The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-11-21

HE 'HeW uephTtuTc VI tic "uh'h-
istration Ia "Up Salt River"
DIR. EsToN, of Lexington, Kentucky,
was accidently shot and killed on the
10th.
THE first through train on the Balti-
more aud Chicago line left Baltimore
on the 10th.
THE Tyler Reporter protests against
animosities being aroused between far
mers and merchants.
The officials elect in Shreveport did
not wait for the returning board to
speak, but quietly took their seats.
THE Hon. L. Q. q. Lamar, of Miss
issippi, is the Memphis Appeals can
didate for speaker of the house of rep
resentatives.
The New Orleans Picayune urges
upon the real estate owners the neces-
sity of building the New Orleans and
Dallas railway.
The Chicago Tribune wants the
United States troops to see fair play in
the counting Of the votes by the Lou
isiana returning board.
THE loss of life by the Empire, on
the Mississippi, below New Orleans, is
the first disaster near there that has
happened for long time.
The St. Louis Democrat, strong
republican paper, wants Grant to keep
his hands off of Arkansas, and disap-
proves of Smith, of Arkansaw.
THE governors proclamation is a
model of common sense, devotion and
gratitude. The Goth of November
should be religiously observed.
SMITH, of Arkansaw, it is thought
in Little Rock, got his leave from
Grant to usurp. The president must
want to attend Smiths, of Arkansaw,
funeral.
A COMMITTEE of citizens are to be
present at the counting of the votes in
New Orleans, by the returning board.
Let nothing be left undone to head off
rascality.
KELLoaG's officials have been caught
in the act of tampering with the cleo
ton returns, arrested and bound over.
Thus the delay in counting the vote is
accounted for.
B. GRAFT BROWN stands good
chance to succeed Schurz as United
States senator from Missouri. He gets
his red head from the Brownsville
brains in it from the Bledsoes.
TELEGRAMs from Coushatta parish,
Louisiana, say the Attorney General
Williams minions, acting with Packard,
the carpetbagger, are arresting citizens
still. "How long, o Lord !"
KENTUCKY thought she had a clear
democratic delegation to send to con-
gress. Her establishment may be i'm
agincd at finding an unclean radical
elected from her ninth district.
A BATCH of persons from Natchito-
ches, Louisiana, have arrived in New
Orleans, having been arrested by Laun-
delet Williams, Kellogg & Co. Go on
Kellogg rope may yet stop you.
The Black hill gold diggings have
excited such an interest that we pub
lish an account of the best and shortest
route to them by an old frontiersman
who knows what he is talking about.
THE democrats just elected to con-
gress want to meet on the 4th of
March, and the radicals are trying to
head them off if possible; they fear the
threshing in store for their man Grant
The following is the official vote of
Dallas county for congressman
Throckmorton, 1888 Dan Micham,
II ; J. J. Good, 8 F. M. Ervay, 2; p. F.
w. Sumner, radical, /.
THE New York. Post, leading re-
publican paper, comes out strongly in
favor of congress meeting on the fourth
of March. The Post wants the democ-
racy to show its hand. But will the
democracy oblige the Post?
THE New York Journal of Commerce
recommends the repeal of the legal
tender act. 1t argues that if congress
provides for specie payments at some
future time greenbacks would be
boarded and business embarrassed.
jim PLECUTE, of Jefferson, wants to
raise the HERALD's hair for typo
graphical error which put down Jeffer-
son five thousand bales. We have al
ways had an idea that Jefferson got
more cotton than any spot in Texas,
and the wrath of Jim proves it.
THE next thing may be that Tom
Ochiltree will go to Washington and
walk up on top of General Laundelet
commander-in-chief of all
the armies, for not knowing why the
Ochiltree was cut down by Grants lit
tie hatchet.
THERE was man iRour sanctum,
who called it the "Salvy-
neye" club. His brains and gore now
in fresco the walls thereof
No man shall call Salvini thus and
i've. We shot him little too high,
md no died hard W
NOTHING could better illustrate the
shameful apathy of our voters i'm the
asst election than the fact that, out OF
he four or five thousand registered vo-
ers in the county, only eight hundred
md fifty voted. This should not have
,een. Every vote should have been
,olled.
OUR delegation sent to New Orleans
or the purpose of securing an all-raiI
QUITE from that city to this, seem to
ave created very favorable impress
ion on the business and moneyed men
4 the Crescent city. The New Or
cans and Dallas railway may yet be
Ixed fact. rg
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