The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-06-16

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Noclty IN Texns or tho south hns
grown 80 fasl In the last yenr as Dallas,
which " beautilull ~ situated on theIrill'
ity river, at the Junction Of the Texas
Pacific railroad with tho Houston ana
Texas Central.
This city was settled IN 1872, by Col.
onel John Nicely Bryan, ana named
In honor OF Commodore Dallas OF the
United States navy, Willie the county
was named after George M. Dallas.
In lS40 the legislature male II the
temporary county site, and In 1850 II
became permanently no by the vote OF
the people.
In 1916, when the writer passed round
Il, there were but about thirty or forty
inhabitants, but IN u few years alter
wards, when II became tho permanent
county site, many houses and much
Improvement were added to II.
in 1860, I'LL the business portion OF
the city was burned, and the war com
Ing on after, there was II stand sun,
while the fierce and bloody strife be-
tween Americans called many OF us
citizens to the tented field and the sol
dler's grave.
Not until 1868 and 1860 did Dallas
again commence 10 improve, but III
July, 1877, the Houston aud Texas
Central reached II, followed In August,
1873, by tho Texas Pacillc, ana theh
came the era Of Improvement ana
Many large, fine brick stores and
residences have sprung up Hike magic,
while second bridge, for the Texas
and Pacific railroad, Twill s0onspan the
river. A court house has been hui II OF
stone vt cost Of about one hundred
thousand dollars, and the population
to-day seems to be not less than ten
thousand souls, and Is rapidly increas-
Ing, while Dallas county, with lts
springs Of pure, clear water rich aud
productive lands, isgolning population
and wealth daily.
Asthe city Of Dallas W. about the
center of one of the finest wheat, cot
ton and corn growing counties Of Tex
as, of which about one-third IL timOcI
and two-thlrds prairie land, capable OF
producing bale of cotton or from
twenty-five TO thirty bushels of wheat
or from thirty-live TO fifty bushels OF
corn, or from forty TO sixty bushels OF
oats to the acre; ~ II Is soon to have
two more railroads, ono to lntersoct
tho Great Northern ut Palestine, and
the other the lrans-Qontinental IN Tar
rant county, and the Denver city rail
road in Clay county, IL bids fair TO be
one of the largest inland cities In the
state of Texas, aE4G
The old streets of Dallas are broad
and Mt right angles; their names, such
as Iatimer, BurIord, Record, Cochran,
Ochiltree, Bryan, Mccoy, ETC., call up
In the minds OF old Texans many pleas
ing "reminiscences of past aud by-gonc
days.
Latlmer street was named In honor
of the late j. w. Latimer, who In 1919
founded The DALLAS HERALD, ano
edited II with distinguished ability
until the day Of his death In 1850. Mr.
Latimer was u fine writer, and through
the columns of TUE HERALD, like 4
vigllant sentinel, from the watchtowel
of liberty, sounded the alarm at the
stealthy approach Of the enemies o
freedom and progress. In theprime %
his life and uselulness, Mt the early age
of about thirty three, regretted by all
who knew him, he passed away, leay-
ing to- his partner, MIR. j. w, Swim
dells, the control of THE HERALD, UNI
der whose management ii has from n
weekly become one of the leading and
most useful daily journals In the state.
Record street WINS named after the
late j. X. p. Record, and Burford
street after the Hon. Nat. M. Burford
who still detles the destroying effects
or time, and makes glad the hearts Of
his friends by his genial smile and
great magnanimity.
Judge Burford has. been called mag
unanimous Nat" from the followins
incident: h
Several years ago Mr.. George Laws,
himself and Jim Record las the late
Senator j. X. p. Record was Familiarity
called by his friends) went fishing,
carrying with them u few bottles
wherewith to enliven their days sport
and rs an antidote for snake bites.
Now 1t so happened from rise In
the river, not catching any fish, drink
ing too much whiskey, or some other
cause, that these gentlemen found
themselves In their ilatboat without
poles or oars, gliding down the turbld
waters of the, Trinity river, when
Record appealed to his friend, and
said:r al,W aav
"Great God, Nat, what will become
ofus? We will be carried away, and
lost in the gulf of Mexicow
Whereupon magnanimous Nat arose,
and assuring his friends of his ability
to save them, took up the log-chain at
tached to the end of the tlatboat and
putting 1t around his neck, fastened
the hook into one of the links of the
heavy chain, and plunging into the
swollen stream essayed to swim ashore
and carry the boat and his friends to
safety.
After one lusty stroke MS swimmer
he went under when Record and Laws
seized the chain, hnd pulling him up
from under the water thus saved his
life, and soon after, by catching the
limbs of overhanging trees, rot the
boat to bank, and returned TO Dallas,
wetter anu more fatigued II not ms
sober as when they sailed forth in the
morning ON their famous excursion. 8
Anothertrue story Of Judge Burford
Is as follows:
One snight, at Lancaster, George
town Or some other place, In conse-
quence of the crowded condition of the
hotel where he had stopped, he was
placed In the same bed with an irish
man, yhereupon he pleasantly re-
"Well, Pat, l. reckon you'd have
lived long time in old Ireland before
you'd have slept with a Judge"
WIS, yer honor,n rejoined Pat, "but
the likes Of ye mightha lived longer
In ould Ireland before yes become
judge.'
Nightcaps followed this rejoinder,
and Judge Burford tucked the drapery
of his dbllch on tOna aida of him III