The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-29
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correspondence Of the Herald:
GALvEsroN, Oct. 81, 1880.
SiXty-seven thousand tons Of railroad iron
have been discharged outside the bar this
season, DOT including the cargoes Of tv yes.
sels which discharged their cargoes prior 10
any schedule having been kept Of the work.
This is an expense on one item Of import
alone Of over SO, 1000, and shows the nec.s-
,ity Of deep wafer on the outer bar, and the
burthen it would remove from commerce
Sheriff W. Fl. Sharp, Of Brazoria, ar
rived last night and reported at the police
station that he was in search of an old negro
BY the name of Anthony Gordon, who ia
charged with stealing a hog. Detective
Mountain was detailed to accompany Sheriff
Sharp, who succeeded in running down their
man on Nineteenth. between avenue K and
Broadway, about 10 p. M, and brought him
TO the police station, where he was held until
Ga IN, when he was taken aboard the train
by Sheriff Sharp and conveyed back to Bra.
Eoris Gordon is quite old and grey. In
speaking of his crime, he said: "Pll tell YOU
what it is, boss. De dog was running after
dat ar hog, and brought,my ole gun out to
shoot dat dog, and shot de hog; Ia no ten.
ton of stealing de hog, but wanted to kill de
dog what was running dc hog" The old
dsrkey seemed to take his arrest philo.
Nphically, and laid down after
his arrival in the station and was
sound asleep.-N W. Quincy, the
colored orator. returned from Brenham
last night, where he has been doing yeoman
service for the Hon. G. w. Jones, and pour
ing hot shot into Shepard and Judge Nc
Ad 70, the Republican candidate for county
Judge, who has received the endorsement of
the democrats, and in consequences support
ing Shepard for congress over Jones. Mr..
Quincy denounces as false the statement that
found expression in the public prints that he
had supported d. @. Giddings in 1875, and
states that he never voted the democratic
ticket or fer q democratic candidate, and
does not intend to begin at this late day
don. Seth Shepard, he states, will bs in
Galveston the last OF this week and make
speech. the local candidates have flung
the banners on the outer walls, and are wag
ing a relentless warfare for the respective
offices they seek at the hands Of the suf-
frsgans. The bone of contention, it seems
is the negro vote. There being dissentions
among the colored republicans, it is difficult
!" "pPioA,huto tueir fOte, anu Wnile eAcn
candidate is aspiring to secure it in conse-
auence of the di,sention, they want to
avoid anything ko an endorsement unless it
comes from both factions, for fear If it comes
from ono it will array the other in opposi.
ton. Judge N. II. Williams called at the
county clerks and asked for the war.
rant of $500 drawn in favor
OF st eet & Kleberg, for fees in damage suit
against the county commissioners, and en-
4 dorsed in red ink across its face his signature
"W. Il. Williams, refunded" Quarter
master Berg, who fell down the hatchway OF
the steamer Andean and has been lying in
an unconscious condition for the past nine
days, returned to consciousness Monday, and
his physician, DR.. Smith, entertains hopes Of
his immediate ecovery.-While the New
Orleans cotton presses have advanced their
rates in consequence, as they allege, of an
advance in wages, the Galveston tariff re-
mains the same as.usual.-Colonel Thomas
Pierce, of the Galveston, Harrisburg & Sar
Antonio, and Colonel Croker, of the Cen.
ira Pacific, arrived this morning, and after
taking a look at Galveston, departed via the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe railroad for thu
Alamo city.-A rainy norther burst upon
us this morning, and the weather Is becom-
ing quite cool and Indictment. Appearance
Indicate rough weather for several days.