The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-11-07
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has the following:
| We hear of heavy crops of wheat
| sown down this season, heavier than
ever before. The busy season has
| been in full blast for some time, and
the farmers well satisfied with their
fall labor. Rains have fallen most
propitiously, enabling them to prepare
their ground for sowing and planting.
Notwithstanding the severe drought,
there is yet an abundance of wheat and
corn in the country, and some to spare
to purchasers at a distance. One thing
can be said of Dallas county, we have
never had an entire failure of the crops,
nor have our people ever suffered for
the necessaries of life. We might add
even the 1uxuries, too, for such loaves
of rich white bread, such fat turkeys,
fat pigs and muttons, such monster
white headed cabbage, grapes, pecans
and water-melons, were never seen
anywhere else. In addition, we have
thousands of quails, prairie chickens,
wild ducks, deer and possums.
The Mckinney Messenger of the
26th ut, says:
The weather for the past few months
has been remarkably favorable to the
growth of fall vegetation, and grass on
the prairies was never better at this
season. All kinds of mast are abundant,
so that farmers will not be under the
necessity of feeding much grain to
hogs that are to be fattened. Unless
the coming winter should prove "a hard
one, corn and other kinds of grain will
be comparatively plentiful and cheap
before spring. A decline in these
articles is already announced.
The Colorado Citizen of the 9th has
tho following:
Sunday near Prairie Point, in this
county, by George Day. The difficulty
grew out of horse. Christian had
won a pony from Day, and Day it
seems, refused TO give him up.
Christian followed Day to the residence
of Mrs. Sanders, and called him out
Day told him he would not come out,
neither should he come in. Christian
drew pistol and fired at Day as he
ran into the hoUse. Christian followed
Day into the house, where, it appears
from the testimony, Day drew bowie
knife and stabbed Christian three times.
from which he died in few minutes.
The case has been examined before
Justices of the Peace, A. j. Nave and
r. j. Putney, and Day bound over to
the District Court in the sum of one
thousand dollars.
Ycras and Nco0 Orleans Railroad.
This road is now finished and working
from Beaumont to Liberty, and will
bo complete to Houston next month.
The Beaumont Banner gives an inter
esting account of the work now in
progress on tho road from that place
to Orange, on tho Sabinc-tho line be-
tween Louisiana and Texas. We OK
tract as follows from the EDITORS ac-
count of t. trip on that part of the road:
Crossing the ferry just above whore
the road bridges the Ncches, we found
workmcn busily engaged in putting up
the draw and in completing unfinished
parts of the structure. The pilmr is
of the most substantial character, and
the conter pier, on which tho draws
rests, is filled with concrete, making it
rs solid rs granite itself. The frame
work Of the bridge is being rapidly put
up, and in less than two months we
may expect to say "finis."
For about a mile and half from the
bridge. the Neches bottom yet remains to
be piled for treste work At this point
the grade commences, and the magni-
tude of the work, with the amount of Ia
Dor performed, became apparent. For
four miles, though very heavy timber, an
embankmcnt is thrown up, ranging from
two to twelve feet, and twelve wide at
the top; this is, however, interrupted by
pliug and trestle work atinterva's along
she Uncover the Ferry bayou, SINAI
creeks, slonghs, &c. to the threc-miIe