The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-14
FORT WORTH.

CORES pOnuenCe OF the Herald.
Font WORTH, Dec. 18th, 1850.
DR.. o. E. DCker;on, of Bedford, charged
with attempting the rape of Mrs. Amos Nor.
ris, was arrested a fow days since by Deputy
Sheriff j. w. Adams. He gave bond
Seven thousand bales Of cotton are hers for
shipment, eighteen hundred Of which is COM
pressed. The road is accused of Hardness to
ship this cotton, but many empty cars are
here to-day for this purpose l suppose. As
abou.. eight hundred bales are arriving daily,
Il must be difficult TO handle or ship 50 much,
The corner loi 50xl09 fres, with Two FRAN.
houses, on Third and Houston STRAITS wsro
bought by Evans y Martin Yesterday. for
$4,000. Brick buildings will be erected At
once.-Roach q Yearney have 100 mile,
of railroad Under contract About hslf of
these contracts are for the Gulf, Colorado
Y Senta Fe, and extend as far south as the
Irazos river. The other contract is for build
ing the Missouri Pacific Wagons,
teams and workmen are strung out along
the line of the g., Q. & S. Fe road from here
TO Cleburne. Their white tents give tho sp-
pearance of an army. Work begins to-day
in the southern suburbs.-The usual large
amount of cotton arrived to-day. Prices
from 81 to l0tc per pound cross.
ings generally are being repaired for
the next muddy spell, which the clouds
continually presage.---Morgan Jones, the
Contractor, went TO Denton to-day on rail-
road matters.-So far the Texas & Pacific
road uses all tho Gordon coal laid down, but
soon there will be surplus sheriff
attached the stock Of goods belonging to B.
nj. Bray & Co., to-dsy.-Of the sixteen
persons who arrived last night and stopped at
the Waverly house, Messrs. John NJ. Lesvell
and j. ". slavn, senior and junior are from
Garrard county, Kentucky, and may Invest
considerable capital in real estate
The line of the Missouri Pacific road is stalk
cd out through town, and there is no longer
any doubt about IL. Comming from the
north, il is TO connect with the Texas &
Pacific road at APPOINT about mile cast Of
the city, and enter town on the Texas & Pa
ciic road. 1t turns south when east of the
water tank, and runs in about parrelle with
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Flo road, and bat
q few hundred yards from it for ten miles,
when the Missouri Pacific turns toward AL.
yarado.-Epozooty has about disappeared
and bat few cases Of blind staggers are re-
ported. w. Lee rs leader of thirteen
Mississippisns with three wagons en- route to
the far west, went through town yesterday
j. l.. Tanner, largely interested in cattle, of
Tom Green county, is here with four hun
dred head of cattle 10 be shipped.
Messrs L. Z. Kemble, B. j. Carnes, Alex.
Stigall and Dan Warren with their families,
drivers and seven wagons, including an en-
tire outfit for a settlement, and in all twenty
two people, from Little Rock, Ark, passed
through yesterday, bound for Decatur. They
came from the south, having missed their
way.---A team owned by j, G. Laster. of
near Weatherford, became entangled in
harness and made break, this
morning, running a few hundred yards,
injuring one mule but not seriously.-
Mr.. @. B. Berry's horse fell on and badly
crushed bis toot while horse back on the
banks of the Trinity .his morning. A ply
sician treated the wound, and Mr.. Berry
proceeded on his journey.-Farmers have
sadly neglected to sow wheat this season
Cotton is too much Of d king.-Cottcn il
il abundantly to-day as usual for these, pretty
DAYS. Already 5000 bales are in stock to b'
shipped, and about 800 bales ara arriving
daily, when only half that amount esn b.
Shipped on account of scarcity Of cars,----
B. f, Henry, of Coleman county, Is in tn,
city to sell his fall clip OF 900 pounds of wool
The Wsverly house is thronGed ever.
day with crowds of immigrants, who hav
just arrived.--No city in Texas can boss
Of a more orderly, genteel saloon than that O
. the genial Chris. Rintleman, known as tn
Local Option" and situated at the foot c
Min street, near the depot. Passengers al
Ways 60 there for flrst-class liquid refresh
ments, and one of those VIGOROUSLY goo
Railway Tmnroyement cigars.