The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06


three days ana presented nine true
bills. One OF these was for bigamv.
two for practising law without ii.
censc, one for burning prairie, one
for Illegal voting, and the others for
allrays, No criminal, and but one
civil case was tried at this term of
the court, William NJ. McInturf
was divorced from his wife, Eliza.
beth.
Tho following is tho first petit
jury ever sworn in the county
Samuel King, dead; Thomas Dean.
dead; John Hurst, dead, Arch.
bold Howard, Rockwell; Watson B.
BowIes, dead; Quinton A. Freely,
dead; Andrew A, Love, Kaufman;
James W. Love, dead John W. I'll.
lot, dead; John j.. Austin, dead; and
Josephus L.lrvin, dead.
The only cause submitted to them
and the only verdict rendered was
the divorce case referred to above.
The court adjourned on Friday,
after being in session five days.
Two Of the indictments found at
that court were quashed, and the
parties recognized to appear at the
next term of the court to answer tho
charge. The parties against whom
indictments were found, were all
arrested during the court, and rec.
ognizod in due form.
A fine ofone hundred dollars each
was assessed against the county
court for failing toproeurc the nee.
cessary record books and stationery
for the court This howevr, was
repealed upon their purchasing the
books,
At an early day, Dr. King, us
agent for the Southern Land Assoc
citation, established u small fort
where the town of Kaufman now
stands, and located ll6 leagues and
labors. The initial point Of this
block Of surveys is not far from
Warsaw prairie. The lines Of these
surveys are at an angle Of IS degrees,
and they cover tho best por-
ton of Northern Texas. Many of
ny of the certificates located upon
these surveys proved to be fraudu-
lent, and they wereaftcrwards relo.
Gated by others.
The first settlers of this country
were bold and enterprsing class
ofpeopIo, Many Of them remain here
to this day, and have acquired
competency, and are among our
most substantial and influential cit.
liens, 1t would require to much
space to name II tenth Of them. In
Terrell, General Griffith, Colonel
Harris, Doctor Wilson, Captain Ed
wards, Captain Jones, Captain
Johnson and Captain Terrell, after
whom this town was named; in
kaufman, we have Bennett Boggess,
h. G. Tinnin, c. G. Nash, II. u. Nash,
Captain Slaughter, 4. Il. Adams,
Henry Erwin, w. ii. Barnes, j. X
Love, J. 5. Woods, j. q. Gibbs, W.
Ii. Beard, A. II. Wilson and others
equally respected.
In short no county in the State
has retained so many of its first set
tiers as this has, and to-day we OK.
pect to see hundreds Of them col
Iected on the streets of Terrell, and
from u long procession in the midst
Of civilization, whore but n few
years ago they chased the will mus
tang or killed untamable buffalo.
What II change If it had taken
place in one night, who could have
realized it? WHAT'S in store for the
future? Who can tell p?
Within the next few years Texas
will become tho great commonwealth
Of this continent, and this is the work
Of tho men assembled here to-day,
Let us initiate their virtues and
share in their rich roward-the
grateful remembrance of posterity.
If Texas is to become great coun.
try, it must do so by the united
efforts of herpeople.