The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-11

ibis county, since last October The county
has pald hOildlal accounts amounting ~
Alm7, For feedlne and care ~ prisoners
IN the county jail ,tO,Dii ana cofonefs' ives,
Tbe officers Of tho United States court
are nnxiOusly awaiting the appointment
OF Judge and district attorney, as Without
them there Is virtually no business dong.
GALVESTON, Oct. OIL Press l-Two sailors
belonging 10 the schooner Jennie Woon, ~
quarters here, and recently from Vera
Cruz via Ship Island, escaped TO mainland
and are probably now on their way 10
New Orleans. Officers are In pursuit: The
health authorities think there Is no danger
Of injection, but are anxious ~ make an
exam ole of them.
Charles Brockway of O,wego, New York,
we'll known in sporting circles, has
made definite proposition TO
organize d professional regatta here dur.
So 600 is raised. He guarantees the appear
ance of Hanlan, Hosmer, Teemer, Teneyck,
Ross. Riley, Lee and one unknown.
About the latter part of this month an
other North German Lloyd steamer
will leave Bremen for Calves
ton with 800 German immigrants
for Texas. third steamer with rs many
more Is eXDeC,6u W euit III
subject of establishing an I'M Z a."
police ard immigrants home here Is uLder
discussion. 1t Is freely charged that ex.
tortiop was practiced upon some OF
the last shir load that arrived, ard 1t IS pro-
nosed TO effect some arrangement by which
The new commission can be protected IN
future.
FORT WORTH.
Fort WORTH, Oct. 5.-[Speclal.l- The
tapping of the Santa Fe wire near Cleburne
is con firmed by the statements OF officers
in the employ of the Santa Fe. but Mr.
Murray and the local agents are endeavor-
ING TO suppress publication of the news in
regard to it, fearing that such publication
will lessen the chances OF the detection OF
the guilty one.
Charles Hearne, cotton buyer here,
attacked Sam Evans with slx-shooter,
hitting MIN over tn. head and lnticting
serious wound. Evans went off and pro.
cnred shotgun, with which he returned
to the courthouse with the intention OF
killing Hearne, but his gun
was taken from him. Evans
was at one time in the state senate.
HearDe gave bond.
Ed Bergin. charged with henous crime
was released to-day. Edwards the 6oy III
the case naVlnS ieiI any 60no vi
Bergin will be again indicted on Monday
Shortly after 8 o'clock tonight Mrs. Wal,
ter WITTY. living near the jail, overheard
two men in the back yard talking about
Getting in to secure Lee Walker, the muir
derer, from Hood county, in jail for pro-
| lection from the exasperated citizens OF
Granbury. One Of the, men was Try
ing 10 tear down the telephone, "n nee
poisoned meat to the dogs in the yard OF
the Jail. Mrs. Witty gave the alarm. when
a force of officers occupied The jail, and
will guard 1t all night. The
officers say, in their opinion, a mop
is waiting near the city, who has the IN
tention of securing Walker, and hanging
Womack, the man who killed Frisbie, at
| Sunset vest erday, is known to be in TINS
county, and officers are in search OF
The Tarrant County Medical society at a
meeting tonight discussed quacks and
abortioniss, and determined to go before
the grand jury Monday, and have indicted
every man who calls himself a physician
hut has no authority to practice. Inc regu'
lar physicians meet daily cases where abor-
ton has been practiced. and say the prac'
tice prevails here to most alarming de-
FORT WORTH, Oct. Especial l-Th
committee of experts who examined the
ne opera. house pronounce 1t safe:
Captain O'Neal, oil Hogsett, Greene q
O'Neal, prnmlnept lawyers, was attacked
Nv negro tonight while looking for a
horse for his wife, and badly beaten.
Word reaches the city tonight that Q
man named Williams shot and instantly
killed farmer near sunset, IN WISE
county, while he was at work IN the ncid'
Williams says the man misrepresented MN
to his sweetheart.
Considerable excitement prevailed to-day
among the leading cattle men here over the
reception of the news that late on sun
day night the lie riders, on the ranches, or
the Keech, in Jack county, ha'
discovered nesters ct work cuttin <
fences, who fired on them
MORALLY wounding two and severe
woundng another. A prominent pny 81
clan of this city has been sent TO take care
tho wounded. Prominent cattle men, like
Colonel W. G. Young, president OF TN
Llano Cattle company, says the cattle mel
will protect their property with powder ant
lead as the state gives them M
,protection. Fence cutting continues II
This and adjoining COUNTIES, and the situa
ton grows worse. The nesters are organ
lied and determined, and the cattle compa
nj, 9 and large owners are employing many
man and arming them 10 resist the nesters
kpiyipg peremptory orders TO ehoot tnen
Siown when caught cutting fences.
Denntv United States mar
shals and the officers %
the Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe are tryini
10 discover and arrest the employees OF tn
Western Union Telegraph company, 10
tanning their line from Cleburne to Dalla
on Tuesday night. Important messages
were passing over the wire from oscar u
Murray aud J. H, Crowley in Galveston Z
officers and attorneys Of the road In Dallas
In regard 10 apending The Injunction sskeS
by the Western Union to restrain the SAINT
Re from using the hastily CONSTRUCTED
wire. The Western Union gave orders ano
sent experts to tap the wire
who selected point nve mnei
from Cleburne, where they cut the wire ano
inserted brass "cut in, from wnlcn tne,
ran a fine wire to a small timber near by
whe,e the instrument was placed and thu
hnsiness and messages Of the Santa III
made known to the Western Union
Colonel Morgan Jones, just back IRON
Galveston. says the Santa Fe consider
this action felonious and punishable D,
lconfinement in the penitentiary. III y
Thought the operator is known and VII
be arrested. Your correspondent has \
from good authority shat should Jay Goult
enter the state a warrant for the onens
would be served on him.
PLANO.
PLANO. Oct. 5.-lspecial.l-Andrev Far
rell. while feeding q gin stand, at More
mems gin this morning, bad all the hngtr
on the right hand sawed of. He wa
nroperly attended 10 BY a doctor:
Last night, at $50, II. I. Mcvanon, agen