The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-01-05
THE STATE OVER.

Grays0a cOtRsty.-News: Denison is
to have an lion foundry One car
load of calves was shipped to st. Louis
Saturday The amount of freight
handled by the railroad companies at
this place-this winter-is greater than
ever before al the same season of the
year.
HcLe.naR C0ss,lfg--Examiner: Coun.
ty Clerk Baker had issued eleven mar
riage licenses'yesterday box
cars tumbled into ditch near Bremoud
yesterday -S7rning and DELAYED the
Waco train just FIVE hours and a half
Mr. Sam Strausberger, cashier of an
Avenue dry goods house. had an eve
quite severely injured Christmas night
by bail of fire from Roman candle
foso9 County Several immigrant
wagons We're on the streets "Wednesday.
-urahGm has three telegraph offices
and will shortly have two more
Nearly every evening during the past
week, we have noticed men leaving
town to hunt turkeys. They are gems
orally very successful Il present
for the Leader" So it was and one
that was highly appreciated 1t was
nice, large watermelon, presented us
on Tuesday by our accommodating
friend Judge Hi'liard, who will please
accept our thanks for the same.
GrsSaes County Tablet: Pro-
hibition in precinct No. Z, or the Bedias.
carried the day at a recent vote taken.
- W arrants were issued and the fol>
lowing negroes were arrested last week
as parties concerned in stealing the Eve
bales of cotton which led to the acci~
dental shooting of the late S. G. Graves.
December 3: Jim Doolin, Jim Ryan.
Nelson Abrams, Berry Sampson. Sam
Sampson. Chas and Geo Proctor. All
OF them are prominent members of the
church, some preachers and some own
land, stock and are in independents
circumstances
1arrant Cosnty-Mrs. tanning cons
mitted suicide by taking morphine
A farmer named Vanderpool. from
johnson county, was run over by To-
connective and was frightfully mangled
Little hopes of his recovery The
county commissioners meet to-day to
receive proposals to build the bridge
across the Trinity Sheriff
crozier, in default of $500 bond. im>
prisoned William sTolliver fcolored)
last evening for an assault with intent
to murder John Brown. about two
weeks ago in the vicinity of the Peers
house. He viii be tried at the next
term of the district court.
Eds County receipts at the
elevator for the week ending Friday the
18th instant, loot up 125 bales. The
week has been a lively one in Ennis.
Monday Main street was crowded with
wagons, and the sidewalk and stores
we're full of persons bent on purchasing
krismas trix.-We are informed of a
difficulty which occurred on Christmas
day, between Andrew Thompson and
W. Hayes The two men were returns
ing home from Waxahachie. an d on the
way a Misunderstanding about some
trivial matter arose between them,
Thompson giving the lie to HAYES.
Both alighted from their horses, and
Thompson having pistol, shot Hayes
in the hand. Both live on0nion creek,
II coiored man named Louis Ma
berry, on Christmas evening at the de-
pot, attempted to cross in front of the
engine, and was struck and knocked
down. A colored man in company with
him, dragged him off the track but not
far enough TO save his right arm, which
was horribly mangied by the wheels
passing over il, Drs Oliver. Fox and
Loggins amputated the maugled limb
and the sufferer is doing well.