The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-09
THE STATE OVER.

October dlal Mhflln hnllprl @hhl bales
of cotton and i0rly.two ear loads Of oil-
tle,---'rhe Moving BAH says a gentle
man of Marlin has invented cotton,
picker which is destined 10 eclipse the
naked hand and revolutioni2e cotton
picking and cotton missing
Erah ComiI-lho farmers ale busy
picking cotton, sowing wheat, or hauling
their cotton 10 the gin,--Stophenss
vile is improving very fast the store
houses are well filled with fall and wins
ter goods; the merchants aro in high
spirits,---The corn crops were very
slim, and the mast Is almost an entire
failure,
Wood C6umtN--Mineola Flag Mr. A,
b, Mari, Of Van Zandt county, started
TO Mjneola the other day with u bale of
cotton on his wagon, When he drove
into the Sabine ut Crocketts bluA the
water was up, and iloated of his wagon
bed, He, with his little son in his
arms, iloated oil on the cotton bale and
were drifted down the river some dis
lance, but finally got into shallow water
and escaped serious injury. He came
TO town and got assistance, returned
and gathered up his wagon and cotton,
Hayes C0unW--San Marcos Free Press.
We hear of some sickness since the wet
and changeabe weather set in,--We
last week made mention of the fact
that Mrs, Hewett, daughter of Mrs,
Eastman, of this place, and wife of u
former printer of ours, had been badly |
burned at her home in Louisiana, by
the explosion OF a lamp, We are very
sorry TO learn that she died from the |
effects OF the injuries she received
Mr., Green, the clerk of this county, has |
been summoned to Austin in connec.
ton with the land fraud investigations
NacogdOches CormuL--News; There
was a shooting affair at the residence of
Mr., James Greer, two miles below town
one night last week Hearing unusual
commotion among his stock, he stepped
out Of his house and at length discoy.
cred some person on the fence. Upon
hailing and getting no answer, he fred
at the mysterious yisitor,who about the
same time fired and fled. Several shots
were afterward fred near his house
while he was momentarly absent at a
neighbors house. All supposed to be
by some freedmen with whom he had a
lawsuit, "A prvtracted meeting was
held at Trinity church, four miles east
of town, including last Sunday, on
which day the attendance was quite
large.
Live Oak Comty-Transcript. On
last Sunday night, between the hours
of ten and eleven, the store of Mr. c.
NJ. Holden, was entered by some un,
known person, who took the contents
of the money drawer, amounting to ten
or twelve dollars, and departed, leaving
the back door open, where they effected
their entrance No goods were missed.
Oh Thursday noon, the wife of Mr..
George Ranzor was severely burned by
the explosion of coal oil can. She
was at the house of neghbor, a Mrs
Saunders, who was sick, and unable to
attend to her domestic duties We
are fast becoming metropoltanized. A
theatre, three ships, birth and quasi
all in one week
Waller C6unty-Hempstead Courier
The city assessment roll made by DR..
w. W. Urban is complete The volua, !
ton of the property amounts to $685.
}59-The bridges in the eastern part
Of the city have all been repaired, and
ire now in good condition. The loss
Of trade to Hampstead by the destruc,
Jon of the Brazos bridge last spring,
1as been fully one.third. W P. Cole,
charged with ENLIGHTENMENT of $1,000
note, the property Of Thomas McCarty,
vas tried and acquitted before Justice
Hannay last Thursday. sheriff Nc
Dade informs us that on his tax collects
ng tour through the county he collect
I'd only $74, all told.--Deputy Sheriff )
Manning is very unwel ---Acting
Mayor McDade is having the streets
worked and put in good repair,
Washington Co,otN-Banner Frank
Lyons, the mail rider from Bellville to
in Austin county, stole the
Key to the mail sacks at Cat Springs ]
md was doing land Office business
stealing registered letters from the
nail w. l.. Springfield, postmaster at ,
3ellville, fixed up decoy letter for \
lin, and with the aid of F. Peters,
postmaster at Cat Springs, succeeded in
the charge upon him and
having him arrested Frank is now in d
all at Bellville. Mr., Burton Carlisle, /
n company with Mr. Kinch Collins and a
'thers on Sunday started out on q .
lrive and succeeded in rounding up
hree young black roosters named res t
pectively Nelson and Hampton Sneed Il
nd Randall Smith, who are supposed d
o have been Specializing in beef cats :
lie. They were caught in the suburbs j
f the city of Buckhorn, Austin county.
he two Sneeds were taken to Bellville I,
nd jagged Smith was brought here \
nd turned over to Sheriff Hutchinson a
gho furnished him quarters at the v
ounty jail.-A distinguished colored d
entleman who is, in addition to being b
horse thief, county convict, was yes :,
erday taken before Justice Hynes and j
waved an examination. His bond was
ixed at $500, in default Of which he /
vent to Jail. 4