The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-04-09
TEXAS ITEMS.

ihe best steam p!ow'
-Four new locomotives were standing on
hs side track at tho foot of Woodland
street Sunday evening. They bel ong to
,be Houston & Texas Central Raj lroad--
Denison News of the 9th.
Several deaths have occurred in Corsi-
cana during the past week from monin-
gifts,
Fred. Sherman, an old citizen of Gal
voston. met with sudden death by fall
ling head foremost into well on his own
place
Two men, named Hickerson, were ar
rested in Millicau afew days since charged
with the murder Of a man in Alabama,
and are now en- route for The scene Of their
crime,
In talk with one of our oldest and
hest farmers, we learn that the wheat crop
Il seriously injured by the frost last week,
and that if rain does not come within a
few days, there will be very light wheat
crop raised. lilo reports the peaches as
very nearly all killed, The apples he
thinks, ere not hurt very seriously.-Mc
Kinney Enquirer, April S.
Young Blackmore, brother Of the muir
aerer who was hanged at Sherman, few
wears since was captured with lot Of
other horse thieves near GAINESVILLE, few
dnvs since He had previously broke Jail
at Paris. Ibid.
A horrible death befell man named
Pryor, near GAINESVILLE, few days since,
while trying to put out fire that threat
,ned the destruction of his fence. He was
struck by falling limb, rendering him
insensible. The fire soon reaching him,
burned him to such an exten that he died
soon afterward. Ibid.
The Greenville Herald learns that G
party of horse thieves were oyerhauled
one day last weeA near Cedar Grove, by
party of citizens, when fight ensued, il
which one thief was MORALLY wounded
The gun boats at the naval station be-
low New Orleans are preparing for sea.
Their destination is discussed wi tn lively
interest in New Orleans. We wonder if
itcan mean Mexico Houston Tele graph
The Supreme Court of the United States
is expected soon to deliver decision on
the right of women to practice in the
United States Courts under the l4th
amendment. The test case is that of Mrs
Bradwell, of Chicago Houston TclG-
graph.
Don IgDacio Castro was buried in this
city on Friday afternoon. BY reference to
the mortuary report we see that he was
ninety-fve years old, and was born in San
Antonio, Texas. The deceased was SOL
der under Gen. ackson and participated
in the battle of New Orleans in 1872. He
was also soldier during the @exas revo-
luton and fought with the lemented Fan.
min and the Texan patriots at Goliad
Very fow of our citizens knew of the death
of the old patriot, and even after the fu-
neral tickets were distributed, not many
. knew who lgnacio Castro was or what was
his history. San Antonio Herald.
QUICK TIME.-0n the 3lst ult., 2:40 p. M.
there passed through here car load Of
flour, which left St. Louis at p. IN. of the
18th, coming through from that city in
sixty seven hours and forty minutes. The
whole side of the car was placGrded with
ST. Louis welcome to Texas, aud the great
scales of the two States with time Of its
leaving st. Louis. 1t was shipped to
Mexa on the Texas Central railroad. -
[Denison Journal, 9th.
Yesterday the Texas and Pacific Rail-
way was for the first time intro luoed to
the great railroad family of the United
States, having adopted the same gauge
with about sixty thousand mikes of roads
in this coui try, viz; the width Of four feet
eight and a half inches. When the road
is completed to San Diego, it will be pos
sible to take sleeping car at that place,
aud, without change, land in New York
or Boston.
And the way by which this width was
adopted is both singular and suggestive.
There is nothing, of course, sacramental
in that number Of as, or the added J inch.
A gauge five feet would have done quite as
we'll; and it is said to be the width actual
ly intended, and that'of AS! is the result
of accidental mismeasarement; but being
adopted, capital was largely invested in
that gauge before thare was any great en-
qUiry as to the relative advantages Of the
wide and narrow gauge, and so its use be-
came general
There was nm animated friendly contest
in the directory between the wide and mar
row gauge advocates, now happily compro-
Uised by the adoption of the general
aaAS, of the country, SO our road, in this
NSSd, ceases to be local and becomes ma
Gscal. Why cannot such common sense
@applied to political contests 2--Shreve-
4 port South estern Telegram,