The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-07-21
THIN IlERALD's COMPRESS.
-Glodewalcr has not had u shower
for two months.


for two month";.
Mrs. =. G, baltimore IL associate
editor Of the Moving Ball,
San Antonio h pctltlonlng for the
removal of her postmaster,
The Changers Of upshur county had
big celebration on the 9th.
The dr0utl In Smith county still
continues, and crops are burning up
Offices go begging In Marshall. The
Office Of Justice OF the Peace IL vacant,
and no one can be found TO I'll II,
San Antonio Herald; "Mr. Duer.
Ter has secured two young wild catn-
mounts about the size oi kittens, In
tended for the San Pedro park.
Waco boasts of the biggest man IN
Texas us its llycllest citizen. His
weight IL -four hundred and twenty
pounds.
Mark Timer indicted for murder
In the Travis District Court, has been
found guilty, and sentenced 10 the
penitentiary for five years
Kaufman Press "a wagon load
Of peaches from Van Iandt county was
sold In town this week. They sold
readily at one dollar and fifty cents
per bushel.n
The heirs of Nelson Meredith or
Nancy Arnold by calling on Colonel
II. w. Loughery or DIR. William II.
Dial, of Marshall will betold where
they can get 81, 100.
Houston Telegraph: "French AL
fred attempted to insinuate himself Mt
u saloon, yesterday, where he was not
wanted. 1t was white shirt that the
blood stained"
There was q difficulty between two
ladies of Terrell, last Thursday, and n
fight ensued, In which brooms and
chairs were freely used and n pistol
drawn. They were arrested and fined
S25 and costs.
"A destructive fire occurred at Ty-
Ter Friday night, destroying the ware
house of j. III. Brown u Co., the Odd
Fellows hall and the Democrat office.
Loss estimated ut twelve thousand dol
lars.
Columbus Citizen, 18th: "Several
portions of our county received good
rains during the past week, but it has
not been general. The northern and
western portions of county are suffer-
ing"
A. A. Vestal, one of the parties
supposed to he engaged in the rescue
of Forston from the officers of the law
at Palmer, while on his way to Tyler
last May, gave himself up last Mon
day. He was tried and bound over for
his appearance at the District Court.
Sulphur Springs Gazette: Games
Whiting came to an untimely death,
upon the prairie about one mile west
of town, last Saturday evening. lie
was found by Mr.. John Van Vickle
few moments before he breathed his
last. A bottle of whisky near by indi-
Gated the cause"
The nortbward bound passenger
train of the International and Great
Northern railway, Friday night, at a
point eight miles south of Overton, ran
Over three negro men who were sleep
ing on the track. One has since died
from his injuries, and another is not
expected to live, while the third one
was but slightly injured.
Major A. L. Steele, DIR. n. p. Do
len and Attorney General George
Clark, started in buggy to Waco from
Bolton. The horses took fright at
something, and ran off at greatspeed,
throwing all the gentlemen named
from the vehicle. DR.. Dolen's thigh
bone was broken near the upper thlld,
and he sustained other injuries. MAJOR
Steele was severely, If not dangerously
bruised up, and Mr. Clark received
some slight injuries. The accident oc-
cured short distance from Bolton, to
which place the parties were taken
back, and medical aid given them.
Houston Telegraph yesterday a
negro man, fishing from the bank of
Bray's Bayou, about a mile above the
bridge of the Galveston, Huston and
Henderson Railroad was Mortified at
the appearance of dead body floating
In the water before him. He notified
the authorities, who summoned jury
Of inquest. Upon examination of the
body IL proved 10 be that of a white
woman, i'm an advanced stage OF de-
composition. The deceased was a
large, fleshy woman, supposed to be
about forty years of age; had Oh dark
blue calico dress, and her person bore
marks of violence. IL was evident,
from appearances, that the body had
been In the water several days. The
ilrv randarad n vardfct that deceased /