The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-01-26
THE STATE OVER.

frsssfoHs Cosmfg. Many
isrD.rs ia this reetion have made ,h-
utc, s-Ary PTeparztiou- aud wall lie
ready To cUmmeuce plaugEing she a
ihs mud permits.--A number % the
cotton Gin grange this ~eek took ad-
vantage of the besutif1l weather. aHc
made considerable progress Ia EuI.d
tug their grange hail aud school house.
by letters To hi- wife, Ne learn
that Mr. A. IL. Fate, of this vicinity.
sa- robbed OF $500 By four mAskrd
men, sixteen miles south Of Ifill-lsBro.
IN Hill county. on the 5ih instant
Lsst Sabbath night the house af Mf.
\ \. Gedder, situated on a psrt % fhs-
oil Deuning farm, caught IRE fro.a a
dele tctiye ehimrey and was DESTROYED
with ali its contents. Mr.. Geddes came
10 this eornty last year from England
-lu ate tsmptiug 10 cross a s!0u k ia
hiehiaDd lotion. ia n two horse sag-
ca, Nr. J. W. Palmer, a citizen oiths
northern portion OF this euuniy, lo-: =
mule and CAME near losing hi- oW a
life. Timely assistance reached him
snd he Was rescuei in an exhausted
condition.
B1sfryp County Any
amount of corn can be b0uxlt deilv-
cred, Ina bsstrop. At twenty i've esnss
bu-hel.-Eggs selling in B.-tFop
from eight 10 ten ceBts a dozen
MAJOR Moore received los of thor
oushbred DurhAns, from Kentucky.
this week. for his stock farm, ~
miles rom Ba-trop. - Onr coanI
boarding house has fifteen ba.rsisf-
coDtned within lie walls. at the pre-
nt ume.--MaDy OF our !srmers have
a nj hs.A II as a.
cold spell of weather would be very
acceptable. ie.-Fsrmer- hav. h-en
paying considerable attention TO xhea,
tins winter. There viii be IAr.e
acreage pl-nied la small grain.
TTasis COssEfy. y.-GszetIs: On La,
"Wednesday night. Ar. For~ood, =
brother OF the lunt,er dealer, di-at,-
pesred from Round Rock, and hss not
since been heard from. When lA-t
seen he Was In company with = man
n1ned A. Beemer nj y bar ber-hok.
sud was ssck.-Acju jutxnt Ce 1ernl
steele received q telegram thi. morn
ing from Lieutenant y. q. Reynolds.
of the Texss frontier bztiallion, a. Al
Richard Dublin, . noted d--per.do,
wss killed by Sergeant Giil-ft, Of
Company Z, near Fort MeKavttt.
while resisting arrest. Dublin -hnt II
tn. officer before he Grrd the fatal
shot He bsd defied srr.-t and aid
be would never he taken alive.
Grdy-oa CoaD.fyd-lSesu- Eight c.r
loads Of rails Tor the D-Di-sn aud
Sosthern RAILROAD arrived SUNDAY
A monster hog wz- exhibited Sunday
In front Of the city market, which
attracted q large crowd cf sduai @r-
II weighed net 80 pounds Two esrs
contAiBing IS Durham bulls aud he'll
ers came TO tbi- city SUNDAY from,
Kansas City. They were for~ardsf
the same day per 4. and i. q. 10 Jniln
Carmel, who re-iies dear Austin The
con missioner coar; will meet on the
eecond Monday in f-orutry for the
purpose of levying the tax ior the
present year. We learn that sixty
two add half cents on the hundred H.
the probable amount that will be lev
led, . reduction Of twelve cents on ths
hundred from that Of lAst year. IL H.
estimated that this amount will clear
the country Of all Indebtedness. and
render . far greater reduction praeti.
cable for the next year.
The Rrapgen Of Michigan want |,
ship canal constructed acroas tbeis
state, and they slso vsat govern meut
aid. What . hshbub there n ip N,eh-
tGan abnaf appropriations fnr Ntssks.
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