The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-17
Notes from Abilene.

ABILENE, March 10. - Correspond
ence.. Mr.. w. c. Conner, we'll
known of Dallas, has written to
Mayor Corley and to w. A. Taylor,
ESQ., proposing to build water-worss in
the city. Mr.. Connor osce before
offered to construct water-works on
Lyttle creek. The city council
at the time was inclined 10 give him the
contra ct, and would have done so be
you'd a doubt ii an Ohio man had not ar
rived here about the time and offered,
for an additional cost, 10 put in the
Holly system Of works, which is recog-
nized to be the best known. The
ONO party was given the con-
tract and allowed 40 many
months i'm which 70 fulfil H. Bat it soon
became evident that no had not the
means 10 carry out his agreement and
after wasting much time epdeRyOr-
ing to secure IN uey at the north and
from local capitalists, he abandoned the
scheme and returned nome.
W. @. Conner presents two
propositions for the consideration of Tho
council: First, to build the
works for $4,000 ia city 7
por cont, bonds; Ia this case the
city TO be tho owner of tho works, or
secondly, he will build tho works ON
| franchise Tor $4,000 cash, he putting in
! $4,000 himself and tho residents
! 10 take stock 60 en- equal amount. lie
! guarantees trst-clsss system and will
give bond 10 complete the works In a
specified time. Mr. Conner Is u gentl0-
man of large means aud has constructed
tho .weter-worhs In many OF the cities
aud larger towns Of the state. May or
! Curley is very favorably impressed with
| his proposition and ~ Ia
supposed that tho majority of the mem
| bars OF the council viii also agree TO the
terms Of MIR. Counor.
The election Tor city officers comes of
shortly, aud the various candidates aud
their friends arc daily aud nightly 40
work samping the opinions OF tao ball
/ lot box soyglgi{us and Keeping them 40
fever heat. r8sdos Hon. b. &. Corlev,
| tho present iLcumbont, there will be
/ three other candidates in tho field tor
mayor: Alessr3, George w. JAlouick, J..
| n. Cooper and n. J. Fiuuio; and ono
| candidate besides T.. j. Hill, the present
| marshal, hes announced himself for
| that olllco-C8pt. Taylor Thompson.
Two of the stAlwArt young blouds OF
the city were suffering Tor
reckless amusement last Thursday,
and concluded TO crafty themselves by
acting a. strikers. 70 properly carry
out their scheme they planted thoui-
solves at small station east o! the city,
and waited iOr tho freight train, which
was announced TO pass from Bard WeB.
during tho day, Tho tram cams i'm
sight about the time announced, and
the happy young gallau,s, with guns
I IN their hands, got on the track.
! When the train reached thom they lew
eled their shooting irons, aud IN the
namo of 80 railrOaiers, which they al
| legged were concealed In the bushes near
| by, ordered the engineer to stop, bat to
the establishment Of the joking disci-
! pies Of Jesse James six rangers, armed
10 tho teeth, showed up, aud in express
slve language ordered them to point
thOir hands h"pvonwsrd aud explain
themscl %. This the could n 1t d. in
I q satisfactory manner ana they were
oruored 10 lCt on the train for further
examination. They succoCded Ina ex.
planning tho situation by the timo Abb
lone was reached aud we're allowed To-
80 their way rejoicing. The two gal
liant youths are now seldom seen on
tho streets, but Il said that thoy
are disgustod with The desperate
business and have much greater re-
spsct than formerly Tor tho professional
capacity Of the business man.
N, ID. Crossby'a, alias Cheap Johns
store, one of the largest Dry goods aud
general merchandise houses Ia wost
Texas, Ia a striking example Of what
brains, energy aud an unlimited
amount of modcsty can accomplish
IN . short space of time. Mr.. Crosby s
a Dallas man, and commenced opera
tons In Abilene two years ago with
500 worth of goods. The results u fair
dealing were moro striking than over,
and recently he was compelled 10 move
iutO the mammoth new Clayton brick
building, on Chestnut street, MIR.
Grossly now carries stock of $4,000,
and docs one of the largest trades In the
state