The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-11-03
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John Fleming, SOM Geo, a Fleming, o
parkefsbnrg, w. Va, committed suicide n
The residence Of his filior on Lynn street
about 10 O'Clock Monday morning flcm
Ing was young man ~ years Of age, anl
NJ tho time Of tho painful affair was slQl
with typhoid fever. AZ 10 O'Clock no TOLD
his sister, who was IN attendance upon him
10 leave the room for few minutes, which
she had scarcely done before she heard the
explosion Of pistol In the room she'had
Just left, Upon entering tho room young
Fleming was found lying across the bed
with pistol bullet through the brain. He
| lived about two hours. No cause can be
assigned for the rash act except mental abb
erration.
COL Robt Ingersoll will bring suit for
damages against the Philadelphia Enquirer,
placing his damages at large figure. The
suit grew out of q speech which Ingersoll
had made in the whisky cases in Chicago,
abiding to the evils of strong drink. A
temperance orator stole his sentiments and
incorporated them in his own speech
whereupon the Enquirer charged Ingersoll
with having stolen them from the temper
ance orator. and charged Ingersoll also of
being pagan, a thief, rascal, etc, hence
the suit.
The compostors employed on the Toledo
Morning Telegram Monday requested that
they be allowed to contribute to the publish
ers the result. of one nights work,
to go toward the payment of judgment for
S25 and costs obtained against that paper
on Friday in libel suit. thus expressing
their opinion that the verdict was wrong.
Accordingly, the composition bill for Mon
days paper will be given for that purpose.
A terrible accident occurred couple of
days ago in Carroll county, Arkansas, to
n In a
blown down, during storm, across the hut
in which Fultz was asleep. branch broke
through the roof and pinned him to the
earth Just afterwards the tree took fire
and he was thus burned to death in the in
tensest of agony.
An accomplished southern lady, who was
reduced by poverty to the necessity of
working as q typo in Marysville, Missouri,
was married the o.her day to the Hon.
Alonzo Thompson, son Of the wealthiest
and most prominent nal of that section,
and stepped from the case to the control Of
an elegant mansion.
Information was received at Athens, Ohio
Sunday, that q Mrs Tuckley, a highly re-
spected lady, about 50 years of age, had
been murdered and outraged by negro
named Davis. Davis was arrested and
placed in Jail, but it was thought he would
be lynched before the arrival of the sheriff.
In Lynn, Connecticut, man lost part of
his brain on Odd September. He was struck
with knife on the top of the head. The
blade of the knife penetrated the skull to
NE depth of one and three eighths inches,
Nj the man lived. Up to date he was
uhaer the surgeons care, doing we'll
Information has been received at Kansas
City, supposed to be authentic,
ed Ed. Miller three weeks ago
in southwestern Missouri near the Arkansas
line. This may lead to some further kpowl-
edge of the whereabouts of the outlaws.
At Columbia City, Indiana. the remains
of Theo. Francis were found about the miles
south of town a couple of days ago. He
started some ten days since from Fort
Wayne with}$1 on his person, and his
horse rotur1ed without its rider Bullet |
holes were found through his head,
The Northern Pacific railroad trains We're
stopped last week near the dividing line be-
tween Montana and Dakota by a herd of
buffalo which sought to throw the engine
off the track, but the herd was put to flight,
harming only the buffalo.
Major Downing, in the timber trade in
reports that he had been compell-
ed to suspend business on account of raids
by COW boys who carried off all his stock.
The civil authorities seem powerlcss to
deal with the gang.