The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-16
MOUND CITY MATTERS.
Shcr man aud His sprinkiof-, Sad
Suggestion Of Soriidne,s.
Whlsky's work aud ia Worshipper's
Woe-"A rrua story"
Political aud Miscellaneous News Notes.

Political aud Miscellaneous News Notes.
ST. LOUIS, Juue i2.-fCorrespondencs J.
Republics ara ungrateiul" 10 no longer a
iavorite maxim around thu oitv hall. a
feg dRys ago tho water 2 90 collector noti'
ned General Snefman tina, his wa or Ii
csrse did not permit him TO sprinkle the
pavement Ia front OF his residence,
and that lac could not purtue
his custom OF thus bentitlng tho public
without getting out n proper license. The
General lives IN n low.rooied. two'tfory
rambling house on q srrison nvenua. IL IL
painted red, has a cosy porch nrouud the
'front.' sud ono side, and amidst shady trees,
presents u comfortabl appearance The
din OF battles past is growing fainter IN The
Generals ear, the noisy scenes OF his caller
years arr clipping from the grasp OF recol.
l%eclion, aud tho Increasing irrlt bility OF
his disp1sitlon calls FOR qnieL Everything
about Vi rambling retrest is
kept from annoying him ~ far
az possible, and he takes delight 10 seeing
thst the flowers and grass always LOOK 70.
froshed I'D well.Watered. Duht eenns TO
infect him, and be has for. come Nms been
Ia the habi. o. h%tet0rins zoo blessings al a
generous lose up0n tnu sidewalk and part
IL the street. When ne received onioial M.
ANANAHNNANA INV a lRN RAH ~ Nv
mended, be grabbed his pen with the same
alacrity rs he had oncs grasped the sword,
and poured out upon tho lgcslese
collector all the natural aoleen
that public esteem and indulgence
aeem only 10 have increased He very
pointediY rsinarked that after paving the
house license he considered It enough, ard
u u waen't, he would ind ou more con-
geulal place Of abode than the state Of Mia.
a1uri. One official had the c0mmendsble
nerve 10 suggest that such an outburst was
~eutirelc ont OF place in one VINO was living
on sl7, COO q year from the people, and IN a
house presented TO hin by citizens of TIC
city whose laws no dieregardeu.
Nothing has been heard hinca on the
subject, and IL IL believed that in view Of
/ possibility az q presidential candidate he
oosHented TO pay the added tax.
The Chicago convention aroused but III.
tie excitement here, and not until the bal
loting begGn did the bulletins attract the
crowd from where the base bail scores were
preld oui. An effort to arouse u feeling
i0r Arthur among business men proved 80
tbortive that not enough would consent
tu 20 to Chicago TO pay for q special Train,
il8avi1g alone the win bills and CONVENTION
@ cst.re. Even the presiding genius {; the.
custom house, who 10 snpp1s Ia know
wtich side OF mis- bread 10 buttarod, broke
tnr record OF Official idleness ny beng ai his
daJk dining all the time me face Jt he
party hung trembling IA the
balance, and l. ID a q1fsion
ema0g those who Know him best
wbutipr, seeing the end oihisterm drawing
near, he wanted TO make some haow OF
earning the money paid him, or whether
no as beginning TO practice the great pal;
ancing act on the top raft OF the political
iencs. The Dows that General Sherman
was - dark horss for tho head aud General
| Henderson for The tail OF the ticket e,icited
no enthusiasm, all OF which goes to
prove the ad,ge about tho prophet and
his honor, or the more likely statement
made by Bob Ingersoll y short time siuce
thai there is this year q "wAveless apathy
10 politics." An effort was made to hold q
utilization meeting Of the Chicago noml'
natiors in Mercantile hall night before last
4Ad considerable difference exists as
10 its success. The democratic Re-
publiclE refers 10 IL as q congregation o.
old bnms," while the loyal Globe Dsno-
orat, with its throgt full OF half-cnewei
crow, manaees TO mutter: "All honorable
men, every one OF them Your CORE
spondent saw more at u demons'rition OF
tho mention OF Logan's name than
when the speakers wind stirred the
Sh'ta plume Of tie man from
Maine. ~ can hardly be HuppoFed, how.
ever, that sucn q gathering would iail to
locally enthuse the parry, since IL was ar
RANGED by The willy Wise-puller, ChaunceT
I. Filley, who has been commissioned 20
take the place this fall Ia Indiana LETT va
cant by the nov paetorGlly inclined
Stephen w. Dorsey.
The idea thai there is no such thing aa
sn unconquerable appetite for liquor was
Fegan, one OF the best known newspaper
men ia st. Louis. For years he has been
connected with the city press in The cs-
pscity OF reporter, proot.resder and general
utility man, and his versatile ability was
recognized by the craft and pro-
~isssioi. Alwaya n shy, retiring fellow, he
INDUCED in his fatal weakness by himself,
aud after an unusual bad slip would rem hin
sober an entiro year. Then the rains Of
moral government would slide through his
nervous hands, and down he would go and
continue unfit fer work for several
weeks. Up to within a month
ago he had kept clear Of
the old habit was too strong and he lost his
position. After spending his savings he
| got down TO business again. and was &C.
cepted as a reporter on the Republican on
the promise OF good behavior. On the day
he was to go ON duty he sent q rafting
political poem TO his paper and staid at
day his poem appeared and tho next
his obituary. In the middle OF the night
he took Rough on Rate" a very unsenti.
mental wey OF ending a life that had many
a romantic ieat7re. His last words were,
~ wish l could live my life over again."
Some very searching inquiries have been
made into the construction OF the city's
public houses the past week, caused by an
event that was as luckily hioodless IS II was
startling. About 1890 O'Clock, one even
ing last week, the night clerk OF the Bris.
tol, or Windsor, hotel, On Washington avs
nue., near Fourteenth, was seen running
out into the street, whtls rt the same time
tina screams OF halt a dozen servant girls
we're heard issuing from the upper floors.
Before there was barely time to think, one
whole wing OF the building fell in
with a crash that aroused the neighbor-
hood and filed the air with q cloud OF fine
duet that suggested the fr~lghtfulness OF a
fire. The immense crowd that soon gath
cred could not be persuaded that at least
dozen victims vera not lying beneath the
rufus, and IL was only a count reyealisg al
were aaved that satisfied 1t. The portion
which Tell In was occupied at the time onl,y
by domsstics, who on the fourth door board
the floors cracking and bad tin
10 escape. Had It been tsnanted as usual
or had thu fail occurred later in the night
more than one dead body would have at
tosied the weakness with which this aristo-
cratic house was rebuilt. It w.s patronized
BY exclusive families whose riches and rank
give more han the usual force ID the indig'
nation they express toward the managers.