The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-28
MATTERS BY MAIL.
LONGVIEW,
correspondence OF the Herald.


LoNGvIEw, Dec, %.
The Christmas Of 1880 will long b. "a
wandered by the aw-abiding portion Of ,b;s
SuSmmuaity and always with sense of nf
shame S,ace Thursday night drupkopesa
Sa, been cosmon. Friday it became wersa
and seyey.l fights added to tho liylnoss Of
tbo scene, zone were serious-indeed. win
one exception, nothing moro than kport
down arguments provoked by wbi,kv
Friday night was characterized bv recklss,
indulgence in explosive tireworks-one A.
yOrite smusenenta being to bonn GARD ons.
ssotber with the balls from Roman candle.
DuliBg the night some Of the signs Of thu
merchSust wsre changed, wagons ru On tbe
,i1ewalk, and other annoying but harnle,,
pranks indulged in. But yesterday BY noon
he drunkenness got to tho fghtiag stago
with many, and arrests became frsous6i
Asis the case upon such festive occasions tho
notice rafrsiEed from srrestiEg aey oas 10
Iopg as there was no actual disorder deem.
inpit proper to grant moro than tho utnal
license, but thia was sith.r
sctually or purposely mi,uldsrstpsd
by the Blcchanalans, and for several h,Gis
ia the afternoon tho public square was q
scene Of riot. Till at last the bar roons
were olosad, some of the ring headers arrest
M, and by decisive measures ouist wa,
restored about o'clock. 1t musi DO men
toned to tho credit Of tho white citizens OF
Iongview that the rowdy element WIS drawn
entirely from tho mill hands WHO work /,
bis vicinity and from the coustry. Some of
the negroes living in town were engaged ia
some OF the fights, and several we're cut
badly. Tho elimination of the disorder y,s
in an affray that resulted in tho serious cut.
ting of negro named Ed. Reese station
hand of the Texas IS Pacific railroad at the
junction. He was literally diaembsweled and
cut in tho back and other places. The
quarrel in which no was cut bsgaa near tie
new school house, and the cutting was dore
BY man namsd Wollock. The negro drow
pistol as he started to break away from tho
crowd and fred at his assailant, cutting hi,
eyetr)ws of, but doing no other damage
This caused memeGtEry check that enabled
him to escape for the time, but soon tho six or
eight persons who were in the crowd wsro
after him, yelling like demons. Several pis
toll shots were fired, and Of course msny
persons on the street not knowing tha csu.e
Of tho trouble Joined in the chase, TIE he
gro ran up past the court house, ana several
Of the crowd being on horseback, hs was
oysrtakOn near ihe roiidence of Mr.. WhalQy,
and brought to bay by shot guu end then
beaten till he was unconscious. ar. Dur
hsn, the sheriff Of the county, and Mr.. Ford,
the chief Of police, had gene of 10 the
Junction TO arrest negro for stealing a
watch. A few minutes after tho Above dcs
cribed ARRAY they came bSck aud Wolsck
WIS arraSted, charged with cutting 81. Reese
with Intent to kill, and the reai OF tao crowd
Dispersed. The wounds arc serious. Earlier
in the day negro named Geo. Madden, was
cut bya white maa named White Mad
den's cuts are flesh Wounds on the face.
There we're some six or eight Grrsst1 thefts,
assaults, etc. There is an earnest csll for
The proEpt and thorough punisbnsnt Of oil
the men engaged in this lamsntabe affair.
Nothing else viii satisfy,ths citizens, and, as
the msn are all k.own, doubtless their
speedy arrest nnd punishment will follow.
Several citizbss who were present tried to
interfere. but without. good result Pistols
and halves were freely brandi5hed, and
knowing ut that time nothing of tho cause Of
the trouble, and being told that the negro
had tried to kill g whitS man, the , ung men
present seemed loath to run the rIk
Of serious Injury 10 thsmisIvos.-
BuSinsiS has been exceedingly good tho past
week, despite tia bad weather. Ths reads
arc in terrible condition, and some of than
almost impossible. Weather Geld apd wet,
with threatened snoW.-Rsv. Mr.. Buchan.
nan, of Kentucky, who has been called to
the Presbyterian pulpit hero, on trial, was
to have preached to day, but he failed to
come yesterday. - General Hawthorne, Of
Marshall, preached OF the Baptist church
this msrnins. - TIE new LeDgview high
school will open on tho lola Of January,
dsr,tEe.principAship,e Mr.. Hardin,nOw Of
Huntsville, an educator Of srsat reputs, ex-
perience and ability.