The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-05-25
THE STATE OVER.

Robertson Gostats-Texsn Mike Kin
ney, railroad hand, saicided by hang.
ing himself, near Calvert, Tuesday-
Calvert wants to celebrate the Fourth.
Rerar Loasiy.-Herald The Elpaso
stage was turned over through the care
lessness of drunken driver and Pro.
fessor c. S. Gugne, leader of band. TWEEN
ty-tourth infantry, WAS seriously Grip
pied.---A fruit dealer named BsrtelIi,
suieided By jumping into the river
HsLe,inan County We were yester-
day handed the first cotton bloom OF
| the sesson.-Our city schools are all
actively engaged in the work of prepar>
alton for the examination and COM
mencement exercises now near at hand.
-constabie Williams yesterday ar.
rested and put in Jail one Bill Stewart,
a negro who is charged with theft of a
horse from Winfield Scott, his colored
| brother.
IaTrdlt County. full
grown tender ear of fine looking mess
| corn is on exhibition at this office. 1t
was raised in & garden within the
limits of the city.--A prisoner con-
fined in one of the upper cells of the
calaboose, by the name of John Hearn,
arrested the other night for fighting on
Main street, near George Taylor's estsb-
lishment, made two determined but
unsuccessful attempts to hang himself
IN his cell yesterday morning.
HiLliamsoa C5tuty.--Sun: We.heard
one of our farmer friends say the other
day that his wheat would turn out thir-
ty or thirty>five bushels per acre on an
ayerage-The grass on the prairies is
splendid, and stock, rs general thing
are looking fine. The bone dealers
won't find the business so lucrative
next winter in this county we hope
1t rained nearly all last Saturday night
1t will do the corn and cotton good but
may injure some grain that has been
reaped. and may have mellowed the
ground so much as TO have caused some
OF the heavy headed wheat TO fall down.
Eltis County Corn is worth
SIXTY cents bushei, which beats cotton
at seven or eight cents pound very
badly.--0n last Saturday evening,
while Mr.. NJ W. Ssntry and Mr.. W. j.
Santry were at work on a scatiold
StthiChtihk tHr rear wall vi MI ~ -.
Stallworth's store building, one of the
supports TO the scatfold gave way, pre-
cipitating both men distance of TWEEN
ty-five feet to the ground. NJ w Santry
sustained severe injuries, and was im>
mediately removed to his home, where
he has since been laid up, and under
surgical treatment.
Hunt Co,oaty.-lndependent: Farmers
are busy harvesting their wheat THE
county commissioners have ordered an
election on the local option law in pre-
cinct No. I'VE hear favorable re-
ports of the wheat crop from the eastern
and southern portions of the coun-
ty.--The county commissioners have
purchased tract of land containing
two hundred and sixteen acres. situated
about six miles north of town, which
will be properly improved and used for
of land, about fifty acres being III
cultivation, and was purchased fro,r
Fred Ende, for $500.
Harrison Cos,,ty- Herald: On Thurs
day evening about dark, murder was
committed in the southeastern portion
of this county. Mr. Golf had sold lot
of shsep at Elysian Fields, and received
a draft on Shreveport for the money.
He started for that place that day. leav,
ing Mr.. Nick Jackson. young man
about eighteen years years of age, son
OF merchant in Hunt county, in charge
of the herd. jackson told one of the
men, /. o. Morgan, to bring a bucket of
water. He replied tina. he was not
hired to bring water. jackson told
him he was. A dispute arose. and nigh
words followed, when Morgan deliber>
ately shot jackson down, killing him.
Morgan, i'll his shirt sleeves and hat.
less, fled.
Bezar Cosaqty.-Express The case of
the State vs. Feliciano Cordova, for the
murder of Trimbie, was called in the
district court yesterday. and continued
until the 18th of June-P Patent
granted TO residents of the state of
Texas in the last issue, bearing the date
of April %. 1878, reported by Paine 4
Grafton, attorneys at law. Washington,
District of Columbia, r. 5. Munger.
Mexia, cotton gin saw cleaner-The
body Of young Hesse, who was drowned
IN the Aianan evening before last, was
found yesterday morning about q half
mile below the point where the boy
went under. The body was found by
the father.
VaaZand County-Local Since the
Methodist church was so demolished
by the storm, it is proposed to tear it
down and build larger and finer build,
Ing.-A fire company has been ergan-
lied, and soon our business portion of
town will be as well protected with a
fire extinguisher as AIRY, city in the
state. The apparatus is all here row
except the hose reel We learn from
Mr. Hsrbert Wills, that the sheriff of
Rains county. shot aud captured noted
horse thief and rohber by the name of
John Glasscock in Mr.. William Tears
field, about SIX miles northwest of this
place. He was shot twice-onee in the
small of the back near the spinal eol>
u,nD, and the other shot in the thigh.
Although pretty seriously shot il is
thought that he will get we'll
Travis Cou,ty. Captain
Samuel Msther, Of Atascosa county. an
old Texan, and for many years resi-
dent OF Williamson county died on the
seventeenth instapt.-In the district
court yesterday the criminal docket
was c2lled, and the case against Major
Van De Graf, charged with assault with
intent TO kill Captain L. T. Edwards
was disposed of, the court timing the de-
PENDANT 500. G. G. Hearne, charged
with forging bills of lsding. plead guilty.
"A gentleman just down from Blaneo
reports that very bold robbery occurred
IN that place last Friday night At a
late hour several men rode into the
town on general plundering expedi-
ton. They first broke into the store of
Aieck George and robbed it of money,
pistols and other goods; then the pro-
ceeded to the hotel of Mrs. Brown and
robbed several of her guests sud board
ers, and finally rode quietly out of town.
Up to the time our informant left no