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wALToN's WINNINGS.
Telling How He Won siG5,0O0 In Bets
Over in England.

over Ill E4iSlnnu.
Mr.. Il. Theodore Walton, whose betting
exploits in England have gained him world
wide fame as the American plunger," 4"
strobe into the st. James Hotel of which
he is the proprietor, tonight, an hour after
the steamship Germanic brought him into
port.
"Mr. Walton, what is 'plunger2'" was
the first question an interviewer put to
him.
"A plunger, said he, 'is an English ex-
preston applied to man who lays down
large sums of money on sporting affairs
as high as 81 ,00e and bet many thousand
pounds in single event"
WAS the word plunger invented to suit
your performances or are you not the first
man who ever bore that tite2"
"Oh, no, Mr.. Walton said. There have
been other plungers. There's the Marquis
of Hastings, you know"
"Ifit's u fair question, how much En-
glish money did you win ?"
~ won f93,000, or about Si6j000.
won f74,0O0 on Foxhall alone
in three races-the Grand Duke
Michael, the Czarewtch and the Cambridge
Snlre, | won tJ,OUU on lfOQuOlS III tlle
st. Ledger, but lost $4,000 on him in the
championship for all ages race, won by Ben
dor. / lost and won u great many odd races
which squared one another. Outside ofmy
principal winnings won Gl0,400 on
Rothschilds mare Nellie ut New Mar
ket. and | won on two of Sir John
Astey's horses--f5,0O on Lcghorn and
e. 700 on his Medicus after the tiff he had
with me. In England was alone in what
ever did and ! acted ON my best judg-
ment. 1t is not true that ! always bet
on American horses, as you have seen in
the instances have mentioned. ! put my
money or the American horses only when
| thought they would win. tried
to keep thoroughly posted about the
horses, and bet accordingly, My giving
money to Jockeys has been the subject of
talk. They did not like II over there The
book-makers did not like II, and some of
the newspaper men and the sporting men
seemed to think Il was not right. |
never denied it. | have more than once
given as high as f50O to jockey, but al
ways on condition that he won. II would
have been different IL ! paid him to lose,
but never did. did my betting entirely
with the book makers. Over there the
book-makers are very rich They are the
hawks, and the public are the .chickons.
They didn't like IL because | was not o
chicken was hawk among them, and
upset their calculations. IN. \. Cores
pondence Philadelphia Times,
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Bagdad is Hopeful OF Receiving the
Austin 4 Northwestern Narrow
Gauge..-This Company Records
Big Mortgage at Austin.
The Gulf, Colorado \ Santa Fe Railroad
Company are Surveying via Brown.
wood TO Colorado City, on the
Texas 4 Pacific.
Ed. Gould, a Notorious Horse Thief,
After Nine Years Liberty, Surprised
and Captured Near Bolton.
The Corpus Christi Stage Experiences
Its Periodical RObbing by "Two
Masked Men,"
San Antonio Is Moving to Secure the
Texas.MeXican Railroad.
Action of the Court of Appeals ut
Tyler.
Other Interesting State News.
Other Interesting State New
Austin


Special to the Herald
AUSTIN, November 26.-A mortgage for
all the property belonging to and to be
owned by the Austin h Northwestern Mar:
row Gauge Railroad company was recorded
in the office of the County Clerk to-day.
The mortgage is to the Mercantile Trust
company, of New York, in the sum of
three millions five hundred thousand dol
lars.
The Secretary of State has obtained per
mission to rebind the thousand copies OF
the Texas revised statuts that were saved
from the flames of the burning capitol
Major DeNormandie, clerk of the Su-
preme Court, is seriously ill with pneu-
monia.
The Attorney General has decided that
charters embodying distinct enterprises,
such as railroad, telegraph and express
companies, are subject to fees for each
The Fidelity Lodge No. 4, Perfection
Ancient Scottish Rite of Masonry, was
organized by General Pike as follows
Venerable Master, John Mcdonald; Ora.
tor, John W. Robertson; Almoner, Fred
Sterging; Secretary, Tom Nurrah; Treas
urer John X Doonan
The Attorney-General' motion for new
trial in the Steele and Cook cases has been
oveTuled and he has taken an appeal
In the District Court to-day Bell Crowdei
was acquitted of the charge OF horse theft
and highway robbery.
The cases against the County Attorney
of Travis county, on account of fees anC
collections, will not be argued until The
18th proXimo.
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ST.. Lorls November 26.--H. NJ. Hoxic,
General Manager of the Iron Noun.
tain International & Great North
ern and Texas & Pacific Railroads. ac.
companed by Seth Frank, General Freight
Agent and several other officials, left here
yesterday for III Paso and Laredo, Texas,
where they will make the preliminary
arrangements for union; in one case run
ming trains from ST. Louis to San Francisco
via the southern Pacific from III Paso, and
IN the other case running trains to the
Mexican border ut Laredo. IL Is expected
that through cars will be run from
st. Louis TO San Francisco, and that the
Texas & Pacific will be completed and in
operation by January LIST; also that the
international e Great Northern will reach
Laredo by the middle of December. The
San Francisco route will be called the
Triple Line" and will be formed of the
Iron Mountain, Texas & Pacific and the
Southern Pacific roads.
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The Kings nna Queens of pInmond..

The necklace the Khediyo of Egypt sent
General Shermau's daughter on her mar
riago could not be compared to it, and
though the paper estimated the value of II
at $4,000, custom.house inspector told
me 1t was valued at $4,000.
The handsomest necklace ever worn in
private life in this country belongs TO Mrs.
Leland Stanford, of California, II is made
i'm the form of Marguertcs, aud cost $4,000.
Mrs. j. G. Haggin has over $4,000 worth
of diamonds and the superb ruby that the
famous Lola Montez was so fond Of wearing
in her abundant hair. 1t is no mounted as
pin, and always attracts much attention.
Annie Louise Cary Is said to own the
largest and most perfect emerald in
the world. II was bought ut the
sale of Queen lsabella's jewelry in
Paris, weighs twenty-threo carats, and Is
valued at $60O00. IL Is set
In n broad band of Roman
gold, studded with twenty-iour large dia-
monds. Apropos Of our inyorlte contrllto,
she has sold her house In Portland, and Is
coming TO New York TO reside. She has
sung into her treasury Sl50,00O
Mrs. Bonanza Mackay claims to have the
largest sapphire In the world. II
was bought from Polish no
bleman for $4,000, Is of the
most superb blue, and over an inch in di-
nmeter. She has also u set of coral of the
faint pink which resembles opals. II In.
cludes sixteen pieces for the toilet, and
each piece Is sci in diamonds; the whole
value Is $4,000.
Laura Fair, who has $4,000 Of dia.
monds. wears superb set Of blood
red rubles, which, by the way,
are only sapphires Of another color.
The largest on record belong to the jewels,
and the largest among them the Duchess OF
Edinburgh never fails to wear on state oeca-
siOns.
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w O r S TE D ID r e S S
GOODS.

A beautiful line of all wool plsids; As inches
wide, at $780, cheap at Sl.5O
An elegant line of new shaded plaid foule' Al
inches wide atsIS5, worth 81 rs.
An exquisite line of silk and wool moires strip
ed in gold and fashionable dark shades Mt Axe,
regular price Csc
The most superb line of fancy plaid' al 85c',
sold previously at SOC.
small line of silk and wool monte stripes,
choice and novel at S5c worth 81 Is.
We are also Offering some rare bargains through
our whole line of plain shade worsteds, inelud-
ing Damasese of every style and make, cash
meres, shoodahs, iannels, cheviots, monies,
camelets, and all the newest English and
French productions.
In novelties, we are showing, in addition to the
above named, the most complete line of plaids,
plain and bayadere stripes in all wool, wool
and silk and tinselled fabrics,
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B L A N X e T S A N d
COM EORTAB BLES.

A line of l04 white blankets at s. 25 good, val.
ued at s. co.
A superior article in lOA white blankets at sS0o
worth SO Is.
An extra heavy 1I4 white blanket at 81 90, that
is considered cheap at IS CO.
A l2i4 white blanket at 81 90. This we consider
the best value in our house.
In colored Blankets we are making the follow.
ing special prices for this week only.
lb. blanket of good style and color at 81 10;
better quality ut 81 40.
full lb. blanket good quality and color at
81 90, worth So 81.
All our finer grades of white and colored blank.
cts have been marked down, and all parties
in search of these goods would do well to learn
our rprices.
We have an elegant line of HORSE BLANK
ETS and LAPROBEs, that we are offering
at greatly reduced prices.
our stock of comforts are specialtes throughout
and are being offered at the following low
prices.
81 90, 81 25, 81 So 81 rs, 50 90 up to S87j
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San Antonio

Special to the Herald.
SAN ANTONIO, November B.-The Corpus
Christi stage was robbed last night near
Oakville by two masked men, supposed to
be the same who have piled their vocation
successfully for many months past. There
was only one passenger and he had no
money. The mail pouches were cut
open and the registered packages taken.
Post-oilice officials are not informed Of the
amount of fmOuey secured.
The committee of the Merchants Ex.
change having charge of the Texas Mexican
proposition to bald railroad from Rock
port to Fredericksburgvia San'Antonic have
called mass meeting to.be held on Monday.
The bonus asked is 100000 and the right
ofway through the city. The merchants
are confident of success.
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"Details Of q Hanging

CHARLESTON, S. G., November GA
brother of Richard James, executed here
yesterday, who participated in the crime,
was hanged in June last. The prisoner
went to the gallows yesterday with n firm
step. He claimed to be innocent
but would not say whether his his
brother was guilty. When conducted
co the place of execution he obtained per
mission to address the crowd, which he did
in a wild harrangue about feeling sure
of forgiveness and eternal happiness. At
1907 the drop fell. His neck was not
broken, and he struggled very little for
about five minutes.
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Railroad Dl,nrrenmrn.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, November &i.-At a
meeting of stockholders of tile South 4
North Alabama Railroad Company held
here to-day Board of Directors were
elected, who subsequently elected J. w.
Sloss, President. The only stocI, renre'
sentcd at the meeting was owned nv ar in
the interest of the Louisville n Nash.
vile Railroad Company. A majority of
the original stockholders not being
present ut this meeting, held meeting
later in the day and formally protested
against the proceedings of the first meet.
ing: A petition was filed in the
United States Court here Wednesday
last, PRAYING. for the appointment
OF q receiver of the South e North Alabama
Railroad Company. Judge Bruce has not
yet rendered a decision.
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Attempt to Assasslnate a Russian General.

Sr. PETERSBURG, November GA youth,
under prctense oflrgent State business, OBJ
tanned an interview to-day at the Ministery
of the Interior with General Tchere-
we're, who was presiding over
the commission for mitigating the sentences
OF exiles As soon as he was admitted,
he fired revolver at the General, but the
ball passed harmlessly between his arm
and side. The General secured and dis
armed the youth, who said he was merely
the instrument of another person.
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Mobile & ohio Rallroad Matters.

NEw YoRI, Noyembor26- the annual
meeting of the holders of several series of
preferred -. income and sinking fund
debentures of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Company, held at its Office to-day, the
following board ofdirectors were nominated
for election at the meeting of the stock
holders to he held in Mobile, Alabama.
on the 7th proximo: A. Butler
Duncan, 4. l.. Bush, W. IL. Pratt, Henry
Halleck, Moses Warning, h. l.. Russell, A
). Genesock, Cornelius II. Clark, Adrian ! !.
Eslin, j, Jacob Hayes, j. H. Fay, James III.
Mcmahon and w. II. Hays, No other busi-
ness came before the meeting.
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Result of the Billiard Tournament.

New York, November 26.-The billiard
tournament yesterday resulted; Sexton,
2sO; Daley, Isl. Shaeiler, 200; Daley, 1877.
The 4Sth game of the tournament was be-
tween Carter and Dion and was won by
Dion, who made his 200 in the 6lst iuning,
Carter making la. This gives Dion the FIRST
prize of $1,000 and the diamond emblem,
he having won seven games out of nine.
The last game proved the best game of the
tournament: Shaeiler, 200; Sexton, 162.
This is the sixth game won by Shaeiler and
gives him second prize, S700,
The first game to decide the ties for third
and fourth prizes in the billiard tourna.
ment for the cushion carom championship
was played this afternoon between Morris
and Wallace, The former won by u score OF
800 to 262. Wallace and Slosson then played,
and Wallace was again defeated Score:
Slosson; 800. Wallace, 90.
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rlnderpeSt had appeared in the provinces
OF Lower Austria, several months ago, and,
although they received attention at once,
the disease continued spreading until il
finally became epidemic Since the break.
ing out of the pest in Lower Austria, SOS
stables, IN twenty-nine different places, have
been injected by the contagion, in which 5SS
cattle took the disease. Thirty-eight of the
cattle died and the Others we're killed and
buried. There was 1878 cattle, 81 sheep
and IS goats destroyed under suspicion OF
being injected The total number of ami.
mails lost by the pest was 3 3,0SS.
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1,agdai


Special to the Herald.
BAGpAD, via Liberty Hill, November 20.
We have hopes of getting a railroad at
this point-thc Austin & Northwestern
Narrow.gaugc. The line has been run near
this place several times and the
road will be run through our
place II we contribute u small amount,
which il is thought will be done. We have
two new business houses opened in the last
few days, and plenty of room for more.
Business is good.
Nr. Hughes, horse rancher near this
place, says there, is a lameness raging
among sucking colts, from which u great
many have died Grass is good for this
time Of the year,
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Eioquepce Expected.

vicKsDuRe, Miss, November 20.--Hon.
Geo. u. Loring, United States Commits
sioner of Agriculture, has accepted an invi-
totion TO address the National Cotton
Planters Association, in reply to the adj
dress Of welcome from the planters Of
Georgia and the Atlantic States. Hon.
LOWS 7. Bush, Of New Orleans President
of the National Cotton Exchange of Amer
lea, will deliver an addres on the part of the
various cotton exchanges.
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wcchIy nank Statement

NEw YORK, November 1.-The weekly
statement of the Associated Banks show
the following changes: Loans, decrease,
i235O0; legal tenders, increase, S3lG,6O0;
specie, decrease, $2,939GO0; deposits, de-
crease, 81 522, 100; circulation, increase, S67,-
800; reserve, decrease, $l.l92l75. Tho
banks now hold S77l 100 in excess of legal
requirements.
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Brentwood.
Special to the Herald.

Special TO the Herald,
BRowSwooD, November 26. Major
Banks, Chiet Engineer Of the surveying
corps of the Gulf, Colorado Il Santa Fo
Railroad, was in town yesterday. The
party are cncampcd on Blanket Creek and
are endeavoring to find practicable
route ten or fifteen miles south OF
Brownwood, by the way Of Trickham and
Fort Concho, to nm inland intersection on
the Texas & Pacific Railroad, near Colorado
City, in Mitchell county.
The citizens in one portion of the county
are troubled considerably with u class of
cattle thieves, who brand cattle with the
word "owl" No clue can be obtained as
to who is doing 1t.
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statement from Confederate Boddholders,
COmmittce

LONDON, November GA Committe of
Confederate bondholders state that their
programme is, primarily, by steady and
persevering appeals, first to the public and
then TO the Legislatures of the United States.
to bring about the opinion that the time
has come when the restriction imposed by
inc iith amendment to the Constitution
should be remembered, so far as II prohibits
the Southern States from according n inst
and equitable statement of their debts lilo.
gally. contracted. The committee repudi
ate the idea of embarking in litigation to
recover Confederate property in Europe
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Hlllhousc Resigns.

WAsnlNeToN, November 96.--General
Hllhousc, Assistant Treasurer of the
United States, at New York, has resigned
and his resignation has been accepted, to
take place when his successor is appointed
and qualified.
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BcIiOn
Gnnninl In Ihn unrnll

Special to the Herald.
BILToN, November 2G-Ed Could man
who has been wanted in Bastrop county
for the past nine years, for horse stealing,
was arrested near YoungSport, in this
county, yesterday, by Deputies King
and Creswell Gould had been
in the Indian Territory for
five years and since then has been in this
county. He never went anywhere without
his Winchester and six-shooter, and said he
had rather die than be arrested. But yes.
terday the officers came upon him while he
was out killing hogs, succeeded in securing
his gun and he had nothing to defend him
self with except butcher-kniie, which
he attempted to use, but Kay and
and told him to drop the knife or they
would drop him. He decided very quickly
that surrendcring was preferable to dy-
ing.
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New ORLEANS, November 9G.-The Dem
ocrats special says: At OIL Trough,
Independence county Henry Todd "A leading
citizen, had some trouble with his wife,
originating in q disagreement in a passage
in the Bible. TODD, after an unusually
bitter alteration with his wife, drew u
IA pistol, shot her through
the body and then tried to
kill himself, but was prevented by the
neighborS and jailed Mrs. Todd will die.
While the steamer Hard Cash was at
West Point landing yesterday, Stsve John.
son and William Jones, colored, deck
hands, got into difficulty when Jones
stabbed Johnson TO death and escaped.
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Tyler


TYLER, November 26.--The following
cases were decided in the Court of Appeals
to-day;
q, W. Davis VS.. Dymond & Smart, from
Camp; Garrett y Key vs. the city, of Mar
shall, from Harrison; Fannie Fowler ct al.
VS.. Dashiell, from kaulman-ailirmed,
Henry Klubfeish VS.. the State, from Harri-
SON. the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company
VS.. Kirby Bros, from Bowe Bad Hamilton
VS.. the State, from GonSales-reversed and
remnnded,
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RALEIGH, N. G., November GA special
from Oxford says there is strong talk of
lynching the workman who murdered the
jeweler, Lynch, at that place. a guard
has been placed around the Jail to protect
tbn nrignpar
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Now York Stock Marks,

NEW York, November 26,-The stock
market opened generally firm and higher,
but speculation soon became weak, and
prices fell off / to II per cent, the latter
Tor wabash common, which sold
down to AT; Missouri Pacific
Denver Y Rio Grande, Union Pacific and
Texas 4 Pacific Were also prominent al the
hrst board, A lirmer tone prevailed, and A
recovery ofone.eighth to three iourths en-.
sued Louisville 4 Nashville receded from
9ol to got rose to 6l and reacted to 05l,
Stocks opened firm, but closed weak
Alabama, class A, . to 8, a rs; do. do, A
small, 81 50; do do b, 5's, 30 rs; do, do. As
preferred, l42 Ia; Erie, lG SIS; Illinois
Central, l3i IA Lake Shore 4 Michigan
southern, Sniil l9o so New York Central, 1876;
cgraph, SO 81; rittsburg 4 Cleveland p,ar.
anteed, 1876 -; Richmond Il Aliegheny
@ IL; Richmond lS Danville, ll0 ii; Wa.
bash, 81. Louis 4 Pacific a S-4; do. prefer.
red - ~. Sub-treaSury balances: cein, $50 :
229,'SG currency, $iI, I,ll1l5l.
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Collision

DUNDEE, SCOTLAND, November 26.--A
passenger train from Edinburgh, while APP
preaching Tayport Station, violently coll
lided with goods train. The engine of the
senger train. Fourpersons were killed and
eight injured.
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The New York Legislature bribery Case.

ALBANY, N. Y, November 20,--Dstrict
Attorney. Herrick has notified Attorney.
General Elect Russell that he would move
the bribery case of Senator Sessions for
trial at the January term of the Court Of
County Session,
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Fire

CHESTER, Pa, November 2o--Thc large
cotton mandatory Of s. s. Roddlosson, at
Glen Riddle, In hiscounty, sustained dam
age to the extent of 5000, by fire last
night.
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Inc effects of the Evening Mail will he
moved INTO the Express building. and mo
two papers viii shortly be consolidated
An evening paper on the authority of
Mr' Field, says the Express viii he nub.
iished next week as usual, but one Week
rom next Monday il win be consolidated
Win the Evening hail, The name of the
new paper VIII be The Mail and EXPRESS. y
L., !. WI oe two-cent paper for the present,
,bn p' n;n Jus. US s99n as he can get new presses
paper will be independent in nolitics
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R,ndcrpc.t Ra,ages in Lower Austria.

WASHINGTON, November 26.-Consul'
General Weaver, ut Vienna, reports to As.
sistant Secretary Hill, of the Department of
State, under date of October 2lst.
that several sporadic cases Of
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Journalistic Changes.

New YoRK, November 20.--Thc represen-
tatiyes of Cyrus W. Field took possession
ofthe Office OF the Evening Express to-day.
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.DESER Eddy POPULAR,

Is an establishment whose sole object to conduct their
business upon such principles will bring the largest possible
advantages to their patrons Unlimited capital and large
experience the only requisites necessary secure advan
tages whilst pronounced type ofber combined with sound
principals snecessay the proper distribution of them Peo
pie alive their interests know that there is but such house
in Texas and that house is
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LONDON, November 26.-The death Is an
nounced Of Elias schonnoif, for many years
The chess champion ofRussla. y.