The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-23
Corsicnna,

Special to the Herald
CoRsfcANA, February lG,-The county
commissioners audited the bills from the
hospital at X erns, amounting to S2lo, IN
GLIDING the physician charges The cases
aggregated III, with twenty-five deaths
/ All the patients have been discharged, as
there were no more cases, and the hospital
destroyed.
The commissioners find that it will cost
at least $1,000 to replace the bridges
washed away in the county during the last
month, and great deal Of road work will
have to be done.
County Attorney Hardy, for the state,
entered suit yesterday against the Corsicc
cana d Palestine railroad for forfeiture OF
charter, and 81 600 penalty.
The Galley Slave company who, are IA
vorites with our people, play on the 2lst
making the jump from New Orleans to
this place without stopping.
CoLEWAY, February lS.-The prospects
for fine wheat and oat crop were never
better.
One of the largest cattle trades that ever
has been made in west Texas was con
summated here few days ago. r. l.. Dun
man, of this place sold out his entire stock
of cattle and horses to Messrs. S. Bronough
& Co. The price paid was $4,000.
Large sales Of land are taking place al
most daily.
coming spring will be immense and of fine
quality. 1t is supposed that there are
nearly 200, 0OOimpr0ved sheep in the county.
The losses so far during the winter
will not average l per cent. the
great bulk Of the sheep, with few eXcep-
tons, in this county have been fed no feed
except such as the prairie affords, no shell
ter more than the hills.
Clinton a. ChildS, of Toledo, Ohio, and
Walter Childs, of Worcester, Massach
have iutt purchased $4,000 acres of land on
Hordes creek, seven miles from town, for a
sheep and cattle range.
The weather. beautiful and the roads
are in excellent condition.
A severe thunder storm, with unusually
heavy rain occurred here yesterday morn
ing, but no damage was DONE
CoRsICANA, February lS.-At l o'clock
this morning the alarm of fire was given,
and the rear part of the upper story OF }. Is.
| Stiteler d Co. hardware store, used by
them as workshop, was discovered TO be
| in flames. 1t being in the center of one OF
our best business blocks and we beng With
out the slightest protection against IRE,
grave apprehensions were felt for the safety
of the adjoining buildings. The high fire
walls, and there being no breeze at the time,
prevented q disastrous ConilagratiOn, the
fire being confined to the one
house, entirely consuming the IN
side, leaving only the wall. j.. B.
Stiteler " Co. are the heaviest losers, their
stock being valued at $4,000, on which
there was an insurance Of $500, distribu-
ted among the following companies Scot
| fish Union and National, $1,000; Crescent,
of New Orleans, 81 O0O; Star, of New \ ork,
$1,000; Royal, 81 800, and Lsndon Assur-
unce, 81 600
J.. j. Elser, stationer; A. Stahlberg, jew
eer; n. f. Craddocl, saloo"; i. Cohen,
grocer. and Pttman IL Harris were all more
or less damaged by removal of goods. and
were all insured with the exception of the
last mentioned. The building was insured
by n. c. Read for $1,000; in the st. Paul
for 81 900 and Royal for 5000, The
walls of the adjoining building, owned
by S. a. Pace and J. Huey were badly
damaged, and insured in the Home and
Manhattan, of New York.
The repeated instances of two-story brick
buildings consuming in the centre OF our
solid blocks without serious injury to Their
neighbors speaks well for the character OF
improvements.
The commissioners court authoriZed
County Judge Beale to contract with }. /
Garrett, of Calvert, for the hire of all
county conyicts at So month for men and
81 for women.