The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-11

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The silver and copper mines o
Llano county are being rapidly devel
opel, The machinery 10 work tire,
different mines on an extensive scale
have arrived there.
In the vicinity OF Covlngton, Hill
county, last year. cotton averaged /
ohle per acre, corn, ana poor year fol
corn, thirty 10 forty bushels per acre
aud wheat from twenty TO thirt,
bushels.
Jefferson Jimpleeute; Our formel
townsman, Fred. Hennessey, now o
Denison, IL organizing u company fol
gold hunting In the Black Hills. Thos,
who contemplate going from here car
join him II they choose,
The Colored Farmers Association
held State Convention at Huntsvlll,
a Few days since. There were one
hundred and fifty delegates present
representing eleven counties. The or,
ganlzation Is after the order OF the
Changers.
-Messrs. Little 4 Hamilton, OF
McLennan county, have received by
rail- six hundred head OF llne Merlno
ewes from Pennsylvania, and one
hundred Merino bucks from Vermont.
Many Others are adding valuable stock
to their tlocks and herds.
George w. Lewis, n freedman, was
elected Commissioner In one OF the
Rusk county districts, at the late cleo
ton, over q. $. Strong, by three votes,
and Strong will contest the election,
having filed the necessary papers In
the proper courG.
Bill Posey and Lou Phillips, two
desperadoes sent to the penitentiaTy
for villainous crimes, overpnwerei and
disarned the guard, near Phelps, on
Saturday, and escaped on two wagon
horses. They went to II farm house
near by and took clothing by force In
exchange for their prison stripes,
Eight miles Of the grading, east
and west of Pitlsburg is opened on
the Tyler road, and the rolling stock,
rails, and all the appurtenances and
fixtures belonging To the road will be
In sight, II not In time to carry OIL
the present crop, anyhow, by the first
OF January, 1871
Last Saturday, at Bolivar, In Den
ton county, man named Askey
wanted to accompany young lady,
named Miss Miller, home from party.
Her brother objected. Ashley went
ahead of Miller and his sister, pro.
cured shotgun, and, returning, shot
Miller in the neck, killing him in
stantly.
Austin Statesman: j. Z. Ward OF
San Saba, In private letter to gen
tleman in this city says: Last week
we had application for % 900 acres OF
land for one party In Illinois, and 5000
for sheep rancho and 5000 for col.
ony. We owe 1t to the advertisement
in the Weekly Statesman, as the party
speaks of the same"
-Corsicana Index. During the past
week the Most Excellent Grand High
Priest of the State, Mr.. Swain, of Gal.
weston, has been visiting the Masonic
Lodge In this city. Much interesting
work In the chapter and lodge was
done. Messrs. A. f. Dobbins, McAfee
and Lynn were made Royal Arch
Masons.
Mount Pleasant Patron; It seems
that about one-half of the wheat OF
this county has been destroyed 10y
flies, and some farmers have already
plowed up their wheat land and plantct
| It In corn. We heard others say the.
would plant cotton where the whea
had been destroyed. That portion o
the crop which has not been moleste'
10 in fine condition.
Waco Examiner: The man A. P
Oliver, who was arrested and lodge,
in Jail several days since on suspicion
Of the murder OF Moke Wright, haI
been released. No evidence OF hi
having had any connection with thu
affair was shown, and on an order Is
sued by Judge Battle, the Jail doors
were thrown open aud he was allowed
to 70 after having lain four or five days
In Jail. He left with his family yes
terday for Hood county.
The San Antonio Herald describes
the introduction in that region of the
practice of shearing sheep by ma
chinery. The machine requires two
men--One TO turn the handle while the
other holds the sheep in his lap, and
holding the patent shears against the
animal the wool comes Off as IL cut
with a razor. With u little practice,
three times as many sheep can be
shorn In a day, and without cutting
them, as with the old hand shears.
Austin Gazette Poor Dallas she
will grieve herself to death, because,
forsooth, her rural neighbors persist
in reporting smallpox flags floating
on her streets,n when the said flags
were the pride of the village, being
hoisted in honor of Rex Momus, or
some other mus. There is Tor rather
was) only one man in Travis county
who could not tell "small-pox flag"
from one OF another stripe, and he died
through fear of being ''pitted."
Sherman has had another case OF
civil rights. A negro woman was cam
PEELED to take seat In a second-class
car, when she became enraged, threw
two or three billets OF wood at the
brak esman, and cursed and swore
around generally. She was arrested
and taken before the Recorder, who
applied soothing plaster to her out
ragged feelings In the shape of TWEEN
ty-hve dollar fine aud costs
Jefferson Leader; the wheat
acreage In North Texas is very much
larger than ever before, and the pros
pect for good yield was never better.
The low price OF cotton has had the
affaot IN pnpourape planters all over