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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26
Decl,nedt 10 Foot the Bill

DR.. ]. L. Garter, late city physician, re
ceived a letter from Manager Hoxie, of the
Texss & Pscihc yesterday, stating that the
rosi declined TO pay the doctor and medical
bills of Mrs. Victorie Ssnteere, who was
crippled on tho Texas 81 Pacific near Esgle
Ford ome time ago which necessitsted the
amputaiion of her leg. The train that
manned her brought her on TO the city ard
sbe was turned over 10 the city physician
with the understanding be says that the road
was 10 pay what bills that accrued
in caring tor her. The expense amounted to
$500 AID the road declines to pay II on the
lrOunis that t0ey were in no wsy respoLsi-
BIZ Cor the accident At the time, Mrs.
Ssnteere was not in her right mind, and
there are two theories 81 TO how the came TO
be hurt. Ore IL that she was crossing the
track when the engine struck her, and the
other IL that she had attempted to commit
suicide by throwing herself in front Of the
trAin. She bad threatened repeatedly TO
commit suicide She was in the hospital
twenty seven days Aod every possible atten-
ton was shown her.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26
THE DHLLAr am 40, THUns Az MOatfNr, MAY 49, 1881

ard never before such a scarcity u labor
Tho spirit Of Improvement IL rife, and
buildings are going up on evory hand, and
they are superior 10 tho majority o. those
that have preceded than. Dsllss IL grow.
ing rapidly, yot |. Is a substantial growth.
aud the builders clamor for more material.
The brick yards hero nov have contracts TO
furnish In very short while five million of
brick. The owners OF the
yards have their hands full
and they are bending every energy 10 keep
pace with the improvements that are being
mate Labor s scarce and Is in great dc.
mand. This is attributable 70 the fact
that the construction Of so many lines of
railway through north Texas has drained the
country of its help. The railroads pay from
ST. to $l75 per day and as the farmer can
not afford TO pay such prices the laborer
leaves him, and the consequence is the crops
are being taken by the weed, yet it is never-
theess a sign of prosperity.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

In THE last few years the American public
or rather the American government has ex-
hibited towards its subjects in trouble with
foreign rulers, an Indifference and downright
cowsrdice not calculated in the least to
strengthen the venerstion or attachment OF
its citizens and eminently calculated TO lose
it the respect of outsiders. The bungling
manner in which the Virginius affair was
conducted, imperilled American security
abroad more than any occurrence of the las
quarter of century. Particularly did i
become contemplate when contrasted
with tho action Of France and
Germany in short time after, in vindication
of The assault made by Turkish subjects
upon tho consuls Of those two great powers.
And no ~ comes another sffront Ia the i'm
prisonment by the Eogish government Of
Michsel B9yton, an American citizen.
Notwithstanding the accredited lash and
sp.-it Of Mr.. Blaine he refuses to make any
demand for Mr. Boyton's release until the
long and tedious process Of az international
investigation is gone through with. La the
meantime Mr.. Boylon can enjoy the luHuries
of an Irish prison, and console himself with
the repetition Of those old lines ut is Of thee,
sweet land Of liberty" etc. The average
American should quit roaming until he csn
have a good healthy guardian appointed.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26
A Fall to Death.

News reached the city yesterday morri ing
that Richard Lassiter had met with sudden
death at Grand Prairie station, on the line OF
the Texas & Pacific road, and in the extreme
west end of this county, Friday afternoon.
He was engaged at work on house, and
assembled ladder leading to the roofing,
when one of the rounds broke, causing
him to fall, his shoulders and
the small of his back
striking against an uprigh. post. producing
injuries which caused his desth within few
minutes afterwards. He was carried TO o
house near by aud placed on bed. Blood
oozed from his mouth, showing that he had
sustained internal injuries While his
friends wsro working striving to save his life,
he said, "Don't go away and leave me alone"
He dird within few minutes sfterward.
The deceased leaves five children, all grown,
to mourn him, and was man well liked by
those who knew him.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26
The narrow Gauge Committee,

The committee appointed by the board Of
trade to raise the S25 900 subscription and
procure the RICH; of way for the narrow
gauge railroad, held meeting yesterday
morning ard decided upon their plans of
procedure. Their first step will be to en-
deavor to secure the right Of way from the
city limits to some suitable point convenient
to the business centre, and TO be wide
enough to do for all railroads that may
hereafter be built to Dallas. The committee
las its eye on the property adjacent to the
orth end of Lamar street, and will endeavor
secure right of way along the
Dallas branch to the corporate limits. Cap
tain S. j. Adams and Captain w. I'll. CASTOR,
two of the committee, left last night for st.
Louis to consult with President Paramore in
order to arrive at full and definite under:
standing concerning the bringing of the road
here and to have the same reduced to writ
ing. They will report the result of their
visit by telegraph.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26
c.rwa,Imm,rrapt..

Yesterday mornings south bound train on
the Tsrss Central had aboard car load Of
German immigrants bound for Brsnhsm and
San Antonio. There we're tventy-ihree
families and shout eighiy~four persons IN al.
They we're fresh from the afsder land and
could not speak word OF English. Prom
resident German the reporter learned INST
tbs most intend farming and that there are
sorne tsertv more families coon 20 follow
them. They we're robust, healthy looking
La n mamie
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26
Tho wheat Harvest Begun

The wheat harvest has begun. What is
known as the early Msy wheat is being cut
and the other varieties, which are rather
backward, will not be ripe until the first of
June. The harvesting at present is confined
70 that part Of the county west OF the river,
the grain maturing there at least ten days
earlier, owing to the white rock character Of
the sell. The later wheat crop will be ready
for the reaper in about ten days. The crop
will average sore twenty bushels 10 Toe
acre, thong the yield is not as large as that
az last wear.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

WE have been heretofore advocating
come concert Of action In north Texas in
reference b the lOcstion Of the State
University and other journals continual 10 in
sist that the most fsvorsbls conditions for lie
growth and success will be found in this Gec-
ton. An exchange has The following 10 say
on the subject: The. Brsz)ria Advances is in
favor Of other sections Of the state yielding
the State university 10 North Texas. One
plea for his q that the Offices and fAvors Of
state government have been monopoiized by
other sections. On The suppositiOn that the
other sessions have furnished The best men
for the Offices, If North Texas furnishes the
best IOcstion for the University, the right,thiDg
in that also will be done. A consideration
f.vOrsbls 70 hist portion Of The state Il The
answering l0yslly Of the people TO- public
schools and universal educstioD, dsDtoing
tbsi psrhsps they are better pre-
pared for building up and supporting
he higher sducsiionh fsolitiss that
The University lhoula supply. than
than the people in sections vbsrs there is les
suprscistion Of fbsss things" Il win be
,ssr tbst Il l. admitted IN ths shove srtrsc'
fhst No-sh Tsrss hes In . prssmipsni degrse
tbs sius a.. non Of support and psironsgs
ef su,h "a institution. viz. ''ths unsvsrving
loysity of he psopls % public schools add
urivs-s.i s3Bcsdan."
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

spoken Of Hon. mHficn MARTIN, senatcf
from Navarro county and president pro
tempore of tho senate, for governor at the
next election. II is something over year
and q half before the gubernatorial election
will take place, and about year before the
canvass will begin, so that it will BIO seen
that there is plenty of time in which to con-
slider of the matter Of proper standard
bearer for the democracy in that contest, but
we do not know when we have seen a sug-
pestion that has pleased us more than this
one to make Senator Martin the next gov
ernor of the stete. We have had it in our
minds for goodly length of time and would
long ago have made it but for the fact that
the election is 60 far of, but now that the
proposition has been made, we desire to ex-
press our hearty approval and endorsement of
H. or course j. is too soon to say moro Than
this, or in other words, to begin campaign
in his behalf, but it is but justice, considering
the gentleman's well-known worth and in
tegriiy as citizen and as a public man
serving the interests of the state so ably and
o faithfully and 30 long as he has done, TO
pay him tho tribute TO bis merit, Of APP.
prevail and endorsement of the suggestion.
No gentleman is more conversant with the
affairs Of this state, has more intelligent
appreciation of the states needs, or is more
devoted 10 all of lie material interests and TO
It's advancement and development than
Senator Martin. For long years a citizen
of Texas, be has seen her grow and expakd
from her limited advantages and slender
resources of ante bellum times, 10 the
wonderful fruition of this day, aud has
always, not only kept pace with the
times, but ahead Of them in all
progressive iseas and in the sdvo-
cscy " al enterprises and policies
that wiss craftsmanship and an es-nest,
ersllei patriotism could dictate for the gen
erAl good, advancement and prosperity Of
the state. Politically a democrat "of the
most strictest sect" ne is conservative in 81
his views and actions, and with marvellous
fcreibOugf. and keen perception, discerns as
fly intuition what measures and policies are
best cAiculAted TO enhance every interest
conducive 10 the STATES well being and the
prosperity and hsppinsss Of the people. As
. Legislator he hiss lsfs the impress Of his ma
ture judgment, his solid, prscticsl sense and
hs sound discretion upon the legislative en-
sctmenk and the policies Of the state, during
period in which be has served in
sifhsr fhs one or The other branch Of The
lsxisl.turs. and ss cisizsn be has aided 10
building up and materially bsDsating The
Of bis residences.
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The Narrow Gauge Railroad Com
m1ttee.

The committee appointed at meeting OF
the board of trsie Saturday night, TO i'ise
the $4,000 and the right of way from tie
county line for the Texas 81 st. Louis Mar
row Gauge railroad, is a good one. They
are bu.iness men, who have the greste''
interest 10 the welfare of Dallas, aud are .
right men in the right place. They ' ere
out yesterday, and report favorable eu cess
The committee is compo'ed of the foilowin
gentlemen: j. B. Scruggs, chairman; W. ID
Lemon, w. II. Castor, S. J. Adams, ii. s
Erya V, John S. Witwer, e. l.. Gage.
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Nnrrua Gauge.

- 'l'2L.lc of 'aa bosrd of trade yester-
ds, oi0e q pop ion of Gov. Hubbard
was reao, thsl Il Us..as would donate S25,
600, five acres T. .and for depot grounds
and the right of way through the county,
the ST. Louis s. Texas Narrow Gauge would
build from Mount Pleasant to Dallas in
eighteen months.
The following committee was appointed to
raise the money and the land and secure the
right of way.
j. HScruggs, chairman; w. FL. Lemon,
w. H. Castor, S. j. Adams, II. 5. ErVay,
John s. Witwer, E. L. Gage.
Captain CASTOR has signi fled his intention
of donating the land. 1t is believed the mon
ey can be occurred in few days effort.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

tOuCness' 80 SrauipS VI sno oh
tire twenty seven miles is more than half
done. Ties enough to tie over three miles
of the road have been inspected and receiv-
ed The grading of the twenty-seven miles
will be completed by the goth of Jane, and
the large force al work getting Tut ties
ara expected TO have enough
to supply this distance. The iron for this
much of the road has already been contracts
ed for.
Captain Marion Moon, contractor
for the Texas Trunk road, was in the city
Yesterday. He reports that the grading is
progressing rapidly. They are two miles
west of the east fork of the Trinity and two
miles beyond this poin', which will be finished
in about two weeks, besides two miles
between Brushy and Kings creek, Messrs.
Moon & Bennett having the contract for the
two last named miles, which they expect 10
have finished about the Goth of June. This
will complete the grading between Dallas
and Kaufman, and track laying will be
pushed on " kaufman, 10 which place The
management expect to have tho road fn-
ished by the middle of July. The company
has enough iron in the Texas Central yard
hers snd plenty of ties to complete the road
10 bat point
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

AN exchange sya that rs' e@gae. has
been lately disc1gc;ed Rihiu ,bo limits of
me o. is.sffNe- ysF.sas'r'A shape of acheap
revolver Just suited TO The dime novel boy
Two hunared aud fifty thou'snd of these
prospective western settlers Epvo lately pur~
chased and been practicing 18th this nui'
sance, and large increase in the mortality
of the metropolis is attributed to wounds and
accidents resulting therefrom.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26
ARaiIroad Rumor.

A rumor is prevailing 10 the effect that
The Houston & Texas Central railroad hes
purchased tho Dallas & Wichita road. which
extends 10 Denison snd thst it viii connect
with ths.Atchison, Topeka & Santa Re road
which il finished 10 within few miles OF ii
Paso and which will be built from that
point in this direction. The rumor has been
Traced to what is considered reliable
source.
A rumor, reliable, prevailed thst the
Gouli syndicate hsd purchased the GAlves-
ton. Houston & Henderson road.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26
the TEXAS AND 81. LOUIS NARROW
GAUGE.

Tue meeting Of citizens ~ the board oil
trade Yesterday afternoon appointed com.
m,tee of which Major Scuggs Of the firm OF
Mitchell Sc Scruggs Is chairman, and W. H.
Iemop. w. II. Gss,on, s. j. Adams,
II. $. Ervay, John $. Witwor, H. H.
Gage, are the other members 10 soiici'
donations for the Texas 81 St. Louis Narrow
Gauge railroad This was proper step and
in the right direction. This road does no'
asx much of Dallas, but bagalelle indeed
com pared to its importance to this CITY
The right of way through the county, hve
acres of ground for depot purposes and Inc
erection of round houses snd machine shops
and S25O in money. The S2o,ooo
ought to be raised in two days
from the retail dealers alone OF
this city. OF course it is not expected
that they will contribute to the
entire amount but it will be their interest 10
do 50. The establishment of tse machine
shops at Dallas will bring here fully three
hundred mon with their families, total
say, of a thousand people to be fed ana
clothed They will spend every thirty dals
not less than $4,000 to $4,000, or Sl45,-
QUO to $4,000 per snnum, all of which
will 90 to the retail dealers. This is just a
supposititious statement, and may be far un-
der the amount these machine shops will DO
worth 10 tho city, to the retail dealers. We
ask them to view the matter in business
light, to look at it from business standpoint
and answer if it is not good investment to
contribute jus. as literally as they possibly
can. each one of them, to secure this amount
of increased retail trade for this city? We
ara addressing these remarks to retail dealers
simply to show them wherein they are par
ticularly interested. The wholesale merchants
and all property owners are interested too
The road will open up new fields of trade for
the wholesale dealers; it will give the city
increased competition in the matter OF
freight and passenger traffic, and it will give
her sure connection with the narrow gauge
system of railroads in Mexico. 1t will
increase the value of property; il will help to
attract population and capital to the city,
Major Scruggs, the chairman of the COM
mittee, is shrewd, active, farseeng business
man. He is alive to the
Importance of this road and wide awake to
the interests of Dallas. We know that he
and his committee will diligently and earn
estly strive in behalf of this enterprise. and
we trust that our citizens will meet them half
way and respond literally, as their interests
most sssAsedly demand that they should do.
We know that money, ready cash, is not as
abundant here right now as it ought to be,
but the amount to be raised is small and
every one can squeeze out something. We
are not informed as to that point, but we pre-
sumo that no money will have to be paid
until the road reaches here, in eighteen
and that gives time to meet the
obligations given. We would be proud
indeed If the committee raised the amcunt
asked in one day.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

The American public are so used to So
cial and political sensations that it is ssEik-
ingly similar to the average baby-h is no
sooner given one toy than it casts it away for
another. Two weeks ago every eiitor in the
country was ma ping out summer cam
paign on the star routes, and now in The
presence of this new senatorial rattle, Dorsey
and Brady have b'"orne positively HAT.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

WHILE the native Russian Is grasp'ng
after individual liberty by undermining the
throne, the poor creatures in Roumania
lately liberated by the czsr's efforts are
engaging in a series of fetes at the elevation
of their ruler into a king. However this Is
but another clincher of the truth of the old
sdage, "there's no disputing about tastes"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

IT is said by an exchange that General
IeustiefF, in his circular to Rus'ia's proV'h-
cial governors, says that cordial co-opex
ton between society and the govern
will end existing troubles. "Oo'o pI
probably has in Russia a meaning unsus-
pected by diction ~ makers elsewhere
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26
Haula sever The Benas.

Mrs. Sarah T. Philips fled = suit 20
divorce IN The oHBcs Of ne district clerk
vesisrdsy. prsying that the rnstrinoni.l
bonds binding bsr 70 her lises lord Be
sun3ersd. ard she ssis up good grounds 10
bar psfitior for tbs seton thsi she hss taken
70 rsrsiu single blszssdnsss-
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

Ir is matter OF very grave doubt as 10
whether ''all paths of glory lead but 70 'he
grave" La American politics they seem 10
lead nearer to the penilentary, and tie
broader they be the quicker they get there.
II i, enough 10 make a patriot sick to get
on to a trail nowadays of soma OF our. more
prominent politicians"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

IT is astonishing to contemplate the force
and extensiveness of the breeze that arises
from a vacancy in the senate. There is no
earthly use for so much apprehension in such
on emergency, as the latter day organlza-
ton of that body makes it possible to stop
such leaks with any kind of material.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

The county clerk Issued the following
msrrisrs licences during The past week d
ID. Psrs1n sDd n. A. Kirby, @. L Levi
ana J. N. Porisr. ?. Zrver sud W. kylen
fsid. Tbomss KssDs and Nsrtbs Nibl0ck
d. 4. Allen sno l. 2. Pstis-
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

NEWS continues to be sent forth 10 'te
reading public that the Mormon ranks Sre
being steadily recruited by vigorous mission
aries gobbliog,up deludod victims in d'tfsr-
ent parts of the world. Utah thus holds to
the distinction of being the biggest Turkey
in America, and still fattening for the sacrl'
Goo
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26
MeelIr Mortnary Report

The nortuAry report Of DR.. Field, the
health officer, for the week just ended, shows
twevle dsstbs, quite an increase in the death
rate compared 10 that Of the preceding week,
which was Only too deaths:
Birdie Tyler, year, 6 months, white
congestion.
Infant, white; still born.
Charles Crsnshsu, 2 years; dysenteTy.
Annie Garner, 36 years; phitisis pulmoDs-
lie.
Hslsa.4 months, colorei, sntsritis.
Gustsve II. Eisenlohr, GO years. white;
m0rasmus senilis.
Marritt johnson, colorsd; dropsy.
Daisy Staples. month. white; pertusis-
Simon 5. Pulp, 6m0nths, white; convul-
SONS.
John Taylor, 81 yesrs white; dyesnisy.
) sis Bell, 4 months, white; unknown
InfsniJ. W. Snarly. Whit; unknown
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

BosToN is trying to get upa worlds iair
for 1885, but it would only be fa'r Tor 'ne
world not TO have IT there.
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MAY CRAVING

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Remit money or bank draft In letter, or
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upwa ID, by express, can resent at onr expense
Address all orders to X. NJ. BOARDMAN,
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AAOstLOye Letter

The following love mssive was dropped by
q girl hardly in her teens while getting out
O. Ervay street car yesterday. She WIS
d, 'ng wax vigorously and her mind was
ss .n orbed that she did not notice il as i.
i'. I'D alsng the street 10 front of her. Here
Is ginal minus the names.
Dallas May "a 1881
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will forpivee this abrupt and

v9ai ua' will forgivee this abrupt and
.,s.siy spoken letter. Although l has been
IN your company but wunce cannot torbear
writing to you. left you with my hart no
longer my own. The love l hav for you is
like Gil setlin forawsy on bill. Ex-
cuse thi. hard writing.
your lover