The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-22
STATE Nc VS..

-Coryell county il having new
jail built Of rock.
Rabbits are eating up the gardens
about Rockwell.
-Minneola is about to erect a three.
story hotel building.
-McLennan county scrip Is worth
sixty cents on the dollar
The Hebrews Of Marshall have Or
ganized Bnai Birth society.
All the candidates confined In the
Rains county Jail escaped last week.
The young men OF San antonio
are organizlsg new military com
pany.
An incendiary succeeded in burn.
ing the courthouse at Pennington last
week.
The rust has made its appearance
in some Of the wheat fields of Cald-
well county.
The skeleton Of mastodon has
been discovered in the bed Of u creek
near Brenham.
--Seguin will have n cotton manu-
factory ready for operation by the first
OF September.
Coke postoillce, McLennan coun-
ty, formerly Comanche Springs, has
been discontinued.
The Texas Veterans will meet In
Austin on the 2lst of April, the ami
versary of the battle of San Jacinto.
--Sherrard who killed Holman,
printer, in Galveston, last week, has
been admitted to bail in the sum of
five thousand dollars.
The fare from Sherman to Phila.
delphia and return during the Centen-
NAL exhibition, will be seventy-three
dollars. So says the Courier.
"A freight train bound west ran
over a negro ut BRENNAN Friday and
hurt his leg. The negro was standing
with one foot on the track, and would
not move, so the engine struck him
with the above result.
Recently three silver bricks were
stolen in Cooks Canon from the San
Antonio and El Paso stage, and re-
ward of $1,000 Is offered tor their re-
covery. A fellow wouldn't mind that
sort of brick in his hat.
-Longview New Era: Some of our
farmers are of opinion that they will
have to pillow up and plant their corn
crops over, on account OF the recent
cold weather. The corn In the ground
has been so chilled as to prevent it
from terminating.
-Longview New Era: w. G. Grower,
a Granger of McLennan county, raised
a crop of cotton and three crops of po-
tatoes upon the same ground last year,
not all at the same time, however, not
withstanding his name.
Jim and Frank Stiles, of William
son county, sold Few days ago their
stock of long horned cattle for $4,000.
They are now fencing in a pasture OF
five thousand acres on the line OF the
international Railroad, and will in the
future raise short-horns exclusively.
Bolton Journal: Mr.. III. J. Cham.
berlain has received the appointment
OF postmaster at this place, and we are
informed that 1t will be a money order
office in the future. Mr.. Chamberlain
will make us good postmaster.
Sherman Courier: Last Saturday
night and Sunday morning was quite
cold, followed Sunday night 10y heavy
frost, that killed much OF the fruit
then in bloom. Some of 1t escaped
however, and there is yet chance for
a Centennial peach pie.
--Minneola Reporter: We under
stand from Sheriff Williams that the
train on the International road, on
which he was passenger, was nred
into by unknown parties, a short dis-
tance this side of Neches. Some five
or six balls struck the engine ana bag
gage car.
San Antonio Express: The pre-
sent Mexican revolution is the work OF
a weak and contemplate faction, leu
by narrow-minded and dishonest men,
The only point of interest to us, con-
nected with the uprising, is the lain1
probability of its affecting our rela-
lions with Mexico.
-Cass County Sun: There's no
estimating the amount oil corn anu
bacon that has passed through Linden
during the last four or I'VE weeks;
This accounts for the Impoverished
condition of our people. Times VIII
always be hard as long as our preau-
stuffs have to be brought from the
West and Northwest. We must build
our cribs and smokehouses nearer
home, if we would prosper.
Ennis Review; Mr.. J. W. Allen,
the efficient manager OF the fores'
City Lightning Rod Company, Is ~
town and stopping at the wilson ho,
tel Those who intend protecting
their buildings by the attachment o
lightning rods, should see Mr. Aliei
and get his pure copper rods, whicl
are superior conductors and come az
cheapiy as the iron rods now IN u.s.
here. They are manufactured in Dallas
-Denison News: A young MAJ
named John Couple, about twent.
years of age, who was employed at TN
hotel, Saturday morning started dow
| the stairs with two pitchers. IN hl
hands, by some means missed his 100,
ing near the top of the steps ana lei
headlong to the bottom, striking upol
the pitchers which were broken int
fragments. One of the sharp corner
of a fragment entered his neck, CON
pletely seyeriDg the jugular VEN.
musician was promptly summone
bnt the man bled to death In about fiv
minutes, before the Doctor arrived.
San Antonio Herald: We are IL
, debted to Mr.. George Bennocke, on
! former fellow-townsman, but now