The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-21

Dor Of prisoners 10 10 2,l57, which shows
net increase within those ausgasn walls
some 4l9 sihes two years sgs. The dAtrba
tisa Of this population is IS fellows
Inprlson proper ..,....................... $40
AZ prison IN Ruak ............... 258
on h. Il. cOnstruUtlSh trains l5S
OnY. j. z. rohd-WOod outtinS .... 9l5l
Ia iron furnace, Marion cOsAty ......... l0i
Sundry omplOymsAtt ..................... SCI
Total ,,.....2, l57
IN the mstter Of tsr~s for wsica these con
yic.b aro iAprs0n'd tRs rassrt shsvs tao
largest nuw ser GOA, from 10 0 yssrs; the
lsxg largest 4S2, froaa to yosrs; the nsrs
largest l76, from 10 te Is years. thers ere 1872
50! down for 20ts 30 years; 20 for 40 7sars,
and II for 60 yeArs,
The largest numbsr Ia The matter OF nss,
average fem 70 to rs years thera being 6Sl
Of th0is; the next being between Is ana 30
years, $40; Gad tho raxt trsEa Is TO 20 487;
h,ro ar1 IS prisoa1ra eyer so Nad under
6lyaars old; II ever 90, sAl three over 20
years.
The lArga5. Hambarin the matter Of listed
States nativity, aIa fross TeYes, bsing 5.8;
thsa comss Alabama, IA; Mississippi, 18G,
end Louiisns, l23 liitlo Rhode Island has
tho homer of |. Or Foreigners tAers ara 842;
AID of these Mexico csu lay cleim 10 III.
find, also, thst Of iax there srs xzales,
2l2l; females SO. Aad Of these $40 ara
white; ], l00 o80rs6; 1877 Isdisns as1 Rsxi-
cans, Travis csuaty is ESst largely repro,
s5E,ld ia taq matter Of coAYictonS, having
79to ia credit; rErrant, 81; McLseGsn, 45;
GrR5son, 81; Bsxsr co. Galveston, Is; sad
Dallas, Of
The prevailing trouble with most of the
pritssars eppssrs 70 kays bseR thsft, fer Of
these, | ard registered LIZ; th4o VS. havs
2g2 convicted Of assault 10 rsuraef 2l3 Of
burglary; GA Of murder; g for forgery
10 for urllwfEl EaRrIi zee; ~ Tar oileriEs
bTibe'; "a for rApo for aS@,n,sterils
poisss; sns ono poor fallsg for sspSing
challenge.
Al for pursuits tho cooks sees msstlY 10
have EotLsE iEtJ + stsT. fer thars Ars 81 Of
them, kaing the lRrgs7t numksc Of ANY
one special vscstieu; otbSrbsrs tssrs sra 26;
Of butchers "a and Of carpenters Who
ought to have dsas bsttar on
the level and tho Square, ~; Alfs
there ara Z school teachers; 3 pdaterL
3pkysiciSns; two laWTsrg, sad Of dsatiati,
peddl0rr, gaS-h!tsri, jewellers aza architects,
cash.
OfthO 2,157 conyictS, find tier, srs 6s8
married; 1881 singl5, % vide nod; ssd 60
divorced; and 70 had q Ace education; 32l
es@vson she; 003 csn resd hud write, and
7GS sra iil'erate. SSms 1000 sdMit sbsn.
a5.Yes intGmpsrale; GOO occsaionsi &rinksrs;
and Tho otkSr 257 sre strictly tenparats
This blacks and oalGtios pradomisate, IS
Of Laesc there arc 1888, ssd sf whites 720; the
other 204 bang f2ffigGgra.
In euaBlOFmsata in ths pT'aoa proper, tRa
largest number rs, are engaged ia tailoring;
the Aext SO hlackFmithS a; tfsn esce the
psintsIs, eabjaet.makeyu, theesaakerI, wood
suops, otc Of wisvers thSTa ara %; of wheel
Wrights II, and is a rAillOr.
l aRd fr0rA Che report regarding disssass
lrestea, Tao largest nuEsbar treated wers OF
tho bilious and nervous fevsrs, thess bai7g
376; Of chronic diRrhoea, there vsrs l1e
o2ass; Il rheums.is@ and 81 0ryaipeIaa, etc.
within tho past TIVE JOars there hsye bean
sixty deaths, tho largest nunbsr, II, being
frem diSrh@s; s from asuTy; from fsvor5;
from suicide, etc.
LIST US new lock al ths comparison OF
erinisgl population, ana which tho very
able rsssrt Furnishes 10 No.
Per ct. oonvlcts reed 1850 to 1850 .,. O.oI
Increase Sonylets reed 1869
. 70 1870 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50 II
Per ct. increase convlets reod 1870
a0SyIct. on Gs ad to population 5 /:
Or Of every 769 Of stats reputation il
now in prison.
Surely hsro are soms very interesting anl
instructive data for thc legislator and the hu
msnitsrian. In referring to the Siaoiplins an.
treatment Of tho cSsyiets, Major Gorso in
forms US that the lsspses have Sbsadonsd Ia,
use Of "slocks,' tbs most usual Mode prac
tlcst in tho past, at outside CAMPS. De yet
know what tbs stocks punishment is? Well
itmSGss the culpris lift hi@salf on tho ball
bis feet or en- tip toe and keeps him 50 by hi
enforced poiition in the stocks. l. ieepard
izss vt oAca the health sn1 thu life OF thu
peer fellow. The most frequent medS o
Punishment now resoIta1 to il conanemsa
IN the dark coll. Another Esds is by whip
ping aad sometimts much ssvSrSr enc.
The pti5saars, wa ara advised, ar,
well fsa sEa clothed, and hay,
gocd beds in their cells. Tha aupsr
ialaasoas thinks that worry many hayt
oeen greatly Improved Gsder tho religious
instruction thSrs furnished. la their chspe
tsoy held siTiRa sorsjcs every Sunday and
nave line organ to assist their dsvetiour
r2e library is 8 place of frsqaant resort, ant
Aajor Gorcs Says the books arc alSost al
WSrn out itSn continuous haoalisg.
no also says that tia outside labor Yea.
ture il a fearful evil, and that the anath.rat
suong thc cltss is tsrrible by eomparison
is also shows that 70 it is likewise duo thl
large numsir Of escapes, there hhyisg bssu
Of these some 2Gs within tho last "a yaontki
Whllo the recepturas have bsea but 1913
Necessity, and because it is
source of revosus ara ,hs onl
possible pless for this outsi3
lsser. 9ovsnsr Roberts, in his inaugural
Which l ssnt you Last weak, urges on tn
legislature, reformatory measures on thi
evil. Aud iEdeed soma steps 10 abolish i
eugst TO be taktn st ones, because, as W
are inforDod LIST. Such labor is dstri
mental "a health. ID IL can hu less Sscurel
guarded and kept. Sd. 1t GENES in csmpe
u'ios With and anLageSizes free labor.
In different ssstss, different sysieRss prevail
IN soee outside labor is not at all permitted
IN others tho prison laber ia let to contrhc
.ors, But TO bs employed eely in the walls
0tssrs the state undertakes the work itse
RHheAma, Arkansas, Florlss, aesrgii
HHeh'ucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ssul
SareliRs, Texas, ronpsssss and Virsiai.
"sas permit It's outside use.
Ia tsS Huntsville penitsntisry tho,s or
enly 2S2 soils, and these sro without tho az
snahcss for heating. In the Rusk, wac
NniAh al lh,-, iii ~ i 80 ~ -,