The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-09-15
THE STATE OVER.

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THE STATE OVER.
Washington CegBfy--An escaped me- |
gro convict who Is wanted at Hunts |
vile, is lurking near Brenhan Tie !
county treasurer says the jury aud |
common fund of this county has been |
exhausted, and there is now no money
on hand TO meet drafts drawn on these |
funds
Denton Count, clubs are
being organized throughout the county
W. j. Austin espouses the greenback
cause.----Brother Green's meeting st
Stewart creek made twenty-five CONVEX
sions, most OF them hard cases. and
many were baptised. county
has been thoroughly drenched with
rain.
Tarrasi CSs1stg Fort Worth i. work.
ell up over the prospect of having to pay
mere for cotton shipped from there,
than Dallas has to pay They call this
dlscTiminstiou-Th compress is
ready for business.-Mrs. Gibson, of
Fort Worth, who was charged with pois-
oning her husband, in Giddings, was
tried and acquitted there last week,
Collin C5aatg.--The Enquirer office
has changed its location to the south
side of the square, and is more neatly
fitted up than formerly .----Georce
Cameron has z ,thered eleven water
MELONS from volunteer vine, which
mas never been hoed Some sickness
about town.--Twenty>two licences
have been issued TO loving couples dur
ing the past week.
Harris tgHtg.--James Allen, the me-
gro murderer Of white man named
/ John Mcclellan, in Matagorda county,
I ID 1860, has been captured near Hous-
I ton. Ed. Williams, colored, shot AT
/ has step-father in>law, William Warf,
I with intent to kill. few evening. since.
/ The ball passed within few inches of
! the old mans head.-A young lawyer
named A. r. Masterson attempted sui !,
eide Friday, but failed,
] Smith Coaaty- Over four hundred
/ persons have protested religion during
/ the six weeks revival in Tyler. Com.
plants are being made against the
Great Northern railroad on account of
inferior passenger coaches being used
j ii. Bullard, engineer on the
Tyler tap. died Monday the remains
being encased in a metallic case and
forwarded tn his former home in Penn.
sylyania- lie died Of congestion of the
brain.
HeLsnHaa C5,tsty.-King's lectures
are published in the Examiner. The
public square is to be cleared of "wag-
ons for sale. The mayor can't stand it
any longer.---A debating club, called
the Waco Lyceum. has been organized.
Mr.. Ledger Robinson WAS bitten
one day last week by poisonous spi-
der For hours he suffered the most
scute agony and at one time his life
was almost despaired of He rallied,
however, and is now rapidly recover
ing.
WISE County -The corroner's Jury
rendered a yirdict that Emma Bryan
came to her death from an attempt to
produce abortion by unknown parties.
a post norton examination was had
Saturday. Warrants were issued against
two persons The Tribune saws Bob
Mctiraw, a desperate, rides through
the town of Cooyse. Delta county, and
deties the officers, who have warrants
for his srrest-Six men were hung in
the county last week. They were ju>
rors.
IrariS Cols.tU-The democrats of Aus.
tin meet on the both instant to perfect
an organization. They seem to mean
business.-fheG Gazette calls upon the
Germans to ask the resignation Of Com
missioner Groos.-fhe governor is
not gong to back down from his high
stand against the Mexican authorities
who shield the ps lies that have com.
mitted depredations on Texas SOIL
The Hobby trial progresses without
eliciting much information.
Henderson Co,tnty. The TYLER Courier
says Rev. III. f, Callahan, who has been
travelling in Henderson, Anderson and
Cherokee counties for several dayspa
informs as tAat the people are well pre-,
pared to live at home. They have, be
; says, plenty OF corn, meat, potatoes, etc
lie believes that the cotton crop j;
about one-tliird short in these counties.
Health is only moderate. Protraeted
meetings from what we learn of him, i.
rather an epidemic in these counties
The people are all friendly disposed tc
. Tyler, and mean To trade here this fall
and winter.
GragSoR Caastg.--Chiles, of George
town, was assaulted Thursday night by
John Bosyer and seriously beaten, il j.
: feared iatally.--Two county prisoner,
escaped last week from the chain gan,
/, in Sherman.---owing to the misman'
!, agement of the Denison club the base
ball game was delayed two hours and {
: quarter, which rendered it impossible te
, complete the game, so it was postponed
until Saturday, at which time the Den
ison boys refused to play hog or.
diRance is wanted in Denison -Cottor
is coming in rapidly thret
/ thousand head of cattle are en- route fol
DenisoD from the plains. The New,
is decidedly opposed to having the
dance houses respened. Laborer,
from the Tyler Tap have arrived anG
r have tented near Denison to work or
the Denison aud Southwestern road
| Grassoa Gss,nty-Private enterprise
, is grading some of the streets in Deni
son.----George V. Peters, q manufac
turer of agricultural implements, j.
: visiting Texas with the intent of start,
, ing business here.--Henry William
. was found guilty of theft from house
and sent TO Jail Wednesday. Tho
Herald predicts that work win soor
commence on the Denison and South.
: eastern railroad. 1t asks the people tc
{ strike for a fortune, now that the op
, portunity is ct hand. 1t doubtless does
not realize that while the prospects
are hot ia the time to get burned
. The fsate City (,uaf,ds drill vit n {ha;,