The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-12-14
Interesting Items by Specials.
Galveston.

Kelley, the man was recognized as Charles
Thompson, until a short time since en-
ployed as cook on tug. boat Louise. This
morning the dead body of white man was
found floating in the bay near Labadies'
wharf. at an inquest held the deceased
was recognized as Herman Halverson, Of
the schooner Kate Buchanan. In each case
the jury returned verdict of accidental
drowning.
A called meeting of the city council was
held this morning to consider, the reporT OF
turned from New York, whiiher he
had gone to place $4,000 of the city per
cent. bonds. Alderman Nichols was sue
cessful in placing the bonds at 95 cents with
the American Loan and Trust company
The report was ratified, which will save 10
the city about $35, 900 per annum in inter
est. A vote of thanks was rendered Alder
man Nichols for the able manner in which
he had served the interests of the city.
GALVESTON, Dec. 12-[Special. THE
market for spot cotton closed yesterday
higher for lower grades and was steady in
tone. This morning the market was easier
in tone, at yesterday closing. The market
closed firm at the following quotations. Or
binary, 81 good ordinary, 81; low middling,
81 middling, 10B; good middling, 1Os; sales,
$3.50 bales; receipts, 3 1888 bales exports, do
mestic ports, 2,625 bales.
Futures opened barely STEADY, closing
steady at the foIlowing.quotations January,
8 88 to 8 81; February, 81 to 8 50; March,
10 O4 to 10 OF; April, 10 IS; May, 10 26 to
10 20; June, 10 "a to 10 40; December, 9 81
to 10 90. Sales, 800 bales.
The Texss bar association convened in
this city at IL o'clock to-day. quorum
not being present the association adjourned
until $3.50 p M, when the association again
assembled. An hour elapsed before quo
rum was obtained, when Attorney General
J. I'll. McLeary called the association to or.
der, and stated that the first business in
order under the constitution was the re
ceiving of applications for membership to
the association, and requested the secretary
to read such applications. Applications
were read from J. N. Hogsett, George p
Finlay, RI. Phelps, William Atkinson. f. +.
Harwoot, James M. Anderson. NJ. J. Mac
kay. b. Timons, A. ]. Harris, W. I. Rucker,
]. j. Haggotty and Richard Lyle. These
were received and referred TO the proper
committee, after which the question came
up If this was or was not q regular meeting
of the association, and if it was regular
annual meeting, whether the association
could proceed to the election of officers
After considerable discussion the matter
was laid over, to come up in its regular
order.
The committee to whom was referred APP
plications for membership reported favor
ably, when the association proceeded TO
ballot for the election of candidates TO
membership. the ballot being unanimous.
The next thing in order being the report
of the board of directors Judge Ballinger
chairman, related that the board had no
report to make.
The question again required as to whether
i this was regular meeting of the associa-
ton or not.
D. d. Mari offered the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved That it is the sense of this
az. Al. a 4 l.,
of the state of Texas bar association do
!. not recognize or permit the election OF per-
manent officers at this meeting.
This resolution was discussed pro and
con, when it was moved that the resolution
be adopted, which was amended that the
resolution be referred to a special commit
tee to report tomorrow morning, which was
adopted.
The chair appointed cleveland, Prather
and Mari as such committee.
The association then adjourned until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
The attendance upon the ASSOCIATE is
small, and to secure quorum 1t was neces-
sary TO go out and get Galveston attorneys
TO come in TO make up the necessary fifty
to constitute quorum.
This morning officer Nieman was in
formed by a negro boy that the dead BODY
OF child was lying at the head OF Six
teenth street, near the bay. He at once
prOCetueu 10 luc pldCc, anu huuluH tuS
body, carried IL to the police station
and from thence TO the undertaking
establishment Of Gresham a. Simp-
son. The police began Immediately
an investigation, and found in house near
where the body of the child was found
young scandinavian woman, named Anne
Christopher, about % years old. Upon be-
ing Intercepted, she at first denied giving
birth TO a child, but being pressed, she
finally acknowledged that this morning,
about clock, she gave birth TO dead
child while alone in the wood-shed and
then threw IL into the street. An Inquest
was held, and the county physician, after
having held an examination OF the child,
testified 10 the best Of his belief and
knowledge that the infant had reached the
age Of eight months of intra-
uterine life, but could not saw whether II
was living or dead at birth. The jury re-
turned verdict in conformity with the
physician's testimony. While the evidence
+ such as to preclude the superstition Of in
fanticide, there are circumstances attaching
10 the occurrence that are suspicious. On
the head Of the infant is a confusion. This
may have been caused by an instrument or
by the head striking the ground when
thrown into the street BY its inhuman
mother The girl Is under the eye OF the
polios while the case is being further inves-
3. &. Broussard died last evening Of ap-
opleKy. He was prominent merchant
and good citizen, having been actively
engaged in business in this city since l.to.
He was born in Louisiana and connected
with the large and influential family OF the
Broussards In that state. At the time Of
death he was = years Of age and leaves a
family Of q VIE. son and Eve daughters,
besides l.rFe circle Of friends to mourn
hisl0ss. HIS funeral took place this aiter-
noon ct O'Clock from St. Mary's cathedral.
Ground was broken to-day af the corner
ofCenire end POst-oihce streets for the trec-
ton Of a grand Masonic temple. Deputy
Grand Commander Eigin, Of the Knights
Tempinr, arrived to-day on an official visit
10 the Masonic brotherhood.
The Mallory line steamer Guadalupe.
from New York. has arrived and Il dis
charging her cargo