The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-10-06

hotel that is anticipating the Wichita
railroad.---Dr. Fay and Charlie Stowe
got into dispute as to which was the
best money, greenbacks or solid truck.
Give US any kind that will piss and
Wen ask no questions. The Monitor
says Ed. Bates, constable of precinct
No. I, presented an account, on Mons
day last, against the county, for keep
ing and guarding prisoner, of twenty
tour dollars and fifty cents. II was re.
Jeeted, there being no law authorizing
It's payment. That's BaG)te TO let the
prisoners slope.
Coiha Coiuaty--Miss Jennie Boone.
while entertaining party of friends,
died suddenly while sitting In her chair.
Heart disease.---The Enquirer saws
that the cotton crop is panning out bet
ter than it was thought it would two
weeks ago.---Near Van Alstyne. lit
tie neice of j. III. Brown. while oat rid
ing, was thrown and kicked on the
head by the animal, fracturing her
skuil.---The Enquirer is in receipt of
lot OF sweet potatoes, twelve OF winch
weigh uwenty-seyen pounds This
HERALD il the recipient of a singl e, indi-
vIdual, solitary later. thai kicks the
scales to the tune of twelve pounds
Washington County notwithstanding
the hard times, Baylor university and
Baylor Female college are receiv ins fair
patronage -independence is still I'M
proving Two stores have been built
there since June.----Au ex-officer OF
Green's old brigade, at BRENNAN has re-
ceived - telegram from Colonel McLea>
ry, of San Antonio. asking il he could
raise one hundred good men.--The
cotton crop IL much better than thought
for.-Brenham received last week
two hundred bales of cotton per day or
one thousand one hundred and twenty
seven during the week. The stock
law has been carried by a vote of one
hundred and thirty-three against eigh-
ty-eight
Harrjg Co,oaty. "A drunken woman
while riding through the streets of
Houston, ;, fell Off her horse and knocked
her nose out of joint.---A large man
IN Houston accusing a small sized speci-
men of humanity of turning MS pet
bear loose, was seized by the trestles
work by the dimiuutive creature and
toppled over, Sampson style, he getting
worsted by his opponents fall.---The
houston BARRIERS are on a STR Se.----
Houston is squabling over the location
of her new jail--A negro preacher
in Houston proposes TO 50 it "a Brig
ham Young He intends to take in
four miles square near that place and
stock 1t with his race-that Is if the
authorities don't interfere The Tele-
gram says Two train men whose
names could not be ascertaiued, were
brought down to the city on the Inter
nrtional and Great Northern train yes
terday, arriving at 1890 a. M The left
leg of one of them was broken below
knee and the other had a fracture of
the ankle. They received their iniu-
ries from a run off by freight train at
a place where the section hands lust
finished repairing the track three miles
north of Willis.
lHeLsnnan Cotsaty.-0n Saturday morn
ing William NJ Buchanan, aged twenty
one years, committed suicide N Waco
by taking morphine. He was son of
Inspector Buchanan of that place. -
The Examiner is responsible for the fol-
lowing: Waco creek is small stream
which flows through the south western
portion of this city, and empties into
the Braves river inside of the corporate
limits. 1t has its rise three and half
miles vest of town, and is fed o. a num-
Der Of small springs IL has very Pc
culiar characteristic which to Us is an
unaccountable phenomenon. Every day
between the hours OF nine or ten o'clock
a. M. and four or FIVE o'clock D. M. a
swift stream of crystal water, FIVE or six
inches in depth. pours over its pebbly
bottom in continuous and undated
quantity. During the remainder of the
twentysfour hours there is scarcely any
water to be seen; it ceases To run, and
apparently. is almost dry,--T 80 prin-
tiers on the Examiner, besides working
ten hours day at the case, have made
ten bales of cotton and several hundred
bushels Of corn and 'potatoes. They
rented thirty acres of land near Waco
on which, with little help, they have
made handsome sum of money.
TarTaf C61,tg.--Two little boys
named Albert Bore and Willie Carter,
At the Pacific Hotel in Fort Worth,
went through one of the CUES ;. yslise
and found pistol Willie was engin>
eering il when il went off, striking Al
bert in the tieshy part of the left arm.
He is doing well and won't now oyen
look at pop gun--The pemocra,
says Mr. John V. Ellis, prominent
cattle man, is catapeti six miles west af
the city with herd of seven hundred
three, four and fge-year.old beeYes. -
The typhoid fever continues to rage in
Fort Worth The STANDARD saws thai,
the Rev Grant has selected for sub
iect of discourse, The Three Grosses.
He will nail the Standards editor and
Paddock 10 the outside ones, In a char
aeteristic sense of the word as il were.
The citizens of Hood county have
sent : memorial TO the post,n.,zter-gen-
eral asking for daily mail on the route
from Fort Worth to Concbo as far as
Cleburne.
Grayso,s Cs ;Etg.--0n the evening Of
the 9th, the firenen of Sherman, gave
an anniversary ball. 1t is represented
us pleasant affair. - German and
FrenchInan had misunderstanding
the other day, in which poor France. as
usual got Kckcd.-The Courier says
that William Goat, Of HAT place
strikes the boys who play marbles in
the rain, without any warning whatever
That goat would make good marshal.
The contract for bridging grading
and ironing the Dcnison and South
Western railroad. has been let to John
SCHUYLER, of st. Louis. The News
says that Constable Spence returned
Thursday from Fannin count, bringing
with him as prisoner. colored man
named Milan Wilson. charged with
stealing horse from r. H. I arber. re
siding ak miles west of town.-A
thief entered the shop Of Michial Yaw.
man, shoemaker. in Dsnison. and
stole three pair OF boots, les wing him
bootless. The Courier cha ges that il
takes seven hours for the sea ton Of the
cemetery Of Sherman, TO dig = little in
significant grave. The sexton aeknowf
edRm that "a two inxtaacee lie AIDED u