The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-16
TELEGRAPHlO SUMMARY.


James Avery aud Edward O'Qul
were murdered In Avoyelles Parish, b
Jordan Wilmington. The murdere
escaped.
The Kansas City Board of Trade, la
inaugurated the enterprise OF buildin
a new Exchange building. The build
Ing Is to cost from SIS, 900 to $4,000.
The Iowa river is rising rapidly, an,
there are fears OF another flood lik
those OF 1851 and 1868. No particula
damage as to the crops is anticipated
The sowing of wheat all over the Stat
Is at present suspended. The Missouri
river is rising.
The Virginia Republican State Con
vention after long wrangle over dele
gates TO the National Convention Sc
lected a delegation, a majority Of
whom are claimed for Blaine and the
remainder are divided between Nor.
ton and Conkling.
Keokuk, Iowa, has been visited by q
violent rain storm. There was a land
slide on the Keokuk and Des Moines
road which delayed all trains eleven
hours. A barn was struck by light.
ming and burned down. A dwelling
was also struck and badly shattered,
though none Of the inmates were in
jured.
Advices from McGregor, Iowa, re-.
port the cellars and lower stories of
buildings on Main street were inun-
dated, and fifty thousand dollars worth
OF property was destroyed in less than
two hours. The storm seemed to have
extended pretty generally throughout
the Northwest, doing more or less
damage everywhere. In the vicinity
OF Davenport II is estimated that more
than wenty thousand dollars worth of
was destroyed.
A man named George Waite, who
was arrested short time ago on suspi-
cion Of having set fire to numerous
buildings In Yankton, Dakota, lately,
made confession to detective who
had caused himself to be imprisoned
with Waite for the purpose Of exact
ing this confession from him. Waite
proves to be Southerner, and says he
lost all his property by the burning of
Atlanta, Georgia.
A slide occurred at Iowa City, Iowa,
ON the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific Railroad track, on the east side Of
the Iowa river, by which two passen-
ger trains from the West have been
shut In, unable to come in or 20 back.
The track Is covered with six feet OF
mud, and the wagon roads are so bad
that IL is only with The greatest diff
Guilty that provisions can be sent to the
passengers, forty Of whom are ladies.
Mrs. Sarah A. Walker was found In
room in her house, on West Court
street, Cincinnati, dead, with a terri
BILE wound in her head, and had EVIL
IDENTIFY been dead several day. The
room was In badly disordered condi-
ton, probably caused by the woman's
resistance when assailed. Henry
Walker, her husband, who kept
saloon in the building, has been ar
rested, charged with her murder.
A special to the Galveston News says
]. M. Smith, of Salermo county, Cali
fornia, and r. III. Patton, Of Lawrence
burg, Indiana, were murdered while
herding sheep on Iona creek, seventy
five miles from there. Their bodies
both guu-shot and arrow
The presumption is they
were murdered by band OF outlaws,
composed Of Americans, Mexicans
and Indians. The same gang stole
seventeen horses from Mr.. Bennett,
living In the same vicinity. The
two men were robbed Of their
watches, ETC., and make five persons
believed to have been murdered by the
same party. Tom Edwards was MUIR
dered, while asleep, nine miles from
the city, night before last, for money.
An official telegraphic dispatch from
the Governor OF Bornia reports that q
battle has taken place near Kievas,
between the Turkish troops and ten
Insurgents, from the Aus
trian bank of the Save. The Insur-
gents were routed with loss OF three
hundred killed and wounded. A por-
ton Of the band, prrsned by Turkish
troops, recrossed the Save, while 9TH
ere took refuge in the mountains. The
loss was trihing.
Horse thieves are 1t work 10 Bloom.
ineton, Illinois, and the city 10 fuii OF
tFamps and robbers who almost Dight-