The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-22
GAEv ESTOS.
correspondence of the Hera d

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The steamships Halamshire, from Ant.
werp, and the Lena, from Cardiff, ar ived in
the otling with cargoes of railroad iron last
Monday evening The former had 6,0l3
rails for the Houston II Texas Central and
$50 steel rails for the Harrisburg and San
Antonio railway, while the Lena had 7,0lG
rails for the Gulf, Colorado " Santa Fe rail.
road. On Tuesday night the arrivals were
the British bark Telegraph, ffty.nve days
out, from Liverpool, with cargo of coal;
the American bark Benjamin Dickerman,
twenty.one days out from New York; tie
schooner G. Ii. Moore, from Orange, with
10000 feet Of lumber for building purposes
AT Arkansas Pass; the schooner Katie Bucnan.
nm, from Brashear City, with cross-ties
and the schooner Reliable No. 3, also from
Orange All were in port discharging their
cargo, with the exception Of the c. ii.
Moore, which has taken on lot OF SASH
doors, blinds and other building material
here and cleared fer iransas Pass The
little schooner Fury, from Trinity river, had
a Squally time of it, the first of the week, to
| ssye herself from being wrecked. She threw
overheard the deck lond---The flag Mt
the Morgan office was flying at half.mast
Yesterday in respect Of Capt. William H.
Talbot, of thu steamship Hutchison, who
died At TIE town of Scituate, Massachusetts,
while ON visit to his family. lie had been
connected with the Morgan line for the
past thirty years, and Mt the time Of his death
was assisting the transformation of the
Hutchinson from n wheeler to pro-
pcller, which was being done at Philalel.
phia. He WAS siXiy-one Years old and was
| widely known and highly esteemed. His de-
mise was sudden and nexpccted.----Super-
visor of the Census, Ed. H. Galloway, has
appointed the enumerators for the county
and city, md they will begin taking the cen,
sus on tue lst Of June The detectives are
busy working up theft in high lie. The
thief was formerly a drummer for large
wholesale hardware house. and his connec.
tions are with old and prominent families
The robbery was from his sister, who is the
wife OF gentleman prominent in COM
mercisl circles and who is now
absent in Houston. 1t embraced
jewelry of considerable amount, and after
securing it, during the temporary absence of
his sister from the house, he left and took
passage on night train for Houston, The
facts were telegraphed the husband in Hous-
ton, and if he desired the authorities here to
take any action in the matter. No reply was
received up to n late Wesley
Haynes, the man cut in the abdomen by Ho-
gan,still lingers,wit but very little change in
his condition.-F.G. Munford, champion anna
teur skuller of the United States, and b. c.
Shields, the champion Of the Mississippi, ar
rived yesterday by a Morgan steame" Nun
fora is in fine condition and has brought u
perfect beauty of n cedar shell wei h
ing thirty pounds, which he sends
through the water in mastery manner
and will give the Galveston fayorite
tough work to defeat him.-The four
Dared barge crews will arrive to-day. Mum
ford Is hard at work, and is determined to
win. This interstate Regatta, is expected to
draw large crowd. Fifteen English emf
grants arrived from New Orleans yesterday
and left on the afternoon train for Luing.-
The case of MCGOWAN, for murder, will be
called in the Criminal Court to. y.--Tht
summer exodus has set in. The Colorado
cleared yesterday with every stateroon
crowded with Galvestonians bound north
ward to take in the heat and sultriness of {
northern summer. Houston is active il
her efforts TO secure the Camargo Railroad
and Mr.. Fuller, the ce.Presdent, is now
in that city on that business, and if Gal
weston does not arouse from he
lethargy, the Bayou City will
secure it. Efforts have been made to secur
a lecture from the renowned Ingersoll, sine
the lecture of the Rev. G. w. Briggs. Nj
Greenwall, lessee of the Opera house, tele
graphed him, but he responded by sayin.
that he would fix no ds-e until after the Ma
tional Republican convention.---The post
Office and government offices were, in conse
Quence Of the exhaustion OF the appropria
ton, about to be enwrspped in darkness
This would have been public calamity
especially at the postoffice. Judge Sabin
however, succeeded in making - satisfactor,
arrangement with the Gas company.-I
was mistake Miss Moliie Sabin did no
make her debut as was reported in quite
number Of papers besides the HERALD
Judge Sabin is quite anxious to find on
how the report originated that sh
did, although highly gratitied a
the favorable mention his daughter received
His only regret is that /
was not so. - Two coloret
women who were grabbing on Lufkin's whar
yesterday had a dispute about crab. From
words they came to blows, finally closed in
death struggle, when the stronger of the tw,
J hurled her antagonist off the wharf into tn,
! bay. The woman was rescued after mucl
difficulty. The douse in the bay cooled he
beligeren! attitude, while her hurley an.aco
mist captured the crab.