The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-19
STATE NEWS.

uAles VI uotb"l lhhl year,
Mrs. Norris has been confirmed hy
the United States Senate rs poslmis-
tress ut Waco,
san Antonio aspres for manulac,
turing honors, aud proposes to build a
wooden factory.
Quantities Of counterfeit coin halt
dollars have been put In circulation re-,
Gently at IIearne,
Miss Jennie Sloan was thrown
from horse In Eralh county, last
week, and seriously injured,
The property Of Willis 4 Bro, Of
Galveston, Is assessed at III 300,
The Blums come next with an assess
meut Of s29l,8O0O
The interest on all State bonds
maturing In January has been settled
aud the state Treasury Is IN most
healthy condition.
Waco Examiner; A negro re-
celved majority Of the votes east IN
precinct No. for constable He II
said to he very ignorant and entirely
competent to I'LL the position.
THE members of Houston Grange,
No, 532, Fannin county, Texas, agree
to plant not TO exceed one-third Of the
land in their possession in cotton for
the year 1876.
Mr., Tom Powell, of Goiad, drop
ped his pistol one day last week, aud
IL struck on rock causing II to fire.
The ball struck his knee, shattered the
cap and running upward.
"A man named j, A. Dick, u Grip
pie, and supposed, from papers found
on his body, 10 have been watch
maker, was murdered by u mulatto
u few days ago negr San Antonio.
"A young man named Tanner, who
lived about four miles from Coryelle,
while descending into well was over
come with choke.damp, tainted aud
fell distance of forty feet. From the
OBJECT of his injuries he died on Friday.
The Busy Bee relates that the mail
rider on the route from Burnett to
Fredericksburg, when at some point
west of the Colorado river, last week,
was compelled to give up his watch
and all his loose change to couple Of
free'booters.
The Corpus Christi Times Of the
9th ultimo, says report is current
upon the streets that nine men have
been hung somewhere above Oakville,
six white men and three Colored. We
give the rumor for what it is worth !;
there is likely to be some truth in it.
"A man by the name of Herman
GilhaFdt was shot and killed last week
| by one Bill Hoover, on the rancho Of
Mr.. John Goode, some twelve miles
above Blanco City. The murderer left
| Immediately, but was captured the
next day in Hays.
M. +. Sloan, one of the proprietors
of the Marshall Herald, was thrown
from buggy, Wednesday, and had
his right shoulder blade broken.
Miss Jennie Marshall who was in
company with him, was also thrown
out, but fortunately, beyond u few
trivial bruises, received no Injuries.
The postollice at Stephensvile was
entered by burglars, Wednesday night,
and robbed of three dollars in money,
several registered packages and three
| checks-one for seven hundred, one
for ninety and the other for twenty
dollars. A man named Thurman was
arrested as the robber, but the evidence
against him is purely circumstantial.
"A few days since party of five
armed MeXicans stole about seventy
horses from Los Animas rancho, in
Webb county. The owner with par
ty of citizens pursued them, and at
three O'Clock next mornin found them
encamped at Logana Cavillo. He
killed one, took two prisoner and re-
captured the horses The dead man
was named Refugio Iapata, and was
from Guerrero, Mexico. The fight oc-
Icurred about twenty-four miles from
Laredo. The authorities have sent for
the prisoners. The raiders have
changed base and transferred opera
tons from below.
Montague News: We notice an arti-
Gle from the Dallas Commercial, which
has been pretty generally copied, stat
ing that six men were lately hanged
in Montague by a mob. We feel 1t a
duty to our county to say that 1t is en-
tirely false There has not been man
hung in this county for years, and
the mob which used to hang men here
has long ago been run out OF the State.
The persons said to have been hungare
all alive and well. Ben Pool, one OF
the six, has sent US word that if he has
been hung it was while he was asleep.
George Masoner, another of the party,
writes us that he knows nothing OF it.
And YOU know If they had been hung
they would not deny it.
Colonel Leader, of Jefferson, was
seriously injvred by rutfian who at
tackled him with his fist and broke his
collar bone. The party also fired at an
officer who was attempting to arrest
him, killing his horse. He escaped on
the train, but was captured and taken
back to Jefferson Dallas CONNER
cial. The above paragraph is remark.
ably accurate-with the exception OF
five facts. First, the ruilian did not
uIlutk AOIUuGi 11euuti oall Aio 10y
with heavy six shooter; second he
did dot break his collar bone, buI
mashed the shoulder joint; thirdly, h'
did not fire at an officer fourthly, hi
did not kill his horse, or even shoot a
all; filthy, he did not escape on the
train, but across the bridge and through
the woods on foot. The sixth fact II
quite trne--he was captured when h.
got on the cars, eight miles from Jei
. ferson) and brought back Jefferson
Leader.
"A couple of negroes desired u
leave Paris, and not liking. the idea o
walking out of town, helped them
selves to couple of fine horses an'
went to Sherman, where they put VI
at wagon-yard, ordering the animals
to be fed but not unsaddled. They hat
been followed from Paris and arrange
ments made with the Sherman officer
for their arrest. The Register thu
tells how the capture was effected
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