The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-29
9ailg GERALD.
THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL
on THE
CITY and COUNTY of DALLAS.
THE L0NE STAR STATE,
Dallas, TexAs-Iis Marvellous prosper
ny ANA Promise Of Failure
Growth,

homes. The growth Of the city IL rs
substantial ~ rapid. Within the past
ninety days nine new brick store
houses have been completed aud work
has been commenced on two more /;
the elevator rapidly approaches com.
pletion another tine sixth bank has
been put In operation. Common Coun-
ell has granted the petition 10 lay an-
other the lhird) street railway. Work
VIII soon commence on the city water
works, aud residences are going up In
all parts Of the city.
AN IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE.
One among the important railway
enterprises OF Dallas Ii the Dallas aud
Wichita Railway, which penetrates
the famous panhandle of Texas, and
Is destined 10 be the Denver, Dallas
and Galveston Railway. A new man
agement recently assumed charge OF
this road, aud work In earnest has be.
gun. About seventeen miles from
Dallas, northwest, has been graded.
THE CAUsg OF ITS PROSPERITY.
The question is frequently asked,
why does Dallas grow 30 fast? The an.
swer Is found In the balmy ml!dness OF
the climate, and In the astonishing fer
tility OF the soil, Dallas Is situated
near the centre OF rs fine an agrlcul.
tural country as can be found In the
United States. The county of Dallas
alone, when populated rs the Western
States are, will sustain II city of from
fifteen to twenty thousand inhabitants;
but Dallas Is the entrepot for five or six
counties AZ fertile rs the one In which
1t Is situated this, with its railroad ia
cilities and It's steady accumulation Of
capital, makes reasonable the predic-
ton that In live years Dallas will be a
city of at least thirty thousand inhab-
itants. II we add to the chances now
regarded rs certain in Its favor, the
three additional railways for which
1t has Understanding northw est,
southeast and southwest the i'm.
petus TO be given to Texas immigration
by Congressional guarantee of Pacific
railway bonds, 1t would not be Wis
ionary's dream to give Dallas popu-
lation of fifty thousand in five or six
years from this date.
FERTILE FIELD.
hS sIuteu uuONt, DdlldS IL near tnp
center of marvelously fertile country.
There are better wheat lands than this,
and there are better cotton lands than
this; but it has no equal in the United
States for both wheat and cotton. The
average yield of cotton is one-half bale
to the acre--if anything greater than
this. OF wheat the average yield is, at
least, twenty-five bushels reach.
ing fifty or sixty bushels. No State
can beat Northern Texas for oats.
Oftener than otherwise the yield is
from eighty to one hundred bushels
per acre, averaging at least fifty BUSH
els per acre in series of ten years.
Texas wheat is q great favorite. A
merchant here lately filled an order
from Hannibal, inyour State, for forty
car loads. This is not good corn
country; that is, the quality of the grain
is not good. The yield is about thirty
bushels TO the acre. From efforts in
that direction, 1t has been demonstra-
ted that this part ofTexas will ere long
be noted for its fruit and grape culture.
The apples grown here, however, are
not hardy.
THE LATE ELECTIONS.
The election for State and county
officers and for the new Constitution
has just closed. The Governor elect,
Coke. is an honest, gruff man, whose
character may be well apprehended
from two remarks in his Dallas speech
''Pay as you CO." being the safest rule
for individual action, was his reason for
vetoing all bills granting power to
local authorities to issue bonds; and
the best immigration bureau being low
taxes was his reason for favoring the
adjustment of the State immigration
bureau. The election of Coke in 1873
was a great blessing to Texas, and his
administration recalls that ofyour own
admirable Hardin. Outside of State
officers, no party nominations were
made, and the average Texan demon.
strated that he was no whit behind
other men in his willingness to serve
the best government, etc. If Morton
could have been an eyewitness to the
election in Dallas, he would mitigate
his negro intimidation creed. Carri-
ages, expess wagons, wagons and
buggies were furnished by various
white candidates for the use of the
Senegambian patriot, and regard for
the white voter was sunk In tender
solicitude for "the connecting link"
The new Constitution is an extreme
document, and | opine will soon be
amended. Under it, county judges
jurisdiction extends all out of doors.
SOCIAL AFFAIRS.
There Is absolutely no prescription
here for opinions sake. Indeed
Northern and Western men seem tc
be preferred, as 1t is surmised that
Southern men come here to make for.
tunes, while Eastern and Western men
come merely to better theirs. All the
distinction have observed is made IN
favor of those who have money to aiC
in the development of Texas and Dial
las Next to money, brain aud energy
lre welcome.
LAW AND ORDER.
cannot better illustrate the observ
ance of law and order here than by
telling you there is now in Jail in DaI
las a negro charged with rape. IL was
clearly proven that he entered house
In the country during the absence o
tHe master, TaVlSneu tue aosohe mon
wife, waited until she recovered from
the swoon into which she was thrown
by the foul deed on her person
repeated the outrage and fed. he wa
j captured, tried and convicted. Tn
lawyers assigned to his defence procul
ed an appeal to the supreme court
and all this in Texas. Could the sam
history of q negroes outrage on VIM
woman in Ohio or New York
written
HIGH RATE OF INTEREST.
Money commands from two to fiN
per cent month here; but the ne
a constitution seeks to prevent this, al
Is generally believed that mo-
money hereafter will be put In res
aence property. This is greatly to
ueslred, as 1t is actually cheaper to bt
.nan to rent. A recent comparison
Irents here with advertisements Off