The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-05
THE STATE OVER.

ion The hoys were discovered in
, ,m 10 prevent it,----'lhe fair begins
october 9th'
u1Lngi0a C0omtB The Brenham
o.nn,s have received their prma-
SSn,pgaeld bfeech.loadmg muskets.
~ TOTAL receipts OF cotton nc Bren.
nam for the year ending August 3lst,
Jon bales; shipments 2i,8iS bales;
~ Lnnd. l72 bales. The receipts for
, J week ending Thursday the 3Oth,
were $3.50 bales.
Hwette Comaty-There have been
two hundred apd forty bales Of cotton
sbinped from Sehulenberg between
he llth and 18th Of August. 10y ag.
ons and men have gone TO San An.
tonio 10 work on the extension Of the
galveston, Harrisburg aud san An.
tonio railroad west from the Alamo.
The road is TO DO extended TO Castro
vile next year.
waiter County. Farr, of the Courier
nooes forn the county commissioners.
Hear him: "a commissioners court
TINT can not afford to pay but S. for the
hnrial of II pauper and can squander
SI60OO OF the peoples money for u
courthouse, and $500 for another house
that is close by, should certainly be
presented with Il leather medal for
wisdom and llberaIity.
CaldweR C0,ntg MIR. II Chapman
informs the Lockbalt Echo that he
nlucled an ear of corn from his field,
The other day, which contained four
teen hundred and twenty eight grains,
n any county in the state can show a
better one it wants to hear from it.
Freight to Austin has been reduced TO
22b cents per hundred.-.--Bnrglars are
applying their vocations in the county.
B,gleson 'COulty.--A large amount
of sorgum molasses viii be made this
fall, Petty thefts annoy the people
much. The Eagle predicts that some
of the horse thieves will he called upon
TO look down the mu22le of shotgun
unless their depredations are stopped.
No fair this year. ---William
Harper, a thief caught in Navarro
county, has been Gagged In CALDWELL
Poison has been used with good effect
on the cotton worms.
Victoria C01mty--Fine rains have
visited the county.---Peaches sell at
dollar and half per bushel.--StOck
hogs are in good demand. ---The
prairie chickens are quite plentiful
Many cattle have died from the dr0uth.
Late Canada papers announce the
death at st, GATHERINGS, of Miss Hen
rietta Siteligson, daughter of the late
M. SeeligsoD, and sister Of Messrs,
Henry and Edward Seelgson, well
known through western Texas.
Browa CotmM-The Banner wants
the state to purchase the Alimo props
erty and preserve 1.-TWO men,
named Ward and Taylor were shot by
unknown parties near san Saba last
week. They had been required to give
bond for horse stealing and were get
ting their bonds filed when they were
attacked and killed. Their mmderers
are unknown, but are supposed 20 be
the parties who shot Wadsworth in the
Llano county Jail.
Id3rdnt County. The cityup to Sun"
day paid DO attention up TO preparing
for the reception Of the press ass0eia~
ton. 1850 The base ball club so to Deli-
con Thursday night. '--~PautheryilIe
wants to be called the young giant
Paddock is determined in this matter.
frank Thompson tried to start n
fire with kerosene oil. ltstarted, and
the doctors think his burns not dan
gerous. ---~ Much complaint is made
against the carrying Of the mails to
Fort ConchO.
Hamilton Countrywide Herald says:
The mail bag from Lampasas came in
last Tuesday empty anu without n lock
attached. We understand the post
master at Langford's Cove retained all
the contents at his office, refusing,
though it came to him in that condi-
ton, to send them ON III an open bag.
Cotton is u queer crop to cultivate.
If the summer is wet it is sure to bring
the worms; if it is dry the plant sheds
its blooms. A drouth Kills the worms
and the cotton to0-a wet season
causes both to flourish. WHAT sort of
weather is good for one and not the
other? The present season seems to
be an exception to the general rule,
for while it has been dry and the cot
ton suffering the worm flourishes. Dry
weather don't seem to have Affected
the worms much this year.
Harris CotmN-Prof II. II. Smith, OF
Shelbyville, Tennessee, has been APP
pointed superintendent of the public
schools. The discussion of who should
be was quite animated, bringing forth
some tall talking.--The lyceum opened
Friday night.---Shells have been used
with good advantage to streets.--Iwo
large dredgeboats have been scoonjng
the bottom of Buffalo bayou,-A gen.
tlemen came very near being run over
by a switch engine at the bridge where
the track hens the read on one side
aud the bluff on the other-Another
attempt was made saturday to break
Jail. 1t proved futile.--John Robin.
son, the negro thief, languishes in Jail
--C. II. Thornton, OF st. Louis, has
been elected president OF the Brazos
and Colorado railroad.
Houston CO'mty.-The Patron says I;
We learn that Il young man ny the
name OF Mcclure, recent conner INTO
the county, waylaid and shot at Mr..
Ebene2er Jones, few days ago in the
vicinity of Calthcrp Jones IL so or
derby and industrious citizen. tie was
riding along the road, having his gun
with him, when he saw Mcclure lying
behind log with his pistol resting on
it, and presented at Jones. Mcclure
Immediately fired, causing Jones
horse to make sudden spring, when
threw him. In falling Jones foot WAS
caught in the stirrup, and ne was
lerked around short time 10y the eN-
cited horse. In this plight his foe
again fred at him, neither shot doing
any damage to his person. One ball,
however, passed thro' gh the leg OF his
pants. Jones' foot was now released
from the stirrup, and he leveled his
run IN Mf(uirp who Wss running