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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-21
THE shy LEVEE.
Overflow ATTENDS from River to Blur
and Water still Rising.
Houses and Harms Washed Away He.
low.IEannibaI, but NO Lives Lost.
LATER.

QUINCY, April 2l.-The water in shy
levee bottom rose rapidly yesterday,
and at noon to-day the overflow ex.
tended from the river TO the bluff at
many points between Hannibal and
Louisiana. AT two o'clock the rise at
Rookport, where Sny strikes the bluffs,
Yves over twelve'inches. Many houses
that stood high and dry at the hour OF
our last report are now surrounded
with water The occupants have all
been taken out in skiils.
y QUINCY, ILL.,, april 2O.-Reports
from the Sny levee are more favorable.
1t is now believed large portion of
the bottom lands will not be reached
by the overflow. There are four breaks
In the embankment, the worst being
three miles above Hannibal. In the
country south Of Hannibal greater
damage has been done. Houses and
barns have been washed away, and
farms swept clean Of everything, The
report Of life loss by the overflow is
contradioted. Several families who
did not move when warning was Civ.
en- were caught by the water, but were
taken out in skiffs. The water Is re-
ported falling there. To-day the river
fell here one and one-half inches. The
bottom above the city. as far as Wards
is overlooked, and 1t is believed s large
quantity ofstock has been drowned.
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Another Party Attacked ut RIO Can.
on-Thrce Killed. Three Wound
.H cd and One Captured.

FoRr LARAMIE, April 20. mfr. Mill.
gan, of Scranton, Pa, who arrived here
this morning, says while coming IN,
on tho morning of the 10th instant, his
party was attacked by Indians in Rio
Canon, near Cheyenne river rancho,
about iifty miles from Gustav. A few
ofthe party esca ped to the rancho.
Mr. and Mrs. Metz, of Laramie, and
u man named Simpson were Killed,
three men wounded and a colored wo-
man taken prisoner. The bodies were
buried next day. Mrs. Metz had been
ravished. The names Of the wounded
men are Greeian Whorn, of Mis-
souri,, MORALLY; FELTON,, of Missouri,
and C. w. Bedgesser, of Nebraska,
seriously. The wounded are at Chey-
enne rancho.
A party just from the Black Hills TO-
day said about ten days ago he found
a number OF destroyed wagons
at the entrance of Buffalo Gap, on
the Yankton road. The stock was gone
and the signs Of fight were numer-
GUS. Indians had undoubtedly attack
ed and destroyed an entire outfit.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-21
THE CAPIYALH0
NTDN5 a. AANWN W.
rOe Vote for State 0lllcers 10 be
Counted Saturday.
o,er 5000 Copies Of the Message Or.
+ dered Printed for the Senate.
.u,s and Resolutions Introduced and
Referred Adjournment for San
Jacinto Day-7-The Veterans
TO Celebrate.

AUSTIN, April 2O.-7Senate.--A mes
.ape was received from the House In
vjtlng the Senate TO meet the House
IN Joint session on Saturday, the 22d
instant, at ten o'clock A. NJ, for the
purpose of counting the vote for State
officers, which was accepted.
A number of bills, resolutions, ETC.,
were offered and referred to appropri-
ate committees.
A resolution was offered ordering
thirty papers publishing the proceed
Ipgs for each member, at o cost of five
cents per copy. After sundry amend
ments, the resolution was referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
Five thousand copies OF the Govern
orsmessage in English, one thousand
In Bohemian, two thousand in Ger
man land two thousand in Spanish,
were ordered to be printed for the use
Of the Senate. I u
Among the bills introduced was one
for stenographer in courts of record
amending the act establishing the
code Of criminal procedure; providing
for revising, digesting and publishing
the law; for laying out and working
roads; act defining the mode of proce-
dure in the Court of Appeals; act con-
Cerning mills and millers; act for the
relief of the poor and INDECENT; act to
repeal article seventy-six Of the penal
CODE ..R
After some minor business, the Sem
ate adjourned until ten o'clock Satur.
day morning.
H0uSe.--A resolutson was adopted to
take ten copies of the Austin States
man for each member, and ten corpies
Ofany other paper, or one copy of any
Ten other papers, at a cost not exceed
ing four cents per each copy.
A number CT bills, resolutions, ETC.,
were introduced and referred to appro-
pirate committees, but none of them
we're ofany particular Importance. M
After short session the House ad-
Ourned to meet at ten, o'clock Sstur-
day morning.
Tomorrow being San Jacinto day, a
legal holiday, there will be no session
Of either House.
The Texas Veterans will approprl.
ately celebrate the day.
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McKINNEY.

After the Horse hieves-Crops-Bus-
iness--ImprOvements, Etc.
speclal to The Dallas Herald: rrpa IA
MCKINNEY, April 20-A petition Is
fl'ulating here, aud pumerously
sned, asking the Legislature to pass
law furnishing first offense for horse
kaling by public whipping; second
pHense, whipping aud branding /;
|aad, hanging.
Alittle son of Mr.. EARLY, of Iowa,
Idhere last night. Early is in Jail
Aunder sentence oil imprisonment
wife, charged with killing Mr..
Iaters. The case is in the Supreme
mt. lsa .e
he wheat, corn and oat crops We're
yer more promising. Business Is
Yer than usual at this season. tsR
ne Old School Presbyterians are
ding fine Church. all3- m
sveral new fire proof business
ses under way. % iIhl
good fruit crop will be raised.
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FIRE RECORD.
Helms BrOs.' Extensive Brewery, East
81. Louis, Totally Destroyed.


ST. LOUIS, April 20,-About seven
o'clock tonight, fire was discovered
in the extensive brewery of Helms
Bros, East st. Louis, which together
with very large refrigerator attached
to the building, was totally destroyed.
Two engines went over from this city,
but could render but little service,
on account OF scarcity ofwater. Loss,
$l20, 900, including $500 barrels of. beer
worth $4,000, and 1900 tons of Ice val
atS6OO0, insurance Sl25,00O, placed in
A. f. Millers agency, at Belleville,
Illinois, but names Of Office cannot be
obtained tonight. tlIBlH ,1510I
CINCINNATI, April 2O.-The Enquir-
er's Lima, Ohio, special says: This
afternoon % spark from a passing Ell.
CINE ignited the Mahr warehouse,
which, with Its contents, 10000 bush
els of grain, was totally destroyed.
Loss estimated at $4,000. Insurance
unknown. ,.5Dj SO ~. "".' a"e 81
Rock ISLAND, April 20.--F'leming
Brothers brick gas fitting works and
machine shop, in East Rock Island,
were burned last night. Loss, forty
thousand dollars. Insurance unknown.
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Ns"-~HNt - sNfNAI fh'hNN'N w ANt
Suffolk, Massachusetts, bar, has been
sentenced TO States prison for Ave
years, having been convicted OF black
mailing VA ha1a
Dom Pedro, Emperor Of Brazil ar
rived at Omaha at 10 a. m, took car
riage drive through the city, and left
by special car attached TO the Pacific
express train.
The United States Sub-Treasury at
81, Louis has been redeeming frac-
tionaI currency for the past two days
In silver, and nearly every bank and
business house in the city are paying
small coin over their counters,
The maintenance Of the Coblent2
agreement between the three Northern
powers Is affirmed. II has been decd-
ed not to take any further steps In the
Eastern question without previous I'M
derstanding among themselves,
The Ballou Manufacturing Compa-
ny, OF Wansocket, Maine, has gone
into bankruptcy. Their Indebtedness
exceeds 81 ,O0O,0O The liabilities will
probably exceed the assets from $780,
600 to 100000.
In Hillah and Bagdad, Turkey, from
March 2Sth to April LIST, there were
two hundrad and eleven new cases Of
plague, and one hundred and seven
teen deaths. The plague has made It's
appearance on the left bank OF the
Tigress.
DR.. Peter Schulz and his wife, Rls-
slams, committed suicide in Philadel-
phia yesterday. Mrs. Schulz swallow
ed prussic acid, and her husband shot
himself through the heart. They We're
very poor, but persons Of education
and refinement, who had occupied
much higher position in society than
OF late.
Many Of the fraternity being deslr-
Gus of attending the Republican Ma
tional Convention, which convenes at
Cincinnati on the l4th of June, the
time of holding the Missouri State
Editorial Convention has been
changed. The Convention will meet
at Macon City, on tuesday, June 9th,
instead of the 18th, as heretofore an
nounced.
Governor Hayes, Of Ohio, has issued
a proclamation for circulation in the
Tuscawaras valley coal regions where
n strike is / ending, declaring In most
emphatic terms that the reign Of ter.
ror now existing in that region must
stop that miners who are willing to
work must not be interferred with,and
that he will order the military to dis
perse rioters whenever the civil au-
thorities are no longer able to protect
peaceablo citizens.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-21
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

Richard C. Duncan, well known
formerly chief operator In
I,dianapolis and New Orleans offices,
died nj Battle Creek, Michigan, this
morning.
A boiler explosion in the Missouri
Ice Company buildings, on the levee'
between Florida street and Bass Aven-
ne. st. Louis, this morning, badly
damaged the building, and seriously
wounded four laborers, one Of them'
Patrick Healy, fatally. :"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-21
The Mexican Spring Election.

GALVESTON, April 2O.--A special
from Brownsville to the News says !:
Diaz is busily organizing his forces in
Matamoras and the surrounding forts.
kilograms have been received here
ordering General Potter ofthe United
States Army, the present commander
on this line, to duty in Kentucky, and
1t is reported that he will be relieved
by General Devin. General Labarra
is still here with his family, awaiting
the approach Of the Mexican Federal
forces. He seems confident that Mat
amoras was only lost by the treachery
of General Toledo.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-21
BRIsTOw's RECORD.
The Charge Of bradley Pure Inven.
ftOn, sifIHr8s5s

LOUISVILLE, April 20. "A Courier
Journal reporter visited Colonel Wbar-
ton, United States District Attorney,
and called his attention to the testi-
mony of J. w. Bradley before the Com
Dittee on Expenditures in the Depart
|ment of Justice, who said that S. I.
Suit had paid Bristow a large sum OF
money after the Secretary had resigned
Dis position as District Attorney OF
louisville to procure the release of Ger.
Pain distilleries belonging to Suit, and
aeized while Bristow was District At
tOrney. Colonel Wharton said no dis
filleries were seized while Bristow was
District Attorney, and that no distil-
|lerles OF Mr.. Suit had been seized since
|Brlstow resigned, and that, upon a
careful examination of the records OF
Pie court, he finds no cases against the
RELEASE of either distilleries or whisky
IN which Suit was claimant or had
an attorney. aAJe@ W
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-21

Tue arm OF wadswortl, 0fiffeth a Co, Ia
this day dissolved by A, 0rifIeth A 90. pnr-
chasing Mr., W, l.. Madaworthb Interest.
The Hardware business win be CON tlnued
by tho new arm at tho old stand, No, 70l
Hin street, The new firm assumes ali OUT
standing liabilities, and requests all those
Indebted 10 the old Arm 10 como forward I'm.
medlat'ly and settle with'the new nrm,who
y only authorised TO collect and receipt for
the same. w. 4. WAnAW0RrH,
A. uRlFFErlI,
r. j, JOHNSON,
W, N, aRI FfErH.
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NEBRASKA ron TILDEN.

The State Convention Send soma
ridden Delegation TO st. Louis.
OMAHA, April 20.-The Democratic
State Convention held at Lincoln to-
day, was the largest and most influen-
tial ever held in the State. Resolu-
tions for hard money and reform were
adopted with great unanimity. Two
thirds of the Convention favored the
nomination of Governor Tilden for
the Presidency, but no formal express
sion was given to this preference. The
delegates chosen to the national Con-
ventiou are Charles Il. Mcdonald, +.
Al. Hartman. ! Tobias Colon, 9. b.
schofisld. Alex. Bear and George MI
Ter. The delegation is known 70 be
for TIlden unanimously. 5..ta2@
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-21
TEXAS CATTLE DRIVE.
Three Hundred and Thirty'hye Thou
N g snud Head Already I'm Motion.

Three Hundred and Thirty'hye Thou
Ia sand Head Already I'm Motion.
ST. LOUIS, April 2O.-The Kansas
City Price Current of tomorrow Will
publish further advices regarding the
coming seasons drive ofTexas cattle.
seventy-seven thousand head are add
ed to the number previously reported,
making total Of three hundred ana
thirty-five thousand head. Probably
one-fourth of these cattle will stop In
Northern Texas, some for shipment
but the largest portion will go to stock
new ranches. The other three-fourths
will 20 to Wichita, Dodge City, bays
City and Platte river. Inc ouih o'
this vast herd is composed OF cows
yearlings, two and three-year oia s,eerS
aud heifers, the proportion OF three
and four-year old steers being exceeu
ingly small. --Df 4stf
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unknown.
SAN FRANCISCO.
Additional HParfieulars of Fraud I'm
the Mare Island Navy Yard.

ADDITIONAL aParficnhars Oh frauu IN
the Mare Island Navy Yard.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. = The
Chronicle continues the publication OF
charges Of fraud and acknowledgement
In the Mare Island Navy, Yard. IL
now alleges that each year the grain
crop harvested on the island has been
more than sufficient for the wants OF
the establishment, and the appropria-
lions asked by officers for that purpose
were otherwise expended; that ex-
pensive live oak and oak timbers,
brought from the east at heavy cost,
has been used tor flrewood and al
lowed to lay about the yard rotting for
the want OF protection from the
weather. The loss to the Government
will amount to over half a million
dollars.
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the cold spell during March, but ap.
pies, ofnearly all varieties, and small
fruit look we'll and. promise an abun.
dant yield. Michigan aud. PENNEY.
yania report excellent prospects for all
kinds Of crops. Michigan expects a
plentiful yield OF everything. In To-
diana the winter and spring proved
for winter wheat and
peaches, but apples and small fruits
appear thriving. Reports from Ohio
say wheat is badly damaged, except In
well drained bottom lands, aud will
reduce the yield Of all kinds Of fruit.
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So,ie. "a Lumeer nux ess.

I have this day opened Retail Lumber
Yard for the Texas and Pacific Lumber as
ISOLATION In East Dallas. VIII NIL bills Mt
short notice Tor ali kinds and In any amount.
Have ON hand a large amount OF dry lurn-
bsr. a ~. \. Z. ". p, JOHNSON, Agent.
aprlsdlm
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CROP PRosPECTs.

'orfs from Illinois, Indiana, OHIO,
Michigan ana Pennsylvania.
'aicAao, April 20.-The Inter
van publishes reports from some
hundred points in Illinois, In
aa' Michigan, Ohio and Pennsyl-
ula, where the bulk OF winter wheat
gown, showing the present condi-
q the growing crops, Winter
.sa' and fruit. in Illinois promises
" A majority or the reports are
"uaging, Peaches were Injured BY
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-21

In retiring from the Hardware business.
would respectfully thank the people for
tholr liberal patronage TO the old arm and
would solicit u continuance OF the same to
tho now nrn, W. l.. WADSM ORTIZ.
Dallas. Texas, Aprll \, 1876. apl0.d2s
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-21

James u, Toner, . member OF the
Suffolk, Massachusetts bar, has been
sentenced TO States prison for Ave
years, having been convicted OF black
mailing. A L.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-21

Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, ar
rived at Omaha at 10 a, m, took car
riage drive through the city, and left
by special car attached to the Pacific
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-05
District Court Doings.


hoNDA1, DEC. tlu.
The case of Sarah NJ. Fisk VS.. o. E.
Green ct al, was, on motion of plain
tiff's attorney, placed on the trial
docket.
In the case of the Territory VS..
Thomas Smith, charged with petit lar
ceny, the prisoner withdrew the plea of
not guilty and entered a plea of guilty.
He was sentenced to Imprisonment for
one month in the county jail, and to
pay a fine of 81 and costs of prosecu-
ton.
In the case of j. Z. Wild VS.. /. W.
French, the deed of the master com
missioner was presented and an ac-
knowledgementsthereof taken.
Charles f. Robinson, charged with
assault with intent to commit robbery,
was tried, convicted, and sentenced to
Imprisonment for one year In the peni-
Tertiary.
John Geer filed his final naturaliza-
ton papers and was formally declared
a citizen of the United States.
Court adjourned to 0 ii. m. Tuesday.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-05
Gen. crooFs Larsst NO ysmsn.s.

BUFFALO SPRINGS, ~ro., dec. s.
Gen. Crooks whole force left Fort
Reno this morning, his intention being
to moyesdown the Little Powder to its
junction with the Powder, and there
form a supply camp and operate against
the hostiles hereafter as circumstances
dictate. This point will be convenient
for operations to the Tongue, Little
Missouri, o Belle Fourche.
The latest information is that Sitting
Bull has about 400 lodges and Crazy
Horse about 20, equivalent to a fight
ing force of 1900 to 1000.
The command is rationed to about
January LIST.
Frank Gruard, chief scout, is of the
opinion that unless surprised, the hos
tiles will not make a stand.
The wounded of Gen. Maekenzie's
fight leave here tomorrow for Fetter-
man.
Gen. Crook expects to find Indians
on the Powder.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-05
Military Matters.

Leave Of absence for one month is
granted Second Lieutenant F. w. Sib-
ley, Second Cavalry, Fort Sanders.
Privates Robt. Berkmirc and F. II.
Burgess, 9TH Cavalry, have been de-
tailed for daily duty with the band Of
that regiment, at headquarters, Fort
Russell.
In accordance with instructions from
headquarters of the division, that a
reduction of expenditures, under the
head of army transportation, has be-
comea absolutely necessary, the necessary
measures for such reduction have been
taken at Department Headquarters,
and the most rigid economy is enjoined
upon all officers serving in this depart
ment who are charged with expenditure
of funds pertaining to this a%ppropria-
ton.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-05
Northern Wyoming,s Wealth.

The silver mines on the head of Clark's
fork, about 125 miles southeast of Ben
sons Landing-much nearer if it were
possible to reach them in "a direct
course-are just now dividing interest
with the gold discoveries in Wolf
mountains. They are not recent dis
coveries, having been found by trap
pers several years ago, but, owing to
their inaccessibility, have but lately
been visited by mining experts. They
are beyond the Montana boundary line,
in Wyoming, and about It's miles di-
rectly west, according to the public
surveys, of the site of old Fort Phil
Kearney. Some of these veins are said
to be of colossal extent, though actual
tests show they + not as rich as had
been claimed. Assayers' certificates of
ore from Clark's Fork veins have been
made as follows: Stump lode, per ton,
$3.50 in silver, and 731 per cent. lead,
Gold lode. s43.9 8 in silver, and Sc per
cent. lead; Shoe Fly, SSH in silver
and COZ per cent. lead; National Park,
1888 in silver and 66a per cent. lead;
Little Blue (milling ore), s17.27 in sill
yer. With satisfactory extent-and
the veins are all said to be large and
well-defined-these figures, though not
as high as had been hoped, are sufficient
ly enticing to the capitalist.
"Colter's HE'LL" with its Plutonian
horrors Of boiling lakes and perpetually
burning sulphur pits, being on one side
of these silver mines, and the National
Park, with its natural beauties and ter
rors on the other, increase the tempta-
ton to pay them a visit.
The building of the proposed wagon
road from the Union Pacific to the
National Park will throw open this
particular section, as well as a vast ag-
ricultural and mineral region which
will, when settled and developed, assist
greatly in filling the Golfers and
granaries of the nation.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-05
In From die Mines.

MI. W. Z. Bennett, of Michigan, who
IS heavily interested in the quartz
mines about Deadwood, returned Sun
day from his second trip to the Hills,
having left Deadwood ON Nov. 25th.
Mr.. Bennett states that cold weather
and scarcity of water have caused a very
general shutting down of work on the
placer claims with the exception of a
few on Whitewood creek, where the
water supply continues plentiful.
The work of developing the rich
quartz leads continues with undated
yigor. The Hidden Treasure, owned.by
the Black Hills Mining Co., of this city
is still showing up splendidly. The
shaft has attained a depth of over fifty
feet, the vein now having well defined
walls, and The ore growing constantly
richer. The tunnel on the Alpha is
now in 40 feet, and the vein is enclosed
in the genuine wall-rock. There is no
visible diminution in the very rich ap-
pearance of the ore now being taken
out from that at first discovered. All
the other quartz mines in that district
are being actively worked and prospect
ing continues, with daily discoveries of
new and rich lodes.
The Father DeSmet lode, mean the
Alpha, is showing surprising richness.
The owners, Nichols 4 Haven, have
sunk a shaft nov 40 or 80 feet deep, and
will have a ten stamp mill running on
the ore by the 18th of the present
month.
When Mr.. Bennett reached Custer
City he visited the Webfoot lode, owned
by the Webfoot Mining Co. The shaft
is in owe 40 feet and the work of devel-
opment goes brayely on. This mine
continues to improve and will make its
N rich. The DeSmet lode, near
the Webfoot, is also being worked Wig
oronsly, and yields very rich ore, assays
of its ore showing it to contain $500
per ton in gold and silver, though near
ly all gold.
Mr.. Bennett left Monday for his home
in Michigan, where he will remain over
the holidays, when he will return and
begin active work on his mining prop
perty.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-05
Personal Paragraphs.

We noticed that Mr.. +. Z. Warren
was smiling more than usual OH Thanks
giving Day, but he didn't say why he
was so happy, and of course we had to
wait until yesterday before learning
that he gave thanks more on account
of the return of his charming wife from
an extended eastern visit than any
thing else. We hereby extend Mrs.
Warren a cordial, though late, swell
come home.n
Frank Ecoffey, Esq, a prominent
granger of Lander, Sweetwater county,
brother of the late Jules Ecoffey, called
at our Office yesterday. Mr.. Ecoffey is
an old patron of THE LEADER, and is
always welcome in our sanctum. We
regret that the telegram announcing
the death of his brother reached him
too late to allow of his attending the
funeral services here.
At the Railroad house are: Col. W.
B. Royal, U. S. Al. W. Richards,
Denver-G. s. Wood, st. Louis-S.
Randall, Peoria, M-Wm. T. Baldwin,
Denver-James Allen, U. S. Al. X.
Philo, W. Upton, T. G. Gardner, Chic
ago-A. Haight, Nebraska.