The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-03-06
$4,000
DEMANDED OF THE CITY OF Dali
LAS ON ACCOUNT OF DE-
FICIENT DRAINAGE.
Unsuccessful Attempt to
Destroy the Union Stock Yards
Elam's Stables Burned.
Stampede OF StOck-The Baum Trial
Drags Its Wca-y '."p~ta Along
Paving L.. ~.- :.
The Shreveport Standard Gives Up
the GhOst-Speculati0n at Chi
cagO-Higher Courts.
Special Telegram to The Statesman.

OpCCidl IclCSTdIu W 1uc OldlcollciIl-
DALLAS, March 4.-Information
was received from Chicago to-day,
that the case of Messrs. Wylie, Will
mans, Boudinot and Colliwell, against
the Anglo-American Land and Claim
association, with headquarters at
Chicago, for $4,000, was non-suited,
the judge throwing the case o" cf
court without hearing any, me ar
gument. The first two nan. ed plain
tiffs reside here. This suit grew
out of complications arising from the
building of the Chicago, Texas 81
Mexican railroad, now part of the
Gulf, Colorado 81 Santa Fe road, from
Dallas to Cleburne.
Mrs. A. M. Orr and her husband, W.
W. Orr, commenced suit to-day against
the city of Dallas for $4,000 damages
to property caused by the bad system of
sewerage from the stopping up of nat
tural drainage channels. Suits of the
character now pending against the
city aggregate upwards of 100000.
There were five deaths in the city
for the week ending to-day
AT o'clock this a. m. frame build
ing on Main street, east of the Union
Stock Yards, burned, caused, it is sup
posed by incendiarism. The loss was
insignificant, but three hours later the
Elan stables on Elm street, west of
the stock yard, together with the
fences, etc., were discovered on fire,
and were totally consumed The
total loss is about $3,OO05 insurance
about one-half. The proErietors of
the stock yards say they are satisfied
that these were attempts, to burn
them out. The yards contained cattle,
hogs, sheep and horses, about 800 head
In all. AT the time of the fires all
were saved, but part of the horses and
cattle stampeded. Among the horses
in the yards was the promising young
race mare Belle Barclay She was
saved. The stock yards people have
employed private detectives to try and
ferret out the incindiaries.
H. B. Strange, teller at Oliver
& Grigg'sl bank, was the only
witness examined in the Baum
trial to-day, and his test1-
mony had but little bearing on the
case before the court, but tended to
show conspiracy to defraud the
railway company.
The following named parties filed
suits against the Texas 81 Pacific rail-
way company: E. j. and r. j. Mills,
$3.50, damages to property; j. e. and
Bill. Coward,I $32, 200, damages to
property.
1t is the opinion of Captain W. W.
Ross, recognized authority on crop
matters. that the peach crop in north
Texas has been largely cut off by
freezing.
County Attorney Clint, having
heard the rumor that the gaming
houses would resume during the meet
ing of the cattlemen's convention,
proposes to give notice that if this is
done the gaming houses will be raid
ed and all the players arrested.
SECOND DISPATCH.
DALLAS, March AT the council
meeting, tonight, bids of j. NJ. Harry
were accepted for paving Main street,
from the west side of Jefferson to the
east side of Sycamore, and all cross
streets intervening between Main and
Elm streets; also Elm street, from
Sycamore to 80 feet east of the Central
railroad.
The directors of the National bank
were to-day restrained by order of
Judge Mccormick, of the United
States district court, from ousting the
City National bank from its present
quarters to give place to the American
National bank, recently organized,
and which expected to open to-mor-
row for business. in the building here
tofore occupied by the City National
bank.