The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-11
AB1LENE NEWS.
MUCH ADO AsouT NOTHING.
ByperCriticsl Young People-FaTmers
Putting In Greater Acreage-New
Papers Started "A Live
Couniy-A Correction.

ABILENE, March 10 Especial, An
other good indication of'the permanent
and growing nature of the boem is that
in addition to the two daily and weekly
papers now being published in
the city another weekly and
another daily paper will be
shortly started. Tho weekly will be
known as the Taylor County News. and
the daily as the Abilene Daily Phono-
graph. Both of the new papers will be
published near the new court-hou and
will be run by separate firms. Negotia-
tons are now in progress and it is pos
sible that Col. l.. j. DuPre an eminent
journalist new OF Washington, d. g.,
but formerly well known in Texas, will
be persuaded to assist in the publication
OF the new dslly. The projectors OF the
new papers are much encouraged by
the substantial men of the city and
vicinity, anG will have features
for the purpose of advertising
the country never before attempted
by the west Texas press. Both will
pay much attention to farming matters.
The religious and literary circles of
the city are mach exercised over re-
marks made by the Rev. DR.. l.. Lantz,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
charch,south, in his sermon last Sunday.
The pastor preached 4 sermon in which
Hamau, the prime minister OF an an
Gent Asiatic kingdom, in which the
Jews were held captive and prOmi-
nent biblical character, was brought out
as an exponent of vanity and wicked
ness GENERALLY. Hannah was handled
without gloves for many minutes, ana
was finally violently characterized as a
dude who went about with his hair
parted in the middle, and with
cane in his hands. The pastor was
evidently preaching for tho benefit of
the giddy young members o his congre-
CATION, and when he concluded his re
marks about Haman, tho dude, he
thought it would be eminently proper
to pay his respects to female dudes. But
here he was worried. he did not
seem to be particularly well
posted in the newspaper literature
of the DAY, and insisted that female
dudes must be dudessos, when it Is well
known that the females OF the weaker
specimens Of humanity are popularity
accepted to be dudines. Several of the
younger members OF the congregation
desired to cali the pastor attention to
his mistake, but did not, and he
continued to handle the inter
esting subject in "a highly
humorous and entertaining manner
lhc Sol tlAOAl 10 MUM ldlhNu Ol anu mas
caused renewal of the discussion of
tho dude subject in the city, and the
young people especially are supplied
with endless CONVEX satiGnal target.
Farmers coming into the city say
there will be five times as
much land placed under cult.
vaiion in Taylor county this year than
IN any other year since the organiza-
tion Of the county. Thousands OF acres
are daily being plowed and planted and
new houses are dotting the heretofore
uninhabited byways.
In the last Sunday issue of the HER.
AID it was stcted that the aase Of
Charles White, of Waco, VS.. w. G. Mar
tin, OF this city, for $4,000 damages for
breach of contract in sale OF cattle
was decided in favor of tho plaintiff.
This is mistake and docs an injustice
to the defendant aud deiendaut's attor-
neys, Messrs. SpOonts IL Legett. The
case was decided in favor of Mr.. Martin