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Austin American-Statesman from Austin, Texas • 8

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Austin Daily Statesman, Wednesday. September 13, 1899. WA1CH US FOR WATCHES If yoa nd i w' 'i Iil'5 Will ll. ill I HO II. briate.

The watr Is in a cast iron tank formed ty nature, looking X-actly as If It til been moulded, except that there are no seams in It." The old 'gentleman believed the wt. ter had power cure inebriates and wanted the captain to allow him to take one of cocaine fiend prisoners out to try the pUce. The captain says the old farmer appeared to fa-very honest. C22 iTtsa, ItHx Tan. EsSGOononoDonononoaoDo The man who smokes I Old Virginia Cheroots has a satisfied.

glad I have got it" expression on his face from the time he lights one. He knows he will not Be disappointed. No matter Prize Fighters? No! No! Price Fit liters? Wells Yes! This week we offer. Ttc Coolest Place In Town Tfce Erd cf Summer Finds you all fagged out. and In no condition to begin the winter's work.

Tou need trip If that an Impossibility get some of Dlt- nu'i 8 Salt and use It in your bath. It la the genuine article, pot up in 2Sc package. It will benefit you physically and mentally. "Won't you try a Friendship silver hearts at six cents. Child's silver bracelets at sixty cents.

i Adult's silver bracelets at ninety cents. I Imported decorated plates at i seventy-five cents and one dollar. i pp BLUNT. A Receiver Asked for the Waco Bell Water Company. 2 where he buys one Maine or Texas, 2 a a Cull sunt The bodies of the Mexicans were turned in the barn.

The remain of the victims could not be recovered. Florida or California he knows they will be just the same as those he gets at home clean well made burn even taste good satisfying a Andrews, GrXham Imitation cut glass and silver Jugs at 11.50. How'd you like to be the ice man? Cissing bugs and lobsters are still In It. Something new every day. 'Say, we're getting ready for the holidays; a little early, but you'll see." Be G.

I Bafts OptlGiI Diaimi 622 Cong. Ave. Dr. A. E.

Ball of Henrietta, a OTwo hundred million OH Virginia Cheroots smoked this year. Just Off Witness Stand, Died. Suppliers cf Brag Wants. Delivery. VliOtBAlf HINTS.

Ask your own dealer, rnce. 3 lor 5 cents. oooooQonooononooonooobo WE'Fit Spectacles iand eyeetasse. in a scientiflo manner It our wort guaranteed. Hundreds of tegti-IJ SWEPT PERRY DRY'S RIS irnomaia.

uoia. Biiver or nickel frames. I Kyea tilted br mail where Datient ia nn- aMe to come in person. xpertopUcian Wats eyes tree. New T22 S.

A. iTT.ZU. iSS BliliK13 I He Is Busy Watching the Fever Situation and Inspecting Quarantines. 0 Special to The Statesman. HOUSTON.

Sept. 12. 0 State Health Officer Dr. W. F.

9 Blunt returned last night from 9 his trip of Inspection to Sabine Pass. Dr. Blunt is a very busy 9 9 man at present, keeping in touch 9 9 with all of the avenues leading to 9 9 fever Infected districts, and his 9 9 management of the quarantine 9 9 thus far has effective, while 0 0 working the I'-ast hardship possl- 9 9 hie upon the transportation lines. 9 9 Of the i' cases reported to 9 9 him yesterday from New Orleans he says but one of them has been 0 fully agreed upon as being yel- 9 9 low fever, making In all four cases 0 9 in New Orleans. This simply 9 9 lengthens the period of the New 9 9 Orleans.

"But," said the doctor 0 0 last night, "if the disease contin- 0 0 ues to spread at New Orleans the 0 0 restrictions have to be, made 0 0 more rigid." A case of fever 0 0 having been reported on on of 0 0 the Mallory ships at New York. 0 0 the Lampasas or San Marcos, on 0 0 which ever ship the diseasa devol- 0 0 oped, and thftt will be ascertained 0 0 later, that ship will be detained 0 0 in quarantine on Its return to 0 0 Galveston for a period that will 0 0 complete the ten days from the 0 0 time of Its leaving New York. Dr. 0 0 Blunt has also Issued an order 0 0 prohibiting Mallory ships from 0 0 lightering freight out of Key 0 0 West. 0 5-3 Austin.

Tat Braunfels 1.00 TEXAS CHOP REPORT. Special to The Statesman. GALVESTON. Kept. 13.

The weather bureau's report on Texas cotton crop; The drouth has been broken in the Panhandle section and showers have continued in portions of the coast district, the drouth blooming unusually "vcrt in other portions of the state. Ffmk water Is getting scare. Plowing fr.r wheat Is retarded over the portion of the wheat belt, and fall gardening has been prevented. Except that cotton picking has been rifar.br in a t--w places in the coast region, the weather has been exceptionally favorable for this work, and it ia being pushed to completion. It Is now the opinion of several correspondents that picking will be completed In their sections during October, and a vi report that picking will be over by October 1.

Nearly all cotton Is open, and with the exception of a few scattered localities there is no prospective top crop. The yield of cotton Is generally very light. CITY DIRECTORS A Newly Married Man Accidentally Killed By His Nephew. Congressman Bailey to Stump Kentucky. Santone News.

Excursion Sunday, Sept. 17 the most and Return Jtt. A. KOPPERL. ATTORNEY AT LAW.

Booms i and 5, Bosche Building. Landa's Park, Austin. Texas. MISS MARY YVATERSTON. beautiful picnic grounds in Texas.

Excellent program. STENOGRAPHER TYPE WRITER Office, Room 2, Second Floor Mlllettl Opera House Building. W. NEAL WATT. M.

D. PMvatci a a Nr sTnjmiinw Dfflce over Yates' Drug Store. 0 San Antonio and Return? Special to The Statesman. WACO, Sept. 12.

The city of Waco, by Its attorney, Allen D. flan-ford, filed an application for a receiver for the Bell Water company system this afternoon. The petition alleges that the water company has failed to comply with Its contract with the city, which requires water pressure sufficient for fire fighting purposes at all times. The contract also requires the company to furnish artesian water to the patrons of the company at reasonable rates, which the petition alleges has not been done. The Hell Water company has no competitor now, that company having recently purchased the plant of its only competitor.

Excursion Sunday, Sept. 17. dence 1301 East Fourth street Telephone Connection. V- L- BROOKS. ATTORNEY AT LAW Room No.

8. Masonic Temple. GEO- F- PENDEXTEBi ATTORNEY AT LAW Opposite Postoffice. Mr With stop over privilege al- lowed at New Braunfels Go- ing. CAUGHT A LIVE WIRE.

Special to The Statesman. SAN ANTONIO, Sept. turning- on an electric light in the cellar of W. C. Kolteyer'a drug store this morning, Ray Parker, an apprentice, caught the wire where the Insulation was burned off, and a current of 62 volts entered his body.

He cried out and John Sehaub ran to his rescue, and with a piece of board broke the wire In time to save his life. Parker's hand was bu'lly burnt. WANTS HIS INSURANCE. Special to The Statesman. SAN ANTONIO, Sept.

began suit against the Aetna Insurance company in the Thirty-seventh district court this morning for $5000 damages. Plaintiff asks for Judgment for that amount for insurance of $3000 on buildings In Austin, which were destroyed by fire on July 11 last. DENTON COUNTY FAIR. Special to The Statesman. DENTON, Sept.

12. Fifteen hundred people were present at the opening of the fifth entertainment of the Denton County Blooded Stock and Fair tssoclatli here today, and a go I program was presented. ELLIS ELLIS, ATTORNEYS, LOCKHART TEXAl 2nd Floor Brock Building. Special Train 1 4ifr J. L- PLR.

Street -oto i and hite Cloth, -ifB ovdrr I cloth bordered nili f- hiie wim. Model br Krul. From The Statesman's Paris bureau, 1S1 Rue de Coureelie. through the courtesy of SCARBUOUGH HICKS CORONAL INSTITUTE. Special to The Statesman.

SAN MARCOS, Kept. 12. The opening exercises for Coronal Instlute were most interesting. The large chapel was Riled to its utmost capacity with pupils and visitors. Rev.

Mr. Wlnton conducted the regular chapel exercises, after which he delivered an interesting ad COMMERCIAL AND CORPORATION PRACTICE. 9 9 Austin 9.15 A. M. Attorney for First National CONGRESSMAN BAILEY.

ink, 3A a. 7 A Bank, TT Rnvmond A 9 9 He Will Leave Today for Ken dress. Dr. J. II.

Combs, president of tucky to Help Goebel Out. WALTON m. HILL. ATTORNEYS AT LAW Austin National Bank Rulldlns. Tickets on sale also for trains leaving Austin a.

1x1. and 12:50 noon. Tickets lirn lted for return all trains Sunday, and leaving San Antono 5 a. m. Monday morning.

See ticket agent Union Depot for full particulars. D. J. PRICE, Gen'l Pass, and Ticket Agent. H- M- UTTLb -ATTORNEY AT LAW Law Office.

the board of trustees, was present, and gave brief but Interesting talk. The enrollment at opening showed 240 pupils, with between seventy and eighty boarders, the largest enrollment at the opening for five years. The special departments are full, and additional teachers will be employed for the music department this week. The building and grounds have been improved during the summer, and every arrangement Is complete for a pleasant and successful year. 9 Special to The Statesman.

9 9 DENTON, Sept. 12. Con- 9 9 gressman J. W. Bailey told your 0 9 correspondent today that he would 0 9 leave tomorrow for Kentucky to 0 9 take part In the gubernatorial 0 9 race, although he does not expect 0 9 to speak In Goebel's behalf until 0 9 after October 1st.

0 999999999 999990000ft9 ftnd TT C- GRANBEKBYi Telephone 38S. AUSTIN TEXAS Notary Public In Office. WM- D. HART. ATTORNEY AT LAW Room Openbelmer Rutldlns.

COMMISSIONERS APPROVED. Special to The Statesman. SAN ANTONIO, Sept. letter was read in the county commissioners court this morning from the state comptroller, approving the course of the county commissioners in forcing collections of poll tax from these whose names appear on the insolvent list, and from whom taxes can be collected. THE UNLOADED GUN.

Special to The Statesman. CANTON, Sept. 12. T. L.

Mc-Kenzie, who was married Saturday, was accidentally killed last evening by his nephew who was fooling with an "unloaded" pistol. HOGG ROBRTBUH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW Third Floor Bosche Building. contracts for wood and coal this morning as follows: Coal, thirty-five tons of selected lump, W. C.

Sllllman, J5.25 per ton, to be delivered at the jail, and J5.50 per ton to be delivered at the poorhouse; bond, $75. Wood, 100 cords of dry oak, W. A. Cole, $3.17 per cord; bond, $150. The City Style WEST COCHKAHi ATTORNEYS AT LAW GEORGETOWN LOCALS.

Special to The Statesman. GEORGETOWN. Sept. 12. W.

W. Morris of this place today went to Austin with the purpose of filing petition In voluntary bankruptcy. Liabilities, $S0O0; assets, nothing. Miss Goldstein of Austin entered the university here yesterday. Bohemian T- W- GREGORY.

ATTORNEY AT LAW Rooms 6 and 7 Masonic Temple. Brewed and bot- JIlcO tied ia St. Ljonis toy The American CASTOR I A lor Infants and Children. he Kino You Havs Always Bought R. F.

A TON EC 1 1 A N. RE EN VILLE SM A LLPOX. Special to TUo Statesman. GREENVILLE, Sept. 12.

Mrs. II. D. Wood and child, and Will Freeman have developed cases of smallpox. Precautions have been taken to prevent a spread of the disease.

ATTORNEY AT Smlthville Texl Brewing Co. ORDER OP JOSEPH GOODMAN', Wholesale Dealer, Austin, Texas, H. N. GRAVES, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Georgetown, Texas.

Disgusted With the Dreyfus Verdict. He Will Boycott the Exposition. Speeiiil to The Statesman. SAN ANTONIO. Sept.

12. A movement, led by Maj. Court, a Frenchman, Is en foot in this city to form an organization for the purpose ef boycotting the Paris exposition as a -1- TEXAS WEATHER. Special to The Statesman. SAN ANTONIO, Sept.

12. A slight shower registering 0.01 Inches fell here last night after midnight. The bulletin Issued from the local United States weather bureau today reads as follows; Fair weather tonight and Wednesday is the local forecast. An area of high pressure accompanied by cool weather extends over Colorado, western Nebraska, Kansas and northwest Texas. The lowest pressure overlies the upper lake regions.

Except in east Texas, the weather Is clear In all sections west of the Mississippi river. Scattered showers fell in Texas during the past twenty-four hours. Rain in the past twenty-four hours is reported to have fallen at the following places in quantities as indicated: Cities. Rainfall. Beeville q.h Cuero 150 Houston 0 06 San Antonio o.04 The highest temperature registered at the various Texas observatories In the past twenty-four hours was as follows: Abilene sS Ballinger i6 Beaumont 11 I Ml H4 A.

-i Collections Promptly Attended too DISEASE AT BANDERA. Special to The Statesmau. BANDERA. Sept. 12.

Three cases of smallpox are reported Just across the line In Edwards county. All of them have been Isolated. 1 i H. GUEST COLLINS 5 Pure result of the Dreyfus conviction. F1TZHUGH THORNTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW Litten Building.

i Attention to Insurance w-k 1 j. fT- LIGHTNING'S WORK. Organist St. Episcopal church; rnunif illreclnr Stnto In. DISASTROUS PRAIRIE FIRE.

Special to The Statesman. FORT WORTH, Sept. 12 Struck Barn on the Medina. Killing Spec: gat Two Mexicans. stltutlon for the Blind.

Is pre- pared to resume private teaching, oa.u, Piano, cmfohtioi. I Consumer gg of reached here today, giving details disastrous uralrle fire that nwont JN0. W. PHILLIPS. ATTORNEY AT LAW.

Special tii The Statesman. Tt new cioth top, vesting lace shoe for ladies; it's a thing of "joy and beauty forever." Smooth kid uppers, neat kid tip full back stayed, fancy design cloth top, low heel, light sole, the same shoe others ask you $2.50, AT BURT'S EMPORIUM THK PRICK IS $2.00. In spring heels also. ov SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 12.

cer ty. Perry Day's ranch in Crockett cou Mrs. Collins will return 4. Daily Statesman. Messrs.

J. and E. Lamm, of South Cfflce Over phone 476. A Austin in October and will ac- -f I cept pupils in voice cultivation. acres Fiores sir -et, this mornirg received the me report is mat some 10.000 were burned over.

V-wFaa Quart, shocking information of an awful i rrnw uu application. Sacs liehtning accident which occurred RESIDENCE AND STUDIO 304 West Eleventh St. fourteen miles In the country yester hildren's Eyes and Their Ca! 5 day afternoon. At 3 o'clock lightning struck a big IIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIt POK thirty ye.tr W3 havo hcon harn belonging to a German farmer. I distilling the Beeville Brenham 102 94 two miles below the Losoya crossing on the Medina, immediately killing two Mexicans who were at work in the A SUDDEN DEATH.

Special to The Statesman. HENRIETTA, Sept. A. K. Ball fell dead in the court room here at 4 o'clock this afternoon of paralysis of the heart.

Just as he steppped off the witness stand, after a sevtre cross-examination as witness for defendant In the Shetter vs. Denver road. His age was TO and he lived at Vashtl. L. Diets of Young county has been indicted here for rape under the new law allowing such Indictments anywhere In the judicial district.

HOW WOIXD YOU UKK TO best whlsk-y that can be 1 made. Our reputation for making pure whiskey ia as wide Corpus Christi Corsicana EE THE ICE MAN? place, and burning the lara. BurtShoe 612 Congress Ave. An address by our expert opUchi A. Bahn, Oph.

D.r to parents a teachers, now in press and should read and re-read by every one. OlSTIUlW I Cuero Dallas 5 Dublin Galveston Watch this space for the answer. I thousands ot i everv ttato in We use the most Improved scientl'S Instruments in our examinations al tha Hearne Henrietta 1 tan fit the eyes of children or adul vithout the usual confusing catechl S- I WONDERFUL SPRING. Houston will semi fni-rlullquart A Math In It Will Sober Up a Man an! The 6, A. Bahn Optical and luvnert Huntsville Kerrville Lampasas 3 rM .1 Will 'l yoofonrfu ai IlbottlMP'l S4 i Seven Vm W.

Vrar Old DoaMe Copper 9 Destroy the Cocaine H-ibit. UUXta Wit Hi AIL tLSE fiilL so. Express Wethlo I Best tawh Sjmip. Tames (iowj. Use la pl.la pack.ye.

no mark to Indicate tin. dnjffyiMji Diamond Company, Cong. Austin, Tex. NO RIGHT TO UGLINESS. The woman who lovely In face.

contents, wnen vv. iv mi mi it. It It Un't satisfactory return tt at our expenifl, nd ie will return year $3.10, Such hlikey cnot be purchased elee-Wbero tor tess the" 5-. Ho tier disilllcr to consumers direct. Others who oir you whisker In this jra? ore icoi rs l.inlt and sell-Ins.

Our w-hWttcy oi-'Uie Burner re; form ana temper win always have friends, but one who would be attractive must keep her health. If she la weak, sickly and all run down, she will Cool the Blood In all Gases of Itching Burning Humus with the CUTICURA RESOLVENT While Cleansing the Skin and Scalp with hot baths of CUTICURA SOAP and healing the Raw, Inflamed Surface with CUTICURA OINTMENT. Complete Treatment, $1.25 Or. Sr. m.

Omm, Mu ttmvrm, Mf umn. tvntt P. aJ C. Pwpfc, Hlwt be nervous and Irritable. If she has Never Be Out of Rubbers constipation or kidney trouble, her lm Sp'lnl to Tli Statesman.

SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 12 An old gentleman from Karnes county, who was in the city y-sterday, informed Capt. John Wllkens of an alleged wonderful discovery he had made. The captain failed to secure his name, but gave his conversation to a Statesman reporter, which the captain says was as follows: "I have discovered a wonderful spring in Karnes county, he said, "nfur my residence on the line of the Aransas Pass. This spring is 60 feet ntaUcii behind it pure blood will cause pimples, blotches.

Longview Luling $4 Palestine Paris 94 San Antonio San Marco. S4 Sherman Temple 90 Tyler S2 Weatherford CONTRACTS A WA RDED. Special to Tie Statesman. SAN ANTONIO. Sept.

12. -The county commissioners awarded the ska eruptions and a wretched com 1 lrct Tirt aE II i Coa (trail 04 HAYKEH EIETIUJQ CO plexion. Electric Bitters is the bs! medicine in the world to regulat For tumorro may rainy day. Children shos nfl protection. New Stock of new Rubbers Just received.

Sold AT OLD PRICES. Nr, advance. This is GUARANTEED. Just ilk- ALL our s-h wl sho. stomach, liver and kidneys and to purl fy the blood.

It gives strong nervi est FUth DAYT03. CEO. bright eyes, smoolh. velvety skin, rlcl g. b.

-Or-r tor n.r Cl. ie. Kjbi. X. ore.

t-aa. Wya-QUt complexion. ft vtU make a good- SMITH BRADY'S lrnCtsh lor xg tu. i looking, charming tYomtn of a run underground In a cave, and I believe down Invalid. On) JIM) cents at C.

O. Yates' drug store. a Itath In it is a sure cure for an Ine'.

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