The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-16

na,,.six PNfeScs, way taken up, when
IN an. us oi,ered an amendment, substituting
Surred IN the bill, pending Vl.,sh. npon
nouon, the bill was made sp,cial order
lor III a. ~. tomorrow. "s'
rryinler, Tor the tree conference commit.
zee appointed to confer with the senate
eoulinittee IN regard to the differences ha.
tween the two houses on the asylum MY
reported that the committee decided ON ncl
less tnah iuO and not more than S0OO agrees
~ Ts site Tor the erection of the buildinv
ny Somnnttee report was adopted.
Iaoalts Oil providing for the surrender
v, waa .uarters OF Incorporated cities and towns,
s,ss ss Pul upon It's third reading. when Arm.
s,;,',, HSu aiSSn'caiiy offered the following sub.
utled an act to provide for The nrotec,;on
OF the bond-holders of insolyent incornora'
teu cities and towns and to anthor;,a ,ha
SPECIFY collection Of fraudulent claims
aEa.nsl s, the SAID cities and towns by con.
ss.'tuuhg the commissioners court of
,ne counties wherein said cities and towns
are situated, The administrators Of ths
estates OF said cities and towns with plarsrv sr
powers 70 plunder said estates. and to enact
sucn ordinances and levy such taxes as viii
secure that object" 10 "'''
Ater the reading of the amendment Arm.
s..au saiu that ne thought il would be the
sarplopila.e caption for the provisions con.
u ada'a, ~ we OH, and conterded,that the
Srapd SplUn ona y. 'ne ti,l would open the door for
h;li d1' & auu c9rrupuon, and argued that the
throushout the state. va" Twins
Laoatt SAID that nothing but good wopIa
voIne OF the bill, and that by lis adon,inn
annually. "o"'u save szVV'ooV
satn niii offered an amendment that fonr.
Iltns OF the commissioners shall reS;da
wllhln the city. Adopted. ''''''
Gavin moved to strike out tho e,octir,
SSiause, S ana said he thought there was 8
oIS Iiiuer tne CHIP yet unseen.
nisner osnd Gontended that the bill was good
one ana should be supported. h'o"
0IaSehs sad that the bill proposed to
Uo.,sV'a.e u'an, hmt the city and county govern.
ni;ahn,d ~. !nat nothing would be accom-
st;il n'r% rom oy ~. a dual government would
roster, OF Grayson, moved To strire o,,
section 10 OF the bill. Adopted. '"'
| Frank offered an Amendment ,,o,,,,,.
that the bill shall not apply to any oitv or
Adopted. ''''0' '''i"o''an's'
Inc oiil passed the house by vote of 80
| ayes to 30 noes. VI "
Armistead, nom the committee on consti.
tuuonai amendments, reported the hiil
asking ior prohibition favorablv. with y
majority ana minority report Seven oi
tne commlttee were in favor of prohibition,
two against and five absent,
ADJOURNED till $3.50 tomorrow.
ma CAPITAL cuRoNICLINos.
The comptroller paid into tbe ,roo,,rr,
day from the sale OF the public doma;n s7s ~
oW,and $4,000 from collectors. The rer s;n, S,y,
from rom the sale of school lands were Sl0 06o
me state convention of the Temperance
people VIII be held early in April for thor.
oeugh organization, and to decide unon n
llnc OF action Tor the future, in the event oi
SUBMISSION or non.submission of the nro.
hioltory amendment to the constitution
NEWS was received here to-day that Mon.
roe, station agent at Webb station On the
international &sGreat Northern railway,
twenty miles south of Laredo, was mur.
usreu. ana robbed last night. On the ar.
| Iivai OF the train there, the conductor. on
etn.er'hs tni Inc station-house, found Monroe
xnR on the lloor in his bedroom,
nu m,th me top OF his head split sopen
ana other ghastly cuts on the back
part. From Indications, the murder was
committed by one man, whose bloody
tracks were traced some distance in Tho III.
rectlon OF Laredo. The railroad comnanv,s
money had been sent to the home office
ana the murderer only got small sum
a watch aud gun. '"'"'
The pententiary commission had M
Quorum this evening and adjourned until
| Tomorrow. "''"
Mrs; Roberts, wife of Brigadler General
AS. Roberts, died to-day.
Fort Worth
| RORr WnpTus Eah
ence Dodd was rearrested to-day on the
charge of embezzlement. lie Is accused of
Stealipg package OF money from The
iexas Express company, and representiny
that u was burned up in lamp explosion
preliminary examination tomorrow.
waiter Smith, United States marshal
Mas NJ ,he Union depot to-day on his way
10 Leadvlile, having in custody Judge and
country. e0 ~ '''"'
IN the county commissioners court TODAY
the levy OF the tax for the wear lss9 was
liked as follows: Ad yalorem. is cents cen " on ro
$lO0 worth ofproperty; court.house 4 csnta
o. $lOOi Jail, 20 cents on 500. ''
1he county Judge was authorized m oor
tract ior jail lot and select the location
10y Judges oil elections were appointed for
The west line of Justices precinct No.
was restored to its former position bolfa
mile from the present limit.
An election was ordered on the petition
pr the stock law, in precinct No. 3, TO he
held on March 81, 1888, ut Whites chanel
and the Eastern school-house.
est Hill. "' 'oi'
Ephraim Gill was arrested today or n
chnrse Oh aggravated assault on woman.
Henry Foust and John Harris nIios
shorty" are the names oftbe bovs wan,eJ
at Longvlew for theft. Sheriff A. a XII.
hngsworth will leave with them in the
morning. 80 '"'
- Inc evidence is all in In the case of Jim
Creswell, charged with the murder of Lem.
uei EDWARDS, and argument of counsel be.
gins in the morning. W.
by means OF forged information. Den.
MY Sherills Tucker and Tomason were in.
duced to arrest Captain Henry, a livery
stable man, tonight, on charge of carry.
ing a sixshooter. on search, the gun
proved TO be wooden. o."
Mr.. Il. V. DeSmeth, of Parker COUNTY
gave an account to-day. of the killing of
Frank Hogan, at Weatherford. and The
arrest Of Merrill Parks, charged with with tbe e
deed. Friends of the parties left here TO- to.
night to see into the affair.
Mr.. q. A. Revner arrived from Waco 10.
DAY, 70 take charge Of the ladies' dress
soods department of Taylor Il Barr.
Mr.. zoe lilly was arrested yesterday be.
cause ne had six-shooter In his pocket.
lie proved that he was en- route To Dallas
and Recorder Field held that under the eir, |
cumstances he needed q weapon, and
therefore dismissed the case.
Fifteen days from to-day delinquents ofl
city taxes will be advertised.
The pump engineer of the Texas Mid. |
land Railroad company has found the bows
had obstfuCted the piDeq nj n Iis,anoa 80