davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-16
Dcm0crnIIc Cnn,Iilnies.

70 the Editor Of the Dallas Herald
The Fort Worth Democrat gives II
hing ut Colonel Mccoy aud Major
John Henry Brown, rs candidates for
tho convention, alleging that they are
opposed To nominating convention,
aud urG influenced 10y II court house
ring In Dallas, There IN not the shadow
of foundation for such insinuatlOns.
Major Brown, from the first TO the
present time, has on all occasions de-
clAred that whenever the democrats of
Dallas county saw III to hold precinct
meetings or elections for delegates to u
county convention, he would abide
their action aud support their nomina-
ton. lie 50 publicly stated at the
meeting on the 18th Of April, and has
repeated II publicly and ri>ately ever
since, and has done nothing contrary
thereto. lie has never in his life
had any connection With or obi
CATION Ia any ring whatever II the
democracy now, late ~ II II, see
proper to hold primary meetings
IN each election precinct of Dallas
county, whereby the voice of the peo-
! pie can be fairly expressed in their own
neighborhuods, on the same day, he
will abide their action. But it can
scarcely be expected that man who
was solicited to run by over n thousand
democrats, largely farmers, would
withdraw upon the action of seventy
five TO one hundred men In one neigh
6orhoOd, ON the extreme edge of the
county, who take upon themselves the
selection of delegates for every pre-
cinct in the county, without even the
knowledge of the gentlemen selected.
Doubtless the same facts apply to Colo
mel Mccoy. This neighborhood meet
my, however respectable the persons
composing it, ignores all democratic
usage, Ignores the county committee
and assumes TO act for three thousand
democratic voters who were wholly
uhrepreSented, and u large majority of
whom never heard of the meeting.
ladical conventions are usually gotten
up in about that way, but ademocratic
convention, to have any weight, must
fairly spring from the people compos-
ing the party, Fair conventions or
none at all is true democracy.
. w Nv iNIiNaNuNtN piNNlnClS NOS. one,
three, four and five in the Lancaster
meeting? II is only pretended that
precincts one and two were repre-
sented. AS to precinct one, il is said
only one man was present on his own
private choice, representing no one
else, and whose democracy is under
stood to be of recent birth. Precinct
No. ! gave Sol votes for Governor
Coke. Precinct No. ., Lancaster.
2O9, Cedar Hill So, Hutchins 81, gave
him 3i5 votes. How many were in
the Lancaster meeting, we do not
Know, but presume scarcely Il hundred.
snail they assume TO pick out men in
all the precincts as delegates, and call
1t convention representing the dem
ocfacy of Dallas county who had moth
ing to do with it? Common self.re-
spect says no! Besides, democracy
demands that representation shall |
be fair and in proportion
to numbers. Two from each
precinct ignores that principle of
Justice. Our last democratic vote for
governor stood ny follows, and allowing
one delegate for every twenty-five |
votes and fraction over twelve, the
convention, to be fair, would stand
thus.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-16

VIZ Rel the following interesting IN
formation rom Esquire Thomas y,
Coales, assessor Of precinct No, o Of
Dallas county who has just completed
the assessment Of that precincts Total
acres In cultivation, 1000 corn, Hds.
acres wheat 2,7l2 acres oatH, OO-
acres cotton, 5000 aores, squire
Coales tells us that In residence oI
thirty years IN Texas, ho has mover
seen the promise Of such crops The
wheat IL nearly all harvested, aud he
thinks the average yield viii be larger
than ever known IN this section, The
corn h splendid In promise, aud even
should there be- no more rain, Will
make fair crop, The cotton h book'
ward, but has improved very much In
the last ten days,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-16

Total ,.,,,,. ,,n,,.,,,u,o.au,u.ub,M 0tO
The prcpondcrancc of the dcmoc-
racy In each and every county, hNv'
ing settled beyond all perNdycnlurc
The political complexion of the Dallas
district, TUE HERALD favored, and
still advocates, an open field ANA free
race ny the best and only method of
polling the full vote of the democracy
for the constitutional convention. Com
lldcnt TINT none but able, good and
true men can be returned from the
twentieth district, 'rnE HERALD turns
It's whole attention TO the state qucs-
ton, and strives for u full vote, to the
end that the majority for the cOnstltu.
tional convention should he the heav-
lest vote ever pollod in the twentieth
district,
The nomination of candidates would
emascula,e our strength, for being tan
tamount to an election, that interest
and incentive prerequisite TO n full
vote would be dormant. The demo
cratic vote of our district Is not less
than eight thousand. That vote, TIN
HERALD believes, can only b,
REQUIRED through the interest cX
cited by the personal prefer
ences for the various candidate,
offering in the different counties ant
that vote, at the risk Of being read on
of the party, TINS HERALD desires I,
see polled for the constitutional con
vention.
We have often said, aud again re-
peat, for the benefit Of the Tyler Dem
ocrat that our course in this matter
has had no reference to the idea that
n constitutional convention, composed
of members nominated by democratic
district conventions, would necessarily
frame II partisan constitution. We
entertain no such fear. Our opposition
to n nominating convention, in this
district, was purely local, and grew
out of the fact, that with n democratic
majority OF at least six thousand five
hundred, we thought the tairest method
OF choice was to let the people, with
out dictatlon, go to the polls and de-
post their ballots. The Gaze would
have been entirely different, had our
democratic majority been so small
that any division of the, democratic
vote might cause the election of rad
zeal, In that case we should have been
rs warm an advocate of Il nominating
convention as the Tyler Democrat.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-16

The above is according to the Justice
precincts, but a mach more fair way To
all the people would be for each elec-
ton precinct to hold its separate
meeting and send the number OF dele
gates to which 1t is entitled. 1t would
avoid the cry of tricks and rings, and
is the only absolute assurance of a fair
expression from the people.
DEMOCRAT
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-16
q n ssh GIFTS
Awarded M Ilrst DrauIttU
DIRECTORS

l., A, ELLIS, Of ELLIS, lpphy a co,
W, NJ, Harrison, rfrHduul National bnnk,
H. u, urlbblc, President Citilruh savings
bank
WV Harper OF doync Harper n Muir
ply,
j, T., Russell, Of Russell, Ralnoy n GO.
T. N, lhghS at ElllH, lihghy a 90,
Ia, Anderson, Secretary OF Lila AMoola-
iiuu at America,
DR., A, q, CluptOu,
l., q, Ahurn, Commission Merchant,
Ward Taylor Jrr Editor Daily aud Weekly
Jimplecuto,
~ RninCy, Of Russell, Rninoy ~ co.
u, q, liuglcy, nf II, q. linglny Il co., Com.
mission Merchants, Galveston.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-16
DALLAS, TEXAS.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING tl' JUNE TO-
r0srANE.

Persons malllngsinglo copies OF THE
DALIAs DAILY HERALD should boar
In mind that tho paper, with wrapper
ready for mailing, weighs less than one
ounce, aud the postage IL but ONE
GENT. TnE WEEKLY HERALD weighs
loss than two ounces aud costs Two
orN1s transient postage
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-16
-Anstin Statesman. nA rrnnno,,, :,

Austin Statesman: arrangements
are now being made for an immense
Indian scout of both cavalry and in
fantry, the starting point of which will
be Fort Concho. Commissary, forage
and ordinance supplies are being sent
10 Fort COncho from this city.n
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-16
Responsible Agents Wanted EVERYWHERE
REFER ny PERMISSION To

.Swcpson, perklnsN Co., New York; Meyer
Wclas@ Co., New York aud New Orleans !,
NJ ltumscy Co., limbs Meyer n Co., st.
Louis; Briggs Payne ~ Co., John Phelps n
Co., Fulsom Bros Peel ~ Roid. A. Baldwin
" co., Now Orleans; Grnnan & Duvnl, Gal
weston AL Burke, Houston; Flosh, Lewis
4 Co, New orleans, j. i. Busby n CO., Mem.
PMS; NJ, Johnson, banker Shreveport In.
For lurther reference aud full particulars
nnd terms for tickets, send for clrculawglV-
Ing iull Information,
Address the chief manager
A. q. CLOPTON,
b1d2m Jefferson, Texas.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-16

IT IL not improbable that Mr. Pier
rcponl, the new attorney general OF
the United States, viii be asked IA
gule In this direction shortly, now that
he has entered upon the work OF
thoroughly oyerhauling the depart.
ment Of Justice.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-16

---Comanehe Chief: "Colonel Hobby
and party of gentlemen from this
place started west on hunt last Tues
day. They go to Concho, and are to be
gone two weeks.u T-T5
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-16

The East Line nnd Red River railroad dl.
post NJ diHpOslug of the b,l9,0N acres NJ land
donated Ia the road by the state Oi Texas,
aud. u mako II available In building The
rund,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-16
NO uI.ANIK.sI.

Every ticket not redeemed win - Cash
ON will be- received hy He railroad can
pnny ~ ~ mpu value hir tho lands donated
Ia tliu railroad by lhu state OF IoKuh,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-30
Three Thousand Years Ago.

Mr.. Conway tells, IN recent letter,
of a gentleman e Halifax, England,
who. being in Egypt, brought back Tor
its musenms "A number Of Alexandriau
mummies "A mummied ibeX cat, and sew
eral heads taken from human mummies.
These heads we're brought in separate
small boxes, and one of them IN some
way got soaked in salt water on the yoy-
age. When IL was opened by Mr.:
Leyland, a distinguished antiquary, oi
Yorkshire, in the presence OF othtt
gentlemen, they were astOunded 70 ma
that flesh had covered it's outline, tne
chin and cheeks we're plump anl
rounded. the open eyes lookef upon
them. and even seemed TO move;
Tbe gentlemen hastened TO call others
sro,,, oii narts Of the museum 10 a. s
serve tbis wonderful phenomenon. 2
q te,y minutes they beheld an unmta
taLabIy Egyptian countenance-the
face of a man who had lived ut least
three thousand years ago.
They could only conclude that the
powerful aromatic gums which had been
uged had arrested the decay which tho
salt water he'd now rendered possible,
and which speedily set IN after the heao
was taken from IT'S box and wraPpiuRs.
Several gentlemen who saw II have as
sured me that they can never forget the
Iifelikeness of the face before the swift
| dacav of flesh which followed. Tho
| sEnIi was shown me, and the boue
| ~ n ia remarkably white and clear, IN
strong contrast with the darkness "
other mummy heads.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-30
The Mosquitoes of Arctic Land.

In work recently published in
London, "The Land of the North Wind;
or Travels Among the Laplanders and
the SamOyedes," the authOr, Ed
ward Roe, gives the following account
of the Arctic mosquitoes, VIII ch make
us almost content with our own. "The
one bitter drop in our cup of Joy was
the monstrous but inseparable curse of
Arctic summer life-the mosquito. He
abounded, fiourished, luxurIated, sur.
passed himself, Dut-mosquitoed himself,
on the Kuloi river. We were at his
mercy our wells, gauntlets, handker-
chiefs, happer, all were vanity and
vexation. To kill was wanton, for TO
destroy sufficient was impossible. We
had foreseen all this, and even thought
Of taking, among other things, a wood
pecker from home to protect our face
while we slept but one woOdpecker
would have been a solemn mOckery we
should have wanted fresh woodpecker
every five minutes. / suppose these
were the historical flies sent TO punish
the disObedient, obstinate Egyptians !;
they came forth in order, and after
three grievous plagues-the corruption
of the waters, the multitude of frogs,
and the swarms of lice-had entirely
failed. We are becoming connoisseurs
in mosquitoes we watch them traverse
our wells like figures on slides in a
magic lantern. There is the yellow
striped vampire mosquito, with triple
fang to his probOscis thOro - the
brown, hunchbacked or camel mOsquitO,
with legs of gOssamer, who appears TO
our vindictive eyes to be from two TO
three inches in length finally, there is
the scorpion mosquito. very searching
and business-like. We dislike him
greatly, for he wastes no time. We
know now that leather is hollow de-
lusion, and armor-plated gauntlets are
alone of avail,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-30
Life in Cuba.

The London Saturday Review says
II is the uncertainty that gives its
marked character TO life IN Cuba, as
elsewhere in the West Indies. IL IA not
exactlv the "let us eat and drink, for
to-moTrow we die" OF the old Jamaica
nlant rs. for the Spaniard IL oonstitu-
tionally temperate, and 10y no means so
freely disposcd 10 hospitality as the
more i,viaI Britton. IL is not his way
10 keen omen house for all comers, and
tables proauing under loads Of Euro
pean cheer, supplemented with turtle,
land crab and all manner Of tropical
dainties with Bullets covered with de-
canters filed with the ardent wines OF
southern Europe, with RUNNERS OF
sanparee, and beverage perpetually
on the flow. He has rather imported
the more frugal fashions Of the penin-
sula he throws his house open IN ter
tullias and dances i'm place OF giving
dinner.partiea ho Offers by way OF re-
fresbment the light iced drinks which
come like the nectar Of Olympus 10 the
scorched palate when the Thermometer
is standing at something like ninety
odd; you have fragrant coffee, ana
chilly water with azucarillos and salvers
beaped with fruits that are fair 10 the
eve and pleasant to the taste, although
death or disease may be the penalty OF
indiscreet indulgence. The harp ana
Guitar and piano are IN these Onoan
feastg. and there are unhealthy white
complexions and eyes unnaturaly
bright. and figures which want OF eXer-
else makes over-vOluptuous, or Whlch
are somewhat wasted 10y "A climate that
dries M the blood in the veins. But
the pe5ple take thought for the morrow
even less than in Jamaica; for, although
NOT much piven 60 thinking, there ~
vague impression on them thht tho
future il absolutely uncertain. Ihere
NAV be "A few who, under the strength
of that impression, ,,isely make up theiI
minds 10 be content with competency
more than they are ever hkely ~
want and then 90 go home. but ~
rule they find il difficult 10 stop Wheh
tbev are busy in the pursuit OF wealth.
and when every thing IL going on pros
perously. So they stay on, Win the
ideo that Cuba is not their home, but
ONLY a place of temporary solourn, per
snading themselves that they mean 20
return some day with fortune 70 enc
their lives in old Spain. MI the tine
thew are probably conscious that th"
taynrtations 10 Hnger where they ar"
will always be too strong for them; that
tbey will drop out Of existence S%om9 %
sunny day, very likely when they least
exnect II, Yellow fever, cholera, ann
the terrible cOUlitO pricto, are thn
scourges of the island. Malaria m ai'
it's malignant shapes Turks m the rlcnes.
districts. in Havana itself the town -
wretcbedly drained, and the resh
Lreezes from the sea blow over the
mango swamps or are tainted by the DC.
cavipp denominations that streW thn
L,,noL' SO life IN the capital Is marked
by a certain recklossness and an utLer
indifference 20 the morrow. IIio
municipality pays no attention TO SAM
tary yarrangements. Wealth elbowsPove'-
ty; palaces rise iu the most squahd quar-
ters, and many Of the most imposing
houses are whited sepulchers'
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-30
The Upknown Arctic Regions.

Within the Polar circle there il an
enormous area, comprising mt least
2,000,00 square miles, of which we
know simply nothing. We shall have
presently to speak of the various specu-
lations regarding the nature of this vast
extent of the worlds surface it is
enough for our immediate purpose to
say that we do not know anything
whatever about it. Whether it is land,
water or ice whether the climate is
cold or warm whether there are inhabi-
tants, animals, plants, or whether it is a
hOwling wilderness-sDeculatiOn has in
cluded almost every possibility, and
almost every absurdity; but of kuowl
edge such as alone intelligent men can
be content with, we have absolutely
none. To attain some such knowledge
is the first object now proposed in Arctic
exploration. It is cons dered uniting
and unseemly, in the present state of
scientific progress, that there should he
this large area of our earth's surface
still so utterly unknown. The examina.
tiOn of it is loudly called for; it is a
problem of universal interest, the solu-
tiOn of which appeals not TO commercial
profits, pecuniary advantage, increased
facility for transport and communIca-
ton, but simply, in the first instance, to
those higher feelings and yearnings
which, whatever Our remote ancestry,
now distinguish us from the brutes.
We want to traverse this unknown space
and see and know what it is EdiH-
blIrgh ReUie1D.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-30
A Fifteen-Mile Flume.

In Nevada, a fifteen-m mile fiume has
Just been completed at a cost of quar-
ter of a million dollars. It is intended
to supply several mills and mines owned
by its prOprietors with the timber and
fuel they need. These mills and
mines consume about 10000 cords
of wood per year, and as fire.
wood costs from $11 to S12 per
cord, and timber from $22 to $24
per 1000 feet. great saving is ex-
pected. The fiume commenced in the
Truckee meadows, and is quite a tri-
umph in engineering. The method of
construction has been simple and rapid.
At various points water could be TUNED
on, and as the boxes were laid others
we're foated through and the fiume
would float the material for its own crea-
tion. The greatest days work was a
quarter OF mile. Four gangs of 80
men each have done the work. 1t has
required 1000, 600 feet of lumber and
20 tons of nails to build the tiume. The
reservoirs are models of solidity. The
upper one is 600 feet long, with an av-
| erage depth of 10 feet; the other is
100 feet long, with depth of 10 feet.
A ditch nearly two miles long brings
the water to the first reservoir, whence
it is conveyed three miles and a quar-
ter to the fume by means of feeder,
which is a strong square box, well
braced, capable of carrying 45O inches
of water. A stream of pure water large
enough to supply Virginia City rushes
through this feeder. The timber,
thickly covering l., 900 acres, owned by
the company which built it, is mainly
fir, yellow pine, and tamarack. The
superintendent calculates that he will
| be able to obtain from the forest 500,-
| 900 cords of firewood, and 1000, ,00C
feet of saw logs of an average diameter OF
% inches, and 80, 200, 900 feet of hewn
timber. Facts like that make Gen.
Brisbin's ee-planting theory signif-
! can't.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-30
The New Docks at Vienna.

The Pail Mall Gazette says: 1.-THE
improvement of London during the last
twenty years has been as real, at least,
If not as snowy, as that of Paris. But
Vienna, with her old city Notifications
turned into one splendid boulevard Of
real architectural merit, may be fairly
said by every visitor who knew the
crowded, ill-built city of 1860 TO have
outdone other capitals IN material re-
forms. The most important of all these
is the works lately opened in state 10y
the empeI or, the new arm of the Dan
ube, forming in fact, a gigantic ship
canal, with spacious docks and quays
branching off it, TO supersede the dew
ous and narrow streams of the great
river which brought the traffic in before.
The duays thus erected will, when com
plete, be very nearly ten miles in length;
and this, although nearly 1000 acres OF
building ground are added to the city
by getting rid of the old passages OF
the water, which were constantly shifting
their banks we're not built in. So
called winter harbor of eighty acres in
extent is being formed at present, TO he
followed by two lesser basins, giving
ample accommodation for the river
trade, which of late has been seriously
cramped for want of wharfage. The
canal is spanned by six substantial
bridges connecting the city with the
new quarter now rapidly rising. The
estimate for this great work was lus'
E2, 800, 900.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-30
Cheerful conversation promot' diges.
tion and fatigue, sorrow, and anger
prevent it.
Death of a Prominent Educator.

Our community will learn with regret
of the death of Rev Dr. Charles Col
Inns, president of the State Female col
lege, which occurred ut four o'clock
yesterday afternoon. He had been sick
about a week, of inflammation of the
bowels. DR.. Collins was born April II,
1873, in North Yarmouth, Maine. He
graduated at Wesleyan university, To-
| Gated at Middlelown. Connecticut, in
the year 1897, being third in a class os
fifteen, and at once entered upon the
calling of an instructor, in which the
greater part of his useful life was spent
In 1897 he became principal Of the high
school at Augusta, Maine, which po-
sition he held for one year, when he
became q minister of the gospel and
joined the Maine conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church. He was
elected in 1888 president of Emory and
Henry college. of Virginia, where he
remained until the year 1852. A num-
ber of the graduates of this college are
now living in this city, among others,
Judge j. M. Carmack. The same year
that he accepted the presidency of this
college he became member of the
Hoston (east Tennessee) conference.
LII lCJO llt WIS tlNCvFh htbfBdbt W tue
general conference of the NJ. Il. church,
south, aud in 1897 received the degree
of doctor Of divinity from Centenary
college, Louisiana, Masonic college,
Missouri, and Dickinson college, Penn
sylvania. He severed his connection
with Emory and Henry college in 1851,
and the year following was elected pres
ident of Dickinson college in Pennsyl
vania, where he remained until his
removal to Memphis in 1860 As an
educator, DIR. Collins made for himself
in Memphis a great reputation, the
State Female college, by his excellent
management, ranking among the first
Institutions of learning in the state.
MGmphiS AU0idHche, JUIy II.