The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-17
st. LOUIS LETTER.
Jay GouId's silence OppOsition 10
the II. & II. 70. Railroad -Po.
IiticnI, Personal, Etc.

Correspondence OF the Herald.
ST.. LOUIS, March IL, 1880.
Since leaving North Texas Jay Gould has
been in st. Louis for day or two and pre-
served his usual silence ms to his plans. lie
Is somewhat on the Grant order in that re-
spect. The completion Of the Missouri,
Kansas e. Texas to Dallas would be hailed
with delight here as well as there. / find
many shippers who complain of tho rates
and who will rejoice with our merchants
when they can escape patronizing tho Hous-
ton g. Texas Central road.
We are Just now having some excitement
over the Grant and anti-Grant movement
The city is alive with it to-day. The
Central Republican committee for the State
met hore to-day. They had stormy time.
Their chairman, General George IL. Shields,
was found to be u Blaine man and was de-
posed, and Chauncey l. Filly was elected in
his stead by a vote of sixteen to eight. The
committee is decidedly for Grant aud in that
represent the majority, it is thought, of the
party in the State. But there is n respect.
able anti-Gran element here, and they in
tend to be heard, Ex-senator Henderson,
the anti-Grant leader in tho State, speaks AZ
Mercantile Library tonight. Much trouble
is anticipated. The Grant men have di.trib-
uted through the city secret circular, and it
is their intention to pack the Hall and con-
troll the meeting. heard nm anti-Grant man
say to-day: If Grant was nominated the anti
third term men would not support him, but
would put man in the field against him.
We do not apprehend that this will be done,
but it shows the feeling and determination
not to vote for Grant. Elihu B. Washburne
was at the Planters Thursday, en- route to
Hot Springs. He was interviewed on the
'Hy"-the reporter took his answers to ques-
tions from the head of the stairs IS he disap'
peared. He said Illinois would vote solid for
Grant and the convention at Chicago would
nominate him.
Mr.. Cunditf, of the Times, and the editor
Of the Lantern have both been arrested I'M
der a late act of the Missouri Legislature
prohibiting the publication of lottery adver-
tisements. Mr.. Cundiff will make a test case
of it.
We have had for the past two or three
days some snow, considerable rain and plenty
OF mud The weather is cool, cloudy and
disagreeabe. A good country for colds, bron-
chitis, asthma and catarrh, but an old resident
remarked to-day that there was remedy for
these evils within the reach of every one in
"JefIers French Catarrh Cure" 1t was first
introduced here about four years ago, and is
now to most families almost indispensable.
1t insures speedy relief and permanent
cure. II can be had for the small sum of
81 per box, by sending to Phillip I. Dillon,
2l6 North Eighth street. DR.. Dillon has a
whole catalogue of names of prominent citi-
zens OF 1T. Louis who have been cured.
| meet great many merchants from
North and East Texas who are buying their
spring goods, and you also see the familiar
faces of u number of drummers well-known
in Dallas. Among others / find j. d. Craw-
ford, of Texas extraction, now from most any
where. Dui represents the well-known cloth
ing house of p Pfeifier IL Co., of New York.
He has splendid lot of samples of clothing
NJ Adler, Goldman u Co.'s, on Main street
He is a good salesman and is doing we'll He
never forgets he is = Texan, and looks well
after his Texas friend.
The readers of the HERALD will be glad
too, TO hear that l.. l.. CLANCY still cherishes
pleasant recolections Of Texas. He has 8
large assortment of Keith Brothers hats in
room 20, Singer building. CLANCY says there
is no use of his Texas patrons going all the
way to Chicago. He will sell them just as
cheap here. He is glad to be able to meet
them half way. He has O
full line OF goods with prices ranging from
81 to 800 per dozen. His line of straw hats
Il just now in demand, especially with Texas
merchants.
The writer learned to-day that Mr.. I'd
Palfrey, OF Dallas, would be promoted, and
would hereafter take the place of the late
Colonel Chandler, and another man would be
sent to take Mr.. Palfrey's place.
Ills now almost certain that Barnard 4
Co. will locate branch house at Dallas thi,
fail.
Ferdinand De Lesseps, Of Suez Cana
fame, passed through, en- route to San Fran
cisco. He only stopped long enough fol
lunch at the Union depot
The people of St. Louis have John Nc
Culough here next week.