The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-10


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i NlCKsnuRG, July GA dlstwbanc,
! occurred ~ negro meeting NJ tlI
: court house yesterday. II grew out o
u difficulty between the whi,cmel
! present, one OF whom was dau gorOusly
0 wounded. a pistol was then drawn
/. 10y Ben, Allen, Il colored politician
/ whereon he was knocked down ut once
by his white colleague aud severely
beaten. Soon after this II light accur-
! red between u negro and II whitemau,
In which the negro was shot. The ne
gro then tired into the crowd, which
: was returned by the whites. During
the melee two negroes We're killed and
one seriously wounded. Everything Is
: quiet to-day aud no further trouble an
ticipated.
NoRFoLI<, Va. July G.--Thc steam
tug LulnbcrmaIl, While returning last
night from Fortress Monroe with u
pleasure party OF eighteen on board,
was run into Off Sewells Point by the
steamer Isaac Bell, and sunk immedi-
ately Ia iilty feet Of water Boats were
lowered from the Bell aud several of
the survivors picked up. Captain
Brown, of the I4umberman, was struck
on the head and seriously injured 10y
the wheel of the Bell, but he had
strength left to rescue his wife who
had To crawl through the window of
the pilot house to avoid being carried
down by the fast sinking boat. Mrs.
Brown was seriously injured internally,
and il is feared she will not survive.
Boats have been sent down TO drag for
bodies.
Thomas Louicks, an old and well
known telegraph operator, died here
yesterday, aged thirty-ihrgr years.
We gave the usual signal ~ pas to the
starboard, and kept steering in the
right direction, when to our surprise
the tug boat signilied her intention of
crossing our bow. Order to stop was
at once given, and one blast of our
whistle sounded, but the tug again
changed. its course, and before our
ships way could be changed the COLL
sion occurred, the tug sinking inme-
dately. Our anchor was promptly
dropped aud our boats lowered. Two
men and one woman alone were seen,
aud they were rescued.
WORCESTER, Mass, June 7.-Reports
show that houses were struck by light
ming, during yesterdays storm, in all
parts of the country. SO far but three
casualties have been made known.
GALVESTON, July 7.-rhel Collector
of Customs has information to the
effect that nineteen Mexicans crossed
| four hundred head of cattle into Mex
leo, nine miles below Rio Grande City.
Boston, July 1.-The enforcement of
the license law was com nlcnCed to-
day. Thirty dealers were arrested.
who were either fined one hundred
dollars or gave bond to appear this
morning
Boston, June 7.-Reports of the
damages By storm last evening are llu-
merous. Deacon Kimbalps mouse, at
| Littleton, was struck 10y lightning and
burned-loss S30,G0O.E Many buildings
were struck, anu the occupants
stunned. No deaths.
ATLANTA, Ga, July THE Press
Convention OF Georgia met to-day with
Il large attendance. J. Ii. lIstelle, of
the Savannah News, was reelected
President. The Atlanta Constitution
gives complimentary excursion to the
association to ricco Falls and different
points in north Georgia tomorrow ut
its own expense.
MoNTEPELIER, VA, July THE
cashier OF the National Bank at Barre
was aroused at midnight by four men,
who at once gagged him aud his fam
| lily. The cashier gagged, hand-cufled
and with rope around his neck, was
carried to the bank vault and ordered
to open it. Not having the key he
was given until 8 o'clock to open the
vault by forcing it with their aid. The
hour for opening the bank for business
having arrived the robbers abandoned
the safe.
NORFOLK, Va, July THE sinking
of the tug Lumberman, night before
last, has created II profound sensation
here. Various rumors are afiOat az to
who was to blame, but no definite con-
clusion can be arrived at until an oili-
cial investigation takes place. Ten
passengers were drowned, and only
fhrna hnItac, fhits, f,.rh nN-a hnnn
cred Two of these, Joseph Wilson
and Miss Borum, We're found near For
tress Monroe, nearly two miles from
the scene of the disaster. The body of
Miss Frederic was found near SewelPs
Point.
A section of the Norfolk Light Ar
tillery Blues have to-day been firing
twelve pound guns about the spot
where they are supposed to DE lying.
During thunder storm to-day in
Portmouth, two youths, named Guthrie
and Hubbard, were struck and killed
by lightning, and the schooner Wind |
ward lying mt the wharf had its main |
mast splintered.
LITTLE Rock, July THE boiler of
q saw mill near Hot Springs exploded |
Saturday, killing four persons and Sc
riOusly injuring several.
CHICAGO, July THE grand jury of
the July term of the Criminal Court |
were empanelled to-day. They con-
sist of eight negroes and sixteen white
men.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALL, July THE
Democrats in the First District have
nominated w. a. Pepper for Congress.
The fire at Tnlore City, Cal, yester-
day destroyed the entire business por-
ton of the town. Loss one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars.
New YORK, July IA heavy rain
storm, accompanied by lightning and
thunder, passed over this city last
evening. Two men were instantly
killed, houses unroofed, trees uprooted
and other damage done.
FALL RIVER, MASS, July I. "A par
ty of seven lads bathing at the junction
of Wautuppa lake and Guegrechan
river, yesterday, Joined hands and
walked off of asand bar into deep wa
ter, where six of the number, John w.
James and William Jacques,
Dyer, Francis Kane and J
George McManus, were drowned. The
seventh lad reached shore and gave
the alarm.