The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-12-15
THE STATE oyEe.

sftltf '9Hf'tV y, - tis- G. - % 1}ftsiii lncG,
who Is mixed an in tl.s land swindie,
IS couiipis5d ---fhe district court il
busy putting the land thieves through
cotton coming in at the rate Uf one
hundred aud fifty bales day
E-LsaaHa Eou-fy The citizers Of
Waco called upnn General J W.
Speight 80 become "a candidate tor al
derman ---CoHiereIic, Of The II. thod-
st Episcopal church south 10 still in sess
siou.-----S3turlay, Waco shipped four
hundred and ifty>nina bales OF cotton.
Tie trial Of Jesse Martin. one ofthe
brothers accused OF the muruer al iona
iaaD Douglass was concluded Saturday
evening The Jury returned verdict
Of murder in the second degree. assess
ing hls punishment at twenty years In
the peniteutiary
WHhag'5,, CoeHg.--A negro named
PaFSon stamps 4 devaut follower Of
B4ccLgs, went around Brenham smssh-
rag silHs ami got scoopsd by the. cops
----Frnak Owens stole lot 81 boots
and shoes and got jagged - A youth
named sexton went into clothing
store fitted himself in a coat, and while
the clerk was looking for the pants.
walked out the back door and was soon
'c.. a7i-- Bteuhaln Is stirring M the
tramps.--Cotton received dur ng :he
week amounted to one thousand, i've
hundred aud forty-four bales.
Gyaysoa Cossg Friday aud Satnr-
day Denisou shipped forty~fqe car loads
Of cattle to st. Louis, and fortg-eight To
Chicago Denisun shipped
( 10 st. L0nis one ear load Of hogs aud
two Of cattlr.---News one car load
Of tne Durham stock passed through
our city on Friday night The cattle
are the property OF Captain Z. B Nils
lett, one Of the cattle kings Of Texas.
who will take them to one of his
ranches.--Seven car loads of sheer,
double deokers, also arrived from Mo-
berry, Missouri They will remain here
Tor SOME time, awaiting the arrival of
another large lot They are the pros
! perry of Mr. Beck, who viii take them
to Austin.
Cook County DIR. Ditzler lectured in
3 Gainesville, Wednesday, and Thursday
/ evenings to crowded houses. in his usual
brilliant and eloquent style.-AGamp-
| bell, deputy sheriff of Clay coInty. was
shot twice last Sunday evening by Giles
I flippin, but not dangerously wounded,
in a private difficulty Flippin, is at
I large, but supposed he viii come in aud
surrender in day or So From w
! a. Eorris, former clerk, OF Montague
county, We learn that the report a. pub
| lished last week in the Hesperian of the
/ fiRding by Mr. Pollard of bars of metal
resembling gold and silver was true
/ Mr.. Morris says the bars are from two 10
six inches in length, two inches wide
and one half an inch thick--the bars as
/ found seems to have been longer bars
/ sawed into smaller ones SO tar about
100 or 1880 pounds have been un-
/ earthed
! Waller County. - Messenger: Last
/; week Il thoroughbred heiier belonging to
1 Dir John PEBBLES dropprd the iirst calf
! Of perfectly blue blood (of The Deyor,
shire breed ever born I'VE Supposed in
! Waller conuty - Wednesday our
/ sheriff received a dispatch from Gov
eruor Houston of Alabama stating that
he had concluded TO offer reward of
one hundred and fifty dollars for the
/ delivery Of Dink Holeman in Alabama
/ But Holenlan had been released two
| days before, after having been held ten
days awaiting Governor Houstons re-
| QUESTION, accompanied by the assurance
| that necessary expenses would be re-
paid our sheriff By this time ne has
put many miles between himself and
any parties who may feel an interest in
his arrest and conviction Hampstead
is infested with tramps - Hampstead
has home minstrel troupe with which
to while away the winter hours
Bel County --Business is fair in all de.
partments of are
finding homes in some parts of the
county, and others write to their friends
here to look for them before long
Messrs. Watson and Scott, the former a
Baptist and the latter Christian min.
lister, ended their debate a. sps NJ ethod
ist church last week. OFF schools, oil
which we have four or Ave. seem to be
gliding along smoothly and quickly -
4 little negro child fell into Mr.. ". J.
Lone's well last Friday, and was drown
led before it was ascertained that it had
fallen in The well had very low curb
ing around it.--From the number OF
new plows being made. and old ones re
paired at our shops nowadays. we infer
there is gong to be consi lerable pillow
ing done the present win;er.-Belton
journal Mr.. c. c. Rather, one of oui
subscribers. and. 10y the by, one of oui
best farmers, has raised crop OF Bra
LILLIAN yam potatoes this year. He in
forms us that he weighed six of the iarg>
est the other day, and they tipped the
the beam at 5j4 pounds exactly. Next
Gragsoa Co,taty-The Baptist church
in Sherman is without pastor. -
Sherman has new brick machine, that
does a good business w. L. TAYLOR
killed a catamount near sherman
DIR. Hallswell, who was imprisoned
charged with homicide, has been turned
loose.--Ed Collins a negro, was ar.
rested by constable Spencer, on charge
of malicious mischief, and placed in Jail
II e and his wife had falling out, when
he smashed the furniture, tearing things
up generally Mr. Theodore
T'obin, brakeman on the Houston 4
Texas Central railroad, got his foo
caught by guide rail at the Contra
yards Friday night about o'clock
while coupling cars. Being unable Il
extricate himself in time to escape the
freight car, he threw his body oil tn.
track as far as possible. and both truck,
passed over his right thigh. He wa,
badly hurt, but after the earpassed ovei
aim he succeeded in crawling off tn.
, track. His thigh was badly bruised
but strange as it may appear no bone,
were broken. lie was taken to thu
! Alamo restaurant. kept by his father
, and DR.. Acheson summoned, WING
dressed the wounds, Ills injuries ar.
not dangerous. although very painful
and will confine him to his room fol
several weeks.
Faaain Cosmty.-The county commits,
sioners court met "Wednesday in specis
session.--The thermometer reached
, y in the shade. at 3 o'clock Tuestia,
! atternoon.---The recent cold snap frog,
. great quantities of potatoes, which hae
not yet been housed up for winter.
: q. W. Wade was arrested Saturday fo
theft of mare, and is now awaiting tn,
/ arrival OF witnesses for his examinin,
! trials. c. Scott was up before Es
quire Bagby. November 10th, for carry
ing pistol. and fined SIS and costs. ant
on the LIST, Of December, was arreste,
: for assault TO murder g. W. Wade
Rev. W. d. Shea, pastor of the Meth
odist church at this place, was brough
up in the Catholic faith, and educatet
for priest.--Ars. Spiyey, widow O
Hunt county. brought to this marke
last Wednesday two bales of cottol