The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-03
THE STATE OVER,

, Is dotted with magnificent farms and
tho society can mol he eXeelled When
the penlson and Southeastern railroad
extends 10 that place ID bids hlr % bes
come q large and beautiful town,
commche County Chief The triy,
ing little city Of spe Springs Is on a
high road TO pr0sprily, The neat
and comfortable school house At sipe
Springs II about finished and ready Tor
use deputy Sheriff Gather OF Bell
county came here on Friday night last,
got drunk, shot OF his pistol three
times plead guilty, fined ~ and ~ cost
Iheniaeh speak plain enough without
any comment from US,
2aumf C6miv Democrat The
county tax receipts amounted 10 five
thousand dollars aud over --OilicI
Farmer arrested man by the name
Of Franklin, charged with stealing eats
tle,--lhore are now eight prisoners
confined In the county jail, indicted for
felony --Neyen thousand dollars were
the county tax receipts, while the city
tax runs up 10 about eight hundred
Twelve hundred dollars aud over
were the receipts IN the city tax collec'
tors office,
kaufman C0tmg Star, Rmigrants
continue 10 arriye.--'rho h orue thief
is giving kaufman county u wideNbirlh,
Good officers "a the milk IN the coc0nut,
Several ohio armera, on tour
inspection are rambling over Kaufman
county, ---Seycnty'slS lmmps arrived
IN town The boys are marching nobly
on, The express coming east few
evenings ago, ran into five head Of
horses near East Fork, killing four out
right and wounding the fifth one 80
that it was subsequontlyiound neces-
sary to kill II,
Denton C0lmiL--Montor Hotels.
crowded. Three more loads of iron
have arrived at tho railroad terminus,
Wheat presents n healthy aud |
thrifty appearance, The trial OF
Gibbs, the man who is supposed to have
murded the English family, in Mon
tague county, last year. Is expected to
come of next week.--rhe erection of
our new Jail has commenced. II will |
be ready to receive prisoners by the
next team Of the district court, and is |
designed TO be one of the securest and |
most substantial jnils in the state,
clay to,mtH--Journal - Our Jail is
again empty ---Tho peach trees are
in bloom, The farmers throughout
the country are busy pitting in crops,
Quito number OF lArrAnt county
people are moving to Wichita valley,
- At the last mccliosoi the grenback
club, Mr. h. y. NJ mgum was selected
~ n delegate to aIlcUd the convention
at Austin, on the H. h proXimo, As
many MS fifteen hoisc3 have been miss
ing from the county the past few weeks,
stolen, doubtless, 10y the organized
band of horse thieves which is known to
exist in this and Montague counties
lhLennan Cormty--Ielephone; News
reached this city that woman (whose
name we withhold for the PRESENT. had
been arrested in the White Rock neghN
borhood, charged with the murder of
her newborn infant Citizens of the
Union Grove neighborhood who recently |
suffered the loss OF their school and
church ediiice, are makeing an effort to
rebuild. TN Justice Massey s court,
the two brothers Balm, Of Hill county, |
charged with theft of cattle, were grant
ell a hearing, but waived an eXamina'
ton. They were placed under bonds
of $500 each, and the bail not being
given were recommtted to Jail.
Young ComtH--Leader Two new
LAWYERS have located here within the
past week, which swells the number to
twelve.---rhe proprietor Of the brick
ward north Of town are manufacturing
brick with a vim. The next regular
annual meeting of the stock raisers'
association of northwest Texas, will be
held at this place on the 10th of March
Wagons loaded with buffalo hides
have been passing through town every
day this week. Wheat is looking
better than ever before at this season OF
the year. Encouraging reports from
all parts of the country indicate that
the harvest of wheat will be five times
as great as that Of last season.
johnson COunty Chronicle: Local
option went by the board Thursday.
n OF much interest was manifested in
the election The peach trees are in
bloom. Some of the forest trees put
ting out their leaves. Thus pointing
approach of spring - Farmers are |
planting corn and sowing oats.---The
blows have been going it with rush
for the past week. Half a dozen new
houses are now building in different
PARTS of the town.--Commlssioners
court will hold an extra session next
week for the purpose of counting the
local option vote, and for the further
purpose of examining the annual tihanN
cial statement of the treasurer
TraviS County, The eXs
animation of George Harris, charged
with killing Il. Olenick, was commenced
before Justice Tegner.---A man nam
ed John Dryman, and sixteen year
old boy named Webb were arrested in
this city, charged with horse stealing,
Tuesday night by the county and city
authorities. --Policema Robinson |
came near losing his life Tuesday night
while arresting q young man slightly |
under the "intluence," The party |
Robinson says, had been firing off o
pistol in the street and for this he ar.
rested him, when pistol was placed
against his breast and the the trigger |
pulled The cap snapped and the |
policeman was luckily uninjured.
Washington County-Brenham Banner
Corn in this county is planted on the
18th of February and comes up on the
lst of March. "A colored chap from
the Cav Hill neighborhood came to |
town on Monday last, and filling his
nounch with too much rotNgut, became
quite noisy and used naughty language
on the streets. Tom Day, the wide,
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