The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-22
TEXAS TOPICS.

The genuine pDtton worm has appeared in
me pantati0t1 in Brazos county, around
Bryan.
San Antonio is moving in the matter of
holding a county fair 10 the fall at San Pedro
springs park.
Governor Hubbard, although quite I'M
we'll, left Tyler for the Cincinnati convention
Saturday night.
Blown wood has an artesian well 1900 feet
deep and water has not been reached yet.
They are still after it.
The grading of the international railroad
between San Antonio and New Braunfels,
will begin on July lst.
General Canada. of the Mexican army and
commanding at Piedras Negras, on the Rio
Grande will visit San Antonio shortly.
A cyclone passed in three miles of Seguin
Saturday, breaking to pieces an ambulance
and severely hurting Mr.. Thayer and three
freedmen.
Colonel Jared Il. Kirby, who ! illed John
Steele at Hampstead, about year sgo and
was since acquitted, died of typhoid fever in
Colorado Friday last.
Elder Columbus W. Pelt, of Ellis county,
died Ut Sour Lake station on the Texas Il
New Orleans railroad, while on route to Sour
Lake, of chronic dysentery, on Friday
last.
A man named Thomas, a school teacher at
Queen City, had fight with man named
Richards, who was drunk, on Saturday and
cut Richards very seriously in the face and
neck.
Nc. G. Anderson esq, a son Of the late
K. L. Anderson, vice. president of the Repub-
lie of Texas, delivered the emancipation ora
ton to. the negroes at San Antonio on the
10Th.
There will lbe grand barbecue at Will
n isms' rancho next Thursday. Politics is run
ming high in that section With Sayers in the
lead for governor and Seth Shepherd for
congress.
Major Penn arrived at Luling Saturday
h for the purpose of commencing revival
meeting, but was too unwell to commence.
Rev. Mr.. Howard, of Galveston, insueurated
proceedings for him.
Senator 5. B. Msxey arrived at his home,
Paris, Saturday morning and was met and
welcomed at the depot by the whole popula'
ton. County attorney Hodge delivered an
address of welcome.
A man named G. N. Henry, arrested in
Wise county last week for bigamy, was ideu-
tilted sfterward as the murderer of Mr..
Stratton, of Pilot Point, Denton county, in
the Boston mountains, Arkansas, fifteen
years ago.
A man named John A. Shepherd, travel
ing with his wife and three children and
man named Billiard, shot and killed Billiard
in camp near Courtney yesterday morning,
and then fled the country. They were from
Tyler county and were going to Washington
county.
The closing exercises of the Prairie View
coored Normal school, near Hampstead, on
Saturday, were very interesting indeed. The
pupils all showed advancement in their
books, but all will have to attend another
session before they will be accepted as teach
ers in the public schools.
The Greenbaclzers of Austin are making
ample preparations to entertain delegates to
the state convention, of that party, to be
held soon. As General Caro- will not per-
nit the use Of his name for governor, Secre-
tary Holman and General Hannah are both
spoken of in connection with that office.
While bathing Saturday afternoon in the
Brszos river, Just below Waco, MIR. Oscar
FOrsgard was seized with cramps and when
rescued by his companions was insensble.
He had plunged Reinforcement into the water,
which was only about four feet deep, and II
was feared he injured himself, as he remained
insensible up to latest account, though re-
suscitsted from drowning.
Jordan Moore, a freedman living near
Mills store, in Marion county, returned to
his home from temporary absence a few
days ago, and caught his wife and u colored
preacher, named Ben Benjamin in hagrante
delctu. He got shotgun, and pursuing
Benjamin who ran, he caught up with him
and shot him dead. He notified the authorl-
ties that he was sdy to surrender whenever
they came for him. All the parties stood
well as respectable, industrious negroes.
Pat Long, crazy negro at San Antonio,
mounted an engine hitched to passenger
train at San Antonio Saturday morning, the
engineer being off the locomotive, and, un-
coupling it, started the engine down the
road Luckily the engineer was near by
and succeeded in boarding the tender. ne
I and the fireman overpowered the crazy lnoke
and stopped the engine after it had run about
quarter of mile. The negro had form
erly been fireman on the road, and saio nc
wanted to 90 to Houston to see his wife,
The supreme court at Austin on Friday
decdedthe suit of +. Maddox vs.. Il. ; Z.
Robertson. The suit involved large body
Of land, on which is situated the town 81
i Salado, Bell county. The land WAS originally
located by Robertson in lS49, and patented
to him in 1856. In 1878 Maddox located foul
Gi0.acre International certificates on 1t
claiming that Robertson's title was VOID be-
cause the certificates he located were for
a seres, having been issued in 1910, when
q there was no boaid in existence authorized &c
N issue land certificates, and that the commls'
n sioner Of the lard office had no power e
4 Issue patents on them. The defense held
N that the state, having patented the land Mad
q dox could not 90 behind the patents 10 ASA
a his title on the ground Of Illegally or irreg T.
81 lrity in certificates located by him. Inc
II court decided he certificates to be legH
n claims, and that section . Of article ii, con
n sttution of 1876, applied to the case a Il
n prohibited Maddox from Locating on tl'
4 lMd. The decision one of vast import
N aoce, ard virtually settles disputes involving
u several hundred thousand acres OF land II
8 different parts of the state.
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