The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-20
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GALVESTON, June Is, lsso.
j. +. Magale's funeral yesterday afternoon
was largely attended. At the time Of his
death he was sixty eight years old. In early
life he was bar-keepe1 IN the MlsslsslpfI.
Went to California during the gold excite
ment made money, invested 1t lGdleious.y III
business and amassed wealth. be WAS warm
hearted, impulsive, and noted among those
who were intimate with him Tor MS many
private charities. The organ recita! OF
Professor Pitcher at Trinity church, Thurs
day evening, was grand musical treat. Inc
repertoire consisted Of the music otthat divine
master OF melody, Beethoven, and it was SUI
perbly rendered by Professor Pitcher
The entertainment for the benefit OF the
First Baptist church, at Artillery hall, was
largely attended. The living chess tournament
was the event of the evening. Three games
were PLAYED by noted experts, and the chess
men and women in their various costumes,
representative of the characters on the board,
pr sented an interesting contrast rs they
moved 70 and fro, as directed 10 their various
positions on the board, under the direction
Of skillftll players; were watched with deep
interest. and when eheckmate was an
nouaced, it elected great excitement.---
A man, Shandy by name, fell from second
story window at An early hour yesterday
morning, on Twenty. first street, near strand,
tracturing his collar-bone, and sustaining
other severe bruises. He was conveyed to the
hospital, where he received medical attention;
Too much benzine the catlse.--C. May ana
his wife, who run vegetable stand in the
market, had lively rumpus. May had
taken too much of the 'over-be-joyful, TO
which the good wife objected, when ne
began kicking things around in lively man
ner. The officer on duty took the bellger-
ent husband in charge and marched him of
70 the city prison. The wife appeared at the
police station after market hours, and the
chief gave her an order for her husband, and
told Mrs. May to take him home. This she
said she would do on one condition, that If he
promised to keep sober, she would;
il he did not, she would let
him remain their until he did.--The Gal
weston oil mills are being pushed forward
vigorously. The first story Of that immense
structure is up and the work is actively CO.
ing forward under a large force of mechanics
and laborers. The machinery for the manu-
scture of oil Is beginning to arrive. line
construction of new court hou e, jail ana
ulaket IS DelnE aSlIateu. All oHel nne uO'4i
made to sell the block lying between
Twenty-first and Twenty second streets and
Winnie street and avenue H 20 the
county for $4,000. The county
court has the matter under advisemeut,
while the question is being discussed pro ana
con in the local press. Quite an eSpen.
sive leak occurredin one ofthe.gas reservoirs,
causing the gas company TO lose 22,0y0 cubic
feet of gas, or about Sl0,0O0.-A large
quantity of mining machinery fri. r.
Robinson, Chihuahua, Mexico, is being re-
ceived here and forwarded TO its destination
over the Galveston, Harrisburg Il san An
tonic railroad Large quantities of mining
material are being forwarded to this rich min
ing state.-Saturday promises TO be =
day of rare sport. Besides the ;kitf
race between Crotly and Westeriage, there