Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-12-23
rsxa. GATHERINGS.

- W 80 AtHHHA AHHHHHHn N"HHHN
81 his heighbor, Mr. Thomas IRA
zier, Ia hAal a l0ad Of eOil0n 4
ShrevesD0Ti. On their TeiuTI
together ifom Shreveport, the,
eampei near i.iokskillil. 0n lh'
State line II lhe South East c0rhel
At this eOunly, Ii seems that Mr.
Bower hsi Borrowed an aN from
some eiliEens near that place, and
amer making ap his camp fre, went
To return the az TO the lender, Ou
his way back TO his wagon he stop
ped st the camp of some other mar
ket wagons, and was sitting at the
hrs whom some one dischni ged a
gun or pistol fr0m the road behind,
~sioh took effect in the shoulder
of Mr.. Bowers, passing out through
the throat, Tho party Airing, rode
os hastily. Mr., BrHLier, hearing
the discharge Of the gun, and his
name called by Bowers, attempted
TO head on the ssssssiH, who gal,
lospcd By, dischsrsing barrel at
him a. ho passed.
The latest account from Mr. Bow,
ogs lch but little hope of his recov'
cry.
The aRsaSsin is supposed to bo an
unknown negro, who rode by no
gro wag0h camp, hut = short die
,ance before coming TO the camp
whore the deed WAS done, having n
large six shooter By his side. Tho
negroes think they could identify
tho horse.
This comes from armed negroes
rowing about. with the cuphoniouS
tct'e State Malish. -MdrshdH he
porter,
quite a-mmbcr Of immigrants
have passed through our town with
IN tbs pas, week, going west Sore
oftlicn arc from SoGth Carolina
having been driven away from tl!oir
homes by tho Reign Of Terror inan-
gnra,cd in thst State hy tho practi
cal operations of the Ku Klux bill,
They appcar TO be men OF II high
order ofinle'ligv'icuand worth. We
welcome them to our State, though
wo cannot promise them any great.
er security here ofperson and prop
erty than is now the latc Of South
Cnrolina.-SulPhw Springs Gazette
New buildings are going up all
over town, improvements are being
made in every direction, IN spite OF
'hard times. hard times come again
no more" Tarrant county has got
the "stamps" and Fort Worth the
energy, to give lis reputation be
yond the border Of tho State, oven
into the frozen occnn.-IOH Worh
Democrat.
Major Kochl has bcch 10 th6 troll
bic Of shipping us lot of his fine
Ru,a Bagas; and it is surprising
how well they 60, down, aided by
6ir own pork. BY tho way, the
major has invented n cotton press,
which beats all in usc at present.
Two BOYS can press bale with all
case. The press can stand in the
lint room, the power being applied
outside. lie will apply for pat.
tent, and our next State NAir will
have n chance to Judge Of its merits.
BE sure Walker county is no idlor.
HuntsriNe Item.
Wcpublish this morning the state
ment Of the Picayunc, that Morgan
has taken n largo interest in the
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas
Railroad, and that it will be pushed
through as fast as possible. Some
concessions are to be made by the
city before the arrangement is com
plctcd, but the Picnyune OF tertains
no doubt tha. they will be granted.
The Times confirms the statement,
giving as It's authority, a dispatch
from Chas. Morgan, I'd Uhas. A Whit.
ney Il Co., of that city.-Hous'd'i |
Telegraph.
KEEP PLowENG This is delight
ful weather for our farmers to com
mcncc preparing their lands f1s next
years crop. Every foot of land
should be plowod as deep as posi-
bic. 1t is the best guarantee we |
have for a crop during y dry season.
Farmers who plow deep and plant !
carly say they never fail to harvest !
n fair crop, whether it rains or not.
Some arc so sanguine rs to assort |
that with these things they can bid |
defiance to any drought. The cx- !
pericncc of all this year ia that those |
whose land was we'll prepared were |
the mon who made the most corn.
JoaRdt.
JAIL nELIvERY.-On last Sunday 4,
night, taking advar tage we supp1'c,
of the violent norther t!at was
blowing, the inmates Of the county /
iai effected their escape by wrench |
ing the lock of the cage, and pre-
themselves out of The
window. Benjamin Mays, whose |
sentence of death has been comhut-
ed to imprisl ument for life. and the I
Mexican, who is 60 be hung in Bee
county, on the 22tl of this mon ID,
were captured on an island 10 the +.
river below town the next day, and |
arc now sa ely in Gu 't1dy, where /.
they will remain. VIC trust, until 4
the the law can be executed. Sew
eral parties incarcerated for minor
have, mp to this date, made
good their escape. Tney will be
or be compelled TO leave
the country FIctoyid Adroeafr, 81
Snow. We are told that the troops
who went out with General McKen-
zie recently in pursuit OF Indians
TO the S,aked Plains, encountered
snow 10 the depth OF two feet. 1t
appears & at the advance of the
troops found the trail of cattle aud
evidently came up with n small
force of Indians in the rear Of the