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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

Dakota wants to secede. Couldn't she
get Nevada into the same notion? 1t
would be so nice to swap them off for Il
cord or two of wood this cold weather.
Coleman Voice.
Well, let's see! There's Reagan, Sui
Ross, Gibbs, Fulton, Crawford, all to
choose from, and the free grass men yet
to hear from. Out of that assortment
we ought to be able to get governors
Tor some years to come Limestone
New Era.
Suppose the silver dollar was to be in
creased to 40 grains of silver, how long
would il be before it would have TO be
increased to $50, and how long before it
would be as big as cart wheel. Let
the silver dollar alone, and give us a
dual standard OF value.-l Laredo Times.
San Antonio has three daily papers
and three municipal tickets in the field.
After while, when they have more pa
pers they'll have more political parties.
The San Antonio editor that can't head
party, is looked upon by the residents
as poor ioax."-[ Laredo Times.
The destruction of grass by fire fur
nishes material for more suits against
Texas railroads than all other agencies.
II railroads would use more caution and
less bulldozing there would not be SO
many judgments rendered against
them.- Texas Northwest.
Recently over forty bored wells have
been sunk In Howard and Martin coun.
ties, demo nstrating that water in great
abundance can be had. THIS makes
the great plains more desirable as graz
ing grounIs than the river counties
which are always overcrowded.-
lStephenville Empire.
1t has been proposed that the Texa.
legislature adjourn and attend the in
auguration OF President-elect Cleve
land. There would be no serious oh
lection to such a course, provided they
bear their own expenses. The peopl,
would not submit quietly to such a pro
cedure.- Hico Reporter,
The Baltimore Il Ohio Telegraph com
pany now has 10000 miles of wire, oye
hall of which was huilt last year. A no
cent dispatch from New York SAYS th,
bond. holders OF the company have or
dered foreclosure proceedings, because
the interest due on first mortgage bond
due last week, was defaulted upon
What effect this will nave on the pro
gress of the company's work is no
known.-lWaco Day.
Railroad legislation has impeded rail
way building In Texas TO TAR create
degree than many persons suppose
The peculiar situation of Texas render
railways the only means of cOmmunica
ton, and the more railways we have tn
greater the facilities and the greater tn
competition. Competition Is the lite O
trade and II applies as well To railroad
as to any other branch of business
Brenham Banner.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

THE failures reported by Dun 81 Co.
for the past week arc thirty-seven less
than for the week previous, and this
time include the middle states. Hitherto
only the southern states have been re-
ferred to, and whilst in number they
would be naturally large in new and
frontier country, it must be remembered
that the late failures of such firms as
Cisco 81 Co., bankers, of New York,
largely connected with southern points
(Cisco, city in Texas, named after
them), as well as that of OLIVER Bros.
u PHILLIPS, of Pittsburg, involve, in
the two bankruptcies, more than the
entire delinquency of the south would
show up in years. The amount in
yolved in failures is much more to be
considered than the number of small
fry delinquents. The CIscos were
largely interested in the Houston &
Texas Central, and carrying so much of
that interest pressed them to the earth.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17
THE FlsHBAck AMENDMENT.

1t is with unfeigned pleasure the
HERALD sees that the FIsHBACK amend
ment in .arkansa as has been finally and
conclusively ratified. 1t was the act of
people who were bold enough to say
that they would not stand the imposi-
ton put upon them by scalawags, and
known to the parties who accepted the
state indebtedness as a fraud, at the
time of its preparation. A debt of a
few hundred thousand dollars was mag
nified into an obligation Of millions, and
the delightful Arkansas aristocracy of
scoundrelism simply divided out
the bonds among themselves. The
FIsHBACK amendment has been finally
pushed through into the form
Of organic law, and there is but little
chance of the question being again agi-
tated. The people of Arkansas should
be grateful to Mr.. FIsHBACK for his
able and persistent efforts to destroy
this cancerOus ulcer upon their body
polite. MIR. FIsHBACK has been spoken
of as senator from the state to succeed
WALKER, and ii would appear that AR
kansas could do no more gacetul an ac
than to give the position to the author
and brave advocate of the very impor
tant amendment MIR. FIsHBACK wa
an old line Wing, a union man whC
took no part in the war, but has been {
Democrat for many years and an hon
est one.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17
The Narrow ,,uare Oa., Decided.

TOLEDO, o., Jan. l2.-Judge Baxter's
decision in the Toledo, Cincinnati and
St. Louis-Michigan Central case was
made known to-day. 1t iorbids dis
elimination against the former by the
latter, and emphatically says tho court
will compel respect for its orders. Re-
ceiver Craig will now obtain new and
more favorable leases of rolling stock
and the Little Giant will come smiling
TO the front again.
A great deal, OF course, will depend
on the liberality OF the construction
given to this decision. At present the
Michigan Central IL not discriminating
against the Narrow Guage In that IL is
receiving no freight from the Wabash
which IL the Narrow Gauges only COM
petitor for the 1T. Louis business ut To-
edo. The Wabash can, however, do
liver It's through freight to the Michi-
gan Central over its Butler Branh to
Detroit. Allowing the Wabash special
rates to Detroit aud charging the Mar
row Guage local tariff ut Toledo would
be virtual discrimination, but wheth
or the decision eau be interpreted to
cover this point is question yet to be
solved. Should II not, the Narrow
Guage Is In NJ bad fix as before
| lGlobe- Democrat
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

MCDONALD, in the cabinet, secures In
diana, so say the wise men, and to us
unprivileged with the gift of directing
events or foretelling them, there is GER
tainly aquarium OF good sense in the
idea. We certainly needed Indiana in
the presidential election, and secre-
tary with patronage from Indiana
might be able to keep her in the ranks
and make doubtful state solid. With
HENDRICKS as vice-president and Nc
DONALD as minister of the interior,
Indiana might be safely counted on as a
Democratic state. Amt it nice to be
calculating how we Democrats will dis
pose OF our patronage With reference to
continued power? The feeling is novel
one, and when it gets down here, Is
rather infnitesimal in it's aliquot
awarded us; nevertheless it is our fight
over the spoils captured from the en-
envy; at least, such is the manner in
which our camp has been often invaded
and its possessions disposed of.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

The queen knows the family well.
Twenty-three years ago she married her
daughter Alice to a grand duke of Hesse,
the cousin of this Prince Battenberg,
ana the marriage proved happy one.
Judging from her letters, Prince Louis,
OF ii Jesse, must have made a good nus
band. But Princess Alice was so near
ly perfection that probably any man
would have been happy with her. Nolh-
ing IN modern biographical literature is
more touching than the letters in which
she describes the privations she had to
endure and the neyer-varying cheer
lulness with which she bore them.
When her mother, the queen, re-
monstrated with her for nursing her
| baby in her delicate health, she wrote {:
You forget, dear mamma. that we have
no COW, and no place to keep one; so
under the circumstances / don't think
1t fair to deprive poor baby of his nat
ural nOurishment.n At the last she
gave her own life for her husband and
children, whom she nursed through the
diphtheria with absolute disregard of
self. When she took the disease, she
knew she would die. She only prayed
to live till the anniversary of her
fathers death; and, sure enough, it was
on that day that Princess Louis closed
! her eyes.
OF the performances OF that worthy
since her death, the less said the better.
IL is to be hoped that his young cousin
| is better behaved. He is going TO marry
an exceedingly agreeable, sensible
young woman. who has been admirably
educated, and is said to have led not
altogether cheerful life with her old
mother. Court gGssips say that the
queen is anything but amiable in the
family circle; her fits OF temper remind
people of her grandfather. She is
greedy, penurious and arbitrary; even
her middle aged sons live in awe
and trembling when they are under
the same roof with her. Some time
ago the story at the London
clubs was that Princess Beatrice had
openly declared that she would not be
an old maid; that II the queen did moi
provide her with husbands she did
for her other daughters-she would look
out for herself On this, Louis of Hess e
who is nearly so, offered to take her as
his third wife, but there was morgana
tic lady in the way, and now this younl
Henry Of Battenberg fills the gap. o
course the British people will have tt
support the new couple. The radicals
will growl, as their won't is. But in til,
end parliament will be good natureC
and will vote the young people enough
to live upon.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

THE Brennan Banner, in speaking of
the attempted assassination of PHELAN
aud the objects of O'DoNovAN Rosa,
says: at is difficult for any sane man
to discover how the destruction of pub
lie buildings in England and the conse-
quent killing of innocent persons can
result in the freedom of Ireland. That
Ireland has been sorely oppressed by
England, no one can deny, but that is
no reason for resorting to such cowardly
acts as the dynamiters have from time
to time attempted. The leaders in the
dynamite business keep out of harms
way and have the work done by weak
minded men who are made to believe
that they are acting the part of martyrs,
while the leaders grow rich on the con-
tributions of men who honestly want
Ireland freed"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17
SATURDAY. JANUARY II. 1885.

THE HERALD, during the sitting of
the legislature, will be delivered in
Austin several hours earlier than are
the papers published in Galveston and
Houston. This announcement is made
because heretofore the trains running
between this city and Austin, when the
Legislature was in session, left Dallas in
the evening and the HERALD did not
reach the Capital City until the morn
ing after publication. The members OF
the Legislature will receive the HERALD
promptly on the day of publication, con-
tanning full Legislative proceedings,
with other interesting state news.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17
jim lEGATE,

The papers are teeming with articles
on the ST. JOHN and GARRISON matter.
This is all very absurd and, to parties
who only know one-half of the story,
is exceedingly stupid. The editors and
public men in all the western states
surrounding Kansas, know jim LEaATE,
He is brainy, shrewd political nego-
tiator and don't set up to be immacu-
late. He Is also diplomatist and,
withal, a capital good fellow. Now,
when any person says land there are
many papers in the mistake) that jim
LEGATE acted in the matter indicated
by his letter, and wrestled with time
and expense without knowing how he
was to be remunerated, he is simply
talking at random and without the
slightest knowledge of Mr.. LEGATE's
character. And yet the writer (whc
knows JEEMs) wouldn't give one of his
little fingers for carload of ST. JOHNS
and CLARKsoNs. JEEMs is not bother.
ing himself about them much, but if he
is toe badly imposed upon, he has q
way of kicking, which, in point of airi
ness and muscularity, is not altogether
dissimilar to that of the mule. 1t may
have been part of the original plot
that JIM should play scape-goat in case
OF abortion. If $50 be it" jim will
roach his back and let it "dunder."
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

In a short while, We are told, Queen
Victoria will marry her last remaining
daughter, Princess Beatrice, TO Prince
Henry of Battenberg Tho lady will DO
~ In April. but the gentleman will not
reach his twenty-seventh birthday un-
al next October. He is said to he u nice
young fellow, n lieutenant In the Prns.
stan army, Ia the crack regiment known
rs the X 'nigshu-aren; of course he has
no money. Ills father II an Austrian
general, "A brother to that grand Duke
of lleSse Darmstadt, who made the ter
rible mistake OF Joining Austria In the
war of 1895 and was punished by Bis
iGarck with the conhscation OF half his
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

Galveston wants deep water. and asks
congress to appropriate S,500,0o0 for
that purpose. The Staked Plains need
water also, and the people out there are
not kicking for "deep water" either.
A few millions of the governn ent's sur
plus cash expended in securing arte-
sian water and planting trees on the
western plains might result very bene-
! try's people than the i'm provement of q
few harbors and tadpole streams
| IStephenville Empire.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

In coming through from FL Paso last
summer on regular passenger train of
the Texas q Pacific there were not five
passengers in the cars until the train
reached Colorado City. There is con-
siderable travel on this end OF the line,
but very little on the west end of the
road. 1t takes the earnings on one-hali
the road to keep up the dead expense OF
the other half. Coming east, the travel
is light all along the line. The trains
going west are generally pretty full OF
passengers as far as Colorado City, but
it should be remembered there is only
one train a day, and this is filed with
immigrants travelling at reduced rates
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

1T was stated few days ago that a
morning paper was soon to be started in
Fort Worth, with ample capital to make
1t equal to other first.class dailies in this
state. If 1t succeeds, the Gazette could
be issued as an evening paper,and while
1t might not equal in interest and
ability of its editorials the San Antonio
Times, Waco Day, the Journal and Age,
of Houston, 1t would twinkle as twi-
light star OF about the seventeenth
maRnitude
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

SINCERELY and hopefully the HERALD
expresses its delight in hearing from
SENATOR GIBBS and one or two others
that the present legislature has started
in with the idea of being practic al and
industrious. 1t is a matter of regret
that the New Orleans exposition will
occupy some of its time, but lot that
be done up quickly and well and then
to work! 1t is astonishing how much
can be done in short time when the
disposition to work is manifested. The
HERALD and the state have great hopes
of the Nineteenth legislature. Its star
has the earmarks OF promptness and
energy.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

THE Houston Journal says: 1--WE
had imagined that we had won our
brevet as an old Texan, but the Dallas
HERALD has cleverly shown us that we
must carry our musket while longer.
There are almost as many sayings an d
proverbs of an inside ring construction
as there are counties in the state. But
we are catching on" Yes, you will
catch on, and don't you forget it, and
after you have got those sayings and
proverbs by heart, you can sing the
changes on them in a pleasant way, and
yet to the discontinue OF others, all the
while maintaining your equanimity as
blandly as a natlve-born Texan.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

1T Is matter of no Importance to
southern Democrats as to which Repub-
lean senator succeeds another from Re-
publican state to Republican senate.
Still IL Is pleasant to see the Radicals
elect their best men, and when such
men as JouN INGALLS,, Of Kansas, are
elected AS their own successors, 1t some
way don't hurt as badly as II an unschol-
nriy and monopolistic Goldfish was
showed under our nose. INGALLS, il
"powerful," western in his tariff ideas,
and after he enters on his third term,
will be the better able to talk independ-
entity.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17
Our Choice,

Quite a number of our exchanges
have already sung pens of victory (O
for various gubernatorial aspirants,
but the early bird that never will catch
the worms Of the Galveston Records
"ascetic," the mayor of the Gulf city.
The intricate "balloon," inflated with
gassy encomiums, born in the agricul-
tural fields of Dallas and labeled "taffy,"
will never find safe Judgment at Aus
tin. Our saltwater neighbor has lost
"barls" of sweetness on the desert
heir, and its champion will slumber in
a political sepulcher marked "un-
knownW
For years north Texas has proven
herself unselfish and filiai to the cause
of Democracy, but in the next contest
she will show herself the power behind
the throne. Her past actions in politi-
cal affairs entities her to say who shall
guide the old ship of state two years
hence, and the roar of battle cannot
drown her stentorian voice.
The man who by his peerless intel
lect and unequalled devotion to the
cause he espouses has won the appel
lttiOn of "Little Giant" is pre-eminent-
ly qualified to hold the keys to the gov
ernor's mansion, and in comparison to
Whoi,l tho hoNelIy ~ bdlNeStoH is DuJ u
drop in the ocean OF Intelligence and
craftsmanship. Honorable, meritori-
Gus and fearless, Olin Wellborn is the
equal, II not the peer, of any man in the
state, and the News hopes to see him
succeed Ireland. True Democracy
calls for like leader, and our represent
tative fills the bill. No man ever sent
to the halls of congress ever made more
rapid advancement to prominence than
he whose tongue of fire denounced in
thunder tones last fall such foes of
honest government as Vandalism, rad
icalism and monopolies. Possessing
popularity as boundless as the Lone Star
state, and record as spotless as the
snow, his nomination would be followed
| by the earthquake voice of victory, and
that $4,000 would suffer no decrease,
| - Midlothian News.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

THE Hubbard City News is pleased to
say "the Dallas HERALD, the leading
journal of North Texas" is correct
when it says "the people of territory
should be allowed to settle their affairs
in their own way" This is in reference
to the organization of the new county OF
Winkler. The Legislature will, no doubt,
consider the matter seriously and will
act judiciously.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

THE Tennessee press is practically
unanimous in urging upon the Iegisla-
ture an appropriation of $4,000 more for
the state in the exposition. 1t Is to be
hoped that Texas will maintain the
leading position she hvs taken at the
great xhib'tion, and that II deemed
necessary she may increase her appro.
priation 20 keep pace with her sister
states IN the great rivalry of sovereign
ties. A few thousand dollars will b,
but paltry consideration compared
with the grand benefit to be derived
from exhibiting the magnitude of oui
resources IN the werld.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

THE cattlemens' convention in Aus.
tin will petition the legislature to fix the
lease price of school lands at 4 cents per
acre. OF course this is what the cattle
mems interests demand, but there is
no doubt that the Legislature will con-
troll the price in the interests of the
school fund, and also to facilitate the
settlement of the country by the man
with the pillow and hoe,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

THE HERALD is in receipt of the Janu-
airy number of KNEAss' Philadelphia
Magazine for the Blind. In the publ.
cation of this magazine Mr.. KNEAss is
doing more for the instruction of the
blind than almost any other gentleman
in the country. 1t is always filled with
choice selections, printed carefully in
raised letters, and furnished at the low
price of $3.50 per annum. No one could
compliment blind friend more highly
or more acceptably than by presenting
such friend with a yearly subscription
TO this magazine.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

THE w AGO Examiner takes the HER
AID to task because compositor made
mistake in spelling the name of one of
the old New York Knickerbockers. But
let the HERALD whisper in your ear,
colonel, that VAN RENSSELAER, is the
way to spell it, and not RANsALEER.
But its all right; you are forgiven.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

THERE is an old English law, adopted
by the District of Columbia, which has
never been repealed, making the pen
atty for swearing or disappearing Dor
ing hole through tho tongue with a
hot iron. If this law were rigidly en-.
forced in Washington, there are not
many members of congress who would
like to show their tongues.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

TWENTY-FIVE years ago EvARTs tried
to defeat Mr.. SEWARD. He has again
come to light for the New York sena-
torship,and perhaps in his octogenarian
amplitude and longevity may construct
himself into senator from New York.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17
SANGER BROS,
CONTIN- Hid
lE:ARING SALE!
Trut will sales of las. -
IN the departments specially advertised
their "S s'O"' oy
READ VERY CAREFULLY
Our Clearing Sale deparmer
advertised upnrates permit
difference bargains wemion great
Ladies' Winter Skirts
Black and White Mixed eppeant Skirts
oc-leuu'drom 7Si al5o 5and$ onelo
trimmed with deep quilted
quilted, at ST. VVe and
re" quality elegantly
trimmed ng,reduce dfronsO
Fine Felt and Fla mel Skin neatly Cloth
S"o FINER quail skirt trimmed with
ity at $3.50 educed$25. the rtisworth f"'
UNFRAMED.

We must close the balance of our winter
stock In the next two weeks, and in order to
do so we make the following astounding offer
all our line French Felt Hats or Bonnets that
have been selling at SO and $3.50, will be sold
at $3.50.
All our fine American Fur Felts that have
been selling at $l7j, 50 and S225, will be sold
at$l.
The next quality that has been sold at
$3.50, will he 75c. Wool Felts at soc.
The above includes our entire stock of I'M
trimmed Felt Hats in all shapes and colors.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

Talk of what can be produced about
Houston. A popular fallacy has pre-
vailed that those rare and expensive
vegetables, celery and cauliAower, could
not be produced here. On one day,
New Years eve, Capt. Whitaker sold,
advantage of being fresh. From his
production of caulilower he is now de-
irving revenue of ~ 80 to SO per day.
There is a fortune in intelligent and
industrious gardening.-H Houston Age.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

THE dispatches indica te that the OH
YER Bros. Il PHILLIPS iron failure will
amount in the way of liability to some
100000 or $5,OOO,OOO. That, with the
Cisco failure, will probably foot up to
nearly $lO,OOO,OOO. Had this occurred In
the south what howl would have as.
sailed the ears of the astounded nation,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

The house committee, by a vote OF
eight to two, has determined to treat
the GRANT retirement back pay pro.
posed relief of GENERAL GRANT in q
different way from that dictated by the
senate. In other words the senate bill
will not pass,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17

tives, and for which so cents piece were
paid. 1t seems if the railroads wanted
hot fires they should endeavor to get
their fuel from the internal regions in
stead Of conniving at theft from holy ed
ificaS