Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-05
TEXAS NEWS.

Woodland for the state senate.
Houston Telegram: General Cabell,
of Dallas, candidate for congress In
the Dallas district, is first cousin of the late
General John C. Breckenridge.
Buffalo Adrance: Crops looking fine since
the cessation of the recent rains. Grass grow
ing rapidly, but the farmers, by working late
and early, succeed in keeping 1t down.
The Dallas Swings bank will probably pay
fifteen or twenty cents ON the dollar. The
cashier, Gruber, spent twenty-three thousand
dollars In two years, with a salary of three
thousand dollars.
The Austin Gazette is urging the building
of a new jall-one capable of keeping in safe
confinement from one to two hundred people.
Why, then, not build a roof over and walls
around the town.
An Austin editor was lined five dollars the
other day for committing nuisance. The
announcement does not state whether the
nuisance was committed through the columns
of his paper or otherwise.
Dallas Commercial: A woman living
on Main street lost her husband Friday.
Another who claimed to be wife No. put 10
an appearance and carried off the prize to
Denton county. Gone to join Bass?
The Austin State Gazette calls the grand
jury In session there "a curiosity in its way"
The remainder of the criticism" failed to
develop what was the matter between the
Gazette and the 'curious" grand jury.
Fort Worth Standard: Farmers COM
ing in from the country report the last rain
as the heaviest they have ever seen in this
country. The damage done 10 the crop is
immense, and the roads almost impossible.
Fort Worth Standard: Even as dull
as business in our city is, it surprised the
many strangers that were in the city yester-
day. They expressed themselves by saying,
1t was the hveliest place they had been IN IN
many months.
Governor Hubbard has taken the stump in
defense of his administration. The Rusk
Observer, in referring to his speech. says:
He spoke in high terms of Mr.. Throckmor-
ton and Mr. Lang in his address to the peo-
pie of Cherokee county.
BRENNAN Banner: On Thursday ne;
gro boy, about fifteen years old, and
about five feet long, made his appearance
upon the streets with live alligator about
four feet in length. The alligator was car
ried by the tail. and quite lively.
Galveston NetoS: The new iron steamship
City of Columbus was successfully launched
the other day from john Roach d Sons yard.
The new vessel has q tonnage of two thou
sand five hundred tons: is for the Oc5an
steamship company, of Savannah, Georgia,
and will ply between that city and New
York
a large colony of Germans have settled in
Tyler county, where they are putting in a
farm of ninety thousand acres under one
fence. The residences of the colonists are
built together in a town plat as in Germany.
They have with them doctors, merchants,
blacksmlths, etc, and are perfectly indie
pendent.
The Poll: County Banner, of last week,
says: We are informed that there are one
hundred and fifty laborers on the Bremond
railroad, and the work Is being rapidly pushed
forward. Sixteen miles have been let under
contract, and will soon be completed. The
road is completed several miles this side of
East San Jacinto river.
Corpus Christi Gazette: The shipments of
wool from this market for this season have
already reached over two and one quarter
million pounds, and although the season is
pretty well advanced, there yet remains IN
accounted for over seven hundred thousand
pounds, which will make the probable
spring clip about three million pounds.
Austin State Gazette: a few weeks
ago the little three year cid son of William
| Poril, LIVING twelve miles northwest of Kerr
| vile, was bitten on the foot by rattlesnake.
| For three weeks every effort was made to ex-
! tract the poison, but without success, and
| modification took place. As last resort his
! limb had to be amputated, and at present
there is little hope Of the child's recovery.
| Austin Gazette: The widow of Colonel
William II. Wilson, who has taken
| much interest in the formation OF an auxiliary
veteran association, composed of the wives,
daughters and widows OF veterans, thinks that
at the meeting held at Bryan steps will be
taken leading to an organization of those
ladies for benevolent purposes, such as caring
tor the veteran poor of the old band OF Texas.
Austin State Gazette: The Greenbackers
of Travis county claim a membership of
twelve hundred, which is something over one
Of 10 u0tI MN nf hn nTIrtN
They have called a county convention on the
twenty-nlnth instant, at which they propose
to make nominations for all the county Of
fees. They will OF course present Il mixed
ticket, with view of cooperating with the
Radicals. Such patriotism p deserves sue
cess.
Navasota Tablet: The Memphis Bap-
tIst church, three miles northeast of Nav
asota on the Anderson road, will be dedicated
on the tenth of July; at which time, we are
informed, barbecue and dinner will be
given, and all citizens living convenient, so
disposed, are invited to bring basket din
ner. All white citizens, both Jew and Cen
tile, far and near, are cordially invited to at
tend. Dedication sermon by Rev. L. ].
Drane, of Memphis. assisted by Rev. G. w.
Pickett, of Navasota.
Austin Gazette: The crops were never
never more bountiful than now, and farmers
who are ou5 of debt can live in clover. But
prices of all classes of produce are so low that
the prospect Is very poor TOR financial relief
to the country. There is one encouragement,
however, i'll the fact that the cry of ''blood or
bread" will not be heard from famIshed null
titudes In our State. There is no danger of
the communistic element cropping out in
country so highly favored iii agriculture.
Waxahatchie Enterprise: A very sad acct
dent occurred few miles east of town few
days since. Miss Bridges, who Is subject to
a fire IN nj
tack coming on at the time she fell forward,
burning her neck, face and shoulder In a ter
rible manner. Her father, who is an old man
and invalid, and the only person about the
place at the time, IN attempting to go to the
relief of his daughter made a mIsstep and fell,
breaking thigh bone. He succeeded, how
ever, IN crawling to the fireplace and extract
ing the daughter from her perilouS situation.
Mobile Register: The prospect Of an early
completion of the Morgan road to Texas are
now very good; everything is nearly ready
for track laying to begin, and large portion
OF the rails have already been bought and
will arrive in short time, and there is no
reason to doubt that the road will be pushed
through with all possible dispatch 1t is also
stated that Texas company also Interested |
in the Morgan road will build the line from
the Sabine RIVER at Orange this way, so that |
work will 90 or at both ends simultaneously. |
San Antonio Herald: The oldest inhabi- |
tants cannot remember of so peculiar sum-
mer as the present one. Instead of an exhil- |
Grating gulf breeze during the night, and |
dry, clear skies during the day, the weather |
for A month past has been close and sultry. |
Instead of the cloudless sky so peculiar to |
western Texas, frequent showers are the or
der of the day. The thermometer shows no |
higher degree OF temperature than Is usual at |
this season, but owing to the sultriness the
heat IS felt much more. The unusual rain
fall is a sure cause Of fever.
Houston Telegram: 1t is now known
among gentlemen here in a position to know
that Mr.. Pierce is now about placing loan
of three million dollars for the purpose of
the immediate and rapid extension of his San
Antonio road from that city to the Rio
Grande. 1t is believed his objective point on
the river is Laredo, though his intentions on
this point are not definitely known. 1t is
thought Mr.. Pierce will have no difficulty in
raising the money, ard that within eighteen
months Houstonians will be enabled to step