The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-04-13

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t;raysen GBrsfy. News: Crops are
loci 1g well--A party Of railroad
off cials, OF the New York Central. will
arrive here this evening on 4 special.
They will proceed from here to tiaives.
toll.----The Murphy movement has At
Las / reached this city The FIRST meets
ipg was held Sunday At the Methodist
Episcopal church, The meeting Was sd,
dressed BY Mr. John T. Brite. Mnr,,hv
apostle Of Missouri.
Hsf4eRnan Comfy. - Register The
late rain came just in the nick of time.
The next district court will open in
this city Msy lst--Buffalo meat, dried
has become quite a commodity 10 our
city ~ colored Clergyman, with the
best intention no dout t, has been in our
city TINS week. thinking to organize the
eolored people into greensback clubs
but the eolored peopl,. very sepsihly. re
fused TO organize themselves into such
clubs
Hsnf County - independent The
election on the prohibitory LIQUOR law,
last Saturday, passed off quietly, re-
sulting Ia the defeat of local option by
over three hundred majority The
town council has ordered an election to
he held on the 10Th Of .nis month. at
which time mayor, marshall and four
aldermen will he elected and a vote will
he taken on the hog iaw.--The crops
are looking unusually tihe and bounti-
| tul harvest is anticipated
T,rrast G.,tntp. County court adj
| ourped ---Mexican money is, At pres.
I H..
our merchants AT only ninety cents on
he doilar,-Distriet court adjourned
| on Saturday after a long and somew hat
| eventfui session. A great deal of busi>
ness was despatched. grand jury
| empanne'led AT the term of the district
| court which has iust adjourned, trans-
| acted an immense amount of business
They brought in eighty-one indici>
| menis.
Rsear stg-Express: The progress
made in the trial of the Dewitt county
| murderers Is satisfactory, ali the evil
| deDce ~ now in, aud the arrangements
| in order, and the counsel are avaihnp
! themselves OF their respective opportun
! tiles - Sunday wss indeed a puisy day
Tor San Antonio Swiss pic.nic, that ot
the Germans at Conception, the bull
tight, the springs and their throng 81
visitors, and last bat not least the col
ored baptlsing ia the san Antonio river
near the old mill bridge
Ga9k County Sun County court
met Oh Monday and adjourned the same
daY. The docket was very small, aud
not single case was ready for trial
The spelling bee increases ia popularity
one hundred people participated, the
spelling wa. spirited, aud as for pleas
ure-weil, everyone received the STARE
Some time between last SUNDAY
night and last Monday morning The
safe IN Squire Chrismans office wa.
opened and the sum OF II Ij 90 extracte d
thereifom How the party got the safe
open Is mystery.
Bdstrep County Advertiser Their.
are twenty~one prisoners confined il
the county jail oi Basirop The re.
cent ram improved the gardens here.
abouts, sud everything is growing finely
----- We learn the wheat IN the neigh
bofhood Is heading out finely and tb,
prospects are fair for a very heay,
yield.---Dfstrict court eonvenes il
Bastrop next Monday Corn, in an,
| quantity. can be bought in this count,
Tor iwentycents in the shuek or twenty
five cents shelled.
Limestone Ceuaty.--Mexia Ledger Apri
~ ON last Sunday night fine shower
OF rain tell, greatly assisting seeds t.
terminate and the young vegetation Il
push ahead. Farmers have been plant.
ing cotton briskly during the week; ship
ped from this place since the first of last
| September Ii .9oi bales One of the
the young lady students of Trinity uni,
| verslty, Miss Coleman, plaYiully snap.
ped pistol at one of her sehoolmates
a Miss Num-, when il exploded and a
bullet was sent into Miss Num- fore
head. which fortunately spent itself
| against the skull bone, after ranging ar
TO the top of the head
! sSmdk County Courier We learn
from Prof Weir that Mr. T ] Barron.
| daughter, twelve years old, killed a deer
| last week. The board of aldermen
| met on last Thursday and unanimeusl,
elected Captain Dodd temporary Mayor.
The postmaster at Quitman was
brought here last week charged with
/ preaking open Registered letter. Ait Aid
| placed in jail, bat was afterwards re-,
leased on bond of two thousand dollars.
The weather prophets who have
been loud IN saying there would be u
freeze aud general smash-up in the
vegetable kingdom on the 9Th of April
missed their reckoning considerably,
Washington Coaaty--Sentinel Irish
potatoes and peas are Just beginning to
come into market, and many families
have enjoyed splendid eating in eonse>
quence. All kinds oil garden vegetables
look promising indeed. 1.-The Sentinel
Is informed that the Methodist of Bren.
BAN and vicinity will soon commence
the erection of tine new church. Thi.
denomination is composed of a large
number of energetic and wealthy PEG
Pile, and they viii build church worthy
of the entcrprising city of Breuham. -
| The Brenbam literary club has become
one Of the institutions OF the city and
the members meet weekly and have q
rich literary feast. The society is com.
| posed of many of our leading citizens
who feel u pride in the success of the
society.
loang Gsaaty.---Leader Crops in
Young county now promise all that
could be desired. The late rains found
corn and potatoes clear of weeds. and in q
| trst>fate fix The wheat and oat crops
are all that could be wished, without
another drop of rain. That capital farm,
| Mr.. Taylor. who last year made thirtyA
six and one-balf bushels wheat to the
acre from sod land, regards the pross
peetIse yields of his crops this year to
be perieetion--answhe from forty five
to fifty bushels per acre That of
Messrs Wood, johnson and many
| others, viii doubtless make thirty to
forty-five bushels per acre, and of oats,
sixty 10 ninety bushels cur farmers
are demonstrating what We have con-
tideutly believed. that the elevation
latitude and productive capacity of the
soil, with the FEATURE sf exemption from
rust, pooves the upper Brazos river
country. the equal OF the best cereal
country upon the globe.
a Here Decd.
Mineola Flag few evenings since
as the south bound international and
Great Northern train was approaching
the railroad bridge at PUCK creek. q
lew miles ssnth OF this place Young
lady fourteen or fifteen years old was
discovered by the train men struggling
ia the water Quick AZ thought. Cap
tain Briggs the conductor. feaped from
the baggage car a Distance of more than
twelve feet To the b.lttans OF u tr esiie. AT
the risk OF his own life. plunged intothr
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