The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-16

clearer the road to it than the citizens of
the cotton belt. If these conclusions are
correct, there has been much gratuitons ad-
vice wasted. The cotton plant is fixture,
and SO long as 1t remains so nearly negoti-
able, will remain green wave.-l Colorado
Clipper.
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION.
The Texas Press Association will meet at
Dallas Wednesday, 10th of May. At II
o'clock. AS this viii! be the last music day
of the Smngeriest, but little work can be
done, other than organization. The session
OF 1855 will end FRIDAY, and at $40 p. M;
under the conduct of Major b. W. McCul-
Tough, the excursion to Monterey will start,
unless Encouragement of the programme
is made at Dallas. The excursion train
will lay at Fort Worth until
$50 Saturday a. M, that n
daylight run may be made to Austin,
arriving there at 40 y. m,-dinner at Tay-
lor at 1880. The party will lay over at Aus
TN TIL o2O u. M, and run to San Antonio
by noon. The afternoon will be devoted
to sight, seeing in the Alamo City, the route
to Laredo being taken up at 9;30p. M. ar.
irving at the latter place 6 u. m. Monday.
Probably most of that day will be devoted
to sightseeing there ard Nuevo Laredo,
Mexico, it being understood that an invita-
ton will be given to visit the Hunt coal
mines, about thirteen miles up the Rio
Grande, on the Texas side. Monterey will
be reached in II hours from Nuevo Laredo.
THE BRANCH LuNATIC ASYLUM.
Several towns are making efforts to have
The branch lunatic asylum located near
them, the last OF the number being Terrell
The committee were invited there, and
were dined and wined in manner that
would have done credit to railroad lobby
during session of the legislature while en-
deavoring to get an important bill passed
or. killed. Why can't Denton do some
thiEgP Are there no public spirited men
here? With our ltural and acquired adj
van'ages good effort on the part of the
citizens might secure the location of the
building here and this would be of great
benefit to Denton. What public spirited
man VIII take the matter in hand and com
municate with the committee2 Some
member of the city council, which body
have shown SO much pluck and public
spirit of late, would be the proper person
to initiate the matter. Who is he and why
don't he show up?
ENOUGH.
The best evidence of the practical sens,
OF Jay Gould is the latest-that he has de
rdl led to retire from bushes at forty.twC
years OF age, because he has enough money
supposed to be about $l00,000,00O. This il
what most acquisitive men are now willing
: to do. They are unhappy unless adding [,
the millions, although their annual revenu,
Is far more than thev need now The oul,
question is, II Mr.. Gould can maintain th
philosophical comprehension of sutli
cheney, o. whether like professional
craftsman, he will not find himself uu
happy unless he is tapping bank vault, O
D IN Gould's case, the current value of a rail
! way or telegraph stock, and depreciatinl
Q VS. usual value, in order to acquire it, an(
: then run 1t up on the market and pocket
million or two by taking that much ava,
, rom other stockholders,-I Clarksvill,
Il Standard.
TWIN NUISANCE.
! Political prophets are more numerou
I 'nan weather prophets. They are gener
ally, also, rs wide Of the mark in their pre-
? uictions. There are certain public men VIII,
!, must feel battered ut the amount OF atten
lion they are receiving in connection will
1 the presidency. Every man who has eve
come prominently before the public in al
Official capacity is boosted forward ~
!, possible candidate for president. TIL
!! whole Talk Is, OF course, guess work. No
oouy is aoie, at the present time, to predlc
], with any certainty who will be the demo
cratic or republican candidate for president
-lDenison Sunday Gezette.
PARALLEL.
Inc fanola Waterman denies that tn
Q Old Alcalde is entitled to any credit for tn
I cash balance in the state treasury, and W,
: nave heard persons deny that Grant wa
entitled to any credit for the capture o
: Iioksburg. But nobody will deny, w
think, that Grant was in command whe,
l the Federal army got into Vicksburp; anC
even the Pamela Watchman will probabl,
concede that the Old Alcalde was ,oyernc
when the cash balance got into the stat
D treasury.-G Houston Age.
. SHOULD NOT DESPAIR
! Friend Bowers, of the Waterman, shout,
. not lose hope in the ultimate success of hi
scheme to convert Panola county into
\ mammoth goose farm. An experimental
1 goose farm has proven successful IN Ain
oama, where herd of 800 are said to h
, yielding handsome profit. Pamela count,
| certainly AN inviting field for an enter
Q prise OF this kind. Granville Herald.
80, WHAT THEy WILL UNDERSTAND.
' There will be one ticket issued to ever,
irst-class newspaper In Texas by the Dalla
!, ssngertsst. According to the lists on tn
y society's books, there are l0i iirst.clas
8 newspapers. Papers that fail to receiy
Q tickets to the fest will understand that The
4 rank as second-class and below.--[ BRENNAN
/, Banner.
DOUBTLESS.
r Strawberries this senson have becn anil