The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-24
GEXAs TOPICS.

Bolton has shipped eight bales of this
years cotton.
The boil worm is doing considerable dam
age in Cherokee county.
Three couples obtained license to marry In
Limestone county last week.
There were nine deaths in Houston for the
week ending Saturday, August q.
Corpus Christi was damaged by the late
cyclone to the extent of $4,000.
The Republican state executive committee
" i'll meet at Hearne on Wednesday the 25th
inst.
There were eleven deaths in Galveston
during the week ending Saturday, Au'
gust 2lst.
Major Penn, the BAPTIST ev ngelist is now
holding camp-meeting at Moffat'town, Bell
county.
Hon. w. n. Luton has been renominated
by the Greenbackers of Montgomery county
for the Legislature.
The late storm die not irjure tho work
being done by the government at Arkansas
bar, but on the contrary secured out the
channel TO the depth of several feet.
There will be grand political barbecue
at Larissa, Cherokee county, on Thursday the
Goth inst. A number of tie prominent
speakers of East Texas will be present.
George Mems, charged with the murder of
DR.. Rutter, who was waylaid near Caldwell
day or two ago, appeared before msgis
trate Saturday and waived examination and
was committed to jail without bail
c. II. Jenkins, Greenback candidate for
attorney general, and j. p. Hutcheson, q
Democrat and candidate for district judge in
the Comanche county district, debated
polite: at Coleman on Saturday last.
The Maria Louise, a sloop yacht built at
Galveston, and which made a successful
tripifrom that city to Boston, left Stamford
Connecticut July 4th, for Boston, in charge
Of Captain Charley Baker, an experienced
sound pilot, since which time she has not
been heard of.
The Republicans had barbecue at Jetfer-
son Saturday, at which Captain Fred w.
Miner, OF Dallas, United States district at
torney; Ed. Guthridge, of Jefferson, United
States district attorney; General A. G. NAL
10y, of Jefferson, United States revenue col
lector. and c. NJ. Campbell, of Dallas, dep
uty United states collector, all made
speeches.
The residence of O. A. Eethorpe, six miles
from Gainesville, was burned last FRIDAY
evening. Mrs. Elethorpe, who was az WORK
in the kitchen, did not discover that the
house was on fire until the roof was falling
in. Her child was in the house, and at the
risk of her life, she rushed to its rescue. she
and the child were both slightly burned,
On Saturday while three little children of
Mr. HQrra1 in Hnpctnn ua driving MS
milk cart, the horse walked off the side
of bridge, precipitating himself, the
cart and the children. to the bottom of a
ravine thirty feet deep. The horses neck
was broken, one of the children had leg
broken, the other two we're seriously bruised
and the cart smashed into kndling wood.
A man, name not known, was arrested
Friday in Harris county, on suspicion of
having murdered his wife and child.
He was a stranger, travelling
with his family and camping
out. His wife was with him at night. Next
morning she and one of the children were
missing When asked where she was the
husband replied that he didn't know and
didn't care much. He was arrested and
search made for the woman and child, but
no traces had been found Of them at the last
accounts.
The following, from the Houston Post. of
Saturday morning: shows that the cotton
season has opened Yesterdays cotton re.
ceipts by the Houston s. Texas Central, and
the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio
roads, we're
BY the Houston h Texas Central-5ll
bales 175 Houston, 255 Galveston and 81
New Orleans. By the Calves.
ton, Harrisburg & San An
tonio-S67 bales !; 1877 Calves
ton, 179 Houston, New Orleans.
Total-s7s bales; 442 Galveston, 354
on