The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-26
THE CENTRAL CT Y.
HIS WORD AS GOOD AS A BOND
How Father Captured His Rscrean,
son-Jin COPYRIGHT Fails to Ma
terialiEe-Uncle Dan Rice and
His Lecturc--Bond Skip
pers brought Back.

WACO, Oct. %. - Special - That
there are some men who are so in
ilexibiy Ihonest they viii not permit
even natural feelings to swerve them
In their sense OF duty was illustrated
this morning, when old George Ster-
ling appeared at the county jan with
his son jim, l6 years old, and deljy.
cred the youth up to the sheriff. Old
George is n farmer and Jim Ia hood.
luni, VINO came TO this city to make a
lVlng. Last summer he stole a fino
golu watch and was arrested, Tho
tathsr ispoor, but his personal pledge.
that he would produce Jim when dis
trict court met, secured boudsmeu and
liberty for the boy. When court met
Jim was nowhere TO be found, His
father quit work and.hunted five DAYS.
traverslng all the country within n
radius of 80 miles of Waco. he found
Jim secreted on cotton plantation
near Reagan, in Falls county. He ar.
rested him, brought him here, rs above
stated, and delivered him up with the
remark: "My word was out TO have
you here and L have kept il, although
you ran away, ard would have made
me break my word. have kept faith
with your bondsmen. Now, will do
fathers part aud hire good LAWYER
Tor you, and sea il | can get Won
cleared" The proof against the boy
is so plain that no must undoubtedly
GET q penitentiary form, unless the old
Iather's integrity moves the hearts of
the Jury, Tor the old man we'll knows
tho hopeless nature of Jim's case.
w r.tt
this morning that Jim Courtright,
wanted with sMcIntyre, in New Mex,
leo, had bought ticket in San An
tonic yesterday for Waco, and arrived
here on the2a. m. north-bound train.
Ii MIR. Courtrlght did so arrive, he mas
preserved his incognito well. and
up to this hour detectives nor officers
! nave had the honor of interyis wing
him. The officers here do not believe
that COPYRIGHT has any very strong
| friends in Waco who would run The
risk OF concealing him. knowing tho
| Orncers want him. lie may have
| CONS, but IT is moro probable he got
OH AZ some out'of-the- way station.
Old Dan Rice, tho clown of our dad
diss, gave his farewell lecture Mt the
Garland opera house tonight. II was
pot-pourri of wit, wisdom and moral
lty, sandwiched with liberal quotations
| from the Scriptures. Old Dan banks
on the Bible, and took occasion to get
| IN some side ticks ut Bob Ingersoll,
who, he says, has plagiarized some of
the most notable sayings of iufidels
and atheists who proceeded him,
Uncle Dan bids adieu to Wac, ara
long. While Mr.. Rice was thus en-
gagged, Mr.. j. ID. Shaw, at Liberal Hall.
was giving his congregation some.
what Mandatory description of Inger-
| soil, whom he met at the recent Lib.
eral congress in Cleveland, Ohio,
Mr.: Shaw also explained the nature
and objects OF the National Secular
Union, then formed, which will de-
mand complete secularization of the
government.
| William Pribble and wife, who were
jointly indicted for aggravated assault
skipped their bond before court met
They were found ut Cisco and brought
back here today. There are a number
OF cases OF this kind, and IL all the
honda that are forfeited shall be col
lectad without fear or favor, tho county
treasury will be replenished TO con-
Siderable extent.
The deugue has its humorous phases
Tar Coke has suceumed 10 Il, and in
tho morning paper an enterprlsinr
| saloon man aGvertises that If "Sena,
tor Coke had used such and such a
brand of whisky, sold at such and
such assloon, no would not DO groan-
Ing with dangue,"
The receipts Of cotton yesterday hy
rail and wagon were ,402 bales, maxi
ing total receipts since September |, Of
70, liz bales. Tho stock on hand to-day
Is 300, OF which about 5000 bales are
ut the two congresses.
AT q church conference of tho First
Baptist congregation to- day, tho snln
OF 80 feet front off tho church lot to a
mercantile firm TO erect large dry
goods house thereon, was ratified.
The trade about paws the church out of
debt.
The average attendance at the city
public school last week was only $40
not more than half What Il should
have been. Hundreds OF children arc
sick with tho dengue.
The movement TO aeitate working,
mon here and organize q lodge Of
knights OF Labor, does not seem 10
materiallze as was anticipated by the
lesdere.
Several stsbles Of very fine horses
from abroad are already here to take
part In the races at tho driving park,
opening on November 10. The entries
OF live stock are also large, In tho
stock show department..
The county clerk issued marriage
licenses TO eight couples last week, aud
the district court divorced two cor.
ples.
There arc several aspirants for tho
office of Justice OF the peace, In Waco
district, TO be appointed next Wednes-
DAY.
Local evangelists held rcligious serv.
icos for tho prisoners in tho jail this
afternoon.
White rock IL being hauled hore by
rail IRON Austin, Tor curblng and