The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-03
TEXAS TOPICs,

sonic iAttll'Nll fAllNl'N f~U NNNllNl
nj, bl,ls ara circulating In Jefferson
NtLW. Wllha and Miss Josie Wood
wera married Ia Limestone county last week
Thieves are killing mud sknnlng mich,
cows On the prarie' around llou'lon'
There aro now only SIX prisoner, In tho
Houston equity jall-lhroe Whites ana three
co.oled,
Judge Nm,,B, Wood, Of tho United States
Circuit court, will open eourt.ln Galveston
HeyI Monday
The County convention of Galveston Dem
oernt, instructed In favor Of the lwo'thrds
rule Wednesday,
The Young Mems Hebrew association Of
Hou,,or, will give their annual Purlm ball
on tho iith INST
George Durham, M ey,conylcl, was mr.
rested IN Houston, "Wednesday, for slealnga
watch from boy.
Fhtonn h. t1 have n now Methodist church
,bir,y,slx feet wide and tiSty feet long, and
% cost $1,000
Mr.. Charles W, Dunn and Miss Alice Ida
BAKER were married NJ San Antonio on the
highs Of the 8OIh ulumo'
The Greenbackers Of Collin county have
a full ticket In the field for county Officers,
and will make II vigorous fight
Morris county Democrats instruct In favor
OF the two.thirds rule und express n preltr'
eucc for seymour for President
The law bone OF u mastodon has been
found IN Atascusa county, and one OF the
teeth weighed eleven pounds
Miss Emily Joyce, young lady who ives
alScguin, fell while plnyingoroquol Wedhea-
cav, and broke one Of her arms
Eddie Falder n six year old colorod boy,
has been deserted NJ Houston by his parents,
and is now On the hands Of the city,
Bascom Cravens, young lawyer died at
Che residence of his father, Rev. n. a, Cm-
yens, In Galveston, on Wednesday last
Lon Cain, charged with killing negro
near llalyillc, in 1871 has been granted oall
IN the sum Of 1000 by Judge Booty, NJ Mar
shall.
A pottery has Just been established In
Bexar county, about eighteen miles rom
San Antonio, and Is now turning out pot
terry Of all kinds.
4 The Democrats of Precinct number two IN
. Harrison county, in convention assembled,
d passed resolutions in favor OF the two'thlrds
4 rule and for Tllden for President
Mr.. NJ. n. Miller, in Limestone county, has
\ prolific set of tenants on his farm. Last
week the wife Of one of them gave birth to
y twins. and a few days after tno wife OF an
other gave birth to tHplets
The people of Marshall are talking about
y having IN artesan well. with the album
dance of excellent well and spring free stone
n water there is in that place, nm artesian well
seems to be u super1uous luxury.
The local Mexican authorities Mt PicdraS
\ Negrns. Mexico, exact n duty of 81 per
\ bu,hel on corn crossed into Texas, and the
n consequence is that the people around Eagle
n Pass ATE suffering for the stall OF lile
4 The horse of August Koeniz hitched to a
dray, ran away Wednesday III Houston ana
n Koeniz being thrown from the venicle' the
\ wheel passed over his leg, breaking the
thigh-bone Just above his knee.
The prisoners in the Harris county Iall
q thirty in namber, we're all made to take n
thorough bath, were given a new sut OF
clothes each, and then transferred from the
q old to the new jail on "Wednesday last
n Rev. Fred Allen, pastor of the Methodist
n church ut La Grange, met with serious nc
n cident last week. His little son was split
"a ting IN some wood, when the gentleman
n stopped to pick up some Of the sticks and
n was struck in the head with the axe.
On the DIST instant, the Texas Veterans
n will visit San Antonio to celebrate San JaciI-
"A to dav. The Washington Guards OF Calves
L ton, forty to sixty strong, will escort them
n ami 90 into encampment, General ora
n kindly offering tents for the purpose.
John McDermott, driving wagon IN
II Galveston. run over little colored child
Il Wednesday afternoon, breaking one of its
L legs. This the second person run over IN
Il Galveston bv reckless drivers within ten
DAYS, the first resulting in the death ota lady.
Il The reporter making the best report of the
81 Houston Volksfest in May is to be presented
N with AN elegant escritoire by Mr.. |. Japhet,
II and the one making the second best report
n viii be giyen barrel of Anheuser beer by
N Mr.. Henry Suess, the Houston agent Lets
see, who ought to get that BEER
II Jessie Lumly, q little girl at San Antonlo'
who had the operation of gastrotomy per-
formed on her last August, has cotton SO
II that she can digest all food gwen 10 her' anu
she is gaining flesh and growing, very, fast
II She appears to be as healthy and risky Ms
n any OF her plsymates. She mastlcates her
N own food and inserts it into her stomach
through tube.
n The expedition sent TO the Climate noun,
Il tairs BY the tou.ton 81 San Antonio railroad
4 company, to prospect for silver, is preparing
/ 10 return. The expedition accomplished all
! that was expected Of Undiscovered silver IN
Il paving quantities, but whether or not inc
railroad company will so into the mnln
Il buiuess depends upon the report OF the on
/ gineer in Charge of the expedition, Mr.. b. D
I Nlccols.
II The Marshall Presbytery of the Cumber-
land Presby terrain church has just closed its
session at Atlanta, in Cass county. 1t meets
& again at Texarkana on September I'D.
n Revs. j. A. Wan and S. K. Chadick and
Il Elders L. P. NJ. johnson, NJ. D., and j. B.
& McReynolds we're chosen delegates to the
General Assembly at Evansville, Indiana
to meet the Goth of May.
n The Galveston Cotton Exchange held its
eighth annual meeting on Wednesday. The
following report of the Committee on super
Ion aud inspection was made;
Factors receipts from September l,
lsi9, 10 Ma oh q. lsSO ........:....ca a. Oh
to MprslS sS'e Iss sIoih oep'eA'ei $50 So7
Reflections from September /. 1879 to March
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