The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-03-17
TEXAS Topics.

Measels prevail all over Colorado county
Farmers in Colorado county are through
planting corn.
| Postmaster Thorne, of Bracket, died or
Wednesday afternoon.
The district court, Judge John r. Kennsr(
presiding, ia in session at Crockett, Houston
| county.
| Every mill at Beaumont ia in active opera
ton and orders are being rapidly filed and
sent off
Petitions are being circulated and numer-
ously signed in Williamson county agains
the thres commissioners ralrosd bill.
jose Emilio Maria Harrara and Manuel
Guerra were congiced of smuggling in The
federal court at San Antonio Wednesday.
On Tuesday railroad soction hand named
Ksvanaugh was stabbed md killed by msr
named Klttladge at Winona, Smith county
Major Penn still conducts an interesting
revival meeting at Palestine, AID up. &c
Wednesday there had been one hundred
| converts.
Preparations are being made in Waco to
entertain the members Of ihe state medical
association, which is shortly to meet there,
in royal style.
Mr.. w. Wortbam, of Bennington, Trinity
county, ard Miss Ida Norsworthy were
married at the residence Of the BRIDES
father, in Houston, Wednesday.
A hydrophobic yearliDg made things lively
ia Houston Wednesday, chasing everybody
and every thing that catde in its sight. A
shotgun finally ended it. suleringa.
District court commenced Monday AZ
Columbus with heavy docket. There are
eight cases on the criminal docket in which
special venifes will be summoned.
There is such business boom and inn
proyement mania at Laredo, on account OF
The approach Of railroads, that carpenters,
stone cutters and laborers are in great de-
msnd
A PARTY Of northern tourists from Boston,
New York, Baltimore and Chicago, have
been visiting Houston for a few days past,
and departed for Little Rock Wednesday
morning.
A petition In Bell county s being gener-
ally signed, praying the legislature not TO
pass tho railroad bill providing for star
chamber oourt Of three commissioners for
their governance.
The singing clubs of San Antonio, num-
beriug one hundred persons, will not attend
the Galveston sangerfest IN April because
they cSnnol get Satisfactory passage rates
from the railroads.
The, Houston cotton exchange, with lead
ing citizens Of that city, have peiitioned tho
legislature not 10 pass the pending bill, fix
ing the maximum railroad passenger rates at
three cents per mile.
The international rsilroad hos inat hsd
printed for ffce distribution pamphlet Of
1875 pages, giving full sud accurate de-
tcirptive account Of Texas, thus aiding Ia
the cause ofimoligration.
Beaumont came nesr having disastrous
fire "Wednesday morning. A lumber shed
caught on Gro and but for the strenuous
excrlions of mill men the flames would have
spread with devastating fury.
Cbesloy Thomas murdered Houston Nc
Mans in Anderson county LAST Sunday, and
when Arrhigned before magistrate Wednes-
day for preliminary examination, be waived
il and went TO ISL without the benefit Of
bail.
DC. Hill, Of Is Grange, Fsyette county,
and j. W. johnson, Of Seguin, Guadalupe
county. were e1agcinud IN court At Brenham
wednesday and admitted 10 the bar as prAc.
iitioreis Of law, foli-fsdged young Black.
stones.
Friends IN Brsnhem OF Roy. w. 3. Bsgb
ana bis vito, Ma. Jennie Luther Bagby. have
las received intelligence Of The sAie arrival
Vt RIO Janeiro. Brazil, where they have gone
- missionaries sent oul ~ The Baptist
church.
r. A. Terrell. esq. an old and highly
hnucred citizen Of ksufmsn county, and for
whoa the iowa Of Terrell was name. died
Tuesdsy night At his residence IN Terrell,
afler q long illness and Vas buried We3nes-
day With MasoLis hOn0rz.
District court r in session al Brenbam, but
with q very t.eht docket Judge Mcfarland,
who is iuLi recovering from sprotrncted all
tax Of pneumonia. y SIN quite feeble and
iudcs 70 GU his place before tbe term ex-
pirs,-
Tia rssidsrcs Of Mr.. W. D. ncConnscs
win in entire contents, was destroyed BY
Ere Il BolivH Point. opposite Galveston.
IN Sunday last reducing him and bis family
from q condition Of comfort and ease 70
sbjsct psnury IN m hours Tina
Galveston hsriDg deprived hsrsslf OF her
p.tursi barrier against he eDcroschrnsnts II
TIE grlf usEe b. removing The EaDd hills
that ksd formed along tbs besch i replacing
fham. o. siding nature 70 DO - by planting
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