The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-05-12
THE STATE OVER.


nam Arw1od md Baker are III der ar
rest ia Gainesville Tor the murder o
Hanse Walker
tpsksr C8tu,g Hon. D. B Calber-
sou. Of the second district, delivered g
noble address at Gilnier last week.
ha,iinaH taa,fg. Perry, charged with
{ the murder Of Blilie Dongherty, did not
get hi- uiai this term, and will remain
lodged until the fall term al court
Prot Justice viii instruct Fine in yo
cal music.
/ Brosea Ca.aiy --Girasshoppers are
nearly entirely gone and little iamage
is reported to the crops -----T he net
proceeds Of "a church festival were nine
ty-7ix dollars The affair wus pleasant
and IT speaks well for frontier coun-
ty
lEU5isy'on C,-nfg The new cotton
exchange has beep completed. ready for
the carpenters "A colored giil Belle
Anderson. was poisoned by taking NOR
phine, which was left where she conld
get it II Banner reporter who has
been over the county. says there are
no hoFpers there.
T,rmt Cgpat3-Twenty-eight thou
sand three hundred and forty head of
cattle have been driven through Fort
Worth the present season, and more are
coming ~ new force Of policemen
have been put on duty,-The dis
agreement between the police and
theatrical managers still continues.
HgTis County The Sunday Age is an
stast.f r.lFayffy, Ii Inv
elarI1ed the jobLing house OF Milhy
Porter y Co, bat got only few dollars.
The safe was burglar proof--George
Ly ms, the colored man participated
ia the election riot last taii, was cap
tured in Brazoria county, and lodged in
jail in Galveston.
taiia C0sstg The test Of whisky or
cold water, wss pnt before the people
Saturday .-The odd Fellows Of Allen
will organize a lodge soon.---A large
number OF sheep have recently been re-
celyed in this county, and some very
fine ones among them. Dir. Young
who visited Mckinney, in the cause OF
local option. did not pay his hotel bill,
and the whisky men stepped forward
and paid it.
HtLersaa Co,otU--The city pond in
Waco IL filled with yagrant swine
Nr. Thomas Legsett, farmer il the
north part Of the county, Is boring an
artesiaD veil which IS nov down two
hundred and forty feet - Waco il to
hive a carriage factory. Parties irom
Illinois are building it-The letters
passing through the Waco postoiiice for
the three weeks ending Febru lry Jth,
numbered - $40.
Erdyvpa tomtt-Mr Kane and his
wife and child we're thrown from Il
buggy, on Thursday last. between Sher~
man and Denison, each being badly
hrulsed.--Biny Freeman has been
sentenced fifteen years in the lseniten>
t.ary Tor horse stealing being the second
term for him -MerFick and
Rogers have been discharged from Gus
tody as DO proof vas found # their
gIIlL--fhe presbyterians Of sherman
occupied the operuhouse Tor worship
last sunday. Hrymen, from March
lst to Apri! 2lst. cost the county S2,773,
and the court is still in session.
Barrie County Parties from 81 Louis
have made arrangements to erect cot
ton compress in Texarkana, which will
cost between $4,000 and $4,000. The
company will furnish one-half the
means, and the two railroads and the
people OF the city viii furnish tie other
hali-Texarkana will hereafter be
supplied with ice from a home dealer.
Vow the boys will keep cool -Diek
Lewis, co.ored was killed by another
negro named Bede, lagt week. The
Texas and Pacific Will build switch
about ten miles west Of exarkaua--
Large numbers ofjmnigrants are enter.
ing Texas at rexarkana
G,lrostoq CppEty-The civil engineers
who visited Galveston one day last
week, donated SIi to the city hospital.
The amount was raised by the citizens
20 detray their expenses while in the
city, hat having paid their own bill.
the amount was turned over to the hos
pital--Two splendid pistols were pre-
sentsd 10 officers Murry and Warner,
OF the police force, for meritorious ser>
vices in defending and saving property
aud the rights of the citIzens--Frauk
ebb an alleged murderer was
brought back from the county where he
was taken 10 answer for the deed hut
the evidence was not strong enough for
conviction, 50 he is now in aIyestoa
quarters. Galveston has two new
papers, the Chronicle and Island city
Galveston pays 81 per thousand tor gas.
Better send To congress or law school
for fresh supply, cheap --fialveston
is beginning to work up the interest in
the public school system