The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-16
TEXAS TOPICS,

Jc, Travis County convention has created
s. w donl Of dissatisfaction
t,n 4, IN have nm nrtesan we'll, bnt
It.Nwlll DO u u'eles, bore II Vno1ured
I6lbe usual epson salts
M .o nroosrty in Roc port Is improving,
IN uy.due 81 tho prospects Of IN Improve
III IMIoalhe Arkansas bar
l. uI1 A Feddorman, far several years Post
.,',.t lIelun, turned out 10 be n defaultsr
I'M, departed for parts unknown
IN. Monday several officials Of the Texas
',,l went up to tho new town of Morgan,
Ee Waco extension, for the purpose OF
w. Nng Of lots there
II mbo railroads, we understand have ten
Iih s old Texas veterans free passage
I,'bcir rOnds 10 the ro union NJ San AAto'
III on tho 2lst, except the ContraL
Ino Northwest TeGnn says that one hun
I'iban1. nro now nj work grading on tho
Itp road near Merriman, and that the
prnnla El will run through EnsIland CITY
! lUp u Tina Fairfield Recorder says that the four
jmdrd and hfly Chinamoa who came from
IsIi6fla 10 this State last week are 10 DO
Imnoyol on cotton farms along the Brazos
r@
Governor Roberts has como TO Galveston
IL the purpose or arranging quarantine mat
Texas D,rsd s' aoo.s ia that city Within the next
sdnys
ye,,rs. Felt aHd starkweather, Of Hill
Ionoty, are Mt Waco, waiting for the arrival
If,N0ck Of 500 fine sheep from Michigan.
lbey rot large flock some time ago, which
llnhon i loiag spIond dly.
l!GIJGS 1 Governor Hubbard says that the Texas "
II Louis Narrow Guage railroad will GER
Imy he In Waco within the next twelve
months, md very likely, by fall. The clti-
Mans arc 10 discuss the matter Of subscrlp-
lons on the l1lb inst,
The Waco Examiner says the peach crop
,hAN Nns vicinity was not hurt ut all by the re-
AVN Ignt cold weather, and that corn sells on the
Itnck at from 80 TO 81 cents per bnshel and
Ihe supply good, aud that the coming wheat
Irp will be- the largest ever harvested in
HNcLcnnan county.
The Bryan Pilot still insists that there Is
IMnsummutod bargain between Throckmor'
NICE ILn and Savers looking to the elevation
i If these two gentlemen on the political lad
DEF. II alleges that Throckmorton will "seIl
Nouh northern Texas to Snyers and the latter,
when elected Governor, will lend all his In
Nluence 10 help ThrockmOrton To haxey's
seat in the Senate,
Il San Antonio Express reporter called last
"wednesday upon Mr.. William Hood, first
assistant engineer OF the Southern Pacific
road TO ascertain what his company proposes
or was prepared to do. Mr.. Hood remarked
AL that ho had no authority to speak for the
xvi Company but he expected to begin the sur
HW ! vey from San Antonio to III Paso in f'w
VI days He had just completed the survey to
III Paso from the present terminus OF the
road in Arizona and at once received orders
to come to San Antonio and commence the
survey west The track was laid from Tue
son, distant from San Antonio about nine
hundred miles, and one thousand mi es from
San Francisco, and the construction was 60
ing on as rapidly rs WAS possible. some
aud days Ms much as two and half miles OF road
were constructed, though where the country
use, WIS rough work necessarily went much
slower