The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-09
THE STATE OVER.

C2av ConhL-The commissioners at
their last meeting redislricted the
county into justices and election pre-
cncts. The farmers on Red river, in
the valley, have n surplus of both corn
and onts on hand. The dog tax OF
this county amounts to thirtyiour dol~
lars, but owing to the roll coming in
late was dropped by virtue ofcarelessness
on the part OF state officials, - We
are informed by some of our townsmen
who have Just returned from n trip to
the Big Wichita valley that the pros
spects for wheat crops are very fine.
Trails County Statesman A color
ed man named Story was arrested,
charged with stealing new and unfn
isbed coat from Mr.. Cohen, on Pecan
street. near Austin are
taking precautions against injury to
growing vegetables by frost by having
straw convenient to cover them up with
when u biting frost is threatened -
Long John, the colored man arrested on
acharge ofrobbing by Policen an Chene
vile, was required, on his examination,
to give five hundred dollars bond, and
not being able to do so, he was sent to
Jail.
lIcLennan Co,mty. Telephone Mr..
A. p. Nichols, constable of precinct No.
3. arrived in the city, bringing with
him one Jim Curry, who stands charged
with the theft Of mule.--Constable
Nichols, informs us that the white WOO
man, Mary Steele charged with murN
dering her new born infant is recovering
very slowly .-----One year from now, uno
less some unusual visitation of pros
violence should occur, McLennan coun'
ty will be out of debt, her scrip will be
at par. "A case of mistaken identity,
where McLennan county farmer and a
minister of the gospel mistool1 each
other for highwaymen and desperate
characters, and caused arrest to be made,
will figure H. the courts shortly.
Harris CotmH-Age About half
past two o'clock Tuesday morning, q
fire occurred in the fourth ward, near
Glenwood cemetery, which destroyed
m unoccupied frame structure belong,
inr 10 a German lady by the name Of
Kounkowski.- Harrington, a lab
orer on section II of the Houston and
Texas Central railroad, was run over by
n freight train at Pine Oak creek crush
ing his left leg about the ankle Drs.
Morrison and Mattlin performed an
amputation, but the man died Tuesday
morning at about eleven o'clock, -
A French lady by the name OF Mrs
Michou attempted suicide by cutting
her throat with razor. She was pre-
vented from killing herself by her hus'
band and two deputy sherltfs, who con-
yeyed her to the nearest medical doc.
tor. Two gashes were cut, but it is
thought nothing serious will result from
them. Insanity is the supposed cause
of the attempt.
Tarram C0untv. - Democrat; The
shipment of three hundred thousand
hides to northern and eastern markets
within the past year, from this point
alone. will, we think, induce the belief
that tanneries and boot and shoe factors
les, can be made very renumerative
here. "A party OF five masked men
rode up to the house OF one Parson Eos
ter, living about one mile north OF AL
varado, on last Friday night, and throw
inG down six>shooters on the gentleman,
demanded all the filthy lucre he had
about the premises, The parson, under
the circumstances, did as any one else
would do, and 'anted up" the sum
amounting to about three hundred dol
lars Standard Last Thursday af'
ternoon our readers will remember
negro coolly unbitched horse from
wagon in the public square, took the
harness from the horse and placed it IN
the wagon body, and placing himself
astride of the steed, made hasty exit
from the town. Mr. 7. H. Cannon, to
whom the horse belonged, made i'm
mediate efforts to recover the animal
and we can say that he has recovered
hiS nronor,,, and nant,red tho thief