The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-02
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Postmaster-GcneralJ James and wife and
First Assistant Elmer and lady are taking
in the Atlanta Exposition.
Two city officials of Cincinnati, Alderman
Kelley and Councilman Patton, have been
indicted for soliciting brides.
A strike of yardmen of the Canada South
ern at st. Thomas, Ontario, has been block
ilgtravel considerably at that place.
Mrs Sophia Peters, depressed by fear Of
eviction from her residence, took poison,
the other day, with fatal result ut Chicago.
| Martin Flanagan, who killed John
Cairns was sentenced at Buffalo, New
York, Tuesday, to be hanged on January
goth, 1882.
A day or so since Mrs. Benjamin Smith,
residing near Platteville, Wisconsin, was
| thrown from buggy and died Immediately
from the injuries.
On the 10Th ult. the dead body of an old
man, with bullet hole in the breast was
found in the bushes near the town of Las
Couccs. New Mexico.
Annie Louise Carey had her portmonnaie
| stolen at Delaware, Ohio, day or two
since. 1t contained, among other things
two pins with diamond sets.
General Weaver, the ex-Grecnback can
didate for the Presidency has been heard Of
sgain, lie appeared at Moberly, Missouri,
the other evening rs n lecturer.
Conductor Martin, OF the Little Rock &
| Fort Smith Railway, was killed at Morrill,
ton, Tuesday evening by being run over
while trying to make a coupling.
Abou. 200 miners who had been on two
week, strike, resnmed work Wednesday at
the Grape creek mines, near Danville, Hi
nois, at the old price, 50 cents per ton.
Information received at the general Office
ofthe Northern Pacific at St. Paul, MINES
sofa, was to the effect that the track of the
line would reach Fort Keogh yesterday, the
LIST inst
Miss Julia Rosenwald, prima donna of
the Abbott Opera Troupe, had her pocket
book stolen Tuesday at the Grand Opera-
house in Cincinnati. The pocket-book had
so in it. '''''
Five million bushels of corn were sold
last Tuesday on the Chicago EXCHANGE
The trade in wheat She same day, th"m%h
overshadOwcd to large extent By tEr cnTu
trade, was quite large, something lik, n
million and half bushels being sold
Active preparations are being made in
phlann Nebraska, to enforce the Slocum
/ week about one hundred saloons and distil-
lefies of that city. Many liquor dealers
and. distillers are preparing to 80 into other
| business.
At Clinton, Illinois, on Wednesday, the
celebrated Harp township bond case was
| brought to close by the officers of the
tuwnship agreeing with the holders of the
bonds to hold an election to refund them
and pay their offer. This is the case that
necessitated the calling out of the militia
| last June
The Conference of Liberal mcmbers-elect
of the Virginia Legislature met on Tuesday
| night at Richmond, The debt question
Will be promptly attended to and the Rid
after the organization of the Legislature
A caucus of The Liberal members will be
held ON the 9th inst, the day before the
Legislature convcncs.
AT NokomiS, Illinois, day before ycstcr.
day one of the most notable elections was
held. The advocates of the license law
| selected for their candidate Esan Spcarman.
| the only cOlored man in town, who was
elected by large majority over his white
opponent and will take his seat as a mem
Der OF the town Board of Trustees. Tho
Whole matter was intended rs joke, but
proved to b. full realization.
a couple of days since, Conductor Car
YER in charge of the Chicago, Rock Island
Il Pacific passenger train goin to Kcokuk,
electcd young man named H. n. Cross
from his train, at Pclla, Cross being under
the influence of liquor and cndeavoring TO
create u row with other passengers. The
following morning the dead body OF Cross,
irlghtiully mangled, was found ON the rail.
road track near PeIla. Tho victim was
about - years Of age, the son of a we'll.
known resident of Eldon, and his principal
fault was too much whisky.
Robert Wynne, a brakeman in the en-.
pioy of the Marietta u Cincinnati Railroad
Company, was killed carly Tuesday morn.
lng' lie was standing on the top off
freight tram, attending TO the brakes,
ana as the train passed under
the Mil street crossing. Cincinnati.
he was struck on the head by the bridge
and Knocked off between the cars. His fall
was not noticed, and the train passed over
him, MASKING his left foot and shoulder.
and crushing his head beyond recognition.
The deceased was about 30 years old, and
was native of Indiana.
The town of San Jose, Californ In,
was excited day or two ago hy
the discovery OF three Chinese
lepcrS in u small shanty near the railroad
depot, where almost all the washing done
| Wy Alt NHnlUlnCn Ill Town is
performed. The lcpers have been
| secluded there For some three
years, One of them, although in an nd
vanccd stage of the disease, has been bcr
ging at night ON the streets of the city
The shanty has been used by the Cinnamon
as a resort for lepcrs, although nothing but
shelter was given the poor wretches, and
how they lived is n mystery.
An explosion in one of the buildings con.
necled with James Palmcr's Sons Fire.
works Mandatory at Rochester, New
| York, on the Goth ult., seriously
injured James Palmer, Jr, All.
bert Nogt, William Oyiatt, Emanuel Refs.
key and Professor Henry Grener,n musical
director from New York. The two former
were frighthlly burned, and Vegt may
die. The occasion of the explosion was the
| lighting ofa piece of fireworks In the build.
ing TO satisfy the four musical
gentlemen Of the Rochester Mnnnerchnr
that II would be proper piece to bc used
In tho early representation by their society
Of Weber's opera, Der Freyschutz.
Information was received recently nj
vicksburg, Mississippi, OF the capture OF
the assassins of Robert Catlin, above Ynsoo
CITY, They were negroes, and not only did
they confess the assassination OF Catlin, but
also Of Jewish pcddler named Lowcn.
stein, year or two previous, for
all OF which thcv w.re tako,