The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-03
TEXAS TOPICS.

house received Sl54, 900 for duties.
Az appeal Is being made 10 the people of
Bryan to establish cotton mill there.
The mortality smnpg horses at Galveston
is very great since the hot weather set in
A tannery Ia now in full blast at Eunies
with some $4,000 worth Of leather in the
watts.
A council Of A. l.. Of H. has been organ
lied in Beilviile with twenty.eight mem
bers.
Farmers around Gainesville ara beginning
to wesr long faces because of the continued
rains.
Smith county has let the contract for en-
tagging and improving the court house 1t
Tyler.
Crops in Austin county arc reported as
berg very fine, and tho ost yield uncom
monty large.
Genuine cotton worms are reported in
some of the farms around Courtney. in
Grimes county.
The receipts OF cotton al Palestine for the
season are IA 600 bales, and it is still arriving
in limited quantities.
Roasting ears are already making their
appearance in Brenham, Washington county.
and by the wagon load.
A tailor named Chris Mute, number of
years a resident Of Denison, died at Gains,
vile Sunday of delerium tremens.
Gonzales wants railroad and is moving
in the matter, the plan be ny to induce the
"Sunset" road to build tap from Hsr.
wood.
Hopkins county boasts of good corn
medium oats, < >od health, fair business and
school examinations for the latter part of
the month
Fannin county now rejoees in an abdn-
dance OF chicken and hog food, in the
millions OF young grass hoppers that have
appeared there.
The school lands Of Rusk county, four
Leagues situated IL Clay and Wichita coun
ties, are to be divided into quarter section
blocks and surveyor is now enroute for
those counties.
C)m noncamaut exercises at BAYLOR insti.
tute lod pendsnce, commenced last Sunday,
DR.. Stribbling, of Tyler, preaching the com.
mencement sermon.
a nine..year-old negro boy named Nc.
Phsul, fell out Ut loaded wagon at Bastrop
on Tuesday, and the wheel passing over his
head, crushed it, causing instant death.
Mr.. s. A Mccain, of Ennis, owns the
premium COW. She has twin calves few
weeks OLD, and gives three gallons of milk
day, besides feeding her babies all thew
want
Soma OF the bankers at Austin are com
planning of hard times. They long for 40.
other legislative session. 1t is proper how.
ever, to state that they are faro and keno
banks.
There are only two white children within
the scholastic age from 8 TO 16 in BRENNAN
who cannot read, and ffty>one coored
children out of total of 440 colored
children.
Mr.. Trawk, MARQUEE druggist, is in
trouble and no doubt overwhelmed with
sorrow. A few days ago he put up NOR
phine for quinine, thereby causing the death
of a child.
Two men named William Cswse and Jas
Bailey got into light at q shooting match
at Whitman, in Washington county, last
Saturday, and Cawse was stabbed five times
by Bailey, some of the wounds being danger
Gus.
Farm hands in Bastrop county are paid
seventy five cents and a dollar day and
board. SO much rain has given the grass
and weeds such start that planters are
compelled to give these prices 10 save their
crops.
The muzzle Of the pistol is sometimes a
very effective argument. This was demon
Itrated at Round Rock a few days ago when
1t was used on young man to induce him to
marry young lady VINO had possibly loved
well but not wisely.
The drinking saloons in BRENNAN were all
closed fore and aft last Sunday and no one
could get in, yet according to the Banner
there was as much liquor drank Ss on any
other day in the week, and number OF
drunken men were seen on the streets.
The body of an old man named Chlds,
who died last Thursday at BRENNAN, from
Injuries i1acted by one of bis sons, was
afterwards disinterred for the purpose of
post morem Examination, but decomposi
ton had so far advanced that it was i'm
possible
Galveston luxuria,es on country butter,
eyes, aud spring chickens, all OF watch are
plentiful, but strawberries arc m SCRABBLE,
oranges puny, peaches poor and plums lit
tie. Bananas sad pine apples, how aver arc
iinc, and We presume fab are in abundant
supply.
Mr.. w. L. Chancellor, of Ennis, ia minus
horse He wss was out with his horses
Monday and because they began TO France
around litlle no hit one OF them lightly on
the head with tho muzzle of his gun which
caused 1t to 60 oil, and tho horse dropped
with charge of shot in his BRAIN and 500
vanished with the smoke and noise of The
discharge.
There ARE some preachors who 500 evil in
everything. This seems to be the case with
Kew. Mr.. Brown, Of Gonzales, VIII preached a
sermon afew days ago against drinking dane.
ing, and croquet playing, Tho drinking part
OF the sermon is AL right, and it is proper TO
give rnipg against excess in dancing, but
In croquet playing il is strange TO ua how
any buta diseased Imagination caa oven dis
tort harm OF u sinfulness.
Mr. Burke, tue superintendent OF tho gov
erament work now going on o! Galveston
ior tue improvement of tho bar, says of the
work done that tho limo of wall now extends
o distance OF $3.50 feet, nearly one half the
distance to DO covered. Mattresses are being
sunk at the rate Of three day, counting
thirty days to tho month, or six a day for
the days when the sea Ia smooth enough 10
admit Of sinking the mattresses. About 1876
mon are employed in constructing and sink.
ing the mattresses, exclusive OF carpenters
AMI mechanics. Mr.. Burke says that with