The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-05-19

{ signed by large numbers of cuisines
men TO have the new postoffiCe an
I federal court building erected at tn
head of the avenue, near the couri
/ house and state buildings. Anothe
| petition has signers preferring a site OIL
/ Pecan street The Presbyterian mir
ister according to the Statesman, call
the people insane who do not look on
FOR their spiritual more than their TEN
porai welfare.
CoRaqchs County We CLEAN from tn
! Chief. that girl who came from Illinai
| to Coleman county. eloped with he
| engaged lover on Saturday. They cam,
To Comanche, where she gave him $l5t
/ in money to keep for her He went IN
I town for the license. and has not sine,
been seen. The giIi was sent to hel
mother Two able-bodied men, will
a blind child, were begging in Conan
che, where they collected about twenty
dollars and then left the town 10 find
another profitable field
.HcLsg,luH C0tssfy-The Mali fest wa
a grand affair for Waco. The nroces.
sion was divided into four divisions
The Examiner had travelling printing
office In the procession. The Tonkawa
| Indians attracted much attention. The
Waco public school. the academy select
school, large business houses, bands
May-4ueen glec clubs, May-pole, god
dess of liberty, states and territorial
representatives, were in the proc essien
Hon. George Clark delivered the ora
ton. Five bands participated in furn>
ishing the music
Harris Cosaniy-Several prominent
railway magnates are in Houston. Ia
consult with the stockholders of the
Houston and Texas Central in regard Ia
railroad matters. All the roads OF the
state were repfesented-The excur.
sionists over the Iron Mountain route
arrived in Houston, Thursday .-The
report OF the school system of the coun.
ty, has been made. 1t shows thirty-one
schools in operation, of which four are
colored. Total school fund S5.043.
There are 1908 scholastic children en-,
rolled, and nearly three hundred not
enumerated. The school fund vas ap.
portloned at the rate of So IS for each
child
Fayette County --The crops are in a
very promising condition. The grass
hoppers have left, and where crops
were destroyed by them they have been
replanted. Early corn is three and
four feet high, and cotton on several
Farms was forming squares ten DAVIS ago.
This was of the first planting, and was
unmotested by the hopper. The rains
have thoroughly saturated the soil, and
no serious results are apprehended
from drouth, should there be one. AZ
ter carefully viewing the agricultural
prospects of this part of the state, the
Argus Is forced 10 the conclusion that
there is no cause for despondeney, ltGt
much reason for rejoicing and being
thankful
LiiacstoF.s CoHatg.--We CLEAN the fol-
lowing crop report from the Ledger
From all we can hear the corn. cat and
wheat crops are doing finely. outside of
the hail districts (which are not very
extensive IN area), and the cotton but
poorly. Much cotton is Just now cons
ing up, having been but recently plant
ed.---fhe planters whose cotton was
destroyed by hail, are said to be troub>
led to get other seed for planting, but
we suppose they will succeed
small grain crop was never better at
this season of the ear-The fruit
crop is very promising, especially the
peaches and grapes. of our
very best orchards were ruined by the
hail during the last two weeks.
HsLsnnaa Co,ta6.--A bear has been in
the neighborhood of the gas works at
Waco. Probably he wanted to visit she
Maifest and wss waiting 10 be invited.
"A boy was wounded in East Waco
during an exchange of shots between
two guests at the hotel, Thursday night.
a deputy sheriff and posse of
eight men came in from McC ollough
county, to claim a herd of cattle which
was captured recently, in the hands of
Ed. Sweet. The latter boards in jaa to
await rial.--The street cars carried
over thirty,fi FIVE hundred passengers on
the Mai~fest day. Glory enough for the
beginning. --Several articles of mer-
chandise were captured from the Brazos
as they were floating down.
Collin County.--The people of the
northwestern portion of the county are
making arrangements for a bridge
across Sister Grove ek.-The local
option election passed off quietly, only
two precincts voting majority for pro
hibition. The majority in the county
against prohibition was one thousand
and iilty-eight--The grangers picnic
passed oil with satisfaction TO all par
tieipating a white boy by the name
Of Hawthorn nine years old from Mis-
souri,, stole 4 horse and bride from a
Mr. bingham, who lives ten or twelve
miles west of Sherman. He was ar
rested on the eighth ultimo making
his way toward Dexter, and is now in
Jail awaiting trial.-Thc Sunday
annual conference viii meet at the
Methodist church in Sherman on the
eighteenth instant.
Harris County. The San Jacinto
Rifles are drilling three times a week
until the fair.--tieneral Joe johnson
was at the Hutchins house, Houston.
from Saturday night till Monday
About eighty employees of the Central
road visited the treasurer's Office To
make an arrangement about receiving
their pay, which is behind since Feb.
ruary, No strike was intended, nor
were any discharged. The last sad
rites of Miss Sophia Henderson's funer-
nj were observed on Saturday in the
Presby terian church. - On Friday
morning some thieves entered the store
OF E. Pindar, north of Houston Nc
arrests were made.--In the early Of
FRIDAY morning o heavy rain, accom-
panied with stiff gale from The south
ward and good deal of vivid light.
| ming and thunder, occurred, leaving
the streets and low places about towr
in the usual condition OF mud and slush
Thursday, the 2+th, will be mill
tary day at the state fair. There will
be grand military dress ball at night
Grdqsoa C-nty-Preparatio ar,
being made to extend the tel graph lin,
from Deuison to Fort Stock ton, For
| Davis and FL Passo, where il will con
meet with New Mexico, Arazonia and /.
California. twenty tramp
slept in box cars at the Den son depo
Wednesday night They came iron
Kansas and left for the south at day
Ilicht.----The Gresset predicts that worl
will soon begin on the Red river an,
BIO Grande road from Denison. -
Denisonians are certainly troubled wit
spirits. Nearly half dozen spiritua,
lists have lectured in that CITY within
few weeks.-The Cresset says Mr.. j
$. Allingham and party returned to-da
from their coal prospecting trip an
reported their complete success The
found coal on Major Sibbles farm abou
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