The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-01
TEXAS TUPlCS.

Cherries grow TO perfection 10 johnson
county.
The ost crop in portions of Collin county
was never better
Green grape pies are reported as being ripe
all over the country now.
Track laying on the "Suuset" road west of
San Antonio Was resumed yesterday.
The Collin county Bsptis. convention will
meet al Allen station on the Doth inst.
Wheat in Collin county, iu the Farmers
vile section promises an unusually heavy
yield.
Mrs. Walker was divorced st WestherSord
one day last week and married sgain the
next day.
Measles supplemented by hux ia the all
ment that now holds the people of Alvarado
in their grippe.
And WestherfoId is advancing. 1t now has
agun club and glass balls take The Iced. Do
you catch en-?
Schulobburg has new passenger depot,
Just completed, which is said 10 bs the lar
gest in the state
Mr. VIM. Austin and Miss Molls Balm
were married at Farmersvile, Collin county.
a few days ago.
Tyler and Corsicsns will have Joint pic
mic at Athens on the Tin inst, the A,henisps
Joining in the sestitivi ties.
Mr. JEFF Pierce of Annetta, Parker county
owns fine MAJ tia! a few days sgo drop.
ped pair of pretty mule colts.
Mr.. d. II. Bass of Pit,sburg. Csmn
COUNTY. was married few days $50 to Miss
Mary 4. Hart, near Simpsonvile, in that
county.
There will DO a Masonic installation a,
Farmersvllle, Collin county, on the 24lh
instant with speeches. a picnic and good
time generally.
Toe main line of the Missouri Pacific
going westward from Waco, will run several
miles eas' of Bolton, but branch will be-
built to that town.
Rev. S. II. Werlein, of the Methodist
church at Houston, is goiDgt to take an Euro.
pesn tour, AID last Sunday preached his last
sermon before starting.
Waco council of United Friends of Tenn.
perauCe has a membership of $50 and ia still
on the boom One hundred and sixty.seyep
were Initiated this year.
Galveston has commenced its nonsense.
stopping vessels for weeks outside the bar.
and thus interfering with commerc, under
the name Of quarantine.
Tho first cotton bloom of the season made
its appearance on the plantation of Mr. w.
j. HiIdebrende, near Schuenburg, and was
exhibited in that town Friday.
A family named Conley ate toadstoos in
Sherman few days ago thinking them
mushrooms, and were made dea,hly sick, but
all were saved by prompt remedies.
Exports from Mexico to Texas through
the Corpus Christi custom house have in.
creased thirty per cent. since 1870, they be-
ing, for the year 1880, S64S, 1859 80
General Manager Hoxie has ordered an
enlargement OF the shops, storehouses and
other works of the Texas & Pacific railroad
o. Marshal in preparation for the increased
demand when the New Orleans Pacific is
completed.
Some parties 10 Houston were praciicrg
pistol shooting in that city few days sgo
bottle being the target. Ono of the pistol
balls struck the neck of bottle and csrom
ing oft, wounded little girl near by severe
in the leg.
Hon. Roger @ Mills, member of congress,
ina speech delivered by him before the
Houston cotton exchange Friday night said:
VI never expect to be before you again as a
candidate" Does he mean that this is his
last session in congress?
The East Texas Narrow Gauge railroad
running eastward from Houston received a
new engine Friday and has named it ]. r.
Crosby, in honor of Judge ]. f. Crosby.
vice-president and general manager of the
Texas e. New Orleans railroad.
The prospects for corn crop in Camp
county are fifty per cent loss than they were
this time last year. Too much rain is the
cause. Cotton is looking we'll fruit will be
scarce, while sorghum cane, potatoes and
other vegetables are in excellent condi,
liop.
j. II. Douglas, in his sleep few nights
ago at Sherman, saw man after him with
pistol, and to escape being punctured by q
bullet, he jumped out of bed,
rushed to window and stepped
down and out" of his room, lust
fifteen fee. to the ground. Stepping out of
the window didn't hurt him particle, but
his stoppsge when he reached the ground
Jared him considerably.
A few days ago two boys, brothers, were
In the woods near Athens in Henderson ceunty
and one Of them WAS bitten By o snake. Hi.
brother killed the reptile and thon applying
his mouth 10 the wound sucked out all tho
poison he could, after which no buried of
for assistance, two miles distant and then re.
turned and helped to take his brother home.
This little hero is only ten years old, The
snake bitten lad was doing well the next
day.