The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-18
STATE PRESS.

New telegraph lines, now leiePhoho
lines, new railroad lines, new every
thing seems to be word now. In TINS
day Of progress, monopolies Will nave TO
be content with short lives MeXia
Ledger.
The Dallas HERALD favors an amen6-
ne,.t to tho homestead law, limiting
the exemption to the value of $1,000
This is the view of the case the Star has
ALWAYS advocated. The present law Is
a premium on ascality.-ITerrell Star.
A ticket agent on the Sunset railway
has been adjuged insane because he in.
sisted that railroad companies should
be compelled to put an electric light on
every telegraph pole along their lines to
avoid the smell Of oil lamps IN the ears
and to prevent accidents at night. Ills
hallucination had streak ofgood sense
in it, Waco Day.
In the valley of the Rio Grande, some
twenty miles above Las Cruces, the
celebrated or rather notorious DR.. Tan
ner, of furnishing fame, has located a
colony somewhat after the style OF Neb
ucadnezar, who was graminiverous.
They say the doctor proposes to get TO
that cheap diet after while, but AT
present tile colony is experimenting on
vegei ahles alone. From vegetarlans
they will get to be naturally graminiv-
erous.-I Ell Paso Times.
Mr., w. p. Green, of Stoney, who
called at the Chronicle office on Tues
day last, informed us that there is quite
numt er OF cattle dying ia the western
part of Denton county. He says that
the majority of cattle began the winter
In very poor condition, on account OF
tho protracted drouth during the sum-
mer, and seems that some have begun
to die already. If the winter should re-
main moderate, as every indication
poiuts now, only few of those now on
the ranges will likely die during the
winter ID anton Chronicle.
The Fort Worth Gazette gets of its usu-
al high and elevated plane vi sound jung
ment, when it assert that leasing the
public domain in large tracts is not Diet
'rimental to the rapid settlement OF the
country. 1t is not to be disputed that
population, rs from our stand point, is
wealth, and if this be true to effectually
check and keep out this element OF
Growth and prosperity effectively, rs TO
DISPOSE of the lands in large bodies, or
to syndicates who place cattle or sheep
instead of population on these vast
tracts. Agriculture, manufacturing
and mining enterprises, the greatest de-
velopmepts of a country. always follow
population, and when you cut this source
off by putting the lands under control
of syndicates, you turn away popula-
ton. Study this proposition over,
neighbor, and get on the right side.-
FL Paso Times.
We have received what is called ",rhe
Deep Water" edition of the Galveston
News, with map. Deep water hades!
We are not going to pay $7,50O.0OO, to
crank, for water-spout in the Island
CITY, which may benefit two to three
millions OF people, at the expense OF
50, 600 ono of the same, and don't you
forget it! New York paid tor her own
deep water; Liverpool, across the "her-
ring pond" paia for hers; who in thu n
der is going to pay millions on millions
for deep water in a place where few
are to derive the benefit, at the expense
of the many? When the fellow got his
wheel in bog, and fell on his knees and
begged Mercury to lift it out, old Mere,
anne, and said: "Help yourself, you
old fool. If zee you are Overworked,
and can't get it out alone, and you call
on me, then may give you an assist
ing hand.not before" That may be-
then others may help you, when 1t is
clear you are overtaxed. OF, all the
wild schemes to rob the mass of the peo-
pie, that few may be benefited there
by. commend us to that of Eads, who
ought to he dangling to-day attic end
of rope, ifjustice had its way. 1t Is
worse, by long sight, than the protec-
tive tariff, though a bird of the same
feather. Away with the monstrosity;
away with it; cruelty 1t, cruelty 1t. The
Item is too hone to hunt up excuses
for so palpable robbery-sustained,
though 1t be, by the genius and intel
lect Of Willis or an Ochiltree, with an
Eads to bring up the rear. You hear us,
deepwster robbers, and through us you
hear the verdict of nearly $4,000 900 Of
taxpayers, who can't see through your
plundering spectacles. : Huntsville