The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-19
TEXAS FOPICs.

Gainesville.
Te1arsapa is to have masquerade on
WashiDgton's birthday.
A car losd offns blooded cattle has been
received by citizen of Tyler.
Married, at Gainesville, last week, Mr.. G.
Z. Holman to Miss Martha Il. Hall.
A small storm visited Bellville last week,
and blew o7sr an unfinished building.
G. W. Loftin, allie ed defaulting sheriff of
San Saba county, has left the country.
Major Penn is 10 hold a campmeeting Of
San Marcos during the coming summer.
The Rockwell post-otice is to have the
money order department added to it soon.
The loss Of cattle ia Brszos county has
been very slight, considering the cold weather.
Mrs. Edward Bolin died at her residence
seven miles south OF DaDgerheld last week.
Corn is selling in Sherman at 80 cents per
bushel large quantities IRE being ahipDed by
rail.
K. W. Holtom, of the Nacogdoches News,
was recently married to Miss Lavinia Chap
msn.
Paris folks had an exhibition of shooting
b., Captain Bogardus and his four sons last
week
Another coa fsmine is apprehended in
Gainesville if the cold weather lasts much
longer.
The federal prosecution in East Texas
against alleged repeaters has all gone out in
smoke.
Many planters in Red River county have
thirIJ to fifty bales OF cotton still in the field
unpicked.
Waco shipped $4,000 bales of cotton up to
last week. 1t is expected that $1,000 are yet
10 come in.
Oorsicens lodge No. So l. 0, O. f., are
going 10 celsbrate their anniversary on the
26th of April.
The Texas mormons in the neighborhood
of Oak Island have ousted their elder on
serious charge.
There is more sickness in tho neighbor-
hood of Oyia now than there has been for
some time past.
A very heavy rain, wind and thunder
storm prevailed in Lsvsca county on Sat-
urday night LAST
Saturday nights heavy rains did much
damage around Chsppoll Hill by washing
away fences, etc.
Henry Gibbs has been Jailed at Hunts
vile for beating another negro over tho head
with six-shooter.
Mayor French, of San Antonio, has gone
to austin TO WORK in the interest Of normal
school for that city.
There was colored baptism at San An
tonic Sunday afternoon witnessed by
thousand spectators.
The loss OF sheep has been very great
this year in Dewitt county they being es--
timated at forty per cent.
The hardware store of J. Blaloy ut Ennis
was entered "A low nights ego and great
many reyolvefs and pocket knives stolen.
Engineers are preparing 10 make sound
ings Of the Brazos river preparatory TO
building the bridge for the marrow guage
road at Waco,
John Fisher, colorel, boarding IN negro
family ct Giddings, in their absence laid
hands on registered money package sent
them, pocketed the money and now lies in
Jail
The Texas e Pacific railroad is having
number of drills constructed and others re-
paired, to be used in boring artesian wells
Along tho line OF their road between Dallas
and El Paso.
There is some talk of establishing in Gal
weston business mans society for the en-.
couragement of moderation in drinking, the
members pledging themselves not 70 drink
during business hours.
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for mail route between Ennis and Cham
bers creek; also to create new postotice ut
the residence of Robert Lsrtiner, in Ellis
county, to be named Avalon.
The Galveston Journal says it 10 estimated
that at losst seven hundred singers will
participate in the ssengerfest in April next.
Such q musical festival as this will be has
never been known in the south.
There was we'll sunk nnety-eight feet
deep, on tho place of Mr.. Wilson, eleven
miles from BRENNAN, last week, and stream
of water struck, which filled the well TO the
top and overaowod out on the ground.
John Shulocll, foreman of the,bridge gang
at Columbus, tried to commit suicide by
cutting his throat with dull case knife, and
succeeded in severing his wind pipe. A
doctor was called in, and he is in a fair way
TO recovery.
Last Wednesday Rusk county girl, aged
IS, Miss Laura Swane, ran away with
young man, G.. W. Little Seated behind
him, the two entered Carthage, Pamela
county;a licenae was produced and the twain
were made one flesh.
The Gainesville Hesperian says "with the
most elaborate decorations and colors. pa
rGde and the brilliant reception and ball, the
Knights of Pythiss anniversary promises TO
pass into history as the most memorable
event of the kind known to the annals of
North Texas"
The Denison news says that on Sunday
morning the lifsless remains Of little girl
we're found on Iron Ore near au II. Il T. @.
railway bridge. The child was aged about
ten years. She WAS lying face down. The
conclusion arrived at by the railroad men
is that the child was frozen to death.
The Hebrew benevolent association gave
a grand masquerade and fancy dress ball in
Victoria last week. The elite Of the town
attended and the cosiuming was brilliant,
A young man while on the floor dancing
dropped derringer pistol, when his partner,
young lady, Immediately left him and
tripped TO her seat.
On Monday of last week very sad acct
dent occurred on the premises of Mr.. j. w.
Justiss of Dangerfleld. Mr.. Justiss and Mr.
Traylor we're cutting down tree, and it not
falling in the direction in which they had
avneo,nd that liitle Henry Traylor n child