The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-24
THE DALLAS HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Pa 1880

hy all who heard H. And 40 doubt grea
good was dpne Tom Cooper and Jack
lierson two country " ohums" came 10 tow
together last Saturday, each having 800 W
money, Af,or taking IN tho town." liersol
retired for tho night and Cooper repaired
TO gambling house where no soon disposed oi
hil lfly dollars, Being fascinated with the
game, and realizing tho fact that Nancy wai
An absolute prerequisite 10 further indul'
genee, he belook himself 10 the bod room Of
llerlop, where no found him wrapped In The
arms Of Morpheus, aud there, NJ a midnight
thief, he robbed his boon companion OF hli
last dollar and afterwards 'blew II IN" nj Tho
gaming table. Cooper Is now IN tho custody
Of the officers 10 await his trial for robbery
Nathan House, culored gent Of clerical
appearance, was Jailed by Sheriff Henderson
lhii morning. charged with m nasaull with
intent 10 rape q white girl Of this city, tap
peara tat this morning, about i've O'clock
while the white servant girl OF Colonel Str
gent, Of this ", WIS out NJ the well draw,
Ing water, this negro passed Along ana
grabbed her around tic waist, when she
threw bucket Of water on him, md ut tho
came time uttered n loud scream, which
eaupd him 10 loose bis hold and seek refuge
In speedy light The common report ofa
negro attempting 10 outrage white woman
spread rapidly over the city aud soon tho
ollicen had the black demon Ia charge aud
made hasty conveyance 10 the county jail,
wherO he will await tho actions Of court,
-L Last Saturday night Frank Harrington,
hack-drlyor Of this city, went 10 tho room
of IA colorod woman who had done his WISH
hg, for the purpose of getting his
clothes. While there on this business,
Billy Harris, colored GEM
of saffron hue, who cspoused the cause Of this
girl, Mat by namc NJ his beloved paramour,
made his appearance In the room, and think
Ing that Harrington was there on other bust
ness, pro eeded 10 ohRftso him very severely
with largo might club" that no carries for
sclfproservaton, Harrington, after receiving
several severe blows over the head and
shoulders, retired from tho field Of ,oulicl,
fully satisfied that under the then existing
circumstances h0 was not equal 10 the omer-
gencles. llo "hoeled himfclf" however, and
last night about IL o'clock ho met Riley IN
the southwestern portion Of the city and made
q most vigorous and commeudablo effort 10
take his life by firing four pistol
shots nj him, all which, II Is thought,
iailod TO take effect. Riley has not
been seen or heard OF to-day, The report
was ripe this morning that Frank Ind killed
Riley, butt is now considered false, Agen-
0ral complaint seems TO prevail rs TO Frank s
naccuracy M n "shoolst "--Policema
Davenport was tried last Saturday night by
tho city forcorruption, malconGuct and NAL
ieasanco in Office. Rob Mozart represented
tho defendant and City Attorney Henry
Fields appeared for the city. Altor hearing
the evidence the council decided that the acts
Of the delcndOut were very reprohenslble,
but not sufficient TO warrant lis discharge
from the forco. A resolution was passed TO
that effect and the council then adjourned,
Colonel H. W. Martin, of the Third
ward, is lnyombly spoken of ns candidate
Cor Mayor at the ensuing election
The crinnal docket was taken up IN the Dis
trct this morning-Seyeral parties board
cd the O'Clock train this afternoon for Dali
las, where they 60 to hear the immortal John
McCulloch ts-night Major q. Il. Fairfax,
the popular proprietor of the El Paso hotel,
returned this morning from Hot Springs,
Ark, He 3 much improved in health and
general ppearance--Judge Hood received
bv telegram, to-day about II o'clock, the
sad intelligence c { the death of his brother at
Terrell, which occurred this morning. He
Immediately adjourned till next Wednesday
morning, and boarded tho train for Ter
rell to attendthe funeral Mr.. j. s. An
drows left this morning for southern Texas,
where he goes to buy cattlc-Woath ra-
Their warmer to.day--Gencral Dodge, Presi-
dent of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Construc-
ton company, returned from Marshall on No.
1. this morning. Il. NJ. Beckwith, Chief
clerk of the Texas IL Pacific Land depart
ment, passed West this morning.-Major
Washburn, the Chief engineer Of The Texas
& Pacific Railroad Construction company,
IS again at his desk as busy as a cashier Of
n shaky bank.-Peter Smith and NJ. S.
Hall make strong team, and arc very
busy to-day getting men. teams. tools,
goods, ETC., to their contract of grading west
of Weatherford. Colonel Lowric, Super
intcndent Of the Texas 81 Pacific Bridge
gang, exhibits that pleasant "phiz" on our
street to-dsy-The Texas &Pacifc depot
is now lively resort, being covered by
teams, tools, men and goods all for the
front. A wordy war among the Eth
opians in the east part of our city yester-
day, IN Wnlcn one sWO'e ne cOulu Clcdn
up another till there would not
be u shoe-string of him left--
At the I'll Paso Hotel: A 7 Truett, Boston;
r Roche, Baltimore; ID Scroder, st Louis;
Chas 9 Brannon, New York; @ L Harris,
CITY; Pat Mailman, do; 4. Dunlap, New
Orleans w Legg, Fort Worth; w M Bow
ers, Weatherford; II 9 Elliott, St. Louis;
James Pellback, Colorado; p Goldburg, Chi
cago; Jno l Deamer, Dallas; T f Lyons,
Sherman; II Britton, do; T w Fernby,
Dallas; T Wexter, New York; w Ii Taylor,
Marshall; Fl M elk, San Antonio; A X
Fairfax, Hot Springs; f P Crowder, st
Louis; v Barnes, Boston, Mass; d Ber-
ry, Stephenville; j 7 Harris, Comanche;
L r Scruggs, Texas; Mrs Denton and family,
Chicago; Mrs j w Draper, New York; A 2
Ryan, ditto; Henry Allen, Trenton; W G
Powell, Callahan; George w Maddell, ditto;
A N Spaulding, Kentucky; II Bailey, Wis
consin: II Peske; Galveston; d Mayhcr,
Little Rock; j r Swain, st Louis; j B Hycr-
man, Sherman; Charles Oschar, ditto.