The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-24
TEXAS TOPICS.

r,sv ara eating Irish potatoes ia Cha,
,rtv that weigh over half pound each,
IcbnF Adkisson. one ofthe most promi
~, citizens of Bremond died Mordsy
Dsyii Stout, an old and respected either
g Esnnin county, died al his home near
nodd CITY lsst week.
The wheat and ost crop of Medina county
oount the corn WAS needing rain.
4 coal vein discovered near Essle Springs
iii he opersd up rs soon IS the Texas &
pacific railroad reaches that point
a small sized cyclone visited Qneen's
pssk LIST week, destroying three or four
houses aud slightly hurting few people.
A severe wind s'orm in Clay county last
resk did considerable damage to corn and
cotton, especially in some localities where
The rain was accompanied by hail.
The residence of Mr.. Flannigsn at CAM
bridge was strucI; by lightning last week
and Mrs Flanagan and Father Levy, a
Catholic priest who was in the house at the
time were considerably shocked.
Rev. s. G. Cotton, of Houston, father of
Me:ssrs 5 O. e. j NJ Cotton, insurance
,pents, died at Pslo Pinto Sunday, in the
79ih wear of his age. He had gone there
fcr his heslth. Ho had been Methodist
., escher for forty years of his life, the last
Twelve yesrs in Texas. conf from his ma.
tive state Georgia, to this state.
A fifteen year old girl named Mary Bart.
lette, mystic nusly disappeared from tert
in railroad camp on the Missouri Pacific
railroad, four miles from Waco. sometime
between midnight aud day on Sunday night,
and at last accounts had not been heard of
by her friends or family. Sho had been
subject to spells of mental stilction, and
fears are entertained for her safety.
j. B. Sanders, white man. shot and
killed negro named Sam Crawford in Bel
ton on Monday. Sanders keeps restaurant
and there being misunderstanding between
him Crawford about hoard bill, Crsw-
ford went 10 Sanders house Sunday aud
abused his family outrageouslv threatening
to kill Sanders and his son. Monday morn
pg he again threatened to kill Sanders md
going down to the restaurant Sanders piled
him up.
Snake stories are getting stale, but a new
fab story is always in order. Mr.. E. NJ
Simmons, of Henrietta, went out to it'll"
Wichita river for a swim, and after he had
been in the water a little while he felt some-
thing cold and Shiny between his legs. He
did MT lcse his presence ofmind but clamp
ing his legs together soon discovered that he
had cat fish He hung on to it and waded
safely to shore despite its bucking, and
landing it found that it weighed forty
pounds.
Lieutenant Bulls, who has done such en-
inent service on the Rio Ora de frontier,
snd go endeared himself to the people of
west Texas BY the protection be has afforded
them against Indians aud Mexic4n marau.
ders, has been relieved of command of his
Seminole scouts and ordered TO join his regi,
menl somewhere in the east The Castro.
vile Quill says this is the result of envy and
Jealousy on the part Of other officer. who
have neither the coursge nor the good sense
and energy of Bulls.
Representative Richsrz, of Medina
county, has buyom, beautiful daughter,
aud Otto Won Wartsnsleben loved her.
The old man did not like the schoolmaster
and forbade him his house, for he vowed no
school teacher ought to be sllowad to marry
the daughter of member Of the 18th legis.
ls.nre. Otto played Romeo, and few
nights ago, stealing up to the window of his
lady love, removed his shoes snd climbed up
through the window irregular "tasse gentle"
to enjoy for a brief spell loves sweet del.
lance But the wide-swake representative
heard noise in the room, AMI suspectpg
some hing went in and he and Otto had II
hot and heavy. The old man downed Won
Wartensleben, who begging Justify, he let
up No sooner was he up than he tackled
the old man again, who striking him across
the arm with six-shooter. broke it, and il
10 Bis arm that Otto now carries in a sling.