The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-12-02

came down to st. Louis to make the propo-
sition IA person. Tuesday night he gained
an audience with the grizzly old soldier,
who heard his offer and then turned him
out OF doors with military promptitude and
precision. Next day the crank turned up
opposite one Of the public schools armed
with monstTous butchers oleaver Ia one
hand and copy OF UptOn's tactics in the
other. With these weapons he soon had
the whole neighbOrhood terrorized The
school children coming out at recess, he
caught one of them, little girl, by the
neck, and was brandIshing the cleaver
above her head with heaven only knows
what intent, when the police, who
had been put on his tracks appeared
upon the scene, arrested him and locked
MIN up, pending the necessary delunGtco
lnquirendo, which will precede his removal
to an asylum.
THE FEMALE BALL.PLAYFRs
who came here last week and sucCumbed to
series OF mi8fortuncs, are still in town,
but deserted aud penniless. They have
applied to tho mayor Tor free passes TO their
homes In the east aud settlement Of their
board bill, but It is doubtful whether the
city can undertake the befrending of one
landed amusement organization without
laying itself open to future claims OF like
nature. A coupe OF we'll known journal.
isis, last Wednesday night, in spirit Of
pure beney0lence, devoted an evening 10
entertaining two of the charming athletes
but they met with nothing but base ingrat-
itude in return; the sisters OF the be-
irended ball tossers, accompanied bv legal
advisers, calling upon the two reporters I
their office next morning and threatening
to bring all sorts Of civil and criminal suits
against them II they did not come down
handsomely. The affair was amicably SIT.
tied finally, but not before the two gentle.
men In question got such scare that " is
doubtful whether they will ever again at
tempt to play the role OF Good Samaritan
again with couple Of female baIl.tossers
AS the recipients0f their bounty.
hook CONCERN sCANDAL
Is at present eullyening matters In the
school boa-d, and charges OF bribery are
living through the air. 1t has been stated
without contradiction that one Of tho school
directors who is ready 30 come forward
when the investigation begins, st time
when text book charges were under
consideration, found 800 check OF
ono OF the competing book firms
templngly laid away between the leaves OF
n book he was reading. Charges and coun.
ter charges are common, the latest being
aimed by Appointment politician against a
no less important parsonage than the may
or's secretary, who denies the accusation,
whereupon the politician offers To give
Commodore Smith, as the secretary Is gen
orally called, S25 II he will write u card and
publish it denying that he tried to got
money from school book firm. A thor
ough investigation with disclosure OF much
rottcnness In the inner workings of the
school board Is on the taps.
The cultivation of
TRADE RELATIONS WITH MEXICo
Is beginning TO bear fruit. A. 4. Crocker,
ID. Monttz. ID. Oca and A. Metzer
wealthy Mexican merchants. arc In the
city buyiag goods. They claim that the
duties on imports from Spain and France
are so excessive that their business nat
urally turns TO the United States, and that
st. Louis will reap u rich reward from hel
enterprise in seeking for Mexican trade.
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