The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1884 Page: 4 of 8
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THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIH TE.A3.
Fairplay la a jewel.
New Orleans or death. Elliott.
The o. a. is no. kindergarten politi
cian.
New Orleans?
Vandell.
Ahem. W. M
Terrell Is already loaded for the
campaign.
1KLLER as an Indian nurse is a
gratifying success.
The devil fly away
leans. John Ireland.
with New Or-
.Nobody has jumped on john
Peter for the last week.
The fence eutter is hard to suppress
Jie s almost irrepressible.
hie whacking between the News
and the Tost (roes bravely on still.
Elliott probably understands now
how easy it is to render oneself ridicu-
. lous.
Catch Dick Hubbard missing a
chance to blue mark a newspaper
arucie.
It hurts but then great principles
are never established without hurting
somebody s feelings.
Tae San Antonio Times b'-lieves in
good typography. The Times has an
exceedingly level head.
vauiuiai-K peacnts. lie is Doth a
vulian and a coward. We reioice
that the railroad has driven the scoun
drel home.
Major McGary's paper is the only
one in the state which can not afford
to exhibit bad humor at times. At
least it never does.
Blue devils and grey are crowd-
in about the uneasy pillows of the
commisslonership aspirants and there
is no rust for the weary.
It costs only three or four thousand
dollars to lay away a deceased con
gresaman. It is earnestly hoped Texas
will never again be so cheaply de
prived or one.
The Helton Journal is in favor of
the " ins" and It does not believe that
the "outs" have rights which it is
V. . 1 A. . . . . .i m- .
uuuuu iu respect at au. it is a reg
ular "nve-the-king" journal.
There is one think poor humanity
has to crow over through all this bad
weather cosmic dust and volcanic
ashes it had no Li:tle Buttercups dnr
ing the winter at least not many
That remarkable old journalistic
r veteran Colonel Baker of the Post
comes to the front smiling. lie seems
to be unconscious that the aspirations
or his manager are not being fully
realized.
Congressman Mills has several
competitors in his district and were
we in his place we should look after
matters a little. They are all the more
dangerous because they are not of the
talking kind.
ins seconu piace on the na-
tional ticket will be closely looked af
ter in the future. That is becoming
no very uncertain road to the presi
dency. Blaine understands the mat
ter perfectly.
reag-an s inter-state bill seems to
have been dumped and Chawles
Stewart is now to the fore with a simi-
If poor Charley has no better luck
than John II. had his lips will not
taste me sweets or victory lor some
time to come.
The Brazos Pilot is wittv at the ex
pen8eof .Austin.--This beautiful cap
x ital city of Texas is inspiration for
much of that sort of thing. It has its
' wits about it and we are glad to see
. the outside barbarians as the Herald
would say burnishing their shields
in its beams
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The management of the States
. man propose hereafter to run the bus-
iness its printers propose to set type
ana its editors to edit it. Thi3 is onlv
- a fair division of labor and the typo-
graphical union will no doubt feel
the relief attending removal of all
their onerous burdens.
A congressman of the United
States can well afford to smile at any
expressed contempt on the part of an
obscure personage such asHerrvon
. Bismarck. This is a soul-satisfying
t v reflection to rotund rosy Tom and in
the light of it the aureole on his poll
grows simply effulgent.
The Statesman begs its friends to
excuse the general upset of Doth the
editorial and business departments of
the paper. The little revolution we
have lately gone through was of brief
duration but while it did last it wa3.
both sharp and decisive. AA'e will
have matters toned down and running
regularly In a few days.
"Peace hath her victories no less
renowned than.war." The war be
tween the printers union and the
Statesman for the management
of the affairs of the office
was sharp decisive and of brief du
ration. Above all it was peaceful in
this that no blood was spilled but
the victory for this paper is no less
significant for all that.
The laws of Tennttsee divide rail
road property into distributable and
localized the former consisting of
rolling stock and other transferable
materials and it is to be taxed ' by
finding the total value of the distribu-
table property within or without the
state and dividing this amount by
the number of miles in the system
thus giving the value per mile. The
value per mile having been ascer-
tabled it is multiplied by the number
of miles of the roal in the state. In
this way the value of the property to
. be assessed is ascertained.
The Statesman adopts no man's
prejudices nor his preferences. It
deals with all matters from its own
standpoint and will treat this and all
other administrations in the light of
tthe history they make. If that is
good we shall say so frankly and com-
mend it warmly. If bad iu our judge-
ment we shall say so with regret and
only for the purpose of correcting
what we shall deem a fault in which
the state may be injured. We would
far rather speak of the good the ad-
istratioa is doing than any harm
it might do. AVe give it as a deliber-
ate an-i judicially fair opinion that if
the governor succeeds in Squelching
the fence cutters he will be invinci-
ble ; but if he fails it will then be a
"quein sabe" case sure enough.
A SPECIAL FLEA.
Mr. Elliott editor of ILe Dallas
Herald in a late issue of his paper
has a remarkable article urging him
self for the position of commissioner
to the New Orleans world's fair com
mencing next December. We are not
surprised at anything these days.
We are past the point since Mr. Har-
denbrook of the Post uses its column
aye not only uses them but burdens
them with urgings of himself for the
place. Time was once when it was
considered of doubtful taste for aned
itor to enter the ranks of the neble
armies of aspirants and expectants
You see it is expected of an editor to
tell the people and the appointing
powers frankly and imparl ially who
is the best man for a given place acd
to broadly discus3 merit3 in conLcc-
tion with the real or supposed execu
tive preferences. AA'e fear
we sadly foar. that neither
Mr. Elliott nor Mr. Hardenbrook is in
a position to handle this matter im
partially. It is a little like the mur-
derer sitting on a jury which is trying
his own case and that would never do
at all at all. But a bid fe.rture of the
thing is that w hile these papers and
their managers aad editors are known
as thick and thin panoplists of his ex-
cellency yet they do not hesitate to
present this poisoned chalice ruthle ss-
ly to his palid lips: if he appoints
either the other will be disobliged and
immediately transformned into a roar
ing lioa going about seeking for state
executives whom he might devour
And also if either is appointed the
people will say and with justice too
that the governor should not appoint
a man simply because he holds the
tiller rope upon a friendly newspaper
but who is otherwise totally devoid of
either fitness claim or other qualifica
tion.
Mr. Elliott's modesty in concealing.
or rather withholding from this most
remaneaoie journalistic ieat his own
name and that of his venerable ma
ternal ancestor is peculiarly aye
ravishingly touching. The vastness
of his fitneis for the place is set lorth
in the fact that in other and bye-gone
days he has tusselled in person with
yellow jack and came off first best and
his aforesaid and above "parient"' wa.
also a skillful nurse. How can his
excellent excellency over-look qualifi-
cations such as these when seeking
for a representative of this great state
near the court of his majesty Rex
Says he "Cuba Mexico and Central
and South America will have their
representatives there." These will
bring in with their packages the
deadly plague germs (cheerful propo
sition) and the devil will be
to pay generally if some one
of the Elliott fraternity is not on the
ground from Texas as commissioner
to grapple vigorously and promptly
with his saffron terrors. Ah! how
one s heart throbs with the excess of
his own anxiety for fear the govern
or or oroau rexas may possibly neg
lect to take this profound suggestion
to his heart of hearts.
"Texas being in such close territo
rial proximity to the point where this
dreaded plague may break out" has
but one resource there is but one
breakwater to interpose between her
and this dreadful possibility. It
to at once appoint Mr. Elliott as her
commissioner. Should shj do this
her loins will be girded about and
not yellow jack jackdaw nor jack ass
may prevail against her nor inveigl
into her sacred precincts the dreaded
plague which MrTEUiott is very near
ly certain will come through this
hitherto neglected portal of death to
devastate and lay waste
her beautiful rlower-bcdjectc
prairies. Mr. ElliotiV-' bowels
me't with the. fervency of his pity
.which in this instance reaches out
and unselfishly takes in even remote
possibilities. O! philanthropy how
art thou glorified! The well $known
"sterling integrity and faithful friend
ship" of Mr. Elliott in Mr. Elliott's
opinion will induce him to send
special streak of lightning over the
wires to promptly apprise Texas of
the dreadful advent of the tropic-
death. And now if his excellency
aoes appoint any one else commis
sioner after this he ought to be hung
drawn and quartet ed and the clergy
man attempting to smocth his path
way to the tomb should be destroyed
by the most hideous tortures known
x the utter refinement of the most
devilish cruelty.
"inis writer" says this most re-
markable article "loves New Orleans
devotedly" doubtless and therefore
would make a Texan commissioner
above and beyond reproach. But the
mother of "this writer" made a flag "un
der which her heroic progeny marched
carbine in hanJ to the dreadful
breech and by that route to victory
Therefore he would make a better
commissioner than Bohemian Harden
brook who sadly and tearfully points
only to an obscure career as a New
York newspaper man of doubtful
democracy and totally ignorant alike
of New Orleans and his saffron
plumed majesty yellow jack. And
in addition to all this poor narden-
brook did not t hare in the glories of
the crescent city in ante bellum davs.
The poor devil Hardenbrook never
wept over. New Orleans in the days of
her post bellum distress on the con-
trary from the geography of his birth
place it is almost morally certain that
he even rejoiced when her evil days
came and danced for joy when her
fear fell upon her.
Now as a "Texian" "Texican" or
Texan Mr. Elliott's heart Is dreadfully
burdened with the possibility that
harm may come to her by and through
this risky exposition if this member
of the Elliott brigade who "rejoiced in
her victories" is not appointed com
missioner from Texas. Now then in
the light of all this the governor of
broad Texas is expected to do his duty
not to Texas but to Mr. Elliott alone.
THE SPRINGTIDE PAST.
Probably only the more piously in
clined understand that we ar6 now
fairly launched into the ecclesiastical
springtide fast of forty days. It is
the holy season known first in the
early Greek church and in the Latin
church from about the beginning of
the fourth century. Lent is a reli-
gious fast which it3 begin-
ning somewhat in confusion bnt
which has long been fixed as to term.
duration and manner of fasting. So-
crates tells that in his day there was
fasting in Rome for three consecutive
weeks before Easter Saturdays and
Sundays being exceptional davs duxinc
the period named while in Greece and
other countries eastward of Rome
the season was one of six weeks of
abstinence. Other irregular customs
as to Lent were observed by the same
author and it appears that
the I
churches reached no definite practice I
as to time period and manner of fast-
ing for a rood while after Socrates
ceased to record events. After much
diversity of opinion. Pope Gregory the
Great in 590 fixed the sixth Sunday
before Easter as the beginning of the
quadragesimal fast but this giving
only thirty-six days the last four days
of the preceding week weve
aded to this period. fixing
Ash Wednesday as the first day of
Lent. Therefore while this is the first
Sunday in Lent Dominica in quadra-
gesima last Wednesday was really the
first day of this ecclesiastical season.
Roman Catholics and many Protest
ants maintain that ihis fast is of apos
tolic origin while the grrate3t body
of the latter believe it to be of purely
ecclesiastical origin. The generally
accepted opinion is that it wa3 estab
lished as preparatory .for the
anniversaries of Christ's cruci-
fixtion and resurection and inicinein-
berance of ths Savi6r's fast of forty
days in the wilderness. As to the
nature of fasting there has beeD and
still is as much diversity of opinion as
in early days there were differences re-
garding the period and time of fasting.
Holy Week the seven days immedi
ately preceding Easter seems to have
been kept by all as obligatory while
the remainder of the forty days has
been assumed as voluntary. The first
council that of Laodicia in
303 prescribed entire abstinence
from food on Holy Thursday and the
exclusive use of "dry food" during all
the fast days of Lent; the Orleans
council 541 demanded that those who
did not keep the fast should be con
sidered as transgressing the laws of
the church t and at Toledo 616 the
use of the flesh meat was forbidden
The Latin church permitted the use
af wine oil and animal food and this
gave re ason in no small degree to
separation and to the formation of
the Greek church In the twelfth
century the use or all kinds of
food except fish eggs cheese and
wine were permitted and thereafter
even theuse of thff3 were permitted
flesh alone being denied except under
especial dispensation. Under the old
regime the use of but one meat a day
in the evening was adinissable an.
hat had to consist of "dry food." or
bread and water. As rigorous rule;
r-garumg last leu into disuse so was
the daily period of reflection curtailed
Under Theodocius the Great
an edict went abroad that
corperial puishment should not
be inflicted during Lent and Pope
Clermont declared for universal peace
the Truce of God from Ash Wed
nesday to Whitsuntide. Under pres-
ent Catholic regime one meal is al
lowed at which flesh meat is prohib
ited but custom has fixed a refection
of two' ounces in the morning and
collation of eight in the evening; and
still these rules are modified by
dispensation according to climate and
occupation. In this country flesh
meat is allowed several times during
the week according to direction of
the bishops but fish and fle3h are
never permitted at the same meal
In the Protestant churches of Europe
me .Liuinereun especially Lent is a
penitential season. The Church of
England adheres to the Lenten fast
as does the Protestant Episcopal
church in the old and the new world
The fourth Sunday in Lent is known
as Passion Sunday. The se
venues oi me last are pre-
ceueu in many countries with
season of pleasures. In Italy and in
Spain and to a le33 degree in France
canuvai ween is universally observed
the custom grows in this country
in .New Orleans there is a day of
great rejoicing and display and or sus-
pension of business.
Mardi Gras at Galveston is as near
d '.r ..pproacn uie carnival in Texas
but it was merely our purpose t
give in a concise style the historical
teaiures oi .Lent. Lenten services
will be held at some of the churches
of Austin to day and the devout
words ot preachers will be entertain
ing uo and hear them.
SEW TELEyRAPH RATE'S.
Information has been received at
the Austin office making the follow-
ing reductions in telegraph messages
To New York and all Xew England
points it has been reduced to S1.25
tor ten words and eight cents a word
thereafter; C-ilifornia New Mexico
Ltah Nevada and Arizona from
81.50 and 10 cents to SI and 7 cents
New Orleans and all Louisiana from
75 cents nd 5 cents to CO cents and 4
cents; San Antonio Tex. from 40 and
3 to 25 and 2 cents; points on ihe Sun
set road between ban Antonio and
Houston from 40 and 3 to 25 and
cents; Virginia. Maryland Penn. and
Delaware trom si.aa and .m to 81.00
and .07; Arkansas torn .75 and .03 to
M) and .04; and nearly all points in
Texas have been reduced in the same
ratio. The maximum rates heretofore
tin ve been Sl.SOpnr ten words and tea
cents a word for the additional. This
has been reduced to $1.00 for ten
words and seven cents a word there
after.
Gradually the telegraph company
has reduced its rates and now it has
come down to something reasonable.
Ten years ago the ratH from this citv
for a message to New York was S2 50
for ten words and 1 cents a word for
the additional and to New England
These reductions will be of great
Deneht to the commercial interests of
the city the merchants say and will
consequently be appreciated.
State Lunatic Asylum.
March 1 1884. J
nans and tun specifications are in
vited for a building for officers quar
ters and necessary officers' rooms to be
erected on the grounds of the s;ate
lunatic asylum. Dimensionsof build
ing to be eighty (80) feet in length and
fifty (50) feet in width. Basement
story to be nine (9) feet in height. :and
building to consist of three (3) stories
aoove oasement.
Outer walls to be of pitch ash or
stone and inner wall of brick Filh
slate roof. The building when com-
pleted not to exceed in cost of twen
ty thousand dollars (820000.) Plans
and specifications will be received un-
til 12 m. on Saturday the 22nd day of
juarcn iB4.
One hundred dollars (S 100.00) will
be paid for the plans and specifications
accepted by the board of managers).
ihe right to reject all specifications
and plans is reserved by the board.
All plans and specifications to be
left with Col. Stephen II. Harden at
his office in the state capitol. By or-
der of board of managers.
Stephen 11. jjakden
President Board of Managers.
mchl-lOt.
The Police Force.
To tlie Editor of the Statesman.
It is evident that a deep feelinrr of
regret to say the least exists among
the people of this city at the failure of
the city council so far to apply the
necessary remedy to the painful ineffi-
ciency of the entire police force. There
mav be men on the lorce who would
be efficient pobcemen under a compe-
tent chief and if so it would bo an
easy matter to reinstate such after a
dismissal of the whole force. At all
events let a man be selected for the
office of city marshal who is compe-
tent and who has the nerve to do his
duty. Let the useless office of sergeant
of police be abolished the present ser
geant be selected for mounted police
duty and the other vacancies filled
with sober and reliable men and the
government of Austin will not con-
throughout the state and even abroad.
Respectfully
Observer.
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
MORE MEDINA MARAUDERS
GttfcEXBACKERS AD THE
fciOVER.NGB.
Bosqne and Bonds Graham City and
Her Public Schools.
February
Tax Collections for
8294000.
Land Sab s Restrictions So Watered
Sections to be Sold by the
State.
The Xew Cauitol Etc.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE. j
Gov. Ireland savs he h3s no infor
mation of any fence-cutting in Bas-
trop or Travis counties except the
cutting of Mr. Driskill's fence and
that he considers recent reports of
other depredations of the kind sensa
tional. Mr. Driskill by the way has
stretched his wires again since thev
were cut last Saturday night.
ine governor paid the reward of
ti'tAt?
wanted for murder in Cass county.
.a. prominent citizen ot the State
traveling in North Texas writes the
governor as follows; "As the action
of the legislature is becoming under
stood the people are becoming very
well satisfied. So far as vou are con
cerned you are universally indorsed
here. In fact the leading green-
backers here say they will vote for
you in me next race it requires no
effort to be an Ireland man in Wise
county."
According to the dispatches to the
San Antonio Express there are thirty-
nve ience cutters in quod at Cas'ro-
ville in Medina county ten more !
than had been advised in the dis-
patches to the governor. The drag
net in this case will cost the state
7000 in rewards at 6200 each under
the governor's proclamation.
THE DISPATCH FROM CASTEOV1LLW.
CasTROVilL February 27. To-
day Sheriff Foster Deputy Marshal
Niggli and st-veral other deputies ar-
rived from Hondu City at 2 p. m. with
thirteen more fence-cutters all riding
hoi ses tailed together. The following
are the names of the victims: Julius
Hartung Louis Ilartung Joseph
Wetier. Olise Dully Rule Kathbone.
August Hutzler August B;ider Sam
Nail Joseph Wermette and Euiil
Bader this last a most potent grave
and reverend seigneur and big boss of
the gacg.
These fellows meant business from
the word go and had organized them-
selves into a stock company (unlimit-
ed) and proposed to have free griss or
die trying. Their watchword or
countersign presumably used for the
edification of their sentiue's when the
main body wtr plying their gent lo
clickers wa3 'D'Hauis-on-the-Seco."
Their oath which they had all signed
and kept reads as follows: "You
soleiiinly swear that you will stick to
this crowd through thick and thin
and help each other out in trouble so
Ueh you God."
The peace officers have warrants out
for many more and expect to gather
them in to-morrow. AVe now have
35 in jail and the building is crowded
to its full capacity. Room for more
however will have to ba made.
These men are full of pluck and
look their fate squarely in the face
They hardly realize as yet the full im-
port of their incarceration and the
probable consequence of their crime.
They are of course not wealthy but
believe they will be able to raise the
necessary funds for a most vigorou
and determined defense and though
the tnormou3 bond required is far
away above their means they take
matters cooly and are willing to stop
with us for awhile.
The two leaders of the different
gangs American and Cernian
both m of -stand: ug ainilv and
sormfeTvealth and look like" just
vrTTcLt they were previous to their
craze simple working citizens.
The town is full of people friends of
the imprisoned and friends of law and
order. The arrival of the racg-is is
anxiously looked for as our citizens
fear serious trouble if some restraint
is not placed before the eyes of men
who are liable to talk themselves into
frenzy. No collision between the two
parties is -actually anticipated but any
further prolongation of the present
strained state of affairs is dreaded.
All will be welL however when the
noses ot the rangers horses show m
sight and in the meanwhile the good
work will go on.
Later. Pete Ketchum an allegen
spy from the enemy's camp came to
town to-night looking around and
was promptly arrested for fence cut-
ting and jailed. Niggli states that he
has held a warrant for him for some
time and has been looking for him all
day. Ketchum's obliging disposition
in putting in an appearance just when
wanted is much commended
Captain Joe Shely with five rangers
arrived ai a lare hour and all is quiet
STATE DEPARTMENT
An amended charter ot the AVash-
mgton Iron Works Company of this
state increasing the stock ot the com
pany to &2(.UUU was Oled yesterday.
Jhe Secretary of State is consider
ably annoyed at the tardiness of the
State printer in delivering the general
laws or ine special session ot the 18th
legislature and desires to say to State
officers that they must exercise pa-
tience and be assured that as soon as
the books are delivered to the depart
ment iney win oe lor warded.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
'Ihe comptroller warranted yester
day for payments into the St ite treas-
ury amouuting to about $3000. The
treasurer also received S11.000 for
account of interest on land notes.
which goes to the credit of the avail
able school fund. Taxes collected for
the month of Febiuarv as reported to
the comptroller amount to 8294000.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The city of Graham the county
seat of "ioung county according to
advices to Hon. B.M. Baker secretary
of the board of education has as
sumed control of the public schools of
that place. This will entitle the citv
to a part of the appropriation made
by the stae where cities thus assume
control of the schools.
The authorities of Bosauo county
write the board of education they
want to buy some bond3 over anv
excess of the amount wanted by the
Doaru. ney are desired tor invest-
ment of Bosque county school funds.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
There was a meeting of the land
board yesterday to perfect their action
of the previous day.
Sales ot school land are restricted to
actual settlers who must make affida
vit that they will settle on tha land in
three months from granting of their
applications.
A resolution was adopted that in
future no lands will be sold except to
actual settlers and to them in quanti
ties not exceeding wu acres ot agri
cultural and 1280 acres of pasture
lands to each settler.
The forms of applications contain
ing the conditions of purchase will be
prepared by the board and forwarded
to the county surveyors at once.
ihe board resolved that no watered
lands are in market for sale; that
sketches must accompany all
applications for lease as
well as for purchase showinor
the number of sections applied for the
numoer ot sections owned if any by
the applicant and surrounding sections
owned or controlled by others.
Some think that the raising of the
price of leasing lacds to eight cents
for dry and twenty cents for watered
sections virtually withdraws the
lands from lease as being too high fr.r
th se who want to leae such lands.
Those who have effected leases at
the previous lower
rates can come in ;
bidders Under the
competition with
diate figures at a profit.
In the board meeting at which the
subject was considered the governor
favored fixing the price of leases at
ten cents and Lind Commissioner
Walsh at six cents per acre per an-
num. THE NEW C APITOL.
The capitol contractor is about
readv to commence setting the stone
: in construction of the new capitol.
I He is only waiting for some iron Work
to finish" nutting iid the derricks.
There are eight of these mammoth ap-
pnances two of which were procured
i from New Orleans where they were
me(l in building the New Cotton Ex-
; change in that city. Hauling stone
from the quarries will be commenced
jMonlay. New cars for the purpose
are on the way from Palistina in this
st.te.
EXECUTIVE DEPART1IAMT
In regard to the Medina fence cut-
ters the governor thinks it likely that
the offences lor which they have been
arrested wire probably committed be-
fore the new law went into effect
when the penally wa3 simply misde-
meanor subject to imprisonment and
small fine. ;If so the fines would
amount to but a small sum compared
with what they would be under the
new law.
The governor will to-day issue the
following proclamation :
QUARANTINE I'LOC'LAM ATION.
Tahll Whom these Presents may Come:
I Be it known thnt I John Ireland
"he authority ve.tedin me by the laws
governor ot the state oi lexas uy
of this state do hetebv declare that
quarantine shall be established and
enforced on the coast of Texas on and
after the first dav of Mav. A. D. 1884
and that it shall continue until closed
bv nroclamation
Said ouarantine shall apply to all
vessels sailing from any port or place
infected by a disease that is liable to
oe carneu uy saiu vessels men yaos-ene-ers.
crews or cargoes into any
Dort of Texas: and all places south of
twenty-five degrees north latitude
shall be considered infected unless
proof to the contrary be submitted to
the governor and special exemption
granted to eome paiticular place or
places not infected.
The coast quarantine stations shall
be governed by the toiiowing rules
Rule 1. All vessels arriving at
any of the coast stations shall come to
anchor and remain until boarded by
the officer of the station and all orders
given by said quarantine olhcer must
be oueyed by the commanuers or ves
sels
Rule 2. The ouarantine. officer
must thoroughly inspect every vt ssel
coming into his cort. and ascertain
every possible fact pertaining to her
sunitary condition.
Rule 3. A'e;elsfrom an infected
place with clean bills of health and
having had no sickness of an infec-
tious kind en route must come to
anchor beyond the bar and shall be
detained and sutijected to daily pro-
cesses of purification such as shifting
cargo fumigating ventilating pump-
ing out bilge water and freely using
disinfectants for twenty consecutive
clays before being allowed to land any
of "the passengers crew or cargo.
This rule however shall not apply
to vessels that have obeyed the special
regulations hereafter given for the
government of the disinfecting
warehouse on Galveston island.
Rule 4. Vessels from badly infect-
ed ports or having at time of arrival
sickness of an infectious kind on
board will not be permitte l to cross
the bar during the season; and in ad-
di' ion to the precau'ious directed in
rule 3 every article that could pos-
sildy have been contaminatad such as
beds bed clothing wearing apparel
etc. must be destroyed in the presence
of the cjuarantine officer; and when
such vessels arrive at any station the
quarantine officer must promptly tele-
graph the fact to the governor of the
state.
Rule 5. Vessels from infected
ports laden with only such articles
a3 cannot possibly be carriers of in-
fection such a3 agricultural imple-
ments machinery iron lumber
wagons bacon salt etc. may be ad-
mitted upon conditions stipulated be-
forehand for- the admission of such
vessels andv'iopei arrangements have
been u.acle therefor under such direc
tions as may be prescribed by the gov
ernor.
Rule 6. Aressels coming empty
from infected ports for the purpose of
carrying domestic animals cattle
horses sheep etc from any Texas
port may be admitted after complete
arrangements have been matle to se-
cure positive safety under such re
strictions as may be given beforehand
upon application there lor.
rule i. iho presence ot a very
elaborate 'i.s riJet t:ng warehouse on
the east ;:! i' Galveston island gives
10 mat pent a tvahtiges not possessed
by any other on the Texas coast and
while" giving greater protection w:ll
admit a modification of the above
rule. The qiniMEithni officer at Gal
veston will aoconlingly observe and
rigidly enforce the following special
regulations for the government of the
state's 'disinfecting warehouse on
Galveston isJand.
Regulation A. All persons em
ployed about the warehouse or station
shall be un ler th command of the
quarantine officer or his assistant
B. Officers and employes must
have had yellow fever or have passed
through an epidemic ot rt satisfac
tory evidence of which must be given
the cjuarantine omcer Derore anv
agreement is entered into.
(J. Ao ladies or children not even
the families of officers will be per
mitted to occupy or visit the station
during the quarantine season unless
express permission be granted by the
governor.
u. ejommissioners or vessels or
consignees must notify the quarantine
officer if possible before arrival of
vessel the kind of goods they desire
to have treated in the warehouse. Ar-
ticles such as bales of hemp blankets.
woolen goods boxes capable of covey-
mg infectious air etc. must not be
permitted to enter the city under any
conditions it urougnt irom an in
fected place.
E. Avhen a vessel arrives along
siete the quarantine wnarr the quar
antine officer or his assistant must
personally superintend the transfer of
goods to the warehouse and every
step taken in process of disinfection
must be done under the ever vigilant
eyes of the officer.
! . JNo one from the vessel will be
allowed upon the wharf except the
crew or hands employed in the trans
fer and officers in charge of them.
G. 1 lve days detention with such
facilities as we have in the warehouse
for disinfecting cargoes would give
greater security than could be obtain-
eu under the regime in sixty days ;
but to make assurance doubly sure
the goods shall be detained twenty
days fumigated at night and ventila-
ted during the day : at the expiration
of which period lighters may take
them into the city.
H. AVhen the transfer from the
ship to the warehouse is conrplete.
the vessel must go at once from the
wharf and come to anchor at some
point designated by the quarantine
officer eastol and not nearer than one
mile to the station. '
1 After the entire cargo is stor
ed in the warehouse the vessel must
remain at anchor twenty consecu
tive days and be visited daily by
ine quarantine 'ottieer ; and au meas
ures known to sanitarians for disin-
fecting and cleansing ships must be
enforced and every man. woman anel
child on board must be seen by said
officer at every visit.
Rule 8. In all cases where the
above general rules or special regula-
tions have been complied with and
there still remains a doubt in the
mind of the quarantine officer as to
the propriety of admitting a vessel he
shall detain saidy essel report his
reasons for so doing to the governor
until all doubt is removed or orders
received to admit it.
5Rule 9. The quarintine officer of
each station must make contracts
with stU ordinates and provide such
things as may be deemed necessary for
the service subject to the approval of
the governor and promptly report the
their duties the prises agreed on and
rost nf thm r.nrnh-.iwvl ThP nfl'ima
j must approve all accounts considered
just before forwarding them for the
approval of the governor and the 1
State health officer.
Rule 10. All local boards of health
civil authorities and citizens are so-
licited to assist the quar;intine officers
in the execution of . the above rules
and are earnestly requested to notify
the governor of any dereliction of du-
ty by officers or employees or any oth-
er facts that will give greater effi-
eiency to the quarantine service. In
testimony whereof I have hereunto
signed mv name and have caused to
be impressed uC:on the sal of state
at Austin Texas this nr-t 1J o
March' A. D. 1884. John Ireland gov-
ernor. By the' governor: J. W. Baines
secretary of state.
state department.
The office fees of the secretary of
state for the. month of February
amount to 82613.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
The comptroller yesterday trans
ferred 140.000 from the available
school fund to general revenue ac-
count. This with similar transfers
during the quarter makes over &500-
000 placed to the credit of the general
revenue.
The state treasurer received deposits
yesterday as follows :
Interest. Principal.
From sale of school lands. .SsO.718.39 23.2:.76
Irom sale university lands 418.1J !ie.u
About 83000 receipts from tax col
lectors were into the treasury
yesterday.
interest receipts irom iana saies
to credit of the available school and
university funds and the principal to
the permanent school and university
funds respectively.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
The Fire Insurance company of
New York was yesterday licensed by
the commissioner of insurance to do
business in this state.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The board of education in formal
session yesterday confirmed their
action at a previous meeting relative
to some matters which had not been
authoritatively agreed on. The busi-
ness was not of general interest.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The charter of the south side Bap-
tist Church of Fort AVorth was filed
yesterday. Also charter of the Au-
burn Cattle Company of Sweet
AVater Nolan County. Capital stock
$50000.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
The comptroller awarded the con
tract for publishing the tax sales of
lands in the unorganized counties to
the Houston Post Publishing uom
pany being the lowest bidder at 81.20
per inch two coiums wicie ior iour
insertions. The other bids were the
Waco Examiner. 81.96. Galveston
News 81.90. Fort AVorth Gazette
81.50. Dallas Herald. S1.49 States
man 81.45. The San Antonio Express
made no offer on account ot not car-
inar to come m competition with
papers claiming larger circulation
than could be established.
The books of the comptroller show
the following deposits of collections
during the month ot a euruarv
Fmm Taxes of 1883 271187.29
" " 1882 8035.35
" J881 120.00
" ' lS-'0 1.432.W
' 187S 23.32
From Land office fees 1.165
' ' patents 4271.50
" " government dues.. lG.i
st-jta Tat nrnrrvnixeri counties fDald
to comptroller) 3875.55
S'ate 'l ax unorganized counties (paid
to comptroller) . 1009.82
Sneplil )-!-m:ition Tax (Daid to
comptroller 1100.43
Olnee Fees from Secretary oi State. . 2.913 83
$297387.90
Above amount goe3 to the accosnt
of general revenue.
Among the chief deposits for ac-
count as special funds were :
For permanent school fund S 11491.76
For ava lable school fund 1122'8.18
For permanent university fund 6447.H(
For available university fund 2420.26
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.
The adjutant general has advices of
the arrival of Captain Mcilurray
command at Baiid Station on the
Texas and Pacific railroad in the
neighborhood of the fence cutting dis
trict of Brown. Coleman and other
oousAies. The recent report of fur
ther fence cutting in Coleman is tie
nied bv Contrector Smith of this ciry.
who has i'lst returned from that
county.
The adjutant general has no further
particulars than those given in the
press dispatches as to the fence cut
ters arrested in Medina county.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
The attorney general is preparing
an opinion on a question ot junsdi
tion of the state courts where oftVnces
are charged to have been committed
on grounds sold to the United States
for barracks and other purposes. The
question is raised on cm plaint from
one oi the western forts.
CASUAL COMMENTS.
State Railroad Ungineer Britton ex
pected to leave last evening to look
alter the railroads and specially to in
spect bridges.
Everything was quiet in the execu
tive offiee yesterday. Some one think
ing he might be the party named for
an app iiutment wrius the governor
to give his correct initials. The proper
party however happened to be one of
other initials.
The governor states that the land
board voted u mnimosly for fixing the
price for leasing unwatered sections
fo the school lands at ei.ht cents
though different rate3 were discussed
in the board.
o later advices at the governor s
office trom Medina county.
To form a proper conception of the
difficulties of getting around in sec-
tions where there are large pastures
before the fences were cut one should
look at maps of the immense enclos-
ures of land by large pasture owners
such as that of Coleman county which
was exhibited to the fence-cutting
committee during the extra session of
the legislature. In some instances it
will be seen that detours around pas-
tures had to be made forty or fifty
mile3 to get to the river or the county
seat only a few miles distant in dire t
line across the intervening enclosures.
The fish commissioners made a suc-
cessful shipment of over 200 carp to
applicants at Center in Shelby county
Texas. They had to go by rail all
the way through north Texas to Mar-
shall and thence further by railroad
to Big Cane Louisiana and back
again into Texas thirty miles by
wagon conveyance to Center a long
distance from Austin.
St. Paul Kensington Art School.
Mrs. C. A. Anderson has returned
to Austin and is again located at Mil-
lett's Mansion next door to opera
house where she will be pleased to
meet the ladies ot Austin. Airs.
A. proposes to sell her stock prior
to going North and will give the la-
dies good bargains.
l'lush 23 inches v. ide 3 KO.
Satteen 50 " "3 60.
Satteen 50 " " 2 75.
Pelts 72 " " 1 50.
Ornaments 81 25 and 82 10 per doz.
Instnuition will be given Monday
AVednes iay and Friday from 10:30 to
lz in the morning and z:6'J tin 4 in
the afternoon at 50 cents per lesson
Indtdlible stamping done for all. 1
"Ciins't thou not minister to a mind
diseased ?" T his question is answered
in the affirmative once and for all in
the new medical treatise on nervous
and physical debility pu Wished by the
Peabody Medical Institute. Adver
tised in another column.
A Good Thing.
At the Millett mansion there has
been inaugurated a new measure
which of late has become universally
acknowledged as an indispensible part
of a first-class hotel or eating house.
It is the moral ticket system of which
we speak. Mrs. Orr has had printed
a large number of tickets gotten up
in the most approved style which en-
titles the holder to a specified number
of meals. By this method boarders
do not have to pay for meals lost a
very great advantage over the usual
run of eating establishments. Many
men doing business in the center of
the town will find it convenient to
purchase one of these tickets and we
predict that Mrs. Orr will find the
new measure of great pecuniary ad-
vantage to herself as well as of great
convenience to the general public.
ELOQUENT.
AJf EXTRACT FK0.U THE SER-
MON OF K. SU00T AT THE
FUS'ERAL OBSEQUES OF
C0L0SEL COOK.
sets
the
A Grand Tribute to a Gf.nd Man
KneJcrJcal Flowers for an
Honored Fonerai I rs
The following is an extract from
the sermon preached at the funeral of
Col. A. II. t ook. Dr. femoot said :
Col. A. II. (-ook was born in
Rowan county. North C irolina in the
year lSiii the month of Mav. Had he
jived till May ntxt he would have filled
the three score years allotted to man.
In early manhood he went to Macon
Georgia soon after to Nashville
Tennessee- and (after a brief stay in
that beautiful City he ame to this
' Republic of Texas." AVheri the cap-
ital of the Republic was fixed at Aus-
tin he came with the government to
this citv. and here remained a citizen
to the day ot his death which occurred
i nday last. To give you an ac
count of his life would be in a certain
sense to write the history of this city.
There is not a block on he Avenue
or Pecan street the two great thor
oughfares of the city in which he has
not owned property and constructed
.'inklings lie Jamied here when tne
rc'ttv valley stretching along our
iver banks was dotted with the tents
of the first comers and these f-ur-
rounding hills every where adorned
and beautified with elegant homes lay
in the wilderness.
HE WAS A CONTRACTOR
and builder by trade and grew im
mensely rich in real estate
and city property. Those were
busy and eventful days. Some men
had an eve to fortune some were
making fame and some were mould
ing characters. The men of adven
ture and bold experiment merely soon
an their course and their names are
forgotten ; except it le that mention is
sometimes made of them on a sum
mer evening when the older men of
Austin meet in groups to fight over
again the old battles and tell the tales
of early adventure. But the colonel
was no adventurer; he came to stay
Bang a christian man from early life
he wanted religion ana gooa morais
planted wherever he went. Virtue
s.)brietv and industry were a group ot
Braces he wanted to Sfe grow with
the erowth of other things in this
voung citv. A Presbyterian ot the
old school a school which combines
faith and works: a school whose faith
lies at the foundation ot its works: a
school which holds that its faith shall
be justified before men by its works
he was ready to work for his church
his cause his master. In 1840 Rev
V. Y. Allen now of Illinois then
iastor at Houston. Texas visited
Austin and rlanteel a vine of the
Presbyterian order. Col. Cook was
ONE OF THE FIRST MEN
to meet him. to counsel and work
with him- But for the lack of more
such Lien as Col. Cook the enter
prise after being nourished and
watered for awhile by a few godly
men 1
ike Cook and Selam and the late
Finlay Grouse afterward pn si-
John
dent of Hannover college Indiana
made but tlow growth it indeed any
at all.
It is no small undertaking to plant
the gospel in new settlements when
the world with its charms the flesh
with its passions and the devil with
his devils combine in triple opposi
tion and bear down like a gale against
the church. The frontier preacher
and the frontier be.iive?s are men
whose lots are cast in places which sore-
lv trv thur iaith
But again in 1850 the Presbytery
of central Texas sent Rev. W m. M
Raker. D. D. whose memory is still
precious to many in this community
to taxe cnarge or tne cnurcn iu Aus-
tin. The Presbiterv had organized
the "Presbyterian church of Austin
Abaer II. Cook was made one of its
elders; to the day of his death he held
the office with satisfaction and pride
to his friends and credit to hmiselt
Through a'l the viusitudes of the
third of a cent ur"- that church plant
ed bv the Presbyter of central Texas
has remained under its fostering care
and Col. Cook during thi3 whole
time has been its faithful elder
TIE NEVER CII ANC; ED
his church relationship and never
desired to do so. There- are two
Presbyterian churches in Austin
to-day as the outgrowth of the
labors trials patience acd
hopes of these Gotllv men. All honor
to their memory! Precious are their
names with us. The first foundations
laid and the first buildings erected for
Presbyterian worship in this city were
the works of his own hands. It is no
small blessing to a minister to have
such a lay helper as Colonel Cook
proved himself to be. Conservative
in all things he would suffer loss be
fore he would strive for anything
even constructively wrong. Modest
meek and diffident like Moses pre-
ferring that others should take the
lead but firm and inflexible in the dis
charge of duty when his own con-
science and the Providence of God
made it clear to his mind. In faith
like Abraham he stood before the
world as the friend of God. In his
deep earnest devotion to the church
he was like Luvid. tne son or Jesse;
his face would glow with something
like inspiration when we all sang to-
gether the songs of Zion. Patient and
unflinching in the days of his adver
sitv he was as grand as the patriarch
in "the land of Uz whose name was
Job.
IIE WAS UPRIGHT
and feared God and eschewed evil
From being one of the wealthiest men
in Austin he met with one reverse
after another until he became one of
the poorest. The clouds
Doorest. The clouds of worldly
adversity thickened and darkened
as they gathered and the storm
broke and beat heavily on the old man
in the infirmity ot age. l et throug
all his severe and protracted trials he
maintained his integrity and with
calm resignation he was ready to say.
" Yea. though he slew me yet win
trust blm." He never slackened his
liberality but gave in proportion to
his means till the last dollar was gone
and then by his presence patience
lebors and cheerful trust he gave us
an example worthy to be lollowed
AVhat a grand christian he was I
Texas loves to honor Houston for the
brave deeds of the hero in the de-
cisive battle and the great victory
She loves to honor the name of Rusk
for he was a mighty man in the halls
of legislation ; and Hemphill and
Lipscomb for they were great in the
law; and Laman the scholarly and
cultured president ot the young re
public he wno conceived the idea
that Texas should have
A GREAT UNIVERSITY
and laid the foundation of its magnif
icent endowment it is httmg and
proper that they and many others of
the eanv heroes snouiu oe nonorea
AVhat they were to the state in mould-
ing her civil institutions Col. Cook
was in forming her moral and relig-
ious tone. I am told it was he who
first went among the rude huts and
the white tents with old man Jimmy
rBurke and distributed tracts and
bibles among the rude early settlers
when Austin could not claim to be
one year old from the day of her foun-
dation. A wild western frontier vil-
lage with no fear of God and but
little thought of death among the
people. "They that be wise shall
shine as the brightness of the firma-
ment ; and they that turn many to
righteousness as the stars for ever
and ever." Life is a very brief thing;
humanity is as frail as a flower but
death is very certain.
THE GOOD DIE
but their works abide. They cease
from their labors but their Influence
lives their lives are still speaking.
However good or useful a man may
be however poorly he e;an be Fpared
bv family church or community
still he must die. How f hould we ail
pray that God will so te ich us to re
member one day that we may apply j
our hearts to wisdom. AVhen the sun
after a long day then lingers on
landscape and about the mountain
top a twilight which eoitens the de-
parture and mellows the scene and
as it shall be with this good man we
shall see him no more but the mem-
ories of his virtues shall liuger with
us for many a day.
SCSDAl AOTES ASD CHIMES.
Mr. Beecher says it i3 better to burn
uown a church than to quarrel in it.
All great men. erreat in the siirht of
God great because of their usefulness '
are men who first were faithful in
little things who elilligcTitly used their
present.
The increase of clergy of the Epis
copal church in this country for the
past nine years has been twenty-one
per cent.
Jap.n has nineteen Christian
church s established by the American
Board with an average of nearly
fifty members tarh.
The Bishon of Paris intends to build
a floating cathedral to ue propenea
by steam and to be used for It jmisn
service oil the river Amazon.
The Evangelical United Mennonite
church and the Brethren in Christ
have united under the name of the
Mennonite Brethren in Christ.
The Sunday school army of the
world is estimated at about 13400000
pupils and ljOO.OOO officers and teach
ers. making a total of 15000000.
There are said to be no fewer than
5000 Scotch Highlanders in Chicago
who still use the liaeiic speecn. a
church is to be organized for their
benefit with preaching in Gaelic
Eighty years ago there were about
seventy missionary schools;now there
are more than twelve thousand with
uDwards oi forty thousand pupils all
receiving instructions in the worship
of GocL
An Ohio pastor whose church has
been enjoying a powerful revival is
auoted as saying: "The work has
convinced me more man ever oi tne
nower of the simple gospel. Doubt
or an attitude of doubt will conver
no one.
It is becoming more and more prob
able that the maintenance indeed the
very preservation of a Scriptural ob
servance ot Sunday will soon be mam
ly if not exclusively dependent upon
the convictions ana practices oi -iiri-
tian families.
A good old mar. up in Epping New
Hampshire went to a prayer meeting
the other night and unwittingly fell
asleep lie was caned up to oner
prayer and neing auyiuuy puucneu
bv his better half bellowed out
"Gol-darn it Betsy kindle it yourself
A. religious paper the Baptist Ex
amicer answers the question: "is
there any harm or hnrt in a church
member playing or hearing the violin
played? as lonows: "it. aepencison
the quality of the violin and of the
quality of the playing. Nothing in
the way of music is better worth hear-
ing than a first-class violin in the
hands of a master and few thir gs are
harder to bear than a poor violin bad-
ly played."
An old minister in Ohio seemed
rather opposed to an educated minis-
try. Said he: "VVhy my brethering'
every young man wno is going io
preach thinks that he must be off to
some college and study a lot of Greek
and Latin. All nonsemse I ah
wrong ! AVhat did Peter and Paul
know about Greek ? AVhy not one
word my 'brethering.' No ! Peter
and Paul preached in plain old Eng-
lish and so'U I.'
The Christian Union sees no reason
why churches should not sell reserved
seats for single Sundays inasmuch a.s
they sell reserved sats for the season.
She notion was suggested by the wri-
ter's txnerience in tjkicg his family
to hear a popular preach ar when
they had to wait until all the behold-
ers were seated before they could get
seats even when the ushers knew
that the seats were to be occupied.
A Xew Eaterprlse for Austin.
AVe learn that a complete Homoeo-
pathic pharmacy will be openeti in
this city this month in the building
owned by Judge Terrel and lately
occupied by the Ashby millinery es-
tablishment under the proprietorship
and management of Drs. Fisher. This
will be the only complete and first-
class pharmacy in the South except-
ing a branch in New Orleans of a
New York house and is intended to
b' a supply depot for the Homoeo
pathic physicians of Texas and the
Southwest thus securing to Austin
another s'ate enterprise. Judge Ter-
rel's building is a fine one anil is well
adapted to the purpose.
How to Make Candy. This book
gives full directions for making all
kinds of plain and fancy candy. The
recipes lor making caramels choco-
late drops French mixed and all
other kinds of candies contu-d in
this book are the same as used by the
leading city confectioners. Any one
can have these candies at home at less
than one-third the usual cost. Sent
postpaid to any one sending at once
the names of fifteen married ladies
and 30 cents in postal note or eighteen
2 cent stamps. Address
Rochestek Publishing Co.
32 83 A 8SJ Osburn Block
ehfiter K". Y.
1000 Reward.
In addition to the reward offered by
the governor and myseP a few citi-
zens have made up an additional sum
of 8500 and placed P at my disposal
and this whole sum amounting to one
thousand dollars will be paid for the
arrest and conviction ot the first
fence-cutter in Travis or aeljoining
counties. This applies to any fencn
that has been cut since the 6th day of
Ja ebruary or may be cut in the luture.
1W J. W. JJRISKILL
"Yes that's sadly so" said Jenkins
"my hair is turniDg gray and falling
out before its time. Use something t
I would but most hair restorers re
dangerous." "True" answered his
friend "but Parker's Hair Balsam is
as harmless as it is effective. I've.
tried it. and know. Give the Balsam
a show rtnd the boys will stop calling
you 'Old Man Jenkins.'" It never
fails to restore the original color to
gray or faded hair. Richly perfumed
an elegant dressing. esat
Breakfast Cocoa as a beverage is
universally conceded superior to all
other drinks for the weary man of
business or the more robust' laborer.
The preparations of AV alter Baker &
Co. have long been the standard of
merit in this line and our readers who
purchase "Baker's Breakfast Cocoa"
will find it a most healthful delicate
and invigorating beverage.
Monroe & Hurd.
City scavengers have a 6late at Mar
tin's old stand corner Congress Av
enue and Bois d'Arc street. Orders
left for them will be promptly at-
tended to. febl7-tf
Mr. R. D. Cunningham sold to Judge
Sheeks one of his traveling ambulances
and the Judge is proud of his bargain
having tested its merits. As cheap as
the common ambulance. R.D.Cun-
ningham agent.
II. B. llillycT the yeteraa photo
grapher up stairs 916 Avenue keepi
up witn tne times in an merito
rious improvements. A vtiit to his
gallery will convince you. lm.
Bracelets Necklaces
Lockets ladies' and gentlemen's
watches and watch charms and any
thing in the jewelry line at B. C.
W eil& jewelry store. jan27-tr.
Bed Room Suits.
A car load just received. Several
novelties never iefore shown in this
market D. AV. J ones & Co.
j20-tf
$500 Reward
is offered for any case of chills that
Chillarine fails to cure no matter of
how long standing they mav 28-tf
Gentlemen temporarily embarrasses.
can find relief at J. A. Jackson's. 118
East Pecan s23-tf.
The best smoking tobacco is "Little
Joker."
ATTEMPTED.
ANOTHER BOLD ATTEMPT AT
BURGLARY ThZ RES1DESCE
OF S. S1H0.AS TH"- T01ST
OF A I TACK.
Braye Woman GItcb One ot tlitf
Burglars a Taste or Cold Lead.
But lie Escapes.
Sometime vesterdav morninir an ex
ceedingly bold attempt ut burglary
occurred at the re :d-n.eof S.Simons
the well known wholes:ile and retail
imtor dealer lie ha in i-onnprtinn
with his wholesale ill n irt mrnt .
loon the "Sample Room." Frf--
ltternoou a large uiiinlier of nion flX'
present in the ShiiidIo. Room u-hm a.
gHitlem-m cam in and going un to
the counter behind which Mr. Simons
was standing gave him a larga
sum of money. Mr. SitLons and the
party who
taid Tire money
had somo considerable talk about
it and during this conversation some
thing was said auout keeping money
ill ma iiuusp vy ivir. OIIIIOUS. eilner
Mr. Simons nor the gentleman who
gave him the money took notice of
the persons who were in the room at
the tune lor neither had any thought
about being watched. It now turns
out that members of the gang of bur-
glars that have infested the city for
some time
were present
and saw the money received by Mr.
Simons and likewise heard the con
versation between the gentlemen al
ready given. They must have been
present at that tune as subsequent
events most clearly indicate. Mr.
Simons lives just back of the Ray-
mond house on the corner of Pine
street and Brazos.
his nousE
is a one-story cottage with the sleep-
ing apartments on the south side.
The windows are quite low
and are protected by
outside blinds. There were no per-
sons at the house hist night except
Mrs. Simons and her sister who is
staying with her. Mr. Simons him-
self kept the Sample Room open until
after 12 o'clock lie had gone to the
room of Captain Mather of the water
company with whom he hid some
business just after closi' g time and
was there at the time tLe startling
events at his residence took place.
the ladies
had retired quite early in the evening
and as was their custom close the
blinds and fastened them on the inside.
Mr. Simons says he thinks it was not
quite midnight when the attempt was
made but a statesman representa
tive heard the shots fired and he has
data that fixes tbe time much later
than that. It was not more than an
hour before the fire alarm was
sounded anyway it was quite late
when the bold attempt at robbery was
made. Persons going t the Raymond
house (the Brunswick under the
new arrangmenO saw three men
turn from the avenue and walk down
Pine street. There was something in
their conduct that attracted attention
and the men were watched. The)7 went
the length of the block and stopped on
the corner of Pine and Brazos directly
in front
of Simons' residence. As they stopped
they turned and looked back and evi-
dently saw the men standing near the
Raymond for they started on Imme-
diately turning and walking up Bra-
zos towards Pecan. At the corner of
Brazes and Pecan three men were
noticed jiiht before the electric lights
went out (12 o'clork) and they en-
tered Mr. Dennie's saloon atd took a
drink. It is thought these are the
same parties as the time corresponds
very closely with the time the three
men were se m bv the persons going to
the Raymond. . If they are the three
who afterwards attempted the rob-
bery they were no doubt either
takino observations
or had gone to the corner of Pine and
Brazos with th4 pu.pose of attempt-
ing the work afterwards attempted ;
and seeing the men on the Avenue
were obliged to delay. A little later
they returned and made the attempt.
Mr. Simons had not taken the money
to his house but had otherwise dis-
posed of it and had the men suc-
ceeded in gaining an entrance thej
would not have obtained the monrT
Mrs. Simons was somewhat restless
and did not sleep as soundly as she
sometimes does and as good fortune
would have it when the robbers re
turned she was not sound asleep and
the slight noise they made attracted
her attention.
the rorbers
divided into two p irties two going to
a rear window of the room and the
other two to a side window. AVhen
Mrs. Simons was arou. ed they were
trying to open the blinds. They had
turned the shutters and through
the'm Mrs. Simons could 6ee their
hands trj ing to unfasten the blinds.
It is hardly necessary to-
suggest the lady was frightened lb
i3 not a pleasant place to put two
women; in a house somewhat remote
from any other; and have three bur-
glars trying to force an entrance at
the windows. But be it said in Mrs.
Simons' praise she acted a heroine on
the occasion. She had not been in-
formed by her husband of the money
transaction during the afternoon and
of courseelid not know the fall puf-
pose of the outlaws but she reached 1
under her pillow and took her pistol
and aiming as best she could
LET IT BARK
and it not only barked but bit too. The
fellow dropped back and moaned and
gave other evidence cf the fact that
the leaden friend had done service.
She instantly fired a shot at the man
at the other window and followed this-
with still another. She then began to
call for help and her sister who had
been awakened and greatly fright-
ened by the sight of the
men and the shooting com-
menced to scream "Murder!" A po-
liceman on the Avenue heard the shots
and screams and ran to find whence
they came Mr. Simons also hearing
them hastened to his home but the
men with their wounded companion
had made their escape before either
Mr. Simons or the policeman reached.
the premises. Yesterday a States-
man representative noticed a clot of
blood near the window. It had been t
trampled upon but at that time it was '
plainly to be seen and this is
quite conclusive
of the fact that one of the men is
wounded. The police should institute
a most thorough search and this .
wound may be able to furnish a clew
that will lead to the- identification of
the man. These burglars are; no
doubt the same crowd that have been
doing so much of this work in this
city San Antonio and other points
during the last few weeks. It is time
extraordinary efforts were taken and.
we trust every peace officer will do his
full duty in searching out these crim-
inals. AVouderful Success.
The above is indeed what Madam
E. P. Duke is having with her medi-
cated baths. People go to her as a
final resort and in a few weeks find
themselves well. This is no sham
but a truthful fact. The medicinal
qualities of these baths have long
been known nut it is not until lately
that our citizens have had the oppor-
tunity to try them themselves. Those '
suffering from rheumatism and kind-
red complaints need especially to try
this remedy.
Mrs. Duke's greatest reputation
however arises from the successful '
manner in which she treats sore eyes.
There are scores of persons in Austin
and vicinity who willingly testify to
the efficiency ot her eye water and
those who are suffering or who have
friends who are laboring under mala-
dies affecting this the most precious'
organ of the human body should call
upon Madam Duke and investigate
her remedies. The office of Mrs.
Duke is situated in the red brick
block opposite Monroe Miller's stable
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