The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-11
TIE STATE OVER,

Cotton coming In NJ the rate Of one
hundred aud fifty bales q day,
Cook COUNTY DIR, Djtller lecturol in
GaineNille, Wednesday, and Thursday
evenings 10 crowded houses, In hisusual
brilliant and eloquent style Mamp,
bell, deputy sheriff Of Clay county, was
shot twice last Sunday evening by Giles
Flippin, but not dangerously wounded
ina private difficulty, Flippin, Is at
large, but supposed he will come in and
surrender in u day or so,--From w,
A. Morris, former clerk, Of Montague
county we learn that the report rs pub,
lished last week in the llesperian of the
finding by Mr., Pollard OF bars of metal
resembling gold and silver was true.
Mr.. Morris says the bars are from two to
six inches in length, two inches wide
and one haitian inch thick--the bars NJ
found seems to have been longer bars
snwed into smaller ones, so far about
1900 or 1900 pounds have been un,
earlhed,
waiter ComM 49, Messenger, Last
week n thoroughbred heller belonging to
Mr. John Pebbles dropprd the first calf
of perfectly blue blood (of the Devor,
shire breed) ever born 1--WE suppose) in
Waller county, ---- "Wednesday our
sheriff received dispatch from Gov
enor Houston of Alabama, stating that
he had concluded to offer reward of
one h"Ydred md fifty dollars for the
ddiv,. Of Dnk llolemanin Alabama,
But Holem0n had been released two
days before, after having been held ten
days awaiting Governor Houston's res
QUESTION, accompanied by the assurance
that necessary expenses would be re-
paid our sheriff BY this time he has
put many miles between himself and
any parties who may feel an interest in
his arrest and conviction Hampstead
is infested with tramps --llempstead !
has a home minstrel troupe with which |
to while away the winter hours,
BtB Couny-Business is fair in all de
partmeuts of trade.--lmmigrants 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
Baptist and the latter Christian min
ister ended their debate at the Method. |
list church last week. Our schools, of |
which we have four or five, seem to be
gliding along smoothly and quickly -
A little negro child fell into Mr. W. j.
Longs well last Friday, and was drown~
ed before it was ascertained that il 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 considerable plow-
ing done the present winter---Belton
Journal: Mr. C. C. Rather, one of our
subscribers, and by the by, one Of our
best farmers, has raised crop of Bras
lillian yam potatoes this year, He in
forms us that he weighed six Of the largN
est the other day, and they tipped the
the beam at $50 poundsexactly. Next
Grayson C0unM-rhe Baptist church
in Sherman is without pastor -
Sherman has new brick machine that
does u good business w l., Taylor
killed catamount near Sherman,-
DR.. 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.
He and his wife had a falling out, when
he smashed the furniture, tearing things
up generally. News: Mr.. Theodore
Tobin, brakeman on the Houston y
Texas Central railroad, got his foot
caught by guide rail at the Central
yards Friday night about Z o'clock,
while coupling cars. Being unable to
extrcate himself in time to escape the
freight car, he threw his body off the
track as far as possible, and both trucks
passed over his right thigh. He was
badly hurt, but after the carpassed over
him he succeeded in crawling off the
track. His thigh was badly bruised,
but strange as it may appear no bones
were broken. He was taken to the
Alamo restaurant, kept by his father,
and DR.. Acheson summoned, who
dressed the wounds. His injuries are
not dangerous although very painful,
and will coniine him to his room for
several weeks.
Fannin County The county commits,
sloners court met Wednesday in special
session The thermometer reached
u in the shade at 3 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon The recent cold snap troze
great quantities of potatoes, which had
not yet been housed up for winter -
G. w. Wade was arrested Saturday for
theft of mare and is now awaiting the
q rival of witnesses for his examining
trial.-S. C. Scott was up before EsN
quire Bagby, November both, for carry>
ing pistol, and fined $25 and costs, and
on the lst, of December, was arrested
for assault to murder G. W. Wade
Rev. w. D. Shea, pastor of the Meth|
odist church at this place, was brought
up in the Catholic faith, and educated
for priest-Mrs. Spivey, widow OF
Hunt county, brought to this market
last Wednesday two bales OF cotton
which was planted, cultivated and pick
ed by herself and two daughters. The
surviving members of Howel's battery,
which was principally recruited in this
county, contemplate having q reunion
at this place some time next spring"
Two men were brought before Esquire
Duckworths court Wednesday, and
fined $50 each for attempting to whip
man by the name of Williams, who is
selling goods at Warren, = George |
Ovens. the bus driver, and Watkins
Michael, waiter at the Burney house
had a difficulty at Doss' saloon Wed'
nesday night, in the course OF which
Michael received cut in the left hand
which severed the palmar artery, causs'
ing profuse and alarming loss OF blood |
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