The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-06-16
Sherman.

Special to the Herald.
sherman, June lO.-W. j. Munden and Mrs.
w. A. johnson, who eloped from No'tu
Carolina and fled to Texas, carrying with them
tnirty-fiye hundred dollars In money
belonging to the woman's nus
band. were arraigned before Judge
E.P. Gregg of this place, to-day the charges
bgiur theft and adultery. Both cases we've con-
timed till Monday, until which time they
gave bond by depositlng the required amount
with their bondsmen. johnson has tele.
grsnhed inc governor ofNortn Carolina for
reaulsiton ON Governor Roberts iOr lhe ieturh
of The pri ouerS to that state Munueh sWoIe
out warrant against Johnson lor perjury
which was dismissed by Justice COOK OF
A notorious horse-thlef, by the name of
Franklin, was captured here to-day by Depu-
~ William Erwin and lodged In jail ,
Al meeting of the trustees of Austin college
yes erday DR. H. X. Bond rendered his reslg-
nation as president, wblch vas acGep eu' gnu
Rev. Il. o Guerrsnt, d. ID of Louisville, KY,
wa s lectcd to fill the vacancy. He is one OF me
eblest and most II fluentlal divines In the
south, and If he accepts the position IL VIII
cause the Austin college to become one oil the
Tnest in the state and one Of The best In the
south,
At the Catholic fair last night Mayor Levy
received a gold head d cane as the IL oSt popu-
lnr man in Shei man, over Judge Y. Y. Blnkley,
The Courier Chronicle OF this morning copies
a telegram which your correspondent sent
last Monday, in regard to The appointment OF
John c. Donaldson as postmaster at this place
vice A l. Darnali, the last Two lines 81 wh'ch
read as follows: "Darnell gave satisfaction,
but was not stalwart enough. The new APP
pointment has created great DIT al OF unfaVor-
able comm nt." In commenting on the
above portion OF the telegram the &C says:
"fhat IL is difficult to compress Lrole faise-
hood in a column than is contained u the last
two lines of the above special" When Inc
telegram In question was sent, your coirespon-
dent was almost Sga an knew eW'ire neither
Darnell nor Donaldson; and rot having an
opinion of his own Ia regard to the matter,
louk the pains to inform himself In regard 10
the people of Sherman about the cnarge, ana
the Telegram showed he result When your
corrcspu ndent read the rem rks of the Courier
Chronicle this morning, he went TO qule
number of the most prominent business men
of Sherman TO see if there was any change OF
feeling among them in regar to tho matter III
question, and found that he was not only
Sustained, SO far as his remarks concerning
Darnell and Donaldson, but also found thnt
the unpOpularity OF the letter was only
Sc ond to that of The lab.r slasher who pen. ed
the above comments. IRE anlmus 81 the
artic lies in the fact that the editor of
the paper in connection with some others
owed Darnel a large sum of money, which
fell due and they would not pay, ana requested
him 70 knock off some three or four hundred
dollars, which he agreed to do provided they
would pay the amount by certain time, as
he (DarneD had a chance to invest the money
to q greater advantage. They tailed to pay
by the time agreed upon, but still wanted MIN
to deduct the amount which he agreed 10 &c, as
the chance ofinvestment was past: Hehce ne h
opposition of the &C article Injustice to The
rest of those connect with the Go. VIII
state that they arc perfect gentlemen and
were not parties to the above TRANSACTION