The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-17
THE STATE gELEGRAM>.
PROHIBITION DEFEATED AGAIN,
San Antonio's budget Report or the
Grass Commissioners - Criminal
Notes From Fort worth-Tho
Mclaughlin Murder Case
at n, Paso, Etc,


ana 0eSperAcO nhtutu w siNopuils
by a bar tender employed in KnowePi
saloon. Roberts KILLED man named
GIlpiu, in Mat town, about xix months
AGO. and since that time nus beer
drinking heavily and terrorlZing the
Citiyeps generally. The killing is gen.
erally a =. proved by tho cit,zepB.
Yesterd y John ireland, the worst
possible specimen OF the cOlorod race
in this city, was arrested near tho Sun.
SGT depot by 0llicer Curley Marin
This scoundIel mas been suspected, and
with ,ustice, Of tho preparation OF the
burglaries which have lately been OF
30 frequent occurrence. The latest es-
capade Of iuis gentleman is believed
TO be burglary commits ed on Sunday
at n saloon on Plum strset, from whion
Sll..0 in cash aud some plated watches
were stolen. WHOM Officer Martin or
rested John lTelsn, he threatened to put
an untimoly end TO Martins career,
but this 10 no way deferred the oili-
Ger from accomplishing his pdrl 80.
A stock trader, VINO STAYS III Whar-
TOMS stock yard, On South Flores
street. yesterday related the particu-
lars of desperate attempt made upon
him lsts last Monday night TO wsylay
him aud rob him rs ne was going
home, on Prospect Hill, lust across the
International u Great Northern rail
road track. de says no was walking
along, totally unmindiui OF danger,
whom sometring eprabv upon his
shoulders from behind, and Coyersd
his ewes with its hands. Turning
quickly, by greas efforo he threw bis
asssilanJ on one shoulder, and then
beat him oil with his fists. lie found
the assailant to be man, evidently Il
Mexlcsn, as he had long, coz SO hair.
The rowier showed fight, aud then
the gem lemeu saved himself by run
ming away az the top of his speed. He
thinks the mans object was robbery,
as he can tn,nk OF no ono who wishes
TO ass sssipa;o MIN.
4 robbery took place at Frank
S,sri's restaurant this morning,
which was committed by u man
named Gec-go Hopkins. Hopk ne
vas ioi inerly il the employ OF Mr..
Stei r, and WAS discharged Tor the res
son tbRt tn6 empower thonghG ne was
guilty of speculation. This morning
it spoea,s, 10 eutsreI tue restaurant
by The bacs way and obtained a qua =
thy OF oys,eGs, took Them ouD and
offered LIEN for sale on the Plaza.
Th's scheme he hel Ssen pr So ug 10
the last 10 days, and he hr1 ueen
watched closely by The re"cnant.
Tue pclics this orDlog. his {, It be-
ing appayent, al rested MIN aud placed
him in tho county jail.
Mr.. Tom Rife, the janitor of the
Alamo, he's quite collection OF pho.
to's OF noted men of the carly yea IS Of
the + )ne Star State, which, on exam
lining, are very interest pg. THIS
he received from Waiter I;
Lane, of Marshall, Texas, pho IS OF
Colonel Frank w. John, IN, who W ~
i'll command OF /.
forces under Ben Milan when this
CIV was attacked in 1875; slEo phovO
OF Colonel Neatly, his ad,utant VI IN
this occasion, and Waller 2. Lane,
Captain at the battle of San Jocin'),
and who a;tsrwa,ds served in the
Mexican war and the war of the rebel.
lion. MI. Rife also has the photograph
of the Motel Tex as Rangers, Colonel
Sack Hayes, bis former commSuder,
and Coloaet Tom GIeeh and EeIiy
An employee Of the SING, Ms To-
Duuc2r UrqularGt. oas Il
arrested Tor embezziemea He gave
bond. Re says bo is op'y sDo-t.
The company manager says over Sl5,"
600 Is unacconnted Tor.
Herman Daiwlgk has bee n for some
time past the driver OF 81 ely brewery
beer wagon. He is going OBJ of the
business, however, having just l6'
ceiyed the agreeable Information inst
he has been beQueathed a large tor
time in Germany, together with the
title of "baron." The bPvon
will at once leave to take possession OF
the honors end wealth he hf ipheri
ed, and meanwhile all the brewery
boys, as well as others aqulintel with
him, ars shaking him by the Ind and
congratulalirg HIM on his luck.
From q gentleman visiting mo city,
from Uvalde, your reporter Cleaned
the information that snoo,ing scrspe
occurred there night before last, 10
which two negroes exchanged four or
five shots. Horace Griffin had lady
love whom his friend, Henry, en5icet
away from him. This angered Horace
to sucn pitch that he AIMED bimselt
and went in search of his trsScEerous
friend. They met and exchanged
shots, as above stated, the result Of
which was slight wound sustained
by the latter on his knee-cap. The
parties ate. wards made friends, and
Henry was allowed to kesp the girl.
For some rime past the patror s of
the Riverside (colored) public school
have been much exercised over the e.
legged immoral conduct of Two of the
teachers. The matter was invesYigat.
ed by the school board, aud on The
male concerned, producing.a certifca .
of marriage to the female
concerned, this was dropped.
Their summary eiectnent, however,
has been strenuously urged by a ~
ton Of the city's ebon-hued and truly
good. and to-day, at the session OF the
city council, petition, signed by 10
names, WAS offered and read out loud
and clear. The council referred 1t to
the school board where, in all prob2-
bllity, it will sleep the sleep OF the
very tired.
To the Honorable Major OF the City of San
Antonio, Bryan Calleghan, lad the CITY
Council:
HONORABLE SIRs:--WHEREAs, The
true test OF the success OF any eduos-
ton Is It's efficiency in giving full use
OF the moral and intellectual faculties
wherewith to meet the duties and
struggles of life, the. deyelopment OF
the powers OF the mind and
its cultivation, are the work of teach
or, our institutions of Learning should
possess sufficient virtue to stay the
progress OF dissolution. More than
this: The power belongs to our educa-
tiona institutions to expel an antago-
nistic line which usurps its dwelling
place by pollution, and establish
therein an empire Of purity;
Therefore, we, the undersigned, having
been duly appointed at a mass meet
ing held in the recorders court room
Wednesday night, September. 2, 1885,
to express the dissatisfaction that now
exists in the community, especially
by the patrons and friends OF the
Riverside public free school, touching
<t,n vx,o,,oI .o,,1rot ~ Pr0fasapr M. N
Brown and Miss Ida Harris. Runors
of very bad nature have been spread
over the entire city, growing cut OF
their immoral conduct.
Second-Since the re-appointment OF
Professor Brown as principal, and
Miss Ida Harris as teacher, the dis
satisfaction has become still more
manifest, and the recent investigation