The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-11-06

| The ticket Office, Van AlstNne In,ur-
| prise,
The Tom Green Times remarks tina,
| the effect ut high license IN shown m the
influence % has on teu-pln alleys iu
IrNus, Ih0N are now curiosity,
WlprvHs ihty used 10 Ice the most ruiu-
muu nuisance In the towns,
The frcu,grass men don't talk $40 much
about the lease law TctaTding settle
mcut. No, the fact II the Lease law l.
building up the west, and II the last
sort iu save the country from a sis
shooter reigu,- Montague Northwest,
Texas Democrats do not believe In let
Ting NE Sl,NN,uOu acres Ot the rhildreu'-
land ilo idle Ia hu used hY the rich cat
Tie men the children receiving ccn ul
tribute, Tho lease law forces .hc ral,o
men To pay for the uNo ui the land, aud
Vet does not prohibit the sale To actjal
sottlors,- Gtlmor Mirror.
II il Il mournul reelection that the
| Gazette II displcascd with the aldermen
of Fort Worth. But some little CnusolB,
/ ton II drawn from the fact that no pub
lic man In the state has ever received
the endorsement of the people without
/ first having secured tho opposition OF
! tho Galctto,-. Fort Worth Mail.
/ This country is dos,iuod tn De. II 1t i
not already 80, Englnud's gre ltest ri
val. England has outliycd and out
/ grown the evils of protection aud Is to-
Jay prosperous frcc-trade nation. BE
I fore another hundred years she must
hand in that banner OF prosperity aud
supremacy to young America Gilmcr
Mirror.
And now comes the ailldavitS To prove
that the tattOood tramp from Maine,
alias jim Blaine, of Hooking valley and
Mulligau memory, married sin the
sight of God, etc, did his waIliEc deeds
aud gained his warrior fame, 10y an Ala
hamH Niger substitute, To wnom he
was To- pay $500, but who so far has re-
coiVod but $40. Next Clifton Sentinel.
The editor of the Brenhnm Banner
is the lineal descendant of the typical
>cotchuan, of whom into whose hcad
Dr. johnson said a Joke could Ice intro
duCed only by II surgical operation. The
Banner takes solid and serious look AT
everything from the presidential olcc
ton to Dr. Mary's unmeutinnahlGS.-
Houston Journal.
4 Chiuaman came into the ladies'
%. in Ou tho !Crry-boat and took a seat
beside an Irish market woman. lie
seemed TO want to make himself agreed
BILE ard, rubbing his hands, Remarked:
Belly cold" The woman looked nj
him with an mir OF contempt, and said:
"lf you'd put yer shirt inside yer pants
yer belly wouldn't he cowld, yer haythcn
blagard. Clifton Sentinel.
The Dallas | HERALD seems to think
that the Democratic party should con
contratc all its strength in New York
aud Indiana. There Is some wisdom in
this suggestion. These are objective
states aud the Democratic party cannot
well do without them. 1t would be bet
ter to make sure of II bare majority than
il would be To take chances on large
majority kerens Light.
About the meanest thing done during
the campaign in Texas is the speech of
the collector of customs at Brownsville
to the Mexican population, saying that
If Democratic policy had not prevailed
nj the time Of annexation, all the terri
tory of Texas west of the NueceS river
would now be a part of Mexico. PreSi-
dent Arthur should summarily dispense
with the services OF such an American
citizen Waco Day.
The Democratic party in Texas has
given the state one of the best free
school systems in the Union. BY its
iudicious legislation on the land ques-
lion and properuse of the lands wisely
set apart for the education of the chilo-
rem, i'm Il few years the public schools
can be run ten months in the year with
out the aid of any revenue from the
ror.
The death of Mr.. J. w. Swindells at
Austin removes 4 veteran Texas jour
nalist. He was the founder of the Dallas
HERALD as early as about 1850, and con-
Quoted it with marked success until it
became daily, soon after which he sey-
cred his connection with it. lie lived, |
however, long enough to see the Dallas
HERALD one of the best dailies in the |
state Athenian.
We have too many public roads. |
Would it not be better to have less and |
put them in tirst-claSs condition. MI |
merous private roads would lead into
well constructed public roads. In
Travis county and other sections SINH |
lar to il there ought to be as fine macad
emized public roads rs there are any |
where in the world. Our black lands |
demand them Statesman.
We regret to see the announcement |
that the Houston Post has suspended. |
1t was good news gatherer, but was
run on reckless scale of expenditure.
1t was larger paper than Houston was
a town. Still, Uncle Daniels Age re-
mains serene and drops tear over the
the spot that marks the last resting
place of his unsuccessful rivals, and
points moral from each succeeding
collapse. "Nho will be neXt?"-- Free
If COPYRIGHT is ever captured the
Fort Worth people ought TO sue him for
obtaining their sympathy under false
pretenses. He said he had killed two
and the mob rushed to his res
cue with the cry" Remember the Alamo!
Goliad!" 1t has since trans
PRED that his vi Tins were two French
men, and consequently innocent of be
longing to the nationality which has no
rights Texans are bound to respect
when they remember the Alamo.'-
Waco Day.
The bureau of accommodation of the
Worlds fair, is making at the present
lime, a canvass ofNew Orleans, in order
% find out the names OF reputable per-
sons who desire to receive bOarders and
odgers during the exposition season.
The register when completed, will be
,pen to the use of strangers, free of
harge, and they can thereby see at a
Glance, what accommodation can be
lad, as well as what prices are charged,
n all respectable boarding houses
Ell Paso Star.
A passenger in an Arizona railroad
rain was arrested by a sheriff for mi
Tor ofiense a short time ago. Seeing
,ldge playing poker in a smOking-car t
With brace of colonies, the sheriff pre- [