The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-29

At the recent term of the district court in
Fsnnin county, fifteen divorce cases were
tried.
The district conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal church south, meets in Terrell ia
June.
All the bridges and culverts between
Whitesboro and Denton, have been com-
pleted.
Bonham is said TO DO more rapidly i'm
proving now than at any other period of its
existence.
The wheat and ost crops arc reported as
looki G very fine in Bcsque and Ers,h
cour ties.
Mr.. Il. L Burkhoad, an old and highly
respected citizen Of Terrell, died of consump.
ton last week.
Mr.. Baylor Cecil, of Wise county, was
seized with chill few days ago, and diea
in a few hours.
On the 10th inst, Mr.. Henry Stagle and
Miss Josephine Wotford were married in
Fannin county.
Eleven marriage licenses were issued in
Grayson county during the week ending
Saturday the 26th.
Franklin is going to have new court
house, TO be huilt ont of Austin lime stone,
at &C st of $50 900.
The contractors are still slowly boring the
artessn well at Forney and seeking water,
deep in the bowels of tho earth.
Twelve hundred dollars are offaron for the
capture of tho burglars who robbed II
Gruine's safe in New Brauntels.
II is sid that there are enough rails ct
the depot in Texarkaua 10 IRON seventy
five miles Of the Texas & Pacsic extern
sion.
Shackleford county proposes to save her.
self If salt will do il, for she has made
enough of that article to last her four long
years.
Heavy fros's visited Fannin county two
mornings last week, but the people say the
fruit trees were not sufficiently budded out
to be injured.
White Rock Presbytery OF the Cumber.
land Presbyterian church will meet at Grove
Hill, Fannin county, on Tuesday night be.
fore the second Sunday in April.
j. NJ Ferguson and bis sister, Mrs. Max
well, living four miles from Brenham, both
went crazy las. week. Insanity, it is said, il
hereditary from both sides of their family.
A gentleman in Fannn county has pot
cat-'omount, two months old and weighing
eight pounds, that is as gentle and affection.
ate and playful as an ordinary house cat.
Charles X. Scott and negro named
Moore Cook. have been embezzling the
funds ofthe Texas Narrow Gauge, and ss a
consequence they now langush in durence
vile.
Waco is organizing joint stock company
for the establishment of Rotary Plow man
ufactory, and some of the solid capitalists Of
the city are entering heartily into the
scheme
DR.. 4. L VIM. of Sherman, has been
appointed deputy supreme commander, al
Sherman, of the American legion of honor
and is authorized to organize new councils
Of tho order.
Hon. James @. Francis, number of terms
representative in the legislature from Cbero-
kee county, died ut his home in Rusk, on
Friday, at the age Of seventy yeas, and was
buried with masonic honors.
Mrs. Jane Tinnan, living nesr Kaufman
has queer goose-egg. On the egg can BE-
seen the plsin and perfect outlines of man
and woman, the man having Pipe in hi!
mouth and whip in his hand.
Judge Clark, of tho Kaufman county dis
trict court, was lying very i'll in Sulphul
Springs ON Saturday, and his wife and son
George w. Clark, editor of the Terrell Star
had been summoned to his bedside
While Mr. Dave Goodwin, of Dodd Uity
was chasing a mule-csred rabbit across
prairie one day last week. his horse fell witt
MIN snd rolling over him, bruised snC
mashed him up considerably.
One.fourtb Of one per cent. is allowed b,
the charter Of Bonbam 10 DO levied on th,
citizens, snd as this only realizes sum bare
ly sufficient for current expenses, the city
fathers of that town are at q loss what 10 d.
to have their streets worked.
Fannin county has q trspper who seems Il
be doing 4 fair business Tor go thlckly set.
tied portion Of the country. During thu
past year he caught with his traps two
beaver, forty .fve coona and MAO mink,, be
sides large number OF akgnks.,
Fapnln county has the "boSs" boy TO work
His name is Newton Sadler, md he is onl,
twelve years old, tho son Of u widow. Las
year he raised, without any help whatever
$50 bushels of corn, five acres Of oats, anC
picked 1000 pounds OF cotton. 4 ma
could afford to have whole family Of boy
like that.
Thursday last little son Of Mr.. w. y
Patterson, living in Faunin county, el.empts
TO run scroes plank laid over u cis,ern hi
father Is having dog, and tho plank turniD,
with him, he fell TO tho bottom, distance o
twenty.onc fset, striking on solid rock an,
breaking his RICH. thigh, seriously woundin,
his head AT last accounts he WAS doing al
right.
The children of Mr.. John Piner, edito
and proprietor Of the Bonham News, seer
20 have been rather out Of luck last weeb
The youngest one, an infant, rolled too nea
tho fire and had ono Lex blistered, and III
Oldest one, nine years of age, was knocks
down st school by "ay.jenny,
and had severe cash Gu! on the left side o
her head.
A i.an named II. S. Robertson who ka
been running saloon on Red river
near Donison, went to Deniso
one day last week with
young woman named Ella Roche, eeeming
respectable girl, and was married without
license, by man named A. H, Hall, call
ing himself an evangelist. Robertson ai
forwards attempted to got n license and hav
II dated back before the marriage. but bein
uusuccsssful, he and the girl lell for part