The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-09

Ane weather Is excessively ilOu, tiic
thermometer being $50 in the shade.
One fatal sunstroke yesterday.
PORTLAND Oregon, August "A
fire broke out at o'clock this morning:
Twelve blocks are now in flames, ana
it is still spreading The fire depart,
ments of Vancouver, Oregon City and
Salmare are on their way here. The
water supply is failing. The fire COM
menced near the Metropolitan hotel:
Nearly all the city bounded by Iompill
street OH the North, Second street on
the West, Columbia street on the South
and the river OH the East, is in flames.
New YORK, August 5.-Sixteen pris--
oners are still in the Toombs, charged
with homicide.
Numerous families have been re-
duced to poverty by the recent Long
fires. One family has been forced to
the poorhouse.
The police are after the concoctors of
a circular, signed Upright, Robinson
& Co.." claiming to have exclusive
Knowledge of what horse will win in
the forthcoming foreign races, and Of
fering to send it from their Office, 500
Broadway, on receipt of So. No such
firm can be found there.
The English steamer, Ernsby, draw
| ing twenty-one feet of water, struck q
snnken rock boat in East River, yester-
day, and stove hole in her bottom.
She was brought into dock with great
difficulty. The rocks were unknown to
mariners.
| Mail advices from Cuba state that s. j.
we're engagements had taken place, at
Barron, about nine leagues from Man.
zinnillo. The Spanish loss was severe;
sixty-seven wounded were taken to
Manzinnillo, and thirty-five more, Sc
verely wounded, were left 1T Raquitl.
The Spaniards were very reticent.
Three sunstrokes yesterday.
New YORK, August 5.-The captain
and part of the crew of the schooner
Nellie J. Dinsmore died at quarantine
of the yellow fever. The captains wife
died of the same disease on the voyage
from Havana.
Over one thousand emigrants arrived
yesterday.
Bruce, the alleged fratricide, was
captured, after shot in the shoulder
from Sheriff Pope.
SALT LAKE, August 5.-Ann Elizt
| Young's father and lawyers oppose {
compromise between her and TIE
Prophet. 1t is asserted that Ann Eliza'i
first husband is alive, and that she wa!
never divorced from him.
4 OMAHA, Nebraska, August 5.-Ih'
grasshoppers lit at noon on Saturday
in the western part of the State. Corr
and oats gone; wheat had been mar
vested.
There has been fearful hail storm
stones two feet deep in some places.
COLUMBUS, o., August 5.-Severa
new cholera cases reported to-day
BALTIMORE, August 5.-A: ID. Berry
for six years printer In the Gazette
office, went to battle Friday, as was hi
custom. His family fear he Is drowned
He had $500 belonging to the Gazette
Mutual Benefit Society, composed o
printers of that Office, of which III
d was treasurer. =.
Bosyos, August ga special dis
match saysa rumor was current Sunda.
and to-day that Sir John A. MacDon
aid had attempted suicide. The gov
eminent organs deny the story. Iii
, certain, however, that the Premier la
been I'M low state of mind.
n BRooKLYN, August 5.-The Turner's
HuiI burned to-day; loss $4,000.
/ WORCESTER, Mass, August 9TH,
Town Hall bugged to-day; loss 900
ST.. LOUIS, August 5.-An election
was held yesterday in the Cherokee Ma
I ton for members of the Nationa
Council aud delegates to the Crane
Council which meets at Ochmulgee,, Of
the first Monday In December next
The election rests mainly on issue
which have sprung up in the NatiA
4 daring the past few years, relative 4
4 The establishment ola Territorial Gov
eTnment fos the Nation, the allotment
4 IN seyeralty, and sale of their lands
The progressive party claim the cleo
t;ou. hut no definite returns haYe beeI
obtained. The Council viii ratify q
reject the Constitution formed in 1870
by the Grand Council.
MEMPHIS, August 5,-Twenty negroe
were arrested upon the charge % iynch
ing, by w. II. Wyatt, in Madison eeuH
ty. All were placed under 500 bail, tn
the charge of Wyatt was disproved Q,
the alleged victim.
Two sons of David Kendall, ofHenry
county. aged eighteen and twenty-five
we're drowned i'm West Lake while
bathing. A third brother in attempt
inc to save the Others, narrowly
escaped with his life.
LoSpoS, August 5.-The Bishop O.
xiv sr,co.cis DIR. Wilberforce as Bishop
of Winchester.
By a railroad accident between Ash
Ton and Manchester cigtltssp persons
were hurt, but none killed.
M.DRID, August 5.-There has been
a large popular demonstration In ce-
vile Ia &zor Of the Government
RERIIS. Apesst5.-Captain Werner,
who recently seize the gunboat Nigi-
lante. will be removed from the COM
mand of the German squadron IN ths
Mediterranean. -,
Sherman has returned.
Terov i Rroyu has been afpcln'e1