Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-04-21

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the Sioekbol lur' who ran possibly arrange
" he present Will he IN attendance, The
road ran b. built and II Tho proper course
Ia pursued it ought n bO builI In twelve
months NJ easily as In twelve years, la
the building II This rbni there Hre no Ob
slncl-s 10 encounter that compare with the
difficulties overcome by the skim End labor
employed to build tho roads In the east
orn aud northern States.
william Galloway, Missouri refugee,
who has been Engaged in driving team In
this vicinity for year or two past, was
put IN jail on Thursday In consequence Of
acknowledgements Of the r,2e differ
snoe between meum and 'lum. lie WAS
found setting aslril' OF Mr. Huddles
horse,
MrNpgrEp.--Ths dead bodies OF two
mon, dashed together and perforated with
bullet holes, were found u few days ago in
Bois dsro bottom, IN fanpin county, Who
they were, or FOR what cause murdered,
will not probably be made known 10 the
public, and particularly the officers Of the
law. We have heard that IL has been hint
ed that psrhGps the murdered mon were
horse thieves Perhaps they were, and II
70 an honest jury ought TO have been APP
priced OF the fGct.
The recent rains prevailed all over the
atstex,ho Paris and Clnrks'ills papers
mention heavy rains which rendered the
ground too wot for ploushing.
We clip the following Items from the
GAINESVILLE Standard OF the 1th inst:
On Tuesday evening We had regular
food, An overwhelming outpourinS OF the
clouds, continuing steadily all night-Long
before night--.thc Qucenly stream, the Del
aware, was out Of its banks, and SO con-
tinued until near dinner next day. Cut
hand creek, was on Wednesday morning,
from hill 10 hill. II continued rainy and
sobby, until Wednesday evening, and then
became cold We had no mail from Jefer
son on Wednesday or Friday night.
The Sulphur ia from hill TO hill, at Ste
yepson's, and We presume OF course the
same, on the Mt Pleasant road.
Red River on Thursday evening at Mill
Greek, was nearly bank full.
A new paper to be called the "Common
Sense" is about to be started at Paris, La
mar County, by Rev. II, B. Warren 4 Co.
30 the Jefferson Register informs US.
The Bulletin says that large number Of
new buildings are being er'cted in Jeft'r-
son, but adds that they are not Of perma-
nent character, and suggests prohibition
against tho erection OF frame buildings in
the business portion of the city.
An effort j. being made to estsblish
Historical Association in Jefferson, the pro-
ceeds, after paying expenses to De devoted
to charitable purposes.
Flour WAS quoted in Jefferson at $7G.SS
per 100 pounds currency, On the SOth ult,
gold, Sl,25@s1,2s, Coffee, s5@37ic, Hides,
6@se Wool, l6@25e.
Travellers from up the country tell US that
there was severe storm at Navasota and
Courtney day before yesterday. Many
houses were blown down at the latter
place, and trees in the way Of the tempest
were ''nowherc. '-Nouston Telegraph, 9Th.
An election for mayor and aldermen has
been ordered for this place, to DO held on
the 2lS inst. We hope that they will re
store order in Sherman once more, for there
hus been FIVE years that there was no order
huu VIC Eihi 'ohS pCOptS S"y
they want order.-Sherman Star.
Our farmers report their crops as look
ing fine and doing we'll. The wheat crop
was never mole promising at this seaEon OF
the year. We cannot account for the
long faces Of our farmer friends, unless :.
be that everlasting--but they are afraid
that the freedmen will not work when the
hot weather comes. The most Of our far
mcrs complain of the work OF the freed
men, rs now put in, and say that they do
not work as they formerly did.-JtFtr'0n
Jimpieeute.
Ward Taylor Jr OF the Jefferson Jim
plecutc, started 10 New Orleans on the oath
ult. In letter from Shreveport to his pa
per- be has the following paragraph. 1t
will be seen that he is fully prepared to
keep himself clean, to keep the children
quiet, and TO keep of the cholera.
forgot to return thanks for several
"iems Of comfort sent in just before |
left jefferson. To Hossacl; for soap 10
wash with; Fielder for large cake for
the little ones, and holster for bottle Of
pure Bourbon, in case Of cholera.
We may add that he reached the Crcs-
cent City safely and when We saw him
there was in good plight.
Gen. NJ. D. Ector is spoken Of as can
didate for Judge Of the 9Th Judicial Dis
,riets
Another arrest for horse-stsaling WAS
made on Thursday last. A "genteel and |
respectable gentleman" considering it q |
disgrace to travel on foot in free country |
like this, started to take n ride on horse |
belonging TO Mr.. J. J. Sims, and had one |
Of his innlienable rights seriously interior !
cd with for so doing. Unless there is q !
District Court held here soon, the county !
will have to build a new Jail TO accommo- |
date the many applicants for board at the |
public expense.-I'drs Press, 18Th.
The editor Of the Mckinney Messenger
says he has made arrangement for procur-
ing new type, and will soon enlarge his
paper.
A slight Misunderstanding occurred last |
Friday between W. II. Short, Of this place,
and one John Nunnely, which very nearly |
resulted in the death Of one Of the parties.
The affair took place in the workshop OF
Mr.. Jas. Faris. 1t seems that Mr.. Short /
Was sitting reading, and that Nunnely was
standing very close TO Short, leaning al
most over him, and talking to him rather
eIcitedly. Nunnely's words and actions
being deemed offensive, Short suddenly
arsse and with both hands pushed Nunnely
away. A serious ficulty, it seems, was
not spprehended by Shsrt who turned,
and Was about TO resume his seat, when he
was suddenly and Unexpectedly struck in
the back with tho poll Of n hand axe, by
Nunnely, who followed up the attack with
repeated blows until be hal inflicted some
four or Ave, one Of which was with the
blade Of the axe, and all except the first
about the head. Short fell stunned and
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