The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-11

The dtiAlcatlun Ut state treQsurers seems
to be growing fashionable, yet some people
are inclined 10 Polk lun ut it.--[BeIton
journal.
LEvtL-HNADED.
The Fiatonia Argus remarks that no Sun
day lay amounts TO anything unless il is
strongly backed by public sentiment, which
the present law Is not Brennan Banner.
llOsr or HORNS.
The Texas cattle drive for the coming
spring ia estimated nj 10000 head, or
these not more than 10000 will reach the
open market. The rest will be reserved for
rancho purposes Waco Examiner.
SET DOWN on 'EM
The press associations Of Kansas and Mis-
sour have resolved to refuse further recog.
milton OF tramping printers. This is the
best thing press association ever did, aud
we commend Their action to the press asso.
cation OF HeXas,- Terrell Star.
why SHOULDN'T IT.
Our snlons NJ Austin are warming them.
selves with Texas coal Austin people
think worthy of note. IL. w. Martin is
using Rains county coal Ia his office, and
says It burns spendidiy,-i Emory Argus.
Probable.
The New York Star says Coleman, tho
Dallas Otgor, who comn.itted suicide in
that city, preferred Ia die by his own hand,
rather thHn rick his chances in Texas
Coleman evidently hadn't heard Of B.n
Ihoinps9u' trial Marlin Bali
ASAFE CONCLUSION.
The lllllsborO Mirror SAYS Miss Hrnstiur
Gdgsby, Of IA. county, is IA Fri in inck :"
os two young men, Wa lace - and ], L.
Harris each got license % HARRY her. No
return had been made rs TO which Of Inc
two men were IN luck, bus the Mirror /. In.
ellned 10 believe the girl did no, marry
BOTH WaInhachic Enterprise.
rur on BRAKES.
Inc legislature has, by bill, with the ap.
proVal OF the governor, withdrawn the sale
ol public lands for ninety days. This will
suspend the sale, until bill can be enacted
That will either authorize the leasing or
selling, or BOTH OF the public domain. A.
any rate the gobbling up OF the states lana
by monopolists, At the shameful price e., N
cents per acre. has been stopped
rudO Bullet II,
RELIC OP MpnlIvALIsM.
lhere IL hardly man III the state. we
THINK, who will not agree with tho Cuero
Star that there should he n change in the
law that provides that wi nesses in criminal
cases may be attached to any part OF tho
STATE ana forced to attend court at their
own expense, aud onen being detained
weeks ut time. The law certainly ought
10 provide some compensation In such
cases, or the least that should be done
would be TO pay such witnesses EXPENSE,
- Cameron Herald
STOCK B.Ross's COOP.
Already the stock barons in the west ara
practically pattitlouing Texas by fencing,
III thelr own hight, vast acres of land, on
winch TO proclaim from the balconies Of
their splendid castles, II am monarch OF
all survey" the next demand 10 be A
t"udhl court. Let our public men con.
Nder well OF tho progress OF coming events
'hat arc casting their shadows" and pre.
pare the commonwealth as well rs thew can
Tor the shock. -iRusk County News.
LICENSE GAMBLING,
~ Is stated that bill is being prepared
To oe introduced into the legislature TO II.
ceuse gambling, II proposes to assess a Ii.
cense oi So murh per month on such games
as iaro' This Is m excellent idea. The law
now against gambling Is almost rs much o,
y dead lelter as the Sunday law. tho pro.
nloltory law or any other law enacted to
plWent Tree men from enjoying their en-
hlltnablo rights az citizens oil A irco country
~ lar from preventing the forbidden cams
VI operates to sanction them by putting n
loN dollars into The pockets oi the official !,
Tor winktnsM the oiltnse. kaufman sun.
NOT Nucu oF An orlrvARY WRITER.
Edmund j, Davis died at his rusldencS I'm
Austin, yesterday evening, OF pneumonia,
Ne wac native oi Florida, aud moyed To
iyNas before the war. In the war he sided
WIN the north, and was a brigad ior. general
IN tnc northern army, Amer the war Eo Ma,
made governor ui this state uuderih. "re.
construction lGNs Of congress. "Spcnk A
good word or none at all ol the dead l. Tho
shaee' AMI the Age can render tAe deceased
no better service than to extend To ma man.
ory tho charity OF It's silence, II Houston
Age. ''"''''
rROvinSNrtAL,
Rev. Mr. Hall, temperance lecturer
wanted to secure the use OF the hall of tho
mouse Vt representatives the Other d,y IN
give one NJ his talks against whisky I'M,
was refused. Possibly |, was well for tho
reverend gentleman that he was prohibited
rom uslng IT,, There are times when tho
atmosphere OF that hall Is so strongly I'M.
prcgnated with alcoholic fumes that il
would intoNica,ca temperate man, an, il
u mad Affected NJ. Hall In that Navhis rem.
utatioh and capacity for future usefulness
w9nld most likely have been ruined ,-IMe.
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