The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-06-16

closed Wednesday last
Clay Cosn'g Mr. 5. W. Alexander
has identified himself with the journal
as editor.---,Iobp Roach has been sem
fenced 10 the penitentiary for life. for
the murder Of Dicksy. lie has taken
an appeal-A bank was asked if a
check on a cattle king for 500. 600 would
be honored in Henrietta, and the an.
swer returned, Yes, for halfA million 20
Z They have kings out there. Two in.
I dictments have been found against
Charles Holden. for murder His trial
Sill likely take place in October
About eighty head Of cattle were drown
cd on Beaver creek last week.
BsA ComsL--A posse of men found
bayley, the murderer Of r. N. Green,
[ OF tomanche, in Bell county, so SAYS
the Journal, and, in trying to arrest
him. fired twelve shots at him, but did
not get him Ii is thought he viii be
caught --Belton wants literary so.
( eiety The young people gayea grand
/ entertainment. saturday night, by the
/ rendition Of "Belshazzar's Feast" An
/ accident occurred at the close which
came near being serious 4 timber
/ was removed, and the organ. lamps.
I etc, were thrown from the stage Order
was restored, but it came near being a
stampede.
| Harris Coiisty Policeman Erickson
I has recovered sufficiently to be about
The sphnts have been removed. -
i -Four negro men were captured at a
I gaming table Friday night by the no.
Iice.----A jury cleared "soiled dove"
on Friday though proof was ample that
she had resided in three houses OF i'll.
fame within six months Dere
will cement the market house in Hous>
{ ton for ~ 267.---The cotton exchange
and board Of trade expressed sympathy
for tue Galveston sufferers. a. S
Tabor has been released R. II.
[ Pearcy has been elected president of the
cotton exchange fire occurred
! Friday, entailing loss of about four
thousand dollars.
Brasos County. The first annual com.
mencement exercises Of the State Agri.
cultural and Mechanical college. will
begin in Bryan, on sunday, June 9th
when Rev A. c. Garrett, of Dallas
will deliver the baccalaureate sermon
On Monday, he delivers his lecture on
''Darwinism. The regular commence.
ment exercises will be held on Wednes,
day,---A Pilot correspondent claims
% have seen the tabled mermaid in
ThompsoRs creek The rest of the
world will not seriously trouble itself
about the creature until il is safely
Gagged in a menagerie. They have
bad Battle in Bryan. It's Miss Mat
tie, OF Mckinney The ~Soiied
doves have been interfered with by the
police,
GrayfoR C5wt4-Sherman is two hun
dred and fifty feet above Dallas. Rath-
er light TO get up so high The daily
hack is making good connections. try.
ing to bring sherman and Denison to-
gether "A little boy fell into a branch
Friday evening, in Denison, and would
have been drowned bat for the assists
ance of n larger boy near the scene
Hughes and McCsrty, escaped couvicts
aud cattle thieves, were arrested IN
Dcnisou Friday. Hughes is the muir
derer of the United States marshal at
Fort Worth a negro boy in Denison
tried to board the Missouri, Kansas and
EeSas train on Saturday, and was
caught under the wheels. Halli-
well has been placed under bonds of
- 900 for his appearance at the next
term OF court.
Ne LtHaast t5lHtg. The Examiner saws
the marshal il going ahead, enforcing
the street ordinance, as though nothing
had happened in Waco Arrests of de.
! iinquenis are TO be made.-A liberal
reduction Of railroad fare has been
made 10 exeursionists to the meeting of
Hoods brigade. The Central will re-
! turn members free. The concert of
the Female college was very pleasan.
and entertaining Miss Nettie Rose
received the Parrott medal for the best
singing. Miss Belle IIough was awarded
the Waco medal for highest general
standing ia the college The entire
| commencement exercises were most
/ gratifying TO all.---The morning trains
are now carrying the mails TO and from
Waeo.--Perry Davis has been found
guilty of the murder Of Policeman Neal,
and punishment is to be death.
| NHarro C0,a,ty-Hon. Il. Q. Mills
will deliver Il Masonic address in Cor.
sicana on Monday the 25th inst, at the
installation Of the officers of the lodge
NJ that place. City authorities have
done some good work ditching the
streets S. J. r. johnson has taken
more degrees in Masonry than any
other man in north Texas, so saws
the lBdcx.----A little girl In the south
part OF the county was accidently shot
and killed by her little brother last
saturday, while playing with loaded
] s.aatsl II \ L. u
" are Dill, n murderer of Arkansas,
6eorge Brown, colored, escaped convict
tor murder Gus Phillips, of Dallas,
horsethief. Warren, a horse-thief OF
the county, captured in Dallas, was
sent To the penitentiary from Collin
county The Index continues the
biographies Of some of the leading eiti-
zens.
! Harris COUNT. -The Western. Marrow
tiuage Was sold to private parties, and
was held by a first mortgage bond OF
ten thousand dollars per mile.-A
| thief stole the workmen's tools in a
church, Tuesday several petty thefts
are reported by the papers.---Prof. A.
d, Chandler viii open his military in
stitute September third. There will be
itAp n. .. ANOI, Ol DAN
Antonio was arrested In Houston, on
Wednesday --Ephriam Robinson has
Just been brought to Houston from
Montgomery county. He wa. charged
with the murder of George Howard
sometime sinee--The Age got of q
terrible fright by two lovers seeing
what they thought TO be the snakes
that escaped from Coles circus. 1t wa.
large rubber pipe being dragged acros:
the streets by the boys---The Tele
gram reports the shooting of one Negro
by another on the excursion to Patter.
son.-----A ledgeriemain professor hal
been arrested for theft.-Ed Maurs
was severely hurt by piece of timber
striking him on the head He was a
work at the shops Of the Central road
An employee at the planning mil
had three fingers sawed off Thursday
n negro Knocked white man dow
ON Wednesday night, and attempted Il
rob him, but did not succeed.--Twr
hundred police arrests for May.
SOUTHERN NEWS.