The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-06-29
Galveston.
Special to the Herald.

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GALVESTON, June 2l.-John Richardson
| (colored) undertook to correct his family
this morning. Securing a club, he severely
beat his vile, mother-in-'sw and slster-lH.
law, Result-bound owe to the criminal
court under the charge If assault with in
tent TO murder.
John Constantine, superintendent of tel
| graph, New York & Texas road, so badly
injured a couple OF DAYS since at Rosenberg
and conveyed to Galveston for treatment, is
repoi ed dying tonight.
Kitty Crawford, a colored girl, commits
missioned to make purcbfSes by a lady by
whom she was employed, misappropriated
money TO the extent Of some $3.50 to her
own use. She is under arrest.
The Mexican cable steamer, Interna-
tional, at $3.50 p. M. completed the final
splice of their cable at a point oil
Brazos Santiago, giving Galveston direct
communication with Vera Cruz and the
whole world through the Geographic sys.
tens of South America.
Cotton to-day closed firm; middlings,
12s. Sales. none; receipts, 2O6,
Kansas City bacon, 49,; long, none
GALVESTON June 22-At a meeting of the
bar association to-day a committee previ-
the use of $500 insurance receivs.
ed on the library destroyed by fire,
January 18th, as a fund for the pur-
chase of a new library for the use
of the higher courts. Messrs. Ballinger,
Levi, Street and benson were appointed as
a committee to confer with the committee OF
commissioner court with that end in view.
Messrs. Labatt, McLenon and Rhodes were
appointed as a committee to arrange for
the reception and entertainment OF the Bar
association, to meet here July 18th.
John Consadine, superintendent Of tele-
graph on the New York, Texas a Mexican
road, who was badly crushed at R0senburg
Monday afternoon, died here at an early
hour this morning and was buried to-day.
The commencement exercises OF 81.
Mary's university were held at the Ire
mont opera house tonight, Everything
passed off in the most satisfactory style.
The rapid progress of the students was no.
ticeable.
The display Of Fireworks on the beach Is 10
be again Instituted for the summer on Sun
day nights, permission having been granted
BY the mayor.
The Mexican cable is now In perfect
operation, and very heavy business Il being
transacted. The fash system Is still em-
ployed, but IL il 10 be abandoned In favor
ola selfvriting system. now IN operation
throughout the British possessions.
=. s. Higgins, ofDailss IL at the fremont.
GALyEsroN, June 2-The engine af d
tender on The Texas herican ran of the
track at McKinney's Bride, down the
island, to-day, a rail having been removed
BIZ parties engaged m repsiring the track-
The engineer and fireman Jumped rom The
entine without injury.
+. NJ. Edwaray. correspondent at this,
point for the Houston Poet and Austin
ftatesman, was arrested this amer
mon for carrying concealed deadly
d Securing bonds, Edvardy
donned his Mexican sorsbrero, supplied
himself with q huge pistol, again appeared
on the streets. WHISKY getting the best Of
him. be became somewhat buisferOus. and
finally wound mp By firing OF lls Dis d on
Genre street. near MARKET The rerou
created intense excitement for q DeE
pite his huge weapon, NJ hvf ~ vas
,-orrflv and uuceremoniouslv taken into
ruefodv again. and q second charge Tor car
rviue deadly weapons vas eutered acainst
him. also one for disrharring t7earus IN
the citv limits. The young man VII,
DOUBLES, pay heavily iCr his days frobc