The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-12

Sturgeon and Ferguson who at
tempted to rob bank at Clebnrn, say
they are not guilty aud are perfectly
willing to stand their trial.
i, ID. Logan Il Co., publishers of
the Austin Daily Evening News, an
nuuncc themselves rs candidates for
public printers and publishers for the
Constitutional Convention.
Athens Texas, has the matrmOn-
ial fever bad. Dozens of young people,
without the least fear Of future couse-
quenoes, are learlessly and recklessly
getting married.
The editor of the Athens Courier
must certainly be very fond of eating,
for the only recollection of his late
visit to Dallas, which still fingers in
his mind, is that he ate u good dinner
here, lie even goes 40 far az to write
All enthusiastic editorial about II.
Mitchell, who will be hung at Gle.
burn on the first Friday in October, Is
over seventy years of age. He desires
to make II speech flom the gallows on
the day Of hiseXecution, aud has asked
To- be allowed three hours TO make
it in.
In FAyctte county, on sunday last,
Il party of negroes Went near the house
of Mr. Thomas Young, who was lying
at the point Of death, ana whose wife
was sick in child-bed, and fired into
the house for two hours, hurting no
one though, One Of the negroes was
afterwards arrested, but vas fOrcibly
taken possession OF by another party
and hung
On last Tuesday morning Mr.. John
Gray killed a man named Turner ON
the road leading from Kaufman to the
Trinidad crossing on the Trinity river.
The impression is that the killing was
llsttiable on the ground of self-de-
tense,
"A negro who was shot with small
shot ut Calvert short time since by
another negro, while In the act Of
stealing a trunk, was confined Ia jail,
was so neglected that his wounds were
lly-blOwn, aud he died Il putrid mass.
Somebody ought to be severely pun
lsbCus NhuihluIl ltitSIhIll'
The State Grange is going to erect
Il mandatory at Jefferson for the pur- |
pose of manufacturing their farming |
and agricultural implements, capital
$3.50, 900, IA be supsGrjbe5 iy EnhQrlin-
ate oranges ana individual gr9uaels, |
All Of which Is a good thing for Jeler-
son.
--Jno W. Mcdonald. late Radical
Chief Justice of Harris County, was
brought to Houston by Sheriff Ashe, |
on "Wednesday last, charged with en-
be22elment and forgery, Justice Me-
Gowan required of Mcdonald a bond |
OF 5000 for his appearance Mt the next |
term of the criminal court, which he
gave and was released.
The Houston Telegraph gives the
following particulars Of IL difficulty
between Capt, Henry Eddins and
Frank Stearns, Mayor of Harrisburg
Some time ago, one or more anony-
nous letters were written to Mr.. Il. w.
PIERCE, President of the railroad com
pany, rejecting upon the character Of
some of the employees Of the road, and
indirectly rejecting upon Capt Ed
lins, for having such men in his SER
vice. 70 vindicate himself aud the
men under him. he sought to find the
author of the anonymous communica-
tons. Meeting Mr.. Stearns, CONVEX
sation ensued during which he (S.)
acknowledged that he was the author
Of the Objectionable documents. At
this, Capt. Eddins struck the Mayor
several blows with his fist, and for
which assault he was fined by Justice
Curry. After this occurrence Mayor
Stearns sent u written challenge to
Capt. Eddlns, demanding the satsfac-
ton due one gentleman from another
g according to code" To this Capt
+. sent u verbal reply, that he was
not Il duellist, but If Mr. 5. wanted sat
"to come and get it," Shortly
nrterward Capt Eddins saw Mr.
Stearns approaching him with shot
gun, and when Capt. Eddins left the
house to meet him, the gun was leveled
Mt him. Eddins had u pistol in his
hand, which he carried by his side,
never raising it, He walked deliber-
ately up to Stearns, under cover of the
gun, until he reached him, when he
grasped the gun, at the same time
throwing his pistol to the ground.
the gun from Stearns, Ed
lins struck him several times with his
fists, one of the blows breaking some
Of Stearns' ribs. The parties We're sepa-
ratee, and Mr.. Stearns conveyed to his
home, where it is thought his injuries
will nnnIinn him for snYnrnl WnnkS