The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-08
THE DALLAS HERALD TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE s 1ssn

chance Of serving the State at Huntsville
William Finch fell in an epileptic fit YES.
terday afternoon at the corner of Centre and
strand, and was conveyed to his residence by
a friend. more arrests were made
yesterday for violatingt the sanitary ordinance.
"A horse-rsce and pool-sellinp
on the result of the Cbicage
! convention were the principal events of in.
terest among the sporting fraternity yester.
day and last night. Grant stock has down
ward tendency, while Blaine is looking up.
The dark-horse, however is becoming more
and more favorite, the longer the result
Is prolonged.-In going around among the
rev grain men of this city yester-
Gay the TACT was ascertained that while
number of samples had been
received, no grain had been shipped to this
market, and there seemed to b no DISPOSE.
ton to engage in exporting. The mills, how
ever, will buy largely and store in the eleva-
TOR for future use. There seems to be but
little interest manifested in this important
crop, and no systematic effort made to turn
II In this direction. net receipts of
cotton for the past week were 2075 bales;
exported to Great Britain, 1921; to France,
] 100; to New York, 1886; to Morgan CITY.
l,279 bales. The amount on shipbosrd not
cleared, for Great Britain, 2,7s4 bales; for
coastwise ports, 81. The amount in the
presses, including shipwrecked, is 1914, an.
excess OF S,49l bales over that of the same
period last year, the total Galveston stock on
hand to date being l0,749 bales. Unless
the receipts are considerably increased be-
tween now and the close OF the commercial
year, Galveston will have to surrender her
claim as the third cotton market in the
United States.-The number of vessels in
port yesterday was one steamship, six barks,
two briggs and eleven schooners. All were
dischsrging except three; two of these were
receiving cargo, and one had cleared.
The County Clerk issued four marriage
licenses and the health physician issued eight
burial permits; one for Eddie Craig, killed
near summit station, in Harris county, last
week by railroad train.--A sensational
account appears in the evening News of the
narrow escape from drowning of party of
two gentlemen and three ladies at the foot
OF Centre street last Friday night. Your re-
porter was present when one of the men of
the party, who in company with two of the
ladies had gone out q considerable distance
and were on their way back, when they we're
found by the party who had gone
in search Of them. lie ridiculed
the idea of them being in any
danger, and seemed to be highly elsted over
the grand delightful time they had in buffet.
ing the waves. He laughed heartily over the
doctors fright, who went in with the other
young lady and thought he was unnecessar-
lily alarmed.-Lsst night the policeman on
the Strand found an old sailor on the str ct
acting in a strangely peculiar manner. He
would walk up and down the pavement ex.
citedly, throw his arms up wildly and gestic-
ulate wildly at some imaginary person.
When approached by the officer he said he
wanted to be taken to place of safety, as
persons were after him determined to kill
him, and he wanted protection. The officer
brought him to the station-house, and after
staring round hxedly for several moments
and muttering incoherently to himself he |
stretched out on the bench, apparently salts
fed that he was in a safe place and soon was
soundly sleeping. His top-loft is evidently
out of order.--Captain Isaac Fulkerson re.
turned to Bryan to-day, having received
telegram from a member of the Davis fam
lily to return at once G. II. Moore, of
Dallas, has been in the city and took his
broiled fish and other condiments at the
Washington,