The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-07-06

fendaDt they were pOstpOsed until to'mor
row, when 10 is thought one OF them u
least will be carried.
Capt. Mckinney reports TO Adlutan
General King that Corporal Courtwrigh
has arrested in Nolan county t0rgcr, name
not given, and recovered from him $3.50
Also that Sergeant Platt with seven men
had recently recovered over 100 sheer
| from Tom Green county, ar
rested the thieves and returned
the sheep to the owners. Beside,
this, he reports that his men have made
several other scouts after thieves and Of
iected other arrests of minor I'm
portance. Everything is reported
Indian raids reported yesterday.
| Major Hollngsworth states that all ar
rangements are perfected and all the nor
nal schools will open on the 9th instant
according to notice.
The colored Masons of Austin to-day laid
the cornerstone of q new Methodist church
A large crowd was present:
Rev. b. J. Smith, an old and respected
citizen of Austin, died this afternoon att
o'clock. He had taught school here fol-
thirty consecutive years past.
Galveston.
Special to the Herald.
GALVESTON, July William M. Ed
wardy, Galveston representative of the
Houston Post who has figured so ex-
tensively in the courts, to-day called at the
office of the chief of police, where his
revolver was returned to him by the police
A gentleman appeared at the office of
the chief of police and swore out an aifida-
Wit against Edwardy for carrying concealed
deadly weapons. Edwardy was in an in
toxicated condition and was, making
Of the chief Of police. Officer
Lang, hearing of this and also that Ed
wardy was armed, had him under surveil-
lance, and when Edwardy went in the dl-
rection of the station-house, the officer fol-
lowed him. Edwardy stationed him
self in an alcove near the
foot of the stairs leading to
office of the chief of police. Officer Long
approached, and as he advanced Edwardy
attempted to draw his pistol, remarking, as
he applied an opprobrious eplthet,
that he would kill him. Officer
Lang sprang forward and grappled
with him, when another officer coming up,
disarmed HIM. Edwardy was then taken
up into the chief of policies Office as the
affidavit mentioned was being prepared;
This was destroyed. and charges, entered
against MN Vi cdiryiiS eouoea.ou ue"Hiy
weapons, of assault with intent to
murder Officer Long. Edwardy was con-
veyed to Jail. While under arrest at the
station house Edwardy abused the officers
for everything offensive which
his anger could suggest. This
is the third charge against
him of carrying deadly weapons within a
week. Two charges are now pending
against him of assault with intent to muir
taI t1lt
John Nuttley, book-keeper of George
Seeligson & Co., was found dead in his bed
this norning. Coroner's verdict was death
from pulmonary hemorrhage.
Fifteen deaths the past week.
GALVESTON, July 3.-Samuel Strasburger,
manager af business of Sampson Heiden-
heimer, went bathing in the surf this even
ing, since which nothing has been seen or
heard OF him. His clothes were fonnd
on rock in the bath-house where
they had been left. 1t is believed he has
been drowned. The police are prosecuting
a vigorous search for some trace. OF the, I'M
fortunate man.
Mr.. d. Hall, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph company here, left by
the early train this morning for
San Antonio, to investigate for the
company tie crookedness practiced there
upon the bucket-shop by two telegraph
operators and telegraph check boys.
A letter dated June 10Th, sent
here by express, addressed y. Il. Es-
ties, from Casagrande, Arizona territory,
with a request il not delivered to be opened,
announces the death OF Edward Estes, who
was killed in difficulty in which he was
the aggressor. Estes rather was supposed
to reside here. The letter states he has a
son. William Estes, living in Fort Worth.
The letter was signed MIR. q. Loss, justice.oi
the peace.
The bull fighting at Middleggs yesterday
was a signal failure.
The report of a challenge having been
sent Colonel King telegraphed recently was
inaccurate. The missive Colonel King
received was the acceptance from Chas. j
Carr of Challenge he supposed mad
been sent by Colonel King to d friend OF his
Colonel King claims never to have sent Il
challenge and says the whole matter was
intended as Joke. Carr did not consider
the matter u Joke and was sincere i'll his
acceptance.
GALVESTON, July An active search has
been maintained throughout the day Tor
the body Of Samuel Strasberger, drowned
in the gull last evening. The entire gull
front, as far as the city extends, has been
seined without success. The search is
still being prosecuted. A reward Of 500 has
been offered by Mr.. Isaac Heidenheimer
for the recovery OF the body OF the dead
man. Mr.. Sampson Heidenheimer, whose
confidential clerk, or manager he was, IS
abroad. Strasburger was man OF superior
intelligence and ability, and was consid-
cred one of the ablest financiers in the city.
He was about 80 years of age and the main
stay of his aged parents, residing
i'm New York. II is understood that par
ties have been dispatched to Bolivar penin-
sular IN hopes of finding his remains.
A little boy named Willie Banks, resid-
ing corner Twenty-eighth street and Az
enue H. was drowned at Middlegges,
twelve miles down the island, to-day, at the
picnic of the Washington Guards. His re-
mains were brought to the city this even
ing. r.,
Colonel Geo. P. Finlay, candidate for
congress was to-day suddenly called from
the city by a telegram announcing. the
serious illness OF his son at Mineral Springs,
in the neghborhood of Palo Pinto.
No market reports to-day ON account OF
the holiday. The day has been spent in an
unusually quiet manner here, perhaps
owing 10 the depressing influence OF last
uights accident.