The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-17
TEXAS TOPICS.

brings from "a 70 26 cents.
work on the jst,iea at the mouth OF tn
Br,zos is progressing steadily.
Baskets of peaches and apples are rollinl
into The ssnctums of Texas editors.
AT Beaumont the demand for rent house
keeps steadily ahead of the supply.
Considerable sickness, but principall,
among children, prevails in Burleson county
The Sunset route is being rapidly pushet
west of Uvslde and large force of men i
at work.
Usnry Johnsing, an African, was inet
$50 and trimmings for abusing his wife a
Flstonis.
Mason county's wheat crop averages Is to
On bushels to the acre, aud Is the tinest raised
for years.
Governor Roberts went to Huntsville
Wedne day TO attend the exercises at The
state FORMAL school.
A Waco ssloolhst bought lot at Banks
and aflerasrd discovered that local option
was epidemic there.
Local option was voted on in precinct No
l. Fannin county; the vote was-46 for Local
option, and ITO against it.
The western part of Montague county was
visited by a cyclone on Monday, carrying
away houses, fences, etc.
The wheat crop of Collin county is heavier
than 1t has been for many years, and the Ca,
yield is also very heavy.
DR.. Carroll, of Waco, preached the bac.
cslaure to sermon at TIE normal school at
Huntsville, Tuesday night.
Last week the year old daughter of John
Desmuke, living near San Antonio, fell into
well and was instantly killed.
A lady, new conner In San Antonio, ate
green figs sliced with vinegar. She said they
were not as good as cucumbera.
There is some disposition to Aux and con.
gestldn in Collin county, but this seems to
be the case almost everywhere.
The'edtor of the ',uling Signal is raising
lot of game chickens and will SOON chal,
lengeh his neghborhood for fight.
Hon. T. II Bowman, secretary of state, wss
in Huntsville, Wednesday, to see how the
normal school graduates performed.
An employee Of the Texas & Pacific railroad
ct Tyler was prostra!ed by suostroke yester.
day the first case ever known in that place.
Henry Laverett, ilor of Lano county.
was csreessly handling bis pistol the
wound is in the leg just below the knee joint
The grand jury of Burleson county re,
turned twenty-nine indictments last week,
only nine of which, however, were for fels
Ones.
Mira j.. Z Sesgo was bitten by tarantu'a
in Wostherford, Sunday, and at last account
was still suffering considerably from the
poison.
Robert James was tried in the county
court of Fannin county, and faed one hun
dred dollars for giving away whisky on cleo
ton day at Honey Grove.
Rysnd chapel, Galveston, is soon to be
torn down TO make room for moro modern
building. Il was erected in 184l. and was
used BY the Msthodists asa house of worship
till 1871.
Austin Statesman: IT Is said that Ham
White ia robbiog stsgos on the frontiers. He
was sent 10 the penitentisry for ninety mine
years for mail robbing, and was pardoned
out by President Hayes
DR.. William O'Bailey, pastor OF the First
Baptist church at Galveston, has been called
to the pastorste of the Baptist church al
Bryan. He has not yet signifi I'd his inteu.
ton rs to whether be will or will not accept
the CALL
The Bastrop Advertiser says of Rev. E. 8.
Smith, lately president Of the Chappell Hill
female college: "lIe is unquost,onably the
ablest preacher that ever visited this city,
and none ever stood higher in the estimation
of the people,
The. Texas Central road-this road runs
from Bremond to Cisco, in Esstland county
on Tuesday filed at Austin its first mort
gsge bond TO the Farmers Loan and Trust
company, of new York, to secure the pay
ment of So $4,000.
Flatonis Argus: Farmers are offering a
dollar a day and board for hands to chop
cotton, and yet there are idle lazy negroes
to be seen hanging around the sire is and
railroad depot doing nothing. Vagrsnt law
in need of enforcement.
A young man named Maurice Dode, q
cotton sampler by avocation, attempted
suicide with chloroform in Houston on Tues.
day, hut was resuscitated by timely medical
attention. Unrequited love. ajax! ALA.
was given as the cause of his wearness of
life. Wonder if he though this dear dull
cinea would love him better dead than
living?
Mr.. j. Z Born, editor of the Westherford
Commercial, a d Miss Georgia Williams and
Mr.. 4 +. B. Davis, the Weatherford city
attorney, and Miss Sallie Cunningham, we're
married In Weatherford Tuesday evening" at
one and the same time. 1t was sort Of
twin wedding, but whether the twin part OF
the business will continue or not, only time
can tell.
An election was held in Galveston on Mon.
day to determine whether the city should
assume control Of the public free schools.
A very smsll v,te was polled, but the propo-
silion was carried by large majority Of
those voting. Galveston is several years
behind the other Texas towns in this respect.
Ninety five degrees is what the thermom.
eter said In the shade at Brenham Tuesday.
That wasn't woodworking to brag of over
Dallas, full three degrees further north
Three Waco boys, genuine young Ameri-
cans, borrowed a team last Sunday and
slipped of the country for a DAVIS sport
in target shooting. Unfortunately ono of
them shot wide of the target and
wounded one of the animals of their team
They went back to town, slipped tho team
into the stable and said nothing about their
mishap. That night tue animal, roam mare,
died and examination revealed the wound
The boys ackno wledged the corn and ponie
up the $26, the value of the marc.