The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-05
C0RSICANA CULLINGS.
A METHODIST MINISTER MoBsgD
Il Broad Gauge Newsboy on Narrow
Gauge Grain Swindlss the Yerdant
Fraveier--A Batch of Inter
eating Local Breyltics.

CoRsrcAHA, Dec. A. Special. Mos
srs. Preston over and A. j. Meazell, OF
Kerons, were in the city to-day attend
irg court
Az an official meeting last night Of the
trustees, the interest on the notes
against The Decatur street Methodist
Episcopal church Was ordered paid.
Capt Barrett, Cur city marshal, ia do
ing some good service on our streets.
Ihe case OF Slmpkins, Simpkins and
NebietC vs.. Mrs. Sarah Stobrush,
sarniShee, in the district court, was Dis
mlsseG to-day.
IN the county court the following
cases. I. W. Marrows vs, A. q. kim an
al; john johnson vs.. Ii. G. Dixon, and
IS. b.. Mdlear vs.. Reid aud Robertson,
Mere continued by consent.
EA-SherH Dunn viii Er west Ia cuse
be can dispose OF his lana interests here.
The captain has three or fUur huo
,ains IN tnIs county, and large, we'll
stocked cattle ranch, some forty miles
northwest OF Colorado CITY. Captain
Dunn has been q very popular Official,
making hosts OF tlien0H who regret 70
have mn, leave.
Dr. Ferguson, Free Methodist minis
ter, was most shamuiully Huu out-
rageously treated in the hands OF u bru-
tai mob AZ Hubbard CITY last Moudyy
might, all coming from httlo iHully
ollGCulty. The doctor was taken Uut bV
a inub and given l5U lashes, PIT GA his
horse ana ordered 70 leave tho country.
! Ills back was literally cut tu u.cg.s, ava
lac was otherwise bruised &ad anal,
| trcried.
While Mr.. Embry was boring q we'll
on DE-. Mills farm, about three miles
| from town, he passed through uMa-
/ lach vein of stone coal ut tOo dCptb az
ninety feet.
! rhc case OF X. l.. Holloway vs.. W. l..
1 Waite for 5000 damages, flied some GSe
J years ago, WAS thrown out of court yos-
! terday ON account of the plaintiffs ma
| bility TO make the cost bond. Tho
/ grounds for damages were seduction,
/ Holloway claiming that MIR. White had
duccd his maid servant. The whole
affair, as related to your correspondent,
/ bears thei image of blackmgil. Jus, pre-
vious TO the filing of the suit, Mr. White
/ had received $3.50 from the Missouri,
/ KaH,as Il Texas railroad, for inuri g
sustained by an accident CA that road.
! MIR. Holloway, vino entertained Do more
than ordinar" brutherly love for Mr..
/ White, Thought this would be o good
| time to tap him for Il li,lle cash, hence
meets the approval Of all good people.
-Four families, comprising llirty iudi.
| v,Guals. more or less, from Tennessee,
/ tirkotc6 for NaXahuchiU aud Gaines
. vile, came in to-day ON the Texts Il So.
/ Louis aud laid over Tor Tile evening
pprth-hmnd Central train. While hero
/ thcy related q little story TO your tlr-
respondent how they had been awiGJlel
on the train coming down FROM T,N1r
| Kama this morning. Just before
/ the train reached Trinity river,
| ahont twenty-five miles cast Of here,
the news agept ON the train passed
around, telling them that they were ap-
| proachiug q long bridge that would cost
! them 80 cents each extra TO cross, that
/ he had made arraug eulouts with the rail-
! road company 20 sell prize packages 40
80 cents each, that contained u bridge
| ticket and many other valuable articles,
I almost Indispensable 60 person going
west. They bit and the news boy IaGod
IN tho sheckles.