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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24
A PHILANTHROPIST.

A friend of mankind, in the shape
of a bold editor at Niagara Falls
has undertaken the task of expos
ing the extortions practiced by
hack drivors upon tourists at that
famous resort. If he confines him.
self to this class Of teaches who, al
though, perhaps, the most rapa-
cious variety of their tribe, not even
excepting those of New York, Chi
cago and Now Orleans, are yet not
alone in their extortion, our phil
anthropist will not completely full
fill his "mission;" for we doubt if
there is q man, woman or child in
the town of Niagara, above the ten
der age of five, who does not count
it lost opportunity, an unfulfilled
duty, not to swindle visitor when
ever an opportunity occurs. Like
the robber barons, the ruins of
whose picturesque castles form so
charming feature of the scenery of
the Rhine, these Niagara people,
perched on the hill overlooking the
grandest scenery in the world, have
no other admiration for it than that
it brings victims,w whom they can rob,
and thereby grow prosperous. From
the time the tourist steps out of the
railway car, until, with fiattened
pocket-book, he finds refuge on
departing train, and shakes the
dust of Niagara from his feet, he is
the victim OF every species of extor
tion. So, if any of our friends
should wander off to Niagara, on
their bridal tours,or on IL trip of re-
creation to escape the long Texas
summer, we advise them to put
money in their purses; enjoy the
grand feast Nature has pro-
vided, and not to allow themselves
to be put out Of temper by petty
thievery. Ifyou can't exercise this
kind ofphilosophy, you had better
go over to the honest Canadians,
and get cool amongst the Thousand
Islands; on the breezy heights of
Abraham, or by trip up the inky-
hued Sangunay.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24

and the evidence. Ia n free re.
public like ours, every man be-
comes by a failure, in II meas
uro proportioned to his in
auence in society, responsible for
the punishment Of crimes commit
ted in The community in which he
lives and until we begin to recog-
nize this personal responsibility,
we have not yet reached our high
est standard of citizenship.
We may bo upright and successful
business men, and even good Chris
tians-in our own opinion, but If
we do not exert all our influence to
have the laws executed, we fail in
our duty to the state and to the
community in which we live.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24

.tu'UIII Iir.n Inulfit " Wedge, NJ
|Irntayillp. ". lla rnRine l. ono N
me- must hpuuuWI nipOta ~ machihefy
NJ NJ Kind I lHve ever eeon Simple
IN cpnatfuHi0n, running almost with.
.mi u.n orr lIr, aud Kept ~ bright
and flinnins M polished silver, II pof-
forms ~ W0tk pnlptly aud surely, ro-
uulriug lpls lupl und with less noise,
than any engine Of ~ oDpadty In
Northern Texas. Mc@rs. N. n NJ.
stand rendy to hear me allt In this as
serllOn, ~ they ~ particularly proud Of
their motive power.
Take the STAR Mills ~ whole, we
do not believe they aro excelled In the
State. Clear, orderly and almost ~
neat as any lndy's parlor, they will
| well repay u visit from any one pass
Ing through Lacaster.
There ~ but one thilg that now OPP
crates against our mills--I mean all
the mills of Northern Texas, and II IL
a very serious obstacle to their pros-
perity, and one which must be over
come, allude TO the unfair, outs
rage0us, determinations made by the
railroads as between freight or wheat
and llOlir--by the Central and Inter-
national and Great Northern roads,
particularly. A car load Of wheat Is
taken from Hutchins, | am told for
forty dollars, while for like car load
Of flour, they charge double that sum.
II Is very evident that this Is done to
force our grain to the coast cities, to be
there ground aud returned to us in
Hour, thus forcing our merchant mills
10 stop grinding or lose money. There
Is no Justice in it, and these monopo-
lists must he taught that their charters
lre not safe unless they grant to all
points along their lines equal facilities,
md cease their Determinations to the
advantage of one section of the State
o the detriment of another. Men of
North TeXas,.it would be well to inter-
ogate your would-be delegates to the
Convention and known
heir views on this point. As matters
low stand the coast cities are using
hese railroads-whOse charters are
ranted, as is supposed, for the benefit
f the WhOlG people of the State-to
reak down an important branch of
he industry and prosperity of North
'eXas, and right now is MS good time
D put Il stop to it ms any.
Business is dull, as it is at every
here y. this season, but the mer-
bdiito IOuh iOIN diu W " bliSh lltuc
uring the coming Fall. Among the
lends whom have met, may men
on Capt. II. S. Guy, unpopular attOr-
ey-at-law here, and 10y the way, agent,
II the HERALD. Mr.. VIM. Sprowls,
lie new justice of the peace, who has
pened an office in town, and among
le merchants, Messrs. More, Rawhins
Co., Ellis Il White, II. }. Motiatt,
Co., and others A" reoOr.
j. ". S.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24
DOES GENERAL SHERMAN SWEAR?

During the months of hot discus
sion, provoked by the appearance
of General Sherman's memoirs
not syllable was heard from his
estimable wife, she rightly conclud-
ing no doubt, that the General was
able to fight his own bat ties without
her assistance. The charge that he
had burned Atlanta and Columbia,
and desolated, with fire and sword,
whole States, reducing to destitution
tens of thousands of helpless
women and children, not for II
moment disturbed the equanim
ity of this good Christian
lady. Finally, however, Cath.
Ollie correspondent from Georgia,
wrote to the Courier-J Journal that
Sherman, in his "march to the sea"
had permitted the burning Of n
convent, somewhere on the line of
his march and when demonstrated
with by the mother superior, had
actually used profane language
These were the straws that broke
the came's back, and the devoted
daughter of Mother Oh urch rushed
into print and warmly defended
her husband against these frightful
charges. We have no doubt of
their truth AS bad as
they are, infinitely worse
things are knoun to be true of him,
but were he the very old Nick him
SELF we could have no word of re-
proach for the devoted wife,
and allude to the subject
merely to illustrate the
Observation-Disclosures exerted by re-
ligious ideas over the minds of men,
and especially of women. The
charge of having burned and DESC
lated whole States, and rendered
homeless and destitute tens of
of innocent women and
,hildren, never excited the least
ripple of anger in the mind of this
Christian lady; but for it to be sal
Of her husband that he permitted a
to be burned, or at least
that he did not prevent it, and that
ne actually swole in the presence of
,he Mother Superior, was too fright
'ul to be borne in silence.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24

A SOFT headed fellow having sent
a contribution of fifty dollars to the
managers of Plymouth church, to
help pay Beecher's 100000 salary,
the Chairman of Plymouth Society,
in his acknowledgement, says
"While we claim Mr.. Beecher as
our pastor, the whole world owns
him" Our share is for sale at a
very low figure.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24
OUR DUTY As CITIZENS.

1t is a common saying that horse
stealing is the only crime punished
with death in Texas. Unfortun.
ately there is some color of truth in
the proverb. No one, who has been
resident of Texas for any length
of time, but can recall a number of
murders and murderous assaults,
which have gone entirely unpun-
ished; the perpetratrators of which
are abroad to-day ready for other
acts of violence. On the other
hand, without any great effort Of
memory, he could call the names
of numerous bold riders who were
convicted and executed, in accord
ance with the inexorable decree of
the court, presided over by Judge
Lynch, merely for a deficiency of
moral perception, and chronic
habit of mistaklng their neighbor's
horses for their own. Even in the
organized courts, whose judges are
paid to see that the laws are exc.
cuted, there is no difficulty in pro-
curing the conviction of parties
charged with horse stealing. In
fact, so decided is the tendency of
petit juries, in such cases, to accept
the opinion of the district attorney,
as to the guilt of the accused, that
it is not easy for an innocent man
to escape the penitentiary, if the
charge is horse stealing. In his
case, the maxim of the law is gen.
orally reversed, and by an average
Texas jury, he is adjudged guilty
until he establishes his innocence
by the most irrefragible testimony.
But when it comes to the case of
the man who has raised his arm
and stricken his brother man to the
earth with mortal wound, then,
strange to say, the sympathies of
the jury are generally on the side
ofthe murderer. They readily ac-
cord him all the prescriptions of
the law as to his innocense. The
defendants counsel, and not the
district attorney, now becomes the
oracle of the law, and the latter
seems to the jury little better than a
prosecutor of worthy citizen, who
has had the misfortune of having to
kill somebody. And if by accident,
they should find him guilty, the
verdict is probably accompanied by
an apology for its harshness, in
the shape of recommendation to
mercy, or an assessment of punish
ment, so inadequate as fatally to
weaken the terrors of the law, and
to neutralize the effect of the con-
viction, by setting a false value
upon life.
What is the remedy for this evil ?
The answer to this question is
plain. Educate public sentiment
into such an adherence Of murder
that juries will have no disposition
to shield the man whose hands are
red with the blood of his fellow.
Let public sentiment on this SUBJ
iect be so strong and decided, that
sven the professional juryman who
hangs about the court room, to be
called, will not dare to violate his
bath, to find according 10 the law
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24
GENERAL pREsrox.s SPEECH

In copying the following excel.
lent article from a recent number
of the Memphis Appeal, we desire
10 express our cordial concurrence
with the sentiments of the writer,
and to protest against such men as
the dignified Preston or the fantas-
tic Toombs, being taken abroad as
exponents of Southern sentiment.
The people of the South have ac-
cepted the situation in good faith,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24

General Bidwell, the iudepen-
dent candidate for Governor OF
California, the Courier Journal
thinks, is running temperance in
the ground He has pulled up all
his wine bearing grapes, and plant
ed raisin vines instead. But Hat
cher thinks if, he doesn't also pull
up all his corn and rye, and plant
dog iennel instead, he don't see
how the virtuous Bidwell is going
to stop the manufacture of whiskey.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24

Austin Gazette: ga man named
Arkansas Bill recently cleared out all
the gamblers at Blanco City. He en-
tered the place a miserable, broken
Down looking specimen of humanity,
and left with 5000 in his wallet. To
look at him you would not suppose he
knew the first thing about "keerds."
He travels ali over the State, and the
way he rakes in the stakes from both
professionally and greenhorns would
startle All Sin himself, much less
Truthful James and his partner Bill
Nye."
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24
all practical purposes

In view of all the unfavorablc and
trying circumstances of the first
half year, the fact that the failures,
as above shown, are only trifle in
excess of previous seasons, while the
liabilities are absolutely less in
amount, shows staying" power
Gas the horse jockeys say) on the
part of the mercantile community
which is exceedingly creditable and
encouraging.
This is further illustrated by
some startling facts which the agen-
cy furnishes, us to the failures in
other countries, in the following
paragraph:
"In the many adverse circumstances
from which we are now suffering, 9TH
er countries are passing through sim
liar experience. Over production Is
the feature of the hour all over the
world, and depression in trade, lack OF
profit, and want Of confidence, are by
no means confined to the United States.
While but little comfort can be derived
from the condition of things abroad,
there is some satisfaction In knowing
that countries unblessed with paper
money, an excessive tariff, and enor-
nous railroad expansion, are showing
even more marked signs of distress
than have been evinced here. We are
enabled to state, from figures in our
possession, that the liabilities of par
ties who have failed in London, Leeds
and Manchester, England, alone, with
in the last ninety days, foot UP the
enormous amount of over e2l, 200, 900,
or over one hundred million dollars,
being twenty-five per cent greater than
the liabilities of all the failures that
have taken place in the entire United
States for the first six months in the
year. Nearer by, in Canada, the fail
ures have been especially numerous,
amounting in number to over eight
hundred, and in liabilities to over
twelve millions Of dollars. This, as
will be seen by comparison with the
above figures, far exceeds the disasters
in any State in the Union, with the
exception of New York, which has ten
times as many in business, and fifty
times the extent Of business.n
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24

GEORGE N. JACKSON, late Deputy
United States Collector at Louis
vile, was found to be q defanlter to
the amount of $4,000. Whereupon
be committed suicide.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24
TIE BUSINESS OUTLOOK,

Tangible facts and figures, bear.
ing upon the present condition and
future of the trade of the country,
are deeply interesting at this time.
The HERALD is therefore, pleased to
place before its readers some lmpor-
tant results Of an elaborate inquiry
into the condition of business mat.
ters contained in the semi-annual
circular of The Mercantile Agency
Of r. G. Dun a. Co. This institu-
ton, more than any other, by It's
alliance with the leading merchants
and bankers, in all the centers of
trade, and its army of correspon-
dents all over the country, posses
ses peculiar facilities for this task.
The figures which the Agency
presents as to the failures for the
first six months of the current year,
are important as showing that not
withstanding the severe and univer-
sal depression, the casualties in bus
mess have not been excessive. The
total number of failures in the en-
tire Union are stated to be only
three thousand three hundred and
seventy-seven, which is a very small
quota in view of the large number
in business - reported by this
Agency at over six hundred and
fifty thousand. The total amount
of liabilities due by the parties who
have failed is stated to be nearly
seventy-fve million dollars.
Accurate comparison of these fig
ures for the same six months in pre-
vious years is impossible, owing to
the absence of previous semi-annual
returns, but dividing by one-half
the number of failures for the entire
twelve months of previous years,
the following will show compari.
son sufficiently near the mark for
all practical purposes
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24

This from the Austin Statesman:
''The Dallas Commercials local page il
adorned with reeitals Of facts incident
to the wretclIeduess Of poor girl from
Fort Worth, that should Oniy De seen in
the pages Of The Police Gazette''
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24

On the 10th the thermometer in
st. Louis was 104 in the shade, ut
least eight degrees warmer than it
has been this summer in Dallas.
Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-08-17

or two days after the assignment was
made by Archibald Baxtcr& Co.
In relation TO the affairs of the st,s.
pended firm of Turner Bros, bankers.
by proper time and care the assets
could far equal, perhaps exceed, the
liabilities of tile firm. The estimated
inventory, ,.including personal proper
sty, amounted to over Sl,6O0,0OO.
After allowing for n very liberal re-
,duction, the amount TO be received
swill be not less than 100000 orssl,-
900, 900, while the total Indebtedness
does not exceed about SG25, 900. :
At the unveilng Of the Hermann
statue at Dctwold, yesterday, the
Emperor Of Germany made a short
address, lin which he said that this
was one Of the most affecting festivals
he had ever witnessed, and he rejoiccd
in this monument Inauguration as a
new era of happily united Germany,
and if all would do their duty toward
the beloved fathcrland il would re-
main so forever.
Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-08-17
General News.

The damage by floods to the cotton
crop is estimated. at from 10000 70
100000 bales.
Chas. ?. La Grange, chief clerk Of
the Sissfton Agency, was recently
killed by Lightning.
Twelve per cent. is the legal inter
est rate in Nebraska, but the Omaha
: Herald demands reduction to eight.
-Four inmates of the St. Louis. in
sane asylum were poisoned. recently
bv medicine given th.mto make them
sleep.
The Choctaws, Chickasaws, Chey-
cnnes, Greeks and Seminolcs will send
representatives to the centennial celc.
bration next year. How about the
Dakotas.
The sales of Northern Pacific lands
during June and July amount to 4G2,-
503.G7 acres. for which is paid 49,
4O9, 9,S43.l3 or an average-of 1921 per
acre.
1t has been noticed that the grass
hoppers in number of counties in
Minnesota have totally ignored beared
wheat, while destroying other kind in
the fields adjoining.
President Grant has sent an auto.
graph note to Bristow instructing
that officer to be especially vigilant
in prosecuting men engaged in frauds
who claim high Influence to protect
them.
The Indians recently expelled from
Corinne, Utah, have not returned to
their reservation but arc encamped
about 20 miles away and are being
supported by 1Nlormons. The citizens
are arming in anticipation Of an
attack
General Cowan, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, is out with letter
DENYING Welsh's statements respect
ing Secretary Delano. 1t appears
that Welsh resigned his position at
the head Of the Indian commission
while Cox was Secretary Of the
Interior
The Mississippi river is lower than
it has ever. been before, which is all
very nice for the work on the dams
and upon the aprons, but very vcxa:
tious to the lumbermen, who resort
to all kinds of expcdicnts to get log.
down. The bottom of the river is al
most up to high water mark, they
think, and to see team ofhorses and
a scrapcr on the bed of a river like the
father of waters, dredging out pass
age for logs, is a rather rare sight bu
that's what's being done in. the cas-
channel opposite Minneapolis.
Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-08-17
Edwin Booth, the Actor,
Narrowly Escapes an
Obituary Notice.
Chicago Times Reporter
Tarred and Feathered
at Knoxville.
Interesting Items From Various
Points.
NEW YORK.

- i
New oRK, Aug. 1..-An cxamin-
alton Of the statement OF the assignee
of Buncar,, sStt,crr,n,,-&s stt,o*s-ttii,e
total amount Of debts payablc-ncarly
all Of which is placed in hands un-
known to Duncan, Sherman 4 Co.
is over 81, ,l21 900, Of which less than
100000 are secured. The bills ae-
cepted by Geo. Butler, TO the amount
of $4,000, are secured by lands in
Texas The whole Of the acccptances
of a. Burgrcs, amounting to sl,l26,-
900, are unsecured. Among the de-
positors prominently known is the
British consul. E. NJ. Archibald, who
loses 81 ,0Gl;. j. S. Brandcr, Of Broad
street, loses Sll, ,94S; Hazcn lKinball,
of Hobokcn, N. j., SCI ,365; II. J.
Montague, actor, 81 ,344; Theo. Moss,
treasurer Of Wallack's theatre, Sl0,-
$50; j. II. Navarro, Mexican consul,
81, l,305; New York Central 4 Hud.
son River Railway Co., *l4,sl7;
Panama II. r. Co., sl1,3ol; Park \
Duncan, sl56,lo3; David A. Wells,
Of Conn, 81 ,G6s; Gov. Tildcn, 81 1854.
The city Of Chicago suffers. a loss on
its water loan coupon account ofsl6,-
$40, and on the city coupon account
of sa7,l46. Richard Dooley, Of New
Rochelle, losses sl7,o5s; Mrs. e. E:
Elmett, sl7,2l3; the First National
Bank, San Francisco, is creditor to
the amount Of s4l 1888; Milwaukee
National Bank s2,50G; St. Louis Ma
tional Bank sl6,22O; and Trenton
Banking Company, New Jersey, *l3,-
229. The loss of Samuel .Bolvin, ,sthc.
atrical agent appears now TO have
been 1,ll2; Mrs; Ella De Barry, the
actress, who is in Paris, loses sll 800.
The liabilities OF the firm are for bills
payable, secured .and unsecured
amount due depositors, domestic
and foreign correspondents cashiers
checks, certificates Of deposit, travel
lcrs credit and circular notes, and reach
the sum total Of *4,91G,0l3. The as,
sets consisting Of cash on hand, 457 !,
47r, secured loans, bills receivable
bills discounted, open accounts, stock:
and bonds, rents, bonds and mortga
ges, amounts due from foreign cores
pondents, real estate, office furniture
personal assets OF individual members
of the firm, making in all a~'total Q
81, 2,129,36S. The statement therefore
shows deficiency Of 1926, ,G45.
The discovery has been made tha
a warranty deed, bearing date Oct
II, 1873, by which Archibald Baxtc
and his wife, in consideration Of s75,
600, conveyed TO the Internal Packing
. Company, Of New York, piece Q
property in Brooklyn, was acknowl
edged and recorded August Q, 1875