The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-02-09
THE STATE OVER.

Harrison Cos7aty.-Marsball Herald
Cotton dull and prices iew.-The
county west has devoted two weeks to
civil business, and yet there Ia more
than can be reached this term. On
Monday the 18th, the crimininal docket
will be taken up.-rhe StonewaIl fire
company will shortly commence the
of their new building
Tom, the musical prodigy. has been
fsvoring the citizens of Marshall.
Williamson Consty.-San little
child of Mr. Gahaean's, about one and
half years old. fell into tub of water
and drowned before it was discovered.
a subterranean bat cave in this
coanty is remarkable fer interesting
formations within The people are
working to get road from Georgetown
to Ta5lorsvills.-Moy can be seen
every few days passing through town.
There seems to be demand for houses
and land for tenants, all over the County.
The census of Round Rock foots up
.693 soals--Mr. D. Il Smith, OF this
county has Merino sheep coming to put
on his farm
Victoria County Advocate Major
Wonack killed the other day fine
large Wild swan in the lake near his
home, four miles above town We learn
| the swan measured about tise feet from
| tip To tip Victoria is TO nave horse
race soon for two hundred dollars side.
-One dealer shipped last year from
this place 2as $40 pounds o: hides and
| IS .092 pounds Of WOOL. Everyone
may confidently look forward to large
1 4
| for sowing wheat has not yet passed, let
| us suggest To those who have not sown
of this grain to now do SO, no difference
| if the amount is ever so small.
| Gragsoa Cs,elty.--Courier: Jailor Cor
don has thiriy>seven prisoners under
his charge The last legal execution
| in this county was in 1865, when Black
more and Thompson were together
| hung - Monday the criminal term of
the county court commences, with full
/ docket Justice Rainey also holds
criminal coart then.--Of the i've men
arrested in Hunt county for the bang-
ing of McCombs, two of them are what
are known es the Roberts boys Mr.
Rice proprietor ofthe Harrington house,
and whose wife left him a short time
ago, has commenced proceedings for "a
divorce Sherman ~
joices in the possession Of a new battery
i --or at least on gun.
Ismssteae Coarts.-Era. The Chris
tan che rch a. Groesbeck is dieied into
| three branches. An organ is the cause
of the trouble The roof Of the y ell
son house caught on fire recently. bu.
was discovered Just in time TO prevent
grand coBfiagrstiop, which would have
resulted ii reducing the greater part o.
the town to ashes.-Farmer are NOV.
ing forward With their Gle ming, fencing
and breaking. though the season haa
, been tnite unfavorabie so -Mexia
is now without hotel The citizen,
Tehnscsna have recently held meei.
ing to devise means for LAYING off and
ornamentingss the college grounds, snd
by the grst of June they intend TO have
the incest college yard in the country
fsragspa County Sherman Register L
. xss . great oversight when our cour
house was erected that vault wac no
constructed for the records of the dis
+ friet court The man arrested a
Deaison on the charge OF horse stealing
and after suspected of being Charlie
Harris. who murdered his brother i,
Montague county. turns out " be tn
identical chap. Letters found in hi
possession, which had been written (,
his wife, to whom he was but recent
. married, leave no doubt of the cool pre-
meditation on his part 10 kill hi
brother. Courier The entsrprisint
merchants OF Sherman paint their fru
names on cur dogs. and tbemturn then
at large. -Mrs. Annie Fleke swear
out &C affidavit charging her husbap,
! with libel
Waller County Fourier There hay
! been sixtg scren indictments found b
! t.the grand jury most Of them for esmb
5 | ing. Joseph Mas hiss the lAFgest no
In the United States. The hog weigh
{ 1880 lbs and Is not over fat.-Th
) / Ksnsa. City rolling mills have an orde
q fog shirty-fuc miles Of iron for the cam
+ Ipany who have the cputfact 70 bull,
j | the railroad from this city to Npnfgonl
: en-, and 1--WE miles Of the iron wil
sibe here ~ the first Of March. III
81 Ala yhss cclossl instfsatiou win
) iopened for TIE edpeaxIun Of the colors
& yossth OF tka state II : fcx days. Gatl
ff<1it 81 The stats univefsity - Bsya,
j INiil has< ehasee II He Alta Vista schoo
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