The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-25
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GALVESTON
Correspondence OF the Herald.

GALVESTON, Sept, p. 1850
Politics, like the weather in this latitude, is
considerably mixed. Rumors are current
that peoples ticket will be placed in the
field, embracing candidates for the legislature
and full county ticket. The movement
has. however, no. sufficiently crystalyzed to
speak of it as Il fixed tact That considerable
dissatisfaction is felt ut the nominees Of the
recent convention is manifest to the casual
observer. The Republicans are rapidly per-
fectipg their organization, and will IN all
probability nominate ticket. Msjor Is.
Rush Plumley, fresh from Washington and
the north, Is already in the field,
and making an active and vigorous campaign.
While the Republicans are solidiiying and
are in healthy organization, the Greenback
party is split wide asunder, The Central
Greenback club have mathematical club
No. 9, and avowed their determination to
have no utilization with them. They have
also pronounced decidedly against the nomi'
nation of a legislative ticket The local can
didstes for the various offices are working
like beavers, and at this remote day it is very
difficult to predict with certainty who is the
winning man.-Enthuslas on the Maine
election is rapidly dying out among the
Democracy here. The result is too close for
either party to crow.-Considerabl appre-
hension exists here in reference 10 fatal
form of malarial fever that is now prevailing
at Houston. If this fear will infuse any
greater effort into our board Of health and
city council toward placing Gal
weston in sound sanitary condition
il will have accomplished great
good, for this city is in
a horrible condition and the almost daily
rains make its condition worse. The fire
committee have accepted the fire alarm tele-
graph, and ordered the amount contracted
for to DO paid to Mr.. Homer, the contractor,
This came up in the COuacil meeting last
Monday afternoon, and action on payment
has DELAYED until the question as to the
validity of the Gamewell Fire Alarm Tele-
graph company was scttl d. They threaten
suit if the present line is accepted, while the
Utica company, whose machines and system
has been adopted, have filed bond fully
protecting it from loss by any action brought
BY the Gamewell company. But regardless of
this fact, on mere technical point,they refuse
to take action and pay Il Just debt, which has
been honorably contracted for, until the city
attorney has tme to inquire into the
merits of the Gsmewell uU,.m, 70 say
that Mr.. Homer was indignant would be Il
mild way OF expressing it-The land ques.
ton is becoming an important consideration.
Every body is crying aloud tor sand for the
repairing Of st-e ets and alleys. But the city
council, in their zeal for retrenchment, do
nothing. Commerce suffers, health is ondan-
pered, but this doe. not move the mayor or
board to more liberal aetion.---A we'd
ding ceremony took place at st. Marys
cathedral at 5 O'Clock this afternoon, in
which the high contracting parties were hr.
Charlie, Engelke and Miss Adde Cummings.
The groom Is prosperous young merchant Of
this city and the bride one of tire fairest low
ers of the Island City. An elegant reception
awaited them at tho residence of MIR.
Engelke, where l,rge circle OF invited
guests assembled, and drank many brim
ming baaker to the health and happiness of
Mr.. and Mrs. Engelke. NO hundred tons
of fustic, portion of the cargo of the British
brig Dashaway, has been seized by Constable
Finn and will be sold on Monday next on
Beems wharf to satisfy crews claim for
wages against the brig,-Twelve sailing
vessels, both foreign and domestic, are yi9g
at the wharves and in the streams awaiting
cargo.--rhe receipts of cotton are unprece-
denied in the history of Galveston. The
wharves, railroad yards and cotton COM
presses are rapidly filling up and the presses
are beginning to feel the coming boom.--
The accident on the Gulf, Colorado " Santa
Fe railroad to the freight train leaving here
Yesterday morning at q. m, was caused by
a steer in culvert. The engine and a por-
ton # the train had passed over the culyert,
when the bovine jumped up and was instant
" killed, throwing four cars from the track
and not ditching the engine and twelve cars
as your reporter was reliably informed last
night. The accident caused delay
of all trains on the ROAD
until late hour last night
Since the adjournment of the county cbnven-
ton, the spirit of discord seems to be rife !:
fights and knock.downs are numerous, and
the police docket, which was quite barren a
week or ten DAYS ago, is not so now.--To-
night man by the name of freeman, who
srrived from Luling, followed man for a
block or more for the purpose ofplunging a
knife INTO him, but before he could carry his
attempt into execution, he was overhsuled
by Officer kleen, his knife wrested from
him and marched of to the cslaboose. The
officer stated that the mal was wild from tie
effects of liquor,snd was..s dangerous custom
er.-A man got black eye In the Bank
Exchange, and the man who gave 1t to him
WIS summarily elected twice from the es-
Establishment, and was Lot then Inclined, but
fingered around, presume, to black the
other eve of the gentleman who had anront-
ed him.-The belligorent spirit seems to be
in the ascendant, and your reporter came
near being whipped tonight for statement
in the HERALD four months ago. ne
gro Faulkner. who was stabbed by Marion
Childs last sunday, is in fair way of recov-
erv from the wounds then received.-The
Keep concert, at ARTILLERY hall, for the ben,
eft of orphans, was not the success 1t would
have been If the weather had at all been pro-
pitious.