The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-09
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GALVESTON.
Correspondents OF the Hera d.
GALVESTON, Nay7, 1880,
The picnic to be given at Clear Lake on
Saturday next, over the e., y. & S. +. rail-
way, is to be union affair, the First Bap-
fists Sunday.schoul uniting with that of the
affair. Clear Lake is II delightful place to go
70, and those who attend will not regret
having gone of on frolic with the children
The Grand jury appears to be zealously
at work, and yesterday presented Il dozen
more bills OF Indictment and then proceeded
again to work. Cases were set for trial
in the afternoon. This WAS the only bust.
ness transacted by the Criminal court
Every day elocuton' formed the subject of
the Honorable Judge Gustave Cooks lecture
last night at Casino hall. Too higa praise
cannot be accorded the honorable gentleman
for the ability and mastery manner he dis.
PLAYED in the delivery OF his lecture. The hall
was filled to repletion with the culture and
elite ofthe city, and tull and entire spprecia-
ton seemed to be marked on the face OF every
one present. The h gnly fashionable audience
was especially touched by the great pathos
exhibited by Judge Cook in the rendition Of
the burial ofSir John Moore and John
Anderson, my Joe john" and other like Sc
ectinns, aud we're shortly after convulsed
with laughter NJ the ludicrous rendition of
Tam O'Sbauter and other choice and anus
ing renditions from the leading poets
The LAO train yesterday morning brought
to the city the officers of the Grand Com
msndery of the State, for the purpose of
making an official visit yesterday evening to
the San Fipe do Austin Uommandery No. !.
The following named gentlemen constitute
the party ii. b. S,oddard, Grand com.
msnder, Bryan; j. j. Good, ofDallas, Grand
generalissomo; Joe Hsuny, Deputy Grand
commander, of Austin; and X. Brewster,
Grand recorder. OF Houstin. IN my letter
of yesterday, mention WAS made That grave
fears we're entertained for the safety OF
Barney Tiernan and Andrew Hunter,
comprising part of the mining party
in the Magallon mountains. The
annexed dispatch received yesterday
by Captain McQuin, gives somewhat
Of hope for the missing party: Silver City
May 9th. To NJ. Quin "The Apache lndl-
ans have raided all the creeks in the Magal-
lon mountains. So far we have received no
definite news rs to the result of the raid A
large party Of citizens have gone out to pro-
t, ct the mining camp. Will telegraph you
again as soon as possible Later in the day
Pat Tiernsn was the recipient of two dis
patches from Silver City corroborating the
attack on "Cooney's camp" and the killing
of five men and the wounding OF several 9TH
ers, but that TERRAIN and Hunter were safe
and we'll This WAS corroborated by
other dispatches from Silver City and Mes
sila. Mr.. Herman, before his departure
from Silver City for Mangallon mountains
had purchased of Reese u Ellis the Little
Maude" mine three miles and half ftom
Silver CITY, for $1,000. A shaft fifteen feet
had been sunk, and vein three and half
feet in thickness was developed of free, will
ing ore which. upon general average, yields
el ounces TO the ton. Plenty of hard silver
hss also been found which assays much
higher. In his letter 10 Pat, Barney speaks
in the most hopeful manner OF the prospects
and is confident the Little Maude Will
prove yerilable bonanza. The intelligence
of his safety has dispelled the feeling Of
gloom that fell like pail on the
community when the dispatch was received
last nigh. that in all probability he had fallen
a victim to the murderous propensities OF the
treacherous Apaches. The mines repre-
scented by the Montszums Silver Mining
COMPANY of which Captain NJ. Quinn is
president, are represented as being exceed
ingly rich in precious metals as far as they
have been developed. The favorable news
70 eiyed from Leadyille and Mangallno mines
by the respective representatives in this city
has caused quite boom in mining shares
here. ana the lucky holders of shares in
mines are already beginning to feel as II
,bev were bonanza rings
lanes W. Sandal and David Freeman, of
this CITY who are interested in the above
company owning extensive mines In the
vicinity of Leadville, have received dispatch
from ,john Finnegan, President, u the effect
that they had struck another great bonanza
in the london, which day by day shows
steadily increasing richness aud immensely,
The London is the mine upon which the
comnany las concentrated all its efforts, and
everr Lead il reported as blocked with rich
gslens ore. of which they now have 500.
600 on the dump, ready for smelling, and
they propose TO begin something operations IA
a few DAYS, when they predict things VIII
boom. The company has nineteen openings
in the Paris, a similar mine - the Lon
DON and every opening has developed rich
gsena ore and is expected to be equally val
nable. The Mother and Hard to Beat ARE
two other valuable mines lying alongside the
paris and London and the developments are
equally favorable with those of the above
All the mines OF the company will be devel'
oped and worked as fast, and MS soon as the
Weather will permit. The company nov
has 80 men employed in taking out ore in
tha London mine and this force will be in
creased GRE AS soon as machinery and other APP
nlisnces can be placed on the ground for the
,vorL;ng Of the other mines. Galveston may
vet have bora ANA kings in Sandell and Free