The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-08
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Dick JeiIries, former brakeman on the
Missouri Pacific, was found dead ieCently,
on the track at Kansas City.
Theodore Widdmabion, in the employ OF
brewers at Lancasters, Pa, fell through a
hatchway recently and broke his neck
A badly decomposed corpse halt eaten by
rats, was found in the loft Of Major Ovens
stable couple ofdays ago, at st. Joe Mis-
souri,.
The governor of California declared yes
terday legal holiday for the purpose OF
permitting all persons to protest against
Chinese immigration.
A German named Schmidt, at Hannibal
Mo. the other night committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head. Fam
lily trouble was the cause.
At Des Moines, Iowa, few days ago, n
man named Schueller was examining l re-
volver, and thinking it not loaded, pulled
the trigger, the ball entering his brain
AT Kansas City day or two ago, man
in the hospital attempted to take his life,
but did not succeed. He was recently from
Denver, and gave as his reason that he was
tird of hospital life.
The state republican executive COM
mittee of Tennessee, met in Nashville
Thursday, and all agreed that prospects
were fine for u sweeping republican victory
III November in that state.
Henry Stickweyet, German, living near
Lincoln, Nebraska, in attempting to get on
II loaded wagon in that city Saturday eve
ming, fell under the wheels, was run over
and killed.
During high wind at st. Joe, Missouri,
recently, n man named Hill, was blown
from the top of crib, and in falling was
struck by piece of lumber. His case is
doubtful
na s@e aa%ssaey y hSs9 gSSsa the
ton by vote of 80 to IL, u gain of five
votes oven two years ago. The house will
adopt it by a two-thirds majority.
A little four year-old son of Mrs. Stewart,
| living five miles west of Lebanon, Missouri,
got hold ola shotgun lying on the bed
Saturday, when the piece was accidentally
discharged and the little fellow was in.
| stantly killed,
John q. Wing & John Fink, law firm OF
| Davenport Iowa, were arrested III that city
Saturday night charged with Subornation
| of perjury. A man in Jail named Belum
having been held for perjury, he made u
confession, duplicating the above parties,
whereupon they were arrested,
| At Peoria, Illinois, lat, a large meeting of
citizens the other evening it was decided to
petition the city council to submit to a vote
of the people Mt the next election the ques-
| ton of increasing saloon license from $l0O
to $3.50 Several saloon keepers were pros,
ent and voted for the proposition.
The west bound passenger on the hlt.
more 4 Ohio road at Parkersburg, West
Virginia. on the ID ran off just at the edge
of the town. The engineer and brakeman
were killed. The whole train but the
| sleeper was thrown of, The engine fell into
store, and store and train were burned,
with the exception of the sleeper.
\ colony of Canadians have effected the
! purchase of several hundred acres OF and
near Melville, Butter county, Mo-, ana are
erecting one of the largest and finest steam
saw mills in the southwest, The mill will
be owned by joint stock company, the
capital stock of which is said to he $780,
100 The colony will also engage in Other
manufactures.
W. II. Holly, OF Atchison, Kansas, was
awarded $1,000 Thursday in the district
court, as damages against the Central
Branch road Tor injuries sustained while
|
has excited much attention, as medical and
legal experts were employed. DIR. jackson,
of the Mopac hospital, was on the stand,
being severely handled by the attorneys,
On Tuesday the help in the card room al
the MonadoCk blanket mills, at Marlboro
New Hampshire, was taken suddenly vom.
iting, \ new set of hands was put in and
they were taken in the same way. Wcdnes.
day nearly all were out sick, and at noon %
many were Ill that the mills had to shut
down. What is the cause of the sickness Is
a mystery, but probably something in the
rags,
Some two years ago two strangers moved
into Essex county, Missouri, and went to
larmin one Of them having about $500 on
his person. Soon after he disappeared, but
his partner satisfactorily explained, The
latter made crop and moved away, aud
the other day those in tho vicinity aug M
the body of the missing man, buried on the
farm. His murderers whereabouts are no,
known now
News has reached New Orleans that on
Thursday, at Hard Times Landing, In Ten.
sas parish, at a camp Of penitentiary con.
victs working on the levees, under the d.
rection of Captain Bradford, q number oil
the convicts attempted to escape by u STAN.
pede, when they were fired on by the
guard, one being killed, name not known
and one, named Charles Ferrari, badly
wounded. Several escaped and are still at
large.
Nathan u. Marshall, who for the past two
years has been engaged In the produce bus
mess on Dock street, Philadelphia, Penn
sylvanin, committed suicide by cutting hi.
throat Thursday morning, nj his residence
No. 4S3 Broadway, Camden, The affair wa,
caused by worriment, superinduced by Tn,
recent failure Of his most intimate friend
Horace Ilammcl. another Do,k stree
merchant, 10 whom he had loaned abou
| 5000.