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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-06

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NOR. comprehensive spirit urwull In
nlI aOipu uflhp town whore 10 lHnOi
too late the urcoss ilips Of to-day de-
maud that Main ana Elm streets should
he one bundled 10 one hundred aud
twenty feet wide--Ross, Patterson, san
Juciuto, Bryan, Live Oak and swiss
ought "a he one hundred, and every
eros street eighty. Look at the whole
business part Of the city, and what do
we scr9 Lots only one hundred feet
deep, aud no alley behind. All Nth
and ubbish--all goods coming In or
going out, have to pass through the
front door, however rcpulsive the sight
or smell may be. IL there another de-
cent town in the land of which this can
be said? ESQ, we have not seen il.
These are plain truths, written
in both pain and kindness. We
have spoken to arrest attention, and
seek sober consideration. Our motto
is, "wle streets, deep lots and
spacious alleys" three requisites essen
tial to the health, comfort, beauty,
prosperity and lovliness of every town
We maintain that men owning Il biocl'
or one or two acres or more shouit
cbeerfully dedicate to the public, spa
cious streets and alleys, for thereby
their property is greatly increased il
value; while, on the same principle o
equity, men who have oolittle grount
to receive sultingadvantage, shoult
be paid II fair equivalent for thei
ground taken for public use in street!
and alleys. Herein lies the true poin
of discrimination, and by il all should
be governed.
Let no man consider these Remarks
as specially aimed at him. They ar
aimed at class who have been cpl
demically affected by the same malady
The fruits of the disease are visible t.
all. The remedy, so far rs future plan
are concerned, is within the control q
those who yet have ground to lay of
or the power to widen existing street
into respectable proportions.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-06

&. II. COIE q Go. have cstablishcdin
the city of Memphis, Tennessee, alex
~ land agency aud emigration bu-
reau, for the sale of lands in all parts
of Texas, payment Of taxes, eNamlha-
ton and perfection Of titles, and in
fact all land business, and the encour-
agemcnt Of emigration to the state.
They have also arrangements for maxi
ing cheap transportation over the dit
ferent railroads pointing TeXasward
Mr.. c. II. Cole, the senior of the above
firm, who is also editor and proprietor
ofthe Memphis Texan, is now in our
city. Persons wishing 10 consult the
firm on land business, cNnaddess them
ut No. $50 Main street, Memphis, or
see Mr.. Cole himself, who intends
travelling over the whole state, anu
through the medium of his paper Will
give IL thorough description OF all the
towns and cities he visits.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-06

WE have been requested by Captain
Harris, of Bre ckenridge, and secretary
of the district council, to publish the
following section of the constitution of
of the state grange, and to call to it the
attention of masters of subordinate
oranges in the county:
The legislative, and all other powers
of this state grange, shall be vested in
certain of its members to be selected as
follows: All members of the state
grange, as defined by article 2, resi-
dent in each county, in which there is
an organized grange, shall meet at the
county site of their respective counties,
on the first Saturday in July, in each
year, or at such other subsequent time
as the masterof the nearest grange may
by due notice appoint, and elect one of
their members for the county at large
and one additional mem Der for each ten
oranges of fraction equal to eight Ga
certificate of said election to he furn-
ished under seal by the nearest grange;
provided that nothing herein shall be
so construed as to prevent masters and
past masters and their wives, who are
matrons, from attending the meetings
of the state grange, and receiving the
fifth degree.
Delegates and unsalaried officers of
the state grange, shall be paid ten
cents per mile one way from residence
to place of meeting of the grange, on
the nearest practicable travelled route,
and a further sum of one dollar and
fifty cents per day for each day in act
ual attendance.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-06
We Have Tried the Great Cough
Remedy.

Marsden's Pectoral Balm is considered by
all who have tried it the ne Plus ultra of med
ical discoveries. Testimonials pour in from
all classes, expressing the gratitude of the
thousands who have been relieved and cured.
Want Of space prevents our publishing in
detail the many cures it has effected. Physi-
clans prescribe u in daily practice as the
pest expectsrant known, andunbe
recommend it TO their patients in bronchial
diseases.
The proprietor can, with the greatest GER
.ainty, affirm that all the facts stated with
respect TO the efficacy of this invaluable REM
edy are fully established in every class of
cases for which il is recommended, by a body
Of evidence which will carry conviction 10
the most sllsptseal mind, and the medicine,
although highly efectual in lis remedial
character, is, in the highest degree, innocent
in ITS composition, and may be taken with
great benefit by the most delicate. Marsdens
Pectoral Balm can he purchased from all
druggists at 30 cents small, or one dollar large
bottles.
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We read such accounts of the over
taxed and ruined condition OF the peo-
pie in South Carolina rs to fill the most
callous heart with sadness. a state
whose sons, from its earliest history,
from their heroic defeat of the Span
ish invasion in 1906, down to the close
of the Mexican war in 1913, i'll every
struggle cast halo of glory above and
around the American name--a state
that gave birth to Hayne, Rutledge,
Pinckney, Marion, Sumter, Moultrie,
Andrew Jackson, Calhoun and Il long
array of the purest andablest men who
have adorned the annals OF our coun-
try-such state, conquered by power
and then placed at the mercy of half
civilized horde of emancipated slaves,
seduced and misled by the most heart
less knaves who everheld power--such
is the fate to-day Of glorious littleSOuth
Carolina.
Their hour of desolation is terri
bile, and seems to justify the despair
which, as the blight of mildew, cor
rodes the once proud, and chivalrous
and liberty loving state. But as we
believe in the fullness of faith that
God is just and good, so is our faith
that in due time his providence will
redeem and re-enthrone those noble
people in their rights. Their Moses
may, earlier than we almost dare hope,
be found in the re-awakened sense of
justice of the northern people, who
hold in their hands the magic word of
relief, and need only speak the word
to re-baptise liberty in the oppressed
state. God speed the day, and blot out
from our current annals the foul stain
which now disgraces our country and
pollutes the very name of justice. So
mote it be!
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llIp uu.IuUN CpmrUIt b. .'NU. mn.
ullNr Wm llip uu.. N. 4H"..U U.Ir
wituwsnd, and lIi. Wrur enacted Nf
drunken negroes WHrudla9mrr .Ilhr
occasion. There Wprc probably np'
moro than % duHnu ~ white prl 100"
present, ana Tom SWuu, colur"d, pre-.
idont Of the pAlI-b"urcrs, had taken
charge of the ceremonies In The ccmc'
terry, situated some i've miles uut Uu
the Louisville WilrOnd. When the va.
rious COlOred societies arrived there,
they found n number of rclrcshmrut
stands erected, where lunches were VI.
ierpd for sale. Tom swan detailed u
portion of his crowd, armed with mus
kcts, to break them up, which was car
ried ont by threatening to shoot the
ownCrS, one or two of whom saved
their lives by fleeing 10 the wund',
while Il crowd Of negroes seized upon
and appropriated TO their own use all
the cdibles. Mr.. Pope, who had reg
ularly licensed grocery near the gate,
was next visited, aud made to pay
twenty-five dollars permission toSell
| though he exhibited his state and fed
eral license. "A negro woman, named
Godsley, was then robbed of eleven
dollars. They then rushed to the gro
Gerry store Of Felix Martin near "
yelling "let's drive the damned ~ ais
Oh.n Martin and his assistant were
driven into the house pursued by the
mob, INDUCING in the grossest obscen-
ity and profanity. Mrs. Martin was
seized by them and her pocket torn
open aud the money taken. a guard
was then placed around the house, and
the remainder proceeded to the ora
tors stand, where Ed. Shaw, the col
orcd wharfmaster, harangued them
on civil rights. which was loudly APP
plauded. He was followed 10y General
Smith, collector OF this port, who made
II brief address, appropriate to the oc'
casion.
These disgraceful scenes have pro-
duced considerable excitement, and ii
is probable the ring-leaders will be ar
rested for their acts.
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THE wholesale killing of prisoners,
nine in number, in the Bolton Jail, is
to be deplored by all the country. How
ever great the provocation and dread
of rescue by the confederates of the
prisoners and dark their character as
murderers and thieves, the fact goes
forth that nine defenceless men were
killed in prison by mob, and the
good name of Texas will suffer by it,.
Those men had better have volunteer
ed as guards around the Jail till the ac-
cused could have been tried by the
courts of the country. To sustain the
law and uphold the hands of those
charged with its administration, in the
discharge of their lawful duties, is the
duty of every and all citizens. The
apology for the fearful act is that the
prisoners were old and organized Of
tenders against the peace andprosperity
of the country, and that they had asso-
ciates at large who would release them.
1t is a sad vet terrible warning to evil
doors in this state. If men will steal,
rob and murder till the public indigna-
ton is aroused to fever heat, they must
expect to incur the risk of summary
by outraged communities.
Much as we deplore the act, we know
that, as a community, the people OF
Bell county have ever been peaceful
and law-abiding.
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wanting tl wyVt MUf uNIw Wd
I.u WU. lUlN W. HuI IYUuNl.
tul Wun g.. "II..II mudrrll lWII ul
Doc siWn Ifr. H..uI % NrJ nRy iiI
iWupuH fumiN lnIH imp thcY
Wcu' Iuy lu DO IhIr dWk wrcor.
won't VU uuwu Usu IuUycuud hUn-
cf nun um1 lbn people wcro not toI
bruO0, 10, slaughter iu-ilcurrWld nwc.
yUrr yrSgEANrE
Woa swift and terrible. The people
nrusr a. Us one impulsc, aud assumed
ia their i'm capacity the funG-
tiuu4 81 Judge, Jury and cNccutiOncr
Vigilance committees we're organized
and sent in search of the dpspCrndOcs,
with instructions to shoot all who re-
fused to surrender aud hang all who
did submit. The United states mar
shnl ut Austin received information
yesterday from Captain Boyd, district
attorney OF that district, that eleven
had been caught, ana either
HuNG or SHOT,
up TO the time the courier left. This Is
a terrible rctributi0n tor their crimes,
and is II spectacle in oar domestic
economy which we dcplOrc, yet what
can men do under such circumstances
but defend their property and their
lives in the only way open to them"
We expect full particulars from our
correspondent, who has gone TO the Vi
cinity.
LATER FROM BELL. COUNTY.
From information received Mt the
United States marshall office, in Aus
! tin, up to six o'clocE last evening,
there had been eighteen persons killed
in that county lBell) within ten days,
ending Saturday night. This number
includes the outlaws killed in Jail at
Bolton. The people are determined to
clear the county of all desperadoes at
once.
A special to the Tele graph from Aus
tin, dated the I'd, adds:
Rumors are rife of the lawless trans
actions of organized bands of cattle
thieves throughout the frontier coun-
ties. The people are aroused and terri
bly, in earnest.
We are just in receipt of news of the
hanging ofeleven desperadoes III Brown
county 10y the incensed people.
Serious fears prevail that an attempt
will be made of a forcible Jail delivery
at Georgetown.
Nigilant committees are being rap
idly organized, and serious trouble il
apprehended
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FROM COMANCHE COUNTY.
A Deputy Sheriff Killed by DcsperadOes
The People Aroused and Eleven
Thieves Shot and Hung.
Houston Telegraph, June 81

Houston Telegraph, June 81
We were called upon this morning
by gentleman from Brown county,
who is also an official of that county,
from whom we learn the particulars of
cold blooded murder, and retribu-
tive uprising of the people ofComanche
and Brown counties.
THE MURDER
was committed last Monday in front
of saloon on the public square of the
village of Comanche, in Comanche
county, the victim being Charles NJ.
Webb, deputy sheriff. and the muir
derers. were John Hardin, Budd Dixon,
or Dickson, and two others whose
names were unknown.
The murderers belonged to band of
cattle thieves, which has been opera
ting for some time in that district.
There were twelve indictments against
them, and Webb had been instru-
mental in arresting three of the gang,
one of whom was released on bond,
and two incarcerated in Jail at George
town.
On Monday the parties above named
rode into town and laid i'm wait for
Webb in q saloon. He soon entered it,
whereupon they engaged in a quarrel
with him, and soon showed DISPOSE
ton to do him some harm. They paired
off, two in front to defend against him,
and two at one side to do the killing.
Seeing this he retreated to the outside
of the house, and they followed, again
pairing off as before, and drawing their
six shooters. Seeing this, Webb drew
and fired with rapid movement, but
his shot went wild. Hardin now fired,
followed by Dickson, and Webb fell
wounded in the neck, the
hand, the abdomen, and soon expired.
The sheriff of the county and several
other parties had reached the scene by
this time. Hardin walked up to the |
sheriff and handed over his pistol, say
ing:
''TAKE THAT AND THEN TAKE ME, IF
YOU CAM"
The sheriff ordered the other parties |
10 watch and guard Hardin, while he
the Others, which they quiet
" permitted. During this operation, |
hardin mounted his horse and rode
1ff, but barely escaped death in the act. |
Henry Ware fired four shots at him as
2e fed.
Webb received the first shot in the
neck, which felied him, but he heroic
lily brayed his death and raised him
elf to his knees and fired two more
'andom shots at his assassins.
FORMER MURDERS
~ this same killing party are not
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New York Herald. |


No branch of industry has proved so
successful in the southern states since
the war as cotton factories; II number
of which has, Within the past two or
three years, sprung up III Georgia, Ala
bama and other states. Instead Of
shipping cotton t. Europe and New
England and importing the manuinrt-
ured article at high prices, III several OF
the states the cotton is manufactured
within II few miles of the plantations,
and thus the cost of export and impors-
alton is saved to the producing states.
One company, the Graniteville cotton
company, near Augusta, Ga, last year
divided over twenty-five per cent on
their capital between stockholders, ana
even more gratifying results have been
achieved by other attempts in the same
direction. The southern press, from
these experiments, advocate the cree
ton of cotton mills wherever water
power in the c0tton-producing region
is attainable. All the states are blessed
with abundant water power, and there
is 10 reason why the rivers of the south
ten years hence should not be dotted
with manufactures like the rivers OF
New England, and about them spring
up towns swarming with honest, indus
trious operatives. New England has
had monopoly of the cotton manu-
facture long enough, and the south, at
least those states that have escaped
from carpetbag rule, by fostering care
can successfully compete with her. As
an extra inducement for capital to seek
investment south, the Legislature might
wisely enact laws eXempting the mills
from taxation for n stated period. The
benefits sure toaccrue would more than
compensate for the remission of taxes
Oh this kind of property.
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AT the present rate of increase OF
convicts in our state penitentiary it
will soon become absolutely necessary
for great enlargement of the present,
or the erection Of a new institution.
At one time we favored the location of
branch penitentiary in Dallas, but
after more light, obtained from those
who have watched the effect of such
institutions on towns in other states,
we confess to II change of base. In
stead of being beneficial, intelligent
men of experience think il would ut
least injure our mechanical interests.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-06

A gentleman at Helena, NJ. T., has
pair of huge mountain lions or cou-
gars which he raised from whelps.
These beasts are now about two years
old, and are fully as large as a good
sized panther. They do not obtain
their full growth until four years of age.
They are very ferocious, and give no
evidence of becoming tractable, and an
ordinary sized dog thrown into the
cage did not survive long enough to
give a yelp. The. owner says they have
already devoured some ten or twelve
dogs and twenty or thirty cats, which
have been given to them to play with.
Three of the same species, taken from
Montana to the states last tall, We're
sold to a Chicago museum for $1,000.
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TILEGIlPHjC MARKETS.

NEW YORK, June 4.--Gold opened
aad closed OF ii
Cotton quiet but iirmer. Middlng Or
leans, Is 7-lGc; middling Alabama,
is 5-lGc; niddling uplands, Isle; low
middling, II 5-lGc; strict good ordina-
nv. IL 1-16c: good ordinary, Is 5-lGc; or
dnary, 10 Lice.
ExcGange quiet end unchanged, SOLO
81; sixty days, S7!@Ss; commercial,
sixty days, S5l@S6i.
GALyEsroN, June ACTION, quiet.
Good ordinary, l5.c; middling, l73c.
Hides s;ill declining. Dry ordi-
nary selection, l7@.l7 Lac; wet sailed
selected, 7l@73c; damaged half price.
Gold III.
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Gard Qf Thanks.
LANCASTER, June ]; II

LANCASTER, JGile ]; 1919.
To the Editor of the Dallas Herald;
The members of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South, at this place, de-
sire, through the medium of your
paper, TO return their thanks to Messrs.
p. J. Willis & Bro, Leon & II. Blum,
Brown & Lang, Afford, Miller d Veal,
Cannon d Williams, J. II. Burnett d
Co., Half, Weisss& Co., p. H. Hen
Messy & Bro r. F. George, and Marx
& Kempner, merchants of Galveston,
for their generous donation of fine
toned bell, for the Methodist Episcopal
church i'm Lancaster, and to assure the
above named gentlemen that their gift
will be always held in grateful remem-
brance. BY request of the members.
JAMES II. SwINDELIS,
Church Secretary.
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Canada seems inclined to drop the
trans-continental railroad scheme.
The premier recently announced that
operations had been suspended for the
present, on the ground that the rail
road would not be- needed soon. The
great difficulty, be said, was in getting
across the Cascade range, which, at
the most favorable point rose no less
than Ills feet to the mile for a con-
tinuous stretch of fifteen miles, with
out any level reaches at all.
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On the 2lst day of July next, the
Messrs. Gamo, at their home in Bour-
bon county, Kentucky, will sell at auc-
ton large number of thoroughbred
stations, mares, cows and bulls. For
full particulars, our readers are referred
to John Henry Brown u Venable, real
estate agents, Main street, Dallas.
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THE Macon GA correspondent of
the Louisville Courier oirBal takes
Colonel Lee Jordan, the largest planter
in this state, as an example Of the el Ms
of exclusive cotton culture, and shows,
by his own admission, that, though
raising from two to three thousand
bales every year since the war, he has
not saved a dollar by the operation.
Every cent realized was needed to pay
hahds, by provisions and run the
generally.
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ken of as candidate for congress in
the northeast or GAINESVILLE district.
Without blarney, we have no doubt he
will make faithful, efficient and la
borious member. The district con-
tains abundant material from which to
make selection, among whom are
Epperson, Culberson and others.
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Hos. w. W. EATON, the new dem
ocratic senator from Connecticut, Is Il
hruther-in-law of the late great man OF
that state, Ex-Governor Thomas H..
seymour, whose memory is cmbalmed
in the hearts of all right thinking men,
rs one Of the purest aud trucN of oui
country. Mr.. Eaton's term does not
commence till the 9Th of March next,
on which day, also, General MaXey
will take the seat now filled by man
named Flanagan, from Rusll county,
Texas. The long tried democrats OF
Connecticut, after so many defeats
feel decidedly happy in once more con
trolling their state government ano
having n democratic senator at Wash
ington.
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AMONG the. many able newspapers
OF Texas, we class the revived Houston
Telegraph as second to none, and, if
our brethren won't be jealous, we will
say that the Telegraph, through its edi-
torials, is the foremost journal in the
state, and is printed in Il style worthy
of its talent.
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MEssRs. JOHN HENRY BROWN "
VENABLE, we understand, have sold
during this week, 1872 acres of Texas
land, to emigrants from the western
states, and have various other orders
to fill. These gentlemen buy no land
without scrupulOus regard to its quail
ity and the genuineness Of its title.
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THE Denison News says that Mr.. G.
Baker, contractor and bridge builder,
closed a contract with Mr.. Colbert to
put up one of the national iron bridges
across Red river at the old Colberts
ferry. This bridge will be built ofwood
and iron combined, will be six hun
bred feet long, single wagon track, and
supported by three stone piers besides
the abutments. Work is to be commence
ed on the structure at once, and to
complete it as soon os possible, all of
his force, now in Texas, will be con-
centrated on the work. Mr.. Baker has
returned to Saint Joseph, Missouri, to
prepare .the plans and specifications,
and to ship the iron and other materi-
al necessary. He expects to have the
bridge finished by September next. 1t
will cost about $4,000.
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THE people of Arkansas continue to
rejoice at the result of their late
troubles in reinstating Governor BaX-
ter in his seat, and the flight Of several
leading wallet packers from the state.
Four of the supreme judges, instead of
battling on serni-colon, packed their
wallets and slid out.
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A man who snores was described by
bis friend, the other day, as follows;
:, IS. Shores res or, Rf. ! guess not t, 1,,
the morning and find that the b0iIse
you lodge I'm has been moved half a
mile during the night, by the respira-
tory vehemence of a fellow lodger, you
may get some idea cfthst fellows per
formance. His1andlady gets the house
moved back by turning his bed
around"