The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-18

Registered, who are lluAlllltu \" WV Nv
the election 10 bo heldon The Nv OF N"-
vember must register tleir l'nnles
with Captain a, llarwood, county
clerk, on or before ealst day OF or|o
Der, otherwise they will not be al lwed
10 vote. 49,. ...
Aieier to thest llslImcs writ
ton by special correspondent rom
sherman, on the eth Of last month";
contained the following
Dallas II the county sent OF llle
county by the same name, ANA lSsiNlS
three miles from tllls poinl, dawn NE
Central railroad. u " ~ present the
western terminus OF the VeNNH Paclllc,
although II will be- open 10 Eagle Ford,
ncross the river eight miles distant
where extensive cattle pens VIII ne
provided, and, thus viii an important
item of transportation he no longer
such matter Of division between the
two roads from Dallas Already about
thirty houses nre IN course Of erection,
and quite II little town viii doubt loss
spring lntoa SORT of railroad terminus
existence. Dallns has pRsscd her ,ne-
NTH, aud holders of real estate are less
nnappronchable now thnn they were
last spring, Rents are lower, ANA lile
floating population h beginning 10
dispense. 49,,
The number of Inhabitants or citl'
Hens Is probably 5000, though l2,OOO ~
the popular estimate, The lown Is
badly located, aud lssuliect 70 mIasina
from the Trinity rlvcr--n narrow, sing
nant stream, that now and then over
flows lis banks. The town h by no
means a healthy one, and the water u
so strongly imprognated with lime ~
to be not only unpalataplr put uh-
wholesome, frequently producing NJ
fcctions of the kidneys. -.r...t. .
1t does not appear from the letter OF
this correspondents whether the opip-
ions he expresses were derived from II
personal visit to this city, or whether
they We're based upon information pro-
cured from others. We presume the
latter TO be the case.
The population of the city IL, to some
extent, conjectural. II Is more than
twelve months since u census was
taken, and there has been n steady aud
MISUNDERSTANDING increase since
that time. We have been at some
pains to inquire of those whose bnsi-
ness and opportunities would he most
likely, as we thought, toenable them TO
form correct opinion about the ex-
tent of our population. The estimates
furnished. by such persons vary from
thirteen to lfteena Thousand. We
think to take the mean between these
two extremes and fix the number at
this time at. fourteen thousand, would
be about AS near an accurate estimate
as could be reached without count
How this correspondent could affirm
that"Dallas has passed her zenith, !"
and is retrograding, Is more than we
can conceive, except on the hypothesis
Nhao ne ii.N' llCNSi ' inINNN's niN IVY 'N'
that he derived his information from
persons with whom the wish was
father to- the thought. 1t is true that
during the prevalence of the severe
drouth in August, and while business
was stagnant, as it always is in that
month, there were some croakers even
here who,saw in the anticipated short
crop the sure and rapid decline of the
prosperity of our city. But under the
intluence-of "the later rains and the
stimulating effects of an active fall bn-
sinessr these croakels have had to hunt
their holes, and we hardly think an in
telligent could lie found in the
city OF Dallas, one who has ordinary
information about the business that is
being done here now, and the basis on
whichthat business rests, who would
not scout the idea of any backyard
step in our march ofprogress, and who
does not confidently look forward to
the day Is not very far, distant when
Dallas win not only not have any peer
In the southwest, but will claim place
by the side of the Oldest and proudest
cities or the continent. Within one
hundred yards of the HERALD office
the buildings that have been compile
ted within the pnst month aud thoge
that arepnow in course of erection, will
not fall short of two hundred thousand
dollars III their cost. And as ii is in
this part of the city, so it is in every
other part Building and improve
ment is to be seen OH every hand. The
saw, the hammer and the trowel are
heard in every quarter of the city. So
far from their being any indication of
Dallas havingf pissed her zenith" all
the indications ore that she is Just
stripping herself anew. for the race.
On-the question of the heaithfulness
of the city, the readers of the HERALD
may remember that some time ago We
published carefully prepared state
ment from the pen Of DR.. John $. Car
ringtoh, Showing what the total NOR
tally of the city was from July, 1878,
to July, 1874, and how that mortality
COMPARED With theate in other cities,
north and south. From that statement,
carefully compiled from the official rec
ords of the city cemetery and from 9TH
or sources, the total number of deaths