Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-01-19
TExAs ITEMS

HAT his list euly embraces sssh hurled With
n he city lnlis The Whole number n deaths, In
sisdnB ihoss In the military garrison, i Is supposed
uOuls reach over three hurdIei,
The Reporter snnounses the formation q shes.
club la Riehmsnd siues til, 'lsi, Of Morph,y 20
EuroIe, where he has bsa; all The absst players, ard
backed out" Ne Stanton, the Rnslish champion,
the hss game u chess has begun to bs lni,s fever
A grand masquerade TALL vas to come on At Rich
mlni en- the sth inst
The dwelling o. Nc IL, IlsiFehslh, in Rich
mond. VAS consumed by ~ ou Christmas night
los hstwien four and iys thousand dolats. whie,,
vas covered ~ Insurance.
The steamship Mexico recently nads the trip from
Mes Orleans to Galveston, in " houFs--tho shortest
on record.
/ mss,lng vas held n Gonzales with view Of
bringing the 3 4. L NC, Railroad through that
pSgy, The Enquirer links Gonzales vii be the
oenteTing point of three railroads
The receipts Of the Houston Texas Central Rail.
road for December, were s2o3sl 10. being an aver
AZ. receipt OF slO7 90 per mile Tor the 30 niles in
operation, and increase OF l26 per cent over last
year. The Telegraph thinks the receipts fr tho
year will reach 100000.
Cushing, Of the Telegraph has turned weather
prophet, and rcjoiees over H. yerlhsaton Of his,
hat "rarm, damp days with Sc Oh W,ni in Decera-
Ter, will have thelr eomplimentin January" sms
enough, nOrthsr sprung up on tn 9Th, and sent
u e mersury down to i0i
MAJOR Jas. ", Scott returned to Houston few
la since !'Vm o. eisl visit to Washington city.--
lie would leave in day or two e. look after the
Pus Office husir' Of the Stats.
The "eegraph lcarus that the Texas Conference
has abandoned, with great unanimity, all claml to
the Ruters,lc College lots,
The 3onham Independent refuses to hoist the de-
mseratlc flag, md defs is independence, and cites
various reasons therefor the principal one Of which
lie, the editor don't believe tn pay.
The Independent says Christmas ms honored in
the old fashioned style in Bouhsm. Visiting and din
ing were the order Of the day, and tho order Of the
night was grand ball at the Donham Hotel, where /
the dancing was kept up till late boar.
The Odd Fellows and Masons Of Bouham Joined in Z
procession the lst inst, and marched to the Da
list church, where an Odd Fellows address was de-
ivered after which the company adjourned to the (
Bonham Hotel to discuss dinner given by the later
fraternity. The independent thinks about 800 PER
sons snt down to the dinner.
The Jefferson Herald notices large business 10
ing in cotton in that place, and says that a large
amount Of money is expected from New Orleans for
the purchase Of the staple Other business also,
was unusually brisk about Christmas times The
river was rising and boats continually coming up to
tie city crowded with goods and passengers
The Telegraph says the track laying the Brozo-
ria road was resumed on the 10th, after suspension
Of two weeks, and the materials for the first rs
milcs mostly on the ground, no further delay
would occur new locomotive was being put mp
for that roni, which one Of the heaviest kind.
capable Of drawing fifty cars.
The Galveston road was finished on the Sth, w to-
Main St, Houston. The editor Of the Telegraph !
has had ride on the road and .rronounces 1t yerv
smooth, and the time made, good running for any
road.
The whole railroad connection with Houston is
now about ] SO miles
correspondent of the Telegraph strongly urges
Gov. Runnels for reelection.
Capt. g. P. Ross passed through Waco, on the 9Th
N route for the Indian Reserves
Judge Battle, of the 9th District and Judge Gregg,
the 18th, have alernated for the Spring Term OF
he Courts. {
The last State Gazette announces that the editor,
iaj. Marshal has so far recovered as to be able to
esume his editorial duties. q
The Waco 'Southener' urges the establishment Of
ack line from that place to Delknap, and advances /
bod reasons for such line
The 'southencr' gives some very seagonable ami !
,rtnsnt advice to farmers, on the subject of deep
i'd early ploughing 1t argues that soil looscned by
sub-soil plough twelve fifteen inches deep, will
tam sufhcient water from the winter and spring Z,
Tins to make good crop. The editor relates as the
sults of HIS observations, THAT those who ploughed
he deepest made the best crops. This advice is as
oplicable to our farmers in this section as TO any
'untry that we know of, and hope that they will
roht by experience, and plough early ana deep, and
e feel assured that they will reap the benefit Of Y
ich course by large crops even should the drought
revail through the whole summer. We know of {
'veral experiments made ir the counties Northeast
here, that have demonstrated beyond all eontro- 4
'rsy that deep poughng rrN counterfeit the effects
a severe irouth when nothing else WILL r
PARKEr CouSTr.-Messrs C. L. Jordan and C. Il. {
an Horn have retired from the Frontier News and
I'd X. ". Duke & ] W. Hedrick succeed them, as y
lbshers- d. 0. Norton, ESQ.,, still continues cdi- q
T. The News promises to enlarge its Dimensions i
th the commencement Of the next volume. a,
Jos, Robinson, Esq, has been elected Mayor Of a
B. Mulkins, Recorder R, L. Ritchic, S
SCISSOR /; A. J. Ball, Treasurer. and s. A. Hart, T
Unstable, tx tr
The News notices Christmas ball in Weather. 70
I'd and says it passed off pleasantly and to the sat-
action of all. tr
District Court adjourned at Weatherford, on satur OF
y, the Sth inst, after session of one week The p
cket Was Arge but no case of Importance appears er