The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-15
THE STATE OVER.

HH5 Comg-Moying Bali M
Miller furnishes us with the following
Bales of cotton shipped up TO date, 5aOu
last Saturday Justice Alaway'
court was taken mp with a case Of 'mal
and wife" Mrs Reed, who lives OF
Sandy, being the victim Of a HUSBAND
who nstiuated mob to Kill her of il
tbe interest Of another woman, Seyea
women were involved In the case, anC
also several men, Two men, Reed anC
another were bound over 10 the distrc
court
Collin County Mckinney Enquirer
Three thousand one hundred anC
seventeen bales of cotton were shipped
from this point up TO November LIST
two thousand, four hundred and thirty
eight going south and six hundred and
seyenty,nlne going north, The totaI
receipts up to this date are about eight
hundred bales In advance OF last year
Something over 1000 bales Of cotton
have been sold at misplace up to date
Had II not been for the severe weather
during the past three or four weeks
the receipts would have reached 5000
bales,
Cherokee C0mtg-Rusk Observer. Last
Tuesday a number of tracks of land
in this county were sold at the court
house by the sheriff under executions
and orders of sale The lands in most
instances brought nothing like their
value. Mr., John A, Boyd purchased
an undivided half interest in about
fourteen hundred acres of the Peter Il,
Bean league near Alto, for about one
dollar per acre, This is said to be the
best land in Cherokee county, and we
congrRlqte Mr.Sroyd upon his good
luck h. getting n so cheap, We are
told that this land is we'll worth one
dollar per acre,
ucLennaa COmtg-From three to
four hundred thousand pounds of merN
chandse per day is unloadei from the
cars in East Waco.-The wholesale
merchants are doing twenty-five per
cent. more business this winter than
they did last, and the bulk Of the trade
is yet 10 come in. Retail merchants
are doing equally well,--Bishop
Wightman ieft on yesterday mornings
train for Crockett to preside over the
Texas conference which convened
there on Tuesday the llth Instant
Constable Williams yesterday arrested
one Ben Tut, who is charged with hav~
ing committed an assault on the person
of man named John Ellison.--About
six hundred bales Of cotton was re.
ceved yesterday. Five hundred and
forty.three bales were shipped. The
total shipments to date are twenty
eight thousand four hundred and one
bales. Stock on hand twentysone hun
bred bales.
Victoria COlmtH-lf current rumors
are to be taken for anything, the G.
W., 7. and ?, railroad will begne runs
ming daily trains over its entire road at
an early day. leaving Cuaro in the morn
ing and running in the atternoon,-
In the districtcourt, Wednesday, James
Callan was acquitted OF charge OF as
sault with intent to murder,-Sheritf
Thurmond is supplying seed oats, of his
own raising, to those Of our farmers der
sizing to sow of this profitable crop. An
increased number of acres will be sown
in oats the coming season in this county.
"A large number of hogs are being
fattened in this county this season. Pork
will be plenty and cheap, and hence it
will not be necessary to send abroad for
this article of necessity Sheriff
Thurmond has succeeded in raising
some fine hogs as well as fat cattle.
One day this week he killed seven
teen-month pig which weighed five
hundred and ten pounds gross.