The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-12-07
Fort Worth: The City Marshal Returns
From a BOOtless Errand.
Brentwood: Fort Worth & Rio Grande
Officials in Town.
Other Interesting News by Specials.
San Antonio.


SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 0.-[Special. 1.-The
remains of Hermann Huer, well-known
Turner and fireman, who died yesterday,
were buried this afternoon, the several as
sociations to which he belonged, including
the entire fire department, accompanying
the remains to the tomb.
James L. Trueheart, brother of DR.. True
heart, of Galveston, and veteran of the
Texas war, died this morning, aged 81. He
came to Texas from Virginia IN 1887. He
was one of the Pirote prisoners, being
among the fifty-six Americans taken cap
tive during General VOLTS invasion. Mr..
Truekeart leaves large estate to be divided
among his children. Funeral at O'Clock
tomorrow morning.
Thanks giving Day was more generally
observed than ever before, business being
almost entirely suspended during the after
noon There were services in the various
churches.
The southern Presbyterians have raised
about SO, 600 to pay off the Indebtedness OF
the church. The southern Meihodists have
begun work on q magnificent church edllice,
and the northern Presbyteiians have laid
the cornerstone of fine new church.
A stock company, embracing wealthy
merchants and two strangers, has been Or
ganizei to establish a large wooden mill.
The site will be selected south OF the city,
on the San Antonio river.
Last Monday night young man named
Robert Strickland, aged is years, doing
business near Eagle Lake, was foully muir
dered, his head being beaten to- a jelly
with an axe. A negro was arrested for the
murder, but proved an alibi and gave
Sheriff Townsend information tending to
prove that the murder bad been commit
ted by another negro named jim stan.
ley, who had slept in the store the night OF
the murder and was missing. Inform ation
OF the murder reached San Antonio, and
Detective Hughes OF 10 o'clock tonight
succeeded III capturing Stanley in negro
gambling den. There is now no doubt
about his being the murderer.
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 1,-[Specia'. Gap
tain w. N. Monroe has been awarded the
contract for grading, track-laying, bridging,
etc., for one hundred miles into Mexico by
the Mexican Pacific construction company,
composed of Colonel Huutingt n, Croker
Peirce and Others. These gentlemen vii
arrive by special car Monday and straighteu
out business here, when Colonel Hunting
ton will Inspect the Southern Pacific as
completed from San Antonio to San Fran
cisco. The CONNECTION of the approachil
tracks will he made about the 9Th instant,
and Colonel HuntiDgton's car will be the
first to pass over the line connecting the
Pacific with the gulf at Ne0 Orleans. Colo
mel Huntington has just purchased the Rio
Grande 8 Pecos railway, being built rom
. Laredo up to Eagle Pass through the rich
coal fields along the Rio Grande. This IS
damaging to Gould's interests as it will
give Colonel Huntington and the Mexican
lines direct communication with the Next
can National at Laredo, and leaves Gould's
roads out. 1t is now thought that the
international will not be extended into
Mexico. 1t is understood that Major j..
Converse. superintendent of the Galveston,
Harrisburg Il San Antonio railway, has
rendered his resignation, his labors on the
extension 10 meet the Southern Pacific hay-
ing ended.
Columbia Rosy, private school teacher
in good German family. highly respected
heretofore, attempted suicide by drowning
to-day. She was seen to jump into the
water by two Young men, VINO sprang after
her pulling her ont. she was taken to the
police station, where she declared her in
tention to suicide, having been ruined by
a Young man prominently connected with
the largest wholesale grocery house in the
city. She stated he had promised to marry
her, but she found out better. and being
ruined, wanted to die. The affair causes
the greatest indignation.
The Hearts of Oak" company we're pre-
vented from appearing this evening ON ac.
count IF DELAYED train, the engine and
tender of the north-bound International
passenger train having been thrown off the
track above Taylor williamson county.
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. Especial The
young man charged with having ruined
Miss Columbia Rosy, who attempted sui
eide yesterday. to-day declares he had no
acquaintance with the young woman, and
it IS now believed she simply went crazy
about him. DIR. Amos Graves, who at
tended Miss r. ssy after her suicide, says
that she was under temporary mental aber-
ration, resulting from chronic melancholy.
She declared that she did not know the
young man, but only loved him, and that
he dit not know her.