The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-12

| DALLAS, April O.-In6 alr Is 1ull Oh
election contest talk. In addition to
the Spellman-Greenlaw aldermanic
contest from the second ward of Dali
las, the defeated side in her little sis
ter-EaSt DallaS-declare that the
whole election in that town shall be
nullifed. That the polls. instead of
opening at a. M, did not open till
after 10 o'clock, owing to the judges
appointed to hold the election fail
ing to appear, which necessitated Il
called session of the city council at
the polls to appoint new election man
ayers. This delay is alleged to have
caused many citizens at the polls
early to go away without voting. 1t
is also charged that liquor was openly
drank in the room in which the votes
were counted, but not to excess nor
by any of the election managers. The
question of occupation tax or no oc-
cupation tax, the adherents of the
latter policy being defeated, is at the
bottom of the business. No formal
contest steps have yet been taken, but
from all appearances they will be,
and if the election should be nullified
it is safe to predict that the ultimate
result will be that East Dallas will
apply to be annexed to Dallas.
A. J. Dodson, one of the alleged
train robbers of the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe, had a hearing before
United States Commissioner McCor-
mick to-day and was discharged. as
the government did not produce suffi-
cient evidence to convict him. He
was re-arrested at once and taken to
Waco as an attached witness in the
cases against the other alleged Blum
station robbers to be tried there at the
term of the United States court now
in session. 1t is generally understood
that the government has been lenient
with Dodson's prosecution in order to
use him as witness against the bal
ance of the gang.
j. A. Chickering, the piano manu-
facturer of Boston, is in the city ac-
companied by his wife. They are
making tour of the state.
The annual state Sunday school
convention has been called to assem-
BILE in Fort Worth on June %. Dele
gates to the International convention
are to be chosen.
Sheriff Smith left for Austin to-
night with Charles Imbert, to be
placed in the lunatic asylum. This
patient has been twice discharged
from that institution within a year
us cured. If the asylum has the room,
Sheriff Smith on his return will con-
vey two more patients, Kyle and
Glenn, thereto.
John p. Thompson, one of the most
respected young men of the city, for
merly of Trenton, Tennessee, but for
sometime clerk in the store of Huey
81 Philip, died at 10 o'clock this morn
ing from an overdose of morphine.
No one was present when the drug
was taken, and whether it was taken
trough mistake or with suicidal in
tent is a mystery, as the young man
was dying before his condition was
discovered.
PALESTINE, April GA meeting of
the stockholders of the Trinity and
Sabine railroad elected as directors,
r. S. Hayes, II. NJ. HOxie, Ira ii.
Evans, ID. 5. II. Smith, Allen Mccoy,
Z. j. Gooch and Russell Harding.
The directors chose Hayes president,
Hoxie vice-president, Smith secretary
and treasurer. The stockholders con-
firmed the sale of the road and fran
chises to the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railroad company, which will
operate it hereafter.
FORT WORTH. April GA furore
of excitement was created about noon
to-day by an encounter between M.
b. Davis and ]. H. Seldom. Davis,
learning that Seldom was having a
statement published in the Democrat
accusing Mrs. Seldom of adultery with
several men in Michigan and Texas,
sought out Seldom, demanded retrac-
ticn, and shot him in the face. Going
into his room in the Mansion hotel,
Davis locked the door and again de-
manded recantation, but receiving no
affirmative reply, attacked Seldom,
and, seiZing heavy cavalry boot, beat
him on the head and face severely,
breaking his nose and infiicting other
serious wounds. Davis was arrested
for aggravated assault, but gave bond.
Mrs. Seldom will sue for a divorce
from her husband.
Robert Galloway dropped dead with
heart disease at one o'clock this
morning.
TAYLOR, April 6.-The municipal
election here passed off quietly. No