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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-08
VOL. XXI, NO. 81
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Some Pertinent Questions.

10 the Edltorof tho Dallas llcrldi
Why does the Fort Worth SiandarC
favor II district convention 10 nOmin
ate three delegates TO the COnsttu
| tiOnal assembly? In all the selections
for three representative from the
same district, being three times within
six years, each county has selected its
own candidate, aud the other two have
In good faith supp0rtedhim. The peO-
pie of Dallas, through THE HERALD,
dnd through the chairmen ofthe differ
ent democratic committees, rs well as
by Il very general private expression,
have repeatedly said to Tarrant and
Ellis, that they would again act in the
same way now-that they would sup
port whatever gentleman might be
respectively the choice of Ellis and OF
Tarrant. What more does the Stand
ard desire? Why depart from our
former practice, and tumble the mat
ter in district body? Why ignore
the fact that many of our best dem
ocrats want no nomination, in this
county ut least for the constitutional
convention?
Is the Standard sure that it expresses
the united or even the general voice of
the democracy of Tarrant in urging n
district nominating convention ? Per-
haps il does but one thing is certain,
that some democrats of Tarrant feel
otherwise, as we chance to know from
their own lips.
The Standard gravely insists on dis
tributing the delegates per sc territori- !
ally. This is well where, as in our
three counties, there are able and COM |
petent men in each but suppose IL |
were otherwise, would the enlightened
voter, in the unsectional and impor-
tant matter of forming constitution
to last for half century, let that
feeling control his selection to
the extent of supporting an
unfit man as against one
well qualified In selecting legisla-
tors, where local interests might be in
volved, this feeling may have large
play, but certainly not in making Il
Is it possible, in any
sense, to make a good con-
stituton for Fort Worth that would
not he equally good for Dallas, Hous-
ton, Sherman, and the whole state,
and vice versa? Again, the Standard
IS assured that in whatever way the
people of Tarrant or its democracy,
may indicate the man of their choice
'or delegate, the people of Dallas, so
ar as known or believed, will respect
he same-it being, of course, taken
or granted that they will select
worthy and competent man.
VOTERS.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-08

From a friend who was present, the
reporter learns that the May-day pic
mic at Lancaster was largely attended,
and went off ia the most charming
manner. The procession from town to
the spring and grove, near by, was
headed by the Lancaster band, which
discoursed music like masters of the
art. The marshals, committees and
everybody seemed at ease in their re-
spective roles. Several addresses were
made before our friend reached the
ground-one by the Rev. Mr.. Buck
ner, of the Religious Messenger. After
the repast and before the return to
town, John Henry Brown, in a brief
address, sketched his views in regard
to a new constitution. At four P. N. a
large concourse reassembled in the
Baptist church, where rare and rich
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-08

What an admirable destiny lies be-
fore this city, scarcely marked upon
the chart a century and half since,
and which now contains 100000 souls
1900, 900 with the annexed cities of
Brooklyn, Jersey City and the others
that really form part of grand New
York agglomerrtion IN twenty years
at most there will be upon that point
population of 100000. London will
then be surpassed, AZ London las sur
passed Pekin ; and the first city on the
globe, both for wealth and population,
will be New York. Cities have their
destinies, and in the mysterious phe-
nomenOn that presides at their birth
and determines their locality, the sea-
sons for their future developement
rests in the germ. Nature, at thh COM
mencement of the ages, had, doubt
less, fashioned this point of Manhat-
tan with marked preference. Was
not the situation happily chosen, among
all other, to be used sometime for the
cradle of the first city of the world?
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-08

From the New York sun, April 23l
Mr.. Beecher's testimony in regard to
his payment of money to Mr.. Moulton
for Mr.. Tilton's benefit, reveals very
auctuating state of mind. Part of the
time he thought he had been black
mailed, and part of the time part he
had not. When he listened to his law
yers, and when he wrote his defense
last summer, he was of one opinion /;
but when he was left to himself he was
of another. He reminds us of the
darkey who had taken ten dollar bill
which his employer pronounced a
counterfeit. A few weeks afterward
he was asked what had become of it.
"Why, you see, massa, J. never was
quite clear in my mind about dat are
bill. Some days fought him him bad,
and some days 1 fought him good :;
and one of dem days dat thought him
good, l jis' passed him away"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-08

musical ffeat Waa eblgYed mo pof.
formers nylne med delight n Tho Ao
dionco 'fho fanonsitflrha generally
won iho 0pplauso NJ MI visitors mi.
la3 wus represented ly Rev. Moasfa,
Duno ond liucknor, ~ John r. Caf.
dnrim Mgof s1mggi aud othofa
Our informant found Captain Robert
n Guy yslill confined to hla room, but
Eicudily Improving under the treat
meut of Dr i. H. swlndells. llls In.
jurlos, ny his recent flll from barn
loft, were serious, but not dangerous.
Time will bo necessary 10 an entire re-
c0yery, but ho will doubtless bo able 10
attend 10 his usual nvOcatlons In q
short time.
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Wrong.
sherman Register. |


1t is wrong that members of the leg
islature should be paid thirty-tNo cents
a mile for travelling expenses to and
from the capital. The DALLAS HER
AID has taken the pains to prepare,
from the records at Austin, a tabular
statement of the amount of mileage
drawn by the members of the twelfth
aud fourteenth legislatures, and the
figures are enormous. Taking our own
county, we find that the mileage from
Sherman to Austin, at thirty-two cents
per mile, is Sl2O 80, and the same
amount coming back. No one will
contend that this amount is necessary
to pay travelling expenses, and there is
no good reason why the law which al
lows it should not be changed. In our
opinion entirely too much money is
expended in Texas for legislation, even
if it were of the very best character,
and when we consider the miserable
quality of our recent legislation, the
price paid lis eXorbitant. The consti-
tuition makers should stop this leak in
the treasury.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-08

The effect of Paris green upon plants
and their consumers, was the subject
of Prof SilIiman's address before the
academy of sciences at its Washington
meeting, on the 24:h ultimo. He held
that the secretion by vegetables of an
abnormal quantity of the poison was
unquestionably a fact. With five
pounds to the acre, however, no effect
upon the consumer is possible.
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Texas Editorial ana Press Association

IIOU5IUFf n I7I n -0f I7lF'7s
All editors who wish to attend the
third annual convention of the Texas
Editorial and Press association, on
May IL, next, and have 10 passes, will
receive free transportation over the
railroad by sending their name and
one copy Of their paper TO G. G.. Vogel,
Secretary Texas Editorial and Press
Association, Houston, Texas.
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Aam NTS Ss

Morssrs. Richard II. Grinin, Advertising
Agent, No. I south street, Baltimore Mdi
y. NJ. Potteugill & Cor Y Park Row. New
4 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, are duly
nuly authorized to contract for advertise
ments for insertion In the DALLAS liEf'
AID, Mt our lowest rates.
Kaufman, are authorized agents for TIE
HEltALDin kaufman county,
RS'T NJ. smith, ESD, NJ L"wlSyille, Denton
IkS HERALD, and money paid tO him on
ouraccOunt will he duly acknowledged ny lls
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THE PnEsIDENTIAL SUCCESSION

The lesson of the elections which
gave the country a democratic con-
gress, and more recently administered
the rebuke direct to President Grant
and his apostles Of hate, teach that the
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-08

In responding to the toast, ''The
Queen" jolly Englishman at the
Massachusetts Centennial celebration
said: 81 wish to express my satisiac-
tion in being with yod here to-day,
and my equal satisfaction In having
been absent q hundred years ago.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-08

San Marcos Free Press "The Sc
guin Times announces Ireland as a
candidate for delegate to the conven-
ton, cracks its whip and dares the
people not to support him. We pre-
dict a good many Of them will decline
to work under the lash.n
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If you write down the figure S
and twenty.one ciphers, and call
units tons, that is, they say, the
weight of this world of ours. For
instance--5, 900, 600, 900, 900, ,OOO,O ,OOO,-
goo.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-08

The Martha Washington tea party
netted seven hundred dollars, which
goes to the Bsylsnd orphan asylum.
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this sslgo typo 81 ~ Tor ~" tfsl, hud 10 cents
tor ench additional Insertion. ,,,.,.
HD-Our charge Tor announcing u Candidate
for any ONCE sli, payable inVhrlhbly Whtn
the announcement II Inserted,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23

WE are glad to learn that the
port which has bee quite curr'
for some weeks that Col. Geo.
Merrill, general superintendent
the Passumpsic railroad, was to
sign, is not true. For certain
sons he did think Of resigning,
arrangements have been receu
made satisfactory to him and
Directors and he will remain for
present in the position he has
ably filed. Col. Merrill seems I'd
the man for the place and it is
wonder that the directors Of
road deemed it unwise to entert
the idea Of his resignation. Ii
fortunate for the company that
remains and has undisputed p0V
in all matters relating to the opd
ton of the road.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23

PIERMoNT. Five, members of
New Hampshire BOARD of Agri
ture were present in this tow
tho session last Tuesday. With
mercury clear Moscm our people Cd
out in full force, with quite a nj
Der from advantageous. The sp|
ers were able and jealous, and
people interested in the subjd
discussed. During the day III
was a free interchange of opin|
and general talking in meeting, ev|
ing some practical ideas. The
ming session was full, and the
portion ofladies large, showing {
the growing interest in agricultj
was not confined entirely to
"outside barbarians," but that |
gentler sex is to give its potent
tluence u the coming reform in 4
direction. The addresses were
apted to the changed audience !;
ing less specific, and mere oratd
cal and charged with glittering q
eralities. Altogether it was a pla
ant session; and the influence
such cannot fail of accomplish |
special and general good. r
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23

FACTS FOR VERMONT TRAVEL
ERs. "Mine host" Foster, OF the
Union House, Montpelier, now runs
fine carriage to the railrond depOts
on the arrival and departure of the
various trains, and claims that at
his hotel may be had the best fnrn-
ished rooms to be found at any host
elrie in the Capital. Commercial
travellers can have their sample
trunks taken at tho depot, left at
any place, and returned to the rail
road statious at any time desired.
NV porters will be at the depot on
arrival of trains, bages reading "Un-
ion House Carriage" Guests at the
Union will find that Mr.. Foster acts
on the motto of 'rest for the weary
and food for the hungry" All is
neat and clean. A good livery con-
nected with the house. The house
is now and has been for the last
eight years kept by GEORGE p.
FOSTER. 34-3m.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23

The REFORM SCHOOL. The 1
islature came together Wednesd|
visited Vergennes Thursday, wd
ed Friday and Friday night q
went home Saturday morning. II
voted to remove the Reform Sch
from Waterbury to Vergennes 4
appropriate 100000 for the purch|
of the arsenal grounds and an
joining farm, and the repair of
arsenal buildings or erection of q
buildings They also voted to
ply the proceeds Of the Waterb !
property to the use of the school
it's new home. They established
department for girls and appro
ated $4,000 for it. An enlar
ment of the State prison was I
vided for, and e12,5OO appropriate
The place to which the schoo
going, consists of the arsenal grou
and buildings just north of
thickly inhabited part of Ver's
mes. A little way below the t:
Otter Greek makes q benz to
east, and soon curves b. ok tow
tine west. The twenty eight a
of land known as the az senal grou
lie just east of the bend. Next
river the land is low, and there
wharf to which boats from the |
may come. Further back from
river is high ground on which
grove, and near the road or st
and facing the east, the arse
buildings, mainly of stone. II
buildings cost e136,000 when or
ed by the United States but VI
bought by John Dyer for $1,000
short time since. Just east Of til
grounds and across the road
good farm on high land of 107 &C
The purchase OF the grounds. bu
ings and farm will use up @19,
of the 100000 appropriated
leave e1l,OOO with which to reg
aud build new. To this sum 10
be added of course the Is ,OV0
the girls department and what,
the Waterbury farm briggs.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23

DR.. Bosehee's German Syrup
Cough no more! How much joy
there is in every household to know
that they can at last procure rem
edy for any case Of coughs, severe
colds settled on the breast, consump-
ton or any disease of the throat
and lungs, that is certain to cure.
1t is sa tisfaction to know that a
person is safe from the dangers Of
these diseases-all you need do, is
to go to your Druggist and get a
bottle of Boschee's German Syrup /;
two OF three doses will relieve you
at once. If you doubt what we say
in print get sample bottle for 10
cents aud try it, or a regular size
for 70 cents. 2Sm3
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23
Saturday, Jan. 49,, 1875.
WE give elsewhere the specia

WE give elsewhere the special
message Of the President OH Louis,
lana affairs. A careful perusal Of it
will convince even Gramt'a OppOn.
cnts that so far as the occurrences of
the 4th of January in New Orleans
were illegal the President is free
from any blame. The message also
shows that there has been a system.
attic movement carried on by Ger.
tain class OF whites ut the South to
intimidate, abuse and even murder
black men who refused to act with
the conservatives.
From the message, too, we learn
that Grant called the attention of
Congress TO matters in Louisiana
several times, requesting that body
to instruct him how to act, but Con
gress shirked it's duty, and left him
to do as he thought best. From the
best information he could gain, he
thought Kellogg had a majority of
votes cast at the election of 1879,
and therefore declared Kellogg gov
ernor. Having done this there was
no alternative left for the President
but to see that Kellogg was sustain.
ed in the execution Of the laws of
the State.
AS we have before said, the Pres.
ident had nothing to do with the in
reference by armed men with the
doings of factions in New Orleans
OH the 4th inst, and should not be
held responsible for any action at
that time.
This message Of the President has
compile tely taken the wind from the
sails of certain ante.administratiOn
papers and men, who had raised the
cry of Cesarism, Capitalization,
Bayonet rule, &c. The indignation
meetings held in the different cities
have been composed mostly of men
prominently opposed to Grants ad.
ministration from the first. The
meetings held before the circulation
of Grants message succeeded IN
getting up little enthusiasm, but
the two or three attempted since
have been failures, as witness the
one in Fanuiel Hall, Boston, which
came within few votes of passing
resolutions endorsing Grant and
Sheridan.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23

Nh. BERGH believes 1t inhum|
TO clip horses intended for use IN n
vate carriages, which are alm|
never driven ut Q rapid rate, and
ten left standing In front Of sto|
aud churches In cold weather FOL
considerable length of time. A
ing upon this belief, he arrested I
drivers Of several shOrn, shiverl
beasts last Saturday, which VI
standing In front Of Stewards rel
store aud sent the horses to I'd
stables.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23

EAST THETFORD. Consider]
feeling has been occasioned in
place on account of the rece nt|
ton of the bridge directors in|
gard to the toll rates. Tney rel
to let the use Of the bridge by
year, but have tickets which IL
sell at two.thirds price, OH condit|
that the buyers agree not to CD
on the ice. If they do NOT agre}
this they must pay the full pr
1t is evident that the people nj
sacrifice their convenience to|
slight pecuniary advantage to
bridge owners.
The district school is being 81
cessfully taught by Miss Addie q
ting of Lyme.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23

The 16Sth anniversary of the
birth of Franklin was celebrated by
the printers of Haverhill, Mass, Oh
Monday last, with grand ball and
supper at Music Hall. The affair
proved complete success. In fact
it could not well he otherwise under
the management of the gentlemen
who composed the committee of ar
engagements, viz: Capt.. II. w.
HOughton, l. L. Mitchell, j. NJ. Da
viS, r. p. Stiles aud .. r. Fox.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23
MARRIED.

In Newbury, Jan. 3rd, by Rev. q. L. b
Henry +. Spoffsrd and Sarah J. Mcintyre
of SO. Newbury.
In Newbury. Jan. 9TH, BY Rev. 8. L. b
Orren g. Page Of Haverhill, N. H., and
line B. Barnet of Newbury;.
In Newbury. Jan. l",h nv Raw. Ri.
Murao F. "s''0' AID and Sarah J. Arth
Newbury. - =,
~ ~ ~bury, Jan. l9&h, by Rev. s. L. B
W" .rles E. Currier Of Topsham and Carr
Orne Of Albany.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23
US. MAILS v. EXPRESS CoMPA-


U. S. MAILS V. EXPRESS CoMPA-
MES. The express companies are
endeavoring to secure a modification
of the law relating to the transporta,
ton of merchandise in the mails.
They find that they must either
come down to a reasonable tariff of
prices, or the United States mails
will carry nearly all light packages.
The prices now charged by express
companies when there is no compe.
tition is simply extortionate. For
example, package which we recciv-
ed from Haverhill, Mass, a few days
ago, which weighed less than sirty
pounds cost us S4.75, and was dam,
aged before reaching Bradford. A
few hundred bills or receipts which
we can send by mail for four or six
cents, will cost by express fifteen or
twenty cents, even if the bundle is
not going more than a mile.
The statement made by the ex-
press companies that the present ar
rangement of carrying light packa-
ges by mail is heavy loss to the
government is not borne out by fg-
ures which the shrewd Postmaster
General has secured.
In anticipation of this inquiry the Postmas-
ter General in November last sent circulars
to the fifty leading Post Offices Of the country,
directing them to mako detailed statement
of the different classes of mail originating at
these offices for period of four weeks from
December |. This statement was to include
all the classes aud cIassifications Of matter
known to the postal code. The answers to
these inquiries have been received, and have
been classified in tabular form. The result
shows that the amount Of mail matter accord
ing to weight of the first class is 8 4.l0 per
centum of the whole of the second class. g.
40 per centum of the whole; of the third
class. % 2-l0 per centum Of the whole. The
per centage of the weight of newspapers to
the whole amount of the weight is 70 $40
while the per centage of the weight of sam
pies of merchandise to the whole weight is bnt
$40 per centum. The pOstal authorities
maintain that these results plainly show that
It is not merchandise that is overlooking the
nails, but printed matter
1t is hoped that the present Post
master General has more back bone
han his predecessor, who backed
Town before the great influence of
hat sOuless monied monopoly, tn e |
Western Union Telegraph Company
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23

The preliminaries have been ar
ranged for an International boat
race, for $500 and the champion
ship of the world, between Sadler,
the champion oarsman of England,
and Brown, the champion of Amer
lea, to take place at Halifax, N. s
in August next. The .Am..rican
champion allows le.. slm for
expenses w
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23
ED.

In Nswbsry, jan. 18th, Ais Asasab
iksn, ssed q /, /lsrs.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23
BLoopsHED PREVENTED.

There is no doubt but that the
presence of United States troops
on that occasion prevented blood
shed and loss of life. Both parties
seem to have relied upon them as
conservatOrs of the public peace.
The first call was made by Demo-
Gratis to remove persons obnoxious
to them from the Legislative hall,
and the second WaS from the he.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23

Executive Mansion, January, 10, 1875.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-01-23

TO summarize In September
last, an armed organized body of
men in the su pport of candidates,
who had been ph 10 nomination for