Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1884 — Train Robbers Foiled in Texas. [ARTICLE]

Train Robbers Foiled in Texas.

The Mexican Central pay-car, which arrived here, yesterday evening was attacked by robbers at Lerdo, 500 miles sonth. A stone was thrown into the train, supposedly to stop it, when a great number of horsemen were seen riding slowly on the track ahead. The train had a guard of twenty men armed with Winchesters, and they immediately prepared for an attack, but the robbers seeing them fled. The Pullman car neadquarters, at Paso del Norte, across the river from here, was robbed last night. The loss has not been ascertained. It consisted of money and Pullman supplies. T. C. Schnkidxb, of Baltimore, has just finished a new micrometer, to measure the wave length of light. It is said to be th* finest instrument of the kind in the world. The red flannel shirt which, tied to an oar, was used as a distress signal by the Greely party In the arctic regions, wifi be on exhibition at the Cincinnati Exposition. - Victob Hugo is such an ardent admirer of Khea that he is almost persuaded to come to this country to see her again. Theodobe Waxbond has arranged "to write the life of Dean Stanley, t i ■ /