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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02
Chicago. re.a. a MEXICAN Central.

The executive board Of the above named
railroad met at the ofice Of the company,
in this city, yesterday. The question CON-
ing M. the board determined that the
policy Of the road should be neutral and in
dependent Of any other line. Il win, how
ever. pro rate freight with all other connect
ing lines, but al talk Of alliances was
tabosed. II il the intention Of the company
40 rush the road northeast Tardly - mp
1dlv as Il can p0ssitiy be done, and depot
stations will De locnied and the road COM
f,lsfed twenty-five miles 81 once. o. the Law
If the State reouirts- TIE management
uas souleuhat oi-turointel when they
-r.rhef Dalias and fuuud thaf the Subsidy
III 80 Oh hal not an been faid- Trey 70
i,.lt "a fir El-i fh1urh With tie full g.
s-.rar-r Tar Nslirs .ii comply With her
I.ll.-asf fi.a frr ria tIilf- n flfsurnt
t.ar5nz teen clf1T. f-fc. tlit ti''iifrreiiln
f.-Is irs i.ff|1 q isIiIalrlf Ample strange
r.iefi- have ha1 llade 10 Iquil1f1 90
lf.iiaie- neainE tie c1mIuur Tct 81 -
-iarfirr on The a1uftwesi fnd RI liie line.
~ Odf1 i refs ned rs General turerin-
O. den. and hns strli-relf orders r. Insl
f'Ie rnsd. NJ Oar ID Bale ard perry. in-
lfrfirr prr-iffrf-tlecf CtarIes H0vrrf.
in IN ti.f-r srcei1l rar llsi night ~ The
o',lr.tk frnir 81 sue tnrih.
TT.r clearing las I'D been cone from Da'-
frs o. Fsr-nersriiie. I'M Colin county, and
fi.r s-fu-irr II the -iriIf-cfrny ard he
Irrrfir- 81 der1rs - ever into fhf tarifs 81
Col WILEY and J. G White e ID Ever.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

There Is Indignation in the. superlative
and sorrow TO some extent at The MetrupOl-
itan Restaurant in this city. A fortnight
or 40 ago Colonel Burwell. proprietor Of this
restaurant. announced 10 the public that he
had taken IN AZ a partner, Mr.. W. A. Put
ney, formerly a clerk In the carpet depart
ment Of Sanger Brothers dry goods store.
All went well seemingly until "Wednesday
night last Mr.. Putney was suave. courie-
0us and attentive 10 guests, and energetic
IN the performance Of his duties az the res
taurant, and Colonel Burwell was cOngrat-
ulating himself upon having formed fort
innate copartneTship. Yesterday afternoon
COioue BarEell infarmed our reporter that
on "Wednesday nigh -. Putiley left the
restaurant, remar king that be would return
ia n few minutes, bat that since then he
hnd rot seen him He said. however,
that drummer informed him that be had
seen pufnfy IN Deuis1n on Thursday.
Colonel Duruen says that be immediately
began Investigations and thaf De has DIS
covered tbaf bis ab-eut partner had col
Iorfei 81 the hiIis due the res-zur1rt, some
$40. ~ uiirr De- hr1 n0f accounted. so
Iini therefore le has = srnaiI-slzell beg 90
fhrr errtifi - bold. TIE la'0uel s1Ts that
De- g. ffil in lhe RAG. although be BE- liitle
dish -ufe1.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02
The Angel Death Abroad.

Last night about dark the angel death
claimed another victim, the taking off beng
by accident. The unfortunate man was
Archy Potts, brakeman on Conductor
Evans gravel tram ON the Texas a. Pacific
Railroad. The accident happened at the
gravel switch five miles west of tins city
The train was backing at the time, aud
while in the act OF uncoupling the engine
from the train, Potts lost his balance
and fell between the tender and the car on
which lac had been standing, the tender
passing over HIM. The engine was stopped
at once and the unfortunate man taken up
and placed ia the caboose where be died
In two OF three minutes. The body was al
once brought TO the city and DIR. Leake
surgeon for the road, being summoned, ex-
amined the body and discovered that the
skull was fractured an inch and a half
behind the left ear: that the body
was badly bruised and that there were Sc
we're in,ernal Injuries. The deceased was a
resident Of Mckinney, Collin county, TO
which plaee lac emigrated from Cleveland.
Bradley county, Tennessee. He was q
years OF arc. and II is not known whether
he leaves any family or not. Justice I'd
wards being notified Of the facts, had jury
Of inquest summoned 10 meet this morning,
aud ordered the body t1rned over TO I'M
deriaker Smith, who took IL in charge to
prepare Il for burial.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

last with ihe.poopie, WHO have NJ nll tlmes
the power 10 handle their representatives
ifihoy will bat exercise ~. a = politician
Il ics not ordinarily fancy facing on angry
constituency, and II he be informed by ihe
slightest hint as TO the condition Of the pub
lic mind he will be very apt to act In ac'
cord with us preferences The want dlg'
nifty aud intelligence In our Legislative halls
In America, and the disgiaceIul scenes
there occurring are rapidly making
US u laughing stock in Europe ana
furnishing most powerful wcap-
Gus for the use Of the enemies OF popular
government We trust that such glarlnS
evidences Of misconduct and failure IN the
| line Of duty as these recurring deadlocRs
and contests between individual politicians
and factions will have the effect of arousine
such criticism and condemnation as to pre-
vent them in the future, Wherever vita
questions of general interest are at stake
all honest contestants can Afford to remain
firm, but the use of the machinery OF gov
eminent to fight one or dozen mems bat
ties, ought not to be tolerated for mo
| mput
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

ness like, and costly practice may always
bo anticipated. We have before referred IN
those columns 10 the disastrous results that
have nown and nfo always likely to How |
from these frequent changes In The diplt-
matte corps aud the want " experience OF
new men, and the same Is true Of all other
departments. II Is but justice TO faithful
officer, particularly In the minor offices,
where no policy is framed but the labor Is
almost exclusively clerical and executive
that he should be protected by the laws ina
certain term of oilce-a term for either
number of years or during good behavior,
with compensation sufficient to get good men
and render them independent Of the shift
ing scenes and intricacies of politics and the
whims and preiudices of their superiors Of
dcially. To see an old and tried
servant of the public, with thor
ough knowledge of every crook and turn
in his office, turned out in his age and pow
erty upon mere desire on the part OF his
chief to provide for scapegrace of nephew
or friend, who know no more than does the
man in the moon about the business they
are to perform, is but a poor commentary
on either the good sense or justice in our
laws and Constitution. One of the truest
ard most touching utterances found in our
Shakespeare is that burst of eloquent sor
row where Cardinal Wolsey exclaimed that
| had he served his God with half the zeal
with whiah he had served his King, He
4 ha, loose N
and nakedness to his enemies. a POSSIBLE
| ity of such practices is defect in any
system and displays the Grossest disre-
gard of justice and plain, business
sense But spoils, lust for power, the jim
Gle of the guinea have been too strong to
permit better and clearly suggested course
prevail until now the statesman is almost
ridiculed for seriously attempting or INSIST
upon "reform of the civil service" There
! is now bill before Congress to remedy
some of the existing evils, but we have
little hope OF its final passage, and must
submit TO the spectacle of great people
annually drifting further and further into a
wooden nutmeg, dollars and cents, dish
water administration of affairs. In the
present case of Mr.. Howe, it is to be partic-
ularly deplored that he could not rise supe-
rior to the customary style of changing his
force, for he knows absolutely moth
ing in himself calculated to insure
successful or improved management
of the Post-otfice Department and shoul
by all means retain in his employ every ex-
perienced man in his branch of the service.
He could in this way,by keeping quiet him
self obviate the difficulties arising from
confusion and various changes, and the
Department could run itself without any
serious trouble or losses, it, indeed, it were
during his term devoid Of needed reform.
The old gentleman is not celebrated for any
great degree of push, but it was at least
hoped that he had too much good sense and
discretion to commence "sashing" so soon.
The proverpial new broom will only sweep
clean when handled by an experienced
sweeper, and it is mistake to Imagine
that every one can sweep well.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

tindoHakof Smith stlll has possession of
the corpse N the fobber shot while attempt.
inp 10 rob the ~. George hotel safe satur-
day night. A number Of persons have call.
cd TO view the remains, the majority Of
them prompted no doubt, by the cravings
Of n morbid curiosity, but several have ili~
piled knowledge ns 10 his antecedents.
Nothing satisfactory could be gathered
from these parties, however, and the inys-
terry whether common place or sensational,
still enshrouds the motionless form. Yes
tcrduy Mr.. j. Livingston, of Plano, called
ut Mr.. Smiths Office and after looking at
the corpse said that he was satisfied that II
was that of one John II. Patterson and that
he had u sister who married Il man
named Howard, who resides at LindsburS,
Kansas.
In connection with the above state
ment, the following. clipping from the 81.
Louis Republican Of Thursday may prove
interesting:
THE LETTER IDENTIFIED
BURLIEGAME, KANSAS, January 25.-The
author of the letter found upon the dead
robber at Dallas, Texas, has been found IN
this city in the person of Mrs. Mary Hart.
She says she wrote the letter as printed III
the dispatches to her nephew, Otis Gowdy,
| who left here for Texas about a month ago.
/
Der is nearly, but not quite, description OF
| Otis, and SAYS she received u letter from
him few days ago, stating that he had
| been robbed OF all he had, and she thinks
the robber may have taken the letter
among the other thinas, and had 1t upon
his person when shot by ne hotel clerk
The father, however, and family friends
are much alarmed, and kilograms have been
sent to Dallas for further description. a
letter was received from Oris 'Gowdy, dated
the day OF the shooting, saying he. was
employed in Dallas sketching for II land
scape painter, and was boarding at hotel,
paying $1,000 per week. The picture found
upon the dead robber, together with the
| beautiful girl, corresponds TO one here OF
Otis ard Ills cousin, whom he wished to
marry, but, being refused by the parents,
| left the place for Texas in Il bad state OF
mind. The family is highly respectable, and,
| if the dead robber IS really Gus, lie
must have committed The deed when really
not in his right mind a. J. could have had
all the money he nctttd ny writing Tor IT,
| Nothing but the sending here of the like
ness of the robber found upon his person,
will settle the question OF identity. The
last word received from Otis was that he
intended going on to New Orleans.
1t is probable that the above excerpt
from the st. Louis Republican details the
dead mans true identity and antecedents,
The fact that the dead man represented
| himself as an artist, and that he was here
sketching for pictorial paper tallies with
the letter written by Otis Gowdy to
his relatives from Dallas, on the day OF the
shooting. If Otis Gowdy i'll Dallas The
day the dead man was shot, then it is not
reasonable that the dead man is other
than he. If he is or was, other than Gus
Gowdy, how came he with Gus
Gowdys letter and how came he
To rlaipa n
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02
A POSSIBLE EFFECT OF THE GUiTEAU
VERDICT

While majority of the people believe
with the jury in Guiteau's responsibility
for his criminal act of shooting the Presi-
dent, they cannot but feel leniently towards
the fellow on account of the plea Of
insanity SO perseveringly and ingeniously
pleaded in his behalf The facts
elected during the trail of the prisoners
past life, his family history, eccentric
actions and physical appearance were suili-
cient to prove that he had an insane
neurosis Our present materialistic psychol-
ogy holds brain and mind as coexistent
factors, and a defective brain, either IN
herited or acquired, will produce
corresponding defective or abnormal mind
Now. suppose, as is almost certain, that
Guiteau's brain is unhealthy, the fearful
and incessant strain to which it has been
subjected during the long, weary days of
this extraordinary trial, and the culminat-
ing shock OF the unexpected verdict OF
guilty, is sufficient to topple reason from
its throne and leave the man mental
wreck, the subject of some one
of tie many diseases that frequently ioiIO"
as result of such causes acting on dis-
eased. nervous organization. Such a
would be truly deplorable for
the cause of criminal prosecutions in the
future. The decided stand taken by many OF
the experts against the unhealthy doctrine OF
moral insanity was very encouraging, and
gave hopes that the present pernicious aud
ridiculous habit Of using it as an excuse for
every character Of moral obliquity had re-
ceiyed decided check. But should Gui-
teau yet cheat the gallows OF its prey,
hvserical seniimentalisis and tina; class
of neurologists that have reduced tho Dor
dsr-land between sanity and insanity TO
iinacr dimensions, would raise such a how.
as would destroy common sense and turn
iature poniten.iaries into insane asylums
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

THE Springfield, Massachusetts,, Repub-
lican in commenting on the results of Gui
teau's action in the assassination of the
President INDUCES in some wholesome
warnings to the accidental beneliciaries of
his crime in the following language: "Gui-
teau, vain, base BLACKBOARD that he is, has
brought about pol ical revolution. 1t be-
hooyes those lifted into power by his act to
,r,
conduct themselves soberly. The people
partake of the qualities of divinity; they,
too, are slow to anger and plenteous in
mercy; bat also they are not Knocked, and
with them Moo, whatsoever man soweth
that shall he also reap"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02
"The Wages of Sin are Death !"

It will be remembered that a few months
ago an officer went from this city to Sedalia,
Missouri, and there arrested George Blen-
kin, brought him back here and lodgtd him
in Jail. Benkin had been book-keeper for
Stone & Heating. They had reposed conf
dence in him, were paying him good sal
ary and were trusting the welfare of their
business to hir-. Not content with the
ample salary they were paying him, he set
about Systematically to rob his employers
He etfayed their trust, outraged their con
fidence, and for the kindness they showed
him, he returned evil stealing their money
and squandering it in notous living. He
sowed the wind and he is now reaping the
Whirl-wind, Yesterday he was given two
years in the penitentiary by a jury, after Il
fair trial in the District Court, and eleven
more cases hang over him, in each one of
which he will no doubt get two years of
penal servitude. He has demonstrated in
his career that the way of the transgressor
is hard, and he is proving beyond question,
that the wages of sin are death. A young
man respected aud esteemed by all who
knew him; enjoying the most I'M
plicit trust OF his employers
and possessed of business qualifications
and tact of the highest order No young
mans prospects were brighter, no young
man had before him a surer or easier road
to fortune, TO influence and to exalted So
cial and commercial position. But in an
evil moment he sacrificed all. Temptation
with its siren voice lured him TO ruin and
utter destruction. The shadow of a terri
BILE disgrace has enveloped him, and from
out OF the blackness of its depths he will
never, never more emerge. He has visited
sorrow upon all his friends, and the hearts
of those who ara near and dear to him on
earth he has filled with unutterable woe
and anguish, the pain OF which will never
cease in this life. When the doors of the
State prison, his living tomb, close on him
to shut out the light of freedom, and he
dons the striped garb of a ielon, how sad
must his heart be as it throbs, but melan-
choly dirges echo those sorrowful words,
the synonym OF utter desolation: 1T might
have beenl"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

It's not with any great degree Of sur
p,ise that We learn from Washington ad-
vice. for two or more weeks back that lie
Postmasier-Gfneral has begun his oihcial
lasors by irning out all the trained and
usefnl men put into the service by bis i'm
mediate predecessor as well as by others
preceding him, perhaps, and supplying
their places by a new set entirely, andineH-
uerienced 10 the business. 1t seems to have
at last reached point where men are 10
longer appointed to Office or elected with
any purpose or expectation on The pan 81
auy body Of hsving is duties properly dis
charged. or the new officials for any length
Of time retained. but merely 10 draw the
nav attendant upon the place and
obtain from outside means all that
can possibly be squeezed out Of H.
- consegueuce every new man
in r.giccs Il profit r1d trust. els about Do
ins INST what BE- ought NOT do or not even
b. allowed 20 DO 81 IN, AMI that j.. 10 get
ria. - son a. possible, q ihoae a'iio kuos
hos - menace and rul The Department r
g.s. tr -.i.i-a1t. and pan ttose in iinme-
H...i~ uh8 o. ndt knor ANYTHING aio-,t
tte ssme. Ihmup.n ihe usual disaf-
=, .sm,lf III the r.uiiic busness takas
rias.. i.,r..s ard coniasl0n naturally eusue
- thsi time which misl-i harc been d.
r.t.-i % irapr0ftmelis end reiorm BIZ 70
l. s.o..sumsd b. ne fresh force in learning
me4tlr tbe ordinary. routine business
vi Ho-t isr.o tzceTli1u 10 Ehat has -
-,u.e r-Is. r.. aelnx as reported. but tie
rule g. n0ns tie les bad one Inder
fle rrsss-f rrs 81 thines. this unbus-
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02
TTIE HERALD,
DALLAS, TEXAS.

OUR people seem to be forgetting he fact
t hat small-poxis still epidemic in this coun-
try, as lately declared by the National
Board OF Health. There is still the greatest
need of general vaccination and to delay
may yet prove very disastrous to us.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

THE thanks of the HERALD are returned
to the Philadelphia Times for the latter's
valuable almanac of 1882, unexcelled as a
book of reference, political and otherwise,
and gotten up in the same neat style char
acterizing the journal ITSELF also to the New
York Clipper for its almanac of 1882, con-
tanning valuable sporting news.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

A NEW way of torecasting the weather is
to watch the spiders web, we are told. If
it contracts it will rain or snow, but when
reefs are let out it will be fine weather.
Just at this season in this section this dis
covery will prove invaluable, as we have
more spiders and weather changes than
ANYTHING else.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

The Chicago Times, speaking Of the
meeting of Walt Whitman and Wilde, says
that drinking milk punches SIS a bit Of
mstheticism which is pretty generally prac-
ticed. 1t needed no apostle come from the
British Isles to tell America this
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

A RHODE ISLAND justice refused to marry
q man named Carr, the other day, to lady
of the same name, on the ground, we are
informed, that he was afraid to couple cars.
He ought to have OBLIGATED and got u pat
ent on his new car coupler.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

Rex Fiizharry. the inpetuous Enalish-
nan rIio vs. arrested and l0dren IN the
rorrtr fnI SATURDAY. night f1r making q
ri-irI ni1T. ani 80 escared EiIh several
others ~ cirri through TIE rnlls thlt
Tl'-,e. rlrrfrf ~ On - Of surrrunfinE
g..rrfirs n-I fhetherif Of johnson county
lrf-r-rf him. gTher nrrested be aid thnf
=. cd noi kk1r What rossessed hin %
leave the jail.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

GAMBErrA Aad short-lived glory as the
head of the II rench Ministry. The hostil-
ity towards him, or opposition more prop.
erly, on thg'part of the Assembly probably
arose mo%, perhaps, from their fears OF his
supposed ambitious schemes vigorously
formed an&, disseminated by his political
rivals than from any other cause. In accor-
dance with theSustom in vogue in England
and France, be resigned because he could
not carry his measures through the Assem-
bly,. Just imagine an American Minister
stepping down and out upon the failure of a
pet scheme before Congress. The thunders
of disapprobation may roll arodnd him, but
he draws his pay all the same.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

Z OF the late Clarkson n. Potter, of New
York, a notice of whose death
appeared in these columns recently,
the Chicago Times has this to say
"Mr. Clarkson Potter, who died in the har-
ness as a lawyer, came nearer the Presi-
dency of the United States than most men
not named in the nominating conventions.
lie was the choice of all the factions of the
Democratic party of New York for Lieuter-
ant-Governor in 1879, and came within a
few votes Of election, Had he been chosen
even by a narrow majority, his nomination
at Cincinnati as a man who would heal dis
sentions in that State would have been
probable just as soon as Tilden's nomina-
ton was impossible. 1t is possible that he
could have carried New YORK. State pride
would have done much for him in that
direction, and with New York's electoral
vote his election would have been assured. ="
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

Wac c0nrfal.lv u l1ssession 81 facts
occurring in our ns.a1 "a character sueh
as the parties Immediately interested DO
10. desire 10 zee inserted in ihc columns Of
a Newspaper. ard hrnce plead with us 20
f1-ero their publication. IN namirr n
s.ases hy reason orfhsir rntre personsi eiiEr-
aa-er We have yisile 90 ihcss reluefr- H.
ths meantime file representative n -lang
other i1urnsis uiio ore siaiioucl iH Dt'i1s.
rerrssenf1iirfs y to.b ~ -.a-e -f.l far-
sirn press. ba4t ~ L-rt ne i--a nd
frir.-st.1el ficm -. ral a-.ee l-.r r1.l-
81 Hark f1 uai'1s u .a rar many
hare .rar.ei us tr rlt of fnial-
sstfr en.t-r-is d. tt..ia.lr fie uegs
III rier 81 fhest f.1ts rtu5T aIpiss 'al
rerf-es tllat bt-eaifer any a1l ~ iaat Iers a
5-tr-rst f1 urfeai1lf coming b. OF k1oEi-
r7rt. loe-l 81 0ihtrrisl I'll D. raes1nled
- - r.lurns oI thf ffsiIr. rrssr1less
rrrr~afis. cr rb1n tI.fT nag aIsli vith
90. sfn-ls r-oris0. al SIS = that they
- rniorfisl fafs aui TIE rH1ais ~
~I..rt ~s l.r~t ben ir1r NEED in ihr past
I'll hrrs-fse- b. diErsgrrsed-
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

IL IL be true that the records OF our public
men are so bad that they fear TO punish the
guilty. as the following breyity would seem
70 indicate, then il Is time that their con-
stituencies were on The qui yivc: The Nor
mon lobby at Washington, which is work
ing to some purpo,e. has discovered a
way Of fightuinE thosc Congressman
whom IS money cannot pur-
chase. u las employed nearly al
the detective talent 81 he capital, aud is
having every ". G. s'lalowcl AMI watched.
II claims that 81 VII D. able o. show that
many representatives are Mormons in .'rac-
tice. ifnot in rfiacipie. The ncws has NAE
tralT ol-sei ihs greatest alarm in Con
rras..una. rlr.rs T. 70 BE hopcl that
ttr rierresatlaiite ON rt ow them
rr'ros to b. iatil '.lsd ickmaiiing
threats ~ this kial 3D. r ID their duty
Co. fhs uorii By passing eIfae ,. ,ingenr anti
MrrllOl iaE.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

-. sh.i IN I-s. H-s--s r.. n.a. " R-5-s crs~Iss
c. nnt hast crossed I'd lines and trnd at urnppet
EEWARE OF lMlTATlONS-