The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-08-12
DOMESTIC.
McCrcRry'- Majority.

TRANSPORT, August L. MrCreHry's
majority foots $1,000, with twenly-Eour
counties yet to hear from.
First Lecture of GerdemHnn.
BALTIMORE, August II. -Gerdcmann
lcctured last evening to an audience of
six hundred and fifty, in the Masonic
Temple.
HcI0Iusi0mistS Routed mt san HAS.
SAN DIEGO, August 1.-THE pursur
of the steamer City of Panama, reports
that the revolutonists in attempting
TO sack san Bias were defeated and
routed.
OsIOman'S Case.
WASHINGTON, August ll.-Otto-
mans confederates waived prelimi-
nary examination, aud were sent to
Jail in default of bond of forty thou
sand dollars each.
Joyce AbScOnds,
New YORK, August ll.--A dispatch
from st. Louis reports that John a.
joyce, late Internal Revenue Agent,
has ubscouded. He was under Il fifteen
thousand dollar bond.
Railroad Accident.
DENVER, August ll.-An accident
on the Denver aud South Park rail-
road resulted in the killing of Joseph
Smith, telegraph reporter, fatally IN
mring Mrs. Lane and her daughter, OF
Denver, and severely hurting Il num-
Der of other passengers.
Texas and Pacific Railway.
PHILADELPHIA, August IA meet
ing of the stockholders of the Texas
and Pacific railway was held to-day,
and the voluminOus report of President
Scott adopted. The work Of construc-
ton is just now practically stopped,
but will be resumed with energy in
September next.
Through RRilrOad Travel Resumed.
GREENBRtER, WHITE SULPHUR
SpINGs, West Virginia, August H.
Through travel between the east and
west aud southwest, via Washington
and Virginia, Midlandand Chesapeake,
and Ohio railroads, is now clear OF all
distractions by recent floods.
Through Western passengers arrived
here last night. There are nearly
eight hundred visitors here.
John Roadcap, fireman on the Ches'
apeake Railroad, was killed to-day.
latest from the Black Hills.
CHEYENNE, August ll.-General
Crook and Colonel stanton have re-
turned from the Black Hills and re-
port that the miners are preparing to
leave the country. The mountains are
full of quartz, and capital and skilled
labor will develop mines there equal
to those of Colorado and Nevada
There were fifteen hundred miners in
the Hills who had done much prelimi-
nary work.
Tribute Of Respect Ia the Late q. u
MHmtOrd.
NEW YORK, August ll.--At u nu-
merously attended meeting OF the
friends and associates of the late q. ii.
Mumford, Vice President of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, was
held in the office lately occupied by
him, last night, to take action in rela-
ton to his death. Hon. William Or
ton was chosen chairman, and George
ID. Prescott Secretary.
Eloquent and feeling addresses were
made by President Orton, Wee Presi-
dents Cornell and Greene, G. p. Low
cry, Hon. G. Walter General o. Ii.
Palmer and others. Appropriate reso-
lutions were adopted, concluding with
the following:
Resolved, That as tribute of re-
spect committee consisting of n.
Green, John Van Horne, A. Stager, j.
G. Hinchman, A, S. Barnes, w. j.
Holmes, S. b. Clifford, J. i. Van Eve
w, j. d. Reid and A. II. Watson, is
hereby designated to receive the re-
mains on arrival at New York and es-
cort them to Rochester, attend the fun
eral, and, if agreeable to the family,
serve as poll barriers.
Resolved, That these resolutions, APP
proprlately engrossed and signed 10y
the officers of this meeting, be present
ed to the bereaved family, and that
copies thereof be furnished for publ
cation to the several telegraphic jour
nails and daily press of New York, Ro-
chester and San Francisco.
VIM. ORTON, Chairman.
GEO. b. PRESCOTT, Secretary.