The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-15

onis and they found thcir child COM
pletcly onyelopod la flames II was too
late 10 render assistance. Her clothes
were burned of and the Injuries fatal,
although sho lived in terrible agony
some ten hours after the burning The
accident rs certainly horrible,
Fumam Comy-rounly court for
criminal business met last Monday aud
adjourned yesterday --- Horse stealing
ia becoming very com'ou Ia the ylcln'
ity Of Dodd city, several good horses
having been sloled lalcly,---hrvoral
families from Illinois and Pennsylyanla
have arrived NJ Bonham IN the last few
days, and will locate IN this county
The impossibilily ofobtaining wood
during prolraoted spells Of cold, wet
weather, has caused u number Of cll.
lenss 10 figure on the cost OF putting up
CRATES aud using oonl for fuel, ---On
leaving the office yesterday, says the
News, we locked the door aud laid the
key on the transOm AK usual Upon
returning, the door was standing halt
opon with the key in H. and lot OF
papers, which had been piled near the
middle Of the room, was IN u bright
blaze. Everything indicated that some
one had entered the room during the
absence Of the printers, and either ac
cidcntally or Intentionally set the cs'
lablishmcnt ON fire,
Smith CounH--Dcmocrat At a re.
cent meeting Of the Smith County AS
ISOLATION, Mr. Il. Il, Beard wns rc-elcct'
cd preslicntond the old officers gcncr'
ally rc,elcctcd Plank paycmcnb
are taking the places Of the rock one
on the north side Of tho public square
and IL makes better travelling ---Goy
orncr Hubbard, in rcsponscto petitions
sent up from here, has pwdoned Mr.
Stnpp, who was found guilty of killin)
Mr. Findly, ut the last session of tn,
district court of this county. AS sOOl
Az Sheriff Marsh received the iniorma
ton of hs pardon, he turned the oil,
man out Of jail and ho at once went I,
his children, who live in this county
----Our Fcotlon market has shown
considerable falling OIL in receipts thi
week, partly, no doubt on account Of
the unlayorblo weather and bad road
in the early part of the week, an,
partly because, evidently the rush il
over for tho present season, most of tn,
cotton having already been marketed
Nevertheless the receipts are sutlicien
to keep up lively trade around town
Harris Comtg-rho Age. An ellor
will be made by the military compane
OF this city to secure the new city hal
rs an nrmory and drill room, 1t woul,
serve the purpose cXccllently. ---Com
plant is made that the crossings owe
the Texas Western Narrow Gauge rail
way, near the city, are in II dangerou
condition. A mule had one of his leg
broken yesterday in going over III,
crossing. ---'lhc employees of tho In
ternationnl and Great Northern rail
road received notice yesterday that tn
reduction OF twenty per cent ON wages
announced some time past Mt Palestine
would take effect in Houston forthwith
Manager Stacy Of the Western
Union Telegraph company, informed N
Age reporter that another telegraph
line will be Immediately erected alon
the line of the Texas and New Orlean
railway The wire, poles and insulator
have been awaiting tho appearance o
the line builders, who have arrived, an,
will proceed to work early the coming
week.-WhNt came near being seri
Qua accident occurred in the rear of Nh
j, s. Mills's clothing store yesterday Il
> o'clock. Some party being annoye,
Mt the many pigeons flying around tn
building shot at them, the ball enterin
the closed door of Mills store, shivcrin
the glass pane to pieces aud lodged il
the side Of the stairs. A drummer iron
New Orleans, Mr. |, Keller, was in tin
store at the time and the ball MISE,
his head about two or three inches.