The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-16
TEXAS IN BRIEF.


Senator s. b. Maxey is In Austin.
The Catholics of Waxahachie are
erecting II church.
Colonel George Ii. Sweet, OF the
Texas New Yorker, Is in Houston,
Albert G. Furr and Esquire Knight,
old and respected cltizens OF Montague,
died last week.
--GovernorC Coke was enthusiastically
welcomed to his home in Waco ON
Tuesday evening.
The funeral of Governor A. j.
Hamilton took place in Austin, Mon
day, with distinguished honors.
--Washburn, proprietor of the varie.
ty show at Marshall, skipped out Sat
urday night, leaving hisemployes with
the bag to hold.
+ Houston Age: "Governor Craw-
ford of the Kansas delegation, COM
pared the eXcursionists to 'grasshop-
pers, making a raid on Texas hotels
"A stock man from Missouri, nam
ed Remos Feland was accidently kill
ed in. Austin, Tuesday, by gunsmith,
named Edwin Owens, while examin-
ing a pistol.
"A negro, named Campbell, who
killed "a white man, named Brown,
some weeks ago, in Williamson coun-
ty, was taken from the Georgetown
jail Tuesday night and hanged.
Houston Telegraph: Gust five
long black hairs Were found fastened
to the shirt stud of the husband of a
Fourth ward red headed woman, and
pow that man wears green baize over
his left eye" '~
Austin Gazette: "Major Jones, of
the frontier battalion, aud his escort
left this morning for Fort Mason. The
major has been in the city for II few
days attending to business connected
with his commando
-Rusk Observer, 10th: 1.-THE past
several days have been warm and
cloudy, and vegetation has advanced
rapidly. Gardens are beginning to
look well, and our farmers are much
encouraged in the prospect Of good
crop year.
---Denison has had II sham marriage,
In which II vepdant countryman was
united toan inmateof II dance house,
and after spending all his money for
wine, In thonor Of tue occasion, was
rudsly awakened from his dream of
bliss. ggI sfPt gsgA DrNeA
Montague News: "Grasshoppers
have made their appearance on Pan
~ <.. tt1n tnha Ia n,
are only waiting for sewing machine
agent to come, when they will evac-
uate." Indians. .,
w. III. Abrams, for long time as
sistant land commissioner of the Tex
As and Pacific railway company, has
been elected to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Governor Throck-
morton, and Is now the land commits
sioner in chief of the company.
Waco Register, 10th ;0"u ncle Joe
Mailer was in. town Wednesday,. He
reportsthe frost doing sad hayoc.in the
va le5 crops a few miles west from
Waco. Corn was.Htten down, and the
gardens are worsted. A few days rain,
might serve to revive the
condition of vegetation
Bolton Review, 10th: ain conse-
quence of the cold weather. and frost of
last week, a great'many ofour iatmusl
have been busily employed this week
in replanting Ftlieir. corn crop. Al
though great deal OF the fruit has
been killed, yet there is sufficient
mount still left TO make u fair ylelh.p
Austin Gazette "The chief quarter
department of Texas has adver-
'ised for sealed proposals to supply this
post with $1,000 pounds of oats, SOC, 900
pounds Of corn, $50 cords Of hard wood,
md l44 tons Of hay. Proposals will |
,e received until IL NJ, Saturday, May |
2, 1875, and the supplies are TO be