The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-28
.rArE SUNDAY LAW.

indignation the Result
ee~.,oouist Hottie Trade. Etc.
..,s o'clock sharp saturday night the
,.. luuch stands and ice depots and oil
sA'Os .As. Of business usually open at that
pro-" Al closed pursuant to the notice served
nV, ham BY Sheriff Jones, who gave them to
on ,a..,snd that the estate Sunday law"
u Wild be rigidly enforced. When the town
,.os ,ollsd the hour of twelve every house
. s,0,sd. as it were, with simultaneous bang
ss,be doors, and within five minutes after
I'd, !, looked like it might be Eve o'clock
!. N, morning, so dark and deserted
lava the streets, nothing being heard
w., tina tread of the policeman as they
WI u.itsG their beats, and that OF the deputy
WALTZ 's.,ig, who were on the lookout to see that
NV .us law was complied with to the letter.
s asf,re closing, however, the saloons did
S,;,ioo business. They we're ,hrongei with
m 'n who purchased bottles OF something to
a a';ny on the morrow The bottle trade
S s0ns by them was large, and they say that
Nov sold nearly twics as much whi'ky
hr the bottle q, they would otherwise
have done by the drink.
NAVE nav, was good deal
81 drunkenness, for the imbiber took larger
S,;nk. and repeated oftener than he would
have done under different circumstances for
Ls was aware of tbs fact that he would have
to 90 withou. his beverage until Sunday
night.
Sunday was day that will long be remem,
bered by tho c,lizans of Dallss. People
cIsmored at the ice depo,s for ice but the
dealers refused 10 sell them ana locking
nm went their way. The people
Ssoced for the frigid luxury
hnt to no purpose, for tho dealers were obdu-
rate and would not listen to their entrealies.
woman with cup of water in her hand,
begged for email piece of ice for her sick
child but she could not get 1t, and she left
weeping. Oilers who had sick ones at home
impor,uued the de Aler', but in vain, and then
arose s,rct denuucislion of the strict en-
forcemeut of the Sunday law
that was fearful. The l6.h legis-
jsture was excoriated. Those who were
in any way pat out were indisnnt and very
eypressiye ia their talk. The hotels run out
of ics. tho boarders did not like it, and
neither did the landlords. The day was
warm, and with no ice TO COO! one, it was very
dissgreeable, and so far as comfort in this
respect was concerned, the people of Dallas
would have ia cd US well curing thai
"A hours on the stsked plains. A party of
Young men ordered beer and ice from Fort
Worth, and they were so rips for i. that it
did not last an hour. Husbands begged for
Ice and swore that their wives were burning
I'D with fever, but it did no good
The Gruetl singing society went out d
few miles from town, carrying plenty of
both, snd several other partiesrhs their own
social, having provided themselve- Saturday
for the occasion.
The Frohsinn society had taken tina pre-
caution to fix" themselves, and at Mester'
hans pavilion thsre was free TO the MEM
bers aud their friends, plenty of cool beer
and lots OF ice. The rigid enforcement OF
the law as general thing is obnoxious to all
classes, inasmuch IS it works great incon-
venience. So far as the saloons are con
cerned, there was more drunken>
ness Saturday night and Sunday than
there usually is. Saturday morning no may
or's court was held for want Of material, bat
yesterday morning there was large drunk
crop up before his honor. Mayor Crowdus.
The better class of people believe in Sun
day law, yet they are not in favor of extremes
one wsy or the other, and the most effective
complaint comes from q class who are rarely
il ever seen within q saloon. There are other
com forts that the law prohibits on this day,
and it is this that creates such general dlssat-
After. 70 O'Clock Saturday night number
Of saloonists went around 10 a body and
among other places they visited the HERALD
and Gazette and took down tae names OF
the editorial staff they found at work, and
The number of compositors sticking type.
They propose, they say, to have all branches
Of business arrested that work after IL
o'clock, in order TO make the law rs obnox-
ious as possible to all.
For the benefit of those who do
not understand the state Sun
dsy law, below is given the full
text Of the state Sunday law as found in
shspter 2 of title of the penal code:
Art. 1873 Any person who shall hereafte
labor, or compel, force or oblige his em'
S S"9ySsy shali be ased not less than ten nor
more Than firtv dollars.
A., Iei Tho nrecedinp article shall not
.r n ~ no nou.eboId dulles works of pecessi.
II o. charity nnr To necessary work on farms
:, fluctuations in order to prevent the loss of
~ p, ".," w. Tho ,nnning Of Steamboats, or
N.Y. .,U a,sr craft rail cara wagon trains. com
.suo. "a.H, NV, tina deliverv of goods bv
'h ou '~ o. tbs rsceivins or stowine of said
~ "a. W. ,ho nsrnos ., THAR agents 10 whom
~ 'a1 %sliv,ed nor 10 STAGES carry.
au III W.;.oa S,s,as wall or nssse , oers nor
s suU a. srosr m,;Ils or harders who have