The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-06-09
TEXAS TOPICS.

Dsnison is going to Danish the hogs from
the city.
Galveston's artesian we'll mas reached o
depth of over GA fact.
Longview is going to have basket facN
tory established very soon.
At Hillsboro the road hands turned out
and worked the streets. Forty-two out OF q
hundred reported for active duty.
In Galveston last Sunday night a young
man named Edmonscn, while drunk, fired
his pistol, wounding woman in the leg.
There were eighty.three interments in the
city Of Galveston during toe month Of May,
or an average of two and two-thirds per day.
Aug. Hackerson, a Swede, in the employ
of j. e. Duflield, near Round Rock, euicidcd
on the 3lst ult. by shooting himself. He
wss in love.
Bob Voss got drunk in Bonhsm and
svore there were not men enough in town
to arrest him. lie was taken in, but it took
five good men to hive him.
The Sherman Courier Chronicle says that
not more than half a crop of cotton will be
made in Grayson county this year Weeds
and grass have taken the crops on many
farms.
Miss Anne John, daughter of Rev. !. G.
John, editor Of the Galveston Christian Ac-
vocate, was married Wednesday night to
Mr.. Morgan, TN employe in the house OF L.
j. Willis & Bro.
The Palestine News is now engaged in the
very ler9sbls undertaking of trying to con
v..co Inc merchants of Palestine that adver>
tispg pays. 1t has been partially successful
as it has about two and a half columns of
specials.
The Galveston city real estate company
through its president, j. L. Darragh, has
lust sold TO the Gulf, Colorado g. Santa Fe
railroad five blocks of ground in Galveston
for $4,000. These same blocks of ground
were rendered for taxes as worth only
$4,000 Some people must have worry
elastic consciences when they render prop
orty for taxes.
Captain Nick Weeks, a ,oular business
and society man in Galveston, and formerly
chief clerk in the treasury department under
Governor Lubbock, was married in Austin
Wednesday night to Miss Annie Green,
daughter Of Colonel John A. Green, prom
inent lawyer of the capital city. The lady is
also niece of the late Major General Tom
Green, and therefore a grand daughter of
Judge Green, once chief justice of the state
of Tennessee.
The trust deed of the first mortgage bonds
of tao Chicago, Texas & Mexican Central
railroad, to secure payment of $40 100000
TO the New York Central Truat company,
was filed Wednesday, in the state depart
ment at Austin. The company have Dor
rowed $50 COO per mile on the entire length
of the road, and will issue bonds of 500
each, dated December ], 1880, nnd payable
thirty years after date, with six PEI cent per
annum, int rest payable in gold semi-annu'
ally.
Il is generally conceded that the existing
contracts by which freights arrive at Calves
Ton by sea, and consigned TO points on the
International & Great Northern, and Texas
& Pacific railways are received and for
warded TO their destination via the Gull,
Colorado & Santa Fe route terminates in
Auaust. Ii is supposed that after that time
these freights will go via the q. II. d H,
siacs IL las passed into tho control of the
Gould syndicate, who owns and operates the
/. g. g. n. and tie L. IL Z.
The Attorney General being asked for his
opinion ne to certain provisions of the cattle
and hide inspection Law, in answer says be
IL clearly of the opinion that under article
1921, II is the duty of the inspector TO rein
spect dry hides when shipped into another
countryf or expectation, ard be Is further of
the opinion that when such hides are for ex-
portaiion and inspected Il the exporters
ha1d's .the.insrector j. entitled 10 fees; but
parties holding the hides under duly au>
ihentcsted bill Of sale, AMI proper inspec-
tion certificates, a-e protected there
under from any further fees for inspection.
or unless the hides come from MEXICO, or
unless the point Ia question is the last place
Of Shipment in the State.
San Antonio will certainly have fair next
November, the association having arranged
pecesssry prelimina les. Il is 10 be hoped
Il will BOT be like most Of the f. r. in Texas
made up Of bushei Of corn, ore Ehisp Of
hay. tgo bushsls of oats, lone pumpkin,
fge or six carrots and TIRE dung bill chick
ens long horn COW, two asth-
MYSTICAL sheer, = muly boil, hall
bred iscksss, u pfa.ris rsifed -sihlhoD,
spsnish mare ADD four rszr backed pigs
While in the grsud erhibfiOa ball 3 p0ns Of
two weeks cd light bread. bigbted and
sd looking p1uBd cska, two siscks Of scol :
lopei ginger cakes, . small jsr a cimiDutive
PEACHES preserved on scsat allowances OF
suzsr, aud Eve bed quilts Of vsriegsted bOes
and sadly IN need u Ssshing; two home
mzds shirts thst c5uldh't possibly hsse been
ma1e any Sbere elae. and feminine gar
ment Of some kind that makes The girls All
eigzle uben they look 81 u, With negro
adder ard q bsss drumnsr IN tse grand
s.s,d. fllirg ID the irtersiices with music
urtii tss r.css begin, q splendid ms'ch be-
tvresr a sroonsi coz pon5 and = wind bro
kar d-sr borss, mile hssts. two Ia thref,
a = t-ottire c7rtsst bstweer q corestog.
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