The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-09
SHERMAN sPLINIERs.


Correspondence of the Herald.
SHERMAN, May @, lSS2-There is some
alarm felt here in regard to the Fort Worth
smallpox epid amic. Our folks are not so
much afraid of ordinary smallpox, but the
smallpox from Fort Worth is intended to
raise the hair of our people little. No
quarantine measures have yet been taken.
District court is still in session and at
work on criminal matters. The regular
docket has been disposed OF, and the court
has been INDUCING in sweet leisure to-day,
waiting n further report from the grand
Jury which is still in session.
One hundred and nineteen cases have
been reported by the grand jury thus far,
from the robbing of n hen.roost to
the ungodly practice of stutling the
bioe of fellow.man with cold lead.
Our county Jail now contains about
twenty prisoners, fifteen of whom are regu-
larry elected delegates to Huntsville. wait
ing the arrival of the proper officer to carry
them TO their appointed places.
Quite a number of the horny handed yeo-
men are engaged cutting wheat hereabouts,
aud our mills expect to begin grinding
some of the new golden grain next week.
A fine yield is expected in Grayson as only
small portion of the county has been dam
aged by either hail, rust or insects.
His honor Judge Bedsoe, is suffering
from severe rheumatic pains in the lower
portion of his spine, the prime cause of
which no doubt is the severe fall from n
wagon he sustained some months ago. lie
has been occupying the bench promptly,
however, in spite of his severe suffering.
Our beautiful Masonic temple and opera
house is fast nearing completio and will,
doubtless, be the finest, best ventilated and
plcasantest public hall generally, to be
found in the state In the language of the
expressive and progressive tourist of the
day, it is daisy" One of the directors
informed your correspondent that in about
one month the beautiful opcra-room will be
dedicated by home-exhibition, in which
our various institutions of learning will
take part.
The fire organizations of this city will
hold picnic in Elliott's grove, near the
city, May 18th. Picnics are becoming cpl
demc; tick-picking likewise. But even
picncs, ticks, and pink water, with single
drop of lemon Juice, are better than the
small-poy epidemics of our western neigh
Dor.
Our strect.car line is now employing
scrub ponies instead of the long-eared
veterans that have so long performed faith
ful service on the line.
The fall campaign is already opened
One candidate for sheriff announced him
self this morning. Twill be red-hot this
fall, make no mistake. Already four can
didates are spoken of for county attorney,
n half dozen for sheriff. an equal number
for district clerk and trio for county
clerk.
A prisoner in our jail unconsciously per
petratcd n good joke on one of the Texas
Il Pacific railroad boys yesterday. The
jail-bird in question wrote to freight train
conductor, Jim Martin, as follows:
DEAR JIM; Please send me little to-
bacco; have no way Of getting any. Do
me this favor while | am behind these
prison bars, and will return the compli-
mont some day. Yours,
The health of our people is good. | can't
say rs much for some of our back alleys
and thoroughIarcs.
Business fair for this season of the year.
SHERMAN, Ten, May s, lSS2. The grand
Jury brought in its final report Saturday,
having returned lS3 true bills as the work
of its session, Many of these are for open
and defiant obstruction Of the public roads
The report says: "The laws in relation to
public highways is nowhere in the county
treated with any respect" II is very
PROBABLE that few healthy fines resulting
from indictments will bring some OF the
violators to u law-abiding sense.
Friday, the little son of Mr.. S. III. No.
land, OF the firm Of holland, Price Il Co.. of
your city, was buried in the family lot in
our silent city" yesterday.
We had u heavy rain storm yesterday
accompanied by much wind and consider.
n hail luIlg |, aty
marbles fell lively for some moments The
elements were no doubt trying to play
"long-taw with the granger and knock
the middle man out, but didn't succeed
SO fat as heard from.
Churches were all SHINY attended yester-
dav, owing to the stormy weather.
The rain broke up several contemplated
picnic parties yesterday.
The civil docket was resumed in the dis
trict court to-day, with Judge DeArmond
ON the bench.
The criminal docket was continued in
Esquire Gregg's court this morning. Sew
eral cases were disposed of in which some
OF our gentry were charged with manipulate
ing pasteboards on the Introductory page of
which the American eagle sits on the ace of
spades.
The weather continues cool; but this
does not deter d young cowboy. who has
recently taken fancy to town life and dis
posed OF his horned property fol lucrc, from
making the venture OF opening another ice
cream parlor. 1t is hoped that this will
cause q reduction in the price of concealed
chalk water and sugar.
The Musical Muldoons,n with Joe Gun.
ter as musical director, and Dave Bryant as
tenor, held Its regular Sunday matinee YES.
terday morning over the store.room of K.
l.. Jones, on north Travis street.
The scenery forourbpera house is already
completed and ready for shipment from st.
Louis us soon as the work is advanced far
enough to receive II.
Captain L. L. Ely, Of this city, is a great
lover of piscatorial sport. He has recently
invested In about two hundred and iifiy
dollars worth of fishing tackle, including
a canvass, portable boat, nets, trout lines,
etc. His next step will be to study the
map Of our county to learn il there is any
spot where he can use them To advantage.
In the meantime an occasional sympathising
and admiring friend satiates the captains
taste for fish fun by sending him n small
invoice OF the tinny tribe from Galveston by
express.
Police matters are dull. We scarcely
average one drunk and down per week.
The Garfield monument fund here has
only reached $50 thus far. 1t was hopcd
that $500 would be raised. The stalwnrts
here do not seem disposed to back their
political or patriotic affection with ducats.
My Impression Is that greater share of
tho S1D nlrpa,ly guhsprihpl IL from, mas, al