The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-03
THE MOUND CITY.
Sunday School superintendent Post
and Nis PRODUCTIONS Prof igacy.
The Boy Evangelist. Work-lrying a
Social Fraud.
Bits az Gossip-Trliies OF Truth.


interest during the week mas been the eX'
traordinsry chain OF disclosures following
the attempted suicide OF Hiram II,
Post the confidential clerk and book keep.
or OF d. W. Pratt, agent for Missouri and
southern Illinois OF the Mccormick. Reaper
company. Post was the superintendent OF
the First Baptist church Sunday school and
was generslly credited with being young
man OF irroproachabe morals, and whom II
became known that he was a deiauser to
the amount of S. 600 and that he had cut
his throat rs the easiest way Of escaping
his troubles. his church and business &C
quaintances were asiOunded. Gradually
the truth became known and now 10 ID
clear that Post was one OF the most remark
able hypOCriteg thai ever succeeded IN Nv
ing double lie III, record a. . Sunday
school tcBcher WIS admirablei sin later Il
Is leaned that he was Il most pris stegt
and degraded seusnali-t, and that toe
pron'g of bis life was OF Bind tina. ".
not bear dCscrip ion, Hud had better nov b"
imagined Evidences have been produced
To show that nj. .latipua with some OF thu
lady teachers of the SUNDAY school.
were by 40 means consistent with e.
church membeIs line OF duty, and u
is singular fact that the church
officers we're 40 " 10 begin nu official IN
quiry into his conduct last Monday when
the eArIisr rsvtAi following his at
temp'ed suicide decided them 10 abandon
tn ,cvts cation for tue time being, as
Xix ly 70 brng the church iutO altogether
too greet and unllessaub prOminet &c. A
funny feature oil tle la 3iness is that Post
clainls ht- steatngs tX-vpdad back ~ least
five wars ana how this could be Is "A mat
ter which puzzles al the local accountants.
The Rev. Thomas Harrison, the boy
preacher Is ut present conducting very
successful revival at the Centenary NJ. J..
church. Hir,daily average OF souls saved 10
thirty.lve, aud he proposes 10 keep THIS
mn until the number reaches 1000. The
congregation who have hired him Is a very
fashionable one, and some little dis
credit has been cast upon the movement by
the refusal on the part oil Harrison and the
other managers OF the revival 10 lnausurate
n branch revival 20 DE held in the central
portion OF the city. A thea'er was offered
them 70 hold service in Sunday afternoon,
but they could not be induced TO even give
the proposed meeting their sympathy, not
withstauding that "a petition signed oy
number Of leading citizens requested them
to do so. Some OF the members belonging
70 other denominations have preached
against the revival and one OF them, the
Rev. DR.. Lotion, the leading Episcopglian
minister here, denounced u 80 severely mat
serious breach has arisen between him
anu u ltTIulLtD4t VI AAs SNe'fNtNhR
ton.
Henry Irving has come and gona, and
the popular verdict Is that where he IS q
fine melo-dramt'ic artist and fau'tless
stage manager, he falls Tar short OF the stand
ardbywhich the modern American tragedian
is Panced. He l'aped ia o sudden popu-
laTily as Lou s NJ on his opening night;
next evening he appeared AS Hamlet, aud
dispelled all the high hopes that had been
formed that he would give his audiences
lesson in higher phase of hisuonic art
than theg had yet experienced. Hence
forward his sigr paled nightly, aud even
his famed performances as Matthias, IN Ine
Bells failed 10 establish its Monday night
brilliancy. Socially, he failed to please.
The only pubic reception he attended was
that given uy the Elks CLUB, aud he gave
his hosts such unequivocal proofs thst ne
considered himself bored, that when be
suddenly aud unexpected withdrew from
the club rossi, without taking lie We Of any
body, an electric thrill OF cheerfulness ran
through the K oomy ga herring, and changed
its W hole character In an instant. The Elks
were quite inclined to overlook what they
considered q pardonable eccentricity OF the
great, bat when, next day, Mr., Irving turn-
ed over to them an cid actor friend OF his
with note explaining that the unfortunate
man was In need, and requesting them to
relieve him, the club arose In its wrath and
sent the unfortunate wretch back to the
English tragedian, with request that he
kindly administer to the wants OF his own
pauper friends.
Several times police officers In this city
have tried to shoot down iuPitive thieves,
and instead OF hitting the run8ways, lodged
their bullets in some innocent victim. To-
day witnessed another case OF the kind.
Hickey one Of the Youngest officers on the
police force saw thief running away with
his booty. Hickey ran after aud shouted to
the thief To come TO IA halt. He paid no heed
TO this demand I'D tried 10 gain the interior
OF the Merchants Exchange, when Hickey
fired ut him. lnsleed of hitting the tsief
however, the bullet pierced tho
clerk in the auditors Office, and the real
fugitive made good his csc tpe. Hickey
says he Or ~ shot to retard the light %. the
man he sought to arrest, and that he saw no
one any wherg near mis- line OF lire Blood ~
badly wounded and may lose the us OF his
injured leg. Last week the strange ac.s OF
DR.. Otto g. Meyer were alluded TO in this
letter. Besides oeing guilty of obtaining
jewelry, eic., under false pretense, he Is
now charged with having committed
bigsmy liz was racked II Stevens Point,
Wisconsin, through letters sent HIM
by his sister and detective was sent after
linn to bring him back on charges OF OBJ
taining money under false pretenses. Since
reaching Stevens Point he married young
lady of this CITY, named Kate Griffith, aud
il has transpired that he already had u
wife here although The fact was known
to but very few eople. Miss Griffith is
heiTess to "a very large estate, and her iami-
ly, which is very Influential, will punish
the fugitive doctor, VINO had ALWAYS passed
with them IA a single mau and very de.
sirable husband for the young lady.
The news comes from New ork thst DIR
j. b. Wood, for long time managing
editor OF the 81. Louis Chronicle, iell of Il
pier there into the Hudson river aud land
ing upon the ice sustained injuries which
resulted In death. His short sightedness
was in all probability what cost him his
life. although several persons have walked
of the same pier IN the last few years ana
been drowned His sight began to fail
him before he came west 10 take charge oil
the Chronicle and his eyes were taken
ouk by tie late DR.. Elliott and
a most delicate and successful operation
performed on tsem. When DR.. Wood
called upon DR.. Elliott for his bill he was
told that Robert Bonner had paid 1t: The
bill was 600 DR.. Wood immediately
called upon the editor of the Ledger and
Insisted upon reimbursing him. Mr.. Bon
ner, In reply, instructed him TO write an
account OF the operation for the Ledger,
ana when IL was handed In Mr.. Bonner
placed valuation OF 81, 600 upon It, so that
he doctor was obliged to submit. Over
work, however. impaired his eyes and IN
few years his final ELL ction de-
voloped. When the doctor came
70 81. Louis the Chronicle office
BECAME q Mecca for perambulating jour
nsIists, and 1t Was poor day when At least
ono OF the doc,or's boys did not turn up
nom some where to zee the old gentleman.
He was a. one time president OF the New
Yorr Pres club, and held during his lie
editorial positions on the New York Sun;
Herald. Tribune and Times: 1t vas he and
Amos I Cummings that built up the New.
York Sun. He was known as the greatest
condenser in the world. Mossh'eA'
STATE PRESS.