The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-06

received sI reglStered packages from
Dido, checked thon on and marked lhf
number aiH thus (6) nj tho bottom OF tho TO-
oelpt and returned II IN tho Dido postmaster
| never saw tho receipt any more vi haw II
In tho court In this trial, Package nunbeI
ono had been inserted N tho receipt and tho
ilguro7 WIS made In the circle NJ tho bottom
of tho receipt over the u made since II loll
my hands, Package number 0lo was not In
tho receipt when | got H. ] don't know
who put II on tho receipt Don't know
who put tho figure over tho H.
These ohAngoa were mNde after tho reoolnla
left my office" The witness was questioned
extensively M u hs duties IN the Office, ns 10
tho arrival and departure Of mails, and w. 10
what he did on tho nlghtof tho 9th Of Jan
uAry, lie also stated TINT about fifty dis
crepnnoes Ind occurred In tho register de-
parlmont of his Office since tho 10th Of Sop
lombNr, but NIL had como up NIL right, except
the Gnnhury and Dido packages, lie sald
ho hnd novor received other OF those pnok-
ages, 10 said that spcclal oBcnt Smith Ind
offered To compromise lho matter WIN
him by allowing him 10 ppy for
tho lost package, but Nv refused 10 do no
because no had not received II, md TINT " lao
paid for them II would bo mn Acknowledge
mcnt Of his guilt Smith told him TINT 1t ho
did not pny for II no would be arrested, Ito
told Smith TINT ho know nothing Of tho
package, hnd not received H. aud that IL ho
wanted 10 no could have him arrested, and
LIT u Jury Of tho country decide the matter,
AT tho conclusion Of the testimony Mr. Bur
chill was bound over tonppcnr nj tho Federal
court In Dalns tho lIrst Monday In
juno next The bond was placed nj $1,000,
which he will probably arrange this even,
ing,---Thero cnmo near being n serious and
fatal difficulty nj the cattle exchange this
morning between j, q, Morris md Jake
johnson. Morris drew and cooked hs pis.
tol, and doubtless would have killed johnson
had not other parties intorlcred aud pre-
vented him from shooting, Both were mr.
rested and placed under bond
Ex-Governor Brown, Vico-Prcsidont Of the
Texas ~ Pacific Railway company, together
with other railroad officers Of this company,
aro looked for hero on Saturday morning,
Two moro car loads of bridge timbers
arrived tEis morning The OH company
received their largo iron oil tank or cylinder
this morning II will soon DO lowered TO its
permanent resting place, Just below the
water tank of tho railroad company, -----
Judge Foster loaycs on the evening train
Tho case OF tho city of Fort Worth vs.. VIM
Stinson, appealed from Recorders court
charged with running n ton.pln alley without
license, was tried in tho tho County court
this morning. The evidence showed TINT
small balls were used instead Of pins. Tho
court decided that il was au evasion OF the
law, and assessed the fno Vt Sl0.----J. N.
Williams was sworn in In M register clerk by
postmaster j. p. Alexander, on Tues
day morning, in place of q, >
Burchill,--Uoloncl j, Il. Chldestor, prcsi-
don't OF tho Yuma stage line, was among the
arrivals on tho morning train, "A consid-
cradle number ofpasscngors leave hore daily
by stage for III Paso,---Tho paragon" will
DO opened Saturday,---Messrs. Morehsad
Il Bassett loft here this morning
on tho stage for III Paso, in tho
interest Of railroad extension.-----
AT the HI Paso hotol' l. 9 Ware, Marshall;
S Pnlet st Louis; Il Il Montgomery, Iowa;
A l. Patterson, Louisville; J L Chidester,
Ark; X h Eakin, Denton; JP Smith, city;
\ MoCulloch, Now Orlcans;A w Butt, n Y;
l. q Gardins, Md; & Q Pencil, dito;
A h Ryan, New York; A Rus, New York;
j 4 Snyder, Trenton; John Belt, Dallas; VIM
Rickcns, Dallas; Miss j W Coleman, -----;
John Callet Atchison; A II Sayler,
S G Anderson, Mckinney;
B Q Wills, AUSTIN w Ii Dunn, Now York
A II Voorhees,, Memphis; John d Henry,
Dallas; d A Brown and wife, Jaoksboro;
Ed Wollforth, Jacksboro; John A Dillon,
AlokG Ben Smallwood, do; DR. Grisham,
Mrs Gresham and Miss Gresham, ditto
A II Weber. st Louis; w Dana, do; j w
Burch, do; X ID McLead, do; Lipscombe, NJ
d. Denton; j NJ Winkenston, do; G Good
lander, New York; Lee Carr, Mckinney;
Lon Carr, do; Ellen Phillips, do; B Ii GAN
DIV. do.