The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-12-08
TIE STATE OVER.

NJ Ial q. u Boyer who has Ut Z I
m I'll Peso, Texas. report !
hat ihv rseters there have quiete |
Town ~ 4 that indications are fayol.
.bie 20 tie storm having clown over for
lac present
Htrris stI--The hanks and al
BUSINESS Uou7ts closed during Thank
giving -Gousiderabie complaint IS
made ey travellers regarding the present
railroad connections ---CAnditiitte ars
is thick nowadays as leaves in the
vale OF Naaambross Only one of them
ha. had the temerity to announce him.
self in print
Wasiiag'ps COUNT. -Brenham want a
keno bsak.---James Baldrige. proun-
luent farmer, was found dead in hi-
bed The residence of John Chappell
caught fire and one room was badly
burned. Loss about two hundred dol
lars a drunken man, on horseback,
rode into BRENNAN and turned his BIS
toi loose pramiscuously Nobody hurt,
and the man escaped.
TyaBiS Co,snly.-Ice formed a quarter
of an inch thick in Austin FRIDAY
night Kinney has re-
turned from his northern tour, and
states that he met the agent of the gov
eminent. from Washington, en- route
10 Austin, who il to superintend the
construction Of the government be- Id
lrg--The banks were all closed, and
Thanksgiving was generally observe
Austin wants the military narrow
gauge railroad 70 the Rio Grande to be
built from there.
Young Cogsfg OF the best
aud most wealthy farmers OF Wise. Den.
ton and Johnson counties will move
here next mouth,--Mrs Young
blood. a lady who has 0een unweU tn
this place for the past month. died on
Thursday Fine wheat growing
weather With the large acreage seed,
Ell Iu this year we may expect an un.
usually yield next season.--Ths
acreage OF wheat seeded in this county
Is five times that of last season and
never looked better.
Denton tatatI-As we 90 10 press ".
hear additional good news from the
Dallas and W ichlts.-Miss Salhe Ven
cradle, popular aud estimable youna
lady OF this city, Is living at the point o
death at her fathers residence. Til,
members Of the Christian church will
( have a meeting next Sunday mornin.
| at clock to arrange for the Christ
mas "a turnip weighing lively,
and halt pounds was brought To on
/ Office last Tuesday 10y Mr.. Jasper FarrIs
one OF the leading farmers of Dantoi
| county. lie has raised great abund
ance OF turnips and is offering them 70
sale by the wagon load in Denton
Lire OAK C0tHtY--Oakville Tribune
The following are the real estate tran,
iers for last week F. L. Beall. vcndo,
+. ii. X I. NJ. Church. yendees "A
acres consideration. 500. J. W Rq
mey, vendor, A. J. KAY, vendee; lot j
town of Lagarto, consideration, SO n
f. Meftloiu, vendor, ). q. Miller. ven
dee 32J acres; consideration, four hur
bred and eighty-seven dollars and fift
cents Tho present. warm, spring-lil,
weather IS good for grass, and what
good for grass IS good for cows, and v
should be glad to see it, as cows are til
backbone % this section q
evening passes that we do not see fro,
three 10 four squads Of our denizer
arm and equip themselves preparato,
to night hunt for turkeys.
Montague Co1Hty-N orthwest Mai,
. Brown heretofore with Edison X Kinst.
LETT Tuesday morning last Tor Henriett
. Clay county, where he coutemplates {
tablishing his future residence. III
. major has our best wishes, and Wa chez
! fully recommend him TO the kindly T
: CARDS and friendly attentions of tn
LOO
: grants coming into this county and Il
counties west of us is on the increas
and large quantities OF lumber, f
building purposes, is being brought i
-George Brown, one OF the prisone
; in the Montague Jail, who has been f
2 some time past expected TO die from Il
I effects of bite he got in fieht Wi
+ one of the Boren Toys This fellow or
: oner) i getting better, and the pro
( poets are that he will recover. III
b commissioner court have ordered !
4 election on local option in Moutas,
: precinct No. l.
! anderson Comfy Mi
4 valuable horses escaped from the stoe
. yard the other night, and scattered ov
the country police made a ra
on gambling house Tuesday night. ar
: captured fifteen or sixteen Who we
bucking against the tiger.-One wee
sgo last Monday night, as Mr.. Jam
Campbell was returning home fro
! | town he was robbed near Prui It's ia
: yard, six miles south of Palestine. |
, three men. The robbers took from hi
/ one hundred ard twenty-seven dolia,
! some capitalists have been in tow
r during the past week with view of il
+ | vestlng mere, and we understand two
p three have about determined to do >
r --One week ago one hundred al
+ twenty-five bales of cotton arrived
one day The most of il on that d;
r came from Henderson county.
j ptei0ria Cou'lfp-The Advocate: II
i stock meeting to be held in this city {
: the first Tuesday in December will. v
are informed. attract a large number
visitors. - On Sunday last shootir
: affair occurred on the Placito in ii
2 lower part of this county, between thr,
} hexieans, fortunately resulting in not
ing serlous.-Iu the district court tn
: week William A. Welsh was conyicts
IN two cases of theft of cattle, and Il
} penalty assessed was two years in ii
, first case and three years cor Einemal
in the State penitentiary in the secon
The grand jury for the fall term ,
the district court adjourned on la
! Saturday after finding thirty eight i,
! dictments, principally for minor offer
, ses, which were divided among the di
/ ferent courts as follows: Fourteen il
dictments for the magistrates cour,
! fourteen for the county court, and te
for the district court.
Harrisoa Cossaiy-The lumber trade
unusually brisk.---The dwelling hon,
of William Davis, who lives on the Be
: ton road, was burned. There was cotto
! in the house and it is thought a mate
was ignited, setting ii on fire.-Th
, case of the county commissioners, VIII
were indicted by the last grand Jury fl
! falling to publish report of the fiuar
cial condition Of the county a. require
: by law, came up for trial IN the distri,
court on Tuesday, but after an arg
ment on the motion to qus Sd the il
dIctment, the case was continued unit
the next courtA correspondent {
the Messenger, writing from Dayill,
November 10th. says A dast ardly gu
rage was committed in our section o,
last evening in the wsylaying and shoot
ing, by some unknown party, one of GU
most worthy citizens. Mr.. John Yarbol
ough, who was returning from his farr
with a load of corn. Marlborough wa
accompanied by Barnes Parks and IL,
u. A. Keith His wound is pronounce,
marital nv his affapasr, - 49,;