The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-06
PALESTINE r.


PnLtSr,SH, June :, 1880.
In the District court to-day the jury in the
case OF Wolverton vs. the State, failing Ia
agree, were discharged. The case of the
State vs.. G. 9. Rogers, having been set for to.
day, was passed for the reason that Hon.
Thom,s b Greenwood who is acting MS
special Ju ige, being Of counsel for the de-
tendant, was inc mpetent 10 try the case.
@. Q. Rogers is City Marshal of this town,
and too much cannot be said of the brave
and impartial manner in which he has dis
charged the duties of his office The history
of the murder for which he is to be tried is
too long to attempt to chronicle. Suffice t.,
say that it WAS the outgrowth IF the bold and
fearless stand he took in ferreting out the
murderers of DIR. Ora son and wife, who
were most foully murdered at their home ir
this county in the spring Of 1873. II was
first to apprehend and arrest Roland and Reu-
ben Rucker, charging them Ms the murdsters
of Grsyson and wife, the former of whom
has been tried and convicted for the Grayson
murder and the death penalty assessed against
him, and the Court Of Appeals, in affirming
his case pronounced his guilt in the strongest
terms. The latter has lately been tried for
his punishment five years confinement in the
penitentiary. glastonbury, the man whom
Rogers killed, was indicted sl4o for tho muir.
der Of Grayson, and because Rogers WAS the
prosecuting witness in the Gaze. no often times
threatened his life, which being communi-
Gated to him, they met engaged in ~ light,
which resulted in glastonbury losing his life.
This case is exciting n good deal of attention
and the people generally believe he ncted in
self.defense in killing glastonbury. Our
District Judge, PGyton +. Edwards, was
called to the bedside Of bis mother
who is lying very i'll with consump-
ton ut her hons in Nacadoches.---
We have heard it rumored that there will
be an effort made to pass bill through
the next legislature changing the boundary
lines of this Congressional district rs we
have some material that would make good
Congressman now spelling and no hope
to be made Congressmen MS long AS Judge
Reagan asplres to the position. -
Our county nbounds with rich minerals and
iron ores in abundance; lit fact ii affords ia
elites for manufacturing purposes above
any other portion of the State.-Our ppo,
pie regard the ERALD rs the newspaper of
the st te. 1t has circulation he g of some
one hundred subscribers and only introduced
three months ago. We bespeak frr it large
patronage which it Justly m rits and the
people of Dallas should, indeed, be proud
they can afford such an able paper -
In the District court to-day Judge Green,
wood passed sentence on the following Grim
inas, convicted during the present term of
the court: George Brooks, assault with in
tent to murter; two years in the penitrn.
tiary. Jim Williams, theft; three years in
the penitentiary. The District Attorney being
sick Judge Greenwood appointed &. W
Middleton, esq, to act AS District Attorney
until Colonel Plckens recovered from his ill.,
ness.-Our new jail is complete, and GER
tainly is one of the neatost buildings of the
character in the State This inil cost our
county about $4,000, and tits surely an en-
terprise of which our citizens feel proud. 1t
is constructed with II town clock in its TOW err,
and in fact is n master piece Of work, "A
delegation of citizens composed prin ipally
OF merchants from Jacksonville, WAS in the
city yesterday to interview Col. Hoxie relative
TO the probable route of the alias Il Trunk
Line rosd. We understand from one of this
delegation that Colonel HOxie gave them the
assurance that the International IL Great
Northern railroad will do nothing to induce
the Trunk Line road TO change its line from
jacksonville so tie Jacksonvilleites re.
turned home with heart full of Joy, DIRE IN,
ing of the day when their little town would
be greeted with the iron horse of the Dallas
Trunk road. We would suggest, however to
our jacksonville friends to "look leedIe
out as tn re is something in the breeze at
Palestine they did not discover. w under
stand the International & Great Northern
railroad company propose to build tap
railroad from here to Rusk. in Cherokee
county. This company is certainly one of
the most enterprisingin the State. and if they
determine to build short line to Rusk, they
will have the road operating in time TO carry
or the next cotton crop.---Crops are fine
Ihs corn and cotton crops arc said to be
more promising than for years.