The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-06

sent Ia jail, Upon close examination of
| thu prsiillros immediately after tho Rrrral, II
WIS found that tho Iron gate, Ms well ma thu
door Ia the rrnr Of The store, bud all tho np-
pearnnGe Of being unlocked from the inside
by M accomplish, md the accomplish wns
supposed W DO In lhe employ Of Magnle *
, 90, The door being secured on tho lntlde by
very heavy iron Gr0sabar, besides the Dol
In tho lloOr and tho lock on tho door making
II utterly imposalbleto open II on tie out
side without breaking II III its hinges, tho
gate also being securely locked These facts
being established, tho query was, wh1 can
their accomplish be Suspicion finally
settled upon George DOnOhough, tho porter,
n man who has been In Tho employ Of Mag
al0 x Co. for years, and m lnmnto of tho
house II the seniorof the firm. II WIS known
that DOnohough hnd SGT up and was u part
ner In the saloon business with man, Walsh,
and had started two or three others In the
whisky business, besides stalking n notorious
woman Of the town who very frequently ilg-
ured In the police records, Al these hlcts bu.
Ing known, and that II WINS ostonslbIy done on
tho small snlary Of $50 u month, neaningy
pointed the llnger Of suspicion At George,an
no was arrested this morning, and In default
of bond of 81 900, Was sent TO Jail Tho
key 10 tho front door Of tho establishment Is
gone, M well M the hoy 10 the iron gate In the
rear Donohough has hitherto ben garded
rs thoroughly reliable, aud was
implicitly trusted by Mr.. Magalo and his
partner Mr.. CaJat nnd In conversation with
Mr., Mngalo this morning hG omphatlcally
stated that no would rather have lost ton bar
reh of whiskoy than TO have his faith shaken
In Donohuugh. llo was n man IN whom he Ind
tho most implicit confidence, and II was the
most unpleasant act Of his life ~ have to
make II charge against him, but tho facts
wsro all against him. Nnd no was forced 10
tho conclusion that Donohough had been
automatically robbing him for years Tho
two Italians in jail stated that Donohough had
made an arrangement with them 10 let them
have II barrel of whiskoy and for them TO
call for IL at the rear door Of the store about
half past eight o'clock that they did 20
found Donohough there, who opened tho
door aud pointed out the barrel they
were to take. They rolled IL out into
tho street. and when in tho net Of loading it
were captured. If these men tell the truth,
the case looks bud for Donohough .--Bar-
ney Tiornan leaves for Mongolian Mountain,
New Mexico, in the morning. Mr.. Hunter,
who represents company that are interested
in Mexico in that locality, has dispatched
Barney to come. Judging from the tenor of
the ispatch he thinks they have struck n
good-sized nanzs. In this connection it
might be well to add, that Barney is not II
very dark horse in the next contest Tor sheriff
of this county, His friends are quietly
grooming him for the race, and ii is the uni
versal opinion that if he runs he will be
elected by IN overwhelming majority Tom
Ochiltree is determined TO represent this dis
trict in the State Senate, if it is
among the human possibilities, and will
work and vote for Maxey for United States
Senator if he is.--Death was busy with us
last week--sixteen being called home Six Of
whom we're colored, II p. Sargent filed
the necessary papers and will contest the
seat in the aldermnnic board from the first
ward, which is now held by Hon. Frank
MARROW. The election was very close, Mar
low only having majority of five over Sar-
gent. Maj. McLemore is counsel for Sargent.
Samuel Boyer Davis sold at trust sale
the east halfof lot No. Q, block No. 627, tho
property of the Galveston, Brazos and Col
orado Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, for
81 1000, Friday last The property is on Me-
chanc, between 9th and 18th, and
is considered quite valuable The first
train on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
ran through to Brennan yesterday. Regular
trains will be put on and new time table adop-
ted by the 10th. This is an important junction
for Galveston. Atlantic garden was
opened with appropriate ceremonies
last night, and during the hot months
will be u favorite resort. 1t is more cosmo-
politan in its character than the Garten
Verein.--The little boy Sweeny, who met
with such serious accident on Grants ar
rival is sufficiently recovered to be re-
moved to his home at Lake Charles, Louisi-
iana.--Two races were run yesterday at
Oleander park. One was a quarter-mle and
the other halfmiles DASH The first was
run by Levy Bros st. Mary and Mary
Baldridge, owner unknown. st. Mary won,
after sharp race, by a length. The Calves
ton horse, Humbue, and a Waco horse
were pitted against each other. The Wa o
horse beat liumbug two straight heats.
Quite sum of money was lost and won,--
4 foot-race is on the taps between big Ike
Horner, the fleet footed fireman, and William
Silverrlsen, for $125. Distance $50 yards.
Race to be run Saturday next, weather per-
lnltllUS. DllNGE'lsCll Is tuO AllNHuNh aiiA is
reputed to be fast stopper. He will have
to pick his heels up lively to get away with
Ike.-Wool The first of the now clip of
the season was received by G. II. Mensing "
Bro, shipped by David Gregg, of Lulng,
and was sold yesterday to A. V. Prchard for
forty cents pound. 1t was good medium
twelve months clip.-George @. Rives, has
rendered his resignation MS Chief Supervisor
of elections of this judicial district. He has
held tho position for eight years. He gives
as reason for his resignation, that the du-
ties are too onerous and responsible for the
compensation involved. This resignation is
regretted as Mr. Rives, in the discharge of
his dutiea, consulted the wishes
of no party, but conscientious
" discharged his trust with n
fidelity that is rare in these degenerate days.
The Sherifis of Pike county, Georgia,
and of Opelousas, ST. Llndry's parish, Louis
lana, left yesterday in charge of two murder
ers. = Sheriff G. O. Duson, of 0pelousas, took
back John Sonnier, ested in Brazora
county, while guarding convicts, for the muir
der of two Frenchmen, Prudhomme and
Runyon, in 1871. Sheriff w. z. Bussey had
in charge w. w Browne, arrested in Hill
county, Texas, charged with the murder COM
mitted in Pike county, Georgia, nine years
ago.-A Redriverite arrived in the city via
the Santa Fe railway, with all of his earthly