The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-31


and demorall1ing the negroes around
MIN A. east sHch Is represented hy
those who know
Bera County, On the 9Th instant
tho body Of a we'll dressed Mexican.
evidently one Of the more favored of
hls nationality, was discovered lying In
tho ohapparel about Two miles west of
MAJ Lows rancho, and about nine
miles from San Antonio The only
evidence which could Boo obtained NJ
the inquest was the testimony of the
Mexican who discovered tho body and
lhe position and general appearance OF
the body From q bill Of sale il would
appear that the deceased was Don
Marcos Escalante why he was MUIR
dered and by whom, 10 one Of the many
mysteries Incident 20 frontier life lfl
ne was horse thief then IL Was an act
OF frontier Justice, II he was not
horse thief then everything points 10 |
the Tact that he WAS murdered by des- |
peradoes who wanted his horse -----
flnh were never 30 plentiful ~ lust |
now, The water in the irrigation bitches
has been cut Off, and old aud young are
having soft thing Of Il catching the
small trout and catfish which have been
spawned and are grown 10 a nice size
Tor eating All the main bitches have
great many fish in them Two
wagon londs of silver arrived at san
Antonio hom Chihuahua Mexico, q
few days ago II WIS destined for En-
rope in payment for goods imported
from England
Grag8ou t6UU--Sunday night, be-,
tween seven and eight o'clock Rev.
Robert Mckinney, on old and highly
respected citizen OF Whlt'sboro, heard
a noise in his meat house Getting
candle he went ont, accompanied by his
little grandson Arriving Mt the meat
house door, he handed the light TO the
little boy aud stepped ,n Just as he
stepped inside the TO 4 be WIS stabbed
three times, once ia the shoulder and
twice in the breast the two latter reach.
ing his heart and producing instant
death After the stNbbing white man
ran out followed by Il negro woman, II
servant of Mr. McKamey's lie was
seen u little while before the murder to
20 over the back fenceot Mr. Mckamey's
yard Matthews is young man about
twenty-five or three years of age, and \
the son OF II blacksmith, The negro
woman admitted that Matthews was in .
the habit of coming TO see her, and was
the person who committed the murder :
The facts gathered seem to clearly iden.
Liiy him as the murderer Matthews
now languishes in the county jail agita, .
ling an examination, The citizens OF {
Whtesboro are much excited over this
crime No darker deed has ever been
in Grayson county, and :
ury of honest men will not hesitate to
nete out swift and terrible justice to
he Gend whose hand struck the death
blow. sherman Courier There is q
ome little reason to suppose that the q
nan who committed suicide at the old 4
.racker factory last week was a certain
Billy Gordon, who, II year ago, killed a {
nan in GAINESVILLE, and has been iugiN I
i've from Justice ever since From =
,arty in Sherman we have heard the
PARTICULARS of the oCcurance and desN Y
ription of the two men correspond.
NE killing was done with billiard cue .
While Gordon was drunk. AT frat the g..
lows were not supposed to be fatal, q
nd Gordon was released on bail but .,
he man died, and then Gordon ran
way A reward was offered for him, q
ut we believe he has never been heard
rom since. He was of good family,
nd Sunday letter was sent to his
ather containing description and an
ccount of the suicide. Our readers
will hear more if there are any new ,
developments.
Bo,cie C6,uty--The collector of Bowie
county turned over to the treasurer
and received in payment OF
he dog tax, the scalps Of two hundred !
md fifty raccoons, tWenty.nine foxes, .
Tx wolves and six catamounts, thus
,aying on said tax the sum Of SOL.
The treasurer, in accordance with law,
burned the whole pile on the evening
If the same day. I