The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
lex A. TOPlCS,

American people.
IEXAs tories.
Comanche 10 looking up; real estate hav.
ing advanced twenty five per cont. in the last
few weeks.
Cotton Is better In Comanche county than
it was at this time last year, and large crop
10 expected.
Mr.. Henry Segette. of Seguin. was mar.
ried, Wednesday night, 10 Mrs, Beve Barrett,
Of tha. place.
The Waco Grsys, volunteer company,
will eIcurt on the Texas g. 81. Louis narrow
gauge on the 3rd proximo.
George Roder was shot and killed by un-
known persons few days sgo neal the line
between Milan and Bell counties.
Horse thieves are plying their vocations
around Waco, and the officers of the law,
Ike the old sexton, are gathering them in"
The Colorado river suddenly rose about
five feet Wednesday evening and was still
rising AZ dark, though the water was perfect
ly clear.
The directors of the East Texas railroad,
being built from Beaumont up into east
Texas, have ordered line 10 be- SURVEYED to
M,rshall.
Several cases of small pox have been dis
covered at Houston among tho negro pop
u'a.ion of that city and removed 10 tho city
pest house.
Mrs. Dykes team ran away with her wagon
In Marshall "Wednesday, and the driver. a
cclored man named Solomon, was thrown
out and badly injured.
The man, Deckey, who killed his brother
in"lA~, Sears, In McLpnnan county a few
Gays ago, had not been captured at last &C.
counts, but was being closely pursued.
Reports from different sections of Wash.
ington county are that the worms are ravap-
ing tho cotton. They should be we'll verlni.
tueed with Paris green or London purple.
A Baptist association is in session at
Waco, to which two ex -con.alerate gen.
trails, both graduates of West Point, toswi
Senator $ B. Maxoy and General Hawthorn
are delegates.
L. Mullen, foreman Of Strickland's lob
office 10 Galveston, arrested tn sd.y on
charge OF burglary and theft, pleaded guilty
before tho magistrate Wednesday, and WAS
| $500 eP w INV COuII
The school Ian of Liberty county. locs
tod in the pine region of southeast Texas.
were sold Wednesday to the East Texas
Land company, excepting third of "A league
In the Pan-HaudIe. for $26 900.
A sale of lots at the new town of Pearssll
on the International railroad took place
wednesday. Pearssl is fifty-one miles We ct
OF San Antonio and is located at tho exact
geographical center of Frio county.
Governor r 'berls, with more respect for
law and Tor state courtesy than Governor
CriltendeD has honored his reauisition
Tor the man Becholsheim, a rested ut Gal
WESTON, on charge of embezzlement at st.
Louis.
John King. manager of the Milan county
poor TARA, after weeks exsmination of
numerous witnesses, WAS Wednesday ds
charged from custody, the evidence being
lnsui1citn mt to make cut against him case
OF numbering county convicts rs was
charged.
The people of Bryan. as in fact seems 10
DO the case every where in the state. ara very
much exercised a. tho action If the governor
IN the thar ksgivng matter, and will
nromptiy su down upon 1t IN mass meeting.
IL is suggested 'here that prayer meetings for
lee governors conversion DO organic d at
Huntsville and Rusk.
Galveston ia to have another railroad 10
run from that city to Eagle Pass, on the RIO
Grande river II is called the Galveston .S
E,c'e Pass Air Line and deed of ,rus, or
"a 200 600 borrowed by the directors for i,s
construction has been flied ia the CLERKS
tlice If Galveston county, Thomas L. |
Fowler IL president of the road.
Mr.. Jud Carnahan, foreman of yapy of
workmen on the Texas and Pacific road
near y lvraIo and Mr.. Q Bering, who was
VITA MN, were attacked bya Mexican lion
on Wednesday,. MIR Boring waved bis hat
AZ the leruclous beast as no and hs compsn.
ION were both unarmed, out hats did not in
uni ae II, and II continued IT'S approach,
sunring and lashipgiIs tail Mr. Canadian
IN reireating backward fell over a rock
brnklng one OF his ribs and brui. an arm.
but this new sort of warfare WAS eff ctual as
It frightened the lion so he made An about
face and scanpered of.
George MaIey, who lives in WASHINGTON
county, is unlike that other George W, fead
Of, who with his little hs,chet could
not tell lie, for this George did about
horse belonging to Mr.. smith, friend of
bis, and he was treated to free lodgings and
board 10 tie county jill for his preSaricn.
non, but no has case of exemplary and
plenarY damages against the man who had
rim put there. |, seens that George Dor.
rowed tlne horse from bis friend Mr..
Smith on Tuesday, and rode him to Bren.
ham to procure his marriage license. A
friend Of M. Smith seeing George on the
horse interviewed him on the su TACT.
when George told him Mr.. Smith had never
seen the horse in his lite, and that the inter.
viewer WAS y little of. Ga this stptemep,
the interviewer had George jagged on a
charge OF horse steSling. Mr.. Smith came
to GEORGES relief Wednesday and had HIM
released, as the horse was not stolen but only
borrowed from him. The over Jealous
friend will probably have to soo,he Georges
outraged feelings with a soothing syrup Of
dollars.
Cards and Envelopes.