The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-10

county make as much as four dollars per LAY
picking cotton.
The coming state capital fair to be held nj
Austin, offers three thousand dollars worth
of premiums this year.
Governor Roberts is making strenuous
efforts 10 get assistance from the Peabody
fund for the public schools.
Clayton Z. Ward esq. was elected CITY
attorney, and j. Ii, Htmorn, city marshal At
Tyler on Wednesday last
The steamship Haytean cleared from tho
outer roadstead of Galveston, on Wednes 'ay
for Liverpool, with 5,7lS bales Of cotton on
board.
The effects Of the late Telegram news
paper company at Houston are TO be sold on
tue 18th inst, TO satisfy n IumbOf of judg.
ments obtained agsins: it.
A young man named J. A. Miihcan had
his hand bsdly crushed ou construction
train on the Central railroad few days ago,
and was taken to WAGE for medical treat
ment.
The Order of Heptasophs in Houston have
been entertaining their brethren from Orange
fNIN va WV, Nlu NlltIt lhc Dttu u
feast OF viands and Of the flowing bowl, as
well as of reason and of tho soul.
The people Of Morris county are in the
throes OF discussion of the question of
moving the county site Itls now at Dan
gerheld, and must remain there until two
thirds ofthe voters Of the county change it at
an election to be held.
Galveston seems - be daft over tha prob.
able fact that there has been oae case OF vel
low fever in New Otlcaus The board of
health met Wednesday and no loss thaq five
kilograms were discussed in connection with
the reported case ut Key West,
Gusdaloupe county will make this yesr all
Inc cotton that can be gathered, though the
crop would have been larger than s, tire
times, but Tor the worms. Seguin, the coun-
ty site, has already received 1880 bales
against 900 to the same date last year.
Ben Williams and Ben johnson, both
colored, had fight in Waco about woman
Wednesday, and johnson knocked Williams
down with the butt end Of whip, and then
jumping on him, bit great chunks of flesh out
OF his face and neck, woundit him very So
verely.
The Cleburne Bulletin says that the right
of-way agent for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa
Fe railroad is meeting with many difficulties
and .dlscouragaments in securing the right
of'way for that road through johnson coun.
ty, the owners OF the land proposed to be-
crossed asking good round pay Tor it.
The steam cotton gin of Mr.. James l..
Moore, near Waco, came near burning up on
Wednesday. One of the gin stands suddenly
blazed up into a flame and in an instant the
gin room, lint room and the loose lint on
tho walls were aiire. But for the presence of
mind of the fireman, whom moment turned
u lull head OF steam into tho burning interior,
the whole fabric and contents would have
burned up.
Colonel james X. Dixon, West Pointer.
who attained the rank of Northumberland
IN the confederate army, died at PEORIA Hill
county, on the night of the 4th inst, of tv-
phoit fever Colonel Dixon had devoted his
time and taents TO teachi g since the close Of
the war, and at the time Of his death was the
principal Of the large and tlourishing insti.
tute Of learning at Hlsborc He was DURING
| the war chef,of staff for Ma or- General Pat
CIeburne, and was elected by the sixteenth
Legislature one of the directors of the state
agricultural and mechanical college.
The labor strike at Houston continues,
The strikers are all negro 3, and whilo they
seem to be very vindict.vo against that CAPT
tai which has given them work that they
might earn their liyiag- they are still peace
fu IN their conduct. Both sides are deter
miocd, and the possibility is that the strikers
will me to grief There is no doubt but
that they will lose 10y 1t in the end. The
employers may be forced to yield Temporal
rily, but they will make arrangements at
their leisure t. supply the pho of these
strikers, aud a, last 03 thsy 10 80 turn the
| strikers adrit to get work where they can.
The case against James Beardal, rather a
remarkable one, for murder, was continued
until the next term. Several years before
the war Beardall Was chSrgei with murder in
oan Antonio, was tried, convicted, with tho
death penalty, and sentenced; but haio,s the
day fixed for his execution he broke iAil aud
made good his escape into Mexico. whero he
relnsined in safety, and, the evidence is. a
sober Industrious, lawabi1iug citizru Of that
republic, leading a life that won the respect
aud esteem OF every one and that was full of
charitable DECIDE Thinking the matter had
clown over in tue twenty odd years he had
| been abs mt, he vunWred back to San An
tonic II year or two ago, aud was at once
recognized By some of tho old citizens and
! iNled. llis cgso he' bran in tbr courts over
| ,iups and he in tail ,yithnu. too,ft ,F hail