The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-02-16
THE STATE OVER.

have just returned from hunt in Tx
gulf counties, snd brought quarter o
= earsioad OF game with them. Mr.
/ a. L roberts. son Of Mr.. ". {. Roberta
/ OF this county. was drowned neal Fair.
/ tieid a FEW days ago. lie was one of tbs
most promising young boys OF the state
Lsatcstoae tasatp-- Mexia Ledger
The wheat crop Is quite promising
| The dry weather of fast fall prevented q
/ large area from being .,sowea in wheat
yet some-w heat rsisers have as much as
! usual in thst crop The eity suthoI>
tiles have run ali games of chance on.
of wn.--A meteor fell and exploded
near Mr. Hancocks not long since.
Report says Mr.. II. was considerably
shocked by it
Iarraat Cbs,.te.--Fort Worth Stand
ard Only three acquitsls out of all
the cases tried in the criminal court.
Who says we hay' mt law in Texas 49,
Seven hundred and eighty,tive dollars.
is the total amount of fines collected
during the present term of the county
court Quite handsome little sum.
The composition ioor of the first
story of the court house has proved a
failure. and is to be replaced with new
one.
Cfny Cos.Efp -Henrietta Journal .
County court in session. - Regular
session of the commissioners court
meets Monday. the llth instant
Quite number OF Germans are settling
are from Michigan This county has
doubled its population in the last SIX
months. a gentleman from Dallas
county viii Immediately erect a mill at
Secret springs prisoners
aud rent OF officers for two years. would
build an ample court house for this
county.
eomaneie CoVRtg--Chief, Last week
we gave an account OF the shooting
match at Hazel Dell, aud the sutse>
quent escape of three reputed horse
thieves at the house of old man Maekey.
A shocking and lamentsblc sequel To
this affray occurred Thursday night. OF
which we cannot gain the particulars
with any certainty The substance is
that about thirty men came to Maekey's
last Thursday night and taking the old
man out murdered him by hanging him
to Tree There Is no cause known for
the deed, excepting the fact that he
IS the father OF Nat Maekey, and as
such gave MIN shelter when he came to
his fathers home.--P People in this
section are paying more attention to
fruit culture than ever before.
Harrison goasty. Herald.
Mr. A. b. Ross, sheriff OF Pamela county,
passed through Marshall Tuesday last.
sith prisoner named 5. NJ Roberts,
charged with numbering his father,in.
law, Henry NJ johnson, an old and re-
spected citizen OF that county. Roberts
married the daughter of Johnson in
1870 or 1871, and short time after
committed the horrible deed, his wife
and her mother witnessed the m lrcier.
Their testimony. it is thought. will con-
Wet him OF murder IN the first degree
Roberts lied the country, ana after be-
ing fugitive from justice six years was
ca.'iafed by Sheriff Ross in the eastern
norton OF Florida, where he. had again
zaasgIed and was surrounded by reia,
ssos2s ano. aien.ls
f5gpLsaa eIasHts e,l SOFA Herald: As
soen - VIE N, Of say IS secured
ttfsstiga % tsse corporate limits OF the
cigs sac istfset for ,hs frat twenty
tiTa niles al The Il Z & &. Ci@-~fsi De
ies ----ese.tie ;peu report this. isrga
3Hs}er oicAtkls have rerisaed 81 the
7sf oizaepnsst oft the secretly Of grass.
h sf,a5tise a4ir6s tansl ntaes last
bttwssn tSo freigateFs OF The
sesiing from this osy q Fefi
fEaa stae 0! taem was sho 81 sac
iSst si-s oeIcw the kfIee. causing a pain
fIi nal isci ne-st-sSarslY dauess
.e-s.st The disp1se grew satsae sho4
possession Of soIn- tssssl. ne utensils.
The man shot was nasgea .iSck sofs.----.-
Inc engineers viii lay cut HlgAssyiiie
this week. There are ONE hundred and
sixty building lots all of the same size.
Baiiy junction, opposite Duganyille.
has seventy five building lots. BeIiyille,
the failrosd property is sandwichet be-
.ween the we---The city authorities
have ordered ten balls and chains for its
use.-Daiiy News: A couafrynan
was knocked down. and badly hurt by
a stang shot ----The citr council nave
reduced gamblers hne 10 80. Hoping
thereby to aus nient the city reyenae.
Lamar County - Paris Express. The
express agent at this place, Mr. John p
Griffin, was hacked do~n aud robbed
OF $4,000 package. tabe depot,
just before the arrived of the EASTERN
bound train, by, Us ye4. unknown par
ties The money had bees expressed
by The Z. q Bank to q firm in st. Louis.
The Texas express company Promptly
paid over the amount, and no dohbt
will use strenuous efforts to ferret out
the party ef parties who committed the
dariag deed ----Fhe citizens of this
county have held uaeetii (. 10 take into
consideration the proprieiy OF offering
some inducement to Messrs Finger,
johnson h Company OF South Carolina.
TO move their cotton mills 10 cur county
H,siiaasan Ca,tAtr--A horse belong
ing To james Sail. living on the Brushy.
near here. died OF hydrophobia last
week - fire recently DESTROYED the
residence occupied by Mrs. Rose and
Virgins. Very little loss except the
house To the 5lst ultimo the cor
ner store of the neg court house in
Georgetown was laid by the Masonic
fraternity, IN the presence of three
hundred people. Norton Moses. the
grand master Of the state, was present
aad conducted the ceremonies Thomas
Hughes delivered ali appropriate I'D,
dress. Among the articles placed in
the corner store for the benefit of pos
terisy IN marking this age OF progress
were bible. copies of the constitution
OF the grand lodge A. I. snd A. Ii and
of the by laws of San Gahriel lodge. a
Masonic square and compass, some gold
and silver coin, sample OF wheat, and
copy each Of the Headlight, the Sun
and the late Record
Harrison Caisntu - Marshall II essencer
b. I. Smith. who matte his escape from
a deputy sheriff of this county, has been
arrested and is 10 iaii--Jim Ander-
sob, refugee from, justice from this
county. was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Harris. in Gregg county on "Wednesday.
On Monday night Mr.. George w.
MuRden, 81 Hallyilie, went with a posse
to arrest a freedman by the name OF
William Bel. charged with wrecking and
robbing trains on the Texas a Pacific
railway. They found him concealed on
a farm near HaIlyilie Mr. Munden ad-
vanced upon him, and was Immediately
fred upon iy Bell. the ball striking
BIN IN the arm near the wrist ranging
up and lodging in. or near the elbow
The posse returned Bells fire, but owing
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