The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-24
THE STATE OVER.

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slreets,--Ihe first meeting Of the
Jockey club filed the town with yis,
tors. Tho ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
from T, Fleming was returned the
following night Score one for the
oupa7er'
lean ComtH--Jewett Cabinet Hogs
are lattening ON the Ocorus, which litS
orally cover the ground---The wild
pigeons have not as yet done any mate.
u rial damage, ----,Rey j. b, Link, of
Houston, has been preaching at Buffalo,
"A new and substantial public road
has been opened from Jewett to Bow,
ling, six miles from Marquee aud will
bring a great deal Of cotton to the
former town.
"A Trails Comtg--The fair has made
b money easy with retail dealers, The
banquet to the Grand Lodge Knights
of Honor, was credible affair The
next meeting will be held at Palestine
second Tuesday in July,--Amateur
in the capital city dislike fair musical
criticism. ---Isaao Mann fell and broke
his arm, and now pronounces the skat>
ing rink dangerous nuisance,--rhe
N Colorado is on n tare.--Colonel Stands
has sold small farms to eleven Swede
families.
WI Williamson C0untG-An increased area
"A of wheat is being sown.---Record; j.
"A Frost paid his first visits of the season
to Georgetown on Friday and Saturday
z night last He played havoc with green
y truck geacraly Friday morning the
work of tearing down the old court.
house was commenced, and the rats,
. bats and county officials had to leave
their holes The colored citizens of
" Georgetown have organized "ney>
lance s'ciety," for the purpose of relievN
x ing the distress Of the needy and to
bury the dead of the INDECENT among
" the colored.
IA Hamilton Co,mty-H erald: Many are
now busy sowing wheat, which had
been postponed so long on account of
rains, tc.--Farmers are going to
work in earnest preparing for the crops
OF next year, are getting our
portion of the Immigration Many
people are buying lands and settling,
Mr.. D. f. Allen, of Cowhouse, has
recently received three full blooded
Merino bucks.-The heavy frosts
which visited this section within the
last week have put quietus upon
growing vegetation.
@ Wilson COhntH-Southerland Springs
is rutlled over case Of miscegnations
Not a single case Of sickness in the
county.---The jailer is good shot
and the Mexican would be jailbreaker
is in precarious condition. Com
plants Of money being lost in letters
between Switzerland and Galveston.
About done picking cotton.-Two
obliging merchants had their confidence
imposed upon, to the tune of ten doll
lars each, by speculator, who drew
drafts on San Antonio that had no
funds to meet them.
Limestone County -MeXia Ledger: A
very heavy frost fell last week and kills
ed much of the late vegetaton.-A
''really' sober and industrious tailor is
wanted at MeXia---Thc health of our
neighborhood has been remarkably
good At Thornton the farmers are
busy sowing small grain, They are
learning to diversity their crops then
they have cotton, grain, potatoes, and a
little pork to sell. women folks,
God bless them, are up and doing-for
money or goods they have exchanged
this year in Thornton the value Of $4,000
in butter chickens and eggs.
FL PasSo CoDmM-A San Elizario cor
respondent of the Meslla Independent
writes that the people sent three dele
gates from each Of the four precincts in
the county to n county convention held
at Ysleta, the county seat, at which 1t
was determined to compel the county
fudge to resign, and to appoint anoth-
er county Judge in his place, The con-
.ditions to be eXacted of the new judge
were that he should prosecute Judge
Howard with the utmost rigor for the
killing of Louis Cards, and take no
steps towards prosecuting the rioters.
Boacie Couatu-Texarkan Democrat
We are informed that the TeXarkana
bank is doing an extensive business
The farmers are busy gathering
their cotton THE city council is ne
gotiating for two thousand dollar fire
engine-A petition will be presented
at the next meeting of the city council
to have the streets ofTeXarkana lighted
with gas-The calaboose was fired by
several drunken occupants last week.
Fortunately it was discovered in time
to save it being consumed. The first
Shipment of cotton to the mammoth
compress Located in this city was from
Austin, Texas.
BIZ .lkLeanan County Brown, the Waco
water works man, is about commencing
work on the reservoir. The Bosque
is out of its banks. Great damage is
done to cotton and quantities piled in
the field swept away. M l.. Board
and Miss Amanda Nixon, and j. NJ.
Hancock and Miss n. f. Cousins, are
twice two hearts that beat rs two
3 Sowing wheat is the present occupation.
A large panther gave Mr. j. Sparks
life and death chase. Moral: Don't
spark.-A negro named Repton Wood
has been arrested, charged with the
murder of state policeman in Falls
county in 1S70.-An ordinance is to
be introduced at the next meeting OF
the city council providing for city
auditor. --The grand jury is in session
and has returned twelve or fifteen in.
dictments.
THIS is the time of the season for
meteoric showers, which this year are
known az Leonids. They generally
commence on the thirteenth Of Novem-
Der, but the astronomers tell us that
the earth is getting out of the thickest
pact of the meteoric ring, and as IL
IL, aaa tho glOWpTs