The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-15
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.sisn badly lyergrown town whose refine'
uspls hgy, not kept pace with us ex'eh
ION "a h.. more visitors than hotel room
md moro bu ness than comfort. Its com
.,rre.s, Ieyl auds have far outrun its con-
..uigrc... aal its people are too busy or
90 rpa,ulailvs to take proper precautions
ta- .ensi5.a wing. And this perhaps is
.yp, Your respondent is compelled TO
..r.s tH. rrOrn OF friend who was fortu-
,sI. ...utsr % get here In time TO secure
NO.. cor .,. .- hotel and boarding-house is
.,-,r'Is 'l.ff. .nticipAtiou OF the races which
,.iI 5ccr.lu me rest OF this week. La every
'tr.- le.upe The city plainly shows that 1t
l,gs. .,- .r.r-.,,t q itself In ole ward one may
.,,sv s-s raa Did soutl ern mansions where
tnere IL room enough and 10 spare; IN an,
..,t.-t og5ulg are living in tents for want OF
,.npa Lily aud so id business blocks
at,,. ST. sets in which the dirt is half
(, ,ct.-. t!epr,, the dust ofa Texas autumn
.,ygpr.Sin 6Iacing cloCds against plate
.ta,s f-out4 and constructed sewers
,,ivr ~ mai lsia under the very windows OF
.,stenfatjazr realth. u is scarcely an e1
,,,Ssy,,Ipp 10 lay that Dallas is as lively as
tybicsro aud 60 dirty as st. Louis.
10 3ne .thern Iudianal eye there
.ear,s ts be DID sanitary arransements, no
Ieaith tn.rl and no efficient police IN
.nsi,,a ING tiers. | can compare this.
lace 10 nn,nlug but an overgrown boy
whose gypgata would be set on a phrenolo-
,,ioeI chart ut IL and his Judgment At q
ecs1t pue eho con eat Eimselfsick, lie
1ovst, ana nave the belly ache two hours,
"a, over it, and be ready to eat again. Ut
Js the
! eysy that is If one may call It a
snuthern town. But in very truth 1t IS
scuthevu on as to location. at least one
third g; the rhi.e population IS from the
,.s-.h. at least enother third foreigners, Is
-seIitse eedor mi mating and OF the rem am
tn. rttrslgft not more than third 10 ectu-
NV Teysr The true Texans, meaning by
tkis WCrs me natives, or those VINO were
mere ,-ioh the weh,' are the smallest eie-
Inent .,rt,tlg DC pulation of Dallas. TIE ac-
i've e1rtbarH element should say, is from
EerivcEv Yirginia ard Georgia, princi.
,aIlv from tbs last. The'Georgian is the
Ysf,Fes Of .aa southwest. Upper Georgia.
inrs.l nov sustains to the south very
Tnct t1s ne relation that Massachusetts
was I9up srlrposed to sustain to the central
n ,rll, and uyithwest. Of the active bust
ness men accomplished engineers and
4rillea Professionals OF southern birth IN.
The new soqthwest, 1 should guess that one
half are rem Georgia. And this, which is.
true Of the new southwest and northern
Texas ia .T,oC u liarly true OF Dallas.
This Uic n lar condition may be account.
cd f0r by the history Of Dallas. 1t is phil
csophicslly gpeaking, sociological TRINITY
lii Il thee to5aliy distinct cities jam
INTO opp FirJ;, there was the old, slow
,.5p,;Jristi utbern town, half Texan anc
aalf border ST. but eminently respecta-
.Iesri rnnseey4tiye IN the old southern
,yar. prdiug i!self on good blood and first
.,.l5r,tfs ana perfectly willing to see the
MAD t,1rIt rp5h on while it took comfort
ma wore 81. Calhoun. And there was, let
trg run He odd, something mighty Ct
t-srifva 10 4, q pa.ural man in this old. time
ana stf1t sluthern life. But it passed
.,y,t,, as su,-lleply, at kick of the northern
EofI. as k5 glass fortune OF Alnascher.
me var mad the ruin and soon after there
.nrr1z no n. the midst of the old southern
Community % rip-roaring western railroad
roygu--a One venue ulesburg-Denver all in
one, only slr htly modifi, d by southern
climate. Tbis began in 1872 with the reyi-
val pf gnt f4llway and was doubled in 1873
nv The arrival Of another, followed IN
bort dine by yet.other lines. Then began
Fne great
.cApIIvAL OF SPECULATION.
which has not quite ceased yet. For elk
Years OaJ as vas a wild western, ready re-
solver town with all that these words VA
ply. Gambling for instance was pro'es'
WOn-a toleraby respectable and very pro,
liable 9ne. One milling hall occupied
rae finest block in the city and made mon
~, The owners sent out fast horses which
won purses st Chicago and Louisville. They
tisC ergetgd the Dallas HERALD boiidlng,
one rf the iuest blocks In the city and con-
e,.Jused With iberslity to all public en- e.
Urises 70 is scarcely 100 much
p. saw Ga they were public beDe
taefor-.-as t't.1gs then were. But business |
Irr overlook ne wild west era, and re!i- |
b. ,r 3vrirr tardily, overlook business |
-, Wild and Iip.roariDg era lasted until |
sga g1I the formers did not succeed in |
..lstl7g the Gamblers till three weeks ago |
Ats- a long struggle and paying heav
uts maDy y mes ever they hnaily closed
q ej- rubfic balls and departed tor Fort |
Y0-ta and OF her town5 farther out on the
Tex, pscifc--towns which still retain the
.f.lisl favor ( the glorious, free and bound |
less vest Business mel far more than |
-rrrflp0 iIeIr place, the religious element \
made rrfrao-dinary exertions, ard today |
BaIlss may. without hsttery, be called q
F.. .tt..s. ruu aUnss. The IsIaeIites have The |
q. ...st svra -ogue ever saw outside OF a
.-eet civ aud their rabbi has ust been |
q risd on d % srge OF adultery; so they are
rruIv uatr1Dolitan. A predecessor had
tee6 rmHarlv accused, but the rabbi de-
e. larel that, D matter how much they lie
IN bin hp Is here to STAY. The trial was
the ssnsatiou Of north Texas, two snort
nand reporters being employed to take
dow tbe fss.imony, and it proved proved
-sVultf Heeoher-T ilton case in Hebrew
Uutfh Tie woman swore he did and he
, FOrt ne d1du't. The synagogue acquitted
rim BAT the verdict is rendered by some
rsent-Isr INTO the familiar Scotch: Not
.goiIfv brf a. careful not to get caught
.r.in FHua wealthy members OF the syn
i e0Vus n. - Cd. but IL is to be noted rs =
line rramf's II Hebrew honor that they
"a pa.- e. dues for the year before leay-
Jusi bsa.4, he synagogue stands St. Mat
,bsW'r F5ir. pal cAtbedral-Dot quite 30
rnr1air+ a.. tout as ibe other building,
,lgt ~ moro elegant within. The congre-
otto of st Matthews is one Of the finest
7, a. s5uth e est. rhe CoDgregstionalIsts
tavs . very fne church and q preacher for
-na-ir Of B I'd ana The PresbyterisDs also
-avsa cbgrrh which IL counted Q leading
tft-..rii-1 al the city. The Cumberland
Pre- risuaus have q smaller editce. but q
.ery lsat nbtrsctive one. The southern
y -tau.f.tt sprship in the Dallas female
slirge en- 1e Northern Methodists have
tolersbly nre building and very good
congregation. Nearly every denomination
q Represented In Dallas and most Of them
ave fairly good church ecifices. 30 II is I
,ot 20 be wondered 81 that the ehnetic
cement already begins 10 speak OF IL as {
CITY or cHUBcHEs. Ii
The Northern and Southern Methodists {
on Ell fate well enough. but are ~ yet 10
10, siaee wien frsterDization suits them '
ittle better Than notification. Their sym. 9
,sfhies run "a one channel sufficiently 70
make tbeIn work togetber, but MOI quite .
aousb % - maze them one church abo y
: reruarked fhst on come oceeslons the oio
ore breaks out Just . little. The war u .
yer ard sisv-Iy sb1'isbed. the solsiers Q
ave frrisruized h0sby represents us O. :
fong Kong. ard The democreis have Not,o 7
Q HOfacs Greeley; but religions people Q
$3.50 80 ruafs M theIr ouarrels - EASILY Z
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