The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-11
NOT SPRINGS HAprENUsss


NOT SPRINGS HAPPENINGS
@~h iinpressionE OF Arksn,as'
efest Health Eesort-A De,nscrat,c
wy WITH Republican Mayor snS nm
AooAy-Aaed Police Judge.
Hor SPRINGS, Oct. S.-lCorrsspon-
seace. Ito native Texian there ara
many peculiar sights in thia navel.
qu@int snd beautiful little City az JIot
springs. Although Texas mas double
the number OF visitors here as all seq
seas OF the year, OF any other State in
tho union, fsw, comparatively, have q
correct idea Of its Magnitude aud i.s
attractions. Instead of being merely a
resort ios invalida, hi some hupposa,
ono willfiod IL city Of some 5000 Don
uiation, thoroughly metropolitan, live
and progressive, the numbsr of yisi-
sorA ggfes@ting 10000 Z yesy, ara
from every nation under tho suu. The
city Is nestled away "a bsautifnl val.
ley, two miles In len sth, between NV,
tPurs O! Tie Ozark noun
talOs' Ihe fbormal springs
ouist IRON the side Of Hot
Springs mountsir sa,ue 1856 feet sbove
the level of the city, Il I'D are The source Tce
OF Hot Springs creek, which flows
through the centre OF tho tnwn. Ths
temperature Of TIT syringe GO In any
varya from 93 to Its degrees, ans dis.
charge 50O,00s ga ems OF water csily.
Inc CITY has had many drawbncks,
! AAe site whore now IL tho main bust
ness portion, until y few years ago. wss
claimed by threa old citizens, sopa-
| faLsty. and I'll vho occupied ground
claimed by thau had 10 pay REM there
,or. Ihey wefB each liwing the Other,
ana ali having tbs Ullted S5atep GOV
efninens FOR tho risht VI title 10 the
ground. Finally Jhn cases wore do
oiuoo IN iavst II tne government, based
| upon Tho t'e5 hat tract OF two miles
square had beeo sol apart by Congress
aa reservation. After TINS decision
q receiver Wa sent here, who collected
hesVy rent for not ouiy the
erounds mr. for improvements placed
thereon by the citizens. After
thls three aited States commission
crs Wero sent here 10 sit as q court.
hear testimony, aGjuhicato claims and
sTard tho right TO purchase the Same
! OF the. government at the appraised
value axet by them This has boon
csrrlod out &nd the GH4Gls this winter
phP their third annu tax mon tLs
property. The cove ,asnt "A its re-.
cent subciyision and salo reserved the
bot Spl lgs mountalH and several
obhsr tracts within tht original reser.
walton, aud has jus a1,apleted the
most eGtensive hospit ! tn Jha country,
an Immense outlay, where u.yalTd
aoldiers and sailors VIII Do cares, for.
Great fires have at tiIGss nearly de-
stroyed tho business portions * the
city, vet, ph,enix-like, sho risas from
tho ashes, aid by the !. attractive power
or her curative waters, -no ne daunt.
lesa enterprise of her in D .blJsnts, all
obstaclea lava been overcome, and to-
day Lot Springs, for the
nunber OF population, stands,
perhapS, without a superior
on the continen. in tho way OF bust
neis, energy, Thrift, and qaaint, novel
tpd rompntie scenery.
inc municipal government IS no
ieesa curiosity u Me than the wsuder.
tui springs. II is claimed THAI the
iowa is E8G ocratic but, owing 20 the
discussions IN the PARTY, a Republican
bolns the ofioe OF mayor ana a genu-
III 1egro the rolicH iud9ship, or re-
cgfder, while otbSr ebony Sons of
Ham are ON the police force. The 70.
oorder, Judge Carr, n lis the Office with
becoming dignity and 70 the general
asusissuDn of tho public. | had The
pleasure ~ this morning of seeing the
"JudgH," As ha ia fauiliarly called,
pfesiun, He MS such r plosslng 81.
pesrt nco th'i tho trargres.or imax-
irot Ae VII rot OF with n sligh6 repri
maud, lrt " astonishing With what
slacrify he uip say 49, 5O"or 40 days.
ea the case may be, and for tho 500
. lnd ollense he generally "p!aya
the linlit," \ majority IN
tho cases coming bgiore him are for
"ropiue" IbG city wisely leyiea
tax OF $50 por yesc or nll .drummOr -
for ho,Uls, oath houses, doc or,, dru.
hiorel, ety., Hrd persons drummins
| without 'anau arc called troopers -
and are tubiec, toa flne OF S25. The
ol'Y thus derives u handsome revenue
and strangers are saved 6 great dosi a
arnoygncu.
Ffom one view 10 IL perhaps fsrtu-
ma sircum.tsnce that negro holds
thia position In this widaly-knOwn
plS'a. Imagine for Opcs tho surprise
OF some Young, stalvsst kepublisan
coming down TO this couutry which Is
"LHld together In bond, OF political
fellowship by crimes, violence and
fraud" anu being compelled, nc bo
Often IL, to appear before "hl homer"
who Ia ~ black ~ the provorhial ace
otspados! To say the least, no viii
rot us the language OF John Sherman
Ia ploaaing for lanience.