Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-12-02
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attendance on lhs Cado llaoe Cours,
oa yesterday aud No we're pleased
IN zee q large nambcr ~ hflicl
among the numbor An euioyta
the day, ahd We anticipate q larger
ationdanoe ofboih sexes Ia ia y
The hrsi ono mile dash, was w0n
hy bork Nelm's horse. Jordan, GU
lerel by q W Lewis, Ia 1891
In the mule race, Beck, entered by
q w, Lewis, won easily in 2,3ot
which oil will admit Is good mule
time.
Amer the races there was a quar-.
ter race between Lucy Lighlfbot,
aud Dan Tucker, which was easily
won by ~Lney.-arersPOH Gasefte,
We never think Of the bOundless
reo0urces 0f Northern Texas; with,
cut wondering hat a country so
blessed with soil, climate and health
should bo 10 tparsely settled
When We remember that tens OF
thousands of the best men aud the
best farmers Of tho older aud less
favored States are wasting their
energies on poor lands, that are an,
nually becoming poorer, and reap
ing as the reward Of their unremit
ing labor, n stinted sustenanee--
we can but wish they would spy
out this beautiful land of tho Dor.
der, and make of II, what their pres.
ent home can never be, the fr1ition
of earthly hopes TO thcm and their
children We know that natal ties
arc strong, but we also know TINT
spirits strong enough TO brake them
can make tho virgin wilderness
bloom rs the rose, and the tenant
less prairie waste on which tho hor.
icons seem TO rcst-the very home
of happiness and prosperity. Few
mon OF encrgyland spirit, whose feet
have pressed the border once, can
again be satisfied with staid life In
the older Slatosand adjust thcmsclvs
TO tho false conventionalitics pre-.
scribed there.
But having tasted the freedom of
tho bo;dcr-having fcl. the impuls
cs and inspirations Of n ICY coun-
try once, they ycarn for it MS doth
tho hart for tho water brooks
Texas Land Jour ,dl.
Tue Survey CoMrLETED-The engineer
ing corpse OF Maj. Alcoti, is expected in TO-
night, on their return trip from Jefferson,
on the survey Of the Marshall aud JetfSr-
son Il. Il,
welsarn that Maj. Alcott,is locating lere
permanently on his return, aud that The
party will be near enough TO comc into
TO aight,
The grade OF the road Is founl TO be ca
sy, and the cost of constructing this little
road will be liL.-MdrshaH Reporter.
BY request, Capt. W. S. Hcrndon, Con.
elect from this district, address
ed the citizens of Tyler and vicinity las,
Thursday night at the Methodist Church,
he was screnaded by the Tyler ST.
vor Band. Notwithstanding the fact that
he night was cold and disagreeable, II
lnrge audience OF both ladies and gentle
men were present. We are sorry that we
not even room for asynopsis of his
address-in fact, we wish We could lay it
before our readers entire, for it would do
every man, woman and child in the Smte
good to read il. II was a powerful aud
mastery review Of the history OF this Gov
for the past ten years, and an az
against The tendency OF the policy
t The Republican party, worthy Of the
mind aud heart Of the speaker. AS We is
Iened to him Oh the occasion referred to,
we felt more than ever proud OF the man
Who is to represent us hcnceiorih in the
National Councils, and VIC congratulate
ourselves and the people of the whole dis
rict anew uron the recent Democratic vic
.ory, and re especially that the honors
# that victory are bestowed upon enc who
will veal them well and wortlily.-7ylcr
49,.
Leslie Allsn, OF Honey Grove, who was
accidentally wounded in n deer drive on
he 9th ult., died last Friday, having liv- ,
i twenty-five days with his body almost
ompletely paralyzed. The circumstances
the shocking accident were as follows; {
Leslie Allen, VIM. Baldwin, and five or
ix others were deer hunting north Of "Uu-
lie Bobbie' Jolnson's and managed to sur. :
ound u deer in o small thicket. AS the [
.eer ran out between Allen and Baldwin,
he latter fired, and missed it, but rhct Al
Ell in the left side of the neck, just graz .
ing tho carotid artery. His horse, which
vas struck at the saihe time, reared and
franiicly, throwing him TO the =
round with grea. violence. Allen was
licked up insensible aud carried home by p
is horror stricken companions, Four
physicians were called in, and made effec' {
,al search for the ball. After lying I'm
o~hscious for eight days, sensibility re- {
irned sufficiently to enable him to con !,
erse with his friends, rnd to realize the G
wful fact that from the neck downward Il
is holy was completely para lied. In "
lis terrible condition he lived until last D
rilay.
His funeral, on Sund y was largely al
ended by the people of Honey Grove and j.
and he leaves n wide circle OF II
and friends to mourn hi. untime- p
death Texas Fetss. :