The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-10
STATE NEWS.


The Empire thinks that the pop
ulation of Erath county will now reach
10000.
The town of Gonzales was placed
in Geographic communication with the
outside world last Monday.
The prospect for good crop of
all the small grains never seemed bet
ter than at present in all the grain.
growing portions of Texas.
The Denison Cresset has been en-
larged to six-column PAPER. The
HERALD congratulates 1t on this evil
dence of merited prosperity.
Houston proposes to receive a visit
from Comus on the Sth of May, and is
already beginning to make extensive
arrangements for his coming.
Jake Smith, soldier in Company
b, Tenth Cavalry, was shot and in
stantly killed OF Fort Griffin, Friday
night, by an unknown person.
Doctor A. HI. Taber, who formerly
kept drug store in Clarksvllle, was
thrown from his horse In the nation,
last week, and instantly killed.
--Bonham News A half-breed Dur
ham calf, thirteen months old, belong
ing to Mr.. M. ]. Jackson of.this place,
weighs six hundred and seventy-two
pounds.
On Sunday of last week Oliver
Mills killed one Perry, q white man,
in Bell county. They had been
gam bling, rumor said, and the losing
party raised row, which resulted as
above.
The residence of Mr.. VIM. Bon
HON, residing in Red River county,
together with all his household furni'
ture, wearing apparel, bedding, etc.,
were totally consumed by fire last SIM
day night.
In an attempt to arrest Joe Allen,
a murderer, in Dewitt county, u few
days ago, Allen was filled with buck
shot, j. Il. Sampley, one of the posse,
was killed, and Jesse Agee, another
one, was wounded in the light leg.
A shooting affair came off in Den
ton, Tuesday morning between the
Deputy Sheriff, Gearen, and stranger
by the name of johnson, resulting III
the death of the latter. 1t is generally
believed that Gearen was Justified I'D
the matter, as the other party had shot
at him twice.
-Rockport Transcript: Mr.. Shack
Roberts. the pewly-elected Senator
from Harrison county, is a negro black
smith whom we kenw twenty-five
ago. He is q man ofgood, sound sense
as far as blacksmithing and its cognate
branches are concerned, but Is
Radical of the real genuine order, ana
knows about as much about law-maK-
ing as a crooked whiskey dealer does
about honesty.
Gainesville Gazette: Sam Weaver,
of this county, brought into our ONCE
some day ago little iron hatchet-Or
rather a hammer and screw driver
combined. 1t was made more than q
hundred wears ago for the purpose OF
picking flints and working about the
locks Of guns. 1t was made I'D l.o5 az
the mouth of the James river IN
Virginia by Daniel Weaver, and mas
bee1 in the family ever since. Ihe
handle is of hickory wood. It's now
one hundred and thirteen years old.
Joe Chappell and John Martin,
the former white and the latter coloreu
employed on the plantation OF John
l.. Thompson, five miles west q
Clarksville, had difficulty, In when
Chappell was worsted. He LETT the
place. but returned IN two or tnret
days with a couple of companions
and borrowing shot gun, repaired %
the cabin of Martin and shot Mn
dead. Officers are In pursuit oil Chap'
pell and his associate murderers.
-Bonham News: In a difficult.
which occurred at IL o'clock last night
eight miles south ofthis place, ia
Henson was instantly killed by DC
Brooks. 1t seems that Henson was al
invited guest at AL. Dixon's wedding
Y and that Brooks was the leader OF
marty who chdriUdrid the Marie
connie. When Henson, John McFal
land and several others were return
inc from the wedding, Brooks overtoo
them. and accused Henson of THROWN
a rock at him during the chdrivdr
J, This Henson denied, and quarrel Ell
] sued which soon came to blows, an
IL Brooks drawing knife, stabbed Her
4 son in the left side of the neck, sevel
y inc the carotid artery aud causin
" death i'm few minutes. The murder
>, er made his escape, but the officers al
W In o1oso ni,raIlit