The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-14
4 DAYS NEWS FROM WACO
A 70 vNe CYCLONE AT WHITNEY
Railroad wood-Choppers win a Strike
An A ueged Train wrscker Bag
ged-- United States District
Co, ut-other Matters.

WACO, April S.-lSpecial. DIR. ]. q.
Napier, of Whiti,a.y, Hin county, ia here
today purchssinEA'n to recover his bo.
tel at Whitney, whistN was unroofed by
a Cyclone Saturday MIG ht. He nays the
tornado struck the llssle town ahout 7:s0
p. 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 hoods much
damaged. DR.. Napier's hotA suffered
considerably. Seven or sight residences
were also unroofed and more or Less
damaged. Fortunately there were no.
persons killed or injured. The damage
VIII be between 81 900 and $1,000. The cy-,
clone came frem the west or little
south OF west. The telegraph line was
Frustrated, and as the Central does not
run Sunday trains on It's Whitney
branch, nobody here knew snything on
the cy clone until to-day.
The sheriff's deputies, who were sentA
from this city yesterday IS queli a
wood-choppers' riot at Axtel, on the
Texas " st. Louis railroad, eirtnt milea
east OF Waco, have returned. The dif-
hculty grew out of arreara. es Sf wages
due the wood-choppers, who thereupon
refused to allow wood trains to beloaded
or moved. The railroad company paid
the choppers the money due thera and
quiet and order were restored. The
chief industry of Axtell consists in
shipping cord wood, supplying Waco
very largely. As the special engine
carrying the sherifi's deputies was
going 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 a sharp curve aud down grade.
Had the discovery been made three sec.
onds later the engine would have been
derailed and thrown over an en-
bankment. The officers jumped
off the engine and captured
a negro boy, about II years old, who
gave the name Of Dan. LauJermilk. He
confessed TO having attempted to wreck
the engine, and lurked near to SEQ 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. Tho grand jury will
not be impaneled until the 2Oth instant.
The Greer county land case will probs-
bly, come up on the 2lst instant. Judge
Purdee, 1t iR thought, will be here be-
fore the term is over.
Judge B. w. Rimes, OF this judicial
district, left for Cleburne this evening,
W oAcnhnBo WIN JuuBe HAL, OF the
Cleburne district, and Try Judge Halls
recused cases. Judge Hall will como to
Waco and occupy the bench here until
Judge Rimes returns, sometime next
week.
The treasurer OF this county pur-
chased to-day, for the public school
fund OF the county, $1,000 in the 15 wear
s 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 the state. She has now
Sl5 900 In United States and other bonds.
Miss Mary Flint, daughter OF Col.
John 4. Flint, a well known lawyer OF
this city, has lost her reason, in fact ID
has been waning for some time, and h
to be conveyed to Austin Tomorrow
and placed in the institution for the in
sane.
Superintendent Van Dyne and Her
rim, of the Gould system and their
party arrived this morning in special,
looked at the town few hours and
then went south.
Tho city officials elected last week
were installed tonight.