The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-17

every acre OF land within It's confines.
Hundreds OF Mexican citizens are
crossing the Rio Grande TO escape the
results OF the revolution now going ON,
on their unfortunate side of the river
The Changers OF Camp county
adopted q resolution to plant one.
third cotton and two.thirds corn, IN.
stead OF equal parts of both, as here
tofore.
- Bishop Elliott has appointed the
lsth of April proximo us the time, and
Seguln the place, for the meeting OF
the Convocation Of the Blshoprlc OF
Western Texas.
Shiloh Grange, Titus county, has
merited for itself the credit of being
the first Grange In this county TO or,
ganlZe manufacturing company aud
raising stock sufficient to commence
operations.
"A young man named Williams,
at one time proprietor Of the City Ho.
tel In Bonham, committed suicide In
that place last Thursday morning by
hanging himself. Financial embar-
easements are supposed to have led to
the fatal act.
The desperadoes, Scott Cody and
Ringgold, the former of whom killed
and scalped the deputy sheriff of
Mason county some months since,
have been lodged in the Lampasas
Jail for safe keeping.
--Denison News. Joe Day returned
from Austin Tuesday, Hefeports large
droves of cattle moving northward, IL
good many for shipment at Denison.
The forests about Austin are In full
foliage, and the prairies are mantled
with green,
The result of the coroner's inquest
over the body of Captain Hightower,
an eX-sheritf of Kansas, refutes the
theory that he was murdered and
robbed, the verdict being that he came
to his death by fall, which broke his
neck.
-Jimp: The subjects of Queen Nab
are increasing in number here daily,
and by the 2lst of April, the day her
Majesty arrives at Jefferson, they will
have sweled to thousands. We can
assure our readers that it will be the
grandest thing ever witnessed in East
ern Texas and well worth coming n
hundred miles to see.
The Austin Gazette has received n
visit from Major Il. A. McNair, the
Mccormick reaper man, who reports
the finest growing wheat crop in Texas
he has ever seen. Our wheat possesses
the peculiar quality of making flour
transportable to Southern clmes with
out injury, and is superior to all Others.
Dancer, who killed Greedy at the
Concho rancho, Medina county, on the
Frio, and made his escape from the
sheriff. was recently captured at Eagle
Pass and lodged in the Castroville Jail.
He made his escape on the 9th instant
by means of saw which he manu-
featured, cutting through the double
floor of the cell in which he was i'm
prisoned
Lawrence Times: What can prove
more disastrous to the trade of n city
than the startling report of smallpox
existing in her midst? We know of
nothing more damaging, and cheerful
~ tell our readers that Dallas is a
healthy city. We are assured of this
fact by the papers of that city, and
hope our exchanges will aid in allay-
ing such fears.
Lawrence Times: AS the through
freight train from the East on last Sat
urday evening at seven o'clock came
laundering down the grade, the trucks
on a Fish Bro. car broke down, throw
ing the whole train into shapeless
mass of rails, ties, broken cars, wheels,
etc. Fortunately no one was hurt, and
that the accident happened when it
did. Had the train made some fifty
feet further, the whole would have
been thrown into Owl creek.
jefferson Leader: Quaco, a negro
man formerly owned by DIR. Il. w.
Walker, living near this city, died a
few DAYS ago, at the age of about one
hundred and thirty-seven years. He
descended to DIR. Walker from his
grandfather and father forty-four years
ago, and has lived with him ever since,
except few months directly after the
close of the war, when he left his mas
ter to try the sweets of liberty. lie
soon returned satisfied to stay with
"the old folks at home" He could
work the garden up to the day of his
death.
The Express mentions fine speci-
men of San Antonio MANUFACTURE
large Concord stage coach, the work OF
Messrs. Baetz Il Lange, made expressly
for Messrs. Milmo d Co, of Mexico.
The cost for constructing the vehicle
was $1,000 gold. The coach is especial
" designed for rapid travel in the
rugged country of Mexico, being built
in the very strongest manner, ana iur-
nished with place to put everything
used by a traveller on a long journey.
Resides the most perfect character OF
iron and woodwork, the hnishlhg OF
the vehicle in every way is elegant,
as we'll as strong.
Shreveport Times: From the looks
of the fat cattle shipped from TINS
point to New Orleans within the las.
month or Sc, there must be lots OF
corn somewhere in Texas; that is II the
cattle have not eaten it all up. Finer
or fatter looking cattle we have never
seen shan those brought to this poin,t
from Texas by the Texas and faclhc
railway, In numbers they nave ex,
ceeded any year before, and the roo
line had q good thing taking them 10
the Crescent City. We have often
heard it said that Texas catiie no no ".
take kindly to corn, but the shipme,n.
made here showed conclusively INA
they boarded on something more sun
stantial than grass. Texas is a grea
country anyway.
Atlanta Courier: He (Thurman
..or,5 a rod handana handkerchief an