The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-09
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A oonvontion Of railroad men met at Tex
arkana Wednesday
uon,e thieves ara operating with great
madness In Travis county
Tbe Austin city police force will DO re'
,,,,niged on the 10th inst
Rlly Baxter died Of chronic dysentery Al
Nonnt Pleasant few days ago
The Csss County Democratic convention
Instructed for the two'lhirds rule.
JoitIntory steps are being taken TO build
rsiIrond from Beaumont 10 Sabine Pass.
Thu Milan County Democratic conyen-
Elan Instructed against the two-thirds rule.
All tho mills are running at Beaumont
alline orders for lumber for different rail-
roads.
Mr. Charles Prochnow was stricken with
paralyss and died at seguln on tho 2oth
instant
little son of Mr.. Carter, living near Bry-
an fell from a tree and broke his arm the
other day.
San Antonio juries decline TO find parties
guilty when charged with violating tho bell
punch law
From news received IN San Antonio Mon
dsv Il seems that n revolution 10 about "
occur in Mexico.
Boncio Hernandez stabbed Antonio Gal
van In the neck ut San Antonio Monday
night. A woman was in the case
Some unknown parties went 10 the resi-
enoe Of j. s. Smith, near Egin, Monday
pht, and shot and killed n negro.
lake Blackburn, porter for the Houston
A. Texas Central railroad at Aquilla, went
crazy Tuesday because OF domestic troubles
The Guadalupe Democracy desire the
two.third's rule retained and ask that Judge
ireland DO sent as delegate TO the National
convention.
Jimmie Webb, a little son of Dr. j. u
Webb, of Bryan, shot himself accidentally
through the arm Monday night inhictlng a
painful flesh wound.
Tho San Antonio Board Of Trade has
passed resolution asking ongress to aid IN
The construction Of the San Antonio " Mo
Grande railroad
.Jessis Hillard, sixty year old negro In
McLennan county, has tor, acres OF COTTON
planted on the 9th Of March, which is now
doing splendidly and has been chopped out
10 stand.
George Routh and George Parster had .
apbt at Chappell Hill Monday night and
afterwards Routh procured pistol and shot
Parster. wounding him seriously. Routh was
arrested and released on bond.
The post-oflice at Marion has been discon'
tinued and its effects moved to Seguin, be-
cause the postmaster would run beer sa-
loon in the same building with the Once,
contrary to postal regulations.
Sam WATSON, a stage driver between
Breckenridge and Fort Griffin, went TO bed
at Breckenridge in good health few nlg.h's
ago, but WAS found dying the next morning
and expired shortly afterwards.
The Young man named Edmund Larltz,
who had his hand 80 badly crushed in Ne
Gowen's foundry at Houston few days ago
that the amputation of three fingers We
necessary, died Tuesday from the effects.
The Fannin County Democratic conven-
ton met on the 9th inst, and, after electlng
delegates TO the Galveston convention,
passed a resolution favoring the majority
rule. They also passed resolution favorlng
a primary election for the selection OF cand-
idates for county offices.
Colonel Hood, an assistant engineer on the
Southern Pacific railroad, passed Fort CLARK
Tuesday with party en- route for San An
tonic. He will survey line from San An
tonic to I'll Paso, and the supposition is that
the Houston & San Antonio railroad is to be
extended to that point.
The steamer Rio Grande, of the Mallory
line from New York to Galveston, and sew
eral days over due at Galveston and about
which much uneasness was felt. has been
heard from. On Tuesday she was fifteen
miles southeast of Port Eads all right,
slough she had lost her rudder and was
ctaar;np with a spar