The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-26
HERE AND THERE.
An Item from General Crook Destructive
Frcshet In Nevada Louisiana Demo.
cratic State Convention The
Turf Burglars Use the
Knife and Pistol.

CINCINNATI July % Two young
daughters OF NJ, pHtchard, near lo-
gansport, Indiana, We're burnt to death
sunday night by the explosion OF u
coal oil can, from which they were
pouring oil on u kitchen lire.
SAN FRANCISCO, ,Uly ~ "A dispatch
from Eureka, Nevada, reports heavy
raius on the surrounding mountains,
which flooded the town. causing great
CONSERVATION among the inhabitants
and considerable damage toproperty,
several houses having been swept
away. AZ last accounts the water was
subsiding. The storm seems to have
been general in Nevada. A dispatch
from lGllto reports wnsh0ut on the
Central Pacific near Ogden. An en-
CINE aud fifteen freight cars were
ditehod, Loss heavy, but no lives lost.
An explosion In the Black Diamond
coal mine, near Mount Diablo, to-day
killed six and badly injured llvo
,Iun,no oo,,,,notoa ono d,s,
CINClNNATI, July -, Mr., Wheeler
has written letter regarding his ac-
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ro,,a.aa, tro o,o,ms grcot n,sronro.
,n,,t,ons and n,on,sca ge,oroI ,lor.
roId ,o ononir,, ,ho c.mnoion ho ,ynI
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60, ~ rrrdoon oonnt, Now Vorr
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BATON ROUGE, July @o'-~lhe Louis
lama Democratic State Convention met
to-day, but the committee on oredon-
,lnls NOT heinz ready TO roport recess
49, ,n,u7n ~ ma ,ony.u.
a. a.,,,,,.a
ton met ut p, IN. Out the COMMITTED
not vet being ready TO report, tho con-
vention adjourned until 10 o'clock to-
,,a..o,, ,i,on ho cor,mi,too uill "a.
'''"'o" nv" w ,o'"'','',0 80
port. Much DISSATISFACTION proVAiS
among the anti-WiltH contestants,
uhor II IL understood will be thrown
A.. uII,,.,,o. h,,,io,, "a, ,,ror
ou'i 'hu " Nv" P"'v ""''"s wy 'P'N
mana III tht oreuoht'n'S coil'ilN'eo'
SARATOGA, July 26.-Weather fair,
trncl,s excellent. Five mrlonrs, Rada.
' 49, ,,an ,r.,irotion se,,n1
'i"'''ui "'", '''t''','o, N,'
Madge third' Ilme lo9 WA MILO
races three year old, Sutana won, Bar
ricodo second. Fredericlltown third.
N AZ, ,,,' Nm. .no an nao,
llhe '''l 'ill' ""o law "' "h','
Porale won, Tom ocklolree secohH,
Matte lhlrd. lilne Ia ~ y Milo
selling race iescolA Hh, thllahuoE
second, Asage thlfu' flhle 10Y
Chicago, July 25.-v'rhe following
dispatch was received Mt General Sher-
idan's headquarters this morning:
Camp on Goose Creek, Wyoming,
General Sheridan, Chicago;
1 forgot to mention when dis
n,ltched my last courier tlmt had sent
ant Lieutenant Sibley, on the 9th, with
a small detachment Of tho Second cav,
nlry To escort my guide. Frank Gruurd
wns making II reconnaissance when tho
nnrtv came on tho Seventh near tho
| little Bio Horn. They encountered
the sioux In strong force, and saw
enouch TO convince them that the
main village of the hostile Indians IL
nnt iar from that point, They sue
eeodcd in making their escape only
after abandoning their general plan,
and marching across the rugged foot
hold of the Big Horn mountains. The
men were nearly exhausted Wheh tley,