The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-14
TEXAS TOPICS.

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beautiful synagogue about completed.
Clsrksvills is talking about building mar
row gauge railroad to Mount Pleasant.
There were nineteen deaths in Galyesto,
last week, two less than the week before.
Crops around Chapel Hill, in Washing
ton county are clean. and now need rain.
Through trains will be put on the rost
from Denis n TO Mineols on tho l9.h inst.
MIST Of the corn in RGsk county hss beer
laid nv and cotton is in good shape an(
condition.
Two steamships are discharging csrgoe
of steal rails at Galveston for the Houston &
Texas Central railroad.
Six new brick stores are now in course O
erection Mt Clarksville, which is q gratifying
evidence of prosperity.
Wes,herford now has board of trade al
which 7. D. Lewis is president, and Sam II
Millikan vlce>presdent.
Harvesting in Red River county is going
on aud tho crop is light. Cotton is fine and
pretty well reclaimed from the grass.
Tom Green county is going to have a
hanging, the victim being man named VIII.
District court adjourned at Cla,ksyille
Friday without any felony convictions, spo
there are no prisoners in the county jail.
Mneola is to have union depot of OK.
tended Dimensions, which will include q
hotel for the benefit of the travelling public.
Miss Patti Garrison, young l,dy ius,
blooming into womanhood. died at The
raatI Of hnr 20 -
week.
j. X. Murphy, charged with attemp' cd
rape on Ms Pearson. at w AGO, was acouilt d
Saturday amid the applause of crowd, d
courthouse.
Wst,rnelons and cantelopes are plepti
ful Ia Galveston, and no where in the worl,,
are ws!ermslons equal to those raised Oh
Galveston Island.
An election was held n Galveston yester.
day to determines whether or not the cit,
should tako charge and control of the public
schools within its limits.
A barber named Wittmeyer, who hsd
been in Wills Point but few DAYS. and dis
slpstiDg most of The time, suicided there
Saturday by throwiao himself under pass.
ing train.
Major Penn commenced his big csmp
meeting at Gonzales last Tuesday. The
Inquirer of that place is 30 enthused over his
success that it will issue daily during the
meeting.
The first regiment of colored state guards
has been ordered into encampment at Hous-
Dn on the 10th inst, where it will remain
esy or two, all tho companies in the regiment
being present.
The wheat crop in Burnet county has
oeen cut, corn is looking splendidly and cot
,Sn IS growing finely, much of it being in
hoom. A rain in the course of ton Gays
however, will DO very acceptable,
Houston last week had four marriage
licenses issued, two more than Galveston,
Md only twelve deaths, seven less than Gal.
weston. AT this rate Houston will ou!s,rip
Galveston in population yet.
Rev. Rsynold Collision, pastor of the
Washington street Methodist church Hous-
ION, has renouoced Methodism for tho Epis-
eocpsl faith, aud preached sermon Sunday
giving the reason for his change of faith.
Two young men, j. @. Mattison and S.
Kaoens,ein, were shot at Chapel Hill Sat-
uday night. Mattison was foolng with
pssol when 1t went of, the ball psssirg
,arough his hand and on through Rubenstein's
leg.
Shooting deputy sheriffs don't pay down
10 bexsr county, as George Brown will at
ss1, he having just been sent to tho peniten-
asfy TOR seven years for shooting and severe
y wounding Deputy Sheriff Gleason, of tost
county, some time ago, while that off er was
Gempting his arrest for horse stealing.
The Galveston city authorities are flnine
people who refuse or fail to cut tho grass
soa weeds on their premises. Weeds cut
uown and left to rot in the blistering Gun of
hummer " produce malaria, left standing they
sosoro malaria from the atmosphere and
Nnd 70 preserve health, but Galveston al.
Ways did have amsrter board of health
yuan any other city on the continent.
iSe broad gauge roads have begun their
" ral1are on the narrow gauge system. The
~ Louis, Iron Mountain 6 Southern road
m'ase 70 take through freight from the Tex
sW 81. Louis Narrow Gauge except at
Scsl rates. This will hurry up the building
" 'ne later road through Arkansas and then
% @~hi get even by taking freight cheaper
, .usa the Iron Mountain can haul 1t for. All
aen fights help the people.
Az The request of the secretary Of the as.
SNlat,on OF the survivors of Hoods Texas
M'gade, we give publication TO the following
S SculsI; Hoods Texas Brigade reunion
t Stn.aoes: Excursion rates have been OBJ
~ s.'o over all the named railroads for all
~ Uup o may attend our reunion at Brenham on
%e I9a Instant. R,und.trip tickets will be
s~sue az depots on tho 20 h and 21st, good
:lTGsu'n until the Gath, inclusive: Owe,
o Mu houston y Texas Central and branches,
S S.vand one fifth fare. j. Waldo. general
Sas"ser agent; over the International and
AM Sus = Northern and branches, one and one
M ARE Allen McO,v, general passenger
NV oVer the Texas and Pac &c. and
Epsascnes' one and one,ffth fare, Fl. M.
1sle, general manager; over the Gulf
%oraao and Santa Fe and branches,
ana one.afth fare, o. G. Murray,
~4orsl passenger agent; over the Calves
NJ, houston and Henderson, ono and one.
'a lare, Thomas +. Fisher. general passen.
agenS over the Texas Western Marrow
.uee and branches, one fare, j. G.. Tracy,
s.n manager; over the Houston Est and |
~. Texas and branches, one fare, d. D. |
ui, general passenger agent; over the
sse and st. Louis and branches, one fare. |
N. q. Gavstt general passenger agent; over
y Texas and New Orleans, and branches.
AZ ARE going. return, one certificate at one
~, tafe; W. T. Masters. general passenger
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