 Dallas Morning News Sherman Shavings May 2, 1887 Corn and other cereals are reported flourishing all over the county in all directions and the farmers of Grayson County generally speaking are encouraged to hope for good harvests. The third story of the Binkley Hotel has been commenced. There are but few cases of sickness of any kind in the whole city. An effort will be made to show Sherman's natural advantages at the State Cotton Congress at Waco. The early train would give the Central a great deal of passenger traffic to Sherman from Van Alstyne, Howe and Melissa that is now monopolized by hackmen and overland conveyances. Business men are becoming thoroughly interested in the proposed extra run. Since the fencing in of all exposed pieces of track in this county by Central Railway section foremen at Dewin, Sherman, Howe and Van Alstyne report a falling off of 60 per cent in the number of stock killed or injured by the trains. As this is but for a period of two months, it is demonstrated that the fence will be more than paid for in another year. The civil docket will be taken up before District Judge Williams, of Waco, Monday.  Dallas Morning News Sherman Shavings May 9, 1887 Fine Weather - A
Broken Arm - The Kid Thieves - Railroad Matters in
Brief. R. L. Maynard, a mover, on his way from or near Tahlequah, I.T., to Hillsboro, broke his arm this morning about 6 o'clock, shortly after crossing Red River. In attempting to hold one of the wheels while going down a hill his arm slipped between the spokes and was broken. He came to Sherman before finding a physician to attend to his wound, all the time suffering intensely. Every day The News reporter is called upon to answer questions in regard to the early train and every questioner seems to be anxious to know something definite. The Collinsville News in its last issue had an account of a hidden treasure supposed to have been buried there by Mexicans several years ago, and upon this statement in the paper a party will explore for it, it is said. Mention was made in a late issue of The News of a crowd of kid thieves, none of them in their teens, who were doing the town. Recent developments show they have been at their work in East Sherman again. The police have captured a number of them, but their extreme youth has invariably saved them from the penitentiary. This is the reason why the press and people of Sherman have always been solicitous about the establishment of a reformatory. Sherman Shavings Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any links inoperable, please send me a message. |