The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-01

wns run into by the ferrybont NJ Aus
/ tin, Friday, aud sunk. Fortunately
no loss Of life.
Deaths AT Calvert, April 10Th, IN
| fnt child of l.. A, licrgCrOu Ut Cnl-
| vert, Mrs. LuCrctia r., wife of \. l..
Tengarden at BrcmOnd, MIS- Jose.
phine Spencer; near BrcmOnd, april
22d, \. V. Nor head.
Butter commands twenty-five cents
| pound and eggs fifteen cents n dozen,
| in Bryan, with the supply far IN excess
/ of the demand.
John Deats, Inspector of hides and
/ and animals of Gillespie county, while
/ near SQuaw creek, was shot NJ several
times by three rulllNns,
"A man by the name of a, Il, Mil
Ter murdered Mr.. NJ. II. Phillips in
cold blood, on the 18th instant, at the
ranch Of Mr.. Latham, in Llauo county.
General II. G. Drum, from General
Shermans headquarters, telcgruphs
General Ord to cooperate with the state
forces on the frontier and mniutnin
peace and order. If necessary, troops
will be ordered TO cross into Mexico,
The old Texas veterans who served
in the war against Mexico meet IN
Houston during the fair, after leaving
Austin, where they have much impur-
tant business to transact. The meet
ing in Austin occurs on the eighth of
May.
San Antonio Express: "Therc is II
rumor that party of men are lying
in wait for the Luling stage which left
this morning, to take II passenger Who
is said to be mulatto in color, and who
is running Off with white girl. The
news of man hung,may be relied on"
San Antonio Express: ave are
authorized in stating that the building
of the military depot will be immedi-
ately commenced, orders to that effect
having been communicated by General
Sheridan, and that military head
quarters are to remain here perm
anently."
Henderson Times: awe learn tnat
William Hitson will be tried this court
for the killing of Iembbobal Crook, in
the southern portion of this county, in
October 1854. He is now living in Pa
10 Pinto county, and is represented 10y
Judge Mccall, Of Parker county. He
has not been arrested, but gives up for
trial"
The jailer of Washington county
was arrested last week on an attach
ment to appear AS II witness in an ad-
joining county. The question that
now agitates the Banner and the citl-
zens of Brenham is, who would have
locked him up and fed the other pris-
oners il he hadn't given bond?
The following prominent men, III
different parts of the state, have been
spoken of for delegates to the conVen' |
ton: Ex-Governor Throckm0rton OF
Collin John Henry Brown, of Dallas;
John ireland, of Gaudaloupe; Ramsey |
M. Cox, of Gaudaloupe; NJ. ID. *. Tay-
lor, of Marion; B. w. Brown, of Gregg; !
J. q. Brown, of Gregg; Charles De- |
Morse, of Red River; James Nj, Hurt, /
of Grayson; John johnson, of Collin. |
-Weatherford Times: "John Henry .
Brown is candidate for the constitu- .
tional convention from the Dallas dis
trict. We have before us a circular,
published by him defining his position
ON the various questions likely to come
before tnat body. He is in favor of
the constitution of 1915. and
making it, so far as practicable, the or
ganic law of to-day. We think Mr.
Brown would make an excellent mem
ber of the convention, and hope he
will be elected"
There are fourteen prisoners con-
fined in the Washington county Jail.
Seven belong to Washington county,
one to Hill county and five to Lee
and one United Statesprisoner
Two are sentenced to be hanged, one is
awaiting an appeal TO the supreme
court on charge of murder and death
sentence, one is awaiting appeal to the
supreme court on death penalty for
rape, one is also awaiting appeal for
murder and was convicted and SEN
5encea for five years, one is awaiting
rial tor murder and one for horse
stealing.