The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-26
TEXAS TOPICS,

Tas Presbyterian synod met 1T TeAaiksn
Sunday. iiurl
The pesch crop in Hunt county WI be
total failure,
The burnt district of Marlin is being rapid,
rebuilt with neat one story brick houses.
Walker county is building a new isil, the
brick walls of which are already cou pleted
Frost in Lee county did great damage to
corn and vegetables, but the cotton is unhurt.
The East Liue railroad i. pushing its tele.
graph liue to Greenville ss rapidly as pcs.
sible.
Major Penn Is holding a revival meeting
in San Antonio and attracts Immense audi
ences.
Andrew kisney, charged with killing
james Cox last March. was scqitted in Bolton
last Friday.
Attorney General McLeary and bis assist.
ant, Mr. Horace Chiffon, have both been
sick for some days past, sf-
Horny Goldwater, formerly OF Jefferson, is
now United States deFuly marshal ut Laredo,
on the Rio Grande.
Mr.. Robert Rainey of the Guadalupe
Times was married in Seguin on the night
of the Goth, 10 Miss Nettie Harris.
A waiter at the Menger hotel, San An.
tonic, whine iooling with a pistol the other
day, shot himself through the hand.
A man named Harris, resident of Athens,
Henderson county, died in Corsicana Friday
night of hemmorrhage of the lungs,
A great deal of sickness prevails in
Lee county, some of the doctors pronounc.
ing scarlet fever end others reseola.
Hopkins county is to have new COURT
house and Jail and the commissioners court
met yesterday to award the contracts.
The heaviest rain and hail storm ever
known in Walker county, fell Friday dam.
aging crops and carrying away bridges.
Some $3.50 have been offered as special
premiums at the coming fair in San Antonio
by the railroads and merchants In that city,
The peaches in the vallie, in Jack county
were all killed by the recent frosts, but those
on the highlands and hillsides were unhurt
Reverend Father Mclaughlin of the soci
ETY. of Jesuits, died day or two ago at
Segun. He was at one time professor in the
Jesuit college at that place.
Sulphur Springs is now connected with
all the world by telegram a, d all the princi.
pal points of the union by railroad, and her
people are jubilant and happy.
The rain of last week in Williamson
county was so abundant that it will make the
small grain crop and greatly benefit and put
forward the corn and cotton.
On Friday man named Wessen, living on
the Iegua creek, in Lee county, shot at his
divorced wife, and missing her, dangerously
wounded neighbor named Henzen.
San Antonio and thereabouts had
heavy rain Thursday, but unfortunately
mixed with considerable hail, which, how.
ever, did but little damage to fruit or crops.
st. Marks Episcopal Cathedral at San
Antonio was dedicated with appropriate Ger
emonies yesterday. The choral society of
the Episcopal church at Houston being pres.
ent.
The State Dental association will meet In
Austin on the fourth proximo and the indi-
cations are that there will be full attend
ance as special railroad and hotel rates nave
been obtained.
Bellville, Austin county, wants the Hous.
ton East & West Texas narrow gauge rail
road to pass through its precincts, and for
that purpose the citizens will offer bonus
of $4,000.
Twenty-Five miles of grading on the New
York, Texas IL Mexican railroad has been
let, from Rosenberg junction, near Rich.
mond, on the. Houston & San Antonio road,
toward Victoria.
The steamship Harlan, of the Morgan line,
made the quickest time between Indianols
and Galveston Friday, ever run between
those ports, the time being eleven hours and
fifty .fve minutes. -
lrineo Pena, a Mexican, was arrested the
other day at San Antonio for stealing sheep.
He was her ling flock near the city for MIR.
Dock Harris and every day sold two or three
to the butchers in town.
A child of Mr.. 7. Ecenroth, of Ssn Anto.
MO, drank concentrated I've one day last
week. and died from the effects two days
after. The parents were in Galveston at the
saengerfest at the time.
The artesian we'll at Galveston has
reached the depth of 270 feet when
stratum of hard, blue sand in which bits of
wood and shell are found, was reached and
fresh water brought up.
Reverend s. NJ Bird, of Galveston, has
been izvited by the faculty of the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college to deliver the
annual sermoH to the students of that college
commencement day in June next.
Judge S. S. Weaver, late ,esident Of
Greenvile, but more recently of Cooper,
Delta county, died at his home last week OF
diphtheris. He had been a member of the
Legislature from Hunt county, had been
district judge and was a lawyer of promi-
hence 10 all that section Of the state.
1t was reported last week in Georgetown
that the Missouri Pacific road had bought
the Georgetown railroad, a little road run.
ming from Georgetown to Round Rock. If
this be true, Round Rock will be the inter.
section of tho Missouri Pacific with the In.
ternatlonal
Bob Logan, Bob Rowley and William
HUMPHREYS we're Friday arraigned before
United States commissioner at San An
tonic, charged with stopping stage coach
and robbiug the mail. They claim to be
able to prove an albi and had their cases put
Off TO May 10th to got their witnesses. They
were bailed in $4,000 each.
Hon. 4. r. Lane, state senator from
Goliad county, and Mr.. Alonzo Millett, his
brother-in.lsw, have Just purchased the
Slaughter cattle rancho on the Frio river, in
LaSsle county, containing 10000 acres of
land They will shortly stock IL with & 1OO