The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-06
TELEGRAPHIO SUMMARY.


' Bridget 0'Donnell, aged about thlr,
ty-hve years, was found murdered In d
Held on the outskirts OF Wllkesbarre
The woman had been grossly assaulted
before the murder.
A Brownsville special to the Calves.
, ton News says everything IL quiet
;, along the Rio Grande frontiers, though
officials and other Mexican refugees
continue TO come over for security.
4 The rem aims Of n stranger named
Haynes were found, literally cut TO
4 pieces, laying under ID freight train at
Valparaiso, Indiana. He was seen at
one o'clock at night very drunk, and
is supposed to have went to sleep ON
the track.
William osenbaugh, ayoung man
afflicted with deafness, while walking
along the truck, Ave miles east Of Fort
, Wayne, Indiana, was struck by the
mail train. He was picked up, taken
to Monroeville for medical purposes,
but died before the train reached there.
A special to the Galveston News
says the safe Of the Galveston, Hous.
ton and San Antonio road was taken
from the train at Harrisburg, carried
some distance from the road, broken
open and robbed Of eleven hundred
aud forty dollars. On Saturday the
westward train was fired into near the
same place and some of the passengers
hurt.
Joseph Vaughan, OF Stilesville, at
tempted to board the western freight
train, under full Roadway, on the Van
dalia Railroad, Greencsstle, Indiana,
and fell beneath the wheels. Thirteen
cars passed over the lower half of his
body, reducing il to an indistnguisha-
BILE mass. He had been cautioned not
to make the attempt He leaves u
wife and one child.
The budget of England as submitted
by the Chancellor Of the Exchequer,
shows the estimated expenses for the |
fiscal year ending March 81, to be e7S,-
044,00O, and the revenue CIT go, 900.
The Chancellor proposes the Increase
of a penny on the pound on the in-
come tax, which, he anticipates, will
give the Government surplus of
1856, 600.
Colonel Hardee, City Engineer of
New Orleans, expresses the opinion
that fears Of general overflow in the
Mississippi valley are not well found
ed. His reasons were fully given in an
interview, and the conclusion arrived
at is that the present condition OF the
upper tributaries, combined with those
lower down, do not warrant apprehen-
sion of such an overflow as would be
damaging to the prospective agricul-
al interests of the valley.
The Cincinnati election was the
quletest in many years. The indca-
tions are that the Democrats elect the
entire ticket by small majorities, with
the exception Of one member Of the
Board of Public Works. The vote was
considerably less than last fall. Re-
turns from fifty-four towns and cities
show general Republican majority in
twenty. two, and Democratic MAORI
ties In nineteen. The rest are evenly
divided. Local questions were entered
into so largely in the election that it is
no test of party strength.
The New York Evening Express an
nounces the sale Of limited interest
In its business to o number of gentle
men, who with its old proprietors,
have formed Joint stock company for
the purpose of conducting first-class
independent Democratic newspaper.
Hon. Erastus Brooks is Presinent OF
the new company and retains control
of the editorial department Amos J.
Cummings, q well-known journalist,
and long connected with the tribune
and Sun, has Joined the editorial free
of the Express.
The committee appointed for the
purpose of sending a delegation OF
French workmen to the Centennial
exhibition at Philadelphia publish an
address to America explaining the OBJ
ject of the visit Of the delegation They
say that apprehensions OF American
artisans that the French may induce
lower wages, and unfavorable changes
are groundless. The majority OF dele
gates occupy good positions In France
They only desire to compare the IN
dustrial products Of the two countries
and attend the anniversary OF the
birth OF sister republic. They hope
to establish fraternity OF artisans OF
the two nations.
The six Chinese companies of San
Francisco have indited letter to Chief
of Police Ellis, complaining that the
present agitation has already provoked
assaults upon their people and that
they fear unless checked, a bloody riot
may be the result. They profess will
ingness to lend their aid In obtaining
a modification Of the Burlinsame
treaty, but ask protection under treaty
rights. The State Senate has APP
pointed committee Of five Senators
to make full investigation OF CHI