The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30


railroad and leaves for Houston to-
morrow on bis first trip.
, a H. nelly leaves tomorrow for the
fanlnuQl5 in the interest OF q. A
SSrViss, the lightning rod man.
L. jouVenab manager Of tho res
works, wens down Go Dallas on the
noon train.
We had heavy rain last nirbt.
which will work eanaiGerabie iniurv
20 tho farmers,
$50. h. Vcssinston, an emplove OF
Fielder HrOs., hag an adoptso son
about nine yoars uf aga Toe little fel
low nos coming UQino last SVeniap
caused his father 10 uutNsineSs as he
supposed h Et6 goue 10 hiagtsnd-
motherS, ont In thu sAst en4, has tn Is
morning lste, he being sti, gbst mt,
nls 1athsr became uneasy Gnd with tn 8
ASSISTANCE OF the police, soafOh was in
Sitnted ana he was found oyer on
w alnuV street on his Wav home and
salu he mad Joen out visiting.
mere Will be aggaac musical GU
,otta.nment AC the opera
house Friday evening for the
penoiit OF the Episcopal church. IL
promiaos to- 10 - very entertaining
affair. The followingl aides ana gen,
tlemen viii take p8ra: Misses Etta
Cole, BareDice Wood, Eula Hare.
Marion Wilkins, BloydGs,L Lille Brown,
Julls Dills, Matte Phillips. IIolln and
Rosa Cave, Nj ndills, and Miss Wilson.
Ihe genSlemeu are Messrs. Frank A.
Ryar, VIII Wallace and Otto POLICEMAN.
During the entertainments thore will
% drill by the GraYsoa Rides under
Captain ]. G. Edwards.
BAR. j. II, Cox and Postm aster Don
aldson attracted quite q crowd by their
pugiltstic talk to-day on the suuAre,
ihefe was no blood SHE'D.
Secretary OF the Fair association,
Frank A. Ryan, to-day showed . let
ter from O. l.. Frost, OF the Fort Worth
u Denver City railroad, promising to
carry stock 70 and from the tair snd
races for one fare, providing they do
not change ownership while here.
Mr. Ryan says all tho roads have
made the Same rates.
The cese Of K. II. Rice VS.. the Mis-
souri, Pacllie railroad was before Judce
Malib'e Today for his decision az 10
whether the contract between the
plaintiff and MIR. A, A. Talmage, S
Agent f0r tho road, could DO
used as evidence. Judge
Maltbie decided that It could
NOT. IL seems r. H. Rue was given
tho stock yards st Danison, &uskO-
gee, Gainesville and Whitesboro by
ar. fplmsga, eotiar for the Missouri
Pacific, snd after paying rent for
throo yoafs the yasGe vera tskAn FROM
him, hence tbs sait for $l5O,eOO dam
asAs.
Mr. T. j, Patty will in few days
leave with his family for Rome, Geor-
GA, whore lie intends residing in the
future.
Colonel J. L. Turner, OF the Texas &
Pacific railroad, IL in tho city.
Cotton Is higher to-day than at any
tlme this season, having sold this
evening for so.
This evoning about o'clock the citi-
zens residing on Grsys hill were
startled ut hearing several shots fred
in the vicinity of Mr., Donaldson's
place and the Iumor spread that J. Y,
Cox bad shot sud killed Mr.. Donald.
son, the postmaster Of this CITY. The
rumor reaching the ears OF the repre-
sentative Of THE HERALD, he started
TO the scene OF tho shooting, but pass.
ing by tue postnf1ice was prompted tC
so in and inquire of tho deputy what
he knew OF tho difficulty aud TO be di
rected where to find eithe,
OF the parties. He was confronted
by Mr.. Donaldson in person, alive
and we'll, who, after soma solicitation
made the followin statement: '.rhlt
evening about dusk, In company Will
some friends, went out on my place
to we'll that is creating some Interest
as having mineral properties, and was
startled ~ hearing some shots fired IN
close proximity to us. did not know
what 1t meant until | saw Mr., Cox
standing OIL about IL feet with CUR
in his han1, and ell tho party present
said that he was firing at me, but h,
turned snd went on. He has beer
telling my friends all dsy
that no was going I,
kill that id scouudrel, meaning
me, and to-day when was sitting o.
the fence at my place no camo nj
with u shotgun and called me somI
hard names, and said no was going {,
Kill nae. got Uii the ience, picked III
q stick and made him retrHot what h,
had said. He has been daprelatin,
on my place, and / ordered him of
This ~ all | know that coua hay,
made him threaten me. L intend Il
flo a complaint against HIM to-mor
row morning for an attempt to muir
der"