The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-21
NO. IA MADISON AVENUE.
New York. Superior board, modeater
prices. Many southern references.
STATE PRESS.

The Dallas HERALD has the tattooeC
man from Maine on the griddle and i.
making it hot for him. I'll Paso Star.
The Germans of Fayette county arc
mostly Republicans in National poll
tics, but are reported to be strongly in
favor of Ireland in the approaching
state election. Temple Times.
The Patton boom for Commissioner o
the Land Office seems to be dying out
1t will be the fate of all candidates tina
are put forth by the Fort Worth Gazette
Il FL Paso Star.
1t is said that nearly two-thirds of tn
| people IN Erath county are just "spil
Ing" for the Assessors office. The res
are trying to get rich by running hack
! between Alexander and Stephenyillc
| When it comes TO competition i'm an,
line old Erath knucklGs to nobody,
COmanche Chief.
1t is a fact that more small stocks o
cattle have gone West this summer than
any previous year. This il because /
has been made possible for men of small
means to obtain few sections of lant
and the big COW man" can't make hin
leave Decatur Tribune.
Since the Fort Worth Gazette tool
occasion to make its sweeping declara
tlon regarding the sentiment of Bosuu,
county ON the free grass question ",
have made il 4 special point TO sound tk,
thinking men of the county ON the sinh
iect and lind nine out of ten of them ar,
opposed to free grass" The discussion
OF the subject has brought the people I,
understand IL. and they bitterly oppos,
the idea. Meridian Blade.
fItn ,,,ngt
given in all parts of the range country
Never has there been time in the his
tory of cattle growing in the west whe,
prosperity was more apparent than n
the present time, Grass is eyervwher,
good and cattle picking UP at a rapir
rate. We have heard of no loss of cattl,
from any source, These signs are pro,
pitlous.-lGai' Vile independent.
There Is no disputing tho fact, Deca
tur is the best town In the State. GOOD
water-Works, telephone connection, Il
street railway soon to he under con.
struction, good public buildings, such n,
courthouse, Jail, opera-house, colleg,
building, churches, enterprising peopie
good morals, ten-month free school, ON
inent teachers, good health, and every
prerequisite that Is essential to make i
good town, all extending cordial inv.
tation 10 those seeking good home in
such country Decatur Tribune.
Free grass like II was before the adj
vent of land and cattle syndicates ant
the several investment companies int,
Texas, was Il nice thing for everybody
but when II come to cattle kings divid
ing up country among themselve,
ike the two great COW punchers, Abra
ham and Lot, did, and holding it fol
lheir own good profit by employing Bur
talo Bills, Six Toed Petes and othc
lighting characters as line riders, then /
was no longer free grass Denton Post
A. Winnard has sold his farm ON Il
Leon, near Bolton, comprising lbs acres
for 81 per acre. II will not be mann
years before desirable farms in tn,
older counties N Texas will he wortl
| from $50 to $3.50 per acre, as in location
and Improvements, Land In Texas vii
be as valuable as in Illinois, Ohio o
Pennsylvania. Our climate Is mucl
milder than in those States and the pro
duct OF our soil Is fully as varied
BRENNAN Banner.
Actual settlers are going west AM
tnkingup public land at the rate of 100,
900 acres per mouth. This Is unprece
dented in the history of the State. SOLE
facts like these are worth millions o
naked assertions OF blatant bull organ
that the lease law Is keeping settler
! from the west. 1t Is the projection o
the lease law that Is taking them Their,
in such unprecedented numbers. TIL
cattle kings desire TO repal the lease Law
so as TO stop this rapid influx of popula
ton and keep the west bound up In thei
own monopoly. -LCloburno Chronicle.
II is pleasingly gratifying to us in pre-
senting the name Of Hon. j. o. Terrell
as Kaufman county's candidate for Stat,
Senator to state for the benefit of tn,
generous citizens of Dallas county VIII,
are unacquainted with him, that he h
a young man of as noble impulses N
ever throbbed in the bosom of patriot
independent in thought, fearless in OK
preston, unsurpassed for his age in lega
attachments, thoroughly posted and full,
prepared 70 grapple and master the inn
portant political questions of the times
unsweryingly Democratic in principles
aud freely imbued and highly endowed
with all, the necessary accomplishment,
and qualifications 10 constitute an hon
orable, upright and Christian gentleman
Il Kaufman Sun.