The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-29
STATE OVER.

p0u gUWiH negroes got INT,
Gmmrel iu Jewolt, whom one attacked
h.olber with aHhOyel iullIctiug no
we're wound, not fatally however.
Uosope COuHtH 1.-The Norwegian
a'tlement, around Clifton, contain.
one thousand population, New corr
solla nj twenty cents per hushel, Nc
,ourt AZ Meridian last week, Mr. NJ
A Dean, for a long time the popular
n,stmnFler no Meridian, hRl resigned
t,lnnelP, Howard will attend 10 the
office uutil nu appointment Ia made
TlyraW ComiG--Fort Worths first
hale sold IN -, Louis NJ u lo,--The
Dpmorrat threatens 10 enlarge THE
,brrlr pnid into the treasury Saturday
s9j.lgB n, and there In still in the
hpnds Of the comptroller $500 SO. A
GOOD showing for Mr. Henderson. ---
lp the race Saturday, between the
knight rempar, owned by Mr. Igo,
md the Blue Mare, owned by Charles
Harrison, the latter came on VictOri.
ou-, winning the race by twenty-five
feet.
ipalW C0URH--Jm Amos, under
indictment under three charges, was
brought to Gilmer by his bondsmen
and turned over TO the officers. when
tbo bonds were cancelled the prisoner
made Il bold net for liberty and made
his enoape, though closely followed 10y
an officer. AS the officer turned to run
after the escaping man some one
trpped him, thus preventing him over
taking his man. The Eastline Mar.
row Gauge has two new engines.
.HLamm Comth--Tho Register is
drcadDuly worked up that u negro
should be hung for murder, and many
awhile man oscapo---lt sees no con.
ISOLATION in the fact, chat he has had his
sins washed away by the beautiful
waters Of the Brazos. The tap does
not extend but eleven miles up the
country.--Nlr. w. 7, Lane was props
crly "cancd,' Friday, for making thir>
teen Of the best shots out of twenty
The present cost, $50.
EH@ Cy,mtV Tho first bale Of cot
tom sold ~ ten and 0ne.aiXteeuth cents
per pound. .-. The court room was
made battle ground last week, blood
was shed, but no serious consequences
rgaulJed The court was not in ses-
sion. a. j. Branson, shot f., e.
porio through the abdomen, at Ennis,
Su day OF last week. The wound has
not proved fatal though it IL severe.
Bunsou IN in jail The deed WAS
committed because Dorie would not
drink more whisky with him. The
people are Indignant
Williamson C0W,tI The first bale of
cotton at Round Rock, classed SIS mid
ding The cotton worm making its
appearance in the county. Money
is being raised to build Methodist
church, in Round Rock. A passen
ger riled the conductors trunk at
Round Rock, and was discovered he
fore reathing Austin, and was handed
TO the officers there, upon the arrival
of the train. -----phe citizens Of Round
Rock, have organized a fire company. |
---- Judge Lpmond will have to make
the assessment CT the county again.
Walter CduaiH-Wiu Gordon, negro
boy about ten years old, was burned to
death at the residence of Mr., w. ?. |
Cole, in Hampstead, last Monday morn,
ing. He was making fire and was
pouring kerosene out OF can on the |
wood to llindle the fire. Another mes
gro tried the same experiment and sue
coeded in burning the residence OF Nh
Cole. The boy WASH damaged much.
--One-third of q bale of cotton to the
acre is eXpected.--The johnson
Guards have received their charter and
the guns will arrive soon.
Rats Cou3ty.-The first bale of cot
ton weighed $40 pounds and was soid
at % cents. --Louis Reno, who prac"
ticed carving on Il negro at Marlin
the other day is bound over to the
district court in the sum Of 500 ----
Worms, for the first time in the histo
~ of the county, have cut the cotton
crop short, about twenty-five per cent
A tournament is on tapis, at Live |
Oak near Marlin,--COttOn picking |
is going on all over the county. --'-
District court opens at Marlin the first
Monday in September. ----Germans
are rapidly settling up the country
around Perry station.
Yravis Co2a7ty-The residence of
Mr. Stein was destroyed Saturday, by
an incendiary fire. THE Gazette
says: We falicitate the Capital Fair
Association on securing Governor Hub
hard for the orator of the occas.on'
Ills eloquent speaking Will assure a
very large attendance. -.'-- The prodl'
sal preachers who left their flocks for
II summer, vaGating in the,cooler re-
gions, are returning. ~--- Governor hub
bard will reorganiae the frontier 0aEN
tallons, and keep a strong force IN the
field. THE Gazette thinks Lieuten-
ant Armstrong deserves breVet Tor |
his capture of John Wesley Hardin.
BcB C0mW-Several camp meet
ings are going on in Bell county |
-------- Cotton worms arein force,
and farmers are using poison
frcely.---The Bolton cornet band
furnished music Tor the Lampasas illr'
"A series Of gospel meetings IL IN
tereSting the religious people OF Bel
ton---The directors are hard ut work |
preparing the fair grounds for the
sGcOud Of October. The race track mas |
been greatly proved. The young |
ladies of the Bolton Baptist church are
giving pleasant "promenade concerts
prof. Small and wife, of Bolton,
started to Lampasas in II buggy. Not
far from town they were fred ut from |
the roadside, by an unknown man.
Nobody was hurt, and the would-be
assassin escaped.
GrglSoo CogatY.--The Register thus
reports n sad accidentin Sherman Mrs
Elizabeth L. Layden and her servant
girl were together putting one OF the
rooms of her house in order a gun
was lying on the bed and Mrs. Layden
handed it to the girl to put to one side |
In doing 50 the gun was discharged,