The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-31
FOR WORTH LOCAL NEWS
WHY He INTENDS TO REFoRm
Forty-rhrse Prisoners In tho County
Jaii-Tho Fsrt's IndomItabis En-
srgy-A Sunday seiree Nsces-
sitRtes q visit to the Es-
cordgr- Othsr Notes.

wei, you Will look In TIVE Dali
Las HERALD Tomorrow morning,
plljust bet you can find out,r inter-
ruptsd Bony Tucker, OF the police
force.
"Wcll, DON'T put my name in the pa
DER, pleaso" said the mVn behind the
bars
"Wby not?" querried the scribe, who
Is fond OF having reasons for given
state of affairs, though sometimes they
DO ouly a wOmnn's reason.
"Well, you nee, there are some PEG.
pie In this town who knew me when
was y boy growing up, aud would bo
Aorrv for thom to know wRB In jsil."
what are you in there for?" inter-
rogAted the man with tho FAber.
Nothing to speak of. only got n
auckor, and dealt stick faro for him In
an alley. 1t was a fair deal, but the
sucker loss, and no had me arrested for
swlndling."
"Whst do you call stick iarof"
"FhGps when We deal out doors; we
call II stick faro"
ado you dislike being in jAllH"
"Well, no; can't say that | do.
They trest us well. IL Is only the
name OF being In jail that don't like.
Then | don't think You fellows ought
topublisb our names. tits bad enough
without that"
"Exactlv; but you know the object
OF the law in intleting punishment
IL not only to punish the offender, but
also To set an example, whereby othors
may be deferred"
"pll be Rol darned II shall be set
ting any more examples for Fort
Worth" exclaimed the prisoner.
"Why, are YOU going 10 reformH"
"N On, End Im going TO Australia.
too. Just 90 soon es ! got oSt OF here"
"Why 9ro you Eot1g 60 AUSTRALIAN
"Well, you sae they ainit got any
avs agin' gam b INC out there, and /
think ies q better country than this,
ANYHOW H"
"Y 90, they ere all going N reform
When thav yet out, 30 they cav, ~
nroke IN Onioer Tucker. hrhat fellow
IL a big boss down In tho bloody Third.
DO you SEQ these continued he, hold
ing iu old kuile-blade and an old
spring takon out of the instep OF a
shoe, both iod into SAWS. al found
these IN the calabo0so yesterday, late
In tho evening. They made them in
thOrs IL would hot have taken them
very long 20 have sawed out with
these"
This HRws had evidently boon made
By the hand ~ an expert. With such
accurate regularity had the tseth
beon filod, and they were so shsrp they
could nave been desired for any work.
Thus " ls always with those who
break the laws, either OF sod or man,
IL ~ not th9 moral turpitude itself OF
violating them, that they care about.
IL is the fact that tho public will be-
como srquo .nted with the crime, that
constitutes In such mems minds tho
only disgrace attached, and 10 would
seem that tho present libel law OF the
state WAS enacted In harmony with
such ideas, aud TO avoid, N pgsrlble.
giving oiiunte TO those who deserve
nothing under the law.
THE COUNTY JAZZ.
The county jAu has 10 pris1nsra in IL
~ present. rhev arB In thefo FOR
almost overy offence, from murder
down. Such 81 small number ofcrimi-
nalr, though, la 20 largo county A.
this, speaks vol for tho GOOD order OF
mo county aud city and tho morals Of
th9 people.
a GETRosrROr.
DarinP tho past two weeks Fort
Worth hns received two blows that
would have ptrazod any city but ono
= having such iudomitanloeuergy a. her
oitizonp. Happily Tor tho town, both
csusos ot trouble hayO passed away,
anu Gl0 people congratulate them
1 solves that their banks nra o. X, and
| mat iheir morning paper h again on
its feet. 10 may AZ we'll he understood,
| right here, that the people do NOT on
durs0 I'll this senselesa abuse, hv cor
rain parties, Of Dallas and Tir HER
| ALni for business men know, N they
/ Know anything, that Guch n course Is
not oaloul ited 10 build up "a town, or
/ 70 mako strangers come among them.
In Tact, tho worry great difference be
] tween the course OF TIE HERALD
I during the late trouble here, aud that
'n uApofa Iu this city when tnere
'' i'lluru ia DAilts, has been
/ AruuontlY CONN anted upnn In the
city, aivgys eiiciting complimentary
rlmarka about tho former.
A SUNDAY sutHgK.
Lat1 this evening a man known As
Cheap John, who Keeps grocery ~
the corner 81 Grove and Second streets,
aud \, Holllngsworth, had quarrel
about some ice. War was declared,
and waged quite vigorously, greatly b.
| Nue OVERWHELMING OF Ohehp John. Both
parties were arrested, aud they will
have n trial before the recorder To-
morrow morning.
PERSONAL.
General Dabney a. Maury, OF Rich
mono, Va, II In tho city.
Nc. J. W. Booth, a prominent clifton
ol Deos N, has arrived In the city.
Mr.. q. y. White, cattle man OF
Mobeetie, IN m the city.
ARRIVALS Al rHE MANsfoN uoUsR.
A Il Stinson, Jacksboro; J j Me. Sar,
Chicagoi A l. DeMilly, Kansas, Il
Sueed, sunsets j N Coleman, j 4
Barnes, Mckinney; TUT Robertson
Chicagoi n J BsgDy, Rlokdale; DAr
Cary, oityi Mrs HUI, Glen Rnse; w
Adsme, Brentwood; Mis- IIart snr
family, C.oburo; Kirk Levi, Galveston
! N1lney Robertson, Ciebnrpr; w 4
Chandler, Cisco; ] W Booth, Decatur
w Jackson and wife, Now kinway
= u Woodward, VIII Peoples, Bowie
RAph Jcfsrspp, Clarendon, On arlas .
Lewis, Fedetios, Missouri; w J Ter
rpll, Cieburne.