The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-09
TRkle IN RRIER

=, Y, Mulky WAS elected mayor Of
Ennis, on The 9th
--llrenham sent Eve e0nYiels 10 The
pelillenliary this week.
The legislature having adjourned,
Austin proposes 10 erect new gas WORKS.
--Iha republican state convention
win meet "a Houston on the lalll Oh
May,
-GalyeslOn's big dz4le, the hotel,
was sold AZ aheriil's sale Tuesday, Tor
f4D,11U,
they have q dlsllllery al lowash
SpTngs lin county, when makes u
lisl class article of whisky
Past Grand John l.. Miller, ~ Cor
aiGann, will deliver an address before
the Odd Fellows AZ Houston on Apfll
Dth,
Captain 4, II, Chew, Of llonslonl
was severely Injured u few days since
by being thrown from u buggy
Pres, Walllng shot and killed u
man NJ TOwash hprlnRa last Saturday
The killing is Eaid 10 have been done
la sell-delense,
Sun Antonio lGxpreaai "Mr, Beard,
from Dallas, purchased one hunNfel
yoke Of oxen rom the farmers ~ lhlh
Ylcllilty ~ prices ranging nom edp 70
$40 per yoke"
Al an election In BRENNAN, on
Tuesday, II, SIMPLY was elected mayor
II. q. Swain, marshal, j, u, j, O'lilor'
dan, assessor aud collector u, g. lehr-
ney, II, Hoffman, NJ, II, l<errand rat
tley, aldermen
Waco Examiner oh ave learn
that u man named Henson WIS shot
Saturday evening, vs. another named
johnson, NJ the four nile hrnnchl
north Of Galesyllle, II Is thought Hen
sou will die, johnson nude his On
cape,p
San Antonio Express; "lhree
men, while hunting stock on sunday
discovered the body ofa man, " wa
entirely nude, aud bore marks Ol
scratches aud bruises but no AlRna Ol
violence, aud II IL eYdont the unlur,
tunato man was Insane ahd had died
from starvation, The body was found
with the arms claHped about u tree. No
clue 10 name or other particulars"
"A man giving bis name ~ Myers
was arrested NJ GiddIngs, Monday, ON
n charge OF being u counlerteller a
gentleman testified that no had seen
him arrested on two different occa-
siOns for passing counterfeit money
once In Coryell county, nnd again
somewhere else. Both times he made
good his escape, lie was started Il
Austin In charge Of two deputies, hut
on the way he lcaped out Of the win
dow, while the train was In motion
and was not seen alterward.
Richmond -Four Counties, It'll
'In passing through portions Of Aus
tin aud Wharton counties this week
we noticed nearly every farm In gooc
condition, corn up and growing Yigor
ously, aud many planters ARE through
planting cotton. Altogether the pros
pect IL ns promising ns could be de-
sired, Word, and rain ut the rlghI
time, and We viii have one Of the bes
crops ever grown In this section o
Texas
San Antonio Herald, 9th p: LAS
Saturday, about one p. M, II Polandel
by the name of August Sido, stepped
into the auction establishment %
Messrs. Frost n Brother to make soml
purchases. While walking backward
examining some mule collars that were
, hanging from the ceiling, he fell
through an opening in the floor into
the cellar, distance Of about fifteel
feet, He was taken up insensible, anC
died during the afternoon. He was 4
young man from the llelotes and un
married.
Gonzales Index, I'd; "rhere ha'
been much excitement in dilleren
parts of Texas about hidden treasures
Gonzales had its little treasure excite
ment this week. 1t was supposed tina
Colonel William Irwin, who died here
In 1867, was in possession Of quite
sum of money, but after his death /
could not be found. Last Sunday morn
ing, two large gate posts at the lot OF
the premises We're found TO have beer
dug up during the night, and All ole
broken iron pot was lying near one o
them. 1t was supposed by some tina
Colonel Twins treasure had been hit
under one Of these posts, mad had beer
found. No trace of any money ha'
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