The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-16
GALVESTON.
respOndence of the Herald.


Galveston, Nov. Is, 1880.
The mayoralty is beginning to excite discus
sion al. quite number of gentlemen are
mentioned in connection with the office, al
though the election does not come off until
in March next.-A bill in conformity
with resolution passed at the county demo-
cratic convention is in preparation, and will
be brought up and passage urged merging
the municipality into the county, and admin
istered by one set of officers, abrogating the
city council, mayoralty, and other city Off
cers.--Yesterday morning, about o'clock,
as Nick Wheeler, sailor, was going aboard
of his craft, some miscresnt hit him with a
piece of pig iron, inficting an ugly bruise
upon the left leg. The sailors institu-
ted rigid search for the COW.
ardly william, but could LOT find him.
William Fauss, German, got thirty days at
hard labor in the county Jail yesterday for
rob0ing the street-car company of $5.-
The board of health had a meeting last night
but nothing ofimportance came up for con-
sideration. --Johan Edward Roos was
thoroughly convinced yesterday that there
was law here as well as in Soandanavis.
Under the influence of corn uica, Tom
Tolex voted him on election day, for which
he was arrested, but on his statement of his
condition and the misrepresentation made
to him by Tolex, Judge Williams
let him off without inhicting any
penalty. He had not yet gotten out of the
court room when he was arrested by deputy
United States marshal, taken before United
States Commissioners Spann, tried for deser
ton, found guilty and sent to ail, where he
will languish unit bis ship is ready to plough
the briny deep Tom Toex was arrested
and will be tried for voting Roos in violation
OF the law, and harboring deserving seamen.
: The prospects OF conviction in his case are
extremely good Marion Childs, colored,
was arrested and jailed Thursday, for state
offense A bond was giver, but he had not
left the portals of the Jail before he WAS re-
arrested by the United States marshal upon
information lodged against him by Special
Agent Smith, of the post-otlice department,
for polluting he United States mail by send
ing dlsgustngly obscene letter
70 some person in Houston.--
The many United States election
supervisors throughout the eastern district
OF Texas and the balance of the state will
be much di'gusted that they will receive no
compensate n from the government for
their arduous labors on election day, unless
their services were rendered in cities of
population of 10000 and over.-At the
next meeting of the council lively tu.sle
will be made for the city clerkship and tax
collector, places vacated by Wren and
Burney recently elected county clerk and
tax collector respectively. -Fishing is
good, sheep head and reddish being caught
from the 'wharves in abundance. Oysters,
large, luscious and plentiful, and the cpl
cures are happy. British steamships
Excelsior, from Havana, ard CadaxtoD, from
Barcelona, Spain, arrived yesterday. -Lou-
lslana sugar and molasses are coming in in
large quantities The spiritual welfare of
the sailor is to be provided for. B. Drank
lin Smith has purchased lots on corner of
Postotice and Bath avenue, and will erect a
sailors bethel theGeon.--Epizootie not
made its appearance The Epidemic
among children is spreading.