The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-24
STEPHENVILLE LETTER.
WEATHER COOL AND BALMY.
JOY at Musical Concert-The Worm
War short and Harmless - The
Road Question and Other
Notes of Interest.

STEPHENVILLE, June %. - Cor
respondence. The days have been
extremely warm the past week and
the nights were just delightful, cool
and balmy. The climate of Texas
equals that Of the semi-tropic country
of Southern California, with the adj
vantage in favor of T, zss. We have
always q pleasant breeze snd that suf-
focating, sweltering feeling is never
felt here that is experienced in that
hot climate.
There was very entertaining and
instructive concert given at the acad-
envy ON last Friday evening by Miss
Childs' musical class, assisted by other
ladies and genJlemen outside of the
school. The concert was indeed
grand success and under Miss Childs'
tutoring. She may well feel proud of
her effort a gold medal was awarded
to Miss Dora Young, that young lady
proving herself the most proficient
scholar in the class, and indeed it was
difficult to decide really who was
Justly entitled to the medal where all
displayed such rare talent in music.
The StephenYille Brass Band lent
their aid on the occasion.
The "careless worm," "web worm"
or what other name ii may be called
has woven its web and ceased
ISIS havoc. The damage Is but
slight in comparison to the
scare it caused, and In nearly
every field where the cotton has at
tanned any height, and the bud had not
been Injured, the cotton is all right,
and planters say that now no fear
need be had from that source. But in
| fields where the plant was young and
! tender, the destruction it caused these
!sundoubtedly final.
We mad delightful shower on last
Thursday evening, accompanied by a
pretty stiff wind, A good rain at this
time is badly needed. Corn is not re-
ally suffering yet, but in few days
the Select OF The SUMS rays In up.
lands viii be quite visible.
The road overseers in their resp0c-
tive precincts are having gangs of
men at work repairing the roads lead
Ing into town the lattor part of the
| week. THE HERALD correspondent is
not in the habit of finding fault with
work that is done In any
shape lhat will improve the
roads leading into town, but
one cannot help but find fault with
the work done on the crossing above
the old mill on the Bosque. AT leaSt a
dozen men with teams spent hours
hauling light sand and placing it on
the rocks, and 10 minutes after their
hours of hard labor mad been done
the w rk could be seen to vanish be-
fore their eyes. Now, any person half
sane should know that light soil, or
sand, will not make q crossing, thrown
upon loose rocks with good sized
stream OoZing through. Then again,
that Is not ali; further out onthe Gran
bury road places have been plOwed up
AID the sclapinGs cast into wRshOuts,
only 10 await the first shower Of raiu
to carry it away, and much more Of
the soft earth with II, leaving the road
entirely impossible. Experience here
totore in blowing roads up has proved
disastrous, as in tho case last fall,
when the peOple on the Pilot Point
road were entirely cut on from CONF
luunicat.ou ",.l SEopieuNiNe, There
is plenty ui rock 10 Ga mad, and In
place OF duigg u2 holes aud gutlies
with loose soil PUT rock in it's place,
Had half the amount Of labor been
pent in placing rock at The crossing
elerred 10 above, q good roadway
would now DO had.
Roasting ears are plenty in market.
Much to the disappointment OF the
people living in the ueighborhoOd OF
Rock Creek, there will be no barbecue
there this 4.h OF July,
/ Mrs. Beck, sister-in-law to County
Tax Collector Dick Long, was acct
dentally hot In the thigh, causing u
very serious and painful wound.
Dr. Richie was called TO attend a
ca o oi sUust-Uko IN last Wednesday
/ morning. n. NJ. Fitzgerald was found
timely aid, death would have been the
result. The man is doing we'll.
Fruit is plentiful, ripe and lucious.