Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-02-02

lN % pretty hWty BOIL nlrW lnst
Suuuu, Iht uuzUu lr0ps It'll We
fEu ,.g Ing lum Ilmi ur % Young
wnLinluu hhI grown puhlilr, ~.
'impm,Di U.s. ,pmu IuIuuul " brisk
Niih No damage done us ur ns
htmfihum,
y icW minutes after The rain had
,rscd, u portion nf the front of the
Cumiy Clerks office u brick build
iug situated IN the West side OF the
court ho,,Sc yard, gave way and
com" down with II cash, Brighten.
iHg several horses hitchcd near the
.pol, and causing one or two cOun.
~ officials to rush out rather hastily
y the back door TO SEQ what was
lac matter We suppose the Police
Court will have 81 make another
appropriation to repair tho damage,
\ rumor was prevalent on the
streets last Friday aud Saturday
that Bundy's tcrri,orializing bill
had been passed, and Palestine SO,
lcctcd ms the capital Of this terrific
~. On tracing il to its starting
I'a"", we found the rumor amount.
ctl 10 this, that IL the State should
ic divided into territories, Palestine
would certainly he the capital of
the Territory of Bravo, Brownlow,
or whatever name the RAIDS, may
lcstow upon our country. "Ouly
that, and nothing more
NATURAL CuRIosITY.-Cupt. Yin.
ing has deposited in our Office
deer skin, the hair on which is pWrc
phie. The animal has frequently
been seen by the hunters in this Vi.
entity, during the fall and winter,
and was killed by Mr., Stafford, one
day last week, about five miles from
Town. il is his opinion that the
unusual color Of the hair, was caus.
rd by extreme old age, and that it
WAS nearly blind from the same
cause, It's eyes presenting very
CLASSY and unusual appearance
RsM Observer.
FREEDMEN.-Wc are pleased to
notice, on the part Of this portion
Of our population, disposition to
work, and we are glad to be able to
chronicle the fact, that most Of them
lave contracted with white mon,
'or ihe present year, to do farm Ia
Dor. They seem to recognize the
fact that they must "cat bread by
the sweat of their brow" and have
gone to work in earnest. Let them
be treated humuncly, and if there is
good in them, give them Il chance
10 show it by their labor.-Palcstine
NcWS.
We clip the following item (says
the Palestine News from the Ty-
Ter Index. Our community will re-
member the subject Of this notice
while in this place. He was 4 rock
less young man, and only met the
fate common to men Of his habits
"a young man named Choatc
Reeves WAS taken up by the civil
authority Of our place for some
misdcmcanor and fined failing to
plank up he was remanded to Jail.
Shortly afterwards squad of men
came into town, no one knew them,
paid Reeves fine and other indebt-
rtlness and took him off a prisoner.
Their conduct, we must say was
very suspicious, and few days ago
we learned that Reeves body was
found in Sabine bottom, near the
gine Of Wood county with eleven
balls shot into him"
Just Us we were going to press we
learn that n man by the name Of
Finley was killed near Whitcsboro,
in this county, on Tuesday night
last, by a party of five men. Our
informant states that they went to
his (Finlcy's) house and called him
out and shot him; after this they
told his wife that they didn't want
anybody disturbed about it but the
Fishers it having been reported
that Finley was engaged in the
killing of an old man by the name
Of Fisher, some two years ego
Sherman ,Tar, 24h W.
AN OLD TYpo.--On last Tuesday
we received a call from an old prin-
ter. lie is the father of our =. NJ,
Mr.. Tunstall, and resides in iI0us- |
ton county. lie commenced the
printing business in the city of
Nashville, Tenn, sixty years ago,
and though now very old retains
much Of his knowledge of the pro-
fession. We were carried back in
imagination, to the primitive days
Of the trade in America, as we look
ed on the trembling limbs and dim
med eyes of this venerable profess
sor of the cart preventative of all
arts. "-PdleStinc Meas.
The largest man and the smallest
man in the world are now on cxhib-
it in this city. The Kentucky giant
weighs ~ lbs, while Major Green
is smaller than Tom Thumb. They
are both highly intelligent and well
iormcd.-Jimpiicme. .:;.u
EcKsBuRG, JAN 22.-AnotherdisRS.r
broke out at two, 4. ~, in
Waltemos confectionery store, on China
street, and communicated rapidly TO the
adjoining building on Washington and
Mulberry streets, brick stores are burnt,
in China street, six frame buildings burnt,
also 3 frame dwellings Of Mulberry street
Total loss, three quarters of a million,
about one hundred and fifty thousand was
insured. The origin of the fire is no doubt
incendiary, as an attempt was made TO fire
n dwelling on Crawford street.
WASHINGTON. Jan. pa prominent Re-
publican member Of the House, in a recent
letter touching the impeachment, says, "Sly
own opinion is that il will amount 10 no
thing AT ALL The report that tie judiciary
committee have taken evidence bearing