The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-22
TEXAS TOPICS.

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There we're ten deaths in Houston for the
week ending Saturday, the 18th inst.
An unknown negro was shot and killed on
Cedar Lake, in Brazoria county Saturday.
Sixteen persons we're made happy in Hsr
ris county last week by being licensed to
marry.
Thad. Lscy was shot in the wrist and
shoulder at Ferris, Saturday night, BY an
unknown person.
They are building steamboat at Orange
on the Sabine river and have named it the
Lucius Quintus, Curtius Lamar.
For the week ending Saturday last, fifteen
burisls were reported in Galveston, twelve of
the pers ms dying in that city.
A wind storm in Washington county,
Friday night, did considerable damage to
open cotton, blowing ii out and scattering it
over the fields.
Cameron, Milan County, row has tele.
graphic and railway communication with all
The world, through the Gulf Colorado &
Santa Fe Railroad.
District Court at Hampstead, adjourned on
Saturday o-enng, to Tuesday morning fol.
lowing, thst everybody might go to see Bar
NUNS Circus, at Houston on Monday.
A freight train on the International &
Great Northern railroad run into another
one, standing on n side track. at Crockett.
Friday night. The engine of the train in mo.
ten was torn TO pieces. Nobody was hurt,
fortunately,
Irish potatoes, planted near Hockey, in
Harris county, last July, are now being dug,
and thy yield one hundred and twenty-five
bushels to the acre. They are very fine 20
tstoes indeed, ard are worth three dollars
per bushel.
The law making tax collectors ineligible
n re-elec ion, unless they have clear 70.
ceipt from the state, for all money. collected.
is doing much good, as the collectors all over
the tate are rapidly closing up their accounts
with the comptroller.
A fire occurred in Waco wagon yard
Saturday night, destroying two wooden build,
ncs and contents of forage, furniture, a bug
gy etc. The loss !. estimated at $1,000 and
the ms france is $500 An incendiary is sun
posed to have done the work.
Captain Thomas Smith, of Tyler, clerk
of the court of appeals was killed Friday BY
being run over bya train on the InterDe
tional railroad. He was very deaf, and was
walking along on the track when a freight
tram backed down upon him, cutting his
body in two.
A scar.msrked fellow calling himself Tom
lrsh and elaimir G to be railroad man vt.
tempted highway robbery at Brenham. Sat
urday. Barnum's treasurer had Just paid
Mr.. j. +. Parks, livery man, $500 in silver
and that gentle nan entering his hack started
to his sable with his money when the man
jumped into the hack. seized the money
and attempted to get away. He failed,
however, and WAS arrested and lodged in
jail.
On Wednesday evening Of last week os
Jordan Bean, was riding hastily into Orange
after physician to yisi! hi SEX family. he
met some men on the side of the
road drinking whiskey and as be
passed no said "good evening, gentlemen"
Alter he had gone by, one of the men named
John Gordon drew pistol and firing at him
struck him in the left shoulder, the ball o.
ing through and iuhcting severe and dan
gerous wound. The shooting was without
the slightest provocation. Gordon was af
forwards arrested and lodged in Jail.
James Koran killed discharged soldier
nam James Kennoy, at San Antonio, Fri.
day night, in the Green Front theatre saloon.
the same place where John Lanham murdered
the vari ty actress George Drake. 1t seems
that Horan and kOunoy Ind been playiDp
cards and got into fight, when Koran was
put out, He returned into tho saloon again
IN Ilttle while with an iron bar in his hands
and while kennoy was standing in front of
the bar With his hands on the counter waiting
for a drink, Koran went up behind him ana
striking him on tho back of the head with the
iron bar fractured his skull and death follow.
ed in little while.
A still norwester, which struck Galveston
Friday night did some damage to shipping.
Tho steamship Ssndringham, at Kuhns
wharf broke up the staging which had been
pu' out between the vessel and the wharf and
got in under the brig Clara Bell. The stea.
mer'a tetlrail was damaged somewhat, aud the
channel plates of the brig we're torn away.
Tho schoOaur rempleton, living at the east
leycc, pulled cut her bowsprit and received
other slight damages, Tho bark Ibis, at
Lutkin's wharf, tore out her channel plates
and the bark Herbert, which was at anchor
In the stream, dragged her anchor,
and went in between LabNdiu's and Beans
wharvcs The schooner Steel Arrow, at ele.
vstor wharf, lost her bowsprit and rudder;
and the barkentine Emma Crook tore out
her channel plates Tho wharves received
slight injury by the vessels humping against
them and breaking down a few piles. The
Morgan steamship Hutchinson, from Morgan
City for Clinton, while attempting TO 90 out
Of the harbor, yesterday afternoon. ran on
the flats on the north side of the channel
and grounded.
The thirteenth annual session of the grand
division of the order of railway conductors
was held at st. Louis, Mo. Tuesday last.
The members with their wives will leave 81,
Louis, viaspecial train over ST. Louis snd |. NJ.
and >. railway for Hot Springs, Ark leave
Hot Springs and arrive ut Teysrkana at |
?. m. October rs; dinner. Dedicate Almo
division 90, hall at Q p. m Reception, ball
and banquet. Leave Texarkana At $3.50 a. m.
over I. d P. railway; arrive at Marshall 10
a M; visit general offices and shops of Tex.
as 4 Pacific railway; dinner at 4. p. hotel at
ll:gO q. m. Leave Marshal ut 1880 D. m,;
arrive at Palestine 4:S0p. M; visit offices
and shops of 1. 4 G. N. railway; take supper
Of International hotel at $3.50. Leave Paies.
tine at 1880 p. M; arrive at Houston at 2;l5
a. m. of the 2Sth Leave Houston at old
a. m. via g., II. u S. A. railway for San An.
tonic at l p. NJ; dinner and supper at Men
ger House; visit places of interest, such ma
Old Missions and government works. Ieave
San Antonio at 1915 a. m. October %.