The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-29
TEXAS IN BRIEF.


IA cnlamomt was recently Killed
on the PaluXy
Tho wife of Captain T., q. lIanrick,
of Waco, died ON Monday morning
Tho penItontlOry committee viii
report about the 10Th Of next month,
Two hunters found II wolf aud
seventeen pups on La Parlta, and
killed them,
Tho grangcrs Of Grayson county
propose starting apaper at either Deni-
son or sherman.
Miss Rhodn, daughter Of Mr.. VIM.
T. JONES, died NJ her home near
Waco, last Saturday.
DR. d. j. Mcdowell and Miss Fran
els "A. Logan were married In Conan
che county on the 22d.
-Erath county farmers have en-
gagged quite extensively this season In
the culture Of sorghum.
The prospect for II heavy peach
crop Is said to be the best that has
been known for many years.
"A little llve-year old daughter Of
Mr.. Samuel Shruder ut Denson, was
fatally burned on Sunday afternoon.
"A man named lIomsinger, noto-
rious COW thief, was arrested - few
days since at Cedar bayou, and taken
TO Houston.
An absconding postmaster from
Indiana, named Jewett, alias John
Dewitt, was arrested nenf Victoria
last Sunday.
About one hundred and ten thous-
and head of cattle on the east side Of
the Colorado. Most of them will be
driven TO Kansas.
--Grasshoppers have made their APP
pearance in Coleman county, and fears
are entertained that they will play
havoc with the crops.
Statesman: Governor Coke receiv-
ed.a letter from Mr.. Moody on Saturday
last, reporting the sale of twenty-three
state bonds at nine-three cents.
John Robinson accidentally shot
and killed Emily Woods, in Austin,
Sunday night. The parties were col
ored and lived together rs man and
wife.
Marble playing is the principal
amusement in Bonham for old aud
young. Cutting cord wood and hoeing
cotton used to be n very profitable bus
iness.
jefferson has organized Me-
chanics' Manufacturing establishment,
and will proceed Mt once to build sew
eral factories, foundres, mills, etc.-on
paper.
The Star says the prospect of the
wheat crop in Kaufman was never bet
ter, and that thousands of acres have
been sown in wheat where hundreds
We're before.
San Antonio Herald: Ike Bell,
colored, was found guilty on two in
dictments for burglary, and five years
at Huntsville is the limit fixed for his
absence from our midst"
Dennis Keep, of Victoria, was ac-
cidentally shot and killed in that town
last Thursday evening. The shot was
fired by unknown parties and is sup
posed to have been accidental.
Frank Sherwood and man named
Elder had difficulty in Lawrence last
we tx, in which the former was seri-
ously stabbed number of times in
the neck and body. Elder escaped.
Houston whisky don't agree with
its citizens. One OF them, last Sunday,
while laboring under an overdose, made
an unsuccessful attempt to commit
suicide by jumping oil the railroad
bridge.
The village of Austin brazenly
boasts of population of over twelve
thousand. The next thing in order is
for Jefferson, Waco, Mineola, Pales-
tine and Terrell, to advertise their met
ropolitan proportions.
Matters must be approaching cri-
that city was entered Monday by u bur-
glar, and almost all of his clothing
stolen, as were also fine gold watch,
a valuable pair of gold sleeve buttons,
and other articles of value.
-Comanche Chief ave are in re-
ceipt of a communication from Mr.. II.
Il. Childs, informing us that two men
were killed on Monday last, five miles
from Hazel Dell, on Resley's creek.
The parties killed were Tom Vinson
and old man Cole. There is no clue
as to the names or whereabouts of the
The citizens of Waelder and vicin-
ity have petitioned the county court of
Gonzales county to resign, on the
ground that the members of the coun-
ty court before their election, openly |
and unequivocally declared themselves |
opposed to the building of bridge /
across the Guadalupe river at Gonzales. |
Statesman: "The Cincinnati En-
quirer does not want another soldier /
In the white house, and therefore OBJ j
jects to General Hancock. IL likes the /
name, and says that there is one bear /
ing il, down in Texas, not unworthy I
of it, and therefore not unworthy ofthe /
highest honors the people may confer /
upon citizen In 1876"
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