The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-03

The Tom Green Times remarks that
the effect of high license is shown in the
influence IL has on ten-pin alleys in
Texas. They are now n curiosity,
whereas they used TO be the most coui-
mon nuisance in the towns.
The free-grass men don't talk so much
about the lease law retarding settle
ment. No, the fact is the lease law is
building up tho west, and is the last re.
sort To save the country from q six
shooter relgu.- Montague Northwest.
Texas Democrats do not believe in let
ting the S35,000,000 acres of the children's
land lie idle to be used by the rich cat
Tie men the children receiving cent OF
tribute. The lease law forces the cattle
mon to pay for the use of the land, and
yet does not prohibit the sale to actual
Settlers LGilner Mirror.
1t is a mournful reflection that the
Gazette is dsploased with the aldermen
OF Fort Worth. But some little con sofa.
ton is drawn from the fact that no pub.
lie man in the state has ever received
the endorsement of the people without
first having secured the opposition of
the Gazette. = Fort Worth Mail.
This country is destined to be, if it i.
not already SO, England's greatest ri
val. England has ontlived and out
grown the evils of protection and is to.
day prosperous free-trade nation. Be-
fore another hundred years she must
hand in that banner of prosperity and
supremacy TO young America. -[Gilmer
Mirror.
And now comes the aflidavits to prove
that the tattooed tramp from Maine,
alias Jim Blaine, of Hooking valley and
Mulligan memory, married "in the
sight OF God, etc, did his warlike deeds
and gained his warrior fame, by an Ala
bama Niger substitute, to whom he
was to pay 5000, but who so far has re-
celved but $40. Next Clifton Sentinel.
Tho editor of tho Brenham Banner
IL the lineal descendant of tho typical
Scotchman, of whom into whose mead
Dr. johnson said n joke could be intro
duced only by surgical operation. Tho
Banner takes solid and serious look at
everything from the presidential cleo
llQn to DIR. Mary's unmentionables-
Houston Journal.
The death of Mr.. j. w. SwindeIls at
Austin removes n veteran Texas Jour
nalist. iio was the founder of the Dallas
HERALD rs carly rs about 1850, and con
Quoted II with marked success until IL
became daily, soon after which he soy
cred his connection with il. He lived,
however, long enough to see the Dallas
HERALD one OF tho best dailies in the
state Athenian.
We have too many public roads.
Would 1t not be better TO have less and
put them IN trstc class condition. MI
morous private roads would lead into
well constructed public roads. In
IRA vi i aud al
lar To 1t there ought to be ms fine macad.
emi2od public roads as there are any
whore in the world. Our black lands
demand them.-L Statesman.
A Chinaman came into the ladies,
cabin on the ferry-bOat and took a seat
beside an Irish market woman, He
seemed to want to make himsolr agreoa-
BILE and, rubbing his hands, remarked.
"Belly cold" The woman looked ut
him with an air of contemrt, and said /.
"lf you'd put yer shirt inside yor pants
yer belly wouldn't be cOwld, yer haythen
blagard, Clifton Sentinel.
Tho Dallas HERALD seems To tbinl,
that the Democratic party should con.
centrate all its strength in New York
and Indiana. There il some wisdom i'm
this suggestion. These are Objective
states and the Democratic party cannot
well do without them. 1t would be bet
tor to make sure of bare majority than
II would be to take chances on a large
majority kerens Light.
About the meanest thing done duriup
the campaign in Texas is the speech Of
the collector Of customs at Brownsville
TO the Mexican population, saving that
II Democratic policy had not prevailed
nj the time of annexation, all the terri
tory OF Texas west of the Nueces river
would now be II part of Mexico prosi.
dent Arthur should summarilv dispense
with the services of such an American
Day.
Tho Democratic party in Texas has
given tho state ono of the hest Croo
school systems i'm the Union. Nv its
JudiciouS legislation on the land mes-
lion and proper use of tho lands wisely
set apart for the education of the child
ren, I'm a few years the public schools
can he run ten months in the wear with
out the aid of any revenue from tbe
state by direct taxation, Gilmcr Mir
ruf.
Woregrct to see the announcement
that the Houston Post has suspended.
1t was n good news gathorer, hut was
run on reckless scale Of expenditure
10 was larger paper than Houston was
a town. still, Uncle Daniels Aro ro.
mains serene and drops tear over the
the spot that marks tho last resting
place of his unsuccessful rivals, and
points moral from each succeeding
collapse, "Who will be uoxt'"-l FREQ
Lance.
II Courtright ia ever captured tho
Fort Worth people ought TO sue him for
ohlMning their sympathy under false
pretensos. He said he had killed two
MoAlcans,ond the mob rushed to his roS-
cue with tho cry" Rem Cmber the Alnmol
Remember GoliadW IL has since trans
PRED that his vi Tins woro two French
men, and consequently innocent of he
longing to the nationality which has no
rights Texans are bound to respect
whon they remember tho Alamo" -
Waco Day.
Inc bureau of accommodation % the
worlds fair, is making at the present
umo, canvass OF Now Orleans, in order
TO mud out the names of reputable per-
sons who desire To receive hoarders and
lodgors during the exposition season.
The register when completed, will Inc
open TO the use OF strangers, FREQ of
charge, and they can thereby see nj n
glance, what accommodation can he
had, rs well as what prices are charged.
IN AL respectable boarding houses
I'll Paso Star.
Apasseuger in an Arizona railroad
train was arrested by n sheriff for a mi.
nor oilense n short time ago. Seeing n
Judge playing poker In smoking-car
wlthn brace of colonies, tho sheriff pre-
vailed upon him TO stop the game and
tnr ,y the prisoner. The judge did so,
iined the prisoner $40, and before an
hour had passed away had cleaned out
every colonel on tho train. Then he
played little game with the late prise.
ner who promptly won all the Judges
mle aud set up tho drinks for tho crowd.
-lEl Paso Star,
Tho editor Of tue franklin Herald,
"Methodist Jim" Davis, saws: "T,et
the sick'y, ilimsy, sentimental condem.
nation laid upon the Dallas HERALD by
some of tho state papers bo hushea
The HERALD sto-day doing better worl,
for the Democracy than any paper In
me state. Its arguments are laid upor
Just predicaies. A mans private he,