The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-20
STATE ITEMS,


And now comes "Chocklaw John,o
from BfaZos bottom, and lays upon our
table three acorns, IN u cluster, the
united weight Of which IL almost n
pound. They are the over-cup ana not
full grown.
The steamship w. II. lIewes, Cap
tain Brown, cleared last Tuesday for
Havana, with five hundred head OF
beovcs. This IL the first lot Of cattle
shipped TO that port this season. The
traffic will probably be kept up during
the winter season. $50 Indianon Bullc-
tin.
The Hill County Record says; With
abundant corn crops, nnd an immense
quantity OF mast, which Kind Provi-
drnco has blessed us with, II Is clearly
demonstrated that no county In the
state can offer such Inducements to the
Immigrant With rs fine fertile land
as there Is on the continent ut from
three to ten dollars per acre, corn In
an abundance ut fifty cents per bushel,
aud choice beef ut two and n halt cents
per pound, while everything else IL
proportionutely low, what county can
offer such Inducements? With good so
ciety, good schools, with an array of
talent IN the pulpit, we can extend the
invitation TO those seeking homes, be-
lieving that In no other portion OF
Texas can they be better suited.
The grand jury was discharged on
on Tuesday last, after u session ofeight
ln,,a Nh ny pntpppaI ipin nnprf fart ~ =
three bills ofindlctment, which speaks
well for the morals of this county,
Weatheriord Times. tp,r
We are pleased to announce that "A
full force of workmen are busily en-
ployed on the wood work Of the South
ern Presbyterian church of this city.
When completed, it will be one of the
handsomest church ediiices In the
state. We understand that there will
be no further interruption in the work,
and that in short time 1t will be
ready for use.-- Austin Statesman.
The San Antonio Herald of the 18th
says: We have positive information
that Colonel Pierce sailed from New
York for Europe on "Wednesday last to
get means to finish his road to San An
tonic. a part of the funds will be ex-
pended in hiring an OK cart to haul
Seguln OF into the prairie somewhere.
The only trouble is, there isnot enough
of it to makea load.
We see that some of our exchanges
are still discussing the great merits of
the southern Relief pea, the stalk of
which resembles the cotton plant. This
humbug run its course in Texas fifteen
years ago, disappointing every one
who experimental with it. The pea
is really not good for table use, and
while the stalk is excellent forage for
stock, it is not near 80 productive rs
the common speckled pea, and requires
much more cultivation. Il Palestine
New Era.
The bale which took the second pre-
MUM for Texas cotton at the st. Louis
fair, was raised by Captain IL. S. Ran
dali, on his Red river farm, and ship
ped by David Rhine, of this city. 1t
was small bale, weighing about four
hundred pounds. - Bonham News.
Major j. II. Blain, one of Freestone's
oldest and most respected citizens, died
on Monday of last week, at his home,
in that county, aged about 50 years.
On the nth instant, departed this
life, in Limestone county, MIR. Mr..
William Brown, one of the oldest citi:
zens Of that section.
Walter jefferson Pistle was married
IN Lamar county, on the 9th instant,
to Miss Sallie McGraw. The local OF
the Honey Grove Independent con-.
graduates the happy man in the fol-
lowing unique lines:
Now Mr.. JEFF has gained his quest,
No trouble does he see,
Disturb him not, but let him rest,
Along with SalIi-e.
Our citizens were startled this. morn
ing OH hearing that eX-Mayer Frank
Schrader attempted to commit suicide
at A. NJ, by cutting his throat. He
walked his wife about that time, and
she found his night clothes covered
with blood. II seems that he had
made two gashes, one on each side of
his neck. DIR. Berry was called, and
dressed his wounds, and pronoUnces
him not in danger. The colonel was
evidently temporarily insane. His
actions yesterday ON the streets showed
this. He told some of his friends that
DenisOn required victim, and he was
going to be the one. He seemed in