The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-07
TEXAS copies.

T,a Islanders are blooming in Galveston,
and that city IS now n blaze OF scarlet beauty,
Crops around Troupe look promising and
farmers are cheerful snd full Of hope for n
good crop.
Crops in Rusk County are looking splen'
didly. Most OF the cora has been gwen Its
frs. blowing.
The Neches river is reported as fiat and
falling, so that stesmbos, navigation above
Beaumont ia about suspended.
There was = little suffering in the wool
market at San Antonio "Wednesday, and
some clips sold for 22@ cents.
Major Heard is trying to start cotton
mill vt Marshall. He slresdy has stock 10
the amount of $40 Geo subscribed,
Mrs. Blanche Randall died suddenly, Tues
day in Washington county, os'nS 'ne ah-
niyer.sy OF Der ftd.sixiy birth day
Tho executive offices ~ Austin are beng
furnished with new carpets. II Is mol known
whether cuspdprs will follow or nor
Mrs. Ids Heath, some time postmislress at
Rockwsu has been removed and MIR. b, F.,
Bsydstop, a republican, appointed in her
stead.
Tho International railroad began work
"Wednesday on its roundhouse At San Anto.
Mo. 1t will contain stalls for Ten iron
horses.
Landing German citizens held meeting at
B1enham ruesdsy night, to take steps to-
ward the establishment ola paper mill a.
that point.
The srtesisn well at Galveston had reached
the depth of 500 feet four inches st dark
Wednesday, and the contractors are working
day and night
DIR. L. j. Graham, of Henderson, having
been rendered the superiatendency of the
lunstic asylum, has written the governor
that no will acceptit.
n. p, Lewis, young man much thought
Of fell from u pile of lumber AZ Beaumont
"Wednesday, and broke one of his legs be-
tween the ankle and knee.
Tho reunion of tho survivors Of Hoods
Texas brigade will take place st BRENNAN in
June and preparations are beng made to
give them royal entertainment.
The receipts Of wool at Corpus Christi
have grown since 1857 from 5000 pounds
per annum to 100000. This increase has
practically al been since the war.
THE projectors of the Forney Artesian
well, after toiliug hsrd for several months
and reaching a depth of near thousand feet,
have suspended operations until next fall.
A little daughter of Mr.. Holder living
near 0verton, WAS bitten few days ago by
mad dog, and he, himself while trying to
rescue the little girl, was bitten on the wrist
James Macbin was murderously assaulted
md dangerously wounded in tho head by a
man named Petersen alias Frenchy at Beau
mont, Wednesday. Petersen was lodged In
Jail.
Mr.. Win Kirliclls, apopular young society
man Of Houston, WAS married Wednesday
evening to Miss Margaret NJ. Perkins and
he and his bride At once started on IL tour
to New York.
There is IL move on foot in San Antonio to
build u narrow gauge railroad from that
point 10 Fredericksburg. 1t will be a par Of
the road already chartered to bs built from
San Antonio TO Arkansas bay.
TIE state dental association met ut Austin
Wednesday,, aud an address BY the president,
DR.. w. 5. Ciruthers, Of Galveston, was
delivered. Tho most important cities and
towns in the state arc represented.
They are still hsmmoring away at green
bscki,m In Ru,k county. 5. II. Withers,
who ran against Hon. John Ii. R9sgsn for
congress, polling thirty or forty votes, made
speech at Pine Hill few days ago and
actually organized greenbsck club.
Bids for furnishing the different military
posts on our frontier were opened Mt San
Antonio by the department quarter master
on Wednesday. There were llS of them
and they embrace fuel, charcoal, grain. hay
ppIp /, - 30 f,ft hfa
lowest bids came from Austin.
The Texas Western railroad company
elected officers at Houston Wednesday, Co.
A. NJ. Gentry being made president. The
organization WAS only temporary, however,
and WAS had for the purpose of turning the
road over to new company, Of which it is
said Colohel Fred Grant is to bepresident.
Tho citizens OF Galveston have held meet
ing TO mske arrangements to secure the
medical branch of the state university for
thst city. Committees to raise money for
advertising the advantages of Galveston and
for other purposes were appointed, and
$4,000 was fixed up ms the sum probably
necessary to do the work.
A new cotton compress; company was organ
lied in Houston Wednesday, of which Uol.
T. w. Pierce Of the Houston & San Antonio
railroad, il = stakeholder and one Of the di.
rectors. The SUN of $4,000 has been sub
scribed by the charter members, aud more
will be forthcoming if necessary. It is to be
one Of tho largest ever erected, aud will be
ready for the next cotton season.
Mr.. Lebrun, the state architect specially
imported from Brooklyn to inspect and
choose plan for the new state capitol from
the number submitted, says he would be
ready to report his selection BY
yesterday and day He expresses great dis
appointment At such lack of high architec.
tural skill in Texas. Some body ought to
furnish him with vinisgrette of aromatic
salts
Wildwood, hamlet in Collin county, has
been In existence forty years. It IL situated
in tho mids, of the rich black, waxy land,
peculiar to tina. county, and sbou. it are
many farms that have been in cultivation
over forty yosrs,the land being jus. as strong
and vigorous now as when first opened, pro-
duclng from forty to sixty bushels of corn
anu bale and u half to two bales of cotton
per acre with but ordinary cultivation.
The Terrell Times says. Cotton Is
bursting up oil over the county, some plsco,
quite good stand il seen aresdv. TIE for.
bidding colds were oil subduod by the late