The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-04
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The wheat crop in Hill county Is reported
~ being very line'
y, II, james, an old citizen Of Harrison
county, died In Marshall q few days ago
District court convened al Crockett Mon
day, with Judge Peylon H. Edwards on tho
bench
Eugene Jay was cut In the arm Sunday
night In Galveston by Bob Owens, who was
arrested
On the 10th, ultlmo, In MeLennan county,
Mr., A, smith and Miss Mollio Arbuckle
were married.
Marsh Wal, the missing banker Of Crock
Ut was pursued rs far As san Antonio, where
the trail was lost
Monday night young man name ThomAs.
lOshee foil oil n gallery In Galveston and
broke one Of hli legs
Col, s. II. Darleh, comptroller,
sayshe will not, under any circumstance be
n candidate for reelection.
llr. II, II, Young, son Of Alpha Young,
Of Waco, died few days ago Al his rancho
IN Coleman county, Of pneumonia,
Five vessels cleared from Galveston Mon
day, laden with cotton, for Russia, three be-
Ing for Cronstndt and two for Reval,
The Harris county Republican convention
meets at Houston, pursuant to call TO
elect delegates TO the State convention ut
Austin.
Galveston had IAN election for aldermen
Monday, and M-ssrs MARROW, Merislne,
Barry, Plchard, P0arre and Wagner wore
the successful gentlemen.
A vote Ia 10 be taken shortly In Hill
county to decide whether or not lind IN
Kimball bond of tho BrOzos river shall DO
attached 10 johnson county,
District court convened at Bryan, Monday
Judge Spencer Ford, presiding Guy NJ,
BRYAN, IT,, granddaughter Of stephen +,
Austin, is foreman of the Grand jury.
Hon. w. w. Lang has beon invited by the
faculty of the Agricultural and Mechanical
college near Bryan, TO deliver the commence
ment address in June and no has accepted
A. NJ. Gentry, IT,, sergeant in tho llous-
ton Light Guards, was married to Mas
Nettie IIcnriclis, few days ago, and his
company gavo him reception which was n
most recherche and enjoyable affair
Mr. Paul Bremond, owner OF the East and
West Texas Narrow Guagc railroad, llous'
ton enterprise, has just purchased seven hun
drol tons of railroad iron, enough to Irish
the road to Livingston, in Polk county.
A negro, who refused to give any name,
was Jailed at Waco Monday, on charge of
attempting to outrage II woman named Mat
Tie Wells. While he was making the
ottempt the woman's son ran TO her rescue,
and swapping his pistol twice Mt the negro,
frightened him OF.
Six prisoners in the county Jail at Hous-
ton, headed by Odell a Liberty county horse
thief attempted to break jail on Monday, but
were discovered and frustrated by jaler
Paris. They had cut II hole through the
floor of their cell, through which they could
reach the wall, and this they were tunneling'
The negro, Henry Quarles, who is TO be
hung shortly for the murder of his wife at
Houston, unless tho Governor intcrieres with
his Communication Of sentence, expresses deep
concern in religious matters, and was the
recipient of visit from Major Penn, the
reviyslist, on Sunday last. The neck-break-
ing business frightens him and he wants to
be baptized
A mining company has just been organized
in Galveston for developing mines in New
Mexico. The charter provides that the COM
panv shall be named "The MonteHuma Silver
Mining Company with capital stock of
S50OO,00O in 100000 shares of S25 each.
The charter members, who are also directors
for the coming year, are George Sealey, Y. Y.
Wells Leon Blum, j. N. Sawyer @. \. Rich
ards, Robert Irvine, j. p Dayie, b, Tiernan,
NJ. Quin, d. r. Hawkins and ID. freeman.
Andrew Hunter the superintendent OF the
company, now in charge of the working of
the mines, has made 4 number of locations,
and is at present working three of them night
and day, with unusually good prospects in
sight. The shareholders appear to be very
ssngune.
The question Of the forfeiture by the Tex
as & Pacific railroad OF its reservation OF
land granted to that company is one OF gem
eral interest throughout the State. A short
time since the case came up for adjudication
in the District court at Marshall, in Harrison
county, and by agreement of the parties to
the suit, the following judgment was rem
dered, which opens the reservation to pre-,
emption: at is therefore ordered, adJudged
and decreed by the court that all and every
right conferred by said act Of May 2, 1878,
UPON the Texas & Pacific railway company
1.-THE defendant herein) to demand or re-
ceive Of and from the State OF Texas other or
further certificates at the rate OF twenty sec
tons of land, of six hundred and forty acres
each, per mile, for and on account of any OF
its lines of railroads hereafter constructed,
and any exclusive right under said sctt To-
cate any land certificate earned within the
aforesaid reservation, be and the same IS here
by cancelled and annulled, and plaintln IS
hereby declared to be absolved from all obi,
cations created by said act to issue to said
company certificates for twenty sections OF
land per mile for railroad hereafter construct
ed by said company, or to reserve from sale,
pre-emption, location and survey, or other
wise any of the unappropriated lands con- con,
tanned in said reservation for or on beha!f OF
said company, because of any provisions
contained in said act of May 2, 1878. 1t Is
further ordered, adjudged and decreed that
the certificates heretofore issued to defend,
ant, as well as all lands earned by orpatente.d
TO defendant, shall not be affected by this
decree but that all rights and privileges that
have accrued to defendant by virtue OF the
completion of its said road to Fort Worth,
and Sherman, as well as all other rights,
privileges and franchises contained in said
act of MAY ., 1878, other than the reservation
and land grant aforesaid applicable to rail-
road hereafter to be constructed, and also its
RIGHTS otherwise to acquire land from the
state shall not be affected by this decree. II
!. further ordered that plaintiff do have and
a. - dafond.nt all costs in this behalf