The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-12-14

f,op tlllie f,,ok. Afkahsag and woa y
Meelco Tor lila health I0 MUrpcl b
ulbIia All beenfne too intimate WIN lh'
lalieFs wife writing her uOt sons NJ wmcN
her thsbnhd intercepted, ana upon fenHin h
II he got drunk, tJOg lnmp' enieieu ,nv
room where Gray slept ana ah9, hint ~
the parties are well Known ana hiShly con'
IHrfpo, Dec. s.-t5pecial J. DE-,
sertor from The Mexican army cfclled
quito sensation to-day by SWIM
| ming tho river and running through the
urincipal streets in this ciiy
| In perfectly nude state. ne
first entered the Catholic Ghurch,
but rs services were being held nc th9uBnt
II was not an appropriate pace W n."1' ~ sG
he proceeded TO the street. lie NJ Iasi
wound up in jackal followed by crowd
that seemed to enjoy the proceedings emil
This being the first dry and cold day sew.
eral parties took advantage OF II 10 display
their muscular development, there pc
ing three separate ana distlhcI hs!l-
the first or second rounds,
but in the third one the parties received Sc
rious injuries about the head by being HIT
over the head with six-shooter; :,
A civil envineer, surveying the line Se-
tween Sanschez station and the coal mines
some fifteen miles from New Laredo, was
attacked by drunken negro, nnd In tue
fracas the engineer sustained a fracture of
the right leg. The negro was immedlately
arrested, and will probably serve the tull
term Of ten years in the jusegado;;,
LAREDO, Dec. 6-[Special.] There has
been for the past few weeks conslderaple
excitement in Nueva Laredo occasloned py
the interference Of the military, WI WIN t1e
action of the civil authorities. The whole
trouble is based on the coming electon,
which takes place next Sunday, the 10Th;
The colonel commanding the post is opposed
to the present alcalde and trouble IS anti
cipated. The general commanding the ul-
vision of the Rio Grande irom Ma'amoras
arrived to-day, and will take the pi Eter un,
der adyisement. 1t is hoped The dlllerences
will be amicably settled. E,
The Mexican National is graded Is miies
to point beyond Monterey and Is oelhe
pushed on to Saltillo as rapidly as possible;
The Rio Grande & Pecos railway Will
have their track in the city limits to-day.
Governor Hunts mines, near this CITY,
are being worked, and the company now
have orders on hand for over fifty car loads,
which, with the present force, will be i'm
possible to fill. Quite number OF miners
from Pennsylvania will arrive next week.
The coal is of a superior quality.
LAREDO, Dec. Especial Captain A.
Wishart, silent editor of the Laredo Times
Tor the past year, mas to-uay seNS HlS
connection with that paper, and Will, on
Monday next, assume editorial and busi-
ness management of Harris Laredo, which
will be known hereafter as the Two La
redos. The paper will undoubtedly prove
o success.
Mr. Person, the civil engineer, who suf-
fered a severe fracture fthe leg at Sanchez,
Mexico, is much better to-day, and II is de-
cided that amputation will not be ne
cessary.~
The young man, Gray, who was shot by
DR.. Bibb in Mexico, is reported much bet
ter, and chances are very favorable for his
entire recovery.
Hon. Warner P. Sutton has returned
from his trip to Monterey and Saltillo, and
leaves for Corpus Christi in the morning.
He reports everything satisfactory, and his
inspection tour throughout is highly sue
cesstul.
Post-office Inspector Crawford has been
here for the past three days examining the
accounts of ex-Postmaster August Ford,
and has found him to be 81 400 short, in
addition to the $500 deficit heretofore re-
ported. Inspector Crawford has made
thorough examination of all the business
since April, 1881. 1t is believed by MIR.
Fords friends that he will find receipts to
cover the deficiencies.