The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-01


DEL RIO, KINNEY Co, March n, $751;
Especial Correspondence The nome OF
paucho together with his writings are
stranger, to the readers of the HERALD.
Yet, from this forward, they may be read
| freuuantly, and In this, my galutstory, al
low me 10 assure each aud every one OF
them that PauoAo never writes anything
10 lirst.class paper except what Is true /;
and though he very often branches off on
politics, yet he only does 50 when the i'm
poit0nce OF the ,ubiect i1stiheait.
la fact, ct This time OF the year, there
Is nothing more interesting TO us out here
on the border than "poltcsl gossip"
just at present Dtl Rio 10 TOO dead 10
kick on account of nestlv all the citizens
htving gone 10 the county eeat, Bracket
"a attend district court. But alter the
Nineteenth Legislature meets we hope and
expect to have a new county, which will be
called Val Verde, made out OF this portion
of Kinney and lower part OF Crockett, with
| Del Rio rs the county seat, thereby saving
our citizens hundreos and even thousands
of dollsrs Bracket IN Thirty miles from
bere and the yerv idea of having our citi-
gems taken away from their business twice
q esr 10 attend court thirty miles distant
is simply preposterous 10 submit % II any
longer.
The all-sbsorbing subIec. during the last
two weeks has been
THE TRIAL OF Mki CAkT
of this city, for the killing OF Holmes, yb lch
occurred here lest inter. He was tried
Monday aud Tuesday: aud the Jury found
verdict OF "Not guilty" We have no
fence cutting out here, no mail robbine
and very little rowdyiam. except 10 the
Mexican port of town called san Filipe,
which Is about as bad an any place IN the
she STATE, except Fort Worth.
When say bad" simply mean that
San Fiiipe is one OF those necessarily APP
pendsges' 10 o community .whareln is
found nothing except gamblers and the
ike.
About once . month they all coma over
before mis- honor, Justice Block, and con-
tribute u handsome eum 10 lhe county rev.
nue..
We have nice1itle Jail here containing
one nice young man from San Filipo "for
c9rryiug six shooter"
Considerable anxiety IL peing manifested
over the idea OF having two etate coDven.
tions. We only want one, unless the
one TO nominate state officers can BIS held
at San Antonio, for any other place would
be too far away.
The rules for the government Of The DEM
ocratic party as published ia the HERALD
are worthy q careful consideration by the
executive committee and II adopted would
give general satisfaction. The 1.-TWO third
rule" is about ''petered out" Qno sllusion
orable mayor Of Fort WORTH and the day
the majority rules on that day will oil the
dark horses take the epizootic and die.
The people out here want and demand
John Ireland for governor. He has made
as good n governor rs our Lone Star has
ever had, aud the masses appreciate him
| and want him for a second term.
In every place have been, from Texar-
kama to tina Rio Grnpde Is seems to be the
universal wish and foregona conclusion
in these parts that Colonel j. +. Elliott
will represent us as
| CHIEF COMMISSIONER AT THE WORLDS PAIR.
| have known OF bets OF ten to ore made
In San Antonio and this place In his favor
and consequently ] viii hope to hear IN q
few days OF his being appointed.
Candidates are already becoming nu.
merous out here for county offices, and 1t
Ia reported on good authority that the
Hon. Scion Stewart "WoltScalncr" IA he
was called in the l7th legislature) 10 cam
didata for the house from this district.
The convention is not very far Off now
aud as the rules for the government Of
cd eda' and S0'y submitted HaHt peep ' SaS@t
the following ticket and will say that If ir
be the choice OF the party in convention AS
senibled, that it will carry Texas by ma
joritv uni recedented:
Governor, John Ireland.
Lieutenant Governor, Charles 4. Gibson.
Treasurer, +. r. Lubbock.
Comptroller, w. J. Swain.
Attorney. General, John ID. Templeton.
Commissioner General Land Office, l. A.
Patton.
SUPERINTENDENT Education. B. NJ. Baker.
honestly believe that II this be the
ticket for the Texas democracy In the com.
INK campaign the majority will not poll
vote under $4,000.
Consequently, pull off my ''sombrero"
and give three cheers for toe names above!
More in few days. For thu present.
ndios. RANCHO.