The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-12-08
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
IL lhe Fort Worth De.tocrat wouldu I |
blow so hard, it would be splendid
rural paper.
TVS New York Herald Is being sc>
cused by many papers of becoming
rather sensational
TIE acreage that IS being .own in
wheat is continually increasing through.
out the belt of the wheat region.
THE Texarksna Meas of this week
comes to US enlarged and full Of inter>
esting news and miscellaneous mat
ter.
SEysRAL papers in the state are clam
oring for whipping post. II the law
is fully enforced there will be no need
of it,
So FAR seventy five land pirates have
taken rooms in the Austin jail. The
lat Of these noted arrivals are daily
increasing
WHEAT in the counties west of here
is represented as looking unusually
well. The farmers are now grazing their
stock on il.
The seating Of Kellogg may be tri.
umph for the republican majority in
the senate, but will prove moral dis
aster TO the party
President HAYES is in a bad strait
Not one of those who favored his being
counted in will even venture word of
apology in his behalf
The municipal election of Waco
trsnspires on the tenth instant, and the
numerous candidates are making mat
tiers hot for one another.
lr is stated that Dr. Sam Houston,
eldest son of President Houston. will
retire from the practice of medicine and
tarn editor, locating at Longview.
OILY three democrats from the south
voted against the repeal bill, being
Kimmeh. of Maryland; Gibson, OF
Louisiana, and Schleicher, of Texas.
WHEN Gabriel comes to toot the last
trump, the Mckinney Eag,drer will not
know him from the beast, unless he
brings the cotton umbrella with him.
Mr.. WELsH, our minister to England.
is spoken of in very complimentary
terms by the London Times, as being a
man of marked character and ability.
MAJOR PESs, the revivaliss, is wrest,
ling with the wicked Arkansian's in
their wickeduess, in trying to throw
them into the narrow and straight road.
CfScISNAri wants mint, and the
CosTter>Josrnal ridicuies the idea, say>
ing that As far as convenience IS con-
eerned, Dulath would do Just as we'll.
The twelve apostles of the Mormon
church are making some marked
changes in their religion, yet they have
stood fast TO the main principle, polyg,
amy
HENRY WARD BEEcHER has built him.
self a new house, and says he would
not fret If the Lord should burn il
down. The old boy certainly has it well
insured.
tbs more sensible of the colored
people. pronounce the Liberia emigra
ton scheme as a swindle upon the part
of lot of radical brethren who wish to
make money.
Old ESGLAsD has big eastern ques,
ton on her hands in taking care OF her
starved subjects in India. There are
several sick mems interest at stake in
this instance.
CoSAScHE carries off the palm. The
citizens OF that place elected man to
the Office of town marshal. but he won't
have the office. That man evidently
prefers peace to glory
CNcLE SAM don't allow any hiding out
on the part of bis soldier bows. One
who tried it, passed through Denison
the other day heavily ironed. He was
caught in Salt Lake City, Utah.
SCHUYLER CoLFAx says that he has re-
tired from public life This is the old
old story as told yearly by Schuyler,
yet il he will, he is welcome as far as
the public is concerned.
THE trial of the Vanderbilt will case
continues to show up more skeletons
in the family closet whose existence
the world never suspected. Wealth
has its grieis of which poverty never
dreams.
The admission of kellogg to seat in
the senate does not place him beyond
being tried for he villianous acts, and
he may yet take quarters similar TO
those now occupied by Smalls and
CORDOBA
JOSH BiLLSs's ideas respecting the
treatment of animals are different from
Berghs, He says pet a mule with
club, and he is patient; but give him
oats. and he will kick out our end of
creation.
DR. Ii. T. RrprIErp, southern cor,
respondent of the Cincinnati CONNER.
eiaf, has at last arrived at the conclu.
sion that the republican party in the
south, has been buried too dee to ever
be resurected.
FRoh the way the different counties
are sentencing criminals the new peni.
tentiary will come in good play. They
seem determined to rid them selves O,
criminals and are doing away with
them in lively manner.
a PORTION OF the colored people of
Corsicana want to emigrate. but not out
of the state. They propose to settle a
colony in the public domain, so as To
have their own society, schools, church.
es and courts
BETTER AeceDs.
Philadelphia Times: A MARYLAND ma.
per has nominated General G srfield for
the presidency. The general had bet.
ter accept, it's the best he can do AZ