The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-07
NEWS NUGGETS.

In september the various minis of the
country coined nearly SS,O00,000, of which
SZ,4VOOOO were silver dollars
man named Reuben Smith was fatally
stabbed few days ago at Hot Springs Ar.
Kansas by Robert Russell, an employee.
Thirty-two bales of cotton were burned
up few days ago at Montgomery. Ala.
bama, by the careless throwing down of h
match, the loss being considerable.
Forepaugh's circus discharged about
twenty men at Montgomery, Alabama 4
few days ago, and they and the employees,
OF tho circus engaged IN free fight, but nc
lives were lost
a petition Is being circulated and gencr
ally signed in Memphis, Tenn, prayine
the president to give one W. X. Moore, d
representative i'll congress from that dis
trict, position in his cabinet.
A little child while witnessing the opcra
tons IN molasscs mill in cambridge. Ten.
neSSoe, few days ago, lost its balance and
| icll INTO the boiling evaporator and was
dead before it could be taken out.
IL seems that the accused star route mail
corruptlonlstS Brady ct ais, are trying Ia
staVe OIL trial until congress- meets in
December, hoping TO get aid and countcn.
aAce from scvcra! members of congress.
Henry J. Rowley of Utica, New York
isthe lnnattc who has been threatening Ia
Kill ex-senator Conkling. lie IL Ep1tted
ana watched, and there are no fears of his
DONG anything rash now, as the ex-senator
ana his friends are On thoir guard.
The people in and around Tucson, Ari.
| iona, and all that country thorcabOuts, are
much excited and alarmed at an uprisinp
nj tie Chlrlcahua Indians, who have killed
man, settlers in the post few days, and
even Mt, 'acked United States soldiers.
A villain, Nus attempt was made ono night
losi wnnl to wreck II passenger train on Inc
Iron Mountain railroad near Fulton Ar,
kansas Snikns MA. " drawn and fish bar.
taken from the rails Nils Fortunately freight
instead Ola PASSENGER Or, n was ditched anc
nobody was hurt,
The annual fair at st, Louis 'Pssred OF
the 81 with unusual cclat The 4. 'St VA,
was the childrcn's day, and there were uV
millions, but thousands of tho innocent
there making all the grounds happy with
their happiness, the very air redolGnt with
the music ofthor innocenccs.
Ayoung lady, named Miss Mary Boueh,
commit Gd suicide day or two ago at
Cairo, Illinois, by shooting herself through
the head, She had been i'll for some DAYS
and hGyinga dispute and words with her
mother in the morning Of the fatal day. She
ended her existence with her own hand.
Last Sunday morning an old lady named
Mrs. Mary Winters, living In Now Orleans
attempted suicide by striking hcrselfin the
forehead with q Ratchet, which she had Dor
rowed for the purpose, She was not strong
enough TO crack her skull, but she succeed,
ed IN inllicting ugly wounds and bruises on
her head.
David Hines and Rodoric Mcintosh, both
white wen living near Monroe, Louisiana
became involved in apcrsonal difficulty two
or three days ago while on their way 10
Monroe, and Hines shot Mcintosh I'M the
right side, inllicting painful, but not dan
gerous wound. Whisky wasat the bottom
of the affair
A shooting affair took place at Marianne.
! Arkansas, between ]. A. Biekham, a dry
goods clerk, and j; d, Rogers, y young man
whose father Ezekiel Rogers, lisa farmer m
! Leo county, of that state Bickbam woa
mortally wounded aud died In few hours.
and Rogers was shot in each shoulder and
I one log, but will get well, Bickham had
forced young Rogers, when he had
him at n disadvantage, TO sign Hc-bill or
some thing of the sort, about a Young lad,.
and out ofthiS followed the shooting. Both
young men We're of good families and
were prominent in society
How tho mighty do sometimes fall Is
graphically illustrated in the following ac.
count Vt the late Governor Moses, of South
Carolina, and representative ofthe CARPET.
bag, scalawag class. A New York dispatch
OF tho Sd inst, says Frank
lin j.. Moses, formerly governor OF
south Carolina, was locked up at thcpolice
! hnu1nn nrinre ihtu nVn,,t,,., a, Il
swindling William l.. Hall, retired hotel
keeper Hall was swindlod out of S2,5OO in
Juno last, by Pin White confidence man.
White was arrested. Two days later Moses
called on Hall and, introducing himself NJ
alawycr by the name Of IIassaus, accord
ing to the story told, offered to rive Hall In.
formation by which the money could he
recovered. lie said that Whites wife
boarded with his mother and had In her
trunk diamonds and other property worth
tho amount taken from Hall. II Hall
would give him $25 no would procure a
search warrant and get the property ho-
longing to Whites wife, hall gave him
SS and Moses went away never to return
White was attcrward convicted and
sont TO prison for nine years
Police Inspector Byrncs, Moses was ar
rested. This evening nj police headauar
tors. He expressed u desire to settle the mat
ter by paying Hall S25, but both Mr.. and
Mrs. Hall said they were deter
mined TO prosecute him. Tn,
Times says his (Mr IIassaus) plar
was to 30 TO Jefferson market with his dlnN
partner aud procure q search warrant from
Justice Morgan With this process IA,
property Of the Whites could be seized ant
they would be forced 20 make settlement
Connding Major Hall fell into the tran
agreed to everything and handed Nose
twenty dollars Just AZ Moses was about
10 leave, he called the major aside and askot
him II ho was FREQ Mason, Major Hal
said he was, and Moses grlpped him. Thci
he said, insinuatingly; Major now thai
VIC know each other as brothers, let me hay,
Ave- dollars more" The money was nddef
TO the twenty dollars, and Moses dsap
lpspred only TO return as detected swim
dler Moses looked very gray and shabby
InsSsetor Byrnos has put stop 70 nogolin
uoi.s br settlomont.