The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-05
Dixon and Cafr Held on a Charge Of
Assault to Murder.
UNIQUE SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
Chickens for NE bodIN Preaohers' Con.
ference Dinner Caused It. Y. NJ. q.
A. Contest-Mprtuary Report.

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Of $500 each to await the action Of the
! grand Jury.
The assault, on Smith was made in his
| saloon on Christmas Day, with q sharp
| instrument, either knife or razor, receiy-
| Ing such cut In the face as laid him. up
! and rendered him unable to appear In
court before today.
In his testimony today Smith said he
became involved In a dispute with Dixon
! regarding a turkey rafic which was ir
! progress. whe1 Dixon, becoming angcrec,
reached over the courier and pulled COM
| riairants mustache. This resulted In n
! " resting match. in which Dixon was
/ thrown but the interference OF bystanders
prevented further hostillties. Dixon LEFT
I the saloon but later returned, witness
/ says. and made two iunges at him with a
| sharp instrument.
Other witnesses testified to the same
effect. and said Dixon used n razor that
they followed Dixon after he ran out Of
the saloon and attempted to arrest him.
when John Carr interfered and resistance
/ being offered they were forced to await
the arrival OF an officer.
Another witness testified that he saw
Carr hand razor Ia Dixon.
Tesiifylng in his own behalf. Dixon said
he dd not remember anything about the
cutting. that he was very drunk and did
not know what he did
Carr d.sclaimed having had anything to
do with the affair Dixon claims to be a
Houston man.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES
Frank Gerry oolored. today filed suit
In the county court against the Wells
Fargo Express company for 800 actual
and 500 punative dana ges for failure 20
deliver on his promises a consignment Of
chickcns shipped him from Brennan De-
cenber ~ TIE petitioner alleges that the
fowls were ordered with view to their
use in providing n feast for the members
Of the colored Methodist conference in
session IN this city at the time such
members TO b. his guests on Sunday. De-
ccnber II, being himself Methodist
preacher and a lnomber Of the confer
ence II Is alleged that the fowls arrived
In duo season, and that on December II,
the driver Of tho defendant express com
rany's wagon delivered the consignment
at his front door. when tho wife of com
rlainant requested thnt the fowls be taken
TO side entrance This reasonable and
lust request. It IL ellcRcd was met by an
tnsolcut and cortcmptuous ohiecticn and
without excuse or Justification the CON
s'gnmcnt Of chickens was returned to the
express wagon Rn1 hauled aTay This
necessltated further effort on the part of
complainant to secure fowls clsew here for
his Sunday entertainment. 10 his great
Inconvenience. eYpcnse and loss OF time
wherefore he prays for damages as above.
MoRTuARY.
Ihere were Twelve deaths In the city
lpf 'ue "eHN lust eh1en ana or these one
was from poison SER administered. The
city health physician makes the de1th
ratio per iooo for the week 1876 Follow
ing arc the deaths and their causes.
MA wary y, toch' 10 Years castro enteric fe-
,,o5son,n.,. -, III pr,' srais, arsenic
lul5 "'u''f nlryu iluhtfr' months col
ee ~, ~ .oIla' 1onh Joinson
~ ~ ye"'S ., ou,o'rn' .ra'n,n. MISS Annie
/ pr, ~ ~ vars ptHrt ulsenSe; Nharles
rnIWs' ." !~"'S. ansocss ~ hYor; jessie
,..,, ,ian's 10 nt",,nH co'erVu, castro en-
telluH' NihrleA Mu'lane' about years,
'plu',. p"..o,''s Hl,ant oi ulain ray
Ior l u,ohtn' 'cnlale coiored' naomo
ti,us 5,u'in Wc"t,heyet - years
( hI,sul u'so,4e' ~ g. hurst years.
/ pNHhoharS tuberculosis. Victor Mcknight,
/ so years shock from injury.
Y. NJ c. \. CONTEST.
There was bir rn1Iv ot IA. your,
Mems Christian Association rooms tonl,rh,
/ the purpose being to encourage active
! effort in the membership canvass contest
! between Houston and Galveston. II an.
/ pears that the Galveston Young Meu'4
| Christian Association q elirhtIv ahead Ia
/ the contest. which closes at rnllnlrht
| Tuesday. January T. Houston however.
| IS so closely behind In tho race that unies7
| the Galveston tenn gets ita second win ,
OK once and makes n decided spurt. she
! will lose by more than n neck saw the
/ Galveston contingent. The contest nm.
4 renrs To ~ exciting considerable interest
! In Young Mons Christian Association cir.
| cles and n is = rnooteS question whether
! Houston o., c,'vn~to1 WV oo,nn OUT oheod
prprcrops TT uc,rrp
rh. ,,,,,,,ai r,oai, 80, ,..,
~ c.i,.a..t' ,,a', ,tns W
hold tonight and Tho f,ilov,no d,r.c,ors
elected: w. r Indd Goorrs 70 Mann
! Iuc,an Minor A II Homer ! s Nrnt.
eomorv Ceorpe NJ cour,a II 6 I.,,,,,
c II. McAlastcr John s. alv and Jens
Noller
The secretary was Instructed IN axtcra
an Invitation 10 the National raj
association which nee,a Mt 6. Ang,,s.
,ins Fla. January n "a holl ia nov,
meeting I'm C;aIveston Other co,,mcrcio,
bodies OF Galveston viii lion ,n he jn,,.
fation md tho .rcxas delegates IN ~,
convention v,ul he requested Ia mako
b.d FOR Galveston.
FoRrIGN rxpopTs
Two steamers cleared for foreign mort,