The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-23
MIDLOTHIAN MATTERS.
A GOOD OUTLOOK FOR GRAIN.
observation-disclosures I'm route 10 Dallas aud
the Dark OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Sentiments EndOrgsd- General
Notes and skating Rink.

MIDLOTHIAN, April l0.-lCorespond-
euco. l-Anotber heavy rain today IL
stops cotton planting which has been
progressing finely for the past week.
II Is tho general verdict that small grain
never pIomisod heavier yield. Quite
number of citizens are in Now Or
leans exploring tho mysteries of the eN-
position.
Ofall the papers received at this Of
flee, the HERALD is preeminetly tue
iayorite, and au occasional failure on
its part 10 make its morning visit,
wrings from It's disappointed Hdherent5
uncomfortable anathemas. The route
agent catches shall Columbia" though
he may be an innocent victim.
The two members Of tho Sanctiilca-
ton army, who have been for the past
10 days endeavoring TO enlighten
the benighted, finished their la.
Dor of love last night, and
will make Dallas their next battle
ground. Previous TO their departure,
they told me they were en- route to tho
wilds of Africa, from which l am led
to infer Dallas will not be their per-
manent abode. Their shafts OF com
plant, often seasoned with slang
phrases, are hurled principally at the
hgreat big church humbug," a pet eN-
preston of tho reverend gentlemen,
while those whose clamps are not
trimmed and burning" escape without
calumny. The end Of q 10 days cam
paign rewarded them with no neo-
phytes, and they left fully satisfied that
people here do not appreciate the voice
OF reason.
You are precisely correct, Mr.. Her
AID, when you declare chat Tine MidIo-
. =, 1 y
intend much longer to rest contented
within the narrow confines Of sardine
box. Slowly, but surely, the noX
ious hand of hard times is
unloosing it's iron grip, and beyond the
"mystic vale we can see the cheerful
rays OF prosperity's sur, Ever since the
morning stars sang together, communi-
ties, as well as corporations, have been
cursed by few psrsimonious individu-
ais, whose ideas of liberality do not OK
tend beyond their own corporeal wants,
but am proud to say tho majority of
Midlothian'S citizens arO unseltsh,
whole-souled mon, who delight to keep
step to the inspiring music OF progress
sion's onward march. Well may the
HERALD sound the fire alarm in the ears
of the sleeping citizens of Dallas, for
Fort Worth will meyer allow an oppor-
tuuity to improve her condition go by
without desperate effort to secure the
prize.
village Of Cedar Hill, whose quarter-ot-
a.century existence has tailed
to increase her population was noslng
around town Friday, and Madam Ru-
NOR says he contemplates Lending ms ms
capital and energy to Midlothian. The
cause is perhaps attributable to the
scarcity of money, but since local op-
ton went into effect this town has been
alarmingly dull.
o. II. Parks, Waxahachie's boss grain
merchant, came up this evening IL
search of q lost heart, but If the mourn
full solos waited to my ears from the
the telephone office Sunday evening Is
any criterion, his visit proved worse
than fruitless.
The famous badger, SO long q terror to
the innumerab!e CANNES, has, after an
eventfll career, sucoumbed TO the in
evitable, and his meatleas bones are
now bleaching in the morning sun, a. d
Judge Witherspoon, his friend ard
guardian, refuses to be comforted.
The skating rink craze is
now prosecuting Lbis infant city, ana
dear HERALD we want your sympathy,
Troubles never come single, anu |
ficationists, DR.. Talmage's "boom" to
the contrary, Notwithstanding.
An effort was made here last week to
organize lodge of the Knights OF
Honor, but failed.
The yclept Bob Reeves passed sue
cessfully o chronological examiuation
last week under The tUtolage OF Prot, /.
1. Pond end was pronounced q victim
10 the same malay that troub es Prot.
Works.
While we arc not exactirg nor in
clined To be boastiul. we don't ike to be
called suburb Of Dallas, or any other
place,