The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-07-31

fayctto Lane for Congress.
Accident Resulting IN the Drowning
Of Four Persons.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, July 10, The
steamer My Choice ran down u skin,
drowning -four unknown men.
Colonel BIechicy, Judge OF the su-
premc Court OF Georgia.
ATLANTA, July 3O.--Colonel l.. II,
Blccklcy has been appointed Supreme
Court Judge, In the place Of Judge
Mckay, who has resigned.
RcceivcrA ppolntcd for the 1.-the Roci,
Railroad stage Of the River.
MEMPHIS, July 30.--R X. Dorn has
been appointed receiver for the Little
Rock railroad
a heavy rain storm swept over the
city and adjacent country yesterday.
Previous 10 the storm the Mississippi
river had risen one Inch.
A Cyclone In Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 3O.--A cyclone
passed through Harveysburg aud
Fountain counties last Sunday might,
tearing houses down, uprooting trees
and sweeping things generally before
IL. Five women and children were
killed.
Railroad Track Washed Away.
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Md, July 3d.
Two hundred and fifty feet of track OF
the White Water Valley Railroad has
been washed out, and bridge carried
away by the recent flood. A large force
is engaged in repairing the damages.
Parsons has a twenty-five Thousand
Dollar Fire.
PARSONS, Kas., July 30.--The first
fire in Parsons occurred at two o'clock
this morning. Loss about twenty-five
thousand dollars. The heaviest LOSERS
are Conr0y, Sipples Bros, Calvin and
A. Wilson. The fire was the work of
an incendiary.
The Runiored Assassination OF chief
Ross Unfoundcd.
Sr. LOUIS, July 30. The reported as
sassination of William p. Ross, the
chief of the Choctaws and
for reelection to the position,
by party of Downing's friends, is de-
MED upon reliable authority. The
chief is at home, well, and has been in
no difficulty.
A BLOOD AFFAIR.
CyNTHIANNA, La, July 30.-In a
difficulty between DR.. Donnelly, den.
list, and DIR. Peckover, another dentist,
the latter was shot dead. Donnelly
himself, but on his way to
jail was also shot dead by Ridgely,
brother-in-law of Peck0ver. Ridgely
was arrested and is in custody.
Corn and wheat Badly Crippled I'm
ohio and Indiana.
CINoINNATI, July 30. Reports of
damage to crops from the late rains
continue from south Ohio and south
Indiana. Allreports confirm the news
that the swollen streams have sub
merged great quantity of corn and
wheat.
Tower Appointed Trus-
tee OF the N II. II. n. 60.
New York, July 30.--The meeting
of the first mortgage bondholders OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad Conn
pany, held here yesterday, resulted in
the appointment and confirmation OF
Chariemagne Tower as trustee, under
general mortgage of the Union Paclfic
Railroad Company, as successor 10
William b. Ogden, who has resigned.
Honesty OF the Pet officials Of the
Great Moral Party.
OMAHA, Neb. July 3d. Indian Com
missioner White is here, aud has made
several important discoveries IN the
manner in which supplies have been
furnished the Indians. One Miller
testified to having put up .eighty-seven
mounds of -four in sacks which he knew
we're tnrned in at one hundred pounds.
A beef contractor lost by freezing sew
an hundred head of cattle that the In
dian Agent gave receipt for. People
in This section back Professor Marsh
up-many from personal knowledge
The Assistant Secretaries OF the Treas
ury Harmonious.
WASHINGTON, July 30.--The order
of the President directing Assistant
Secretary Burnham to act as Secretary
during the temporary absence OF the
secretary of the Treasury, should not
be understood as indicating the slight
est displeasure on the part of the Pres
ident or the Secretary TO Assistant Sec
retary Conart. That officer they say
enjoys to the fullest extent the conf