The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-03-09
THE STATE OVER.

iettBid C6saly.--Advoeate The last
few days of warm weather Is making the
grass start TO growing finely aud the
prs ries are fast doming tneir Yertiant
robes We last week received from
Mr. l. ID. Heatom sample of straw
ber'ies OF this seasons growth. The bsr
ries We're of good size, rich in coo and
quite ripe and luscious MIR. Pedro
Lastra returned on "Wednesday from
the Rio Grande with herd OF i've
hundred saddle horses for Messrs
Sn.ders. The horses are intended to
be used IN driving cattle 10 Kansas this
spring.
GTdgsar to,fwty. IL ourisr John p
Griffin was arrested in Sherman and
locked up in Jail He was agent for
the Texas and Pacific express company
NJ Paris month ago, and had charge
OF the Sl0.O which he said wa. snatch
ed rom his hand but which many have
ever since believed he WAS concerned in
stealing, His brother who was also
suspected was expected to he arrested
ia Paris at the same time that John was
here - Monday night man
named Jefferson Lewis was knocked
down while near the depot and robbed
OF $1,000 and gold watch and chain.
losssg County Leader: An election
was held last Tuesday to determine
whether or not Graham should be an
incorporated toxin. the Only means by
winch the restriction could be raised
from the deeds, which resulted in the
corporationists being beaten But the
anticorpoFationists being the stronger.
success was theirs. by a majority of fifty
votes. Corn planting time is at hand
We heard farmer say that he had
fifty acres of ground prepared. and
would commence next Monday - The
Graham high school is in a must -four
lshing condition.
torgs3 toscify. Farmers ar.
getting ready to plant, and are making
an effort TO retrieve the misfortune of |
the past.-Coru is selling at twenty,
FIVE to thirty cents per bushel. The
wheat crop is looking we'll, and SO far
bids fair to yield standardization
Is worth from three and one-half to
four cents per pound-Died. on We'd
nesday at his residence near Gainesville.
William Lloyd, an old and respected
citizen, of the state and county The
funeral took place on Thursday. A
plain. honest, old,fashioned. upright
farmer, his death will be regretted by !
many.
icLeauaH County The
numhero OF buildings now being erected in
all parts of Waco is surprisingly large
Constable John Williams aud posse
OF three men started in the direction OF |
tie frontier on Tuesday last in search of /
the boy James McMah on, of whose sud.
den disappearance mention WIS made /
III the Examiner oflast W ednesday.-
The county criminal court WAS IN ses>
sion, Judge Gerald presiding. Police
officer j, Il. Freeman was tried for all
legged false imprisonment, in arresting
and holding few moments in custody |
a man named J, " Jackson. whom he
had suspected of carrying concealed
weapons. The Jury assessed the officer
punishment at so fine
Ifagts Coleaty.--tiazetie s. II Russ
sci mas been confirmed by the senate
as United States marshal for this dis
trlct.--U pom the noon train for Gal
weston Sunday William L. [irissom was
carried prisoner To Galveston, and left
ia the jaI. OF that place the object be-
ing salt keeping MIR. BiecKeP tied |
his horse IN front OF the store known as
the red brick, on the Avenue street
AMI sas only gone half an hour which |
proved time enough for horse thief TO
gallop him oif-There has been twenty
thousand bales of cotton of the last crop
shipped from Austin to this date. which |
exceeds former sbipments.---Genera |
Ord passed through this place en- route
TO headquarters at San Antonio
3rseis Ca'etp. - Gazette Deputy
Grooms Lee Is on his way to Austin
from Johnston county, in charge of the
horse thieves, and horses recently stolen
from this city, Deputy Lee is attended
by strong guard OF rangers to prevent
an expected attempt at rescue. -
Nearly all the horses stolen during the
last month in this city have been re-
Coz cred and the thieves caught. Inter-
est.ng developments may be expected
soon. Persons living in this city, hith.
erto in good standing, are implicated |
oh Saturday Deputy Sheriff Kirk
arrested two variety performers. named
Robert and May Gaylor, a man and a
woman, charged with committing a rob>
berry in bloomington, Illinois. to which
place they started in charge of an officer
sent on the track IA negro man en-
tered a store ON Pecan street FRIDAY and
selected goods to the amount of eighty
dollars worth After the merchant
tied up the bundle, the negro seized it
and rushed OFT without so much as say
ing good by.
Befar Copnrg-Herald A Mexican
woman who was charged with passing
spurious gold coin in the Post Oak dis
triot, was brought to the jail. but
was subsequently released. She states
al. ha, ha.l -
took part of the amount due her in all
yer. She is evidently the dupe OF coun-
terteiters There. Els nov in the freight
depot in this city one hundred thousand l.
pounds of freight, billed for j. Trenden.
thai. of Las Cruces, New Mexico. 1t is
to De forwarded to its destination by
Messrs. Berg and Brother, of this city
The name OF the supposed murderer
of Peter Maddux, the cid man whose
skull was beaten in with an axe and his
body thrown into the San Antonio
river, is Hack Haineline, and his father
Jesse Haineline, resides in Blandenyille,
McDonongh county. Illinois. --Aff fairs
at military headquarters partook of the I.
annual quiet prevailed, aud nothing of
interest could be gathered there in the
way OF local news. Every thing is quiet
along tbs frontier, and a telegram vas
received from General Ord stating that
he EFF Corpus Christi, for Galveston en-
route to this point, |,
a man in Chester county, Pennsyl-
vania, safely drove two-horse team
over railroad bridge sixty feet high.
The driver thought he WAS on q wagon
road. Five minutes after his perilnas
adventure railroad train came dash. !
ing along the track.