The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-27
TEXAS TOPICS.

lub GOhsNbu Ao'VSIdu says. III WAS
exported in the city yesterday that Mr.. r.
H. Bar cit, formerly appointment retail mer-
eslAlt Of this city, lad committed suicide in
Nsw0 rleans, on Saturday night, by blowing
GU his brains. The report was quite u SUR
nGae 80 thOGs whC knew Mr.. Garrett inti-
suately, as he wae not man of tempera-
ment likely to so fay euceuab to any inhu-
Aace de TO commit 80 rash an act, but if the
report proves true, j. vii shock the greater
Dart oe our entire community, to most Of
whom he was more Less well known"
The following tom, dipped from the Gal
weston News, presents IN interesting Ques-
t0n. 1t Is one no do1bt, already settled and
established by international Jaw, yet to one
who is not u lawyer versed in legal technical
i6CI, it gives food tor speculation. The
News says; Last Wednesday one of the
German emigr1ni women gave birth to \
child on the steamship San Antonio, while
chat vessel was OF Hetteras, on its was to
Galveston. The child was named Mary
AutOnio-the FIRST name being after Captain
Burrows daughter and the latter after the
Steamship"
Prisoners will get outof + all NOW and then
he the following from the Georgetown Rec
ord attests The prisoners confined in the
jail made good their escape last Monday
night. They managed to get large bar of
ROn into the cage in which they were con-
ined, and with it broke out aeouple OF the
crossbars of the cage makings hole about
dELeen inches square, through which they
came out into the run-aroCnd ard climbed
up stairs; there they got blanket tied it to
n bar across the window and ls. themselves
down. One OF the prisoners, named Jones,
mad been sentenced to five yeiN in the peni.
tentAry at the last term of the District
court, for horse-stealing. lie appealed, and
the Appellate court affirmed the decision
and he wa'waiting to be sentenced at the
next term of District court. 1t is said he has
already cost the county over two thousand
dollars. The other, named Durham, was
also charged with horse stealing. The sup
position is, they received aid from the out
side. There was no guard at the Jail.
From the Waco Examiner we clip the fol-
lowing The new residence of
Launcelot Porter, q neat frame
Structure worth seven or eight
hundred dollars, that has iustbeen com pleted
su Speght, between fifth and Sixth streets,
was Totally destroyed by fire at 8 o clock yes
terday morning. Mr.. Porter, who is paint
&c by occupation, and young man who
stands well in the community, had occupied
Che house the night before, leaving some fire
IN The kitchen, when he started to his work
some distance away, in the morning, The
fro 10 supposed to have originated in the
kitchen. The fire department turned out but
were unable, the fire being SO far away, to be
Of gny material service. Young Porter, it is
intimated, had completed his house, intend
ing to take his bride, young lady of the
city, into it next Thursday evening, which,
il true, makes the destruction of the prop
erty all the lore to be regretted, though we
dare say, if he has found bird, he will still
be pluOky enough to find cage for her. We
are glad to know that his loss is at least par
TALLY covered by five hundred dollar pol
ICY in the Hamburger and Bremen insurance
companies.
A timely and solemn warning is given to
all foremen and Others in the following from
the Gainesville Register? "Richard Walsh,
foreman in the livery stable of Wilson &
Gauble, died last Sunday evening. His death
was brought on y too much whisky. He
had been for some time in the habit of taking
periodical sprees, breaking up with the jim
jams He was when sober, a good hand,
perfectly trustworthy and valuable help to
his employers. He had been on II spree for
several days before he died, and Saturday
evening was found by Marshal Dave Taylor
asleep down on the banks of Elm. Dave
tried to get him to town on his horse, but
found the poor fellow unable to ride, so he
called 3 hack and had him brought to where
he could get proper attention. DR.. Bomar
WAS called in, but found that whisky and ex-
posure mad done their work too well, and
there was nothing left for the unfortunate
man but to die. Hc fingered until Sunday
evening, when death put an end to his suffer
idgs. He as buried Monday morning and
Tut Gamble attended to the funeral and saw
that the poor fellow was given decent
burial"
The local editor of the Houston Post is of
poetical nature, loving dearly flowers and
poetry. The following is from his facile pen
Gil: "Last night a Post reporter had the
pleasure of seeing night blooming cerus
blooming in the yard of Colonel Robert
Brewster, corner Of Walker and Milan streets.
The flower began to open about o'clock,
and when the reporter saw It, several hours
4 afterward, it was in full bloom, and had
! been witnessed by at least one hundred peo-
n pie, attracted by the beautiful sight. To
Fl those who have not seen the cerus bloom, n
description, no xever elaborate, would fail to
do justice to the reality. There are numerous
v species of the plant, all of which are of the
q cactus family. The flower blooming at Col.
a Brewster's last night was of u light yellowish
Z tint, quite large and fully opened, display
x ing an arrangement of the stamens and pist-
X lis peculiar to itself, and withal peculiarly
beautiful. 1t perfumed the atm osphere with
4 its delicate fragrance, and though with essed
"a BY lamp-light seemed to lose more of that
A beauty which daylight would accord it we're
N i ordained by the god of nature that it
should share the houors of the day with the
K rest of the horticultural wofld.
q Morphine will not kill some people, as the
NJ following from the San Antonio Express
n shows: might before last man by the name
III OF Jake Williams, sheep raiser, took NOR
pnIne, whether for the purpose OF leaving
TINS mundane sphere or not, who knows!
AT any rate, he was affected by the poison so
as to fall in u public place, from whence he
was taken to DR.. Kateyer's drugstore and
treated by DR.. Graves. The Doctor received
inc patient about two hours after he had
taken twenty grains Of morphine His face
was beginning to assume an azure hue and
nus eyes were white and watery. No specu..
,,stor would have given cent for Williams
NE Dr.. Graves took charge OF the man
ABOUT 10 o'clock and stayed with him until
nearly morning First bis stomach was
Mpumped and washed three times. Second,