The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-04-03
DEL RIO DOTS.

DEL RIO, kisEEY COu.Tr, lExAs. March
20 i EiditSr HgB.Lpl:-A mass meeting OF
the property owners OF Del Rio wac held
hvre Thursday night 10 conslder the pro-
prieiy ot securing the machine shops aud
the hospital oi toe suisse railroad. May
Converse was prefent and said that what
The railroad WAITED was plenty Of water,
and II the ciiizens OF Del Rio would guar
sutee tn a., the Fhops ~ q hospital would oe
bulls Colonel II. w. Pierce. PRECEDENT OF
the Sunset, wss here yesterday, aud The
committee appointed by the mass meeting
waited on him and submitted Il proposition
relative TO the water cue ton. The same
wgg accepted, 1Bd We are promised the
shops aud hospital Ihes0;w1 addit onp q
our llltle IS will give us quite boo "
nnd before long We viii DO out-dolpg tina
great city of the YES.
The rail Dad officials o. en- TO berery par.
tial 10 Del Rio, ard when they ever MAKE
up their mn rs to build o,ty, ali earthly
powers cag't stop their good wcrE. and AZ
they ret N determined 10 have q second San
Antonio, on tue Sunset, IL OGtufaliy inl'
low. that :n- young giant" is born, aud
i,s name /, Del Rio.
DistTic court has adjourned at Bracke,t,
our cruuty seat, snd our city once more ha9
tbs Appearance OF Il lively litIle metropolis,
as all OF our citizens nave returned and
each an xious tn tel all abhu, the O arts
doipss. Tom sskey, who was on trial tor
three murders, WIS acquitted, greatly to
tue surprise of many, Yet oil were glad, ss
the men no lied were very bsd-olJoded
'gresztrs. The only conviction wss that
of rhomDs Jefferson. who was sent TO the
"psn" tor uple OF years tor sotne breach
of the Misunderstanding IA safe, believe.
Two II our young bloods concluded yes
tetdGy 10 have some iun, so they pro-
cursn q eirgle buggy, went over into San
IT, hs.l ,nt ng .
pendage6" 10 q communi,y--snd engaged
the com PAW of lone OF the bellies" OF that
place, and then the three In one buggy pull.
ed out for one OF our I'd AGENT towns.
When about halfway they halted for DIM
r err and when just in the sct OF leaving n
party Of our citizens, gentlemen and their
wives, drove upon them, aud were aoout
news spread like wildiire This WAS yes.
;erday, and as tho trio haveh't returned
yet, snme fesIs are entertained tor their well
are, but surely Two young blpods Can take
care OF one "be To-" Out in this wild and
wc'ly west" iho boys must have their fun,
al it's nobody's business.
Everybody seems have m Frying on
the brain as about four or five OF our young
men have gone IF within tho last two
weeks tc bring back tbsir young brides.
One OF our cit z.ns here made ~ his mind
abc-t Two we ks ngo to marry, Dnd he ala
so. He had bever been married before,
though he 10 low about sixty-five or sew
enty, 90 to make the match Us romantic as
possible he ran away with one CT our wild
ows. She is about iifty and has, it ! sm
not mistaken, six children. They were
married just one wesk by the watch when
they agreed that they could not agree. He
| remarked on the street day his wife left
him that '1ast week | thought had the
bt ct vie IN the state. and this week {!
haven't got any" aud the tears streamed
down the poor old fellows hollow cheeke.
Such is the life of newly-married man in
the far west. and Of such 1t is my painful
pleasure to record. Adios.
RANCHO,