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peal was given. In the case Of
Marnoch, also convited Of MUIR
der similar proceedings were
had.
| = AT San Antonio a colored
woman named Mary Harris at
tempted to drown herself and
her infant by jumping into the
river. Two colored men fished
her out. Negroes rarely COM
NIT suicide.
A St.Louis dispatch says
Meyer. Goldsoll the co-conspil-
ator in the Broadway savings
bank failure turns up in Deni-
son where he has a store and a
good stock ofgoods. 1t is sup
posed he will be arrested.
= Apricots and peaches are
nearly ripe and the latter very
plentiful, at Waco. The E.ram-
fn1 speculates in the value of
the fruit crop, when the through
railroad to St. Louis shall have
been built.
= His royal nibs, the baron
George de Pardonnet, who was
arrested at Houston for obtain
ing money under false preten-
ces, has been discharged ard
had alderman Tracy arrested
the charge of threatening his
life.
= Fire company No. 3, of
San Antonio, is colored insti-
tuition, the city council resolved
them into hose company and
to this they object. claiming
they are duly organized and
chartered.
= On Monday morning one
hundred coIored troops arrived
at Houston from Jefferson bar
racks, St. Louis. They were
en- route to Fort Concho as a
part of the permanent garrison
at that point.
-Houstonhas Chinese labor.
Two Cinnamon had a row and
one was arrested and fined, not
having any wealth he was put
in the chain gang to work it out
and that's. how Houston has
Chinese labor.
= 1t is now even six months
since steamer has been inside
of Corpus Christi bay, on ac-
count of the closing of Arkansas
Pass. The people are beginning
to wake up. $4,000 has been
appropriated by congress ands
the city has orffered $4,000.
= A serious shooting scrape
occurred at Marshall between
Mr.. Wilkeson and John Angel.
The latter was MORALLY woun-
ded and the former slightly.
The difficulty grew out of Viii
keson's desire to marry Angels
sister; she was willing and anx-
ious; but Angel objected.
Julius Pabst and family
living in Tyler, a few days ago
they left 500 in money and 9TH
er valuables in the house and
went a fishing. When they re-
turned the 500 in money and
other -valuables were gone.
There is no report of what luck
the family had in the way of
catching fish,
The cases against five
men charged with the murder
of DIR. Grayson were called at
Palestine. On application of
the state the cases against two
of the men were continued; the
others as a. matter of course
made application for contin-
ance.
- Sol Jacobs. colored, who
lives beyond the San Marcos,
has eight acres of cotton which
now has bolls as large as Eng
fish walnuts. The cotton was
planted in February and will be |
picked before July. This re-
suit will have been brought |
about by early planting andcare-
ful cultivation.
= susanna Loughton, color
ed, appeared before a Hous-
ton justice and made complaint
that she had been seduced I'M
der promise of marriage by one
David Rhoades, colored. She |
proposed to take the law on
Dave, but he agreed to compro-
mise by marrying susanna, and
they married.
The Waco Examine, notes
the return of Messrs. Padget and
Hutchinson from the west; they
bring back with them specimens
of silver ore from the artesian
well at Brentwood. There is
no doubt of the existence ofthe
ore, and the people ofthat town /
are about to raise money enough
to sink a shaft 6 feet in dame
ter. The ore was found 40
feet below the surface; the vein
is two feet in thickness.
"A Waller county justice of
the peace writes to the Houston
Telegram that he has just visi-
ted San Felipe and found the far
mers greatly excited about the
cotton worms, and on some
places..worm..ent destroying
One man has plowed
up and planted over. Eight or
ten miles below San Felipe the