The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-18
TEXAS TOPIcs,

completed and ready for use,
A negro woman 10 Camp county gave
birth 10 three girl babies last week
The Mount Pleasant Patron has changed III
name 10 Texas and b. Louis Newi,
A large acreage OF sugar cane, sorghum,
doubtless, will be planted In Camp county
this year,
Ice in Comal county was half an Inch
thick, and corn and vegetables were klledby
tho freeze,
A petition IA being circulated In Whitney
for q direct mail between that place ana
Cleburne,
Mr. Walter Curtis and Miss Emma Gray,
a miss Of only fifteen, were married In Rock
port Inst week,
Quite number Of stock, thin In order
were killed by tho Sunday night sleel In
Washington county
The Grand jury Of Hopkins county NJ its
recent sefslon, returned lhirl 70 lndlcl-
meGts, eight for felony
The cattle drive from Relugio county for
the year 1870 numbered $4,000 head Of cattle
and 600 head of horses.
Sixty thousand dollars worth Of pine and
cypress logs have arrived nj Orange on the
late rise In tho Sabine river
Bell county Is out Of debt and the Commits
soners have levied tax only sufficient to
meet current expenses Of the county.
Throe Texas railroad general passenger
agents are In Cincinnati attending tho Pass
enger Agents convention Ia that city
Aansas county Ia developing into nm agrl'
cultural section and several cotton gins are
being erected on the San Antonio river.
The Episcopalans of SulphurSprings have
established mission NJ that place, with Judge
Milan NJ Warden, and General King Ms Sec
rotary.
A sacmmcntal meeting began 10 tho Pres
byteriun church at Waco Wednesday night
md will Inst until Sunday inclusive Of the
day,
George w. Miller, one OF tho land thieves,
pleaded guilty In the District court nj Austin
Monday and was given two years In the peni'
tertiary.
Freightcrs are in great demand In San An
tonic, us thousands Of pounds of freight are
in warehouses there awaiting transportation
to points west.
Fir. John Urban, of Bolton, Texas, having
received patent on n gang pow has now
invented and patented corn and cotton
planter attachment.
The cut.worm had been doing much dam
nee gardens around Kosse up TO Sunday
night last, but now there is nothing left for
him TO operate upon
Tho town corporation of Refugio has
passed an ordinance for the sale of all the
town land to raise funds for the erection of n
public schoo.house.
The severe weather caused the postpone
ment of Nm entertainment which was to have
been given last night at Waco for tho benefit
of the Irish sufferers.
Parties are negotiating with the Texos
East Line railroad company for authority to
erect telegraph wire along the line OF the
road from Jefferson to Sulphur Springs.
AT Democratic convention held Mt New
Braunfels Saturday, delegates TO the State
convention ut Galveston could not be agreed
upon, and it adjourhd with that duty in
allegiance.
Mr.. John Murphy, well known farmer
and stock man in Southwest Texas, while re-
tn ming u few days ago from Goliad to bis
"a che on the Blanco river, sixteen miles dis
tant, was thrown from his horse and kicked
soseyersly that he died the next day.
The citizens Of Mount Pleasant have deter
mined to give grand basket dinner on the
10Th inst. in honor Of the arrival of the st.
Louis & Texas narrow gauge railroad AT
that place. Ex-Governor Hubbard and other
gentlemen have been invited to make
speeches.
The sleet at Waco demolished early gar
dcns, in many of which peas were in bloom,
and beets, radishes, eschallots and lettuce
nearly ready for table use. The farmers do
not anticipate AS much damage to crops MS
was at first unprecedented. Early peaches
and plums are killed, but pears and late
peaches are believed to be unhurt.
Incendiares it seems nave been trying their
hands at Waco. The Fire department OF
that city was called out three times Sunday
night in answer to fire alarms, and each time
the flames were extinguished before much
damage was done. Two of Nhese fires re-
suited from defective iluos and one as evil
IDENTIFY the work of an incendiary and had II
gotten headway heavy loss would have fol-
lowed.
The citizens of Cleburne few nights ago
serGnhQeQ COlOHel ID, J' SHuilpolo, Va N'.'
place, Greenbacl, nominee for the Vice Presi-
dency, and also accompanied their demon
STATIONS of delight with an anviade, the
noise of which was heard Mt Grand View,
twelve miles distant, the citizens of which
Place thought it was an attempt to libcrate
sam Myers, condemned to be hung, by ms
friends, and they Immediately hurried to Gle
burne to render what assistance they could to
the law officers.
The rain was so heavy a. Beaumont, Sun
day night that the whole country was threat
ened with food. The rise was SO great IN
the Neches river that some two thousand
s,w-logs got loose and went tearing gulf
wards, but we're secured some distance down
the river. Above Beaumont Isl boom OF
twenty thousand logs and il they break loose
Ears are felt for the safety of the railroad
bridge. The high water will enable log men
to get out cypress timber for the first time
since last May.
Linfield Burks, the man condemned te
hang ut Waco, for nameless outrage on
little ten-year-old girl whose case the Cour,
of Appeals affirmed last week. was much at
fected by the decision of the court, but hopes
for communication of sentence. He says he
can't see how the Governor can refuse tc
commute his sentence when there are, from
the evidence, grave doubts OF his guilt, after