The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-04
STATE PRESS.


The DALLAS HERALDis doing splendid
work for the State of Texas. Keen il
going, Honey Grove Independent.
Aylesford, the drunken Scotch laird
who owns galore of land and kline I'M
! Texas, is for free grass. Tho poor man
! ui Texas who has family 10 educate,
| is for the lease system. 4 Laredo Times.
The recent rapid increase in the crime
Of rape is somethingphenomenal. Every
few days there is q new development O.
this beastly propensity i'm some part of
the State. Nor is il confined 10 this
state, for we notice in the telegraphic
news frequent mention of like occur
rences in other States, North and South.
\ peculiar characteristic of the subject
Is I'm the fact that great majority oftho
Offenders are negroes, and n majority OF
the victims, or intended victims, are
white ladies. The fact that death swift.
~ and inevitably overtakes the offenders
when detected, does not seem to deter
others from counting similar fate
Jacksonville lntolligenccr.
Mr.. Olin Wellborn has won National
honOrS for himself while i'm Congress
from the Sixth district of Texas, and II
Is gratifying 10 sec the counties compos
ing the Sixth Congressional district, are
unanimously instructing their dele
gates To the Congressional convention,
for Hon. Olin Wcllborn. Not only the
district he represents. but Texas and
the whole country are interested in
Keeping such men i'm Congress-. A.
fast rs they are found snch men should
he assigned 10 their proper places, and
Kept there rs long as Z is wise and an
propriate to do so.-,Cameron Herald.
fIhn hu1lua Inn L..
DRY of Judas lscariot by comparing the
betrayer of Jesus Christ 10 James q .
Blaine. Now Judas, II is said, BETRAYED
Christ for thirty shekels OF silver. hut
Blaine betrayed his country, himself
and his people, and had no remorse for
u, while Judas became so miserable
that he went out and hanged himself.
IL Is not believed that Blaine will follow
SUIT, blaine lives TO insult the people
whom ne has So grossly wronged.-
kerons Light.
The Henrietta Shield fairly lifts the
Fort Worth Gazette ont of its boots, con.
dCmning the Gazette and the Henrietta
correspondent IN blistering language. An
ON account of the Gazette's free-grass
talk concerning the voters of CLAY coun.
". lfthe Gazette's correspondents per
sist in disappearing tne people OF
different counties, they are going 10 get
that paper In manya close place. Coun-
ties that are solid for the lease law, so
tar as Democrats are concerned, do not
ike 10 be continually published rs
free grass people. They kick, and have
rlgnt 10 kick'- Honey Grove indie
pendent.
\ Western member of Congress who a
few Jays ago saw Mr.. Tildon, saws Mr..
ridden evinced the liveliest interest in
inc political situation and talked freely
of candidates and nrosnects. IIe said
thnt inc campaign would he the most
animated ofany for the last thirty wears.
lie had no doubt at all of the election of
Cleveland by good round majority of
tne electoral collectoral college, aud said
'ieNelands majority In New York
would DC aS largo IL not larger than his
own majority In 1873. Clcveland's nom
nation he considered the wisest that
could have been made, as he was the
only one Of the candidates whose name
was before the Democratic convention
VINO was certain of being able To carry
Now York.
IL Is thought that the Texas and 81.
Louis railroad, owing To tho unproftn.
hlencss of the Arkansas division, will
nave To be sold under foreclosure pro.
ceedinRs and fall into the hands of the
bond holders, who are the sune parties
mat control the Illinois Central. And
uouDtl9Ss Il Will then be Incorporated
INTO the Illinois Central system aud its
gua2o changed to the standard, andWili
De paying property. particularly yalu-
anle 10 the system OF which it win form
y part, and will advance the interests of
Texas nj the southern end, and Chicago.
ana inridontallv 81. Louis, az tho north.
ern 'ermini. Texas is vitality Interested
IN u, not falling into the handf Of Gould.
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