The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-08
SHERMAN sPLiNTERs,

Correspondence of the Herald,
SHERMAN. July :, lSS2.-Another ilSh'
shower last night, but not sufficient to c'
complish any good, Weather cool ana
pleasant.
Wheat receipts somewhat light the past
few days, and prices firm at 90 cents
John u. Templeton, candidate for attor-
ney-general of state, spent yesterday in
Sherman, ami left for Greenyille this morn
ing. Hare's friends will about all go over
to Templeton. Of,
The six weeks revival ofthe East Sher,
man Methodist church was closed by agrand
festival last night, AT which something over
a hundred dollars was cleared A p'Ee
was voted to the most popular young lazy
ON GOSPEL Observation-Disclosures what they
dub northeast Sherman-and Miss Minnie
Mangum was the handsome victor Ana
what do you suppose was the prize, IL
wasn't canary bird, pair OF bracelets,
nor duck of u bonnet No sir; something
more practical than that 1t was an I'M
proved 81 tiit-iron Now, ii Minnie takes
good care of that ilat-iron, and should ever
be encountered with worthless husband,
how handy it will be to have ii lyingaround
A very interesting wedding took place
at the Binkley house last evening,
the contracting parties being leading
and highly respected people from Paris
and Gainesville. Yesterday DR.. H. vii
son came in from Paris on the evening
train. Mrs. II. G. Gibbons and her two
daughters arrived yesterday morning from
Gainesville, accompanied by MIR. f. l..
Cleaves and his daughter Lydia, who are
related to Mrs. c. Mrs. Kate Brown, OF
Gainesville, was also one of the bridal
party. Mrs. Gibbons is the pleasant widow
of the well known mayor of Paris, who died
more than year ago of Il severe cancer.
Ate O'Clock Rev. i. G. McLeskey, Of this
city, Joined DR.. II Wilson and Mrs ii. G.
lAbbons in holy wcdlock, and this morning
the welded pair and the Misses Gibbons
left for Paris and the remainder of the
party returned to Gainesville.
The MAYOR and council have INDUCED in
a clash recently. Tho council passed an
amendment to the cemetery ordinance re-
quiring all grave digging to be performed
by the sexton. The mayor vetoed it, and
last night an elab )rately prepared dOCu-
ment. setting forth his reasons, was sub
mittcd to the city dads, the main feature OF
which is that every owner OF lot m the
cemetery has the right to employ whom
n
poor man should not be compelled to pay
50 when, probably, he can have the labor
performed for 81, and mayhap gratis. The
council claims that every purchaser ola lot
does so in the face of the provision that the
sexton only performs such labor and they
passed the amendment over his veto by "A
vote of to /; two of the aldermen being
absent.
The plans and specifications for n mag
nilicent free school structure on Mulberry
atrect-on the line Of the street-cars run.
ming west from the depot-of which full
mention was made in former letter to the
HERALD, and of which nothing has been
said in our local papers, have just been ex-
amined, approved and adopted by the
board OF school directors. 1t provides for
an imposing and conveniently arranged
building to cost $4,000, The architect in
iorms me that the contract for the founda-
ton will be let in few days, and
the contract for the entire work
will be let just rs soon as the
directors can do so after advertising for
proposals from bidders, etc. He informs
iae that tn c great bulk Of the amount nee
essary to construct ii Is now on deposit In
the NJ. and l.. bank, and the building will
be finished and furnished this year. The
man who says Sherman is declining is u
gross of Eli Perkinscs holding liars con-
VeutiOn.
An increase of patronage is already per
'ceplible since the reduction to 81 per day
III the l'inkley, Yours
JTNEg