The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-16
THE STATE OVER.

CakliON County Lockhart News
Echo, Nearly all tho land lying ives
ol town is being fenced up for eultiya
tion,-We notice large quantities o
lumber coming IN daily-a sure indioa
ton of our steady growth and progress
Rev, Mr., Bergman closed his schoo
here last week, and will leave in dal
or two for Whtesboro dmyaon county
where lac has been elected 20 the presi'
dency OF the Baptist college,
anderson C6uaty--Some parties who
bring wood TO this market charge one
dollar for u wheel, baTow load. Coils
ton Is coming in rapidly. Competent
Judges say not less than fifteen hundred
bales will be- brought in during pres
ent month. +, Keaser, marshal
in Troup, drew his pistol on policeman
Chris Rodgers last Saturday in this town
and for 80 doing received pistol ball
in his neck Mr.. Rodgers is said to have
acted in self defense. The second
United States artillery, four batteries
numbering 2l0 troops, commanded by
Major Mcmillan, passed here last Tues
day, on their way from Carlisle Penn
syiyania, to the Rio Grande, On with
the dance,
Young C0lnbl-A company ofsoldiers
passed through town last Saturday,
bound east.-The roads are again get.
ting in good condition, and goods are
coming in at lively rate,--Mr, Mas
rion Baker killed three deer on last
Saturday morning, Two nice DWELL
ings are nearly completed on North
Oak street.--ln all parts Of town new
improvements are springing up, and we
doubt If any town in the state is inns
PROVING solid .nhan Graham
A man broke into the Star saloon last
Sunday and took fifty dollars in money,
a six.shooter and box Of cigars. Par.
ties went in pursuit of the burglar, but
returned Tuesday evening without gain.
ing any clue as to his whereabouts.
Falls County.-Marlin Ball The negro
boy who had his arm cut off by tap
train near this place some weeks since
is going to bring suit for damages -
Captain w. o. Smith was getting up a
subscription last Saturday to have the
Baptist church ceiled and plastered,
He got over one hundred dollars
Sheriff Conoly has sack full of coon
skins gwen in as payment on dog tax,
He also has fox, wild cat and the skins
of other "varmints. "--Business has
been better than for few weeks past.
and cotton is coming in lively. The
weather has been beautiful all the week, |
There will not be any paper issued |
Christmas week. and all who desire to |
do their Christmas advertising should |
hand them in for next issue,--A negro
convict, trusty, stabbed another negro
seriously, at Mr.. w. D. Kyser's place
the latter part of last week, The con-
vict fled, and has not yet been captured.
Hill C6unty.-Correspondent of the
Rockdale Messenger; The cotton crop
is nearly all gathered, and the farmers
have commenced gathering their corn.
They are gathering from thirty.tive to
fifty bushels per acre. The potato crop
is very large. Hogs are looking we'll,
and pork will be cheap. THE county
is full Of men hunting land to rent
Many of them have come down from
the frontier counties-men who came
into Texas one and two years ago. -
Any quantity of corn can be had at
twenty-five cents per bushel, wheat at
one dollar and oats twenty cents.
Pork will be worth about four cents q
pound Very little fall wheat has or
will be sown, but there will be con-
siderable amount of spring wheat sown
in January--the Boshel and Mediter
ranean mostly. --The business of Sal>
ado has been more lively this fall than
it has been for years.--The sweet po-
tato crop is turning out finely
Nearly all the cotton wagons return
from the railroad with more or less
lumber for houses and fences.--This
year will put the most of our farmers
out of debt for their lands, and from
now on will have the proceeds of their
crop to appropriate to theimprovements
of their farms and the education of their
children. We have families in this
neighborhood that commenced, as rent
ers, with no means but their labor, six
or seven years ago, and are now the
owners of good farms and comfortably
situated. --The sheep business is be-
ginning to attract considerable attens
ton in this county, where it was in
furnishing condition before the war.
Many small hocks have been brought
into different neighborhoods, and all
seem to be doing WE'LL This branch of
business pays better than any otner,
where carefully and intelligently han
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