The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-09-20

second base. which inside q double play
and saved . run. Not ball passed MN
Fisher saved the game for Dallas by max
ing q magnificent lefs.baDder catch OF
field ball. The Houston club did we j. bul
neither their pitcher or catcher we're per
feet. The score was: Dallas, two In the
second aud two In the sixth innings; HQns'
ton. one In the sixth. Reagan. OF Calves.
ton, was the umpire. The Dallas nine are
delighted at the treatment received here
a. d speak OF IL rs being In great contrast
to Galveston's hospitality. Manager Ho-
gan expresses himself as being ready to put
uB So, go 10 ST. 500. or $1,000 to $3.50 that
they can beat the Galveston club two out
OF three, but says the game must be on neu-
tral grounds. The arrangements for going
to Austin are not yet completed. They
play here again tomorrow.
LONGvIEw.
LoNevIEw, Sept. 1S.--[Special. l-Our
more calm and cautious citizens greatly
regret the upjustiiable proportions to
which the scare about negro rising" has
grown, indeed, out of all reason, as an
event Of last night clearly proved. A deli
cate woman, whose fears and imagination
cal condition, ran through the streets
with her children, tA the house OF q
neighbor. He hurried down town
reporting the story that a negro had
warned her, from friendship for the family,
that the town was TO be raided at night and
as she lived on the outskirts she had better
move into place Of fsafety. The freedman
positively denies having made any such
statement, and indeed when u deputy
sheriff went to his house he was asleep in
bed. The alarm spread quickly and in
N
men were rushing In the direction
of the house, only to return in few min
utes wesried and ch0ptallen- AS well as in-
vestgation in the excited state of the pub
lie mind will allow, most Of the reports that
have frightened the whites came from west
of Longview in the Glenwood region, from
the south side OF Freedman's Right, twelve
miles north, and from the edge of Harrison
county. three miles east. The country peo.
excitement, and not one can tell
the cause for 1t, except that some one said
thus, etc, etc.
There were negro midnight meetings
held, probably, lat which wild speeches were
made, these lost nothing by repetition, and
many alarming reports came from Harri-
son county, and some ut the prudent peO-
pie of Longview deemed 1t best to be pre-
pared tor an emergency, and II Was desired
special deputy sheriffs appointed for nigh.
watching. A public meeting was in
oppOrtunely held aud The very indefnit-
ness of the rumOrs reported Iherea5 in
creased the general uneasiness. The prOpo-
si:iOns became known, anu this caused the
fight, Il is said, of some of the suspected
darkeys, but the excitement grew with it
all and when, yesterday, seemingly sober
minded and conservative citizens came in
t.>u MN IN st, pnlu thpFuaolvnu with am m n nj
tion, there was an increase of the excite
ment, that we all hope will die as apeediiy
as IL began. The sh' riff has gone out to
settlement where one Of the obnoxious
negro companies. was reported to be or
ganized and drilling nightly. If there Is
anything more in this than mere rumor,
he will report when he returns. The negroes
are greatly alarmed and those of character
and standing have offered their services In
the interest of law and order, and while &C.
knowledging in some instances that
there is an organization among the young
negroes. of the purposes OF which they are
ignorant, they claim to be able to and some
give assurances that they Will break it up.
OF course all of this disturbed condition
of affairs Injuries business. But little
cotton is brought in and very little business
of any other kind done than Is connected
with arms and ammunition.
MrXIA.
MExIA, Sept. 18.-[Special.] Local op-
ton was defeated in the county at the elec-
tion Saturday, by about $50 majority.
The opening of the public schools here is
still delayed, on account of desks. The
desks ordered more than thirty days ago
have not yet arrived. II they do not arrive
in a few days, the council will rent chairs
and have school opened without them. The
private schools are in operation and have
good attendance.
The last of the eight new brick buildings
erected this summer. will be ready for oc-
cupancy in a few days.
Corn is selling at from 45 to 80 cents per
bushel, and is In fsir demand.
No rain here yet. Many cisterns have
given out, and water is very scarce.
Lste last night two negroes Abe Cleve-
land and Harry ConOly, had fight In
about game OF cards.
Cleveland cut Conoly in several places
seriously. If not fatally.
At Cedar Island, in this county, about
eight miles from here. Joe Barber shot Joe
Lee Wood this morning twice with q shot
gun. One of the shots took effect In the
right lung Wood Is breathing through this
shot hole. The surgeon tbiuks he is fatally
An old ieud of long standing Ia
al The bottom vi the fuss. Barber came ia
and gave himself up. HIS bond was b xed
at S2.5OO, which he promptly gave, and he
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