The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-11
TEXAS TOPICS.

Wolves are killing the sheep in Erath
county.
One and two-year-od beeve; are selling in
Erath county at from S. 30 to SO each
Cotton planting was still going on in some
portions of. Montague county last week.
Fine rains in Montague county have glad
dened the heart Of farmers aud stock-men AS
well.
Sixty odd persons in one party passed
through Montague from Gainesville last
week, en- route to the mines Of New Mexico.
A union Sabbath-school on Farmers creek,
in Montague county, just established, is
largely attended and gives general satsiac-
tion.
Good rains in Erath county have given the
wheat, corn, etc, Il boom and AgricolaS is
smiling sweetly on all his friends and count
ing over his profits in prospective.
Giles Macley, former citizen of Mon
tague county, and who was decidedly well
known in that county, has Just been sent to
the penitentiary for life for murder in Llano
county
The citizens of Grandbury have already
raised $4,000 for o $1,000 school building,
and the other $1,000 will be easily forth
coming. Nothing like educating the young
Governor or no Governor.
J5e Campbell, against whom there are
five indictments for cattle and rse stealing
in Milan county was taken from the Mon
tague county jail last week by Deputy
Sheriff f. G. Simms and taken down to Mi
lam for trial.
The two-legged donkeys having very
largely emigrated to Leadville an enterpri;-
ing Spectator is in the northwestern counties
buying up all the four legged animals of that
breed TO Ship to Le0dvlllo where they bring
big prices for pack animals.
A mad OK in Montague county attacked
Mr.. Ega, who was riding near him, few days
ago, and gored his horse to death and then
attacked the gentleman, who saved himself
by climbing tree. Neighbors gathered
afterwards and slew the rabid animal.
What is supposed to be fine specimen of
coal has just been taken from a well being
dug six miles from the town of Montague.
The vein was struck seyeRty feet below the
earths surface, and if it proves to be genuine
coal and not Ignite it will in the end prove
a bonanza.
A correspondent in the Montague North
west writing from St 10 execrutes the Gov
ernor numerically for committing the SEN
fences of Krebs and Preston from death to
life service in the penitentiarv, and says III
would be ms difficult to coavince the people
of these two counties that krebs and Preston
did not murder the England family rs to con-
vince them that money was not freely used IN
in obtaining the communication OF
the punishment Of those bloody
Williams" Such talk is wrong and
must be set down to the effect of passion
rather than reason and mature judgment
Whatever may be said against Governor
Il ,berts' administration of the affairs OF the
State, which is deplorabe, no one who knows
the man will believe for an instant that he
would be influenced by any motive whatso-
ever save his own conclusions and judgment
honestly and couscentiously arrived at. His
mind, like the minds of thousands Of other
peoples. was swayed by strong doubt OF
the guilt of Preston and Kribs, hence he did
what he did that time might have choice TO
do its work.
A correspondent of the Stephenyille EN-
bire, Erath county, writing from Dublin IN
that county, gives the following item OF
railroad news: "Work on the Central Is
progressing on Cottonwood. The rIlght-ot-
way troubles hsvenot been settled, although
the grade contractors are on the ground.
The engineer corps have been called IN
from their work west of Dublin. IL seems
that the company intends to reach this point
in time for the fall trade, but are not de-
cided as to where they will go. The gen
eral cry against the Central Is that it Kills
all the little towns along the line, but we
feel confident that Dublin will be an e1-
ception to this rule. 1t is situated on the
main thoroughfare and on the stage line to
Fort Worth and to Waco--almost equal to a
railroad itself: it feeds all the towns along its
line, and when the Central reaches here the
vast trade to the Texas & Pacific will be cut
off. Again, Dublin is situsted in one OF the
best portions of Texas. When the road IS
completed this far, it will beginto realize the
benefits of the extension. This can be done,
SO the contractors say, in two months, I've
mean the grsding), if the right-ofiway ls OBJ
tanned at once"