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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-02
Georgetown.

eroRGrrowN, Feb. l,-ISpecial. i The
Mahan' Wolf case has taken up the time Of
the district. court since Monday morning.
The case excited much i'm oct, as the tcsti.
mony has been very posa and conflict.
ing on both sides The land in controversy
IS situated near TAYLOR, in this county, and
worth between 5000 aud $4,000. MIR.
EtsrletoN OF Austin, MAJOR Stewart, of
Houston, and ID. g. Smith, Of Georgetown.
represented Mr.. Mahan, and Judge Huehes'
A. 3. Fisher and Makemsoh and Frice.
were for Mr.. Wolf. The case went 10 the
Jury yesterday and counsel spoke TIL mid
R,gat Ivy night. Major Carleton opened
ior the plaintiff and Major Stewart closed
Many old Texans are here as witnesses as
70 events happening in 1910 and 1874, At
about . o'clock the jury went to supper,
aIw upon their return at, the Judge read
the charge, and In twenty minutes after the
Jury retired they returned verdict in ia.
vor of tlfe defendant, Wolf.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-02


Today rom Saltillo, Mexico. They report
that pr. K. II. l.. Bibb is not in prison. rs
s'ateu IN many papers, and that DR.. GRAY
Is nearly recovered from his wound.
yonn Sonthouse, aged so years, committed
suicide at leagues Wells. also called Kan.
neuyaaie, oy taking morphine. He was
rooming with MIR, Mcvaine, and dav before
Yesterday he took the drug, inlormny Mr..
McNaine immediately aifetwaris Of the
rash act. lie fingered until . O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon. Mr.. John d.
hudson employed him at his cotton.ein
until last Christmas, at which time he Vas
compelled to dismiss him on account of his
dissolute habits. Mr.. Hudson sent in YES.
!erday evening and procured q coffin, and
to'uay Southouse was neatly buried. He
Wa Was an old bachelor. His native state is
Mississippi.
Mr., ]. W, Pstillo struck a man named
Stanley yesterday with stick. The aftray
occurred near the rnisn depot. Patiiio
Was pound over in $500,
Inc criminal calendar county court com-
mences next Monday.
me meeting Of citizens, called for TO.
=. .nlsnt, 10 make suitable arrangements for
the meeting Of the Northwest Texas Stock
association, on March 9th. was postnoned
until o'clock tomorrow.
me Fort Worth Driving Park association
Is now organized; capital stock, SIS Coz A
spring meeting in April is probable,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-02

LoKayIEw, Feb. 1.-,[Special. THE first
week of the Janugry term of our district
court nothing was done This week the
efficient prosecuting attorney, Mr.. Hogg,
has procured four convictions: Dodie Sher-
man, theft of horse, five years; Judge More.
land, arson, five yeas; Bill Wilson, burg
larry, two years, and theft two years (all
colored); and William Mullen, burglary,
two years.
Business is very good.
Cotton is coming in quite freely again.
There is a regular boom in the real estate
market, much property changing hands at
very high prices.
Health good
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-02

end he has prepared bill TO throw omen
wide the doors during executive sessions q,
the senate. He desires that nothing be en-.
soteu nehind the scenes. Dy.the-way. SEN.
ator Gibbs can be aggressive when Occasion
requires, as the senator from Travis discoy.
ered on Yesterday, during a war of words
over making an appropriation for the SUM-
port ofthe supreme court at Galveston.
Inc specials from here to the HERALD are
having their effect, and legislators who have
mad Inflated ideas about the cash bal.
anye Me going . little slow,
anu when providing bills for
necessary Improvements are keeping within
pounds. Readers OF the HERALp noticed
"Wednesday morning that the committee on
asylums reported back abill appropriatin,
hall million dollars TO erect branch Inn.
atie asylum, with substitute providing
ior an appropriation of only quarter of a
million. But in this case the propriety of
tne reduction is extremely doubtful. The
state should by all means erect q building
not to cost less than half million dollars
and this Will barely suffice for the insane
population at this time, with quarter of a
miiiion addition to the present building at
Ausuus The above improvements should
De m sde, even If bonds have to issue TO
nave them completed But then
~ would sound funny tor the state to talk
ABOUT issuing bonds when her financial
nanagers nave been prancing around with
'ail c3iors hoisted, paying 40 cents premium
for them. AS bonds, we are informed. are
worth from 40 to 50 cents premium, would
II not be q splendid financial scheme TO
issue million dollars worth and sell at
once, ana use the money TO erect decent
public buildings that will suffice for half a
century. A halfa.million dollar insane asy.
lum. quarter-0f.a- million- dollar addition
10 the present one, additions TO the blind
asylum, TO cost $l50, 900, and same To deal
and dumb asylum, would leave halt a million
10 beexpended on q new penitentiary. And
all OF these improvements of the magnitude
suggested will be needed before the end of
decade; and II bonds running twenty
years bearing . per cent. to the amount
suggested, can be sold at the premium
mentioned, now Is the time for having the
improvements under headway and pushed
to completion. The $500, 900 premium will
offset half OF the principal of the bonds. and
the state, for the use of million and hal
OF dollars will really pay interes,
on only half a million. com.
mend this to the earnest attention
OF my friend Rutabaga Johnson, of the
state Of Collin.
1t will be observed that in the matter Of
enacting few laws to punish peace officers
who neglect to enforce the laws, Governor
ireland makes the same suggestions In his
message your correspondent did few days
ago. This is one of those remarkable coin.
cidents that sometimes occur in the lives Of
truly great men that flash athwart the
political heavens, dazzling the nations un
der the earth. This coincident is the more
remarkable from the fact that Governor
ireland, in WHITING his message, never con
suited your Correspondent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
Aboriginal English.

The following extracts from letters Of
Indian children, printed in the Carlisle
(Pa.) Morning Star, are the real
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
"Ihese two oxes I don't like him
tall. because he too slowly all the time
can't much to do in a day." '.When I
work Hardly Every time 1 get nose
blood. I like to stay in Carlisle all the
best Of good" 'Boys and girls we
must try to recognize our lessons. We
must have a new courage. First time
is hard to talk English, but next be
easy as Indian language" "You told
me how many COWS l can milk? Cap
tain l have not many cows to milk only
Il COW, but l never milk that COW, she
got no milks SO 1 don't have to attend
to her "Some men uses money in
good use and others deal with it in bad
use. Some one work hard for money
to get 3 living, and some one murders
Others for their money. There it goes.
We can see it plain enough, money ia
evil to some uses" | want learner
something in the book before I poino
worker, don't you think so ANYHOW:
learn books first, then go ahead. /
think that is away to doing business
then work all he is might. think I
can learn something if you let me going
school regulator every days, only eight
months to going school before | 90
home. l don think person learnino
everything eight months and through
lold books"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
Do Dogs Understand Our Language

An article in a recent number of the
Journal on this subject was a reminder
to me OF quite a number OF incidents in
my experience with this useful and in
teresting animal. When quite young.
being very fond of hunting, l procured
a brace of fox hounds, calling one of
them Buck and the other Mountain.
They were both well trained for the
chase, and upon a frosty day in Decem-
Der they had a fox on a large open
meadow of some fifty acres, ob1ong in
shape. and were pressing him hard
When came up and got a good shot at
him, but failed to bring him down.
The fox, when hard pressed, will often
make a circuit around a hill or meadow
two or three times, and by his move
ments | thought he was going to do so
in this instance. When the dogs came
up l said to Mountain: ..The fox is COM
ing here again; head him off across
lots" He at once stopped his baying
and started IN a cross-lot course, while
Buck pressed him hard in the rear with
his usual noise and vigor. In a few
minutes it was all owe with Reynard.
he running almost directlyint o the dogs
mouth, who, in good hound style, fin
ished him at once. During the winter
evenings following ny neighbors would
call in. When [ would Relate to them
the feat Of this dog, Mountain would at
once Jump from the floor, putting his
avs into my lap, looking me in the
ace seeming to say: ''Did l not do it
in good styley" Atthe same time Buck
would not pay the least attention to the
conversation, but lie quietly on the
floor.
Later on in life it became my duty to
assist in taking the grand list in my
native town, at a time when dogs were
put into the list at two dollars each. [
had taken the list of a neighbor of mine
when l saw a fine looking dog lying on
the floor, and on inquiry found he
owned him. l then told him it was nv
duty TO put the dog into his LIST at two
dollars. He said he was not able to
pay the tax, and was not aware that
there wsuch a law, and would kill
the dog chat night. The doc left
thai night and Went to a son of his pres
II master in a ~neighboring town, and
could never be persuaded to return to
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
per%secutions!' he cried with a loud voice,

persecutions!' he cried with loud voice,
they purify us, even when the l~eavenis
pure and ~immaculate.' l seem to see
him now," said the canon. "His head
looked like a relief on the blue sky. The
sun was setting, and he looked up to the
sky, as if seeking an inspiration there.
\ have heard he then said, that, not
wi%thstanding the general state of an
guish in Ireland, the churches are full
of people. May the Lord be praised
and blessed, and may my prayers bring
peace on the people! Lord, hear our
prayers and Judge us!' He then blessed
have never seen so much power united
to SO much simplicity. At four o'clock
the Pope resumes his official audiences
in the Vatican. At seven o'clock only
he takes a little rest. but at eight he re-
turns to work in his private rooms,
where he remains until ten o'clock,
when he retires for the night, not al
ways to sleep though, for it is during
the night that he reads and writes for
his own pleasure, his favorite subject
being the Science of st. Thomas and
essays on the works of that saint, which
he receives from every part of tho
world, whenever and wherever pub
lEhed,"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30

his former home. After this I owned .
little pet dog called Cass. who used to
90 with me in my trips with a team
from town to town, until he got quite
old, and | used to shut him up to pre-
vent his going with me, telling him he
was too old; but one morning no Cass
was to be found on the premises, andI
started on my trip over the hills. When
away about two miles l noticed some
thing unusual under my buggy seat,
and on inspection found it to be my pet
dog Cass. I called him a very bad dog
and told him to come out and take q
good whipping. He left the carriage at
once, and throughout the entire day
kept himself at a good distance from
me. The next morning when l was
getting my team out to make one Of
my trips, Cass was not to be found on
the premises. l started, but in passing
a long row of sheds attached to a
church editice near my place, out jump
ed the dog from his hiding-place, and
with a few jumps placed himself in the
carriage beside me. Who says dogs do
not understand our language?- Cor.
Boston Journal,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
Money in the Antipodes.

Socially money will do very much in
America; iudiciously expended 1 think
it will do even more in England; in tho
way of sheer purchase of social recogni-
ton it will do c%uriously little in
Australia. There was, indeed, a time
there when, in q social. sense, tho
moneyed man was regarded with actual
suspicion. And for this there were
some grounds. The original moneyed
nan might have had unpleasant ante
cedents, of which time had not yet ei \
faced the memory. Non olet is not true
of nu7nn1Ms in Australia, although it is
safe to predicate that with the lapse Of
years non olcd1. But now there is
vast number of moneyed men in
Australia, and the means whereby their
wealth has come to them are known as
reasonably savory. They have there
fore ceased to be regarded with suspi-
cion. l do not think people at home
have any idea how large fortunes are in
Australia, and how many Of those large
fortunes there are. Once in South
Australia l had occasion to speak OF a
friend who had come from that colony
and taken up his residence in London.
| spoke of him as "a very rich man.
''Oh, no." was the answer, che is very
we'll off, but we.don't reckon him a very
rich man." "Why." said I, 81 UNDER
stood him to be worth a quarter of a
million!' "Well, l hope he is a little
better than that said my interlocutor,
''but still we don reckon him here as
very rich / am not going to compile q
roll of Australian millionaires, because,
for Il thing, it would take up too much
space. But this l may affirm, that two
thirds of them are not in society, nor
nourish any hope Of ever being admit.
ted within its pale. If you find one OF
them inside it, ne has not crossed the
palisade on the golden ladder; he en-,
tered by the gate in virtue of his social
attributes. II these are unsatisfactory
you will find him outside among the
n%ettlcs; or again, it may be, far away
in the bush, a man content with NM
self, and caring for none of these things
For it must be said that in Aust1aIla
there is no universal aspiration after lhe
flower garden of society. But the
moneycd aspirant will not find that his
wealth gives him social prestige. lhe'e
are Australians now England whoi'ase
entertained royalty, ana whose ss1est
lists have filled columns of the Morn'"y
Post, yet who. in their native land, nave
never. with all their efforts, got 1uf1ne,
than the outlying fringes of AustralSan
society.-Archi6ald Forbs, IN Conse"p0'
rury Reciew.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
Good Mother Woodcock.

My friend the woodcock has an :.
cellent wife, and an excellent motba.
that is, an excellent mother to HI.
children. He may have had an eyc nlS
lent mother himself; probably he did
for of all birds the woodcock motbos !,
the kindest and most affectionste to
her little ones. But what l wish ~
state, though I'll confess that, liko
Brother Boreas, I'm a little lonn'
winded this time, is that the ofispripy
of my friend Woodcock ACTUALLY aro
carried about by their mother when
they are too young to escape from dan.
ger unaided. She does not carry them
by her bill Ono, even the cat-bird womb
not attempt that), but she closes her
little feet upon them, and so holds
them as safely as your mother holds
the baby in her careful arms.
In numbers of cases, hunters hava
seen the %grcat-eyed birds rise and Av
away heavily and.low, seemingly hold.
ing something between their feet. Mr.,
C. F. Holder, one of the st. Nicholas
writer's, tells me that q Western sports.
man recently had curiosity enough to
follow such a bird, and a good chase
she led him, through a bayfield,, over
brambles, bushes and stones, but he
finally gained upon her, and saw that
in her feet she carried a tiny downy
woodcock, that seemed not the least
alarmed by such a strange mode Of
travelling. The old bird carried it sew
eral hundred yards, before alighting
with it, and then quickly disappeared
in the tail. thick grass.
My little Mrs. Woodcock is the proud.
est mother l ever knew. She thinks her
children are perfection. To MI they
seem to have rather large mouths, but
she scouts the idea of that being any
thing against their beauty. 10 her
way Of thinking a large mouth
gives an openness of expression to the
young that is simply charming. All,
Woodcock is a happy fellow!- st.
Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
The Superior Man.

"What's this Dead Scott decl,iGnn
about?" queried Mrs. Wigggglesw'ls"i
looking up from the paper. '1' yt'
Scott--not Dead Scott" corrected W.. ~.
Wigglesworth, with a mans patloa"
ing smile Of superiority. Well t ry;r.
Scott. then. What is it?" MI. Wa
ellsworth was stuck, but he lo uoy.
wise. Something to do With inc wv, WA
lean war;" he explained. "Geht,r y
Scott, you know, was a terrible fsl L;m
and the greasers got to referring W her
as Dread Scots. Some decision or QUA Nv,
he made about a battle is what the In
pers mean" Mrs. Wigsleswortn' h,ck
a satisfied air, folded the paper o D"
and turned to SEQ If any new PeoPthb
had been born, while Mr.. WiggglesNo aot
winked to himself at his having an
cut Of it so smoothly. CAL 2 w .;s to
needs" he mentally remarked, an.
have a thing explained II way Or ,era,
other. Don't matter what you tell
so long as it's something. It's nl,ss 4
sight easier than having to ansM suect
hundred questions; makes EN- iesGa la
a man, too."-Rockland Courier
atttc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
Pope Leo ut Home.

The CAPTAIN fr0c0ssa of Rome pub
fishes q conversation which one of its
correspondents had with Rev. Philip
Barry, canon of the Cashcl Cathedral.
The canon is said to have spoken asfol-
lows: ''Leo XIII. is now seventy-four
Years Of age. He is tall, thin andbony.
His face is of an ivory tint, and his eyes
and lips are very expressive
and smiling. He looks very firm.
Simeoni says he resembles Yoltaire, but
Leo NILS smile is totally different
from Voltaire's smile. The Pope wears
his age well and walks remarkably
straight. He has snow-white hair and
very 1inely-marked eyebrows. His eyes
are wonderfully intelligent-looking, and
his voice is extremely harmonious. He
speaks several languages as well as any
professor Of languages. He never says
a foolish thing nor does a foolish thing,
like poor Plus IN, whose policy was
fatal to the Pope's temporal power. He
rises very early and spends the first
hours of the day in prayer and generally
III his bedroom. At six o'clock he SAYS
mass. At eight O'Clock he breaks his
fast with a cup Of chocolate, reading his
correspondence all the time. At nine
O'Clock he receives Jacobini and those
chiefs of religious societies who MAY de-
mand audience. At noon he receives
those Roman patriarchs who have re-
NAMED true to him and the Ambassa-
,dors. AT one o'clock he dimes, his din
ner rarely costing more than two francs,
or half i dollar" And he keeps so
many cooks" said the correspondent.
lie is obliged to keepup Appearances"
answered the canon. ''Cnce upon a
time Popes were great eaters and drink
ers, and were given to every kind Of en-
.trayagancc: but Leo Mi. is nothing of
all this. Af,er dinner he takes a little
walk in the Vatican grounds. or he Wis
its the museums, galleries. etc. Some
tifncs lie is carried in Il chair quilted
with white satin. he is very fond of
t:le garden and likes to play the gar
dencr al times. He Frequently receives
visitors III the garden, and talks of flow
eis 10 them to avoid other subjects. The
sl!St and second }imr saw him was in
%he garden. When ! Went with the pill
81 ms he Was preceded by three noble
guards, and at his side was Monsignor
-Macchi, his secret chamberlain. He
wore Il widc-brimmed ha, and a large
ed cloak We were presented to him
one b. one, He looked al us and scru-
tinted lis well. l saw he recognized
me, but he treated me like the others
as if ne saw me also Tor the first time.
Are you all Irish? he said: lam happy
to receive the faithful Of that %nationii'
He then looked again at lis as if he
would have read into our souls. your
bishop, he continued. brought me Of
ferings from q peopie pressed with pow
erty.' Then, seeing me still on my
knees. he offered NE his hand to raise
me. 4 had thought he continued,
that the offerings would nave decreased:
Lut it was o 50. We live on CHARITY
t%nd BERG iie smiled sa6ly); for al we
lad has bert4 taken from us. Oh, these
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
plans for double-ridino IN .,.,-

plans for double-riding on I'll. R.;.,
And the spreading did not ston now.
That was the gayest Thanksu;YT;s nere.
Rileys had ever known. The sta the
the six turkeys was told amid shon; Of
happy laughter, and when it had ns;o Oh
ed down Johns wife said: qolet-
"Sister Caroline, while we come bon..
to eat mothers turkeys, I tb;nh nome
might kill u own for somebody tb we
hasn't any," And they made t5a mat mat
gain between them. ~ oar-
Nv When hsaao Grandpa ;ap Riley was covering
me 9eq has hre Tor the night grandma
and said, in the tone of one who nr.m
an enemy: 4oens
"You needn't say a word, old man ,
mean to kill six turkeys every Thamis !
giving as long as l live!"-E. p 1 aWns'
IN N. Y. Independent. Asa"'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
The Amcricun y0a7wa1 OF so1s,

The dmcricun Joaunay OF f~orestTy
records an instance of handsome profit
received for ten acres purchased ten
years ago in Logan Valley, in Neb-
raska, and planted with black walnuts,
by Colonel Van. He gave 81 % per
acre for the land. and after it was
handsomely covered with a dense
growth OF thrifty black walnuts. ten
years old, he sold the ten acres for
$4,000. The time will certainly come
when all this timber will be wanted at
an advanced and handsome price, and
there is nothing for which there will be
a more extensive demand than the best
large second-growth selected timber
Judging from the way in which our
native forests are disappearing. the
market will not be nlutted.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30

eat Pribylov the catch has been still
larger, and it has been estimated that in
the last eighty years nearly four million
animals have been slaughtered for their
skins."-Philadelphiia Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
Our Young Folks.
TOM WEE.
"Hear ye," the merry gossips say.
"a tale Of the last Thankful Days"

"Hear We" the merry gossips say.
"a tale of the last Thankful Days"
@ O'CLoCK.)
Up from his perch on grandpa's knee,
Up t o the dear face, soberly
Looked Tommy Wee, that merry ell,
The while he murmured to himself
Hell 10 to church and pray-and pray,
He'll have q jolly time, his way.
az o'CLoCK.)
Up t the turkey crisp and brown,
Up to the mince pies, smiling down
Mid hosts of goodies from the SHELF,
Looked Tommy, murmuring to hlmself:
Hes gone to church to pray-and pray;
I'll have o jolly time, my way.
o'CLoCK.)
Up in his little trundlc-bcd,
Up, covered close from foot to head,
Lay Tommy Wee, a sorry elf.
Lay Tommy, murmuring to hlmself
ooh, what is turkey what is pie?
If only I don't die-dont die,
Next time Thanksgivin' comes this way,
I'll go to church and pray-and pray
All day!'
.'Think you,' the merry gossips say,
Hell keep his word, this Thankful Day"
-1Fidc AWdkc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30

The Society Of Friends in England
has repealed the prohibition Of marriage
Of first cousins, which has been in force
in that body for nearly two hundred
years