The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-01
TEXAS TOPICs.


about sixty bales of cotton day.
Columbus is working maniully to get the
workshops of the San Antonio railway.
Comanche county has only seven camp,
meetings going on now; more are wanted.
An Austin saloon sells beer q! 10 cents q
glass The Houston Age made the dlseov-
ery.
50 The total assessments of Bexsr county in
GLIDING the city of San Antonio is $40 56S,'
9S7.
The Sunset road hiss presented the Colum
bus oil mills with pair Of $500 railroad
scslss.
Immigrants are passing through Clarendon
every week going up into the Pan Handle
counties.
John T. Collier, one of Houston couny's
best citizens war killed by lightning few
days ago.
A cotton exchange has been organized at
Columbus, and B. NJ. Baker, Of the Chizer,
lisa member, |
1t is expected that the new Baptist church
at Giddings will DO dedicated about the last
of September.
Judge j. NJ. Conatter, 81 years of age |
and Mrs. Hart, sged 81, were married few
days ago al Baird.
Two Cinnamon are about starting laun.
DRY ia Bolton; such an establishment is needs
cd, says the Courier.
: Tho Bolton journal of the 25.h reports
hIr. Farley, the wounded drummer, as still
in a critical condition.
Mr.. James Harris, an old and highly re-
spec,ed citizen of Palo Pinto county, died
of measles u few days ago.
San Antonio has five banks and many
wealthy men, yet the assessment rolls show
but S92 $50 money on hand.
The anniversary meeting Of the Palo
Pinto Baptist association will BIO held at
Slaughter valley church Tomorrow.
McLenran county has no complaint to
make of her otiiCers-they are fearless and
impartial in the discharge of their duty
j. l.. Britton, of Mexis, was found dead
on the road fifteen miles from Floresvillc.
He is supposed to have died from thirst.
The Denison Herald-News now runs q
temperance column, but we believe II makes
no pretensions 10 be q prohibition paper
II is generally conceded that corn left over
from last year ia in much better condition
than ususlly is the ease-being free Of wovil.
Quite lively time was had in Morris
county last week in attempting to capture
q lot Of despersdoes, one Of whom wee
killed.
The Bellville Times says cotton is coming
in very fast and that trade is good. A car
load of beer on ice is received and disposed of
every week.
John Sumerston was arrested in LsSalle
county on the charge of numbering Mccoy,
deputy sheriff Of Gonzales county some
months sgo.
The Austin Statesman's local reporter is
moonstruck. lie watches the moon aud tells
his readers to turn the money over in their
pockets for luck.
Corsicsua is looking up rapidly, owing to
its recently increased railroad facilities, III
twenty-six new brick buildings are now in
course of construction there,
The latest news from Orange is that all il
quiet; that Delno lie released on $4,000 bond
and that he and the Harrises are all getting
ready to leave the country.
The San Antonio Light complains Of the
small assessment of money and persona.
property of Bersr county and says that they
are all as poor as jobs turkey.
George Williams, q colored brakeman on
the Gulf. Colorado Il Santa Fe railroad, was
killed near Rosenburc junction @ few days
ago by falling from the moving train'
If the weather continues favorable sbou
two-thirds OF a crop Of cotton will be galht
cred 10 Austin county. Farmers are paying
sixty cents per 100 pounds for picking.
In the recorders court at San Antonio the
other day, the prosecuting witness in fight
case testified that the defendant has struck
him over 1000 times in less than q minute.
The LAGRANGE Journal boasts over two
bales ofcotton hauled from within two miles
OF Fla,onia. II Gays LaGrange Is receiving
plenty of cotton and selling plenty OF goods
Corseans now glories In o cotton ex.
sisis simply Of combination Of cot,or
buyers for the purpose of obtaining the
market reports at reduced rates.
Judge Murdoch and his family we're living
in a large tent near Clarendon, and few
days ago, while the entire family was absen.
the heat of the sun ignited an open box Of
matches in the tent, destroying II and III
contents.
Waco is still exercised over the mystery
OF the identity of the man Castillo who sui,
cided at Corsicana few days ago, as thert
Is chain of evidence to establish tho fac
that the man WIS Ohss. w. Beach, Missile,
Bippi lawyer of that city.
A locomotive tender on the Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fe railroad tumbled into tho turr
table pit at Brenham few days ago. Moth
ing was broken, but there was considerable,
trouble to get 1t out and several railroad
men did some tall sw caring.
A case of wholesale poisoning Is reported
In the vicinity Of Kaufman. The family o
Mrs. Smith and her tenants stem In all
were ,poisoned by eating cooked peache
containing arsenic. At lat accounts al
were In dangerous condition.
-Four Mexican horse thieves were muir
dered near Bracket while In charge Of tw,
men named Mcleod and Thompson, VIII,
claim that the men were killed by Grove
The Jury Of inquest returned verde, ths
the Mexicans were killed by persons On.
known.
The San Antonio Evening Light describe
q character tina; II calls the "drunk roller.
vHe 10 q man that follows up strangers b,
Minds drinking and when the stranger h
lrunk, down and asleep in some ,eolude,
tpot rolls him over and goes through hi
bookets,
The Giddings Lone Star reports tho ro.ul
bf a camp hunt thus: They remsined on
several days, killed good many squirrel
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