
of the atmosphere. Certainly there is
some cause for these extraordinary
demonstrations of Old Boreas and our
scientists ought to be able to ex-
plain it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

IFS a dangerous thing to put a
witness on the stand in his own be-
half. One of the jurors who convicted
DR.. Buchanan in New York ofmurder
of his wife by administering large
dose OF morphine, now says that ne
had o reasonable doubt of Buchanan's
guilt until he was examined as wit
ness and that the witness, unwit-
tingly, convinced the juror that he
was guilty.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08
DEPARTMENT DOINGs.
Record Of Yesterdays Transactions at the
Capitol,

| Record OF Yesterdays TRANSACTIONS at the
Capitol
In the comptroller's Office yesterday
record was made of the purchase of
SIG 600 worth of Missouri Bridge fund
bonds for the benefit of the public
school fund by the board Of education
There was also deposited with the
comptroller the following land receipts
for the month of May:
Sale of public free school lands, $46,-
OO9. interest and $12,6S6.86 pricipal.
Lease public lands, $14,057 81 inter-
est.
Lease university land, $1,9O1.72 in
terest.
Lease lunatic asylum land, $500 in
terest.
Sale lunatic asylum land, $5J5,56 in
terest and $114.58 principal.
Sale deaf and dumb asylum land,
$156 SO interest and $4284 principal.
Sale orphan asylum land, $50 81 in
terest and $6l8,66 principal.
Sale university land, $3.50 inter-
est and rs cents principal.
Sale public domain, $7S5.3S princi-
pal.
STATE PRINTING BOARD.
The state printing board were in
session yesterday, auditing accounts
and transacting the general run of
business.
ADJUTANT GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
General Mabry is kept busy looking
after the interests of the coming
encampment and feels confident that
this encampment will prove more sue
cessful than any previous one. The
following general order issued from
this department will be of interest
The following assignments and
transfers of companies of the Texas
Volunteer Guard to regiments are
hereby made, to take effect from and
after this date:
To the First regiment:
Lasker Light Guard, Capt. VIM.
Buck, Galveston, with designation
of company E.
Lipscomb Rifles, Capt. w. B.
Stephens, Luling, with designation of
company G.
Comal Rifles, Capt. F. L. Pfeuffer,
New Braunfels, with designation of
company l.
10 the Third regiment:
Roberts Rifles, Capt. r. Hearne,
Bremond, with designation of compa-
ny E.
Milano Rifles, Capt. E. H. Gray,
Milano, with designation of COM
pany l.
To the Fourth regiment:
Waxahachie Rifles, Capt. r. A.
keenan,, Waxahachie, with designa-
ton of company B.
Waco Light Guard Capt. A, H.
Miller, Waco, with designation of
company G..
Mexia Minute Men, Capt. j. s.
Smith, Mexia, with designation of
company H.
70 the Fifth regiment:
Texarkana Rifles, Capt. w. H. Hay.
wood, Texarkana, transferred from
Sixth regiment, with designation of
company c..
Montezuma Rifles, w. +. Poe, Long
view, with designation of company F.
To the Sixth regiment:
Capt. A. NJ. Graves, GAINESVILLE;
transferred from the Fifth regiment,
with designation of company E.
Boggess Volunteers, Capt. 5. G..
Pedigo, st. 10, with designation of
company G.
Commanding officers of the above
named companies will report by let
ter for duty to their respective regi-
mental commanders.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

THE New York Central railway has
broken the record for fast trains. 1t
ia about 1000 miles from New York to
Chicago. That company ran train
of cars from the former city to the lat
ter in "a hours, hours shorter time
than ever made before. They propose
to keep up this pace during the fair.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08
Nuptials at Round Rock
Special to The Statesman.

special to The Statesman.
ROUND Rock, Tex, May 31.-A. X.
McMordie and Miss BERTHE Bell were
married this evening at the Baptist
church at $50, DR.. Sellers of George.
town officiating. The contracting
parties leave tonight for Galveston
and other points on bridal tour. The
bride is daughter of the pastor of
the Baptist church and the groom is a
young man that has lived here for
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08
Cheap Flour In Maine.

Flour was never so cheap as at pres
ent, and farmers in some parts Of the
state are buying it for $3.50 per barrel
and feeding it to their stock mixed with
bran. The outlook, however, is that
lowest water mark has been reached, as
crops prospects in Europe are very poor.
Bread was never so cheap as now-the
bread you bake at home.-Bangor Com
mercial.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

GENERAL BLACK, ex-commissloner
of pensions, made speech at memo
rial services in Chicago on the 3Oth OF
last month in answer to Maj. William
Warmers appeal for pensions, in
which he declared that the pension
rolls were polluted with the names
of towards, deserters and imposters."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08
TRAVELLING AGENTS.

Mai J. 8. Crawford and ]. NJ. Peacock. the
ublic ia cautioned not to pay money TO any
.lther persons who may represent themselves
as travelling agents Of this paper, as all au'
thority heretofore issued to any other person
than those named ia hereby revoked.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

According to the Paris Fig 20, 500 un-
published letters of Volt&:re were 20
Gently found in a house at Bessinger,
near Geneva.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

twenty-five pictures by modern French
painters, now exhibited at the St. b.
tolph club, Boston, are insured for S24o.-
600.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-06-08

Gas stoves are the proper thing for
summer and winter. See Gas ''om-
pans advertisement on another page.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-11-18
BreyitieS,

d. W. LaPaugh, son-in-law of
Thomas Hill, is teaching penmanship.
He is a fine penman and has quite a
number of pupils.
A man told the JOURNAL yesterday
that Owen England had done the best
work generally of all the Street
supervisors.
W. H. Evans assurance that town
would pay only for light that it got is
not satisfactory. The town wants
light and it wants it all the time. A
continual uncertainty is poor thing
to pay for, and when the town has to
hang on ragged edge all the time,
it pays twice for what it does get.
Don't fail to read the specials under
heading of Church News"
Messrs. Richmond and Blackiston,
trustees, offered the "Humberston
Home Property" this morning at pub
lie sale.
Henry Fresh has bought from Ed
ward Donahue the Broadway avenue
corner lot for 81 300 cash. Mr.. Fresh
contemplates erecting on it a pretty
house. Mr.. d. has more lots near by
nearly as good but a great deal cheaper.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-11-18
Rehabilitation.

Sunday morning the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Rawlings, ii
miles west of Cumberland, on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, was re-
dedicated. The church had been
wrecked by the storm last winter and
became unfit for use. Mrs. Shaw,
wife of Major Alexander Shaw, whose
country-seat is near Rawlings, furnish
ed the money for repairing the church
and improving the building by adding
a vestibule to it. The cost of all the
repairs amounted to about $3.50.
The dedication ceremonies began in
the morning at 1890 o'clock and were
conducted by Rev. James 0. Wright
son, pastor of the church, assisted by
Rev j. C. Nicholson, of Cumberland,
and Rev. F. &. Porter, of Aberdeen,
Nd. Mr.. Nicholson preached at the
morning service and Mr.. Porter in the
afternoon and evening A large con-
gregation attended.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-11-18
LATEST NEWS.

The JOURNAL does not intend to permit the
Cumberland Nems to evade, ignore forget or
get away from the fact that the demand for
free coal comes directly from the high protec-
tionists of its party III New England.
Nor shall the Nems escape from the equally
undenlable fact that its party ticket in this
county was elected by an overpowering ma
jority on sweepstakes platform which,
wholly ignoring county questions, pledged
its supporters to stand only and solely, soldly
and squarely by those same unfair and selfish
New England consumers of our coal.
We will do this-not to subserve any politi-
pal purpose or party interest whatever but
that our miners shall see, in the event of any
dissatisfaction arising out of the expected
tariff change, that free coal is a democratic
answer to a republican demand.
And that republican miners, getting just
what they voted for, will have no right what
ever to cOmplain
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-11-18
BreVitieS.

All Homecoming wants for seasons
dancing is a moderately good or
chestra. AT Barton they wait until
the Italians come around, and at
Westernport they sift sand on the floor
and go ahead anyhow.
A fire at Midland Wednesday even.
ing destroyed a two-story frame build
ing belonging to George Walter. The
Homecoming fire company did heroic
service in saying other buildings.
Frostburg fire department No. . was
not present.
About two weeks before the election,
it is reported, somebody in Cumber-
land wired J. j. Robinson to hold the
FORT Now-two weeks after, Robin
son wants somebody to tell him how
to let go.
Readers of the Homecoming Star of
Noy. 10 have doubtless noticed that it
is more cheerful since the cat came
back.
In most places the sluffiing is mined
out of the Thanksgiving turkey with
tablespoon, but in Homecoming. ac-
cording to the Star, ii is knocked
out"
The goddess, Juno" now Mailing
from Barton, uses some unfeminine Ian.
guage III reading the riot act to dis
loyal republicans. Juno should
have turned that job over to her benign
brother, Jupiter.
1.-The Homecoming Star" says the
Baltimore Netcs, ''urees the town coun-
Gil to enforce sanitary regulations"
And while council is obeying the Stars
inJunctions, the JOURNAL reminds the
authorities that, in addition to the
usual unwholesome conditions. the
views OF Homecoming newspapers on
baseball smell pretty bad.
The Homecoming Star is another
paper that is trying to make free
trade" and tariff reform synonymous
terms. 1t does the same thing with
passed balls and fouls And if it's
knowledge of grammar amounts to
anything at all, it would take better
care of the lingo of its correspondents.
Tothe Homecoming Reciew: We will
"sing you a song" of that beautiful
game-that last sad game we went to
see, where a wicked little foul was
really to blame for Frostburg and
! Ooney-each 3.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-11-18
PreOarinS for RuSlneSS.

The county commissioners-elect have
already met, gotten acquainted with
each other and taken some preliminary
steps toward organization. 1t is likely
d. P. Miller, of Cumberland, will be
elected president, and that b. A.
Richmond will be continued as at
torney-a prospectus which, so far as
1t goes, will undoubtedly obtain popu-
lar approval. The clerkship seems to
be dispensation not so easily granted.
Permanent organization will be effect
ed shortly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-11-18
A COnSiderate Act

One night few weeks ago a Mid
lothian doctor was run into by the
United States mail line, Frostburg to
Carlos, Dennis Jones, engineer. The
night was dark, it was in the woods,
the fog thick enough to stop birdshot,
and it took Dennis some time to pull
the doctor ont of the tangle. To pre-
vent repetitions of this unpleasant in
cident IN his public life, Dennis has
provided his line with headlight, a Ia
electric searchlight, with powerful re-
Hector, and tied it on the larboard
side. Henceforth, doctors residing
at the terminii and on the line of the
route will be reasonably safe, but
strange physicians and specialists can
not be too careful.