The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-10-24
STATE ITEMS.

/ Governor Coke Is in receipt of ad
vices Of the sale oftwenty thousand dol
lars of boads to Augustus G. Downing
thirty thousand dollars to G. III. Ma.
lory Il Co., aud five thousand dollars
to j. w. Lawrence, at eighty.iivt
cents The net proceeds, Sl5,Sl5, were
paid to Williams IL GuiOn.
We are gratiied to learn that con.
| tracts have been made for brick and
lumber for the building of the east
Texas university. The committee,
whose duty IL is, are now looking out u
suitable location, and will make Sc
lection In n few days. Over ten thou
sand dollars worth of stock has been
subscribed, and the enterprise is on a
sure footing.-[Tyler Democrat.
Sherman Courier, 10th: Thomas
HoWerton, ayoung man, was bitten on
the left foot by u copperhead snake,
Thursday evening at = o'clock, three
miles east Of Sherman, on Calf creek.
He was kept under the influence of
whisky until Friday morn .ng, and is
now recovering rapidly.
The recent heavy rains in the south
west, and the consequent high waters,
have wrought great destruction to the
valley crops. Those on the Guadalupe
have suffered the most. That river is
said to have been higher than the flood
of 1869.
The Bryan Appeal announces the
death of Mrs. Jane, wife of William Il.
Scarborough, in the twenty-sixth year
of her age.
The Bastrop Advertiser states that
Mr.. w. q. Miller, while returning re-
Gently from Elgin, got the small bone
of his ley broken. His horses SHE'D
while descending hill. He attempt
ed to jump out, when his leg got
through the spokes of a wheel, break
ing out two, and the bone.
The Free Press states that "the pecan
crop this year, we learn, is again a fair
one, Willie that of acorns and nuts
generally is extra large"
The Central Texan states that Ger.
man named August lillian, while at
tempting to cross Sandy creek recent
ly, was drowned, and the two horses
which he was driving.
Last Thursday morning, our junior,
Mr.. l.. III. Beard, and the beautiful
and accomplished Miss Ella Thomp-
son, were united in the sacred bonds
of matri mony, at the residence of the
brides parents, by the Rev. DR.. Strib-
liDg.-[Tyler Democrat.
William Carnes has sent us a few
twigs of postoak filled with acorns.
On five little twigs there are one hun
dred ana five acOrns. We are safe for
pork. The mast which was thought
ruined by the drouth has come out
since the rains, and is very heavy
[Comanche Chief.
A son of Mr.. A. Warhmann, fifteen
years old, fell Off boat near the foot
of the avenue, in Austin, and was
drowned. The body was recovered.
DIR. (?) j. II. McAfee succeeded i'm
getting on a nigh h-lonesome,
on Monday last, and after trying the
speed of his horse through the streets
of our city, took to the prairie, with
Deputy Parker and two or three spe-
cials in hot pursuit. The race attract
ed general attention almost every
man, woman and child, male and fe-
male, including terrier dogs and mig
gers, left their business (who had any
and repaired to points from which the
best look out can be obtained.
The pursuers returned in t.le course
)f an hour with the doctor in limbo
..Groesbeck Clarion.
Colonel Schleicher addressed the cit
zens of Fredericksburg OH the fourth
nstaLt. The Sentinel states that Gill
espie will give him handsome ma
ority. He was cordially received by
his old friends, and his speech con-
'inced those who heard him that he
Vas the man to represent them.
The Colorado Citizen of the Sth in
'tant says that "good lands Sold at the
court house, OH Tuesday last, at fifteen
cents per acre, and that on credit of
'iX months."
The Terrell Press says that "some of |
,ur farmers have already sown their
wheat, and others are making pre-
partition. A great deal more small
grain will be sOwn in Kaufman tlis !
'ear than ever before. There is more |
money and less than half the labor in |
'aising wheat than there is cotton, and |
,ur farmers are fast realizing the
act.n
There is a greater need of federal |
roops in Texas now than ever before -
n fact it is awful-and each ldier
hould be sent with two guns, two bay
NETS on each gun, a hamper. basket |
ull of pistols, and a barrel of bowie
Knives. Without this there will not be |
! radical congressman elected in the |
tate. Radical "men and BRETHREN"
amt you stir up the excitement?-
Tyler Democrat.
Last weeka party of Indians made a
aid into the neighborhoOd of Jim Ned |
,reek, In Coleman county, and stole |
ome twenty head of horses from Mr.. |
Hart and a number from Mr.. Gholson.
Mr. GhOlson is after them with all his |
lands and ten rangers, and Is said to |
De giving them hot chase.
Since writing the above, we learn by |
! gentleman from Coleman county |
hat Mr., Gbolson's hands came up with |
he Indians near the Table mountain,
md had an encounter with them, kill.
ng one on the spot None of the boys
we're hurt. Three cheers for the gall
ant frontiersman and his plucky COW.
Chief.