The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-03-27

And the spelling mania has reached
Galveston.
Harry Mccarthy plays in Houston
next week.
The smallpox has all disappeared
from BRENNAN. ->
"A fire in Greenville, on Thursday
last, destroyed Il blacksmith shop.
Queen Nab and her liege subjects
will inf,ise little life into Jefferson on
the ID OF April.
The mayor and aldermen Ofllous-
ton serenaded Commodore Charles Nor
gan, Tuesday night.
The Good Templars of Rockwell
are to have Il grand torchlight process
sion on the 10th proNimo.
The engine on the Rusk tramway
will toOt her whistle for the first time
about the 5th Of April.
The Lancaster Gazette says tits the
general opinion whereabouts that the
peaches were killed by the recent
freeze.
Two negro draymen got into dis
pute, in Galveston, Tuesday, when one
stabbed the other in the head, inilict-
ing, probably, Il fatal wound.
Three men from Coryelle county,
named Glider, Cornelius and Kelly,
were arrested at Waco, on Saturday
night last, by the United States mar
shall.
3-The court house of Rockwell
county, together with all the county
records, was burned last week. The
Banner thinks it was the work OF an
incendiary.
-Reverends Messrs. Paxson and
Reynolds, in attendance at the Sab
bath school convention held in this
city, IL few days since, are participate
ing in the proceedings of II similar con-
vention now being held in Waco.
A gentleman, whose name is not
given, was knocked down, In Calves
ton, Tuesday night, kicked severely IN
the stomach and cut in the breast with
Il knife, and robbed of about thirty-five
dollars. His wounds are not danger
Gus.
The Gazette says Lancaster, In the
southern part of tins county, contains
over six hundred Inhabitants, about
three hundred houses, two churches "a
Baptist and Methodist), a public free
school, comprising one hundred and
twenty-five students, n Masonic, Odd
Fellows and Temperance lodges, two
hotels, two wagon and blacksmith
shops, two Touring mills and one cot
ton gin, six or eight carpenters and
one lawyer. tr
.-Bremond Sentinel, Goth: "a per-
souul rencOunter took place on Friday
night of last week between DIR. Il. Ii.
Fancher and Mr.. +. N. Mitchell, in
which pistols were freely handled. DIR.
Fancher received a very severe wound
in the breast, just below the shoulder
Joint. The wound is not thought to he
u dangerous one. The difficulty grew
out of correspondence of private ma
ture. Upon a preliminary trial before
his honor, Judge Joiner, Mr.. Mitchell
was released, there being no evidence
adduced to criminate him."
San Antonio Herald, 10th: "Aparty
of Indians passed down the Tehaucana,
i'm Frio county, forty-five or fifty miles
west of here, on the 18th instant, and
stole lot of horses belonging to Will
son Bailey. At the same time and
place, Mcssrs. Millett IL MaDry had n
herd Of cattle near there, and five In
dams on foot made on attack on their
horse camp, but owing to the horses
being In the habit of being fed OH corn,
they stampededand ran into camp, and
were thus saved. There being large
mum beers of herds moving on the Frio
river, We fear that the redskins will do
considerable damage"
--Weatherford Times, Goth: "Last
Sabbath evening little knots of men
were seen here and there on our
streets, In earnest conversation. On
Inquiry we found that ex-Sheriff' j. w.
Hedrlck was under arrest, charged by
Sam G.. Taylor--now in jail-with
forgery of county scrip and manipu-
lating the tax book, while an officer
In his favor, To the amount 81 800 at
one time. lie was placed 10y Esquire
Leach under n SlO,00d bond for appear
ance ut preliminary examination be-
fore him last Thursday morning. On
seven additional charges for forgery,
and one for burning the court house
last March, he was arrested again Tues
day night, and Is now under bond ag-
gregating twenty-three thousand dol,
lars to appear preliminary exainina-
ton next Friday. Since his last ar
rest his examination under the first
charges IL deferred Till that time. We
refrain from comment for further de-
velopments."