The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-11-07
STATE ITEMS.

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STATE ITEMS.
BUCKSKIN BILL, the notorious coun-
tcrfeltcr and rascal generally, was re-
captured few days since in the In
dian nation, by Sheriff ELLIS and James
Maupin, and has been returned to the
ppnitentiary, from whence he escaped
Il short time since. He was sentened
10y the federal court at Tyler, TO the
penitentiary, but soon escaped.
a happy girl not more than a hun
drCd miles from here was heard to
sing:
"Henl come Tonight, the winds are ut rest,
The moon is fail and ln!r;
III wear the ur"sS that pleased hlm nest,
A ribbon IN my hair"
She will he at the ball on the 9th,
but us the weather has changed she
will have to change also-her dress,
We mean. -LJimplecutc.
Rarksdulc Messenger, 9th: "Sev-
eral Mississippi immigranas arrived i'll
our town last sunday. They report
/ large numbers OF people from that
state moving aud preparing to move
/ to Texas. Negro domination has
ruined that fair and once prosperous
state, and it il predicted by many
that the whites will eventually alan
I don il entirely
/ The Sherman board of trade organ
/ lied on last Monday night, by the cleo
tion of the following officers: Cap
tain John McCamont, president; NJ.
I-M.sBond, vice president; and J. NJ.
MaHip, secretary and treasurer.
WetRe, authorized by Mr.. II. III.
] IiScanlamt0saS. ihpt he has accepted the
pastmast srship of this city. So, as
Ssonn rs his commission arrives, he
will hiuke the bond>aBd enter upon
the duties OF his positieD,--lhe APP
pointment is as good as couldAxeil
baye beernade. III Houston Telegraph,
| EFalinney Enquirer, "a good jlsi
SoIr grangers, is the-@fhct#rat irish POI
tatoes are selling in our innt4rt at S2
11per bushel, when, with proper cultiA-
titn. 200 bushels pssasse can be raissh
on uir'soiLa1s=1S e-oo%p
Burnet Bnlletfn, rzNe-,learnS'tllat
there has been wealthy company Or
tguntZptA, for the purpose of 1eAnAQping
the Loo hhaIt mine in Llano colint,Y;l
and that rKny have $40, 900 worth of
machinery iif~Akti1 now reudy to
bring up and c0mGTrTrpuYrations."
The San Antonio Express: "1ligM
prices for beef are among the cu-'
! ri0aities of life and trade in san An
tonic. Situated ON the frontier, in the
| heart of the finest beef range in the
( state, where beeves are far cheaper
/ than in any other Texas city, the peo-
pie pay as high price as they do in
| Houston. This is frequently remarked
| by travellers, to our disadvantage.
Something is certainly wrong about
this matter"
oIrhe San Antonio Herald: "The
NseasoriIas hepn most extraordinary
ond.~s A1ter-rrathe rainy spring, lol-
| lowctkhN al unrest Dprecedentedly dry
weather inJune and July, followed by
very wet September, the consequen-
ces OF these alterations are that IN
some parts of the county the fruit trees
are blooming afresh, and fears are en-
| tertaineh that next spring the peach
trees will bloom so early in the season
that the crop will be destroyed by
the early frost. The grass On The prai-
res has never been rs fine as it IL nj
present; the cattle are III excellent
order, and are likely to continue so."
MEXIA is trying to build Presbyle-
rian church.
WILLIS can't get the stumps out Of
her main street.
More wheat is being sown in Tar
rant than ever before.
Corn is selling in Lampasas at sew
entv-1ive cents per bnshel.
THE Democrat denies that there Is
| any unusual siC4lnes at Tyler.
The population Of wise county has
! doubled in the last twelve moths.
The route for the Tyler tap road is
being surveyed by Major Waltham.
Five hundred and nineteen bales of
cotton sold in Jefferson last Friday.
One hundred and fifty Cinnamon
registered as voters at Calvert, last
week.
w. w. Wright, of Banquete, sold
one thousand head of beeves at Sl3 per
head, coin.
REV. ID. S. SNoDGRAss has been called
from Longview to the Baptist church
at Huntsville.
THE northwest Texas conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal church meets
at Weatherford OH the 18th inst.
THE amount of wool shipped from
Corpus Christi between the 25th of May
and 3lst of August was l,427,06l.
MORE hogs in Houston county this
wear than at any time since the war
Pork will be three to four cents this
winter.
General A. G. Malloy, postmaster al
Fort Worth, has been appointed col
lector of internal revenue of the Jefier
son district.
Rev. John Collier, principal of the
Mansfield male and female college
opened the present session with one
hundred and twenty-five sholars.
THE Observer calls upon some goot
church going person to get broom
and sweep out the church; it has beeL
T in dirty condition for over a month
The election for mayor OF For
Worth on Wednesday last resulted il
a lie between L. Steel and G. H. Day
Another election has been ordered t
: be held on the 9th inst.
General Bragg, chief engineer Of tn
Cult, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad
. fxes the cost of the construction of Tn
' first division of that, from Galveston
TO Brenham, at $4,000 per mile.