The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-16
NEWS FROM WACO
A YOUNG CYCLONE AT WHITNEY
Railroad Wood-Choppers Win Striko
An Alleged Train Wrecker Bag
ged-United States District
COurt-Othcr Matters.

WACO, April l3.-lSpecial.l-Dr. j. s.
Napier, of Whitney, Hillcounty, is here
to-day purchasing tin to recover his no
tel at Whitney, which was unroofed by
a cyclone Saturday night. He says the
tornado struck the little town about 1870
D. m, lasted only few minutes, and
was followed by terrific hail and rain
storm. The store OF Porter Bros. was
unroofed and the stock of goods much
damaged. DR.. Napier's hotel suffered
considerably. Seven or eight residences
were also unroofed and moro or less
damaged. Fortunately there were no
persons killed or injured. The damage
will be between 81 900 and $1,000. The cy-
clone came from tho west or little
south of west. The telegraph limo was
Frustrated, and as the Central does not
run Sunday trans on its Whitney
branch, nobody here knew anything OF
the cyclone until to-day.
The sheritl's deputies, who we're sent
from this city yesterday to quell q
ood-choppers' riot at Axtell, on the
Texas ~ st. Louis railroad, eight miles
east OF Waco, have returned. The dit
ticulty grew out of arreara es OF wages
III the wood-choppers, who thereupon
refused to allow wood trains to be loaded
or moved The railroad company paid
the choppers the money due them and
quiet and order were restored. The
chief industry of Axtell consists in
shipping cord wood, supplying Waco
carrying the sherif7s deputies was
goiug to Axtell it encountered OBJ
structions on the track. placed there
with malicious intent. They were re-
moved, but ON the return trip fresh OBJ
stacles were found on the track where
there is sharp curve and down grade.
Had the discovery been made three sec
onis later the engine would have been
derailed and thrown over an en-.
off the engine and captured
a negro boy, about IA years old, who
gave the name of Dan, Ian 1ermiik, He
confessed to having attempted to wreck
the engine, and lurked near 30 sse how
the scheme worked. He was brought to
Waco and jailed
United States district court, Judge
Mccormick, convened here to-day. The
principle business transacted was the
setting ofcases. The rand jury will
not DO impaneled until the 29tn instant.
The Greer county land case will proba-
b 7 come up on the 2lst instant. Judge
Purdee, it liz thought, will be hero be-
fore the term is over.
Judge b. w. Rimes, OF this Judicial
district, LETT Tor CleDurne JnlS evening
to exchange with Judge Hall, of the
Cleburne district, and try Judge Halls
recused eases. Judge Hall will come to
Waco and occupy the bench here until
Judge Rlmes returns, somotime next
week.
Tic treasurer OF this county pur-
chased to-day, for the public scnool
fund OF the county, $4,000 in tho 10 year
per cent bonds OF Tom Green county,
paying par. The investment is made
out of funds McLennan has realized
from the sale of the school lands do
mated her by tho state. She has now
$l5 600 in United States and other bonds.
Miss Mary Flint, daughter OF Col.
John Z. Flint, q well known lawyer of
this city, has lost her reason, in fact 1t
has been waning for some time, and Is
to DO conveyed to Austin tomorrow
and placed in the institution for the in
sane.
Superintendents Van Dyne and Her
rim, of the Gould system and their
party arrived this morning in special,
looked at the town q few hours and
then went south.
The city officials elected last week
were installed tonight.