The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
TEXAS TOPICS.

There is only one prisoner in the Victoria
jill.
Moonlight serenaders are the rage in Nc
Kinney.
Waco Is trying to organize q stock ex.
change.
Waco is agitattng the subject of holding q
Aai'fest. sn.a
Strawberries are ripening in Southern
Texas towns.
Delinquent tax sales are beginning to ap-
pear in the Texas papers.
Mr.. Lem Hodges killed bear in Lamar
county recently that weighed $50 pounds.
The "Sam Bass Combination" is the anne
of an amateur troupe travelling in small
towns in central Texas.
Dead dogs, cats, chickens and other often
siye mater is giving forth an unpleasant and
unhealthy odor in several parts of Waco.
Mr.. L. d. Lillard, editor of the Fairfield
Recorder, led Mis- Martha Z. Watson, also
of Fairfield, to the nuptial altar, on the 7th
inst
The immediate vicinity of Cuero was
visited by very heavy rain last Sunday
night, which was greatly appreciated by the
almost famished gardens.
A Fsnpin county calf, eight months old,
belonging to Mr.. Carlton, was weighed last
Saturday and tipped the scale at 545 pounds.
The animals cross between full.blood
Jersey and full-blood Durham.
Sheriff Mitchell, of Orange county, with
spOsss of men, went down to JJhnson's
inh bn t,,,,
in search Of the murderer Dyson. They
found him, but being mounted on horse he
succeeded in making his escape.
The Galveston journal remarks that the
big day of the Saengertest week will be the
2lst. The 'sogers," the fremen, the laddies
and lassies of the singing societies in one
grand procession, and all the other people on
the street looking at 'em. 1t will be gen.
ersl holiday for everybody, and sort of
universe picnic.
The Wsco Examiner says: The opera
house so often spoken of will evidently be
built yet. DR.. Wallace, Mayor Stutgs and
j. W. Mann have each subscribed SIS, 900
towards it and seem determined to raise the
other $4,000 and build an opera house here
that we will not only be proud or but that
The Orange Tribune says that from all
indications more timber will be put in
the Sabine river this than during any two
years past. Yet even if the supply is equal
to the capacity of our mills, the demand of
lumber and single consumers cannot posi-
bly, be met. Certainly no locality in the
south offers greater inducements to capital
and labor.
The Victoria Advocate says: "The sur
veying party in the employ of the Palmer
Sullivan railway company arrived per train
on Sunday last, and have begun the survey
from this city westward. Another party in
the employ of the same company ia on the
route between here and Richmond, working
in this direction. Mr.. G. M. Tomson, chief
of the corps, informed us that the survey of
the entire line would be pushed to completion
at as early a day as possible.
The Victoria Advocate says: "About
forty citizens of Victoria and Dewitt coun-
ties have been attending the courts at San
Antonio for several years as witnesses in the
Brassel murder case, paying their own ex-
penses 10 and while 10 attendance upon the
court. These citizens have been attached for
their appearance at the approaching term
Q the Bexar county district court during this,
tae busiest season of the year. They refuse
to go, as they say they are not able to bear
their own expenses, and that they will only
e. at the expense Of the state in charge of an
officer. Who can blame themi" ..5
correspondent writes 10 the Mckinney
Advocate as follows:
"A fact not generally known 10 farmers
and one of great importance has recently
been demonstrated in Europe, that freezing
does not kill vegetation-it is the subsequent
and sudden thawing. The late freeze ena-
bled me to make an experiment in support
OF that fact. transplanted the night previous
to.the freeze some tomatoes and cabbages, COW
ering up some to protect them from the cold
and leaving the others exposed. The next
day uncovered some of those / had pre-,
vously protected, and sheltered from the
sun some Of the frozen plants, with the
following result: All the tomato plants
protected from the sun after freezing, are
now strong and growing and not q vestige
remains Of the others. None Of the cabbage
were hurt. The saved plants are now all of
them unsheltered." ...... In.
Goliad Guard: Last Monday evening
about $3.50 o'clock, a stranger rode up to the
house occupied by Charley Lee, at La Bahia,
and called him out, ostensibly TO enquire
about horse, when, without q moments
notice, the stranger begun shooting at
Charley. Several shots were fired, one of
them passing completely through Lees
body, just above the heart. The wounded
man fled into his house, where medical aid
was shortly summoned, and at this writing
he is alive, with q possibility of final recove.
ry. The assassin escaped and has not been
apprehended. County Attorney Patton went
over Tuesday 10 investigate the case and take
testimony in behalf Of the state. An affidavit
was the result, charging the crime upon
Treadwell, who is said to hsvo rmerly been
member of Captain Hsl!s company, but
recently engaged in worSilg s.vck.