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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27

Captain q. VI. Swiuk, destroyed. 30
insurance upon the buildInG the stock
were safely removed.
"lIclp Through saloon" occupied hy
, Mr.. Schmidt, whose stock was not in
surcd. The building was owned by
Mr.. George l.. Carter, who lost 500 hy
/ its destruction, there being no inAlr'
ancr upon il.
a barber shop in this spIlarc was
also burned.
"OurSfDERS.'
On the south side Of Main street the
block from Mcssrs. Calm IL Mays 10
the corner west of Kingdoms, was
saved only by the gigantic efforts of
the "bucket brigade who labored
increasingly. The water bath, however,
damaged Kingdom to the amount of
Sl50, Talbert say $50, and the go.
k" saloon about $500; the branch of
the Artic ice company, loss slight. The
building formerly occupied by Hofi-
stadt caught fire, but was put out by u
douche from the bucket force.
The sufferers on the north side of
Elm street were Wheat $500; Hibbler
$500. Insured for 81, 800.
Reed & Lathrop, 81 900. Insured for
$1,000.
Simpson, 5000. No insurance.
Obenchain Il Childress, SiOO. In
sured by Ed. S. Gay & Co., for 81 800.
j. A. Crawford, about $50. Insured
for $50.
Hinckley & Dibrell $50. Insured in
a Galveston company.
Ben. Ward, 500. No insurance.
Messrs. Adams IL Leonard, bankers,
several hundred dollars, by destruction
Of window glass. ID. Reynaud lost
his splendid medical library,
surgical instruments, chemical appa-
ratus and pocket book, containing
large amount of bills and notes, and
money to the amount Of fifty dollars.
Grover & Baker sewing machine agen-
cy, Leachman, agent, lost fifty dollars;
no insurance. Slegall & Co., slight loss
by water. Champlin d Wharton, $500;
fully insured. The Texas Central and
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Office
signs were ruined by being scorched.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27

WE trust that Mr.. j. j. Gro0S, com
nissioncr of the land Office Ofthe state,
will exercise keen vigilance over lhisde-
partment. Under the forlncradmihls-
tration great loosenessprevailed. Some
clerks were incompetent and some
supposed to be corrupt, and n set of
villains were allowed dangerous access
to the files of the Office, whereby pa
pers were clandestivcly Withdrawn
and the facilities for forgcries rendered
easy. Beyond que tions this game was
carried on extensively, and land GER
tificates are now outstanding which will
be surveyed and returned to the land
office with forged tranfers unless the
guilty parties take the alarm. Mr.. Groos
cannot be too careful. We have every
confidence in his integrity and earnest
desire to do right, and with such man
us Rhoads Fisher as chief clerk, we en-
tertain strong faith that forgeries ana
trickeries in this department will be
generally detected. Yet many would
warn them to be as wise rs serpcnts, for
some of these villainies are so cunning
ly devised as almost to deceive the
elect.
Such rascalities, however, are not
confined to papers pertaining to the
land office. Some of the operators are
base enough to purge titles to the pat
ented lands of the dead and those long
absent, and palming them off on the
innocent. They deserve the same fate
rs burglars and highwaymen.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27
rnuru VERSUS MUMHUG.

A writer in the Fort Wort Standard,
signing himself "Verdant," justly adj
vocates sending farmer to congress
rather than third-rate lawyer. We
are as much opposed to taking inferior
men as law makers, rs any body,
whether they be third-rate lawyers or
any other class of inferior men. But
farmers should be the most reasonable
men in all communities. AS such
they should realize that such men as
Throckmorton and Good, although
lawyers, have also been farmers nearly
ever since they entered mans estate,
and before that were reared at the
plow handles. If farmer boys, by tact,
energy and superior gifts become sue
cessful lawyers, doctors, engineers, ed
itors, machinists or artisans, DO they
thereby become inimical to their kith
and kin, who farm exclusively" God
forbid that such bigotry should rule
the politics of this country. We feel
this sentiment in the marrow OF our
bones. Born in the southwestern
wilds, far from so-called civilization
swinging to plow handles in Our youth
limited to one pair of winter
shoes for the first fourteen years of
life taught in childhood to milk COWS,
churn butter, pull flax and hemp
shuck corn, ride horses on the thresh-
ing floor, 90 to horse mills on bags OF
grain, astraddle of plow horses, drive
birds out of the field by day, and hunt
'coons and 'possums by night, las were
also Throckmorton and Good having
learned all this before passing fourteen
years Oh this vale of tears; next pass
ing on through all the gradations OF Il
printers devil, journeyman printer, Il
Texas rangers, protecting the lives OF
farmers and their wives and children)'
grubbing land, splitting rails, break
ing up new ground, herding cattle,
pulling corn, grinding on the
steel mill, catching mustangs, going
for buffalo's and bears-facing MeXi-
can bullets, writing in the papers in
behalf of the rights and interests of
farmers introducing new seeds, grass
es, fruits and plants-then going for
the yankees in the late war, getting
licked, and adjourning to the dense
forests of the tropics, where we work
ed in telling trees, clearing land and
planting, as in the days of youth. and
finally, in the providence of God, hav-
ing relocated in the land of our dear
est and sweetest love; when we ma
that such men as Throckmorton and
Good, who have passed most of the
same ordeals, are not good enough for
the new-fangled advocates of farmers
rights in these latter days, we confess to
a feeling close akin to two elements
expressed by the words DISGUST and
CONTEMPT. Ifyou don't like the SINH
lie, put it in your pipes and take long
Whit of Kinikinick, and then say II
you ever ground on steel mill fol
bread aslong as either Ihrockmortoi
or Good or Mccoy or Burford or Ev-
arts, or the dead Hendricks or Ora
vens; or if you ever bore your breast
to savage bullets to make this home
for white people and strangle dema
goguery. Be honest.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27

AURORA, in Wise county, is one of
the most prosperous and p!hclsy oOum-
try townswe haveseen in agood while !;
situated in beautiful and fertile val
ley, in the midst of well populated
section of prosperous farmers, it offers
good inducements to men of enterprise
who aie seeking field for Investment
of their capital and industry. The
town, though only about three years
old, contains six or seven business
houses and is rapidly improving even
now. Our visit to Aurora was a very
pleasant one, and by 10 means profit
less, as respectable subscription to
the Review was a consequence thereof.
We found the crop prospects about Au-
rora very encouraging, and with the
late rains there is no doubt but that a
bounteous return will reward the ener-
gy of the citizens of that favored lacal-
ity.-[ Denton Review.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27

THE Telegraph ANNOUNCES the death,
at Rocliport, Texas, of Mr.. Marmaduke
BoX, aged eighty years, soldier of
1872. For thirty-ive years we have
known him well in Fayettc, Victoria
and jackson counties, rs one of the
salt of the earth, and a conscientious
member of the Methodist church. He
reared large family Of sons and
Iaughters--the former having been
good soldiers in the Mexican war and
on our frontier. We remember the
old gentleman aud his family in the
great epidemic of 1916, among Ken
tucky and Tennessee soldiers and Ger
man emigrants, at Victoria, as angels
OF mercy. Blessed he his memory.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27
TAKING TOLL.

The road was new and pleasant, too,
BY stream and forest winding;
The sky was fair, and everywhere
Surprises we were finding.
Said /, otis queer! the toll-gates near
And YOU can not go by II
Without kiss, my pretty MISS,
Said she, YOU'D better try i'!
| took the toll-a generous dole
Despite her tout resistance.
Said She, "rhe rate is very great
For such tritling distance"
"If so you saw, take back the pay
10 each minuteSt fraction;
For your sweet sake ii gladly take
A lesson in subtraction"
She whispered, "Nay, your taliipgway
Has robbed me of II dozen;
But you're no kin, so don't begin
To prove yourself coZen.
We journey on through shade ana sum-
Regardless of the distance,
And every day the toll we pay
That sweetens our existence.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27

WE are sorry to learn that the wheat
crop OF our county is not yielding near
as heavy rs the fields seemed to prom
ise previous to harvest. Some weeks
since we stated that it was believed,
from the appearance of the heads, that
the Weld would, in some instances,
reach rs high as thirty to thirty-five
bushels to the acre, and this seemed
then To be the impression of some Of
v,ir bet farmers. Since threshing was
commenced, however, it has only
turned out from twelve TO eighteen
bushels. We do not know the cause
nf tni, shrinkage.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27
THE WAR PATH.
4 Band Of Sioux Attack the village nj
Fort BerthOid-A Sharp FisEt-saen-
eral Custar In the Saddle ana After
ERlIn.

Fort BerthOiu-A Sharp H1SEs-eHeh-
cral Custar In the Saddle ana After
ERpn.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, June l6.-A tele-
gram received at General Werry's head
quarters, this city, to-day, from Con
eral Custar, ut Fort Lincoln, stating
that small party of Sioux appeared
on the river bank opposite Fort Ber-
thold agency the day before ut I A. NJ,
and commenced firing into the village.
The Indians from the agency at once
crossed the river and were met 10y
about four hundred Sioux. a short
fight took place, in which tiy9 ices
and one Grosventres We're Killed ana
one Mandan mortally wounded.
This is doubtless the party threaten
ing for some time to attack the Ber-
th0ld agency. The Indians at Fort
Lincoln and the party of Arickarees
and Mandans who have just returned
from the Indian territory are wild with
excitement. The Indian scoHta can
scarcely whit for GH9iaF's movements,
they afe so eager for blood, sealps and
revenge, bat will not have long to wait,
as Custar's cavalry expedition is near
" ready to leave Fort Lincoln. Final
preparations were completed by the
officers of the seventh cavalry, who
We're in this city. Custar expected to
move next Sunday, but may start earli-
er i'm consequence of this news.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27
AGE M TT . :

Merssrs Richard II. Griffin, AdyertiSihhe h
Agent, No. 4 South street, Bnltimorr' W., Mu,
=. NJ. Pcttengill ~ Co., z PARK h7W, wv NV
GD7 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, are i,y a,miy
auly authorized to contract for a9N9r,I,ns,s,- Ni,,n,,
ments for insertion in the DALLAS HEN
AID, at our lowest rates. pl,
E5y-NIrssrs. Doshiell Il Waters Bankers,
Kaufman, are authorized agents for THE
HERALD in Kaufman county. r,.,,,
B6-r NJ. Smith, Esq, at LewlsEllle, DTn,Ih
county. is nm authorized agent for the DALI
LAS HERALD, and money paid TO nm ON
our account will be duly acknowledged by us
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27

GROUND has been broken on the
public square in Mckinney for the new
court house. The foundation will be of
solid masonry, and will go down to the
rock, some twelve or fifteen feet below
the surface. If the building is con-
structed after the plan we have seen,
on paper, it will be one of the hand
soonest structures in the state. 1t is
both right and proper that Collin, one
of the richest and most prosperous
counties In the state, should have a
roomy and handsome edifice as her
seat of justice.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27

GIDEON LOWE, a citizen of Ellis
ccuntv, was found dead near the farm
of Mrs. White, about = mile from
Nynxaiiachie, on the 10Th instant, dead,
His head was terribly mangled by the
discharge Of a shotgun loaded with
buckshut. The coronerheld an inquest
over the body, and returned verdict
Of accidental seIf-murier. Some who
seem to have been well acquainted
with the deceased are inclined 10 the
opinion that it was preme'litated- Ar.
Lowe, who was young man, not over
twenty-hyc years Of age, lost his wife
last fall, since which time he has
seemed TO be in a melancholy aud des-
ponding state Of mind,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27

By an elaborate correspondence in
the st. Louis Republican, we see that
vigilance committees have been form
ed in the Indian territory and south
ern Kansas, for the purpose of operat-
ing against the organized thieves and
robbers of that country, who, by nl-
merous confessions, say their gang eN-
tends from st. Joseph, Missouri, to
San Antonio, Texas.
Already Il number of notorious
thieves and desperadoes have been
captured and executed by the vox pop
uli. 1t is charged that the United
States deputy marshals, instead Of be-
ing shield to the people, have been
in league with the rascals, and hence,
despairing of relief, the honest people
have organized and gone to work to
rid the country of these cut-throats
and robbers. The remedy is terrible,
but the aggravation is doubly terrible.
Citizens who live by honest industry
cannot afford to be Systematically
plundered and murdered by organized
villains. The day of retribution seems
to be at hand, and bad men must
either reform or migrate to other parts.
So say the Kansasians and the Chero-
KEGS.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27
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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27

The cap worn by General Sam Hous-
ton, at the battle of San Jacinto, is in
possession of a lady in Dallas, a gift
many years ago from the general him
self
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27

THE Galveston and San Antonio
railroad viii be completed to San Mar
cos by the first of August
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27

THE star-spangled banner of which
Keys wrote is still in existence, In Bal
timore, though much worn.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-27

THE city of Shreveport is to have her
principal streets paved with cobble
stones at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-16

The GUBERNAToRIAL CONTEST IN ARKAN-
sAs-Smih 10 be Arrested for TTeGSon.-A dis
patch from Little Rock (Ark) relative tn rhs
gubernatorial troubles In that state, saws =
General Garland has obtained from Judge
Giendennin, OF the circuit court, under the state
statute, warrants for the arrest of ex-Lieutenant
Governor Smith. ex-Secretary of State Wheeler.
and John q. Price, general manager of the
Republican newspaper published in Little Rock.
Offices. Price was arrested about dark, Smith
and bis secretary Of state, Wheeler, cannot be
found, and Governor Garland will to-day offer
areWard for their apprehension, that they nav
be brought before the court and there held to
answer to the charges against them under the
laws of the states. Neither Governor Garland
nor the legislature, which is now in session. will
appeal TO the President or Congress, the state
authorities being fully able to protect the gov
eminent. 1t is reported that Smith Is hidden
iii the United States arsenal. Public sentiment
is almost entirely against Smith, both among
the friends of the late Governor Baxter aud
those OF Brooks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-16
A FEMALE INoENpIARY-Shs Sets Eye to On

A FEMALE 1NCEEDIARY-She Sets Fire TO and
Earns Her Husbands Property.-A special last
Thursday from WarrentOn, Mo-, says: 0Teu
days ago the hay stacks of Mr.. Henry Ksmp, a
respectable farmer living near this place, were
destroyed by fire. It was evidently the work of
an incendiary, and the charge was made that
the crime was the work OF political enemies,
More recently the barns of MIR. Kamp have
been burned, with all their contents, includiug
two valuable horses. This latter act was at.
tended by such circumstances as to fAsten sns-
piclon upon the wife of the unfortunate man.
This woman is his second wife, and they have
only been married some two or three months
ual, IL such as will not leave doubt as to her
quit. She has been arrested, ADM ted the
commission of the crime, waived examination,
ted 70 iail.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-16

THB SECOND ARREST OF COUNT vow Ar
M M has caused painful impression in Berlin
The moderate newspapers insist upon an expla-
nation by the government. The Kreuz Zeitung
says that Count Won Arnim after his release on
bail from Imprisonment found several of the
missing documents, which were only mislaid,
He delivered them to his counsel, DIR. Munkel,
with instructions to remit them Immediately to
the Municipal Court of Berlin, which the Iatter
did. The possibility of DR.. Munkel having sc-
quainted himself OF the contents OF those docu-
ments appears to have been the reason for tn e
re-arIest of the count. DIR. Munkel was exam
ined Saturday, but refused to make sny state
ment, on the ground that his position as Counsel
WAS priyileped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-16

THK BOY OF THR PERIOD has no end Of trOu-
bic over Thomas jefferson, Joe Jefferson aud
and Jenerson Davis, and naturally cOnfOunds
the eN.Confederate eX-presideut with Rip Van
Winkle, who only woke up twenty years behind
hand, while he prOfessed 70 be quite AZ a loss
whether the third President Was the author OF
the historic declaration or that OtkcT pO.,ale-
phrase, May you live long and prosper" just
so Is II witE the WebEters-Daniel the professor,
and the spellst. But the hardest luck that has
befallen public speaker a. the hands OF the
printers devil overlook Ex-Governor Stockton
OF New Jersey, when he cOanselsd the demo
erats 20 return In the hour of triumph 70 the
princlples OF Jefferson" anc the imp OF the
ink roller added the word "Davisr-Bosf0r
TTORgcrfUf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-16

BILL TO ABOLISH THR MARINE CoRPs,-A
bill Is being prepared, and will be presented t.
Congress early in the session in December, which
provides for the Incorporation of the marine
corps as an additional regiment in the army,
and for the mastering out of all supertiuo1s
officers. Should the bill become a law the
number eft officers mustered out win be 81. 1t
If proposed to continue the appropriation here
tofOre made for the maintenance of the marine
corps Tor the purpose Of building naval vessels
lt Is estimated that the yearly saving to the
government By the provisions of this bill would
build slOop of war of the class of those now i'm
course OF construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-16
Conservation Of the Bishop of west


ATLANTA, GA, November 15-Rev. r. W.
y. Elliott was consecrated bishop OF Western
Texas yesterday IN st. Phillips church. The
church was packed TO its utmost Capacity. The
secraton sermon WAS preached by Bishop
Wilmer, of Alabama, and the act of consecra-
non performed by Bishops Gregg, Quintard
Howe, Wilmer, and Becswith. A large num-
-er OF the clergy were present; also, a delega-
0Cn Of thirty Texans, headed by lieutenant
Governor Hubbard. Bishop Elliott departs for
his new work the first week in December, HIS
utUre home will be at San Antonio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-16
Political Notes.

Z. st. julien Cox announces that he wall con-
test the seat or II. b. Strait elected 70 Congress
in the % district of Minnesota. He declines TO
state the grounds Of contest.
General LOngstreet, who has been III some
time, has rendered his resignation as a member
leans, and will be succeeded by John Sandage,
a conservative.
The Hon. Harrison G. Rice, the late demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in the Terre
Hsute (lnd.) oistrict is preparing to contest the
election of the Hon. Mortsn q. Hunter, ana has
secured the services OF the Hon. ID. W. voorhees,
and Judge Carleton, of that csty, to prosec ute
the case. Hunters majority was 207.
Spe aker Blaine has written a letter TO the
Portland Press, in response TO a paragraph
mentioning him as a possible candidate fer
Senator, in which he states decidedly that he
should under NO circumstances accept the Sem
atOTship.
AmendatOry returns from three counties in
the I'd Virginia Congressional district have
been received by the secretary of the common
wealth from the commissioners of election in
those counties, which, if accepted by the state
board of canvassers, which meets on the 23d
instant, will result in the certificate Of election
being given TO John GOode, jr., conservative
candidate, instead of James II. Plat, republi-
can, who, according TO the original returns, had
q majority of 294.
The majority for Latta, democratic candidate
4,679. This is about the number OF votes
thrown away on the temperance candidate. The
total vote was 65i, ,339, which is about 106, 900
less than the aggregate vote for governor in
1879. The democrats polled 40 900 votes less
than they did for Mr.. Buckalew for governor IN
1872, while the republicans polled 80 900 less
than they did for Gov. Hartranft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-16

TINE LIMIT OF ROUND TRIP RAILRoAp
TICKETs.-A case involving the right of rail.
roads to limit the time Of round trip tickets was
decided in the Toledo (Ohio) common pleas
court on Saturday. a man named Eeck. OF
Genoa, was put OF train about q year ago
after presenting return ticket, the limit or
which had expired. He brought suit for sI0 900
damages. The judge charged the jury in re-
garo 10 the ticket as contract, whose terms
the holder had accepted when purchased. The
jury returned verdict for s712 In favor of the
plaintiff as he rendered his fare before the train
stopped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-16

THs AMOUNT covered into the treasury arising
from cotton and other captured and abandoned
property was $40, 1913. Deducting the
awards TO claimants there remains 40 414. 900
There we're about 500 claimants, and award :
were made Ia S22 cases. The various classes of
claims remaining aggregate four or FIVE times
more than the amount remaining in the treas
ury on this account. Should awards be made in
eXcese OF the amount on hand an appropriation
from Congress will be necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-16
Tie EOnSshOremen's Strike I'm New


NEW YORK, November 16.-The longshore-
men OF this city entered upon their long threat
ened strike this a. M. and the piers and water
'ronts of both the East and North rivers are
crowded with groups Of men on a strike, en-
gagged in earnest discussion of the situation,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-16

TEE DBATH OF HON. RUMsRY l., Virgo
private letter, dated Quito, Octobeo :, states
that Hon. E. Rumssy Wing, United States min
lister to Ecuador, died at Quito on the Monday
preceding. This makes the date Of his deceass
the ON OF october ins cad of the 1lth, as at first
rel orted. The death was sudden, and as a
poet mortem exami nation showed, was caused
by cerebral congestion