The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-01-03
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rHr,.. mbcr 20.--speelal dis
u.uu . Cnrthngena announce
lh.t IM.0 -I. hlnn, one Oft the strong
nftif I'D. &c, has been preached.
SOD .le.U.I II explosion In n battery
uuU.IUUg U twenty officers and
mfg "A Il. I0 cglng forces.
Az utu a ok this morning the
at.mo gu Queen, belonging TO the
RVnr 1... Improvement Commits
.IortN uD the wreck of n sunken
Uprim u fuH5 sti cam, and went to
tby hottu a five minutes. There
.worp hr.Nu.u fifty and sixty workmen
on hoard flu boat mt the time Of the
disn.nr rWunty of them were res
outl lhu ainder, thirty or forty,
were dfg'M"..
BEun ecember 26.-Emperor
Wiui,n much better this morning.
INti- mber 26.-Marshal Ba-
zalAaIa .l Versailles for the island
otSaiut ntluerite.
Nts lak, December 26.-In Mayor
Halps ca he verdict of not guilty
WI, gtce With thundcrous applause.
A Ecy Fcst special says an out
McaE was treatened ut Santiago de
Cara on the 18th inst. When the
Amcrieau lsul displayed his flag on
hia hotel thv citizens insisted that the
hotel. Yas not the consulate, ana the
fag was Instantly taken down.
Fisk 81 .Hlch sent communication
to TIC exchange, to-day, officially an
noupcing .hat they had resumed busl-
ness.
There were number of fights and
sta0mng ARRAYS here, yesterday, but
no one Killed, though one OF two per-
cons, j. is bought, are dangerously
hurt
LANCASTER, N. H., December 3d.
* bloody fracas took place at
Chavet1l last evening, growing out OF
an atienpt 10y Michael O'Leary and
Freaahniam named Blackwell, both in
toxicatCd to enter house of question
able reputa. owned by Frenchman
named Gouye. The result of the fight
was Tie deA h of Gouye and his son, q
young man. who was killed by O'Leary
with b clau, the mortal wounding Of
Blackwell with an axe by the elder
Gouye, aud bad wound on OLeary's
heal from q club used by the female
inmates OF the house.
DAYTON, Ohio, December 26--At
shootug match yesterday at Riga,
village near here, two brothers, join
aud Henry Stowe, quarrelled abou
]oadiue lille, and John called Henry
4 liar, when Henry drew his revolver
ana shot John, killing him instantly
The spectators, being much excited
caught nd hung Henry to the limb o
a tree when taken down life was eX
tinct. Too much whiskey was thu
cause Of The mischief.
WASHINGTON, December 26.-Littlt
busirSss WIS transacted at the depart
n4ents ana all political affairs are IL
allegiance.
Key WEST. December 26.-The tor
pedo boat Pinta left Key West las
night for Havana, on trip of obser
walton.
The Kansas Commander, Reed, hal
arrived, four days from Santiago u
Cuba.
The Canandaigua arrived at Santa
go on Friday, the 10th of December
two DAYS before the Kansas left. AL
are we'll on the Kansas and Canandaiga
The steamer San Antonio, from Gal
weston to New York, reports remarka
bly, rough weather on the Gulf.
Lieutenant Winn, commanding the
Pawnee, denies that there is danger
Gus fever on that ship. The mortality
is small considering the large number
of recruits on board from New Orleans
There is no yellow fever in this vicin'
ity.
A gale from the northward has pre-.
vailed at Kay West. Despatch and
Mayfiower dragged their anchors, but
after drifting around the harbor were
finally secured.
1t is reported by both the Kansas
and Pinta, that Ralph Keller, specia
correspondent of the New York Tri-
bune, left Santiago DE Cuba on the
steamer for Batabano, about ten days
ago. AT Manzilio he was missing
though his baggage was still on board
Not having been heard from, on the
2lst,l ii is feared some serious accident
has befallen him.
All was quiet at Santiago De Cubs
when The Kansas left.
CLEVELAND, o., December 27.-Tht
locomotive engineers on the Clevelanc
and Pittsburg Railroad, have struck,
Passenger trains are somewhat delayed
and all the freight trains are on the
sidetracks. The strike is unsanctioneC
by the Brotherhood.
PITTsBuRG, December 27.-The en-
gineers on the Pan Handle Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne, Chicago, Erie and Pitts
burgh, Cleveland and Pittsburgh, al
operated by the Pennsylvania Central
have struck. Every effort has been
made by the officers to supply theil
places, and it is expected that trains
will run as usual.
CHICAGO, December 27.-The engin-
GERS and firemen have struck.
CINCINNATI, December 27.--The rail
road shops have all stopped work tc
allow the mechanics to take the strik-
ing engineers places. No freight
trains have left since noon yesterday
The officials had no intimation of the
strike until noon yesterday. Reports
of attempts to throw trains off are cur
rent. The engineers disavow any in
tention to interfere with trains. They
simply want the wages current before
December first. The depots here and
elsewhere are full of freight and pas
senger trains.
DAYTON, O., December 27.-The par
ticulars of the Stowe fratricide, and
the subsequent hanging of Henry
Stowe, show that the two brothers,
with some companions, after drinking
whiskey freely, commenced shooting
at mark. John Stowe insisted on
loading the rifle for each competitor,
and Henry contended that each man
should charge the gun for himself
Henry, however, acceded to the
demands of John until it was his turn
to shoot, when he demanded that the
rifle be given to him to load. High
words followed, in the course Of which
Henry charged John with dishonesty
in not putting any ball in the gun
when last loading. John called Henry
a liar, when Henry shot John dead
with revolver. Henry was immedi-
ately seized by the remainder of the
party, numbering four men, dragged
TO mill, from which a rope was pro-
cured, and hanged to limb. The
company then repaired to the office
and took drink, and, upon returning,