The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-03-30
THE STATE OVER,


back meeting met in Marlin yesterday
the 25d,--H Jack Frost viii keel
away this will be fine fruit year
Corn planting is pretty nearly through
with. Cotton seed will go into tn.
ground soon.
Erath County Empire: stephens
vile Is constantly improving IN tbs
way of neat residences -Grass ii
growing finely, while vegetation is very
forward. An immigrant train from
Titus county passed through town Mon
day on the way 10 Palo Pinto county.
Bsrer Colo,ty.-Eapress The delin-
quent tax>list for Bexar county the
present year will embrace upwards 0.
two thousand names.-Fen cars for
the San Antonio street railway have ar
rived At Housten.--The Mexican In-
diane. for several successive moons. have
neglected to make their usual raid.
1favis Ce1ass.--6azette Collector
johnson paid So 900 into the county
treasury, and 81, 0u0to the state.-Smsll
pox viii be here as certain as the sun
rises. The citizens should vaccinate
deputy Theo. Sublett arrived with
another horse thief, captured in this
county.-The county of Travis has no
county scrip out but has l.rge fund
IN the treasury to meet every demand
made upon her.
anderson Couaty.-New Era: The
present prospect for good crops is fine.
The ice factory is turning out ice OF
an excellent quality The county
court for civil business is now ia session.
Several new buildings have been
started up during the present week
Corn planting is now over, and the
farmers are beginning TO plant cotton.
- Several of the farmers living near
the city have planted large crops of
IRISH potatoes.
Gay County Journal The Journal
completed its first volume last week.
Our farmer friends speak glowingly
of the crop prospects for the coming
season.--Wheat is looking fine, all
over the eoanty-There is quite q
demand for business houses and dwell.
ings, just now-There will be a pub
lie meeting at Oak ball on Monday
night next. to complete the arrange
ments for the building of house for
court purposes.
Denton Conaty,-The Sunday schools
OF Denton are speaking of having a
May-da celebration or fishing excur
sion.--A heavy police force guarded
the city. during the late term of the
district court on account of the intro
duction of the Montague murder cases.
The festive Sam Bass. charged with
train robbery, secuted through the city
last Wednesday night. firing his pistol
az he went She Sabine Pass and
Northwestern railroad ia being graded
at Farmersville, Collin county This
road is to run through Mckinney to
Denton.
Li@estoae Coa,ay.-Ledger: A few
have commenced planting cotton. -
The court has ordered the road hands TO
build a bridge across the Navasota. and
they have begun To work at it-Ths
long nosed, razor backed hog is being
discarded by our weli~to-do farmers.
and the best improved breeds introduc,
ed in their stead The majority of
planters are through planting corn a
good deal is up and looking very we'll
though good deal that was planted
late in many places will hardly come
up until it rains.
Cass Couap- Express Many of our
farmers begin to realize that they COM
niitted an error in the past-too much
cotton--and will plant n larger acreage
of small grain this season than usual
Farmers are behind time in the
cultivation of their land this season.
but If the present beautiful weather
time they have lost.-The Texas and
Pacific railroad no longer has night
telegraph operators here. We under.
stand that they have been temporarily
Withdrawn from all stations on this
portion of the road.
Williamson Colsnty.--Headlight: The
election last week resulted in small
majority for the law-seyenteen votes
- Marshal Hall, on Saturday, arrested
. man named t. c. gladden., riding a
fin9 horse, on information received
from the sheriff of Guadalupe county.
-Tuesday night Mr.. Simon saloon
was entered by unknown persons dur.
ing the absence of the proprietor or any
clerk, and about three hundred dollars
worth of cigars and liquors removed.
The small grain crop this year will
be somewhat larger than that of last
year, but there is still disposition uron
the part of many farmers to bank high
on corn and cotton
Graysoa Conay.--News The report
that smallpox had made its appearance
in our city is without foundation,
The new time table on the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas. and Houston and
Texas Central railroads will take effect
next Sunday. The Missouri, Kansas
and Texas will run two new passenger
trains after that date-The northern
freight train brought to this city Satur>
day night three car loads of ice, three
of ST Louis beer. six OF bacon, one of
potatoes, five of assorted merchandise
and ore of Durham calves Tues
day night about forty head of cattle and
two ponies were stolen from parties liv.
ing in Lamar county Immediately
pursuit was given and the robbers over,
taken near Brookston. A fight ensued
and soon two of the thieves surrendered;
one, however, managed TO make his es.
cape.