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

Tarraaf Gopnty-Standard A ynuns
men giving his name Us John NJ Haines
elaimes to have bern robbed oi
500 by sone party, whom he Gays cui
his poetset.----lt must be that all the
yags have come to Fort Worth. Officer
Woody tells US that he dispersed
eighteen OF them yesterday morning
near the Texas Il Pacific water tank.
Gay Gas1atg-Journal The indebted.
ness of Clay county is less than SII 900
Torn sells at 81. s. Good wood
retails at 8, % per cord. Our citizens
who haye occasion 10 visit over the
county. are sarprisad at the number Of
settlers that are casting their lot with
US - Hides continue TO come in, but
slowly though on account of the bad
condition of the roads.
Foang Cotatg.--Grsham Several
immigrant wagons were on the streets
this week Farmers are busy plowine
preparatory TO planting their spring
crop. "A milliner shop is the lates,
addition to Graham. The heavy frcst
that has fallen for the past two weeks
has greatly benefited the wheat crop.
The farmers state that the crop Is look
ing unusually fine a party of pros
pectors from New York, Kentucky
Ohio and Illinois, have been in town
during the past week We will ven>
ture that no Inland town in the stat.
has improved faster during the last
twelve months than Graham. Not less
than one hundred substantial buildings
have been erected in that time
Denton County. breaking. fence
moving, clearing, building. and gems
erai improvement going on in spite
of the contemplate. unjust school and
produce tax--District court Will com
meuce in this city on the fourth Mon,
day of next month-February The
prospects are that great deal OF bush
ness will be transacted, as much has
accumulated upon the docket.-The
Denton ereenback club, at a special
meeting in this. city Monday evening,
appointed COMMITTEES of FIVE to draft
preamsble and resolution expressive OF
the sense OF the club respecting the
question OF state convention
Iiapis County Statesman: Three
frosts ii is said, bring rain in Texas. So
we may look out for n Farmers
AAoht asAftftho paris VI COullt anu
tesmsters from up the country say that
the roads are almost impossible for
loaded wagons.-A week ago Captain
kingsbury killed nine hogs, from eleven
to sixteen months old, that weighed
from $50 to SIS pounds apiece. The
average weight was 81 !; pounds
A gentleman from Round Rock says
that the people of that place have de,
ciaed 10 al once build narrow gauge
railroad to Georgetown and thence west
toward I.ampssas. The distance to
Georgetown from Round Rock Is but
eight or ten miles, and the road caH
| soon be built after start is made.
Graasom n,ty-Herald: Harry John
son killed a Poland China
hog, which dressed seven hundred and
fifty pounds. -A greenback club OF
eighty four members was organized at
Basin Springs, Grsyson county, on the
lith instant. --George H. Gordon has
been appointed iailor at Sherman. The
Patriot pronounces it the best appoint
nlent since iaiior 0Callahan registered.
The commissioners court, at its
recent session. made arrangements 10
have the east courtroom finished by
| the March term of the district court.
The pay.ear on the Houston ~
| Texas Central railroad company arrived
| in this city Tuesday morning - Six
companies of the 18th regiment Uuited
States cavalry left Caddo Tuesday morn.
/ ing to march overland to. the forts on
| the lower Rio GraBde.
| HcI,sgasan Conatg.-The young man
| Oldham, from Robertson county origin,
| ally. but who wanders TO every town in
1 central Texas, recently had crowd OF
! idle men, boys anu negroes listening 10
his crazy harangue-religion being his
theme. Oldham generally dresses in
female apparel. and insists that he is
[ the wife of jesus Christ How he gets
food. or where he stays, in cold and in-
4 clement weather. we can not immagine.
| Nobody seems to care for him and he
| wanders about as free as the wind and
shouts to sinners 10 repeBt.----The
prisoners recently attempted to burn
| the Jail Ak Waco. Henry Bonaparte
one of the three persons arrested on the
charge OF highway robbery has been re.
leased. it having been ascertained tina,
| he is the wrong daf<ey Five
hundred and fifty bales of cotton have
been ginned at the ein>house in this
city of Messrs. Graves and DuBose, dur
ing the present season.--The Waco
compress company commenced opera.
tons about the first of last September
and since that time has pressed some,
thing over eighteen thousand bales, the
most of which have been shipped tc
mills in New York ami Manchester
One hundred farms averaging about
one hundred acres each, have beer
opened on the La Vega / league grant
in this county. Since that portion q
the county got rest from litigation il
has increased rapidly in population
and very superior class of citizen:
have settled there.