The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-25
STATE NEWS.

WV N'HHlls
-Ihe Mount Pleasant Patron com.
plllns OF serious damage TO the wbenl
III Iil'IS county by insects,
The 18th of April is the day set
aphft by Queen Nab for her entrance
'h'o her loyal capital Of Jefferson.
The Fourth United States cavolrv
stationed at Fort Sill, received o1e
hundred and tiftyrecrults last saturday.
Bishop Gregg, ON his recent visit
TO ~ Davld's Church at Austin, con.
nFned twenty'siX persons, fourteen
males aud twelve males.
The Governors home organ ths
EXAMINER, Still continues to submit
Notorious arguments In favor of the or.
gahl@allon OF State police.
The county clerks office of .Ccrv.
ell county Is to have vault for t6o
reception of records ana other yolnahie
papers belonging to the county.
Mr., RomSin, of Denison, is tho
inventor OF II new and improved ice.
machine, II turns out ten tons of ice
day, IN slabs twelve inches thick.
George Walker shot j. c. Cochran
I'VE times with II siX.shooter SUNDAY
last, near DeKalb. Cochran died in
about ten hours, and Walker escaped
=, 1t Is feared in Titus county that
tlle cold weather, which cccasioned
heavy irosts and fro1e the earth. has
utterly destroyed the entire fruit CROP.
The body of dead negro WINS
round in the Courthouse cistern Sun.
DAY morning at Breham. He had
Deeh missing since the previous Tues.
day, WIS.,
Captain Joe, Bledsoe, of Sherman,
has an orchard of $500 apple trees, a
large number of pears, plums and
peach trees, besides a large young vine
yard.
-Messrs. Doddridge q Davie, of
Aeuees county, received fifteen thou.
sand dollars in old Mexican dollars by
The last trip of The Mary from New or.
leans.
james Trainer, Of San Antonio.
ana James Loeb, OF ConCho, have been
summoned to appear before the House
Committee on War Expenditures at
Washington, to tell what they know
about Belknap.
The physicians of Titus. Camp
Morris and Franklin counties, are or.
ganlzing into associations and will
send delegates to tue State Medical
Association, TO meet at Marshall on
The 4th of April.
gainesville Sun: We are told that
the stage coach travels the distance
from Gatesville to Comanche, which
is siXty-iive miles, in one day. Over
rough roads, this looks like an extra
ordinary rate of speed.
"A young man by the name of
Frank Craven, living between Dans
isol and Red river, was wounded in
the foot 10y the accidental discharge of
his gun, while hunting Sunday after
noon. The ball entered the right foot
at the instep, and passed entirely
through.
-Brenham Banner: On Monday
night we had very hard frost, Yes
terday morning the ground was COW
cred with white frost that killed
young corn, potatoes, beans and all
tender vegetables. We seen one sun
fortunata' who lost two acres of water
buying seed to replant
-Stephenville Empire. Mr.. w. w.
Hickey has left in our Office one of the
largest beets--well, it just beats all
beels we ever saw. 1t is twenty-eight
inches long, is twenty-three inches in
circumference and weighs twelve
pounds. Mr.. Hickey says he has one
that will weigh thirteen pounds.
--Cleburne Chronicle: The farmers
are purchasing n great number of reap
ers and mowers. Convincing evidence
Of the promise of the coming crop of
wheat. The cold rain and frost last
Saturday night killed much of the corn
that had come up, ana also destroyed
many of the earlier garden vegetables.
"A gentleman by the name of Jo-
seph Dillon, Il stranger in the town,
while walking along the streets of
Jefferson, discovered a negro beating a
colored woman, and ordered him to |
desist. The negro did rs requested,
but stepped to a neighboring hut, pro-
cured pistol, returned, and shot Mr.. |
Dillon through the left lung, just above
the nipple. The negro escaped, and
Mr.. Dillon's remains will probably be
planted in Texas soil,
Waco Reporter: Farmers who |
were in the city yesterday, bring the
gratifying intelligence that all species
of small grain are unlnjurpd by the re-
cent freeze. We did not believe that
wheat was damaged, but had some
fears about barley, etc. Fruit, too, has
escaped better than was supposed
owing to the lateness of some species
in budding out. Vegetables have suf-
fered considerably though, and many |
gardens will have to be replanted.
Captain William Stone, of Eagle
Pass, found slip of paper, few days
ago, on grave stone, informing him
that three other men, besides himself,
who had fired upon the writer, re-
Gently, in Eagle Pass, would rest in
their graves in less than a year. Inc
three other men referred to, in addi-
ton to Captain Stone, are supposed TO
be two young brothers named Doho'
van. whose father was killed by I'M
known parties some time since, and
man by the name of Andrew Porter
Sherman Register; Lee Hall
and w Holt have lust returned
frsm Hill county, whittier they
had gone 20 carry John A.
PurnelI, ex-Sheritf of that co9n-
ty, whom they captured lew
days since near Baxter Springs. Kan
sas. Purnell was one of Davis APP
pointees and is under indictment Tor
embezzlng money collected rom
taxes. He had been fugitive from
Justice for three years, and there was
reward of six hundred dollars oiierea
by the State for his arrest.
At Fort Davis, FL Pas0 county, on