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Everything is Very Dull - Telephone Directory - Last Concert of the Season
29 AUG 1882. Austin Daily Statesman.
MATTERS BRIEFLY NOTED.
The walls of the temporary capitol are up.
Austin is about the only city of much importance that we know of that has not got the electric light.
Everything is very dull at present, but in a week or two Austin will be one of the liveliest cities in the country.
A very large crowd attended the open air concert yesterday. This was the last concert of the season, much to the regret of the ladies and children.
The Austin telephone company is having a new and corrected list of stations prepared, and it is specially desired by the manager that all those contemplating subscribing will do so at once, in order that their names may appear therein. The exchange is a very great convenience to the city, which is the secret of its most liberal patronage.
Gymnasium Plans
26 AUG 1882. Austin Daily Statesman.
DEVELOPMENT. Plans for the Austin Gymnasium.
A representative of the Statesman was present last night at a meeting of the Austin Gymnastic club, and was shown the plans for their proposed building, executed by Mr. A. N. C. Nixon, architect of this city. The plans show a good commodious building, of 128 feet long by 46 feet wide. On the first floor is arranged the gymnasium -- 80 feet long by 43 feet wide and 22 feet high. On the right of the entrance is the secretary’s office and on the left the staircase leading to the member’s gallery; in the rear the literary department, the shower and plunge baths, the lavatory with lockers for clothes, and the gentlemen’s private room. On the second floor are the library, art gallery and visitor’s gallery for persons witnessing the performances in the gymnasium hall and the member’s gallery situated in the front. On the third floor are arranged the committee rooms, janitor’s room and a good spacious hall 106 feet long by 42 feet wide and 16 feet high. Several thousand dollars have been subscribed to the capital stock of the gymnasium.
Near A Serious Conflagration - System of Fire Alarms - Obstreperous and Belligerent - Finger Bitten Quite Severely
23 AUG 1882. Austin Daily Statesman.
MATTERS BRIEFLY NOTED.
There came near being a serious conflagration yesterday north of the capitol, in the block known as the Ravens property. The roof of one of the buildings caught from a defective stove pipe, and but for the timely aid of citizens living in the immediate neighborhood, the building, and probably the entire block, would have been consumed.
Chief Fireman Ziller is now perfecting a system of fire alarms by dividing the city into districts. By this means the entire department will not have to turn out except when a general alarm is given. He will also place the extra hose carriage belonging to the department in the northern portion of the city, to be used when required by Protection hook and ladder company.
STRAY LEAVES.
Officer John Rainey and City Clerk Purnell caged three obstreperous citizens yesterday in the city jail, after a hard struggle.
Sergeant Chenneville and officer Bennett had some trouble in arresting a belligerent citizen Monday night. Mr. Bennett had his finger bitten quite severely.
River Too High - Hitching Horses - Hotel on East Pecan - Summer Dullness - Elegant Pictures - Can of Tomatoes - The Most Pleasant People to be Found - Creatures Equal to or Even Superior to Men
17 AUG 1882. Austin Daily Statesman.
MATTERS BRIEFLY NOTED.
The river is still up too high for safe fording.
The ordinance forbidding the hitching of horses to shade trees is violated almost daily.
That quarter of a million dollar hotel building will certainly be erected on East Pecan street.
The summer dullness gives everybody an opportunity to tell everybody else all the stories gleaned from the almanacs of former years.
The proprietors of the Club House saloon have purchased some elegant pictures from Captain Millet, with which to adorn the walls of their house.
Because “they did things so in our grandfather’s days” is no reason why we should use wooden plows or ignore improvements, for “the sun do move.”
Mr. J. H. Pattterson has put up 41,000 cans of tomatoes this season. He is seriously thinking of putting up a large canning factory, and should he do so it will undoubtedly prove a paying business and important industry.
EXCURSION PARTY. A Pleasant Day up the Austin and Northwestern.
A special excursion train tendered to a few select friends of Will T. Phillips and F. G. Kretchmer, two young men connected with the Austin and Northwestern railroad, made a flying run to Burnet yesterday, pulled by the engine J. K. Graves. The party consisted of the Misses Lillie and Kittle Erwin, Miss Dell Parish, Miss Dixie Grant, Miss Ella Martin, Mrs. Barrager, and Messrs. Joe Evans, L. Wickes, C. Hicks, Dr. Brackenridge, Harry Little and a few other prominent young people.
It was the gayest and merriest crowd of young folks that ever made a trip to that lively little business burg. The coach was handsomely decorated with evergreens and flowers. Everything passed off so pleasant, and such an agreeable day was spent that the entire party are willing to try it again.
The music furnished by the ladies, in addition to the choice repast, went a great way in keeping merriment at its height. To say that the hospitalities of Messrs. Phillips and Kretchmer were highly complimented, would be putting it in a mild form; in fact all of the people connected with this road are among the most pleasant to be found.
COMETS. Some Facts of Interest Concerning These Erratic Heavenly Visitors.
The comet of June, 1882, has been the subject of conversation at many hundreds of dinner tables and of more public curiosity than such objects, when not so brilliant as to force themselves on public attention, have hitherto received. A great comet visible to all the world is one of the most striking and startling of celestial apparitions; a new star is in reality a much rarer and much more surprising object. ...That a sun once invisible or rarely visible to terrestrial eyes should suddenly become a striking astronomical object is the most strange and amazing of all scientific facts to those few who understand its meaning. The stars, of course, are suns, and in all probability each of them has its own circle of planets. For all we know each of them may have dependent upon it worlds peopled by creatures equal to or even superior to men, creatures whose fate, if we could understand or know it, would excite our keenest sympathies.
Looking for Pickers - The Convenience of the Bum Brigade - Why the Trains Do Not Go - Cough is Prevailing - Broom Brigade - Soaking Drunk - Her Methods Are Peculiar - Prince of Restaurateurs
13 AUG 1882, Austin Daily Statesman.
MATTERS BRIEFLY NOTED.
Many farmers were in the city yesterday looking for cotton pickers.
The saloons all set free lunches, much to the convenience of the bum brigade.
The question is often asked why the Austin and Northwestern trains do not go to the union depot.
Whooping cough is prevailing in several localities in the city, and those having young children should be careful.
It was stated yesterday by the chief that the firemen have drawn no money from the city in about four months.
The broom drill at Turner hall, next Thursday night, is going to be, from its pure novelty, if for no other reason, the feature of the season. This is something entirely new in Austin and all should witness it.
STRAY LEAVES.
A man has been doing the town begging, and each time when he got in sufficient money for the purpose, went off and got on a soaking drunk. Such frauds should be taken up and forced to work.
MADAME E. F. DUKE, Clairvoyant and Phrenologist,
Who has been located in Austin over a year, begs leave to inform the public that she has peculiar power to cure neuralgia, sore eyes, granulated lids and chronic diseases. She has successfully treated many of our leading citizens to whom she can refer. Her methods of treatment are peculiar, and she has performed many wonderful cures here. She guarantees satisfaction. No cure no pay, and reasonable prices. She owns the right for Travis county in Dr. Templeton’s celebrated eye water.
Beautiful Surroundings.
Handsome pictures, neat and clean walls, and tasteful ornaments in the dining room please the eye and promote the appetite. That prince of restaurateurs, Herman Schmidt, at the Pearl House restaurant, well understands this, and his dining room for ladies is beautifully decorated with pictures and evergreens, converting the room into a sylvan retreat charmingly romantic. He has enlarged his kitchen and is prepared to give his customers the best the market affords. Being situated right at the Union depot, he is patronized largely by all the travelers on the various trains. Ladies and children are delighted with his tables and fare and find it a splendid place to get a cup of tea or a good meal while waiting for trains.
Sail Boat Rides - Streets Should Be Lighted - Lettering and Numbering the Streets - Egg Parties - National Guard and Lawn Tennis
11 AUG 1882. Austin Daily Statesman.
MATTERS BRIEFLY NOTED.
These pleasant afternoon sail boat rides on the river have a place on the list of Austin’s amusements.
Something should be done to have the streets of Austin lighted. It is a shame that the capital city of Texas should be so miserably mismanaged.
The mayor desires bids for lettering and numbering the streets. Any one desiring to bid can be furnished with requirements on application to acting Mayor Platt.
Egg parties are a late invention in amusements; the girls write their names on eggs and deposit them in a basket; the gentlemen draw the eggs from the basket and claim the company of the girl whose egg they have taken. The eggs, after the frolic, must be sent to the local editor, who will eat them and write up the frolic.
CITY BUSINESS.
At Turner Hall this Evening. Will be danced the two new and beautiful quadrills National Guard and Lawn Tennis. Also will be performed the School March, arranged by myself. Our school will probably continue until October 12. C. P. Cheesman.
Forty Schoolhouses - Boys Fall - Malicious Mischief - Rather Extensive Blow
10 AUG 1882. Austin Daily Statesman.
MATTERS BRIEFLY NOTED.
There are over forty schoolhouses in Travis county, outside of Austin.
A little white boy fell off a fence north of the capitol, and was severely hurt.
It was reported yesterday that a small negro boy, who feel out of a tree Tuesday, on Robinson hill, had died during that night fro the effects of his injuries.
The Statesman will prosecute for malicious mischief persons wantonly interfering with its news boxes on the streets. A certain young man was seen at it yesterday, and he had best be warned for the future.
A rather extensive blow was witnessed here yesterday afternoon. In the southern part of the city the wind was quite severe, and was accompanied by considerable hail. Several cars were blown off the track near the Central depot, and one of the doors to the warehouse was unhinged. Several trees were uprooted in different sections of the city, considerable damage in a small way being inflicted. The wind was accompanied by one of the hardest rains of the season.