Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-11-28
TEXAS ITEMS.

Jasper county, complete, gave majority
of $50 for Breckenridge. The vote stood for
Brock 26S; Fusion SS.
The official vote of Bell county is, for
Brock, 4SS; Fusion, loi-democratic maj.
294.
In Comanese county the vote was for
Brock, l04; Fusion, II.
Milan county gives (official) Brock, 474;
Fusion, ia.
The Gulf Key says that 400 U. S. troops
have been landed at Powderhorn, destined
for the different posts on the frontirr. Most
of them are raw recruits.
The Key in long leader, proclaims its
preference for dissolution Of all connec-
ton with the North and raising the broad
banner of the clone STAR" rather than sub
nit to the administration of Black Rcpub-
lican President.
Mr.. H. +. O'Neal, late of the Linden Re-
porter has become the proprietor Of the JEFF
ferson Herald & Gazette. M. M. Mitchell
becomes editor of the Reporter.
The Quitman Herald says that there is
more improvement going on in that town at
present than has been FOR many years.
Typhoid Fever has prevailed to a .consid-
cradle extent in Wood county this i,cnson,
and several deaths have occurred.
The Beaumont Banner says that horri.
BILE murder was perpetrated at Concord,
Hardin county, on the 9th inst. man
named Mooney, said to bear good charac-
ter and generally liked, was assaulted and
killed by man named Wilburn and his
three sons. The murderers were arrested
and placed in confinement, but on the fol-
lowing morning they were found hanging
to four trees, en- Doggy Bayou, about mile
from Concord at was the opinion" says
a correspondent of the Banner athat they
met their just reward
The Banner also gives'an account of an
affray that occurred in Orange county, re-
Gently, in which Mr.. Holloway was wound
ed in the leg,
We learn from the Sulphur Springs Mon
itor that meeting of the citizens of Hop
kins county was to be held at Tarrant, on
Saturday last, "for the purpose of passing
resolutions expressive of their sentiments,
in the event of the election of Abe Lincoln
to the Presidency of the United States"
A meeting was also called for the 9th,
yesterday ''for the purpose Of organizing
an independent Military Club, to be known
as the Tarrant Guards :"
The Telegraph says that on Sunday the
18th, n portion of one of the wall of the
Methodist Chucch in Houston fell in. No
one was in the building at the time.
The Telegraph says that the "blue cock
ade," has made its appearance in the streets
of Houston. 1t consists of u blue rosette,
with five pointed silver star in the centre.
1t is worn on the side of the hat, and means
that "the wearers pledge their lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honor to resist
ancc to ablition cncroacbments and that
they can see no way of successful resistance
but in the withdrawal of their State from
the Union"
The Waco South West of the Dist says -
'sTo-day magnificent staff 160 feet in
hight, braced by wire guys, viii be raised
in Waco and the State Flag ascend aloft to
flaunt proudly in the winds of heaven. An
immense crowd will be in attendance, and
the colors will be saluted with military
honors."
We learn from the Bosque TIMES of the
18th that horrible murder was committed
in the town of Kimball, BosQue County, on
the 9Th, on the person Of an inoffensive
Young man named Charles Bechtel, by his
employer, Jas. Jefferson. Jefferson shot the
Young man in the head and concealed the
body under the counter, in his Grocery,
and made his escape, but returned to get
some money he had deposited with a frm in
town. he was ARRESTED and confined in jail,
The same night the Jail was broken into,
the prisoner taken out and hung to a tree
in the outskirts of the town. The Times
adds:
1--WE learn from good authority, letters
found in possession show ccnclusively that
he belonged to an extensive band of des-
peradoes from Kentucky, Tennessee, Ar
kansas snd this State. The names append
e 70 said tiers are strictly in secret, in
tie hope that there Hay be yet anoil-es- eK- ,
ample Ct just