The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-05

on ,I,e morning N November 10Th, W. n
FfOei0wii, frar the ffelnlil yards ~ tlI'
GALVESTON. Houston a Henderson Iinilfoa1,
vas discovered The dcnd body nf n white
woman, clad Nv u single tlilh garment Ihe
Inquest developed tbe fact That
tho deceased, Mrs. Mary Madden, wo-
man Of Incorporate habits aud wcll-knOwn
IN the city, went into thc negro !netuelnent
In FrOgiOwn, OIL the l4tl OF November,
1879, while drunk, whore she was set. upon
by several women taken 10 yacant house.
terribly beaten with sticks and clubs by
two negresscs, Nancy Holmes and fleas;
Hydnor, and nnmeless outrage pcrpetrnted
on her. The body was disntcrred and sec
ond inquest was held and the post-mortcm
examination resulted In q verdict OF = death
from violence, Mt the hands OF parties UNI
known" November "a anindictmcnt was
presented, charging Nancy Holmes ana
Pleas. Sysnor with murder. THURSDAY,
December 8, 1872 Nancy Holmes was put
on trial in the Criminal District Court:
The details Of the trial were OF
repulsivo character. The prls-
oner evinced no concern Whatever
during the trial, and when the jury rem.
dered verdict of murder in the. hrst de-
gree, punishment assessed at imprisonment
In the pententiary for life, she moved not u
muscle Of her countennnce. m
The Galveston News atthe time said' Inc
case in all its features was the most outra,
geous disclosed by the records OF
Texas, one for which no. punishment is
within the scspc ofhuman power.
The German steamship India arrived
this morning from Middlesborough, Eng
land, with l0,0Oi bars Of railroad iron.
Lawrence Barrett's rendition OF the char
acter "Cassius," in the play OF julius
Cesar, is pronounced by competent critics
beyond criticism.
GALVESTON, December 31.--Future con-
tracts sold in the Galveston marke t, De
ceinber Is to December 80, officially re-
ported to Secretary Mills, of the Cotton
Exchange, amount TO 5000 bales.
Total duties paid Galveston Custom-housc
for the year 1881 amount to 81, T99, os3ai,
being an increase OF $3.50, SU9'So over loov.
Total number of vessels entering TINS
port from foreign ports, 372; capacity, l9o,-
965 tons; from domestic ports, 4IS.
There have been 765 interments during
tie year 1881. o,o
Receipts Of cotton so far this season 3lG,-
3OS; this time last season 49,, 1853 bales.
Mrs. Sage Mccall, of Chicago, at present
visiting this city, gives dramatic
reading, Pilots Opera House, Houston
Monday evening. :.
Hon. t. M. Healy, member of Parlia-
ment for county Wexford, Ireland, who
lectures at Artillery Hall Monday evening,
arrived this morning and was met at tho
depot by. Mcssrs. Mc1perry, Mulcahy,
Barry and Devilin of the Land League,
and escorted to the fremont.
On completion of the track of the New
York, Texas 4 Mexican to Wharton last
Thursday, the principal citizens OF the
place gave Count Telfener, his engineers
and men, grand barbecue; Tho Count
has lett for Europe, to be absent two or
three months. Work OH the line, however,
will not be delayed, but pushed forward
vigorously under the direction OF General
Superintendent c. l.. Leslie.
The Mexican National Railway Company
track is now twenty miles west OF Laredo.
Tho company are laying it toward Aontery
at the rate of milo day. Large auanti-
ties of material are going to the front;
Much kind feeling and pleasure is exhibited
on the part of the Mexican people. g.
Clinton Gardiner, General Manager of the
is giving his personal attention to
the extension from Laredo.
On Monday through regular passenger
trains will begin running on the Gulf, Col.
orado & Santa Fe, between this city and
Fort Worth.
Onto an excitement was created at mid
night by the United States revenue cutter
Louis McLane ringing in New, Year.
which was mistaken for an alarm Of fire.