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.
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.
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.
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.
