The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-30
TEXAS TOPICS.

and the officers have moved into it.
Mrs. Mary L. Scott, aged ninety years, di,
in Montague county on the Goth inst.
Hon. A. j. Ball, assistant attorney genera
has retired from the race for attorney ger
eral.
Barnes Parker has been sent to the men
tertiary for six years at Austin for land 70,
geries.
Wyatt T. Morgan and Mrs. Mary G Kin
drick were married in Montague county O.
the Oath inst.
St. Johns day was celebrated with appro
pirate ceremonies and speeches at Graham
on Thursday last.
Cleburne has population of 1000. Wher
the railroad from Dallas is completed therc
it will soon double that,
Governor Roberts and Hon. W. w. Lane
will jointly discuss politics at FairvieW
springs, Falls county, on the Sth proximo.
E. 5. Walton, sewing. machine man,
pleaded guilty 10 forgery Mt Austin on
Friday, and was given two years in the peni-
tertiary.
There is a nine-year.old boy at Texsrkana
who weighs one hundred and thirty hounds
and measures thirty-nine inches around the
chest.
Austin on Friday last had l0,990 popula-
ton and committee, self-apponted, look
ing diligently for one other man to make it
even 1000.
In Wood county there are 667 white
male, $50 white female, 167 colored male and
III colored female children within the
scholastic age.
Mr. W. r. Cravens, one of the Oldest and
most respected citizens of that section, died
at Pilot Point on the 10th inst, at the age
OF eighty-one years.
The floor of the Antioch church in John
son county gave way one night last week
durlngt divine services, causing a stampede, |
but no one was hurt.
The cotton crop of Franklin county is be.
ing badly damaged by something like the
rust. 1t appears in spots on the leaves and
they dry up and fall off.
Il, j. Davis intends shortly to issue a call
for Republican convention to nominate can
dates for state officers. Pluck is good thing,
though it some times makes fellow look
ridiculous.
The Sherman district conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church South will
convene at Pilot Point, Denton county, on
Thursday next July LIST, and continue in
session four days.
4 little fifteen months old child ofMrG.W. ,
Rogers, Of johnson county, fell into Il twenty 8
DOT well one day last week, but wgs immed-
tely rescued by It's father and strange to :
ay, was not injured in the least
Bolton has subscribed $4,000 and prom 4
'ed the right of way and twenty-sx acres of
round for depot purposes, to secure the
iult, Colorado d Santa Fe railroad to that '
lace by March LIST, 1881.
The prisoners in the Bastrop county Jail "
roke out Friday morning, nine in number,
t whom six were Tecaptured. Some dogs, :
ept at the i4il, trained to track fugitives,
ere turned loose after the flying birds and :,
ne of them severely bit Mr.. Robert Gill, e.
ne of the pursuing posse. 6
A quarrel took place at Mount Pisgah I
hurch, in Wood county, few nights ago, .,
etween members of the Mansel and Parish o.
antilles, over an old feud and fight ensued Y
which "Boss" Parish WAS shot and killed =,
Y James II. Mansel. Mansel is about 7.
years of age, is five feet eight Y
ches high, weights about one hundred and
venty.lve pounds, and has dark moustache f
I'd goatee. lie at last accounts was still at :
rye.
The Pittsburg Magnet says: "One w. BY
Hall, claiming TO be from Atlanta, Ga, II
Is been doing this section. lie first stopped Y
Mr.. y. Dukes, but afterwards worked for
r. T. &. Moss. He started from Mr.. Moss ~
10 morning, saying that he was going to \
I'VE some shirts made he did not return. y
n examination Mr. Moss discovered that lie --
ID stolen from young gentleman living
th him, Mr. W. T. Jones, $50 % and a L
W articles of clothing. Description - l.
out % years old, 6 feet high and slender Y
scar under one jaw" w
A young man named Williams was sent to +
0 penitentiary last week at Gle =.
rne for FIVE years for killing r,
m named Joe Robinson. 1t seems Will 4
ms mad wooed and won young lady in he
at county, Snd going home with her one CHI
ndav night from church he found that one Il
his stirrup feathers had been cut while II
" were at chur b. When he arrived at X
me with the young lady and showed her Str
o the house he left to return to his home Jei
found bis other stirrup leather cut, it -
,aking and giving him a fall when he
Mt to mount his animal. He suspected
O men named Fowler and Joe Robinson of h
act. and meeting Robinson next day he no
ed him what he had against him. He re- II
ed, .'enough." when he turned to leave L
binson. Robinson then attacked him, and otl
ng e larger man than ne was, he shot gan
n. This is his story, and as there is no w
,trsdiction of it, and he made no effort to H
ape nor denial OF the killing, It's reason Est
.ble to suppose he spoke the truth. DIRE
According to the San Antonio Express an X
oortant discovery has been made by a citi- an
of county southeast of that place. 1t gui
s.: "A citizen of a county to the southeast, me
which there is not single stream OF run
Q water has made discovery. Travel
along the dry bed of creek.one day, he q
nd a small opening. Dismounting, he -
ked into it, and while his eyes were fin.
,med by the darkness upon his ears fell % %o,
sound as of rushing waters. He dug chs chs
Az the sand, and found that the opening sA
a cave had been discovered, which WIDEN ~
the deeper down he went. Soon he sue i r,
ded in making the opening sufficiently
90 to admit his body, and he ventured ill., II
Ter proceeding few feet his curiosity to $50
ertain the cause of the distant roaring BE-
ne satisfied, for he could distinctly hear
water dash over rocks and rush on TO-
ID some unknown destinstion-most PROB. lie
Y the Gulf of Mexico. But he proceeded int
farther, and when but little over twenty or !