The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-17


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Tho anrh.umy in urinH pui iu the
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The sherman l,cmuor viii shortly
issue u dnily rdlllpn.
H. r.. Taylor lHn candidate rur the
Constitutional Convention IN l'unnln
county.
city scrip IL received In Calves
ton IN payment Of all fuses, fines mud
Indebtedness due the city.
Galveston has dispensed with
street lamps for two months from the
first of July.
Tho ELLIS County Argue hOists the
names of y. II. Dnrncll, of Turrant,
aud John Henry Brown and John G..
Mccoy, of Dallas, ~ It's candidates for
the g. G..
-Stcphcnvilc Empire: "Antclopcs
nre coming east. A friend informs lls
that several were seen In the north
western portion of this county II short
while ago"
Jefferson has sent n delegation TO
Palestine, headquarters of the lntrrna-
tional railroad, clothed with full powers
for negotiating an early completion of
the road to the Bayou city.
James McI'nddin killed James
Mcfarland, near Emory, Rains coun-
~, last Thursday. McIfaddin, who Is
nm attorney, was arrested and commit
ted without hull.
Austin Statcsman: "Waco has in
vested less than eight thousand dol
lars in its fair grounds, and the Report
or feels very bat about IT.. The most
of Waco Is ut Austin, and that what's
the matter"
--Stcphcnvillr Empire: "Thc web
worm IA small kind has done some
damage to the cotton on PaluXy. They
have retarded its growth without de-
stroying II. The hot weather wi. '"ui,
put stop to their dcprcdations."
The crops Mt Lewisville are simply
enormous. John NJ. Hatcher states
that wheat fields there have yielded
forty-onc bushels per acre, and other
fields average from twenty-five tn
thirty-fve bushels.
"A negro desperate named Martin
Harris, was killed by officers Peck and
Dietrich, about ten miles from Austin,
Tuesday, while resisting arrest 10y
them. He was fully armed, and tried
to kill the officers.
Stephcnville Empire: "Thcrr are
now three companies of rangers organ.
lied on our frontier, consisting of forty
men each. We learn these are to con
tinue in service until September, and
then more companies are to he raised
containing II larger number"
The Grand Council of the United
Friends of Temperance, of the State,
met in annual session Mt Bryan on
Wednesday. Tho Secretary's report
shows that there are over three hun.
drcd Councils of the Order now work.
ing, having n membership of about
thirty Thousand.
The survivors of the Eighth
Texas Cavalry in the Confederate
army, known as the Terry Rangers
held their annual reunion Wcdncs'
day ut Barton Springs, near Austin
| SiXty-three members answered at roll
call. Addresses were delivered by
General BraXtom Bragg, II. +. Bunting
and others. Galveston was ah osen rs
the place for the next meeting.
The Marshall Herald says thu
drouth of the present season exceeds
any which has visited that section
since 1860. The Herald says it has nc
knowledge how far the ironth extends,
hut is under the impression that il
commences about eight miles below
Marshall, runs east about six miles and
west to the Sabine river, and north nj
least seventy miles above Jefferson.
Sherman Register: ''r. A. Doran
the man who killed the policeman AT
DcnisOn, II few weeks ago, is to ht
tried for his life ut this term of the
court. Colonel Craig, lawyer of con-
siderable reputation. from Illinois,
came down to defend him, but has re.
turned. Doran's brother came down
with him to he present ut the trial"
Houston Telegraph: "a woman
by the name of Mrs. Snipc, living in
Galveston, attacked her husband rs he
was sitting on the sidewalk talking ia
II neighbor, in front of his residence,
yesterday, and fastening her teeth in
his throat, tried to tear ont the flesh.
The neighbors came to the assistance
of the unfortunate man, and Il police.
man appearing on the scene the hui
man tigrcss was lodged in jail"
--Indianola Bulletin: awe had Al
sight Of n large Jew fish last week,
presented to e. r. Prouty, Esq. Collcc-
tor Of Customs, by Mr.. Hicks, weighing
five hundred and eight pounds. 1t was
caught down the hay near the inner
hay light houses. The mouth of this
monster was capacious enough to swal-
low good sized boy. The meat was
nice and delicate and fit enough for
any sovereign citizen to cat. ne
sherman Register: 1.-TWO men were
killed at Il point in the Cross Thinkers,
about seven or eight miles from Pilot
Point last Saturday. a Young man by
the name of Carpenter had whipped II
son of Rev. Mr. Michel, and Michel
had obtained II writ for him and gone
to his house with posse to arrest
him. When the party rode up Car
pcnter fired into them, killing Michel,
and in return was shot down by the
posse.
The following are the new money
order Offices in Texas, going into oper-
alton on July 9TH: Bryan, Brazos
county; Burnct, Bnrnct county; Gle
burnc, Johnson county; Fort Mcka-
vett, Menard county; Goliad, Goliad
county; Granbury, Hood county LII
Grange, Fayette county; Lawrence,
Kaufman county; Longview, Gregg
county; Marlin, Falls county; Pilot
Point, Denton county; Salado, Bell
comfy; Terrell, Kaufman county
Wcimar, Colorado county, Yorktown,
De Witt county.
Palestine New Fra: "A party of
ynchers attempted to take prisoner
from the sheriff OF Limestone county,
on last Monday, as he was conducting
him, 10y way of the Texas Central rail-
road, to the State prison. The sheriff
was not that sort of mutton, how
ever, and presenting his revolver at
the masked men told them the prison.
er had been convicted by u court of
Justice, and sentenced to the penitcn-
tiary; that the prisoner was under his
charge, and he would blow out the
brains of the first man who dared to
touch him. The would-be murdcrers
skipped out of that car"
-Rockdale Messenger: "On We'd
nesday afternoon party consisting OF
Billy Cronan and several Others went
out to the Gabriel to have swim.
While they were in the water young
man named Jor,ion came along. Jor-
dan undresscd aud went into the
water. II was not long till Il dispute
arose between Cronan and Jordan,
which came Ia blows, when Jordan
pulled a small pocket knife and cut
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