The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-06-26


happened Ia be- on hoard the train, an
seized aud tlIrottled the leader ut III
robbers. The other two were also cap
lured. on mmnsklng them, two q
the would be robbers were found to h
man named Brooks, and the olhc
named Ellsworth, the latter vel
known about Houston ~ telegraph
operator. No damage was done, no
was any treasures lost, and the robhcr
have now time to contemplate th
uncertainty of robbing trains.
THE first message over the wire re
Gently put up between Kaufman ah'
Lawrence, connecting by telegraph
the Capital of our neighboring county
with "the rest of mankind," was sen
to THE DALLAS HERALD. Following
that the same greeting was sent Il
Terrell, Marshall, Galveston, New Or
leans, st. Louis and Philadelphia
Colonel Choate Somerby, the protector
OF the line, who contracted forand hat
the line In working order in two weeks
after the idea entered his brain, de
serves the thanks of the people o.
Kaufman and business men every
where, that have use for the new line
1t was built and put in working order
10y Colonel Somerby, as agent ofthe
Texas Gift Concert association, ol
Kaufman, aud whsn completed was
presented to the citizens of the town OF
Kaufman by the association. We may
add that this is in keeping with all the
acts of Colonel S.-to conceive Is Ia
act with him, and promptness is one
of his chief notices.
ON the 18th instant, the United
States Supreme Court rendered II de-
cision in the celebrated case OF The
State of Texas VS.. White Il Childs, to
recover u number of Texas Indemnity
Bonds, issued to the State by the
United States, and procured from the
Treasury of Texas by the famous Mill
tary Board during the war. The case
is thus stated by telegraph to the New
York Herald:
The bill, answers. and proceedings in
the case show that the purpose of the
suit was to establish the title of the
State to these bonds, and to free it
from the embarrassment of the claim
of the defendants. All parties to the
suit were, therefore, bound by the de-
cree as to the title, and because Chiles
was the owner, or now claims to be
owner, through u transaction not set
up in his answer, he is not the less
concluded and bound to obey the above
Injunction. notwithstanding he now
asserts different title, or source of IT,
tie, held by him when the suit was
brought, from the one imputed to him
in the suit and defended by him, he il
in contempt of court in setting up
and seeking to enforce this claim.
Punishments for contempt of Court
have two aspects, namely: !. To VIM
dicate the dignity of the Court from
disrespect shown to it or its orders
2. 70 compel the performance of some
OTutT utCItC bhC Soulb " ~ -
in the power of the party to perform,
and which he refuses to obey. In the
present case there is no part OF the
original decree which Chiles can per-
form which remains unexecuted, and
no additional order or decree can he
made for him to perform in the pro-
ceeding for contempt. TheCourt there
fore sentences him to fine of $3.50 and
costs for his contempt in setting up a
claim or title to seventy-six of the
bonds mentioned in the decree.
IT seems to be the especial province
of certain claas OF the country press
to snap up at whatever they see in
city paper, and, by palpable misrepre-
sentations and cunning innuendoes,
endeavor to shine forth among their
contemporaries as possessing superior
amount of discernment, bordering
strongly upon the prophetic. Among
this class of country journals, the DEM
ocrat, published in our neighboring vii,
lage of Fort Worth, stands pre-eminent.
In its issue of the 9th, appears the fol-
lowing:
THE HERALD of Tuesday contains
the proceedings of the County Conyen-
tion held at Lancaster on last Saturday
for the purpose of selecting dele
gates to the District Convention held
at the same place on the 10Th inst.
About one hundred and fifty persons
were present, though only two precincts
were represented by delegates. Dele
gates were appointed from each Dis
trict Convention.
These are the proceedings as given
by THE HERALp's special correspon-
dent. The official proceedings were
furnished THE HERALD 10y the Secre-
tary of the meeting, which THE HER
AID declined to publish. If the reader
thinks he smells u mice here, the fault
Is not ours. But why THE HERALD
should decline to publish the official
proceedings, and give space to report
of its special correspondent, is conun-
drum that we cannot answer.
"If the reader thinks he smells
mice here, the fault is not ours" is
good, and in order that the giant in-
tellect and transcendant genius of this
Nestor of the Texas press may not suf-
fer by the imputation that he has for
once been struck with an original idea,
and to set his feeble little mind ut rest
as to why TIE HERALD declined to
publish the official proceedings, THE
HERALD will state that 1t looked upon
the assemblage as rump concern,
having no legal or official existence,
and if the proceedings of the District
Convention held at Lancaster is cri-
terion, it would be judged that the Con-
vention, as well as the gentlemen ap-
pointed by the rump gathering, were
of the same opinion. Further, the gist
of the proceedings were published in
the columns of THE HERALD as mat
ter of news in its evening edition of
Monday, several hours before the
official proceedings were received,
hence the latter were not published.
ANOTHER REWARDED.
Frank w. Palmer, ex-member of