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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23
CRrmE AND nARBARrTY.

tits painful for us,as journalists to
chronicle the terrible scene that occur
red In Milan county on Thursday
night. Anegro, Anthony Smith by
name, condemned to, be hung, was
taken from the jail by an armed body
Of assassins, just before daylight, car
ried into the woods, tied to stakea
burned to death, with fire, and then
his crisp and re-blackened body
riddled with bullets. We brand this
brutal, oowardly and infamous out
rage upon law. IT maks no difference
whether the victim was white or
black, innocentor guilty, no lawless
mob has the right to trample down
law and stamp Justice itself into
the very dust of the earth. These
scenes are entirely too frequent,
and 1t Is time to end this shameful dis
grace upon Texas civilization. 4+'
The Galveston Mews intimates
that these midnight murderers were
from Bell county. This sugges-
ton brings to our mind all the
horrible details of the ,wanton MUIR
derof nine uncOnvicted and presume
ably Innocent men confined In the
Jail Of that county year or so since.
To this day nothing has been done
with them, and, finding they could
murder with impunity, they repeated
In 0 most fer0cious and savage manner
for the second time a great crime.
Never In the history of our State did we
need sterner stuff for District Attorneys
and grand juries. Men that will rise
to the necessities OF the occasion and
without fear or favor prosecute to the
extreme and bitter end these lawless
murderers. They are murderers, and
when they wantonly and 'lawlessly
hang, or burn, or shoot men down,
they place themselves without the
pale Of law, and deserve the very
punishment that they themselves have
thus cruelty imposed.
Dallas county and her law.abiding
people haveset this State the proper
example. A crime has been commit
ted within her borders infinitely more
horrible than the Offense for which
Anthony Smith was convicted. A
pure, young and beautiful. wife was
ravished by negro rufiian, brutality
ravished, and the crime proven beyond
all dispute; but no armed and masked
band OF midnight assassins murdered
him. The law was supreme in its
majesty and was righteously and fair
ly enforced. Let other counties emulate
our example, and crush out once for
all, this desperate and unlawful
habit Of taking human life, n8
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

May we In Texas not take counsel OF
New York In constructing those great
works OF internal improvement that
have resulted In the mighty develop
ment that State.
The Erie and Champlaln canals have
not only greatly cheapenod transporta-
ton and developed the sectIonsthrough
which they run, but they have paid to
the State thirty-elght million five hun
dred and iifty-seven thousand four
hundred and ffty-two dollars and
twenty-four cents more than the cost
Of their construction and operation.
Frequent attention has been called to
the feasibility Of cutting u canal from
Red River into the Trinity, and open
ing thus grand highway to the sea
highway the benefits of which
no pen can adequately por-
tray, What IAN immense and fer
tile territory lies along this route, and
what an enormous freight Of grain and
cotton and hides and wool would II
float silently and safely to the Cuff
We are not sufficiently advised ~ to
whether or not Texas could divert the
waters OF Red River by State legisla-
ton In the manner contemplated. II
she cannot, how easy 1t would be for
our enterprising citizens to petition
Congress for the requisite authority.
Why cannot company be organized
at once and immediate communication
be had with our delegation at WASH
ingtone 1t Is q mighty work, but 1t
can be done. .tl
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23
sCaEScK AGAIN.

The tolls are gathering closer around
this illustrious representative Of the
Republican party In England. Rever-
dy johnson, carried away by mo.
mentary and spasmodic attack Of gen
erosity, saw Tito writea letter In his
defense, but alas for poor schenck,
newer snd fresher evidence has coiled
itselfaroundI him, and he stands forth
dishonored at last. One Of the chief
sufferers by his Emma Mine swindle
In che proceedings instituted against
the original directory Of which schenck
was 4 member, Aatly ebafges our min
isters with bribery and q correspond
en-, Of the New York Tribune thus sums
up the case against him; ~ t,m
General Schenck has con fessed to
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23
HITCHCOCK'S NEW AND COMPLETE
ANALYSIH OF TIE HOLY nIBLE.

Wewould call especial attention to the
extendednotice ofthis invaluable work
which - found in another column.
This Is an entirely different work from
the Family Bible represented by Mr..
Wood. The Analysis. is represented
by Mr. Il. Black, the State agent, who
comes to us abundantly recommended,
and we bespeak for him and his work
the favorable consideration Of every
person to whom 1t is presented for ex.
animation, and assure our friends they
cannot bestow more attention on II
than It's merits deserve. . DID,,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23

A few weeks ago Mr.. Samuel j.
Young of 81 Douglass street, Brooklyn,
suspected that something was wrong
with his gas meter. He paid the Citi-
zens' Gas Company exorbltant bills
under protest, and when the Company
proposed to remove the meter he re-
fused to let them do so, urging his
right to have 1t tested to ascertain
whether he had been swindled. The
Company Insisted that 1t should be re-
moved without being tested, and Mr..
Young obtained an injunction from
Judge Neils9n preventing them from
removing IT. Mr.. Young therefore had
the meter tested by John Burns, one
Of the State Inspectors, who found that
tho machine was incorrect in its
measurement and In his report he
said that it was about six per cent. too
fast The Gas Company, accepting
the report, have refunded to Mr..
Young the amount overcharged. - Neso
York Sun,
Can 1t be possible that gas meters
lies And IL they do, Is II not strange
that they lie in favor Of the company
and against the consumer We had
thought they were immaculate,
absolutely reliable, and now they
develop into a fraud. We wonder IL
ours in Dallas has caught the infec.
lion. f.t tHat o- .fN.iHa1 ug l- 4
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23
DoCTORs DIsAaREEiNG.

Lands got niffed at an article Car
ruth had written for his paper, and
buried ball In his brain. Carruth
fell as II dead. Three doctors, thrust
their fingers into the orifice through
which the brain was oozing and felt
the ball imbedded half an inch within.
They then applied their, probes and
made divers punctures In the brain far
below and away from the bullet, appar-
antly under the impression that their
subject was dead man. But Carruth,
being thick headed editor, was not SO
very dead as they thought for. He re-
vived and lived for months, first alo.
paths and then homeopathists fooling
with his wound and fighting q Wig
orous wofdy battle between
themselves over 1873 the rene
dies TO- be applied. . But this diverse
treatment secundum artem finally had
its effects and Carruth actually gave up,
the ghost A post, mortem examine
ton proved that the bullet was In
closed In q membrane formed around
1t, protecting the brain from injury,
and that the wounds from the doctors
probes had mortified and caused the
mans death. Now the question Is,
shall Lands be hung for Carruth's
death, q. will the blame rest on these
isnorApt sssw-bones who probed him
into hb crave. fss
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23
needless Suffering,

Many persons Of weekly constitution, with
dyapeptio ana bilious tendencies, suffer life
long bodily distress unnecessarily. Their eX-
lslenoos arc commonly shorter than those OF
healthier morlnls, but while they last, II Is
usually the case that thoy are continually
dosing themselves, or being dosed 10 no pur-
pose, Could they be induced 20 use Hostet-
ter's stomach Bitters for while, strength
regalned, digestion restored and the disap-
peapnce OF bilious symptoms, would speed
lily Nquaint them with Tho difference be-
twdBt u remedy which deals with causes,
ana those which affect symptoms merely.
Not only are the Bltters searching specific
for complaints affecting the stomach, liver or
Intestinal canal but they are, IN consequence
OF their invigorntlye and bracing influence
upon the entire physique an admirable
means of protecting the system against the
atmospheric influences which beget malarinl
disease. HL nLLI EElLH
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23
Can y be possible that gas meters

The Chicago Inter. Ocean is tickled
to death over the scrimmage in the
House, and proudly calls attention, TO
the fact that the Republican leaders
are slowly but surely coming up to the
position which 1t has occupied for o
year and halt, !. g., waving o bloody
shirt from the attic window. We fan.
cy MIR. Blaine doesn't share that hilari-
Gus Joy. rhtH goo. aF ite3 ct'iaT apt
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23

Of our people for the very great good
he has done and IL doing for Texas, IL
10 not necessary for The HERALD rs
exponent OF the feelings Of our people
10 say welcome, for we greet them all
with joyful hospitality.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23

Clinton county, Iowa. stood In the
way OF o thoroughbred hurricane, last
Saturday, that cut across the country
without any respect for the fences, and
pnroofed more barns and demolished
more small buildings and little shops
than can be repaired In q week.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23
COLONEL ] RIchard Coucb, /,

ConoNELa Richard Couch, the In
formidable excursionlst, called at our
Office yesterday. This Is his tenth
trip to Texas, and he Ia accompanied
two hundred cgentlemen who are
spying out the land to invest In real
estate, and to build up manufacturers
railways and canals. In the nine, pre-.
vious trips he'introduced one thousand
TWO huadsrsd q excursionists 70 MS
nom Illinois. Indian, Missouri and
Ohio, all Of whom were men Of means
AND infinenees 1q2 A DWTWA
Tne benefit that thls gentleman Il
comforting not only upon his assocI.
ates, but upon ns Il III most incsIc,l.
aoie' and we thank him In the name
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1876-04-08
HlG0iNSViLLE,

AS we are not blessed with any very bril-
liant writers, we feel Dackwardness about
coming out in print more than once or twice
year.
Owing TO the recent heavy rain and snow
storms, our little village has been peacefully
sleeping in the quictude of do-no,hng.
Business is. now. more brisk, aud the grain
buyers are making preparations TO ship a
large quantity of grain within the next few
days.
Our dry goods merchants very unexpected
ly boarded the eastern-bound train for St.
Louis one day last week. They have return
ed with full stocks of try-Sood>, groceries,
queensware, boots. shoes. ~.
Messrs. knipmcyer have Il large store. sit
uated on Main street, and it is crowded with
goods.
Mr.. James Pedicord has purchased u. S.
Buffers stock of dry goods, and will open
complete stock within two weeks.
Mrs. d. S. Butler leaves for st. Louis to
purchase head ornaments. ribbons and pin
backs for the ladies', and 4 thousand other
things us bachelor, know nothing about.
Our doctors and druggists are the saddest
fraternity in HigginsHiile; and they have
given themselves up TO solemn thoughts up
on the vanity of everybody else, and the
good health Of the community.
One of Owr NJ. D.'s is maxim" preparations
to garden extensively, believing it to be
more lucrative than the Practice of physlc
Rumor says our bachelor doctor anticipates
committing matrm"ny soon, and cir. UNI
stantial evidence warrants TIC same concu-
sion.
For some time past ll@ginsvillians have
been music struck and We had very In.
teresting singing class that has greatly i'm,
proved our church music. During the win.
| ter, the class met every "Wednesday evening
Il our neat and we'll furnished Presbyterian
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1876-04-08
STATE ITEMS.
OSIIcHs.

Judge Hill opened criminal court
in Sedalia on last Monday.
The Ives House, at Scdalia, has re-
duced its rates to So so per day.
Hon. Jno. P. Strother has accepted
call to become candidate for gov
ernor.
Warrensburg went democratic last
Tuesday. Brown elected mayor by
large majority.
Messrs. Beach, Garrison and Jos.
L. Stephens have been appointed as
receivers for the Missouri Pacific
RAILROAD.
Hurrah for the Junction! The
democratic ticket was elected there
on Tuesday last by two-thirds MA
jority. A. X. McClintock was elect
ed mayor.
The ticket office of the Missouri
Pacific road, at Independence, was
robbed last Saturday evening of
some fifty dollars. The thief, Il ne
gro, was arrested.
The ST. Joseph Gazette of the 5th
sports The biggest rooster we ever
saw. Cause, a democratic victory in
the city election, Armstrong Beattic
being elected mayor by a large ma
jority.
fNhn 70 i,,p
the election at Jefferson City on the
4th inst. Phil. Chapel was elected
mayor Ashley Ewing, city attorney :;
VIM. Rhodes, assessor Geo. L. Kun
Zle, recorder.
Judge A. H. Buckncr, in note to
the Republican. declines to be Il can
didate for Judge of the supreme
court. 1t is thought that he will be
returned to congress, though he says
he is a candidate for no office.
Mr.. B. T. Clark, Of Jefferson City,
in IL letter TO the Tribune of that
place, says that Frank james is in the
Missouri penitentiary under the alias
of John Graves. He says that the
man has confessed to him that he is
Frank James, and that he writes the
letter to prove up his !dcn,i,y and
claim the reward.
The latest from the sinking oc the
Fannie Lewis barge at the BoGnviIle
bridge, is the following from the St
Louis Times Of the 9Th inst: The
Fannie Lewis arrived yesterday from
| BoOnVille. and nothing new could be
learned of the sinking Of her barge
from that contained in the dispatch
sent by the captain. The barge 1T
| the time of the accident was being
swung from shore by the mate oft e
boat when the line slipped from the
post aud the barge 1loa,cd down and
struck the pier of the bridge and
was literally capsiz"d, THROWN" five
or SIX cOlored roustabnuts into The
river, all Of whom, without doub'
We're saved.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1876-04-08
GKEENT0N.

have to report two births-to the wife of
Mr.. Jabez Shotwcll. a son. and to the wife
of Mr.. Charles Beale, a son.
The health of this ncighborhood is very
good. Drs. Herndon and Robinson can find
few leisure hours to spend in our midst,
which have been heretofore like angels
visits, few and far between.
MIR. Thomas Graves passed through town
to-day with some eighteen or twenty head
of cattle, bound homeward. Suppose he
intends feeding them for market !; have not
learned the particulars.
The Presbyterian annual meetings closed
last Sunday night.
Oar temperance club boasts of almost
ninety or hundred members. Fifteen or
twenty petitions were received last meeting.
They have open session Thursday week.
The ladies and gentlemen are preparing a
paper to be read on the occasion-Editres S,
Miss Alice Herndon; editor, Mr.. Henry
Bellies. We think it will be Interesting to all
The young ladies are busily engaged in
yard cleaning.
No gardening done as yet.
Most of the farmers will commence plow-
ing this week.
Wheat is still looking finely. and we live
in hopes OF enjoying slap Jacks and ginger
cakes. L.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1876-04-08
THE DUTY OF THE CONVENTION.

To the ST. Louis convention, which
meets Oh June 9th, the country looks
for relief from the domination of q
party which has debauched the civil
service, stolen hundreds of millions
of dollars from the public treasury,
ruiued trade, ,paralyZed industry, Gre
ated mountain Of national indebted
ness and lowered the tone of public
morals everywhere. A solemn re-
sponsibilitv will develve upon the
leaders of the democratic party, and
as they do their work well or ill, SO
will the result be in November.
They should remember that they are
not to meet to crafty any mans am
bitiOn, or to reward any notable SER
want of the party. While it will be
right and proper to declare the poll
cy of the party for the future, lit should
be borne in mind that there are more
vital issues involved even than the
financial question. The first great
desideratum is to purify the public
service; and to this end man should
be nominal, Il who is above suspicion.
No rings, cliques, or cabals should be
allowed 10 sway the councils of the
body, and the lobby should he given
to understand at the outset that its
services are not wanted. The demo-
cratic party OF to-day desires to put
all dead issues behind it. and We hope
and expect to see such resolutions
adopted as will leave the opposition
no room 10 claim before northern au-
dieEces that there is scint ntilla of re-
action or bouGbonisri about it. The
past is dead, let the dead past bury
its dead, aud let the democratic party
set is face toward the future with g
1lrm intention: TO bring about reform
economy and retrenchment in all de.
partments of the government, and nc
amount of Haunting of bloody shirts
will suffice to prevent its success
The country stands aghast a; the daily
| revelations of fraud which arc being
made by tbs investigating committee!
at Washington, and it hopes, by the
action of this convention to see it
way clear to . redemption from til,
clutches of party which maintain
its as1endency by the use of money
lies and the cohesive power of publ,
plunder, and all organized army O
office holders. We have every fajt]
that the delegates selected to tn
democratic convention will be mel
OF enlarged views and patriotic i'm
pulses, and we hope To see their actor
SD guided by wisdom that the ides O
November will see the country res
cued from the hands OF the vandal
who now control it, and once NOR
under the old constitutional party @
its way to peace, prosperity and haI
piness.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1876-04-08
TRUSTEES SALE.

SkyHEREAS. james =. Eagan, by his certain
w deed of trust, dated the 10th day of De-
cember. 1863, and now of record in the record
err Office oi Lafayette county, state of Missou-
Ii, in deed book No. l6 at page 4O5, conveyed
TO Jacob HedrIc, trustee, the following de-
scribed real e.tatc. situate, lying and being in
said Lafayette county, tO-wIt: The northeast
quarter Of the northwest quarter of section
number twentythree (s3) in township number
'oriy-rignt uS), i'll range number twenty-nine
t29), cont lining Iorty 40) acres more or less,
which said conveyance was made in trust to
-ccurc the payment Of two cer tain promissOry
notes therein mentioned and described, and,
whereas, sad notes and the interest thereon
due and unpaid; and, whereas, Jacob Id
ric refused to execute the powers vested In him
by said deed of trust, thereupon the honorable
circuit court OF Lafayette county, on The 5th
day OF the April tern thereof, did appoint the
the undersigned trustee in the premises;
Now, therefore, at the request OF the legal
owners OF said notes, and in accordance with
the provisions OF said deed of trust, the under
signed, ustee, will on
TUESDAY, MAY 9ru, lS7G.
between the hours OF nine O'Clock in thr fore
and live O'Clock in the afternoon of said
day, i'll front of the courthouse door, the city
oi LcNn zion, county oi Lafayette, state of Mis-
s"uIi, ctler for sale N public vendue for cash.
TO The hishes, bidder the above described real
estate, or 50 much thereof us may be necessary
Tor the payment oil the notes herein mentioned
and The in crest due thereon. with the costs and
expenses ol the aforesaid trust.
upiSd GEORGE NJ. MOUSTJOY Trustee.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1876-04-08

church but now eur organist has left town,
and the sinXin:s have been discontinued,
much to the regret of our young ladies' and
gentlemen, who usually had good time on
Wednesday evening.
Miss Lizzie Shaw. of Brownsville, Is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Jennie Field.
The M"thodi.ts hold their quarterly meet
ing here next Saturday and sunday, anu we
anticipate treat in some of brother AdkIs-
sons fine sermons.
We have no weddings to announce; no
cradle news, no deaths. no poetry and no
protracted meetings on hand. We are hav-
ing good, quiet time. W i'll send another
cOmmu cation next harvest. PENN.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1876-04-08
WAVE RLY.

Although the weather has been so severe
as to cause fears of the crops being entirely
destroyed, yet after all we may expect to
enjoy peaches and cream, as there are some
alive, and from our observation we have
noticed that those trees with northern ex-
posure are not so much damaged AS those on
q southern slope.
The snow seems to have been very bene-
fetal to the wheat. as it is growing finely
with the prospect OF 4 fine yield
Stock water is abundant since the last
rains. but i'll many Instances the cold wealth
er has cut short the supply OF fodder and
other feed.
Market supplies somewhat scarce during
the past week or two. Butter and eggs on
the rise
Election OF city officers this week.
In Your issue of two weeks ago 1t was
Mrs. John Corder partially parayzed, and
not Mr.. John Corder, rs was stated.
...... JEAN,