The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-01-12

faaHaa toaustp.--N God very seearcs,
thu past week. Great quantities of |
pork killed in this county the past week. /
The county clerk has insured sorty- |
seven marriage iieenses ssnca the Ist of |
December The scalts OF seven csta |
mounts, fourteen Wild cats. three gray
foxes and tiiirts>two coons. collected In |
payment of the dog tax, were burned
BY the county treasurer last Tuesday at
Collector Dunn's office
Grassoa GesatE --Register: The store
of Messrs Cutters q Henry was entered
and the safe robbed OF ferty-two dollars
and fifteen cents.--The pastors of
several churches have formed an associ.
alton, to be known a the Pastors as,
ISOLATION. the object OF which is to deyisa
the best means of carrying out the work
committed to their hands The wood
hsulers are having rich harvest at
present Wood selling from four To
ei ghs dollars cord, just as the hanlers
happen to catch a fellow.
Washington County Banner: Al the
next term Of commissioner court. all
paupers on the rolls will II they are
physically able, be required to report
IN person for inspection. ~ The
nheather continues to be cold and il
jus. the thing for curing bacon.---
Farmers seem 10 be making extensive
preparations for farm work. Goodls
numbers are in town purchasing t,lows
and agricultural impIiments. The in,
dieations are that work will begin earlier
| than usual.
Milan County Marlin Ball: At
| Batieyviiie. Milan county. last week a
Miss Moore was preparing to marry and
she sent for young iady neighbaF Miss
!" illiams, TO stay with her few DAYS
to help her in her wedding troasseau.
when AN old pistol. considered 10 be I'M
loaded was csrelessiy handled by Miss
W. and it aecidently vent of. the bali
entered Miss Moorcs head and killing
her instantly. She was buried on her
wedding day. Miss Williams has since
become deranged by the thoughts OF
he tragedy.
Iraris Gaaatg.--StatesInan camera
Steele and Major Jones, summond 10
Washington to testify in regard to the
Rio Grande troubles, will leave Wednes
day morning The thermometer wa,
down totwenty>two degrees above zere
on Friday night, and at / o'clock last
night the indication was that it would
get down to twenty degrees On Fri
i, day negro named Divine. drew ston,
on policeman who attempted to ar,
rest hi,a, Yesterday Divine was arrest
ed, and be made complaint sg.,ins
the policeman, cbsrgeiHg him witt
|, drawing a pistol and using abusive lang
uage.--During the week Austin ha
sustained two failures. Mr.. Samue
! Friendberger, the largest dry goo,
merchant IN the city, is one OF then,
: and Mr.. George Levyson. the clothin;
e merchants is the other Mr.. Friedber
ger made an assignment of his stock q
: his brother-in.iaw. Mr. Levyson's cred
! itors, We understand, have general,
agreed TO compromise for thirty cent
;. on the dollar. which Mr. Levyson con
siders himself able to pay.
: Tarrdaf Coeaty.-The street cars ar
: blockaded by mud business dul
very little business done-Standar ard
{ The contract for building the free bridg
! over the Trinity near this city, wa
: awarded to Morgan Jones and Heur
!, Mclaughlin for $1,000 To be con
! pleted in sixty days. There are ahou
!. - 500 in cash on hand which will b
y turned over when the bridge is comple
: ed. Also all subscriptions still dn.
: must now be paid 10 the county treas
. urer. Major Van Zandt and Thoms
: Roche are the bondsmen The hridg
:. sill be a Howe truss.---City Marsha
!, Mccall, OF weatherford, came in wit
: Sam Baker in charge. en- route for Aus
! tin. Baker is the party who is charge
y with robbing the pest office at Weathe
: ford, and is going to Austin to stan
I, trial. He was lodged in Jail here unit
. this morning MIR j. III .Eanderpoo
: recently run over and terribly msngle
= by a switch engine on the Texas Il Ps
eiie railroad, has been reno ed frol
the Clark house to the Emigrant
!. home, where he viii be under the cal
!, of his mother. He is in fair way to r,
is cover