The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-21
NEWS NUGGETS.

NEWS NUGGETS,
IL takes q commercial traveIor "a a.,
the elegantly sensational, as The tonovup noV up
statement made by one 10 a Iittie poeI.H
Arkansas, reporter will attest liz said,
While driving slowly along the wierd mi
picturesque mountain road In gaarcs
county the drummer's attention was ~
tracteL by flock OF buzyards circ,;r,,
around some object on the ground bejovs
a1u oniy snort distance ifom the roadside
Anghtlhg' ne approached the spot. and was
horllhe" 70 iillu the arm ofa man living on
u large Hat rock. Ii had eyidentfv hoer
there. but short time, and Ind bsesn Vecn w
cred trom the body by some shnrp mstrn.
inent, probably an axe. Upon one of the
myers was a heavy solid gold rfnp bnt he.
yond THIS there was no clnc tn ilont;.,,
Fastening TO the nearest house he renortsj
his ghastly find, and shortly n cra,,J of
mountain people gathered In the vicinity.
luil Oh wonder and alarm. One old monn,
taineer said that at the beginning of Tho
week TWO men remained all night nj his
houscl gnu turing The night had engaged
nj violent quarrel in the course of which
the youngest accused the eldest of having
written letter which had caused his ruin
and swore to cut of the hand which an ~
deed ~ IS feared he carried out the throat
aiter ne cieit-the house, and concealed thn
body of his victim, The old man renen'
oered the, ring, and members OF his family
also recol,ected 1t. The men had passe3
through Jasper, aud said they were going
70 louisiana They gave their names as
on good horses. '''''''
ne second locomotive Of the Fontaine
pu'''ll mas uecn turned ont of the Grant Io.
comotiyc Works, at Paterson \ / '',, and ~ Z.
now being tested ON the New York Ioks
EnS" western railroad. The machinery
all above the boiler A big pair of driy.
! ing wheels rest on smaller
get below, moving them bv
lllction, so that when the unnor
par is gong at the rate ofGO miles an hdnr
tile lower pair ~ carrying the locomotive at
ue rate otW miles. The first locomotive
OF the KIND turned out, 1t is said, mnds
W nllles ah lour with ease on Canndian
lhilroad. 1he inventor enthusiastically
predicts that this one will bc driven nj thSo
rate OF 100 miles an hour. A test of sneed
VIII be made in day or two.
Bill Younts killed VIM. Brooks knowu
as 'saw-mill' Brooks, his EMPLOYER. near
Arkansas City, Arkansas, a few DAYS ngo.
brooks was beating fellow emplove Of
| founts' with stick, when Younts inter'
Tered to prevent him. and Brooks remarkcd,
May be you want some,n and nIrninf, IN
strike Hounts, the latter shot him dead
lounts was discharged by an examining
court.
Prominent citizens of the Cherokee M.
tion having received threatening Letters in
the last few days warming them 10 leayet tbe
terrt9ry, great excitement prevails. Tho
trouble grows ont Of the two railroads that
cross the territory, IL Is said, because thew
want II opened to white settlement.
Tmn t,an loo Eo.Is, r
York, and -- Jones, of California for
swindlinga yonng man named Haley In
Boston, by selling him u spurious gold
brick, having been arrested In New York
are now III dnrance vile in Boston.
A fatal shooting dflray took place at VIII
lamsbnrg, Ohio, n day or two ago, between
Oliver Conn and Daniel Kain, Conn receiy.
lngfpe contents oftwo barrels of u shotgun
IN hH neck, shoulder and in the region
the carotid and subcllyian arteries.
George Gregerson, young man, agij
only twonty-eight years, suicided in the
St. Louis city hospital few davs since bj
hanging himself with towel, in n bath
room. Temporary insanity was what aileo.
him.
Wm. Ryan, the Glendale train ro bber,
who was denied both new trial and the
right TO appeal TO the supreme court, has
been taken to tho Jacksonville, Missouri,
penitentiary, to serve a twenty-five years.
sentence.
The Vcksburg & Meridian railroad
freight capacity is heavily taxed nt this
time handling immense freights from the
east and the through cotton now being
shipped to eastern mills.
Lieutenant Commander Gorringe, of
obelisk fame, is one of the commissioners
appointed by the government TO examine
and certify TO the completion of the last
two hundred miles of the Northern Pacific.
A grcat.grandson Of Lafayette has Just
distinguished himself in two battles in
runls, in which he led Il couple of daring
cavalry charges with marked effect on the
result of The day.
The French politician, Gambetta, is said
to be great lover of luxury, and to be the
possessor Of silver bath-tub. These are
pretty serions dsqualiiications for republi-
can leadership.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is at present ut
the Clarendon hotel in New York, too sick
to see callers. She IL said TO be showing
age and care considerably oflatc.
A seven year old son of Mr.. Jeans, Of
San Francisco, California shot and fatally
wounded, the other day, hitcen year old
son Of Mr.. A. 5. Jackson.
Cleveland happened to have a thorough
fare named Guiteau street, but her city
council have now changed her name TO
hnraIn st.ecl...,--rs.ra -----'-----.
While John Preston was assisting in ex-
cavatng cellar at Lexington, Kentucky, a
few days ago, bank fell down, and buried
him alive.
Alexander Williams, OF Bowling Green.
Kentucky, was acquitted day or two ago.
at that place, Of q nameless and most helm.
GUS crime.
N. l.. Ealam. a prominent planteros tfA
Yazoo river, Mississippi, was shot andii
stantly killed by man named McCartt,
few days ago.
Johnson 4 Miller's comic opera comps
went to pieces for lack Of patronage
Nashville a night or two ago.
Margaret Barry ended her earthly ex-
istence at the 81, Louis city hospitala u day
or two since, by taking Paris green,