Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-01-04

n VA. nothing psesuai u .s q bioo6y
head on 4 mashed nose. W.. John Dffly'
90 m Ia Nmnch cfs man When strung np
10 Ina highest pitch, and had just N soon
buck assisst q circular saw, under full
speed, M bot.--Mariin Mercury
"A car containing ibifty.six bales Of
cotton, was turned this morning, al The
depot. va understand that 20 bales he.
jongtd 10 n. @. Clark Of this place, and
the other 10 10 our fellow-icwnsmsn, Mr..
J. ". Perkins. They have receipts for
tho same, from The Tssas Central Rail.
wsy Company, We presume they will get
pay for II. The hre.originated from sparks
Aging from a passing freight train.--ISid.
We learn from q reliable source, that
the BrnIos River was frozen over this
morn ing; something, we are told, that
has occurred only once or twice within
the last twenty years.--Ibid.
The town Of Kaufman votes for mu-
mic ipal officers next Monday.
Capt. Quinlan, Engineer of the Texas
Central Railroad, was in Kaufman, last
week, examining the contemplated route
Of tho East Branah Of the Central. SO
says the Star.
Weather very cold in Kaufman. The
Star says Christmas passed OF very quiet
ly, but tho young folks enjoyed them
selves muchly.
Tho Chronicle calls Houston the
"Mud City" Dallas has been some what
after that fashion lately.
An Austin dispatch Of the Both ult,,
TO! the Galveston News, says; "a disbol-
ical and fendish atttempt was made to-
day 10 throw the up-bound train of tn.
track, two miles from Manor, by placing
ties athwart the rails"
Mr.. A. D. Rector, former editor OF
the Land Register, of Austin, died in that
place on the night Of the 25th ult.
A heavily loaded government train
of dozen six mule wagons left Austin
on the 9th ult. for the frontier forts.
Liberty, Texas, Dec. 2'.--The court
house was entirely consumed by FIRE this
morning. The records of the Surveyor
and Sheriff g Offices we're total loss.
Two-thirds of the District Clerks records
were destroyed. The cost Of the building
was six thousand dolldrs total loss esti-
mated at ten thousand dollars.--Houston
Telegraph. -,
We regret TO learn that the Hon. C.
b. Sabin is lying quite i'll at his residence
in this city. He has been sick for some
da US, and from what we can learn he is
now regarded as in critical condition.
Galveston Mews.
The Houston Union Of the LIST inst,
has sharp attack upon the NJ, X. & T,
Railroad, designating its maps and circu-
lars as IN monster Railroad Swindle."
A Young man ty the name of William
Thompson, brak esman on The I. r. r., was
seriously injured by. being crushed be-
tween two cars of the construction train
at Troupe, on the 1ith inst His arm was
badly mashed and 1t was thought ampu-
tation would be necessary to save his life.
Palestine Adrocdte.
The Horse disease has reached Hills
boro.
Miss Laura Swain has been app ointed
Postmaster at Houston. The Exposition
says: "The Post office Mt this place has
acquired rathers o cosmopolitan character,
having been kept in nearly every house
in the place, md by nearly every man who
has ever resided here. Now, that il is to
be wresed from the unworthy hands OF
man, and entrusted to the care of one OF
the gentle sex, it will probably, become a
Hour ishing institution.