The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-02
vt. LOUIS LETTER.
Consolation NJ Not Gctting the Dem
ocratic Convention - sporting
Notes-Mceting OF Freight
Agents, Etc., Etc.
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oorreapondence oflhe Herald.

Correspondence oflhe Herald,
81. Louis, Feb. 27,--0n Monday evening
last tho remains OF the late General Sykes,
commanding officer at Fort Brown, Tox@,
and who died AT that post on the 9Th instant,
passed through this city for ntcrmcnt at West
Point. Lieutenant Rodman, Twentieth In.
iantry, brought tho remains via New Or
leans. A sister of the late soldier, Mrs, Reed,
accompanied the remains Of her dead
brother.
/; COULDN'T cATcn TnR CONVENTION.
81. Louis ambition TO secure the conven-
ton that Is TO nominate the next President
and Vice. President Of the United States, rs
all the world land tho balance of mankind"
are by this time aware, has been numbered
with the many laudable undertakings that
have found an ending in this worlds great
attic of adversely. She's gone up on the
convention TO nominate the next President,
but she has this consoling crumb of
comfort to Offset the good fortune of Cincin-
nati-she had the convention that nominated
the last men that were elected President
and Vice.P President of the United States
And then there's our big bridge,
and our big barge line, and the conversion
Of Dan Rice by Moody and Sankey, and the
coming National Greenback convention, and
the coming Socialist National convention
&c oh In IN Of
Cincinnati man, would create feeling of the
keenest envy.
sPECKs OF SPRING SPORT.
There's good time coming and fun in the
future. Turf men are busy with prelimina-
ries for the advent of the fast flyers. News
from the bluegrass region is to the effect
that the kings of Kentucky are being put in
training for the struggles of the season, and
that st. Louis will be favored with the pres
ence of many Of the best horses of that re-
gion. The management of our new Jockey
Club are putting things at the track in
apple-pie order, and announce that by March
18th, the workmen will have everything in
readiness for Opening up" to the spinners.
The entire racing troop Of Texas will exhibit
at the New Orleans races in April, and ac-
cording to accounts will take In Nashville,
Louisville, st. Louis and Chicago in their
Northern and Eastern tour. Johnny Hug
gins of the firm Of Higgins & Barckley, Dali
las, has in addition to his two old favorites,
Ella Rowett and L'Argentine, four other
enlistments of racing fame.
In connection with sporting matters 1t is
eminently proper to mention at this time
that the cue is liable TO be handled scentiti-
cally in 'these parts" ere long, as the follow
ing from the Republican will attest ''The
champion, Jacob Schaefer, who left st.
Louis for New York on last Friday evening.
brought Thomas j. Gallagher, the st. Louis
expert, message from Maurice DAILY, of
New York. That gentleman wants to play
Gallagher game here in st. Louis, at the
regular game, for any sum not less than $3.50
or more than $500. Gallagher is willing,
and match, it is thought, will soon be ar
ranged. The challenge is to be issued
1t has not been definitely determined
base ball team in the field
rial is here but the confidence in
enthusiastic impression on the promoters OF
the game tuus lur.
IMPORTANT TO TEXAS CATTLE MEN.
In view Of the fact that the cattle raisers
Of Texas meet in convention at Jacksboro on
March 8, send you the following proceed
ings, which will be OF especial interest to
them: "a meeting of the general freight
agents of the st. Louis, Kansas and Texas
roads was held yesterday in parlor II, Lin
dell hotel. They were called together to
agree upon live stock rates from points in
Texas, Indian Territory and southern Kan
sas for the coming season. The following
were present.
s. Frink, general freight agent OF the St,
Louis, Iron Mountain Il Southern; w. ii,
Newman, general freightagent of the Texas
& Pacific T. II. Cassiday, general freight
agent of st. Louis & San Francisco; George
w. LILLY, general freight agent of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas; J. N. Watkins, gen.
eral freight agent of the Kansas City, Law
renee & Southern, and Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Gulf; S. B. Hynes; general agent
Atchison, Topeka Il Santa Fe.
Mr.. w. II. Newman was Ell cted president
and T. Z. Cassiday secretary.
II was agreed to notify the representatives
of the North Texas Stock Raisers' association
that rates would be firmly maintained on th6
same basis as WAS in effect last season."
TEXAS TRAVELLERS.
Geo. Coon, San Antonio; II. w. Ardinger
Mckinney; Julius Kahn, Dallas; w. Moses
Austin; K. Samuels, Paris; j. s. TAYLOR
Cleburne; Il. NJ. Beord, Mckinney; Ed. J
Cheeyer, San Antonio; ard Mr.. and Mrs. Z
]. Groves, Galveston, have been in st. Louil
during the past week on business tours
PRoaSosTIcATING ON PLUvrUs.
The days draw on apace when wet weather
may be confidently expected and almost
positively predicted, and it would not sur
prise your correspondent if the principal
paragraph in his next letter or the one fol-