The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-05-11
Galveston.


Special to the Herald
GALVESTON, May ga strong wind which
came up Saturday from the southeast
shifted Sunday morning suddenly to the
northeast, blowing ut the velocity of forty
miles per hour. Two houses were blown
completely out Of shape. Chimneys We're
blown off, and several thousand fees OF
lumber, the property of the Galveston oil
mill. started of, The trucks on the Texas
Mexican railway company, and Wharicom-
pany. on avenue A, between 18th and 10Th
streets were washed away. The stea nship
Eastbourne, discharging railroad iron,
weighed anchor and put to sea Saturday
night. She returned this morning, but has
again put to sea in consequence OF the pre-
Val ing high wind. A party of six young
men started for Deer Island down Gal
yeston bay, a distance of about seven and a
half miles, on a fishing excursion, in small
sail boat. The storm struck them at mid
night and overturned the boat; all luckily
secured hold upon the keel Of the boat,
where they clpDg until picked up by the
yacht White Wing, which rescued them
at o'clock this morning. TIE party
was landed at Sidney's BAYOU and walked
to town.
GALVESTON, May J.--Cdktdlu Drown OF
the steamship Sc. Mary, lDt the Morgan
line, which arrived this forming, makes
the following statement: We left New Or
leans Saturday evening, 4ossing the bar
at the ietties at $40 8day morning.
When off Iimbeller island Be ran into the
sea, breaking in four fathon Od water. The
wind at the time was SO east, blowing
hard. We headed the vess pr southwest
Atchafelya bay, which we reached
and anchored The steam llp Hutchinson,
Captain McBaker, FROM Galveston for
New Orleans, came off TN southeast eef
aud anchored near us. Captain McBaker
reported speaking the schAOrcr Lucy, be-
longing the American (Salt company,
anchored inside the Trinity shoals with her
rudder gone and wished to be
reported at Galveston. On Monday
at 10 a. m. we hove anchor after laying
to for seventeen hours, and h,aded for Gal
weston. We experienced rry heavy sea
all the way to the bar, and reached our
dock at 6 o'clock in the morning. The
blow was the severest experinced on the
gulf for some time.
The steam tug Estelle is repoted.to have
started out early this morning p assistance
OF the Lucy, and to have been lrlven back
by the heavy seas. The Estble started,
again this afternoon On her llsslon OF
mercy.
The German brig Ceres was sized yes
ter day by the marshal upon sEt Tor sal
wage filed by Edward Murphy AID other
'longshoremen for assistance rendFed the
vessel while on fire Sunday nigB The
owners of the Buckthorn, which Nnt to
her assistance and succeeded in extiiA III
ing the flames by sinking the vessei i is
thought, will be able to amicably ADJUST
their claim. L.
William Fuber has filed suit in the Us
trict court against the city railway ct1-
pany for $4,000 for the killing OF Us
daughter by street car on the evening\t
the lst. Judge John I. Harcourt will az
as counsel.
The track of the Mexican National road
was, on the 9th of May, completed 1856 kilo-
metres ont from Laredo, or 400 kilometres
from Corpus Christi. Terrapan, stu
ated 24kilometres from Monterey, Is being
rapidly approached. 1t is expected that
Naladama will be reached by the first OF
June, and Monterey early in September.
BY October the company expect to have
$50 kilometres of track completed, GU kilo-
metres of which will be in Mexico.
Cotton receipts to-day SSS bales. Spot
cotton unchanged. Sales $50 bales. Ep-
lures opened steady and closed lower.
Sales 100 bales.
The bark Stanto cleared to-day with q
cargo OF LEO bales of cotton.
The United States signal office was re-
moved to-day from the office in the custom
house to new quarters in the recently com
pleted building of the Gulf, Colorado 4
Santa Fe railway company, corner Bath
avenue and the Strand.