The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-09
Iexarkana: The Coyle Brothers, tho
Murderers Of John Westry, Col.
ored on Trial-Accident
10 a Brakeman.
Austin: Land Agents, Dreading the Leg.
islature, are Making All Haste With
Their Papers.-property Found.
Fort Worth: A Lady Assaulted and
Choked by Ruilian Dots from
Marshall.
waco; Railroad Collision on the
Missouri Pacific.
San Antonio: A Supposed Fatal Shoo.-.
Ing ARRAY.
Kansas city: Frank James Reported
Very Ill.
Other Interesting News by Specials.
Other Interesting News by Specials.


Galveston
GALVESTON, Dec, S,--( Special. l-Spot cot.
ton closed firm yesterday. This mornings
prices were unchanged ordinary $; COOL
ordinary, .; low middling, Or middling
10 lis; good middling, l0s; the market clos.
ing firm, Sales, ,375; receipts, 4, ,792 bales.
Exports to Liverpool, 1923 bales; New Or.
leans, 01d Futures opened barely steady
IN tone and from TO 0 points lower
than last closing, The market closed easy
at the following quotations; January, 0g4
to0M February, o "a TO o A6 March, 1908
to 10 %; April, 10 II to 10 10; Nav.
10 q to 10 25 June, 10 "a to 10 80; Decem.
ber, 9.sS TO 900, Sales, 100 bales, distri-
buted as follows; January, 100 bales, At
0S5i 100 at 9Sl, and l00.at . So; February,
800 bales, AT 009 300 at 0 07; 100 at 99G.
March, 100 bales at 10 TO 1907 100 at
10 %; May, 100 bales at 10 26, and 200
at 10 %; June, 100 bales at 10 80, December.
100 bales at 9SS.
This morning, about 1850 o'clock, a fire
was discovered in cotton stored on the
sidewalk on Twenty ninth street, near tho
Shippers press, and before the flames were
extinguished 10 bales were consumed. The
cotton belonged to Haebner 4 Neil and
was fully insured. Other cotton was
greatly damaged by the flames, but by
prompt action by the fire department Il
was saved.
The lire on the British steamship Arden.
carrah has caused considerable comment
as no cause can be assigned for its origin.
AT the time of the fire, Wednesday
night, $500 bales were on board
500 OF which were in the forward
hold. When the flames broke oat alresb
yesterday evening the forehoId was flooded
and the steamer now lies with her head
well down in the water, The Ardancarrah
is so constructed that her engines are In
water'tight compartment; thus separating
the holds, fore and aft, which prevented tho
cotton in the after hold beins damaged. The
fire being entirely extinguished, the work
Of getting out the damaged cotton is pro-
crossing rapidly. The cotton was insured
as follows: 500 bales, shipped by Ranger
Il Co., in the Thames & Mersey insnr.
ance company of Liverpool, for
$50, 600; 600 bales, shipped by ].
~. Maximus, in the North American
insurance company, Philadelphia, for
$4,000; 70 bales, shipped by George
Hartley a. Bro, In the North American
Insurance company, and 200 bales by the
same firm in the Union Marine Insurance
company of England, and $50 bales shipped
bo Strauss Il Co. In the British & Foreign
Insurance company, of England. The re-.
mainder is insured in England. The total
amount Of policies held will exceed $3.50 900.
There are over 40 vessels cleared or sailed
for Galveston from foreign and domestic
shores.
Weather cold and clear.