The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-06
MOUND CITY MATTERS.
The Sad Sequel 10 the story Of q Dark
CriLe.
"Fin Fem Up Again" on Langiry.'
White Elephant.
Jots aud Titles VI q facile Poa'

0Is LpNirI alfli
This week about tho only h%appenln. out OF
tue usual liuc WAS too arrival here from
Houston, Texas, Of aeoIsc w. Sieber, the
d~sfauiting treasurer OF 80. Clair county
Illinois. St. Clair county Is directly oppo-
,,ie this city, ard the county seat 10 Belle
VILE, located hhesn miles rom ~, Ions
slebrr had been treasurer OF 81. Clair coun'
" for several years. In February, iaioi ne
csmo over 10 this city on a visit and during
his absence hon Beileyille II WAS discover
I'd that he We. q desaulter 10 the county IN
the sum 0i $4,000. Immediately n war
rant WAS sworn out for HE arrest, and nv
wa captured at California, Missouri, where
Ina ned been followed fIom g. Louis. He
vas found driving n pair u horses altachod
20 a isrm wagon and NJ q tns when hs was
making tracks for the TAR vest. lie Wal
foolish arrangement he wss sdwitted 90
bail In Tie sum OF 81, 900. Whom the case
vas called Tor trial Sisbsr isLlsd to ans wsr.
His bonsamrn made lie sifor. 10 secure M.
capture until susd or their onioid bond
and compelled 10 pay the
.an Of s~ss,oCo which WA
together with cows and interests. Ihis Nv
lie happsDing msds his bondsmsn wrathy,
.nd when thsy found that John bisfsrt, a
dssu,y sheriff Of psllsvills wa going south
they ordsred him " Keep an eye open Tor
gissvs and TO arrssl him II possible. 6ie-
fart did come upon sisbsr. hsdibg him
sotinx ~ o bartender In . big seiosn a.
Houston, and imusdistsiy upon thsr
meeting Blsssr wn arrested on tbs indict'
mont for en- sszzlemsn,. He sams here
without a requisites. he refuses 70 say
aay thiog Aboat the charge OF smbsssle
mont, bus sAys that when lhs time comes
ks will opsa his month aud prove Just who
IL reasonable for the disappsarAnos oil the
| msnsy from the 81. CLAIR county treasury.
Until the day the dNAlsstien Wa made
known 6isbsr he'd Asplsndid rsPutansn
In Bsllsvils, but sitsr is he found himself
Through Texas working ri anything that
Iurpsd up. Tor he sisims he tool no money
away with him, the amount en- bss.lsd bs'
isr 90 usndsrsd long bsfsre The smbsxxie'
msnt became known. d,
Tho riots In Cinoinnsti have caused
sres. s1citsmsn, IN 81. Louis, and the ~
tsntion Of the public has In osnss'
dillon II The local mil tia. Thsy
ware uooustomoi to do their drilling In
! Armory hall, corner Of TSsntieth aud Pin
strssts' Rent OF this amounting TO Sl,OVO
IN due and the lcsseas want u. Insurance
on arms amounting TO $500 10 Nso due, and
! there ara otre debs amounting in nIl 10
| about SIS, 00o. In fact, fully $1,000 ~ needed
10 nlJDf THIS local EAllelh va u sAoesbtti"a
| footing. The riot, In Cincinnati have
shown the necessity Of q militia and many
OF their admirers think there 10 no necss-
| sily OF holding a MASS meeting. but that II
A rrbscriptlon list ~S5 sent around among
prominent business men the ainonnt
nasdod could he e,sily raised. A number
of bu,iness men have already sign'hed
their willingness 70 subscribe, ana there
should be no difficulty in rssslng the sum
desired.
Tbere have been several sulcidss at late
! The ~straneest csss Of oelt.murder was thni
brought 10 light at the Laciede hotel the
o,hsr day. A strange lady of about forty
five yesis nj spe regittered there az mrs,
Radcliffe, Kansas City," shs took break
last aud dinner ss toe hotel on Tuesday aud
.oIbing more wzs sssh OF her after that un'
til Wednesday afternoon. whom a chamber
maid, falling TO gain accees TO tho room oc,
over the sransom and Jaw that l,dy
living dead In bsd. The soroner was mott
fed and on entering enc room found con
siderable evidsnee, going to show that Il
was o case OF sniclds, Before lying down
the woman had carefully hanged her hail
and dressed hsrssl! Ia q new n night.
gown. She lad also erased oil marks that
anisht have bssu On her olothing and LETT
nothing BY which her identity could DO o.
Abolished. Beside her bed there wAs . small
white powder and near II . piece OF empty
paper. This womsn's trunk was nlled with
due dIossss n wearing apparel, which
proved that she was not one who had gons
transferred to the morsue and her truns
and clothing we're also taken there, where
they will be exhibited for some days In tbs
hope OF securing . clsw 40 to the woman'S
real identity.
Dor boat will assist the ire department In
exiinguishing fires that may crop put neal
the river trout, Yesterday TRIAL was mads
with the view TO finding out just how much
OF an adjunct the boat would he
to the Are department. A line o
hose was q from the pumps
Of the boat to the corner Of Third n Zspr
streets, a distance OF l $50 feet. A stream
oi water at the corner Of thess
two streets was thrown from the rive
through hose with five. cighth.inch nozzle Z
distance Of 100 feet above the surface Of the
streets. The experiment was OF d very ga.
isfsctorv character, yet it was admitted
that the machinery OF he boat could 81
changed In such o way as to make 1t mucf
Mrs. Lsngtry 10 here again. She has i'm.
proved greatly in her acting, and instead
OF wearing the outlandish colorsd dresses
she wore wheD here Inst eeAson IL daintiiy
| AfflIfu HOu lVOh1 ihuOa INV 80 Vhf
ouenoe. Instead OF taking up her quarters
10 the Southern hotel, AS she did u yea
ago, abe now remains In her private car
which has been side-tracked near the Union
depot. and a carriage takes her from TIM
10 the Olympic theatre. Her car Is adorned
with ornaments she bought from the In
dams che met In Canada on her late writ Il
Montreal, and OF the many tLinKsi ar
noticed eli manner OF arrow.beads. beadet
purses, moccssins, snow shoes, bark canoe
and thiDgs # that kind; these with buffalo
robes making toe interior OF her ca
look like the inside OF a wigwam. Her Sea
son at the Olympic Is a most prosperouI
one, and she IL reaping II far richer harves
than when here q year ago. And It canno
be said that idle curiosity 10 Responsible 10
the large audiences, for the e~ntertainmen
OF "A Wife's Peril" is altogether pleas
inc. -,
Henry Ward Bsecher has paid 81. Loui
many visits, and the lecture he will ielive
here next Wednesday evening Will be lis
tened to by many for the reason that b.
announces that It will be the last time b.
will ever lecture here. He has taken 10
his - bject Evolution and Revolution"
The whits elephant to be used by Cole
circus hiss arrived here. Ernest Cooke
Coles snager says: "Barnum had hare
work gettin. the first white elephant, bu
as soon as that one WAS obtained l. becam'
an easy task to obtain Others. The people
Of Bermah, you see. worship Tbs whit.
elephant and believe IL contains the spiri
of departed beings The king OF Bermal
being au educated man, knew better thai
this. and said he was willing 10 sell any on
ri the white elephants in his kingdom, bu
he was afraid that his people would oh
joct. At last. however. he talked them Int
lst,ing one Of them go, and as a result
| dozen went altar and now all the Rrea
circuses are adding white elephants to thei
menageries. The fret white elephant cos
Barnum over $500 900. The one We hav
Imported. set down In g.. Louis, will no
cost much more than $4,000.
MossBAcK.
M. II. A. Buck, editor and publisher Z