The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-18
Letter from Hon John Henry Brown
AUSTIN, March IA, 1878.

Editor Dallas Herald
| beg to inform the people of our
county that have directed the
DAILY Austin Statesman" to be sent
regularly, as follows:
One copy to the Dallas Library
Association; copy to Capt. r, S.
Guy, at Lancaster; copy to tho
Postmaster at IIaught's Store
copy to IL. G, Sweet at Scyene 1
copy to DR.. VIM. Suits, Grapevine;
| copy TO Postmaster at Cedar
Hill copy to Tom. Franks, at
breckenridge, and l copy to Alex.
Harwood, at Horizons Mill.
/ have to request of the above
named parties that they will be
kind enough to keep the files of
this paper, which contains the
daily journals of both Houses of the
Legislature, for the perusal of their
neighbors. By this means, all in
terested can get a fair insight into
our regular proceedings. If, on the
other hand, | should send daily
paper to one, then to another, no.
body would get more than one
days proceedings, and be left in
the dark. | trust the people will
see this matter in its true light.
l desire also to say that l some
days since received petition sign.
cd by Al citizens and firms in the
city Of Dallas, and few persons in
the Northeast Of the county, ask
ing that 80 much of Dallas county
as lies east Of Muddy creek, be at
tached to the new county of Rock
wall. | could not, ofcourse, move
in such Il matter unless satisfied
that it was the general wish of all
interested, and, therefore, took no
action in the matter. Since then |
have received letters from several
of our best and oldest citizens in
opposition to the move, and salso
from several who had signed tho
petition, indicating that they had
so signed without due considera-
ton, and wished me not to be gov
nrned by their first action, Under
such u state of facts | cannot, as a
faithful representative ofthose who
sent me, conset to dismembcr our
county. Should such change
prove to DO just and desirable, it
can full as we'll be made year la
ter, after we shall have had fair
voice in the matter.
| have. also been written to by
respectable parties to have our
southeast line changed as to make
the East Fork tho boundary for
some miles between Kaufman
and Dallas. By 'the proposed
change that little strip Of Kauf-
man, lying between the southeast
corner ofDallas and the East Fork,
being Gen. Jones, S. Rains, and a
few others, would be added to Dial
las, while q small settlement of Dial
las at IS ferry, on the east side
of East Fork, would be added to
Kaufman. This seems like dc.
sireable change and mutually bene-
fetal to both neighborhoods and
both counties but | feel indispos-
ed to act in matters of this kind
without some definite expression
from The people, or authorities Of
Dallas county-should the change
be acceptable to them, l hope they
will inform me as early as pcssi-
BILE.
The bill granting further time to
the Trans Continental and Pacific
roads, in which to reach Fort Worth
is before the House Committee on
internal improvements, of which |
am q member. II was considered
last night. Gov. Throcmorton and
B. Ii. Eperson, by request, explain
ed the whole subject very fully and
frankly. Its further consideration
however, by mutual consent, was
postponed until final action may be
taken on the pending constitutions
al amendment. The subject in all
its bearings is complicated but in