The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-03-16
THE STATE OVER.

Harris CcsmW-Age A negro, nam
ed Pink Hodge. seriously stabbed
another negro All about woman.
Antony Clark shot Gabe Lennard,
aud beat him with the stock OF his gun
until he died. They are both negroes.
Clark pleads witcheraft as palliation
for the crime.
GrfySon t0uatg-Courier Sherman
: 70 have waterworks The cracker
factory on Houston street near the
railway was burned, and everything in
side nearly destroyed The loss Is
roughly estimated at from twenty to
twenty-five thousand dollars, and the
property was insured for thirteen thous-
and dol.ars.---A prospecting company
has been organized, and if there is coal
in paving quantities in Grayson county,
the fact will be established beyond cayil
before long, or at least some money
will be expended in the effort
TraUss County -Gazette: IL is nov
three years since shad were planted in
the Colorado river, and the period des>
ignated when they might be caught
and used SO far we have not seen one
Of them brought to market We are
pleased to learn that some capitalists Of
our city aud men of enterprise propose
to obtain an cary survey and estimates
Of the pSacticabiiity and cost of con-
stFucting canal on the east bank of
the river to the rapids near Mount Bon
mel as well as a rock dam at that place.
Araa&a8 County - Transcript: The
bail of Frank Hartman and Gordon
Franks members of the robber gang
captured 10y Halls men, was fixed at
I twenty-five thousand dollars each On
. last Monday morning the above two
aud Charles Wittinbirt, were escorted
10 Corpus Christi, to be placed in jail
there for their better safe keeping. until
the canning session of or district court
-Chartes Franks Lebrec, alias Frank
BIcheaud, alias Coloma Franks, the
wounded robber, captured on Cape
Carlos, is improving rapidly, and was
this week consigned to jail by Justice
Z Wyatt.
Washington County. - Banner Nc
matter which way one goes IN the city
or suburbs, he can see new houses il
course of construction or Just finished
The receipts of cotton are now quite
light, II is only occasionally that loaC
is brought in-A gentleman from
Rurleson county, states that Negro
man has been captured who il SUPPOSED
to have attempted TO shoot Mr. Hodge
while al supper on this side of the Brazos
The shoes worn by the negro CORES
pended exactly with tracks found il
the vicinity of the house Circum
stantial evidence is very strong agains
him.
Rassrop C6,mty.- Th,
telegraph line from McDade to Bastroi
may be counted on las certainty
The stock show to be held in Bastrnp
on " ednesday, the 9th OF April, vii
be almost equal to county fair
Our people are crying cut Justify for 8
money order office. There is no tow
in the state that needs one more thar
Bsstrop court convenes il
Bastrop on Monday the 18th Of April
sis weeks from next Monday
country bacon is being sold in BasBrot
as low as from six to eight cents, ham
at from eight to ten cents, shoulders a
seven 10 eight cents. very near one hal
what it commanded this time last year
NcLeaaa,s COUNTY. Examiner Tn.
sheriff OF Coryell county passed through
the city with a negro convict en- route
for the state penitentiary. - The
| Brazos, sometimes the muddiest ano
most turbulent OF streams, is as calm
now as a mountain lake and As clear
The water is about three feet deep in
the channel and through it the tiniesi
grains of sand are plainly seen
- Mr.. Joe Brooks, states that
there ere no new cases OF smallpox OF
varioloid at Bremond. Those who have
( a. ,,lx q =
con, alescing and will be out in few
| days. They are all closely quarantined
in two houses MIR Charles Hatch
Of Golinda. Falls county. informs the
Examiner that there's have been opef-
ating at an alarming rate IN that neigh
borbood in the last few days Not less
he tells US, than eighteen horses nave
been stolen from there in the last week
or ten days
Betor County Herald. A couple oil
men boarded hack and left the city
to fight out quarrel. One was Next.
can, the other German. The Mexican
returned What became OF the Ger.
man. is the mystery that puzzles the
public, as we GO to press.--A gentle
man from the Olnfos. STA miles nortb-
\ NCst VI tbS tftf statSs thaS Tue Hi-fi
a few nights ago was much more severe
in his section than it is reported to have
been in San Antonio First Lieuters
ant w. ii. Low, Jr., 10Th infantry-nou
at Fort Clark return to his proper
station via San Antonio, Texas.-The
post: SURGEON at Fort Goncho. Texas.
having reported the hospital steward at
that post as unable to perform his da,
ties, owing to severe illness, the Gem,
mandinc officer Mt Fort Clark will se-
leei one and direct him to proceed, ut
once. TO that post. reporting. on his ar
rival, to the post commander for tenn
porary duty accordingly An Italian
attempted suicide by drowning reach
ing Commerce street bridge, he Jumped
ovsT the railing into the deep current.
some twenty feet below, but upon reach
ing the water appeared to change his
mind, and 80 swem out.