The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-19
TEXAS ITEMS.

The Catholics of San Antonio, Texas, are build
ing charity hospital, near San Psdro, 20 be COM
pletei in three months from this time. Length,
i2s feet; with "a feet and two stories high.
The robbers of negroes are transferring their
operations from Falls 10 McLennan county. Last
Sunday night sbout midnight, they again visited
Major Downs place, a few miles below town, and
took from the negroes about half dozen pistols.
This time "old Major" was himself on the place,
but was asleep. The negroes being threatened
with death by the robbers If they should awake
him, quietly surrendered their arms and said not q
word about 1t till late in the day Monday. Almost
simultaneously with the reception OF this news,w
received similar accounts from another place,
five miles distant from the first. The latter place.
belonging TO J. w. and 7. l.. Downs, was visited
early in the night. Besides pistols and guns, the
robbers took from this place a horse belonging TO
one of the negroes. The negroes say they rec
ornized the men as the same who played a similar
trick on them once before. All the evidence and
circumstances go TO prove that the same party
of three men which is chargable not only with
these two robberies, but with the numerous dis
turbances of a similar kind in Falls county
Waco Examiner, 9Th.
Monday morning about O'Clock the East Waco
Mills were discovered TO be on iire. The entire
establishment, including grist, Touring and saw
mills, together with the custom cards, which had
lust been introduced, and four or five hundred
bounds of wool, ready for the cards, was almost
totally destroyed. The estimated loss Is forty five
or fifty thousand dollars. No insurance. The
Hood, deceased. W. r. Burney and j. s. Blair, the
latter owning only q one-fbird interest between
them. Circumstances justify suspicious of an in
ceDdiary, though we have heard of no evidence
against any particular person. Waco Examiner,
9th.
We hear of twenty or thirty wagons stuck in
Big Greek bottom, and as many more " only wait
ing' to get in. Meanwhile transportation has
risen from 20 cents to 81 so, specie, per hundred,
cotton and other produce accommodating in Waco.
Worst of all we have no mails.-IWaco Examiner,
Feb. Q.
Quite a large feet of fatboAts, loaded with cot
ton, hides, slaves and produce generally, have
gone out the Neches and Angelina rivers on the
present rise, destined for Galveston and Sabine
Pass-IR usk County Observer, Feb. 6.
Frenchmsn, George Collier, was arrested on
Monday last, charged with horse stealing. The
man Collier was found some two months ago on
the road by Mr.. Hunter, entirely destitute, and
Mr.. I'll. took him home and gave him employment
on his farm. On saturday night last be took 0
horse, saddle and bride, and left, and was ar.
rested the next evening at Piano, taken back TO
Wednesday morning while Mr. Hunter was pre-
pairing TO bring him to town the prisoner went out
into the yard and deliberately jumped head fore
most into well fwsRiyinve feet deep; De was ;
preston that the prisoner is deranged.-LDallas
Herald, Feb. 6.
About A. NJ this morning, Oficer Plumley was
called TO the grocery, corner OF Fourteenth street
and Strand, by the fearful screaming Of woman
In bursting open the door. he found that Thomas
Hasson had attempted to murder his wife, and
afterwards cut mis- throat and arms. He had
climbed the shed of the house and entered the
second story, when he went by rope through 9
trap-door in the ceiling. Entering the sleeping
apartment of his wife, he announced that he WA
going TO Kill her, and with o pocket-knife hs
stabbed her several times, inficting several deeE
cuts, and also struck her with o heavy Colts re
yolver over the head. She tried to escape, whel
he discharged three shots at her, the bals lodgnl
i'm the wall. Both rarties were attended by Dr.
Dowell. Hasson was sent to the hospital, wher
DIR. Campbell pronounced his wounds fatal. Tn
wife d horribly cut, but 1t is said, win perhaps
cover.-IGslveston Bulletin.