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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-27

pro rata amount Of earnest money for the
line In that territory, three hundred and
dtty miles. II seems that the main question
involved In this suit 10 one Of congressional
and territorial authority. Congress having
given tho right-of.way through tho public
lands along designated route,
and accompanying H. certain
rights, priv eyes aud franchises 10
q railroad company, can territorial logisla.
suro give another railroad company rieh..,
privileges end franchises that will COIL lic,
with this congressional grant, II 10 no, our
province 10 discuss tho merits Of this Gaze
II is one Involving intricate and In por,su,
points Of law and equity, and being In the
courts. can only DO settled by judicial do.
cisions and therefore we have no opinions 10
express, whatever We may entertain. Gov.
ernor John q. Bfosn, vice presiden, Of the
Tex" Il Pacific railway company, has had
tho management Of this case, and BY hi.
untlring energy and grea! legal learning, he
being . lawyer Of eminent abill y. no hes 90
sdroisly ind lucidIy espounded tho law and
placed before The court tho fac,s, tho, he
has up to this point In the proceedings,
gained all ho Mksd. In Governor
Brown tho Texss 3 Psciac hs,
an officer no. only alic 10
oil in interests and vigilAns thereof, bu.
possessed Of the highest order Of Intellect, a.
hs 70, aad bsipe thoroughly informed. be
earnestly dsvo.ss bic best sndssvon 70 what.
ever b undertake.. Having superior I'd.
nias'sas'vs ssd executive ability, ~ 10
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X. j. KIvLEN, Proprietor.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20
LAND cDrIYICArEs.

Elsewhere We publish this morning let
ter received in this city by prominent
firm of real estate agents, and their answer,
relative to Texas land certificates. These
letter. explain themselves, and although
no names are given, they are bona fide let
tiers. 1t an outrage and a shame that
people should be misled into the purchase Of
these land certificate. 1t may be that here
and there in FL Llsno Estacada astrip ofsrid
sandy desert may be found that is not
worth the time and the expense II would
take TO locate it, and in some counties in
the better portion Of the state, little rocky.
billy, patch may now and then be found
not covered By land certificate, but these
spot. are exceptions, and are utterly
worthless when found There are,
IL is true. sccoording to the last
report Of the commissioner Of the
general land once, some 100000 acres Of
public domain, seemingly not
vet locstsd, but this land is set apart
for q specific purpose, is virtually loested,
although It may not be surveyed and
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

THE victories of Iroquois, Foxhall and
Parole in England, seems to be pretty con-
elusive evidence that better horses can be
bred in this country than in England. 1t
is true the strains Of horses are virtually the
same, but the American method of breeding
and training seems to be the better, and
undoubtedly our climate, grass and water
is very much superior to those of England.
We have of late years imported some Of
Rngland's crack thoroughbreds to this
country, but the only regulations they have
made has been as sires Of illustrious sons
and daughters.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

those regions from Infonds from The fescf
walton Indians, said reservation Indians he.
inc under tic management ~ government
agents, and under Tie eye u United states
troops. Tho state could not on any quas'
ton of dollars and cents see any Of her citl'
zens butchcrcd, their children carried Into
captivity and their property destroyed BY
ruthless savagcs, however indifferent the
United States government might be to
their fate, however recrcant II might be to
to It's solemn obligations. AT
every session Of the state legislature
a.joint resolution Is passed, instructing our
senators and requesting our representatives
in congress to urge the passage OF an appro-
priation to reimburse Texas for the money
she has expended in behalf of frontier de-
tense, and that is generally the last OF It.
| 1t may be that the attention of congress, in
both houses, is called TO II but, no such bill
| has eyer been passed. While we would not
say'one word that might be construed into al
objection to the states further protection OF
its frontier, still We are of the opinion that
the time has well-nigh come when this
expense can DO saved. When the legisla-
ture meets in January, 1888, we think
that 1t can reasonably and safely
take the responsibility Of disbanding the
frontier battalion entirely and Of looping
off all appropriations for frontier defense
The Texas & Pacific railroad will have been
completed to HI Paso by that time, and the
"Sunset route" and tho international road
be also completed to points on the Rio
Grande, and these great civilizers and
country developers, taking settlers along
with them to populate the frontier regions,
will have obviated tho necessity for state
troops, and there will be no longer occasion
for inspecting tours to military
! outposts by the United States adiu-
tant general. Whom we say there will
be no longer a necessity for state troops,
| we do not include the office OF adjutant
general. This is an Office at all times neces-
sary indeed required, if We mistake not,
by the United States law, but his duties will
only be confined to the volunteer and re-
served militia of the state, and it is to be
hoped that the next legislature will increase
his duties in this direction by giving the
state militia law that is not a farce, de-
fusion and a snare, burlesque-indeed a
disgrace to civilized people, as can well be
said of the present militia law ofTexas.
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REMOVAL OF THE CEMETERIES.

Elsewhere we publish to-day commu-
nication from one of our oldest and most
esteemed citizens over the signature g., in
the matter of the removal of the cemete-
ries. The views urged are substantially such
, as were presented in our Sundays issue.
Although the idea of the removal of the
dead from what had been sanctified as their
last resting places is more than unaccepta-
BILE to the general mind, yet it is true
that there must come the day when
the present cemetery will be so full of
silent inhabitants that no others can be
placed there. Wherefore it would be well
that some spot or spots be selected in such
localities, as that even considering our
prospective.y rapid growth that the
march of business will not reach it in all
probability for a quarter of century
to come. If an inviting field
could be thus selected to be used in the flu
ture for new interments, it might and
doubtless would result that many of the
bodies now laid away in the old cemetery
would be disinterre1 and placed by the side
of newer mounds in the ampler grounds
afforded by newer yard. A colder logic
would contend it would make no difference
to the slumberers. but that human
sentiment that has some concern for even
the closing of the eyes by the hands Of at
fiction or close friendship, for the compos-
ing of the limbs, the bearing Of the pail and
the dressing of the grave, has very great
regard about the disturbance by foreign
hands of the sacred dead, disturbance
that the corporate conscience enters upon,
perhaps with rude haste to deface
the form that death had already mastered.
Then, if some provisions be now required,
rather let the council make arrangements
for the coming time and for future inter-
ments, leaving the transference OF bodies IN
the old cemeteries to the disposition OF those
concerned through domestic or other SINH
lar ties. We have already shown that ceme-
teries in cities are not only not disease
breeding. but in reality not even un-
healthy. And this fact is borne out by ac-
tual cases such as New Orleans, where, in
the very heart of the city, nearly dozen
are now in use and have been for half GEN.
tury, and in other cities in this country and
in Europe. 1t is notorious too, that work
men in those occupations where
in are constantly exhaled all
manner Of putrefsctions, similar 10 those
from dead humanity, such, for instance, as
with soap boilers and chambers, tanners
and curriers', and even scavengers, the
former Of whom are known to enjoy excel
lent health, and not to be subject to fsvers or
epidemic afiicsions, Notwithstanding they
eften use fat In q very advanced
stage Of putrefsction. Our. cor
respondent @. need hardly b alarmed
abs Ut the contingency Of any speedy, whole
sale removal he pleads 10 eloquently
against. The fssts, the argument, the sen
timent Of community are with him.
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WE are indebted to Rev. g. W. Briggs, OF
Galveston. for copy of his sermon, entitled
The Martyr President, delivered in st.
Johns church on the Goth nit. Like every
thing else this learned, eloquent young
divine touches, itpresents harvest OF beau
tiful thoughts, set in exquisite expression,
of him who through perilous pathway,
wore always 'the white flower of a
stainless life." Mr. Briggs references
to the true mothers of the land, as Illus
trated by her who bore and reared the mar
tyr president, TEEN with happy and correct
criticism. "Here is the foundation" he
says "of nations greatness, the godly
mothers whose sons are their jewels-jewels
that flash with grander radiance than the
diamonds that bedeck the daughters OF
fashion, whose effeminate offspring crowd
as pensioners the gates of place
and power dependent upon the
bounty of these sun-crowned men,
who in earnest homes and by noble
mothers have been trained to greatness.
We have to thank God for such mothers
not women Of the period, whose jeweled
hands reject the class Of baby fingers, but
true, tender, honest Christian mothers who
by prayer and tear and toll train up their
sons for God and their fellow men," Mr..
Briggs touches the chord that beats
its responsive echo throughout
the land when he thus alludes to and draws
impressive lesson from the loving conduct
of devoted mother, whose constant care
her honored son had been permitted only in
part to repay by rocking-the cradle Of her
reposing age. The tribute offered by the
pastor of st. Johns was one worthy the
subject, the occasion, the orator and the
minister
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

THERE seems to be persistent effort be-
ing made to induce. Mr.. Conkling to take
a seat in the cabinet, an effort, it appears,
that President Arthur is not averse to. Why
shouldn't Mr.. Conkling 60 into the cabinet, he
and the president being fast personal friends
and both of the same wing ofthe republican
partyP Mr.. Conkling has some very bitter
and determined. enemies in his..own party,
but all great men have their enemies. 1t
may be, perhaps, that Mr.. Conkling has
more than falls to the share of most men,
but it is because he has never stopped to con-
ciliate or fiatter any OF them.
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secilonlled. n Wa grossly wrong ~ lhc
part u Tho last Legislature " make pro.
visions fpf The issuance ~ any moro land
certificates. N II did not know that The
landed estate Of the state WIS plastered oil
over with land certificates, II ought 10 have
known it--it was It's duty.to know H. and,
although these certificates bear upon thel
face the legenc that the state is not rcspon'
siblc II the public domain DO cx-
haustod, thereby giving a quasi
notice that II may ormay not BIO exhausted,
We think II questionable II the state can
avoid responsibility by any such means.
What does the state issue these certificates
for? Does 1t not receive compensation or
value received in some form for them? 1t
may be true that they are head-right GER
tificates issued several years ago and never
yet located, still the state received consd-
may be true that they were issued to the
widows Of the veterans Of the ear
ly wars Of Texas, and can it be
said the state did not receive
compensation in the military services Of
these veterans? If the state received COM
pensation, value received, then is it not
responsible to innocent purchasers-to all
holders of these certificates, unless she
gives actual, not. constructive, but actual,
notice in the most public way possible, that
is, in the official report Of her land commits
sioner and by act of her legislature, or
proclamation of her governor that
her public domain is exhausted? If
this be the case, the state, having
failed to give actual notice that there was
no more public land within her limits for
location, is she not responsible for every
certificate issued by the land Office under
authority of any legislature Of the state
that has yet conferred that authority? 1t is
principle oflaw, and it is common sense
and common justice that no person or cor
poration shall receive something for
nothing. The state stands by and
sees these certificates being hawked
here, there and everywhere, and
the prices quoted in all the papers and it
does not raise its voice to say that the pub
lie Domains exhausted and there is no land
anywhere to locate under these certificates.
1t thereby makes itself party to their sale
and it makes itself responsible, we take it.
Northern cities are being flooded with them,
and northern people are being duped into
purchasing them, very greltly against the
good name and the standing Of our state, if
the state is not responsible for them.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20
oS Az rSsPEcTTNG tour.

II seems that General W. II. King, adjr-
tant general ofthe state, has gone on a tour
Of inspection Of the garrisons Of state troops
along the frontier. Does ii not appear
strange that Texas Is forced at her own ex-
pense to protect the people living in her
frontier counties2 For years this necessity
has been forced upon our state, while the
United States government, whose duty II
l. 70 give this protection. Jocks indiferenfly
On. The United States government legiti-
rnstely owes Texas some millions Of dollars
she has been compelled 10 take rom
her state treasury, TO take rom
TIE pockess Of her people indeed, ior the
support ofstste ranging companies kept
IN he frontiers 70 guard the settlers
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

THEY TALK about putting Senator Ed
munds on the supreme bench. We have
not the slightest doubt of his ability or OF
his legal learning for this elevated station,
but we seriously question the propriety OF
putting any man into place where justice
and impartiality must rule, who has for so
many years been the bitter, unrelenting
political partisan that Senator Ed
munds has. Such life as he
has led in the senate and on the
hastings in political campaigns is certainly
calculated to warp his mind and his con-
science so as to give both leaning to his
side in politics, whether any politics be
necessarily involved or not.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

WE are indebted to Messrs. Latham, AL
ex,nder e. Co., bankers and cotton COM
mission merchants of New York, for copy
oftheir sth annual edition of the Cotton
Movement and Fluctuations from 1863 TO
1881. 1t contains much information touch
inc. cotton that cannot be found elsewhere,
and is almost invaluable to cotton brokers
and others. The book is not for sale, but
sent gratutously to their friends and custo-
mers. Messrs. Latham, Alexander e. Co.
are reputed to be among the most reliable
cotton commission men of New York, and
deserve the thanks of the cotton men of the
country for their labor in compiling and
publishing this work.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

THE history of the postal card and the re-
suits ii has wrought cannot but prove in
teresting to the thoughtful and investisa-
ting mind. II has in great measure paved
the way for cheaper, better postage, and we
will not be surprised 10 see bill introduced
in the next congress to reduce letter postage
10 two cents. In an exchange we find.the fol-
lowing account Of the postal card: "A
treatise on the history Of the postal card
has been published in Berlin. The orisina-
for of the idea is said to have been Ger
man state Official, DR.. Stephan, who wrote
an essay upon IL In 1885. Austria was the
first TO adopt IL, beginning in oc-
tober, 1859. The first three months
witnessed the passage Of $4,000
cards through the mails. Germany
followed suit in 1870, and, on the first day
after the introduction Of the postal card,
z5.48s were sent of in Berlin alone, and
within two months over 2, ooO, 900 were used.
orber countries soon initiated the same step.
During the Franco-Prussian war the postal
card system was q great boon TO both
armies. over 100000 cards passed dur
ing the camraign between the German sol
diers and their friends and their homes.
The greaiest proportional consumption Of
postal cards occurs unquestiOnably in the
United States. The whole Of Europe IL e.
timstes 10 use annually 850.000.Go, while
tbe oonsumption in the United States VII
probably not fall sbori Il zso,oOoooo. Ger
usur consumed in 1873 12z.7f7yOo. The
use Of the postal card Il, moreover. con
SANITY increasing. and, 70 some extent, at
he expense Of the letter correspondence.
|Tfe-s are nov said 70 BE- ssvsnty-three
ouu.riss in which II is introduced Aus
-. which hnsths honor Of frst putting
BE- i5ss into practical erection y nov
|.id 20 hsrs csras q The poorest mstsrihl
"a NOS inconvsniert form-
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20
AT the council meeting last night, final

AT the council meeting last night, final
and definite arrangement was perfected with
the city gas company, whereby Dallas win
once more look like civilized town Of
nights. The Sunday law was brought to q
test. or rather the members were. The
final upshot was tie vote as to
whether the requirement should bell
accord with the state law, or matters re-
main as now conducted, when Mayor Crow
dus cut the Godian knot by voting to con-
tinue the regulations to permit the
continuance after the fashion of the COM
promise now in general vogue with us.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

Boss KELLY, of Tammany, and Bully
Mclaughlin. of Brooklyn, have got to
abusing each.other, and there are some hopes
now that the honest democracy OF New
York may come into its own. Let
these two mercenary rams butt each others
brains out and there will be peace.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

The New York Tribune, shrewd in it's re:
publicanism, is hieing Tsmmany on and
trying It's best to make the corrupt sschems
Of that vigvam wage war on the honest
democrats Of New York. II says "The re-
lection Of Tsmmany, under existing cir
cumssances, is an indignity and an insult
thai the most crsven-spirited could not pass
over without resentment"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

COLONEL MlPLEos, the operate mana
ger, has new star, Mile yachot, a recent
graduate Of the Conservatory Of Paris. She
is said TO be musical phenomenon, and
viii make her debut in this country in
an Barbiere." She is now studying the
part of Juliet in Gounod's Romeo and
Juliet with the composer.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

PRESIDENT ARTHUR, in re-appointing Mr.
Walker Blaine, son Of Secretary Blaine to
the third position in the department ofstate'
performed a graceful act, and it shows that
he is disposed to carry into effect the pain
c;ples of Mr.. Conklings utterance, Life is
too short for political revenge"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

IRIS now estimated by the comptroller Of
New York city that it will take $31 81 $40.
10 to run the municipal government next
wear. This is about $30per capita for the
entire population of the city, and when
state and county taxes are added to this
sum it will be seen that it costs good deal
to own property in New York city.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

TIE golden wedding Of Judge Black and
wife is near at hand. He was tventy-six
and Mrs. Black seventeen when they mar
edri. 50 that he is near seventy-siK and she
near sixty-seven.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

The cmigrant agent Of the Texas & Pacific
railroad SAYS that several ships are bound
for New Orleans with well-to-do German
emigrnnts, who viii settle on the line o. the
road. The weather Is perfect for track
lsying. and work is pushed very rapidly.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

THE sudden change in the weather from
hot and disagreeable at 8 o'clock yesterday
morning, to a rainy norther before .
o'clock must be trying on weak lungs, and
people cannot be too careful to avoid taking
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20

Jupeg DAVID DAVIS is still on the top
rail, but It is as president ofthe senate and
not on the fence as it has been hereto
"a
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INDICATIONS.

For the west gulf states CLOUDY weather
and rain; northeasterly winds stauona'' VI
higher barometer and lower temperature
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20
A NEW BOOK BY:NLRE TWAIN

, The Prince and the Pnupsr-" A book
for the EOrso q al Agss Bet book 70
eanvas.srs ever published sold b. sub
scripti0n only. For terms and 1errritory
apply 81 once 10
Southern Prbiishins %.
po4 11s Eeu O-leans IL.
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Notice.
All persons having claims against the estate
OF William L. White, deceased, are hereby
notified to present the same TO the undersigned
within the time prescribed by law, and all
persons indebted TO said estate are hereby no.
tiied TO come forward and make immediate
payment The undersigned wore appointed
administrators OF said estate on the 18th day OF
October 1881, and reside In Dallas county, Texas.
and their postofhceis Lancaster, in said county
ana state. M00DlN r. WHITE and
FRANK NJ. WHITE,
Ad'mrs. of VIM. L. White, deceased.
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Heals ulcers, cuts, burns, and inssmed
eyes.
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C1FrEgN DOLLARS RBwARD-ror q gray
II or dspple gray horss l6H hands high, or
years old no brands but Q scar on her head
caused BY bsrb wire Anybody knowing Of
this horse and win bnns him b the Trinity
Brick Yard, below the toll bridRe 1 win give
him s15. The horse len home on o. about the
9Th or nh Of August. Jafsyete Games, Dsllsa,
Texas.
WAETHD-50 Bois dArc post at my farIn
w miles east OF city on Kaufman and I. p.
Railroad, near fair ground; VIII pay cash.
INV WANTED n tsks exclusive
A LADY agency IN psils, for our iscss.
&c, the very bestr csmmi.sio1 permanent no
sk: only Endorsement repaired; send for earn-
Taken up By Tell Darby and esirsyed before
W. ~ Price, J. p, September 9Th, 1881. one
black mare mule about l44 hands high, abou
"a yesr old, brand Understandable on the nigh
shoulder; value. 80.
Prom the undersigned, one brown horse mule
about years old, branded A. p about IS hands
high: has crooked tail reward Of I've dol
lars win he paid for his delivery 10 me three
miles northeast Of Dallas
J. n. Umphries estrays before justice Price
one dnrk-br0wn mare mule. u or "a years old. 70
hands high B branded on the len shoulder and
IITANTED A stock keeper Only fhOs
w understanding the dry goods and Cl0thin
bushes. need apply A 81 Yin street.
WNTE D--A good white gil IN small fauil
w for general house WORK Inquire on CIV
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c Tenuy estrHys before J. A. Lindsey, justice
of he psace one bay pony horse, len eye Out,
ard branded on he lef. shoulder thus, v. valued
ateZ5
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Rnev Pernbertcn. estFsys before Geo. Roberi-
So justice q The peace. one iron gray mare, "a
hsnds high. 5 ~ years cd and brahdeo &c On
hs IN sbouIdsr valued sfszs