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THE STATECONVENTION.
Completes Its Labors and Ad-
journs Sine Die.
THE OLD TICKET NOMINATED.
FEARFUL EXPERIENCE O* A
SAILOR.
He Saved His Life by Cutting a Rope
With His Teeth.
Ottawa, Out., Aug. 22.—Capt. Mai-
loch of the iisliiiiK' schooner Randolph,
owned in Yarmouth, Novia Scot ill, re-
ports Unit ii few days ago while anchor-
ed in Harbor <!e Lute, during a severe
storm, his vessel broke from her moor-
ing and drifted to sea. The following
morning Capt. Malloch found the
schooner ashore on Spenee island point,
lie succeeded in boarding her and ran
up one of the small sails. She began
to forge ahead into deep water, but
had not gone far before he noticed that
a large hide had been stove in her bot-
tom, and that she was rapid! \ sinking,
lie jumped into his boat, which was
made fast a-torn, but was unable to
untie the line which held his boat, lie
had no knife or anything with which to
cut it, and as the vessel was rapidly
settling in the water he despaired of
over reaching shore again, lie at last
tried his teeth and succeeded in gnaw-
ing the rope in two just as the vessel
plunged forward and sank.
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 18.—The conven-
tion was called to order at 11:30 a. in.,
Bam. tt of Colorado presiding. No
prayers. A motion by Ware of Hood
was adopted to start afresh the nomi-
nating speeches for state treasurer, and
then Flemmlng of Shackelford pro-
ceeded to put Lubbock in nomination.
Ousley of Denton then put Jesse P.
Loving in nomination, who, he said,
came from a county that had never at
the hands of the Democratic party
demanded a place on the State ticket.
He gave a biographical sketch of his
candidate, which showed a good war
record and an ellielent public service.
Ware of Hood, seconding Lubbock,
made the most eloquent speech yet
delivered.
Pope of Harrison nominated George
II. /implcmun, whose deeds as a
soldier he extolled. He placed strong
emphasis on the act of Zimpleman
coming, as sheriff of Travis county, to
the rescue of Coke and di iving radical-
ism out of the sta e capital. This
seemed to work like a charm.
Dr. Swoaringen of Travis put Gen.
Henry McCulloch in nomination. His
speech was adorned with flowers of
rhetoric.
Burgdfes of Guadalupe, seconding the
nomination of McCulloch, gave a
sketch of his achievements. He asked
that the state stretch its hand down
into that country called Coyote and
favor it.
Weaver of Cooke seconded the nomi-
nation of Loving and Canty of Tarrant
second, d Zimplemun's.
A resolution was adopted sending
greetings to the blue and gray at San
Antonio.
BALLOTING.
The call of counties then began, and ,
after slow and tedious progress the
first ballot was announced as follows:
Lubbock 404, Loving 1)4, Zimploman
16.1, McCulloch 13(5; total vote cast 781;
necessary to a choice 528.
The second ballot resulted as fol-
lows: Lubbock 428J, Zimpleman 150$,
McCulloch, 110, Loving 77; necessary
to a choice .">15—no nomination.
1 The third ballot being in order,Gray-
son county withdrew Mr. Loving and
the ballot proceeded.
I During tue ballot there was a great
state of excitement. If Lubbock
forged ahead, securing a greater por-
tion of the Loving vote, the other's
goose was cooked, but if this vote fell
to Zimpleman and McCulloch there
was hope. The result was not eueour-
aging.
Cherokee county holding Angelina
county's proxy announced at the close
of the ballot that the vote of Angelina
be changed from Zimpleman to Lub-
bock, and that Cherokee's solid vote be
given to Lubbock.
Colorado county, to check the incipi-
ent stampede, announced a solid vote
for Zimpleman.
Harris announced fourteen votes from ;
Zimpleman to Lubbock.
This was objected to by tho chair- ;
man of the delegation, and the dele- '
gate who announced the change said
the vote was contracted between tho
delegation for Lubbock if Zimpleman
to Farmer City, where it is presumed ] )?.as |,ot tlie Jho voto *or
•« '' . , 1 Zimpleman was reinstated.
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Nacogdoches left the opposition and
ahanged to Lubbock, followed by
Parker.
Thereupon, the stampede being at
hand. Pope ef Harrison withdrew
Zimpleman and Burgess withdrew
[ A MEXICAN EDITOR IN TROUBLE.
Lark do. Tex., Aug. 21.—For two
| years a lawyer named Justo Cardenas,
• from Monterey, Mexico, has been edit-
ing a small paper in this city called La
, Colonia Mexicana. Cardenas left
Monterey on account of hard things
said in £1 Pueblo, which was published
there. At that time Gen. Reyes was
military governor of the state of Nueva
Leon, appointed by President Diaz.
Cardenas was bitter against both state
and federal ofllcials. He is now a
refugee on this side of the river, and
lias continued to cut and slash at his
enemies in Mexico. Ho has not alone
confined his caustic pen to parties in
Mexico, but lias occasionally written
some hard things about parties in this
city, and but recently compromised a
libel suit with a prominent lawyer.
Last week ho published a lengthy com-
munication, purporting to come from a
small town near Monterey, which
charged one Domingo Zambrano, a
prominent lawyer of Monterey, with
various crimes and misdeeds. Mr.
Zambrano, who is a citizen holding 1111
office of much consequence in Monte-
rey, immediately came to Laredo and
demanded to know the author of the
article. This Cardenas refused to
divulge, and he was arrested this after-
noon on an allldavit charging him with
having committed a criminal libel, and
placed under bond to appear before tho
county court next mouth. This even-
ing lie was placed under $1000 bond to
keep the peace by publishing no more
libels. The penalty for libel is heavy,
and should lie be tried here on the
charge he would doubtless get two
years in the county jail. As all the
parties are Mexican citizens, the case
is watched with interest here.
THURMAN OFF FOR PORT HURON.
Columill's, 0.,Aug. 22.—The Colum-
bus, Hocking Valley & Toledo railroad
management this evening tenders
Judge Thiiriuan a special train for Ins
trip from Columbus to Toledo,en route
to Port Huron, leaving the city at 4 p.
111. to-morrow. Besides Judge Tliur-
man there will be his son, A. W. Tliur-
nian, Congressman Outhwaito and
representatives of the associated press,
und a few special correspondents. It
is expected tliat stops will lie made at
Ihc more important stations between
this city ami upper Sandusky, and it
has been arranged forjudge Tliurmau
to make brief speeches to crowds which
will gather to see him as the train
passes through. At upper Saudusky
Lite party will take supix r nt Op. 111.
The special will reach Toledo at 0 p.
111., where the party will be turned
over to the l'ort Huron reception com-
mittee, and they will proceed to tho
latter place 011 Tuesday.
KANSAS COUNTY SEAT WAR.
Garden City, Kan., Aug. 23.—An-
other move to renew the county sent
war in Wichita county was made
Friday night by two of the county
commissioners stealing away the com-
missioners' records and removing them
they will attempt lo set up a bogus
county court. Thera is much excite'
ment in Loot! and thfeuts arc indulged
In of going in force to return the
records to their place. What will bo
done is not known, hut the report is
the two commissioners will declare
vacancies in the ollico of county clerk
and board of commissioners, because
these oflleers refused to accompany
them, and will thus till the vacancies
by appointment. At the same time
there is talk of lilting their places at
l^eoti by appointment, and so the old
county seat trouble, which led to the
assassination of seven men at Colorado
eighteen months ago, is again in tin-
way to be opened up with renewed
violence, after having been fully
settled.
Gen. McCulloch.
Cooke county then changed to Lub-
bock and he was thereupon nominated
by acclamation.
Kleberg of Galveston put in nomina-
tion for state superintendent of public
instruction Oscar 11. Cooper, who now
occupies that, position. He was nomi-
nated by a rising vote.
The following compose the executive
committee.
N. W. Flnloy, of Smith, chairman.
Dlntrlct—
I—.Tamos E. Hill, Polk.
II—Oo'irirn I''. 1M urn in. Xiicuifitochcs.
.1 H. I'. 1.1 ttl<>jdlm. Hurrinon,
4—K. If. Hnml, Cuss.
ft—III 1*11111 tJIms. FrmikAln.
^<1—T. N. .lours. Smith./
7—A. 11. Wiitklns llo idomon.
k— ,T. 1'. Wooters, 11 iistim.
II—Oniric* '. llo mo, Harris.
10—.John McDonald, Oalvcsteu.
11—N K. Mllltir, (ioiizal.'H
IV—John J. Iliiaicai-I, Austin.
. ... . , 1 . . 18—T. 11, Hay rs, llastiop.
other towns in Morula and ascertain ^n-T, 8. Hewicr on, Milnm. S
their condition. Surgeon llutton has £-" «KuuCmau.
arrived at Waycross, Ga., and as- 17 b. 0. Smith, Denton
Sunied charge of the fumigation stations v i — K. Mil lard, Grayson. V
YELLOW FEVER RECORD.
Washington, Aug. 2!t.-Dr. s. L
Posey, of the Louisiana board of health
has been instructed by Kuigeon Hamil-
ton to visit Orlando, Sanford and
there
Dr. Wall at Tampa, Ma., telegraphs
to the marine hospital bureau as fol-
lows :
Having houses and elVeels fumigated
as fast as sick gel well. Authorities
having premises cleaned up and dis-
infected. An infant was lost in the
family which was taken with fever to
day.
Jacksonvu.i.K, Ma., Aug. 23.—Two
suspicious characters have been re
ported since (I o'clock yesterday even
ing. One death occurred at Sand hill
last night, James M Minion, from the
Grand Union hotel Mock.
LOUISIANA RACE TROUBLES.
New Oki.eans, La., Aug. 22.—lie-
ports from Freetown and from other
sources indicate that more than twenty
negroes were killed <111 Thursday and
that several others were severely
wounded. A special dispatch from
Shreveport says that a report has been
received there that on Tuesday last a
negro was hanged by a mob near Hi^j
Cypress bayou in Mossier parish for
breaking into a store and stealing a
sum of money.
A GREAT BIO BARBECUE.
Coi.i'Miirs, O., Aug. 23.—William
Fitzgerald, .John A. King, S. 1'. Cody
and Thoiuas G. Zahan, representing
the Illinois Democratic state committee
aud the Cook county Democracy, called
on Judge Tliurmau to invite him to
address a mass-meeting at Chicago 011
•August 25. The meeting is to lie in the
nature of a barbecue, and the commit-
tee states that there will be between
40,000 and .r 0,iKKi people present. Judge
Thurmaii has accented the invitation
and will be met at Port Huron, where
ke speaks August 22, by a reception
«OBnlttee from Chicago.
4 ill—.1. A. t mplotoH. Clay, y
•jo J. (1 Spor- r, Jack.
21—T. S. Smith. Illll.
22 —W. II. lji'ssliiit, Mtit.cnuan.
2M- !>r. Oooruo l\ IVny, Hamilton
2-I--J. G, Cook. Ilnnicti,.
2ft—T. liainp, Comal.
an—K 1>. I.Iiiii, Victoria.
27—J 11 UYlln. Cam. ron.
2— Eil Oliver, linear.
211—J. M. i'rCMsloit, Uomimineho.
fin—,1. N. Iiovlo, llooil.
81—11. 1'. 1111 rill 1 !lu liillli, Ijaiuar.
Resolutions were adopted compli-
menting the democrat!.! club, the pres-
ident and olliccrs of the convention,
the pages and the people of Dallas, af-
ter which the convention adjourned
sine die.
CONVENTION NOTES.
After the adjournment of the con-
vention.). V. Collins, whose democracy
was denied and doubted on the floor of
'lie convention, tendered his political
services in the coming campaign to
Chairman Mnley of the state executive
committee. Mr. Fiuley thanked him.
Secretary Reilly of the fanners' alli-
ance exchange observed in regard tc
his friend Collins, "Tom Hayes, the
floatorial candidate from Lamai
county, who has been indorsed by the
democracy of that county, also, at-
tended the non partisan convention."
Gov. Lubbock an hour before his
nomination appeared careworn and
rheumatic, but his nomination ap-
peared to operate 011 him as the elixir
of youth, judging from the way ho
frisked all over the platform.
The closing exercises of the Demo-
cratic club included speeches by D. C.
Wootan of Dallas, S. J. Henry of
Texarkana, O. ('. Ousley of Denton, 15.
C. Ware of Gran bury and R. Kings-
bury of Waco.
A delegate from Krath stated: "The
nomination of a union labor man was
without consulation with the Krath
county delegates, and with a misap-
prehension on the part of the genUa-
man who made it."
THE MARKETS.
St. Louis.—Receipts of range cattlc
were fairly liberal, considering tho
heavy runs earlier in the week, and
liberal, considering tho heavy runs
earlier in tho week, and liberal runs
are reported to arrive. Trading during
the morning hours was mainly confined
to tho local butchers' and dressed
beef interest, shippers appearing to
hold back, even when good native and
ran^e cattle were offered. There were
some pretty good 1229-pound native
cattlo on the market that sold at $4.00,
and some good 1127-pound steers at
$4.75, but there were no buyers present
that appeared to want b- t-ter cattle
than those noted at a satisfactory price
to the consignors Trade during the
morning hours was slow at steady
prices, but later, when shippers showeil
an inclination to enter the market a
firmer feeling appeared to take posses- ,
sion of salesmen, and about every-
thing was weighed up before the close'
at steady to strong prices. The closo
was firm.
cotton.
No spot sales were reported yester-
day, the market continuing steady and!
unchanged. Liverpool spot ruled quieti
and futures barely steady, but quota- {
bly unchanged. New Orleans spot apd
futures were quiet, the latter 1 to 4 J
points lower. New York spot was
quiet and steady, without quotable
change, and futures closed very steady,
but about unchanged.
Local spot quotations—Low ordinary,
7c; ordinary, 7|c: good ordinary, 8J;
low middling, 01c; middling, 10$c;
food middling, 10 7-lCo; middling fair,
Oll-lOc.
Liverpool—Spot market: Sales, 8000
bales; to speculators and exporters,
500. Uplands, 5Jd; Orleans, 5Jd-
Futures Darely steady: January and
February, 512-04d; February and
March, 5 13-04d; August, 5 3?-04d; Au-
gust and September, 5 31-0-td; Septem-
ber and October, 5 lil-04d; October and
November, 5 14-04d; November and
December, 5 12-64d; December aud
January, 5 12-84d.
New Orleans—Middling, 10{c. Fu-
tures quiet. Sales of futures, 3000
bales. January, 0.00c; February, 0.15c,
March, 0.24c; April, 0.33c; May, 0.42c;
June, 0.51c; August, 0.87c; September,
0.24c; October, 0.02c; November, 8.0(ic;
December, 8.00e.
New York—Middling, 11 gc. Futurei
very steady. Sales of futures, 31,5'
bales. .January, 0.57c; February, 0.05,.,
March, 0.73c; April, 0.81c; May, 0.80c;
June, 0.00c; July, 10.03c; August, 11,44
September, 0.78e; October, 0.03c; No-
vember, 0.52c; December, 0.51c.
Receipts at other points—Galveston,v
828 bales; Now Orleans, 231; Wilming-
ton, 3; Norfolk, 210; Memphis, 32;
Mobile, 35; Boston, 38.
Net receipts for six days were 15,870
bales; exports, 7047; stock, 171,020;
stock for same day last year, 104,720;
receipts for same days last week 0543 ;
receipts for same days last year, 8276.
NOMINATIONS.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 21.—The
president has sent the following nomi-
nations to the senate:
To be judges of probate, territory of
Utah, John Houston, of Garlieldcounty,
in said county ; Pardon Dodge, of Uin-
tah county, in said county; John A.
Marshall, of Salt Lake county, in said
county.
BIG QUAKER MEETING.
Rai.eic.h, N. C., Aug. 21,—The yearly
meeting of Friends, or Quakers, held
at High Point, lias just closed. Yes-
terday no less than 7000 people were
present, and every state in the Union
was represented in the great congrega-
tion. The Friends have established a
college and given it an endowment of
$100,00(1. The lncetingdecided to ex-
tend educational work among the 8000
Cherokee Indians who reside on their
great reservation in Western North
Carolina.
Sarah Uenilianlt has It In mind to play
t'ome.i. she If almost too lean for the char-
cl«r.
HATFIKLD-M'COY WAR.
Thrao Mora Dead and Fiva Wounded Vic-
tima of the fraud.
Catlettsburg, Kr., Aug 17.—There
ii trouble again in Pike county between
the Hatfields and McCoys. Frank
Phillips, sheriff of Pike county, last
week was out through the county se-
curing witnesses, etc., aud when iu the
neighborhood of Beter, the sceno of
the former bloody encounter, he was
approached by three men who claimed
to be detectives and who demanded
his surrender. Phillips replied by
whipping out his revolver and opening
lire on tho trio. He shot the belt off'
one Alexander, well known here, aud
secured his three revolvers. They re-
treated minus their hats, weapons, etc.
Next day they returned with nine re-
cruits in search of Phillips anil his
bodyguard, and tho West Virginians
were again repulsed. Sunday a Hat
field squad to the number of sixty
passed the mouth of Beter creek anil
shortly afterward a skirmish between
the Hattieids and McCoys took place,
the latter being forty-five strong and
lying in wait for their enemies. Three
of^ the Hatfields were killed and two
wounded, while three of the McCoys
were slightly wounded.
SEEKING DAMAGES.
Uncle Sam Wants Pay for the Lumber
Taken from His Land.
Galveston, Tex., Aug. 17.—In the
United States circuit court suits have
been pending for somo time past where-
n the United States government is
plaintiff, charging II. J. Lutcher and
G. B. Moore of Orange, forming the
well-known lumber firm of Lutcher &
Moore, with tresspassing upon govern-
rnent lands, located in the western
district of Louisiana, and cutting large
quantities of timber therefrom. Ef-
forts to compromise, the litigation have
failed and the case will probably go to
trial at the coming term of the court.
There are five suits in all charging
these tresspasses to have extended
over a period from 1880 to 1884 and
suing for actual damages to the amount
of $14,425.40, claimed to be tho actual
market value of the lumber taken from
the land, and for the further sum of
$28,500 exemplary damages. Messrs.
Allen Donnell, J.'C. Knight and D. It.
Knight are made party defendants to
one of the suits, as being tho contrac-
tors who cut tho timber.
A GIGANTIC ENTERPRISE.
A BIO CAMP MEETING.
Whitewright, Tex., Aug. 10.—A big
camp meeting is in progress at Cedar
camp grounds, about nine miles north
west of here. The place is situated in
a dense natural forest and known fm
and wide as a place where good meet-
ings are held. About 100 people weir
from hero yesterday. People go there
from Sherman, Deiiison, lionham anil
many other placcs. For the last fif-
teen years camp meetings have been
held there, always in the month of Au-
gust, and about 100 souls are converted
there annually. About twenty families
are camped there in tents while hun-
dreds of them are oamped in wagons.
Vivo ministers ooaduat tho meeting.
One of the Great Engineering Feats—
Duval County Petroleum.
Laredo, Tex., Aug. 10.—The rail-
road which has been in course of con-
struction by the Gtiadaloupe mining
company from Villaladam on the Mex-
ican National to the mouth of tho Vie-
jos mines, a distance of twenty miles,
was tinished to-day. Over a year has
been consumed ill this gigantic 'enter-
prise which represents perhaps one of
the finest pieces of engineering work
ever huilt on this continent. This road
is intended to deliever the almost inex-
haustible supply of low grade ore of
these mines by all rail route to the
concentrating works now completed at
Laredo with a capacity to concentrate
800 tons of ore per day. The Mexican
National road will enter the magnfi-
ccnt city of San Luis Potosi Saturday
night. It will be the first railroad to
enter that city, which has a population
of 100,000.
/ HE CANNOT ATTEND.
A Characteristic Letter from Ex-Presi-
dent Jefferson Davis.
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 15.—The
gentlemen having in charge the ex-
Confederate reunion at San Antouio
Jiave received the following letter from
Jefterson Davis:
JJeacvoir, Miss., Aug. 11.—Gentle-
^xiien: Ploaso accept my thanks for
your gratifying invitation to the
soldiers' reunion at San Antonio on the
16th instant. With sincere regret I
have to announce my inability to be
present on that interesting o casion.
To meet the gallant, faithful soldiers of
Texas at any time or placc would be to
me a great pleasure, but it would be
so especially if on the hallowed ground
where in the blood of the brave tho
yseed of Texas independence generated.
With love and esteem for the sons and
daughters of Texas, I am, faithfully,
Jefferson Davis.
THE COUNTRY PROSPEROUS.
Gainesville, Tex , Aug. 17.—Gov.
W. M. Guy of the Cliicasaw nation was
in this city Tuesday morning en route
to Fort Smith. Gov. Guy states that
his country is developing very fast, and
everything looks very bright and pros-
perous for the coming year. He s iys
that amicable settlement has been
reached between the authorities and
non-citizens and no further trouble is
anticipated. He said I10 was bound to
enforce the law; they knew what it
was uow aud would comply with it.
EXCITEMENT CREATED.
Whitewright, Tex., Aug. 17.—The
arrest of G. B. Cleminons iu Dallas
Tuesday night by City Marshal H.
Chowning ot this place, charged with
robbing the safe of the Texas express
company here night before last, lias
created great excitement here. He is
of a well-to-do and highly respected
family here, and was for several years
passenger agent on tho Cotton Belt
road in Arkansas and has lately been
running on the Santa Fe road as freight
conductor. His friends aud relatives
here believe him innocent, while the
officers tliiuk the} have sufficient proof
to convict him.
BROTHERHOOD OF BRAKEMEN
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 18.—It is
announced that the second annual
state convention of the brotherhood of
railroad brakemen will open in this
city at tho casino hall at 2 p. m. 011
Aug. 30,and on that day the state lodge
will remain in open session. Promi-
nent members of Hie order and well
known citizens will deliver addresses.
The public, railroad men especially,
are invited to be present. The conven
tion will remain in private session
about three days.
THE mUBOBR BUND.
Bight Hundred Vsterana of the German
Army Present.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 19.—The city
has been given up to the Germans to- j
day, the occasion being the fourth an- j
nual meeting of the Kriegcr build of
North America. About 800 veterans ol
the German army are present, societies-
being here from all the principal cities
of the east and west. Nearly all the I
delegates had arrived last evening, 1
when a reception was held at Genua-
nia hull. It was attended by all the
leading Germans of the city. Yester-
day was the eighteenth anulversarv of |
the battle of Gravelotte, and this fact i
lent additional interest to the oxer- j
cises. To-day there was a parade ir. ,
which the visitors aud nearly all the
German societies of tho city pui tici- ,
pated. This was followed by a pvro- |
technic display. It was expected Gen
Franz Sigel wouid deliver the aitdress,
but at the last moment he sent a tele-
gram of regret. Speeches were made
by Charles Schmidt and William
Backus of Cleveland. All sorts of
amusement were provided and t he day
was pleasantly spont. The business •
session begins to-morrow.
PUT TO FLIGHT.
Three Masked Would-Be Train Robbers
Routed by a Brake man and Express
Messenger, Who are Wounded.
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 22-— A special
to the Post-Dispatch from Chyenno,
Wy. T. says: An attempt was ina.le
at 2 o'clock Monday by masked men to
rob the Union Pacific east-bound over-
land passenger train. At Dana station
near Rawlings, three masked 11 eu
covered the engineer with drawn re-
volvers and compelled him to throw up
his hands. Braketlian Frank Tilmaii
grappled with one of the robbers ami
tne express messenger eamc to the
rescue and the masked marauders
were put to flight after thirty or forty
shots had been exchanged. Fireman
Nash and Brakeman Tilnian were se-
riously wounded. Tne former was shot
in the hip and the latter in the side.
One robber was dropped, but was car
ried off by his pals. ,ru" -1—
Carbon county, with
pursuit.
The sheritl of
a posse, is in
CROW INDIAN ALLOTMENTS.
Crow Agency, M. T., via Custer,
Aug. 21.—Special Agent Col. James R.
Howard lias just reached here from the
Indian Territory, to resume the allot-
ment of lands to the Crows, on orders
from the interior department. Six |
hundred allotments were made last
year, and there are about 2000 yet to
be made, which will require about two,
seasons' work, as nothing can be done
when deep snows come on here. The.
Indians are coining in from all direc-i
tions; and there will be large numbers!
of them in to see the allotment agent '■
and to draw rations. The cabins of'
prosperous Crows dot the valley of tho
Big and Little Horn aud crops look
well along the line. .
MINER RIOTERS IN ALABAMA.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 22.—A
special to the Times says: A riot is in ,
progress at Round mountain, Ala., be"
tween the white and colored miners.;
The white miners of the Elliott furn*(
ace company were discharged a week,
ago to-day for getting drunk. They,
drove the colored miners out, but 1
Capt. Elliott ordered the colored men|
back to start up the furnaces last night.,
The white miners have a lot of dyna-i
mite in their possession and say theyf
will blow the furnace up as soon as it
starts. The sheriff of Cherokee county,
is 011 the ground with 1C0 men. Arms
have been sent to the scene of trouble
from Rome, Ga., and Gadsden, Ala.
The telephone wires have been cut aud
it is impossible to get later news.
SURRENDERED HIMSELF.
Woodville, Tex., Aug. 22.—Bob
Wells, under indictment for assault
with intent to murder, who lias been
doding tho officers and hiding in the j
swamps of the Neehes for more than 11
vear, surrendered himself to the sheriff.
He gave bond for his appearance at tho
December term of the district court. It
will be remembered that Wells, under
the inllueneoof Christmas liquids, Deo.
24, 1880, slashed Harry O'Neal nigh
unto death with a knife, at the depot
at Rockland.
YELLOW FEVER RECORD.
Washington, Aug. 22.—Surgeon
General Hamilton lias received a dis-
patch from Jacksonville, stating there
were four new eases and no deaths
during the twenty-four hours ending at
0 o'clock last evening. There have
been thirty-two eases and four deaths
to date. ' Surgeon W. Q. Hatton, now
stationed at Mobile, Ala., has been
ordered to duty at Waycross, Ga., re-
lieving assistant Surgeon Urquhart.
DEATH OF JUDGE W. W. WILSHIRE
Washington, Aug. 22.—Judge Wm.
W. Wilshirc died at his home iu this
city, to-day, from congestion of the
brain. During the war be served in
the union army us major of volunteers.
He was appointed chief justice of Ar-
kansas in 1803, which office he resigned
years later. He was given a certificate
of election to the. forty-third congrcss
but his seat was contested and his com-
petitor declared elected. In 1874 he
was elected to the forty-fourth con-
gress.
TWO COWARDLY MURDERS.
Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 21.—Late lasi
night a terrible murder was committed
at Fairbanks, a station on the New
Mexico & Arizona railroad, north of
this city. A young Mexican who was
supposed to have some money was
attacked by a party of roughs who at-
tempted to rob him. In the molee tho
jobbers cut his throat in such a horri-
ble manner that he soon afterwar ddied.
Some time during the night a lot of
laborers on tho Bisbee railroad were
indulging in a general drunk at a camp
near Fairbanks. They got into a row
and one of the number was stabbed to
STATS 8PBCIALS CONDENSED.
Graham.—Dink Hereon, charged
with horse stealing,was given five years
in the penitentiary.
Waco.—County Surveyor Andrew
Goddard will be out on the 8rd prox-
imo, surveying the boundary line'
between Falls and McLennan counties-
Cleburne.—Will Powell, who killed
Howard, had a habeas corpus hearing
before Ji'dge J. M. Hall and'was al-
lowed bail in the sum of $2,000.
San Antonio.—The passenger ears.; "4 '
for tho Cross Town railway have * |
arrived, and they are very handsome.
Tho freight ears have not yet put in an.
appearance.
Laredo.—Marcello Herrora, a Mexi-
can farmer living near here, dropped
dead yesterday morning while skinning
a goat. It is supposed he died from
heart disease.
San Diego.—The weather lias been
fearfully hot. Several wood piles
along tne line of the Texas Mexican
have been tired in the last few days
from sparks from tho engine.
Denison.—Sandy Lorraine,the young
man who was cut by the negro Leatli-
erly, is still alive. Leatherly has not
been arrested. It is supposed he es-
caped to the Red river bottoms.
Hillsboro. — A meeting of the
business men of Hillsboro was
held at tho courthouse yesterday
eveniug for tho purpose of devis-
ing ways and means by which numer-
ous bad roads leading to this point can
be placed in proper condition for the
fall. The county court convenes Mon-
day next for the usual quarterly three-
weeks' term.
Bridgeport.—While tho little child
of L. S. Scribner was playing about
tho yard it walked into a fire where
chips had been burning and the little
fellow's feet were badly burned.
Forney.—The three blacksmith.
shops at this place are crowded with
work and the consequence is they have-
increased • their force. Busiuess of
every kind is on a boom in Forney.
San Antonio.—The l-emsina of
late Colonel George Gibson, of the- '
Fifth infantry, have been taken to
Carlisle, Pa., for interment, being ac-
companied by Major Charles McClure,
of the pay department.
Blanco,—The cotton prospects here
are slim, many believing that the erop
.will lie shorter than last year, others
thinking that early rain will cause the
plants to retain the squares. No spec-
ulation on top crop.
Laredo.—Four of the sub-contract-
ors on the Mexican National railroad
have returned from the front. They
report that the northern end of the
Mexican National will be into San
Luis Potosi by next Tuesday night.
Wichita Falls.—There wore at
least fifty wagons on the streets loaded
with wheat, watermelons and the like.
Watermelons, large, line ones, are
worth 5 cents each. Wheat sold at 70
cents per bushel.
Terrell.—Rain is needed badly in
many sections. There are those who
say their crops are almost gone, bat a.
good rain generally rcsurrecte what
iu)pcars to be a dead crop in Texas.
The boll worm also continues its rav-
ages.
Brackettville.—Prairie fires are
raging to some extent in this eountvr
ana fears are entertained that consid-
erable damage is going to be done by
them. Company E., 19th infantry,from
Ringgold barracks, arrived here.
Aultin.—The Misses Dowd, who are
interested in the Swain-Dowd affair,
formerly lived in Corpus Christi, where-
their parents were quite well off until
the £reat storm a few years ago. They
are nieccs of Senator Jones, of Florida.
Their father, Mr. Dowd, is in Gaines-
ville.
Waco.—Dr. Randlo says thatdesiplto
the cry of dry weather there will be
more cotton raised and gathered ip
McLennan county during the coming
season thkn any year since 1882. The-
doctor has been here a long time and
is as good authority on sucn matters as-
any man in Waco.
Dallas.—The sanitary officoryester-
day reported the family of Mr. Cleg-
horn, on Cottonwood lane, in a state of
almost increditable destitution and af-
fliction. Every member of the family,
and there a*o tc.n or a dozen of them,
was prostrate with fever, and there-
was not one able to wait on tho rest.
Moreover, two of tliem arc totally
blind. They were not only without
means to obtain medical treatment,
but without anything to oat, and har?
not enough bed room to go round, as
some of them were lying on the bare
floor.
A CONSCIENTIOUS CONGRESSMAN-
Washington, Aug. 22.—Congressman.
Matson of Indiana has declined to
accept a silver service which was pre
sented to him yesterday by employes
of the government printing office, on
the ground that it is not" proper for
him to accept any reward for the per-
formance of the duty imposed upon
him as a member of congress and that,
it would set a very bad precedent.
THE ALLEGED LUMBER TRUST.
Chicago, 111., Aug. 22 —Several of
the gentlemen who were present at the
meeting of the lumbermen at the
Grand Pacific last night were seen to-
day and all denied that there was any
contemplation of forming a lumler
trust. "The meeting last night was
merely for tho purpose of completing
a small private deal," said Mr. J. C.
Ogorman, of Stillwater. "The deal
diit not amount to more than 30,000,-
000 feet and it was a private transac-
tion in which the public are not at all
interested."
CHARGED WITH INCEST.
Denison, Tex., Aug. 22.—Indian
Policeman Fryor passed through here
Sunday with a prisoner arrested near
Caddo, I. T. The old man's name
could not be ascertained. He was ar-
rested for incest, said to havo been
committed in Franklin county nine
years ago, and is being taken back to
the scene of his alleged crime.
CONVICT SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
Houston, Tex., Aug. 22.—Conviet
Stone, who escaped from a convict
train near Sheldon and was shot by a
guard with buckshot, was u>day aoni
to Hunbsville for medical treataMt.
He it seriously wooaded and may ia
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