The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-02
GALVESTON GLEANlNGs.
A sad story----Great Fret ght H.ists.--
The New Fire Department.


The New Fire Department.
GALVESTON. October 1.-The suit
brought by the Island City Savings
bank, of this city, against Boyd Il
Boyd. bankers at Goliad, Texas, Tor
$4,000, " as merely TO fix the liability
of the endorsers and protect the ma
kels of tho ote. The note not having
been protested, this was necessary.
rhe solvency Of the banking firm of
Boyd u Boyd is not questioned.
They were notified their note was
due and replied asking an
extension, but by some delay in
the mail their letter was not
received by the bank here in time;
nance the suit An smicable settle
mcnt of the matter will be perfected
in few days.
The establishment of paid fire de-
partmcnt has already had one bene-
cial effect in this city. The board of
underwriters TO day announced that
in consequence of the establishment
ment of a paid fire department the in.
surance rate was reduced is per cent.
Prior to the establishment of water
works for fire purposes, the rate of
insurance in this city was raised by
the underwriters rs per cent. The
establishment of water-worksr reduced
this 10 per cent, and now the other 10
| per cont. Is knocked off, leaving the
rate the same as before the increase;
yet merchants and property-holders
still insiet that the rate is too high In
the face of the increased facilities for
extinguishing fires, and will ask for a
lower rate,
Jerry Jordan, special officer of the
police force, was the recipient of sad
news ON the arrival of the Colorado,
from New York. Mr.. Jordan was
expecting to meet his brother, John
Jordan, who sailed on the Colorado
from New York TO join him here. On
boarding the steamer to meet his
brother Jerry was met by the steward
with the painful statement that on
September 25th, when the vessel was
two days out, his brother began to
act strangely and asked the steward
TO give him some cotton to put in his
ears as the people on board were
talking about him and he did not
want 10 hear what they had to say.
Tho steward attempted to disabuse
his mind of this hallucination and in
duced the ALTERED man to go to his
berth where he remained but short
time, rcappearing on deck attired in
his last suit and without word OF
warning. plunged over board into the
sea and was drowned before assis-
lance could reach him, although
every effort was made by the ship.
crew to rescue him. Deceased was q
young man of % or "a years of age
and had never before given any evi
dcnces of mental weakness. Much
sympathy Is expressed fer his brother
here, who is overwhelmed with griei
a, his brother Johns tragic death.
Transactions in cotton futures have
about Ceased on this market. Yester
day and to-day there were NJ
calls and bids on the future
board at exchange. In reply Il
, your correspondents query
prominent dealer responded tina
there was to much risk and specula
tors were shy, and 1t was question:
, BILE If dealing in futures would b.
continued upon this board.
s The steamship Colorado has larg
/ consignment Of freight for interio
points, and the steamship Algiers, o
O tho Morgan line, from New York, du
i. in the morning, has l,0O0,5O0 pound
1 of freight for this port and interio
Il points. ...a
O Dengue fever is still quite prevalei
4 iu this city.