The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-22

some distance, aud met lady who
could not yet II loose until she cut its
head oil, aud cut loose its tal0ns.
Silver ore exists In Mason county
I'm paylng quantities. over one l00,'
900 acres of land have been located IN
that county In the last three months.
Two shafts are already sunk, ana one
In yielding eighteen dollars to the ton
jack Williams, ex-jallor OF Browns
Vile, aud George shannon, teamster
from San Antonio, while drinking,
had row In Brownsville week or 80
ago, and Williams killed Shannon by
striking him on the head with n SIX
shooter.
The Huntsville Item says 226 CON
vlcts, out l7lO that Ward, Dewey n
Co. have had In charge during the last
year, have escaped. There were sleep
ing facilities for only ii3, and even
then two or three were assigned to one
cell 20G discharges aud 30 pardons
during the year.
The Longvicw New Era: There IL
some kind Of m insect eating up the
wheat in portions south Of Loesburg.
We are not certain as to what insect
1t IL. Some say II jumps like hopper
and has n form like locust. These
insects have already ruined the wheat
in some places.
CORPUS Christi Guzette; Mrs. John
Rabb, AT her residence on the hill, has,
perhaps, the finest garden in the city
aud vicinity. All the different varie-
ties of vegetables have arrived at "A
state of perfection, Irish potatoes espe-
cially, being fully matured,
In the lower part of Brazos county
we're two brothers named Fisher, horse
thieves. Deputy Sheriff Bradley
Wheat, with two other deputies, Des-
kins aud Holmes, went to arrest the
Fishers, They resisted, and IA fight en-
sued. Holmes was severely wounded,
aud Wheat killed both the Fishers.
Laurence Times On Monday eve
ming of last week some of our citizens
were fortunate enough to see n beauti-
ful falling meteor. IL was first seen
about twenty degrees below the zenith
and increased in brilllancy till about
the same distance from the horizon,
when ii burst and faded from view.
Paris Press: Jno. IL. Bryan one of
the candidates for county Assessor, has
been adjudl ed insane, by u court of in
QUESTION, presided over by Judge w.
j. Bonner, and sent TO the Lunatic
Asylum OF Austin. He leaves a wife
and three children, with fine little
farm near Shiloh. His case Is said to
be durable by physicians.
Houston Telegraph: The New Or
leans railroad, it is gratifying fact to
state, is being rapidly pushed. a large
force of men are employed at work be-
tween here and the Neches river, clear
ing, grading, laying track, and con-
structing bridges. Before the State
fair in May the cars will be running
from Houston to Beaumont.
The following are the county Off.
GERS elect ofAustin county: j. p. Bell
County Judge j. Nj. Bethany, County
Attorney; Il II. Thomas, District
Clerk; Il. w. Matthews, County Clerk
G. Langhammer, Sheriff; w. NJ. Fran.
els, Tax Assessor; G. A. Mattaei, TaS
COLLECTOR j. w. Manning, Treasurer
b. Meissner, County Surveyor; A.
Chesley, Representative.
Fort Worth Democrat: Yesterday
morning when it was announced that
Cummings had been elected County
Judge, Mrs. Cummings presented him
with n fine boy, weighing nine pounds
and he was at once christened Tarran1
Worth, in testimony of the Judges
gratitude 70 the people of Tarrant ant
Fort Worth for their handsome ma
critics given him in the election.
Lawrence Times: After they hat
called for mourners at u revival meet
ing in Van Zandt county, it was fount
that there were not enough of seats II
accommodate all of the "anxious,'
whereupon one of the brethren Gale,
out: "Brother Smith, for Jesus SAX,
procure more seats; there have proba
bly, b, EN- dozen souls irretrievabl,
lost to-night-gone down to that bot
tomless pit, all for the want of seats. ,
The San Antonio Herald describe.
the introduction in that region of the
practice of shearing sheep by machin
| cry. The machine requires two men,
one to turn the handle while the othe
holds the sheep in his lap, and holdin,
the patent shears against the ANNA
the wool comes of rs if cut with
razor. With little practice, thre
times rs many sheep can be shorn il
n day, and without cutting them, Il
with the old hand shears.
An outlaw named jeff Perry wen
to the house of bis brother-in-law
Henry Fuller, in Nacogdoches county
and shot him, few days ago, becaus
his (Perry'sl father had hequeathed t.
his sister, Mrs. Fuller, the homestea,
place. He went to the place heavil
armed and told Fuller that he had t
leave. Fuller told him, rather thai
have difficulty with him, he woul
leave as soon as he could get his fam
| lily away. Perry answered "you will
d-n YOU" and shot him in the ABIDE
men. He then made his escape.
The Telegraph gives the folowin
account of the killing at or nea
Huntsville: Two negro brothers VIII
had voted the Democratic ticket wer
going home, followed by four Radica
negro fellows, who were heard quar-
reling with and threatening the broth
ers by several persons along the road
side. Finally the two were attacke,
10y the four, and one of the brother
was killed by a blow from club
which broke in his skull, and the othe
was, we believe, left for dead. He re
covered sufficiently however, to Civ
information, and the ringleader of tn
four was arrested and is in custody.
-Revs. Messrs. n. p. McDran, w
z. Halship, John s. Moore and vii
liam O'Bailey, ministers, of Jefferson
publish the following card in the Jim
plecute:
"We the Undersigned Pastor
IN the city of Jefferson, seeing an,
lamenting the fearful decentralization
in the community oausad h,, ,yo,Ill,