The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-15

the snEKP nusDANpRY.

"a
years. Sheep are Ia tins cond,tion ann
wool IL brirgtng good price, with a
gradual upward tendency. There haq
been no time IN the past ,thres yesrs
waen the outlook tor shsepmen yas
so bright lcoiorado Clinaer.
DhNroN 5 TRAGEDY
Denton u u local option town. AMI
our local option sGhsrents telt us thSt
the law Is working ike charn. Vet
the terrible Tragedy Of las. Saturday
night was eau cd by whisky. When
the whisky Was drank il would, peT-
haps, be hard 10 flud out; but, accord
ing to our local opsiOn ineDds, we SUP.
pose we probably ought to conclude
local option went into operatlen. and
that, like hydr pbohio, il sometimes
takes two OF three months for ihs eli
feet OF the whisky to show ITSELF
[Depto. Cnfonicle.
BARRooAs AND NEWSPAPERS,
A glass % WHISKY Selis for "A dime
and is drank IN q moment. Itfiro,
the brain ana daranges aud weaksns
the physical ~ stem. Ga the table
lies nov spsrer, lt ia covered win
hslt million lettsss; it brings intelH-
genes lrom tho four quarters OF tbs
globe. The newspaper co, S half ,hs
price o. the glass CT GcOg; but it is
none the Tess true That there is
large number OF people who think
whisky cheap and newspapers dear.
~ Renrietta Independent.
ISAE DALLAS AND NoRrRwEsTERN
RAILROAD.
y III tho Dallas q NorJhwestarn rail-
foad desire To CONTROL thu traffic of tina
adjoining Indian Territory they will
not cut through by Deceturand Jacks
boro TO Sey mour, but will oxtend
theirliae through Montague county,
intsrsectiug Jho Fort Worth d. Denver
City somewhere between Bowie and
Henrietta, By running tne road TO
Decatur DAila, cs1not expect 70 SO.
cure the trade OF Monisgue o0uaty,uor
OF other com lea west ut Wise, from
the tscc that Fort Worth will be nearer
than DAiIes 6na irejghts consequently
cheapel, ii Dallas controls the build
1ng OF the road She win traverse The
territory most conducive to her inter
ests, sud th.a being tho case, Mon
tague county ueed not DO uueaav.-
[TeSas Northwest.
AN UNPOPULAR MOVEMENT.
An mpar il review OF the results,
noW ihet tho greai ques ion has been
on tflFi' "a At wore, leads us to con.
ciude thar, - Tar ~ beiag popular
movement, tho present temperauce
question in VeXIe is not a success, and
its proprieiors viii nave 10 beautifully
spriukIe Vt with gun osmphor, care
Tuiiy fold 1t up ana gently lay i5 upon
the sheii, III IN paNonce possess lh9ir
soul uhtli more oppoftune moment
affiVe9. Ihe agitation has, however,
oeen fruitful Of much good in more
ways than one. it his, 10 copsidera-
BILE extent, brought tl the SUFFICE fha
Leaders of our Slato politics and forced
them to opslly commit themselves on
the question, ard thus the friends OF
temperance will know thor foes as
Won rs tAeir trionds, aud in their sec
Onu epgagem6nc be better prepared
Ior tho conflict. That prohibition ia a
most commondabls measure, ia beyond
argument, and wers no other good 10
De resultant from the cBnG agitation,
IL VIII ~ logsE show to the people be-
yond the conuaes OF oar territory thai
temperance here, IS elewhere, has mn
holders worthy Of It's steel Midi
THAN Times
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION.
1ho Is ptsg Sl4tc Convention Of
Texas held itS &uuuej meeting AZ Ism
pasas, Texas, last week, beginning on
October 5 a large delegation was
present, and business OF much i'm
portanoe 60 he Communication a. large
transacted. RESOLUTIONS were pnseed
IaVoriuE the consolidation Of tho Two
Baptlst Universities OF rexss, and all
the general bodies into Ona body, a
spirit OF Cbr.atiSa l'vs pervafec ali
tho proceedings, aud the repofts
showed tho work OF tho past year to
be lar in advance Of that of
any preceding year, DR.. L. Nj.
Law, OF Bryan, was elected president
Tor tha ensuing wear, a resolution
was unanimously passed favoring
local option and tho support OF tom
represents over 5000 Bsptists was a
unit ~ favor of tho ttmperaucs move.
over slSOO0 were raised ga basis OF
Tho home and foreign missionary
operations Of The convention for he
incoming year. The body Will meet sc
SonZales next Ocsuber. The people of
Lamp1saa, though Wrastliag with
denguo fever, ola n0b.y IN enJettaia-
ing the convention, and delegates and
visitors lett wish pleasant r6c0llec-
tons OF the kind people Of that city.
iho STATE convention ~ composed Of
some OF tho ahie't digiues Ia Texas,
sucn So DR.. Spiuidiog, of Galveston,
Or. Ahdlows, OF Baylor, DIS. Link,
Popo and Howard, u Austin, DR..
Breaker, OF Houston, and others OF
equal note Limestone Nav Era,
THE DOLLAR or OUR DADDIEs,
mo veluo Of silver aud gold - ef.
feeted by tue Laws of srpplv and de-
mendi rs Is that of the ordinary ar
lclos otcomnerCe. Tho government
might jast Gs well change tho stan
darius ui measure to suit The varying
price of commodities as 30 Increase or
diminish the amount ofs'lv6r Ia a Dbl
lar 10 make u correspond 10 value "a
god While the decentralization Of
silver low European pntiOus, together
WIN the hostility OF money kings I'm
TINS country, has eau od aItduJtiNn iu
the value OF ulvef, tbs re-egtablish-
nent OF FREQ COINAGE IN tho miuts OF
Lhose countries would Cause silver 10
reRoin It's former, value. Money
rs pus q measure OF vGlues, aud
notwitkatlrd dug tho declarations
OF oond.holders Hnd Other
capitalists that = silver dollar Is worth
only Al ccntr, the laiorer eau buy 90
much bread and NEST for live Nilver
uoliarsa he can for 1--WE In gold. Do.
mono'ize silver sud you increase the
Yalu9 at gold, thus putting thousands
OF dollars into The pockets of thn rich
py q dmpla act OF legislation, while
you increase tho burdens Of the poor
py taking away thor chief circulating
medium. Whatever objections may
90 urged againtt silver as q currency
1.s oemonousAtion VIII 10 doubt be 8
uenlh blow To the party that inaugur'
a.es ~ we can't give mp "tho dollar
OF our Observation-Disclosures Eater
prise.