The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-26
texas tories.

county All az Cieuurne.
The crop prospect in Comsnche county l.
the finest known for years.
Book agents are now doing Granbury, and
the good people are greatly bored.
Toe general cattle round ups began in
the Clay county district last Friday.
Mr.. D. V. Loflin and Miss NJ. S. Crowley
were married last week near Strawn.
A Mai Performances at Bellvlle, Austin
county. to.dsy,to last through tomorrow. 4,
MIR. Waller j. Saws ard Miss Virpi,
Hughes were married in Denton on Sunday
last
The Seymour Cfesset is nova six column
erand is - very handsome and news,
weekly.
Corn in the shuck is selling by the wssor
load on the streets of Cicburne At twent,
cents bushel.
Bilious fevec prevails largely in the towr
of Pslo Pinto and all the adjacent country
but it is of a mild form.
Lee county is all right on the none,
question. She has cash balance o.
S2S77l % in the treasury. ~
Mr.. James Edgen and Miss Alice Hodges
we're married on Dark Valley creek in Palc
Pinto county a few days ago.
The right breast of Mrs. Hne,, of Ole
burne, was removed by DR.. G. j. Wagley o
few days ago on tecount Of cancer.
A Mr.. Livingston was arrested and Jailed
in C1msnche last Thursday on warrau,
from Lampasas county, charging him with
cattle theft
Cotton worms, the web worm no doubt.
have appeared in several places in pslo
Pinto county and the farmers are naughtily
worried therest.
A little daughter of Mr.. Lamar living in
Young county, fourteen miles from Ora.
ham, died last week from rattlesnake bite,
after twenty>four hours ofsuffering,
The crop prospect throughout johnson
county is very fattering, and indications
point to an abundant harvest of whest and
corn, and cotton is ia splendid condition. =.
The name of DR.. Andrew Young, of
Cleburna, a most exc lent gentleman and A
man OF ability. is prominently spoken of
as chairman OF the national executive COM
mltte OF the greenback party. The COM
miltee will meet in June at st. Louis. when
the chairman will be elected.
One day last week the two little children
ofMr. Swedlz. in Marietta, alteupted TO
build fire il the stove. They put in the
wood and then the little Girl saturated
in thoroughly with kerosene oil, and her
little brother touched match to it. The
stove went all to scrap ilon, the little bay
was badly burned, but the little girl es-
capped.
A number Of papers throughout the state
are demanding that the weeds in squares
vacant lots and the streets of towns, be cut
down as sanitary measurea. To cut down
growing weeds is to have just the opposite
OF q benefcisl sanitary effect. Leave the
weeds alone, for they take up much of the
malaria and missm of the earth and atmos-
phere.
Mr. Berry Massey, of Alvsrado, who was
just recovering from an attack of measles
was suddenly taken with spssm few
mornings ago, while dressing for breakfast
ard died in little while, and on the same
day Mr.. Webb Poff, living on the same place
with MIR. Massey, was also attacked with a
spasm; but at last accounts no was thought
to be recovering.
In radius of ten miles around the town
of Palo Pinto eighty.seven babies have re.
Gently been born and the crop has but lust
began 10 come in. That county don't need
any immigration bureau, especially as the
county clerk announces to the Palo Pinto
Star that the matrimonial market ia very
active, and that no is kept busy issuing mar.
risge licenses.
Brennan is making grand preparations
for the entertainment Of tho surviving vet
Grams of Hoods Texas Brigade, who hold
their annual reunion at that place on the
22nd of June. Fully one hundred ladies and
gentlemen in that place and in the country
surrounding have been appointed on various
committees, and the entertainment furnished
these gallant ex.soldiers will be magnificent
In the extreme.
Andy Ward is the "bad nigger" Of the
Belville community. We don't know
whether he carries razor or not, but he
does flourish six shooter and WELD an axe
with effect. He was in the employ of Mr..
p. Walni,zek near BellviIle, and becoming
incensed at that gentleman he Knocked him
down with an axe and ran another man off
the premises with six shooter. He was
arrested afterwards and put under bond to
answer for his violation Of the law.
Clay county has a anancier Of brilla,
conceptions. There is no telling what he
might have accomplished il he had been let
alono. His name il j. H. Miller. He had a
bunch of cattle which he gave deed of trust
on for $3.50 last weak. He then sold the
cattle for 5000 and gave q bill of sale for
them. A few days afterwards he rounded
up about thirly>four head of them and start.
ed west to grow up with the country. A
cruel sheriff, however, stopped him In his
career and now he must face the law and
explain the logic Of his financial theories.
AT Waco IN 1870, tho Cornersvile club
was organized by sixteen persons from Coz.
nersville, Tennessee, some of them leading
citizens Of Waco. They then pledged them.
selves to have social reunion once every
year, and at the first meeting every member
was furnished with bottle Of rare old wine
to be saved and drank, standing in silence al
tho first reunion after the death Of member.
DR.. Mitchell, Of Bryan, is the only member
of tho club who has died since its organizs
ton, and at lis last meeting, libation was
drank to the repose Of his soul and to water
tho grasses and the flowers Of his memory,
In other words the Cornersvlleians poured
down the spirits to keep up their spirits ~
they thought of the departed spirit of their