The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-05
STATE NEWS.

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completed the Episcopal church build.
ing, and it is now ready for the seats
Tho Patron announces the name of
John II Reagan rs u candidate for re-
election in his district for member of
the national House of Representatives,
Among the Texans who graduated
this session at Washington and Lee
University are Messrs, II L. Sellers, II
Bachelor Of Arts, and T w, Smith, dis
tnguished IN Latin and Greek
Waco Examiner 3Oth, A rcd rise is
booming down the BN4os The river
is now four feet higher than it has been
at amy previous time during the prcsent
year and is still rising at the rate OF
eight or ten inches per hour
Honorable Seth shepherd OF Wash.
ngton county, aud Honorable George
Quman, of Wharton county, are also
prominently mentioned tor the nomiua.
ton for Congress in the Fifth District
llonorablcG, Z. Finly, is rWombly spo.
ken Of in connection with tho Congress
sionul candidacy for the Fifth District,
in which he now resides,
I.oclhart News Echo 23d of June,
says. "a rumor has reached this place
to the effect that j W Montgomery, u
former citizen of this county, was shot
and killed nj his rancho in l.lano com
" u few days since Mr. Montgomery
was large cattle owner and the re-
port says that n misunderstanding arose
between him and one of his employees
which resulted in his death,
Giddmgs Tribune. There is girl
living within about ten miles of tins
place, in Bnstrop county who can get
away with our young leviathnn. She
is ten years old wears number seven
shoes, and weighs one hundred and
siXty.two pounds, and is not considered
very lcshy either We venture to say
that she il the largest girl of her age in
Texas. Her name is Miss Callie
Mckinney daughter OF Richard
Mckinney Esq, of Bostrop county.
locllhart News Echo The web worm
we learn, has made its appearance on
some farms in the county, and one or
two farmers have become frightened
and ordered II quantity of cotton worm
destroyer Persons who are well ne
uIainted with the habits Of this worm,
however, assure us that II is not the
genuine caterpillar SO much dreaded by
cotton growers.
Snn Antonio Herald: I'VE saw some
splendid, fine, large oats for sale on the
Plaza this morning at sixty cents per
| Cwt, They were raised on the olmos,
| which is almost as good place az we
| know to raise them at, Oats are cheaper
than hay Just now, the latter bringing
seventy cents per cwt The demand of
the Government for oats has been the
cause of ten times as much ground as
formerly being planted in onts, and the
quality is ~ fine MS that grown in North.
crn Texas
Rockport Transcript Mr. White,
the ear driver, nj Halls packery met
with quite an accident last Sunday, by
which he was severely hurt His little
daughter fell oil the wharf into the bay
when he jumped overheard to rescue
her from watcry grave and in doing
50 his foot struck the edge of either u
sharp shell or the sharp point of q
broken bottle, which severely cut his
foot, rendering him u cripple for the
week The child, however, was safely
rescued and restored to the arms Of its
mhighted uolher
Died. at his residence near Chatileld,
June "a, of cardiac enlargement, after a
protracted and distressing Illness Cap
/ tain Thomas b. poiteyant aged flity-iiye
years. Cap,qin poiteyant was born in
| North Carolina, April 10, 1891 His
father moved to Mississippi whom he
was quite d boy lie, Captain T..
moved to Gainesville, Mississippi in
1912, when he was married to Miss
Miranda Bate. lie was well known
in southern Mississippi and in Louis.
lana, particularly in the city Of New
Orleans. He moved to Texas in 1859;
lived in Ellis county for seven years,
and moved to his home near Chatiield,
where he opened large plantation.