The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-20


unurl was the Alule w Low dlllllandi
lur murder, anh we were Informed lhal
ihe mse Of Gilliand would he post
ppned until next term, on account OF
the absence Of important witnesses
lIamm aud Wilson, butchers al the
city market, eontinuel0 make q hand
some display Of delicious meats Of all
kinds, which they are selling AZ The
Lowest prices, We stepped Into the
market yesterday aud viewed their
choice cuts Of beef mutton, polk, veal
venlaon, etc., aud thereupon, ordered
our meals for lo'day's dinner Go
there aud do likewise,
Mr.. openheImer, representing the
we'll known house Of Flash, Lewis n
Co, Of New Orleans, successors 10
shannon, Lewis ~ Co., andj. II, Lewis
Il Co., ~ In our city, II II safe 10 pre-
sumo that Mr. q, II one Of the "ban-
dlttin who haunts the warike hero Of
Wlncheaters waking thoughts by day
aud champagne ievered dreams by
night
Chief Engineer Mclaughlin, Of the
Dallas aud Wichita railroad, was IN
town yesterday, en- route to Denton
county, lie recently met with u se-
we're accident, having been thrown
from his horse aud ILLS foot catching In
the stlrrup was dragged some distance
He finally eXtrlcated his foot from
his boot, and escaped with some severe
bruises.
A vocal aud instrumental concert,
for the benefit of the Howard assocla'
ton, will he given at Fields theater to-
morrow night, and the following la-
dies and gentlemen have kindly vol
unteercd their services; Mrs, Ben,
Ward, Mrs. Francis, Miss ELLA Rlves,
Miss Blanch, Major Obenchain, DR..
Mctiec, Mr.. Francis and Joe Booth,
Esq. Tho cause is n good one, and
worthy OF the support Of our citizens,
who, hilccontributing TO 30 good and
meritorious an object, will enjoy rich
musical treat, Come one and all and
give them full house.
Attention Is called TO the advertise
mcnt of Fosters second grand prize
concert, at Houston, on March 3D., 1870
Two hundred thousand dollars in gold
colu, choice lands, farms and city resi-
dences, are to be divided among the
tiJket holders one of the prizes being
twenty-five thousand dollars In gold.
The first drawing was conducted salts
factorily to the ticket holders, and we
are quite sure the same will be the
case In the coming drawing, Read the
advertisement. Tickets three dollars
each, with liberal discount on orders
for II greater number. Agents are want
Ell every where.
The new Skinner truck for Dallas
Hook and Ladder company No. |, con-
tracted for by w. Z. Conner, chief OF
the fire department, when last in New
York, has arrived. Chief Conner,
wilhelm the metropolis of Gotham, saw
It's workings on Broadway and con-
tracted for n similar mechine imme.
diately. Ii cost at tbs factory eighteen
hundred and seventy-iive dollars, and
the freight to Dallas, via the Missouri
Kansas and Texas and Texas Central
railways. was two hundred and seventy.
five dollars. III has u patent self ele'
waiting fire escape, and its arriva
marks new era in the annals of oul
fire department. Chief Connor and ,
number of our citizens rode out yester
day afternoon to examine it, ant
detail from Dallas Hook ant
Ladder company will bring 1t t.
the truck house. The old truck vii
he transferred to the fire company o
East Dallas, who, no doubt, will give ,
good account oft.
Jim Crutchtield, who is admitted t,
be n dangerous and desperate negro
whose previous record in this commu
nifty il well knownto be a bad one, wa
tried last week, found guilty of murde
in the second degree, the second high
est crime known to the law, and hi
punishment assessed ut nine years il
+ the penitentiary. Volta. A few day
F. prior to this case, Mason, another ne
gro, was tried on a charge OF horse
e stealing some tacky, perhaps, wit
plethoric abdomen, caused by an ex
elusive diet of prairie grass (but tn
value of the animal Is immaterial
found guilty, and his punishment as
sessed, by Il mixed jury, at ,Dtee
| years in "Boflin's Bower" at Hunts
/ vile. Is this even-handed jus
tice? Docs stealing horse in thi
q state merit severer punishment tina
taking human life, thereby confirmin
what is frequently spoken of Texas
that "they hang a man there for stea
ing horse, and put him in the per
itentiary forkilling a man?' Is horse
flesh more valuable in the eyes of tn
!. law than human flesh? We pause fo
a reply.
Nardi Grns fn Memphis.
Mr.. Thee. HOerner has our thank