The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-14
STATE SPECIALS
TEXAS TOPICS BY TELEGRAPH,
Eighteen Convicts Partloued BY the
-SoSernor = The Martin Murderers
Last seen Going in the Direc-
ion OF Abilene warm
weather. at Laredo.
New X. II. Charter,

austlu.
Special to the Herald.
Austin, Jure lathe St. Louis, Texas &
Gulf of Mexico railway company filed q
charter in the state department
to-day. The principal office is at
Marshall. The capital stock is IS l25OOO
The directors are Thomas Bond and Nelson
A. Easton, of New York; Nathaniel d.
Daily, B. Brookly, Samuel Cundiff, ]. E
Turner and M. A. Hardison, of Lopeyiev
The course of tho road is as follows; begin.
n'ng at some suitable point at or near Mar
snail, where q connection can be most con,
Vetienliy made with the Texas Il Pacific
and thence passing through Harrison, Pan.
ola Rusk, Shelby, San Augustine, Sabine
Jasper, Newton, Orange, ,Jetfmson.
Chambers and Galveston with A
terminus at some suitable point at or
bear Sabine city and At Galveston, and also
line from some point on the main line.
either in Shelby, Pamela or Rusk to iunc.
ton with the International 4 Great No th..
ern. The incorpOrstors are O. L. Renfroe
Brad Bonner, s. Cundiff, j. Z Turner. ],
W Hoskins nj. A Harrison, l. g. Jack
son. W. Alex. Abbey, J. Ii. McUsuley and
FL. Whnley, Of Loneview; and. Nelson A.
Eas!on of New York.
The governor has pardoned eighteen con.
victs upon the recommendation of Superin.
tendent Goree, with specific statements of
reasons. They are Antonio Cormarillo, from
Nueces, lito sentence, served % wears; Pan.
cha Liendo, from Cameron, 40 wears, served
10; Thomas Giloby, from Galveston, 20
wears, served 8: Mike O'Neal, from Graysop.
20 years, served s; John Salter, from Brown,
20 years, served s. Joe Wesl, trom B sque. Id
Years rsserved 8; Julio Guzman, from Cameron,
life sentence, served l3 ,es's; Preston Smith.
colored, from Dewitt, 80 years, served s.
Willie Gillis, fr m Bexar, 2 years, served
since Janus'y =, 1880; Bslloid Burrell, colored,
from Comal, 20 years, served IL; Isns
Smith, colored, from Fayette, 20 year.,
served 6; William X lily, from Leon, and
Georno u. Ellison, from Navarro, 4 years.
sesed 3; James Venable, colored, from
Travis, life sentence, served 10 yesra;
James Hamilton, from Cherokee life, sen-
tence, served nine years; Henry Good win,
from Collin, twenty years; served ten,
and j. M. Mcdonald, from Milan; five
years, served three. Ten of the shove were
within the walls Of tho penitentisry and
eight in camp when pardoned.
Hon. Seth Shepard and representative
Lynn are in the city. The latter reports
that it is generally understood that work on
the extention Of Indianola and
Cuero road, either to Houston or
San Antonio will commence this fall.
Ia the United States court to-day, in the
case of Doyder Va the Western Union tele,
graph company, for the non-deivery of a
telegram, u verdict in the sum of twenty.
nine dollars dsmsge was rendered for de-
fendant.
DR.. Taylor, vice president of the Austin 6
Northwestern railroad, received Telegram
to-day from Mr.. Francis b. Forster, from
New York, to the effec. ths
arrangements are completed for tn,
construction of the road. The superinten
dent of instruction has decided upon Orang,
instead of Moscow for one of the summe
normal schools, on account of the want O
proper school room facilities at Moscow.
Tic comptroller will transfer one hundred
and sixty,6v thousand dollars revenue tt
the treasury Tomorrow.