The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-06-07
A Dismissed Deaf Mute Files Complaint
Against the superintendent.
The Crowded Lunatics Have a Set-TO
and One Killed.
Mexicans do HidalgiO County for Sey
eral Thousand Dollars.
Large Herd of Cattle Recovered I,
Their Owners.
Trouble Anticipated in LlanO County
An Old Feud.
Some Other Interesting Capital Notes.

AUSTIN, June 4.-[Special.l-A negro
boy, bathing in the river Sunday, was
drowned.
Two colored patients, confined in the
same room of the lunatic asylum. had a
difficulty at o'clock Saturday morning, in
which Gabe Hendris, from Wilson county,
was killed. Hendris was insane on re-
ligion, excitable and crazy, and
his antics excited his roommate,
who heretofore has been quiet and peace
ably disposed, and he attacked him and in
flicted such an injury with his fist thai he
died Saturday evening. No blame at
taches to the officers, considering the
crowded condition of the asylum. 1t is a
wonder that more affairs of this kind have
not occurred.
The secretary of the Board of Education
is sending out blanks for organizing school
communities. teachers and examiners
blanks.
The comptroller mailed to-day the COL
lector's list of tax sales.
L. T. Rudd, now in Cameron county, re-
ports that store in Hidalgo county was
robbed by Mexicans from Mexico of $1,000
in money and $1,000 worth OF goods. The
robbers escaped.
It has not rained at Rio Grande City for
nine months, and grass and water are
scarce.
Captain Seeker writes from Uvalde
county that the 1877 head of cattle, with
blotched brands, were captured from
thieves by them and have been turned over
the owner, B. F. Buzard. He has fifty
more belonging in Atascoss county. In
few days he will send detachment of
Rangers to Leano county to preserve the
peace. A serious difficulty is anticipated
over an old feud.
The following are the important balances
of the treasury to-day: Available school
fund, $135 985: permanent school fund,
1856, 1878; cash, bonds, 81 OF ,652; permanent
university fund, $35,S34; cash, bonds,
$5O3 1854; Blind asylum land sales,
bonds, SIS, 500; deaf and dumb asylum, S..
954; bonds, $17 500; Agricultural and Me-
chanical college fund bonds, $2O9, 900; the
college has no available fund and has over
drawn So, ,43l sales ofpu bile domain, $40, ,234,
and excess of 1874, ,234 over the amount nee
essary to pay the debt to the university or
dered by the legislature. During the quar-.
ter ending June lst, the treasurer received
$2, ,172 2,351; paid out, ST. $685. l57.
The Lamar Warehouse company Paris,
capital stock, $4,000, filed charter to-day.
The treasurer to-day received $50 600 from
sales ofland.
The university regents W re in session to-
day, but did nothing of Importance.
fommie Stewart, ct the deaf and dumb
asylum and discharged Saturday, has made
formal complaint against Colonel John s.
Ford, superintendent, charging him with
gers will investigate the matter.
The land fraud committee
met to-day and elected the governor and
president. A member ofthe board expresses s
the opinion that at least two million acres
of land will revert to the state as the result
of the investigation.
John Hotfar, who worked in the quarres
here for several months, and
who under pretence, sup
tune left him, borrowed money from diff
ierent persons aggregating $1,000, was
arrested Saturday on charge OF swind-
ling.
Jim Moore, a sporting man, who had a
shooting scrape last month, to-day pleaded
guilty TO assault with intent to kill, and
was fined 81 900 and costs.
Jack Evans, it is said, is at the
bottom of the Marshal trouble in this dis
trict, and has recommended his removal.
and the appointment OF X. Platt, OF this
city.
Colonel Milt Swisser has gone TO Greer
county to locate veteran certificates, and
the opinion fthe land men is they will
hold.
A batch OF indictments, stolen from the
clerks office, have mysteriously reap
peared.
COURT DECISIONS.
The commission of appeals reported to
the supreme court to-day the following
cases TO be affirmed: McNally ct al, VS..
Haynie from Navarro; Cupp VS.. Chanpitt,
from Shackelford; Easily VS.. Motley, from
Dallas; Baily Pond VS.. Tindall and
Wife, from Robertson; Poole VS.. Terrell,
from Bosque.
To be dismissed because settled between
parties: Robertson VS.. McCreary, fron
Robertson.
10 be reversed and remanded Dixon
VS.. Seadek, from Navarro; Harkey VS..
Smith ct al, from johnson; Harris vs..
Coffee, from Hill; McDan VS.. Grove, from
McLennan, Judge Watts dissenting; Jones
VS.. Phillips, from Jack: Taliaferro VS.. Nc
Farland ct al, from johnson; Riggs vs..
Haneych, from Falls, Waco Lodge No. 90
/. o. D. F., vs.. Wheeler, from Mcclellan;
Scott VS.. Lyon, Solomon & Co., ct al. from
Falls; Zuhl ct al, vs.. Wood ct al, from
San Saba; Weibusch ct al, VS.. Taylor
Adams, from Falls.
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