The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-29
TEXAS NOTES.

"A heavy rainfall at Austin on Sat
urday night
New school vouchers are quoted at
seventy cents.
Berkshire hogs are advertised for
sale in Bell county.
The Methodist revival at Austin il
progressing with fine results.
Austin will not contribute less
than $26, 900 TO the coast sufferers
-Tarrant county claims an average
of forty bushels OF corn TO the acre.
only three houses are left In Vel
asco, all the rest were destroyed by the
storm.
-R. w. Brown, Of Galveston, has
taken out patent for swinging
berths.
The Statesman comments upon
the number Of women In Austin, who
use snuff.
Gov. Coke has eight hundred acres
of land under cultivation on his farm
near Waco. a#
The Changers OF Coryell county
will have a barbecue at Gatesville, Oc-
t0ber the 10Th. rr
The total county Indebtedness Of
Polk county is So, ll0.45. The scholastic
population is 1859; whites | 1855, blacks
5O8.
Specimens Of quartz rock lately
dug up near San Saba are said by eX-
perienced miners TO he very rich in
gold.
Col. w. III. Sinclair, of Texas, was
one of the Vice Presidents at the late
reunion of the society Of the Army Of
the Cumberland,
The mileage of each mem Der of
the Convention added together makes
grand total of "a, 032 miles and will
cost the State S6,0SG.
The citizens of Galveston have
raised $3,97S in money, besides large
contributions OF provisions and cloth
ing for the sufferers along the coast.
We really think that when the
Houston Telegraph copies long articles
from the Dallas HERALD, it might at
least give that paper credit for them.
j. l.. Saphore and number OF the
dramatic profession in Austin, gave
an entertainment ut the Opera House
last Saturday night, for the benefit of
the coast sufferers. a.
"A large bed of coal has been. dis.
covered on the Jarrett-place, thirteen
mile from Texarkana. The Jarretts
are now making extensive prepara-
tons to excavate II.
Mr.. Weaver, a delegate from Cook
county, Is the champion of the ladies
In the Conyention. He has introduced
u resolution favorlng the idea OF grant
ing the ballot to women.
IN a State note published several
days since, the intelligent compositor
made us state that chills and fever
were raging among The soldiers at Fort
Worth, when our copy said Fort Sill.
"A young lady fell into White Oak
Bayou in Houston lately, and was
saved from drowning by the gallantry
of little newsboy, who had the pres
ence of mind to hand her plank to
which she chung until rescued,
A little local appeared I'm THE
HERALD sometime since which made
us say that houses could be bought in
Dallas for u mere song. We wrote in
copy horses. There Is a good demand
here for dwellings of all kinds, and
they ars not selling for mere song by
any means.
The citizens of Hopkins county
have held public meeting and ap.
pointed u committee OF leading citi-
zens TO inquire into the propriety Of
bringing suit against the Houston and
Great Northern Railroad Company tor
damages, for failing to comply with
their contract to build the road to Sui
phur Springs within specified time.
The Louisville Courier journal
says two hundred racers are In train
ing for the fall meeting near that city,
and makes The following mention of
Gays Texas stable: "Ela HARPER,
C0riander AID Sam Harper, Col. GAYS
horses have never run In Kentucky,
but In the Lone Star State they have
won several brilliant victories. Ella
Harper will be In the Hunt REYNOLDS
stake, Coriander IN WOODBURY., and
Sam Harper In the Post stake"