The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-23
STATE NEWS.

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In the recent election Denison
polled 1877 notes and Sherman 1910.
--Bonhan News; The force at work
on the Trans Continental laid 5000
yards OF track yesterday.
Services were held for the first
time IN the new Episcopal church AT
Denison last Sunday.
Mr. Tfulove, Of Alvarado, has
ginned out four hundred bales of cot
ton, thus far, this season.
Some of the citizens of Cameron
county have planted Il crop OF hops
this year as IN experiment..
The State Agricultural College Mt
Bryan has at last been completed, and
Is now ready for occupancy.
One thousand dollars reward is Of
fered for the delivery of one John Hart
to the sheriff Of Lamar county.
Rye sown in Smith county during
the month of August, is now being
harvested. So says the Index.
--Brltton Davis, Il son Of eX-Gover-
nor f. j. Davis, has been appointed n
cadet at West Point by the President
An old settler in Wood county
raised fourteen bales of cotton, aver
aging 500 pounds each, on eight acres
of land
Capt. King of Neuces county, has
1900 head of cattle under hero, and
will start them north during the pres
ent month.
---Bonhan News: Col. L. G, Bean,
of this city, pays taxes on $4,000 acres
Of land. 1t is scarcely necessary to add
that he voted for the new C0nsttu-
ton.
Some Australian sheep men have
bought several thousand acres of land
on Southwestern Texas, and will locate
u large wool growing flock thereon at
once. Texas is attracting attention.
All Bolton turned out the other
day to find Mrs. Goodman, who had
mysteriously disappeared. A careful
search was rewarded by her discovery,
but she was dead-drunk.
commodore Morgan has purchased
n large body OF land on Buffalo Bayou
| five miles below Houston, and it is an
ticpated that he will stop the ship
channel there and build up rival
town.
-Bonhan News: Young Upton,
who IL charged with stealing horse
from Mr.. Henson, was bailed out of
Jail yesterday by his grandfather and
uncle, who came down from Missouri
for that purpose. The amount of bond
is $500.
Mr.. Vineyards residence, in John
son county, was destroyed not long
ago by fire, everything in the house
being consumed The citizens of
Alvara at once made up n sum of
money for the relief of the sufferers,
The Cleburne Chronicle: From the
information we have, we are justified
in stating that the area of wheat sown
In Johnson county last fall surpasses
that of any previous year. The pros
pect Int this time of an abundant yield
per acre hus never been more tlatter-
ing.
Jefferson Jlmplecute: A gentle,
man from Gibson county, Tennessee,
who landed here this morning on his
way to Sulphur Bluff, Hopkins county,
informs us that there We're over three
hundred immigrants on the train and
ms many more lett at Memphis yester.
day waiting for the next train.
The remains of an infant terribly
mangled by dogs, was found in the
brush, on the llth instant, four miles
from Weatherford. Mrs. Posy, one.
legged widow, was arrested and charg
ed with the ofiense. She con fesseC
that she was guilty of concealing the
body, but that the child was dead at lis
birth and that she was guiltless of tax.
ing its life. The woman was taken tc
Jail but after fruitless search for ad
ditional evidence and legal advice
from officers of the law, she has beer
turned loose.
The Patron complains that tht
nights in Mt. Pleasant are made hid
e0us 10y the yells, curses and indecent
language of the drunken negroes; ant
Sundays are not much better than the
nights. The rear of the postofice, the
Patron adds, is made u general resor
on Sundays for the negroes, and offer
imbibing freely of "tangle-foot.n Theil
conduct aud language are intolerable
aud q disgrace to any place to tolerate
such nuisance. The place indicated
: Is in full hearing and in view of severa
, residences, and If there Is any way by
which this thing can be remedied, We
hope officers will give it their atten
ton.
--Cleburne Chronicle; On Wednesday
, evening, Esquire w. II. d. Barnett
near Alvarado, returned from Dallas
with a pocket book conteininn one
thousand four hundred dollars. H,
slipped the money into his coat pocke
l and threw the coat on the foot of the
} bed, preparatory to his retiring for tn,
q '6ght. When he arose next morning
the money was gone. Suspicion rests
upon farm hand at the time employed
in Mr.. Barnetts service and who dis,
: appeared Thursday morning We are
| Informed that an officer went In search
OF the missing man and that he was
arrested but no facts brought to light
: regarding the lost money.