The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-14
TEXAS JOPfCs

The corn IL up and growing rapidly In por-
tons Of Limestone county.
Mumps arc prevalent In and around
Thornton, In Limestone county.
Comane he has sort Of epidemic of meas
los, but II 10 not malignant type.
Reports from all over Comanche county
give evidence Of a splendid wheat crop.
Those who have been holding cotton for
higher prices have been nicely swamped
On the 4th, Brenham had the city election,
circus, and murder case In the distrlct
court.
Measles at Workman are spsring no per-
son whatever except those who formerly
had 1t.
Cotton business in Waco is now so dull
that the Telephone no longer gives local
quotations.
The people IN some parts of Limestone
county are sowing large quantities OF Ger
man millet this year.
The negro child missing at Homestead on
circus day was found four miles from town.
1t had wandered away.
Fourteen babies we're born in the little
town of Ennis during the month OF March,
despite the hard fall and winter.
The residence of Mrs. Bette f. Tate al
Columbus, was robbed of over one thousand
dollars worth Of jewelry last week.
Melvin Eubank, a very exemplary young
man, died at his home at Tennessee Colony
in Anderson county, few days ago.
A mad dog WAS shot and killed in the
ourth ward at Houston on Thursday, but
| OF until it had bitten several other dogs.
Mr.. LID. Lillsrd, editor Of the Fairfield
Recorder, and Miss Matte 4. Watson were
married in Fairfield last Thursday night.
The local reporter on the Colorado Citizer
is looking hopefully forward to the time
when camp meetings and dewberries will bt
in season.
An election will be held in Castroville TO-
day on tho question of corporate limits OF
not and there has been much discussion over
the matter.
The Texas g. Pacific railroad company ii
going to put up stock pens at Denton, ano
expects to do good shipping business from
that point.
Track-laying on the extension of the In
ternationai road, west of San Antonio, II
progressing at the rate Of three thousand
feet per day.
The good people of Bowman Grove
Limestone county, have organized Sunday
school, which STARTS out under most tayora-
BILE auspices.
There were thirty marriage licenses issued
from the clerks Office in Anderson COUNTY
during tho month of March, and sixty hesT,
beat as thirty.
The Austin Statesman wants TO keep t
law before fishermen and informs them TIL.
it is unlawful to seine between February Isl
and july 1st, and that if they do SO they will
be fined, S liners in Dallas county should
remember the same thing, and also remem'
Der that any seine with meshers less than two
and one-half inchel square is Unlawful
With the law strictly enforced, there will
soon be,plenty of fish in the STRAINS.
The following account of most brutal
murder we CLEAN from the last issue of the
Castroville Quill, the murder taking place
in LaSalle county:
Ell. Davis, Mack Kerchival, Nath. Guide
John Newton, a Mexican AID two Other
men, were driving herd of cattle for Lot
johnson, who had bought them in Mexico,
and from there these men had driven them
On the fatal night the camp was struck
about Fix miles from Fort Ewell, enc
| Davis, kerchival, Cude ana Newton iaJ
down to sleep, while the other two men were
watching the cattle. About midnight tht
men herdiog the cattle heard shot after sho
ia quick and rapid succession, and all wal
quiet except Toe sounds of receding horse
steps. Davis, Kerchiysl and Newton lay
there weltering 10 their gore Guide wa
missed and fed for his life. He says Dav
rose and tried to rinse his pistol, but ht
staggered and fell, and when he was founc
next morning his pistol was found in hi
hand cooked. Davis was shot through tn,
heart, Kerchival through the bowals anc
the negro in the head. Davis and Newtor
were killed at once, but Kerchivtl lived two
days. Guide can give no connected Statement
of the affair, rs he says be was suddenly
awakened by the terrifying reports Of pistols
and almost suffocsted with smoke. Tit
murderers slipped up so close, IN order t.
make sure of their w,rk, that the victims
were powder-burned The dead wer'
buried at Fort Ewell. The Mexican cool
was missing, as was Davis horse, mex
morning. and neither have been seen since
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