The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-30

urilns committed In Miss lsglppl, To escape
while en- route under guard 10 this city. II,
made al effort TO Jump through u car win
dow The officers left with him TO fol
Mississippi to-day.
GALVESTON, March 23,-The mombors o.
the Cotton exchange have organized glot
club.
Chest. Swain, q discharged waiter, was mr.
rested to-day, charged with embezzlemont
His case was continued until tomorrow af-
ternoon. Swain was identified by the teller
at the savings bank as the party who had
drawn q balance due the account Of Henry
Decker. another negro, upon the presenta-
ton Of Decker's bankbook, winch he had
stolen.
The bark Sperioia arrived to-day, with.a
cargo of 1888 steel rails for the Galveston,
Harrisburg Il San Antonio railroad.
Cotton receipts 900 bales.
j, Allison, Of Fort Worth, is here.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Campbell Il Clough VS. Afford. Transfer.
red to Austin.
Rodgers VS. Bradford; from Victoria
Winslow VS. Winston ct ais; from Bro.
zoria comfy. Report the commissioners of
appeals adopted. Reversed remanded.
Gallagher VS. the heirs of r. w. Bennett,
from Harris county. Same order.
Texas e New Orleans railroad VS.
Suffer- from Harris county. Same order
Wilborn VS. Odd Fellows building exchange
OF Texas; from Harris county. Opinion
of commissions of adopted. affirmed.
Russell VS.. King; from Orange county.
Same order.
Indianola railroad company vs.. Fryen ;
from Calhoun county. Dismissed.
Greenleve Block & Co. ct al. vs.. L, & II.
Blum; from Milan county. Motion for
rehearing submitted.
Cornish VS.. Cornish. Motion to substi-
tute granted. Cause submitted.
Court will adjourn Friday.
GALVESTON, March pa jury was sum-
moned this morning to attend the post
mortem examination of the male child,
found buried near a house at the east end Of
the city, at which the following facts were
developed: Sophia Grace, a colored
child between u and | O'Clock
last night. The mother of the girl testified
that the child was dead at birth and she
buried it to shield her daughter from dis
grace. DR.. Mckenzie, Johnson county
physician, testified that to the best Of his
knowledge and belief, after having exam
med the body, th9,roughhly, that hat
jury returned verdict in accordance
with the above facts, and an indictment
was sworn out against Josie Grace the girls
mother, charging her with infanticide.
A party of seven will leave next Wednes-
day, via Key West and Havana for Vene-
zuela, where they will engage in mining
pursuits.
Cotton receipts, 1,162 bales.
j. e. Fisher, auditor OF the San Antonio
road, paid duties amounting to $25,OCO to-
day on railway iron for that road.
Supreme court adjourned to-day, having
acted upon 14S cases. Seventy-three were
affirmed; fifty-seven reversed, and eighteen
dismissed also III motions.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
The following decisions were rendered by
the supreme court to- day:
Miller VS.. heirs of Menke; from Austin
county. Motion tor rehearing overruled.
Greenleve, Block & Co. ct ais. VS.. Leon e.
H. Blum; from Milan county, Motion for
rehearing granted. Judgment set aside.
Cause continued.
Scott VS.. Cunningham ct al. Motion for
rehearing granted: Judgment set aside.
Cause retransferred to Tyler.
Spencer VS.. Galveston county; from Gal
weston county. Judgment affirmed.
Cornish VS.. Cornish; from Freestone
county. Judgment affirmed.
Coleman vs. Thurmond; from Victoria
county. Judgment reversed and rendered.
Ball, Hutchings & Co. VS., Carrie G. Low
ell; from Galveston county. Judgment re-
versed and reformed.
vesten county. Motion for rehearing taken
under advisement, Transferred to Austin.
Kirk VS. Houston Direct Navigation
Company, from Harris county. Motion to
substitute lost paper overruled. Cause con.
timed to correct service.
McMahon VS. Louisiana Western railroad
company; from Orange county. Motion
tor rehearing, overruled...
Galveston, Harrisburg IL San Antonio
railway company VS.. Joseph Tempe; from
Colorado county. Motion for rehearing
Hctic vs. Kaufman Runse; from Rhsk
county. Retransferred to Tyler county.
Isle VS.. Woods d. Co., from Newton
county. Dismissed for want of prosecution
in failing to file brief.
Booth VS.. Strippeman. Motion for re-
hearing granted. Judgment heretofore rem
dered set aside and cause continued.
Schwarz VS.. VanMechten. Motion to set
aside submission dismissed in accordance
with agreement.
Watson vs. Minis; from Freestone coun-
ty. Judgment reversed and cause re-
manded.
Franklin VS.. Freeman; from Galveston
Ordered transferred to Austin.
Court adjourned until next regular term
of court