The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-26
TEXAS TOPICS.

cord county, has resigned
Mr.. William Lyon died Of consumption
last week, In Callahan county.
J,R Brown, esq, County Judge of Gala
han county, died on the 10th inst
Mr. ], r. Woodward, u respected citizen of
BosQue county, died NJ his home u few days
ago
Mrs. McDora Daniels died ut the residence
Of her husband In Pulo Pinto county, last
week,
Mr.. u. y. Carpenter died ut Fort Griffin n
short iime since, NJ tho ago Of thlrIy'seyen
gears,
Tie artesian well they are boring in Brock
cnridgc has reached the depth OF -four hum
lrod feet,
4. Q. oltorG editor and proprietor of the
Marlin Ball, Is urged for the Legislature in
Falls county
Cattle mon say the late cold snap lilled
from fifteen to twenty per cent OF Tho cattle
IN Northwest Texas,
Many lambs and some old sheep were lost
Turing the lnts severe sleot and snow storm
afound Fort Griffin.
Tho Atascosa county convention, held on
Tuesday, declared in favor Of the abrogation
.af the two-thirds rule.
Mr.. w. +. Vealo, while cutting wood in
Palo Pinto county last week, nlade ms
Acl; and split his knee open.
Among the appearance cases on the docket
,sf tho District court Of Harris county Tor TINS
Germ are twelve divorce suits.
A colored military company was organ
rod in Houston on Tuesday night foriy-two
strong, according TO muster role.
The man, John Dunn, who shot and killed
James Bryant in Houston last Monday night,
was denied bail on his examing trial last
Tuesduy.
George Glass, a son of Mr.. j. T. Glass, of
.Apstn, fell from wagon last Sunday
breaking one Of his legs in two places below
the knee.
The Grand,ury of Washington county
has found twenty-seven indictments, two be-
ing for murder and twenty OF the remainder
FOR various felonies.
Mrs. Ann 5 Armistead died in Washing
ton county on the 22nd inst, at the age of
\seventy.slx years. She had resided in that
county since 1885.
General L. NJ. Lewis, President of Mar
yin college at Waxahachie, will deliver 1T
erary address to the students Of Waco uni
Versity on April 9th
The noted case of the State against Girls
som, for the murder Of DIR. Brown at aous-
ton, was affirmed Wednesday by, the Court
of Appeals. Grissom goes to the penltenu'
airy for life
A Young man named Caldwell, who was
raised oy Mr.. Van Epps, of Clay county, re-
Maid his benefactor's kindness few nights
ago by stealing pair Of mules from him and
.accamping Gor parts unknown.
A man known as Brooks was arrested
Tuesday at Waco on capias from Young
county charging him with the murder OF
snan named Smith. II seems that his real
name is RAYMOND and under the alias of
Brooks he has been in the saloon business IN
Waco.
Louis Regini, young man convicted of
, the seduction of Miss Mary Maitre IN the
criminal court at Galveston, was married to
that Young lady in open court by Judge Gus
lave Cook, on Tuesday last. The court then
granted him new trial and he saved himself
from the pententiary.
The contracts for extending the Texas "
St. Louis railroad from Mount Pleasant to
TYLER are 10 DO let in few days, and the en-
gineer corps begin work running lines from
TYLER towards Waco. The road is to DO
completed to Tyler distance OF lay miles,
hy the 18th of May. Governor Hubbard is
the active spirit in this enterprise in Texas.
The steamboat Lizzse, with cargo of 1886
bales of cotton, brought out of the Sabine
river left Orange Tuesday evening for Gal
weston. She went through Sabine lake to
Sabine Pass 10 the gulf and along the coast
10 the Island City. In pleasant weather It
is safe and pleasant trip, but if the gulf
should get rough river steamboat like tho
Lizzie would have hard time OF it.
Mr.. Max Stellbaner, clerk in grocery
store in Bremond, was forced to XIII Bill
Moore, behgerent negro, in seltde1ense
Monday night. The negro, Moore, was IN
the store where Stebaner was clerking, and
being under The influence of liquor, was very
noisy. Stellbaner asked him to keep quiet.
This excited his ire and he not only became
very abusive, but made an effort to strike
,Stellbuner with n weight. Stellbaner got a
pistol for his protection and Moore left, say
ing he would get pistoltoo. Going on tn
street he made several attempts TO
borrow pistol, ard threatening
TO Law in wait for Stellbaner MS he went home
Hearing this Stellbaner went to look for an
office to put Moore in custody, and, meeting
HIM upon the street, Moore made an attack
upon him and he shot him dead. He was
released on $3.50 bail, and has the sympathy
of the citizens of Bremond, who hold him
Justfable and rejoice at their radiance from
Moore, who was bad negro. Moore's wife
said she was glad he was dead, as he led her
A miserable life,