The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-10
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carry on d campaign.- Marlin Ball.
THE GRANT oBsEQUIEs.
If there is anything that the average
American Is dead stuck on, II is
show. The great trouble about the
Grant Obsequies is to prevent the man
agement from turning II into a first
class menagerie. IL will drift in that
direction in spite OF all they can do
IDenison Herald-News.
THE GERM THEORY.
lis unfairly argued against Dallas
beer that the Fort Worth people throw
all manner OF filth into the Trinity
river out OF whose waters the beer is
made, that NIL 1t with the germs OF
disease. This may be true, but it
should be remembered that they put
enough poison into the beer to killall
the germs. When germ once gets a
sniff OF that beer he iast lies down ana
dies Greenville Appeal.
LIVE AND LET LIVE.
The kicking OF the North Texas cat
tie men against the coming to Texas of
the barons expelled from the Arrapa-
hoe reservation is the most fantastic
trick before high heaven ever
prompted by seltishness. The home
DulliOnaires want tho usufruct OF the
public lands, and are just as hostile TO
their occupation by oChor cattle men
as by Tho men with hoes. olive and
let live" is passage that does not
occur in their catechism. - Laredo
Times.
TOO MUCH DEAD WEIGHT.
The HERALD shoots scatter gun
loaded with tstfy at the State officials.
1t takes III the whole batch, including
Swain, Walshand TempletUn.- Waco
Examiner.
TO carry Swain, Walsh, TempletOn and
Indiana stone Is entirely too much dead
weight for The HERALD In its contest
with the Galveston News. The HER
AID will never win the favor OF the
people 10y trying TO hide che wrongs OF
men in high positions. The manag-
ing editor must not neglect the waste
basket Graham Lesder.
BETTER THAN POLITICS.
But five months have elapsed since
the new administration took charge of
the affairs OF the State, yet during the
last two, we have been in all the noise
OF gubernatOrial campaign. If peO-
plo would go to turning their stubble
lands under; begin To make arrange
ments tor next years. cotton crop;
discuss means of getting ahead Of the
"careless worm" next year, and wait
for political matters to come into sea-
son, no doubt the government would
be as good, and we would have CONVEX
sational themes as well.-[ Forney Cen
fury.
AGRICULTURAL,
The success OF agriculture Is the
token OF prosperity and a sure Sign of
further life Tor the land, while dry
year, bad year, mysteries in the
home FOLKS, "lailiu' crops" give owl
dence Of "slack businessn in all calls
and professions. But with the LOOM
ing, booming, big bonanza prospects
ahead what farmer Is there who can
not take his county paper and write
for it as well? That Is the way to
make your papers interesting and be-
come Interested yOurselves,-IM erI-
dian Times.
OUR RAPID DEVELOPMENT.
III is W ndertul now fast this country
is developing. The old conservative
Texan can not reglizJ the situation.
DO looks with amaZem6nt ~ the
changes ". ought in so short time.
lie Chances over scope of western
country, which three or four ears ago
was a solitude, and considered even
worthless TO no stock men. The same
country now boasts OF Untold wealth
ana tsVuSanos 81 prosperous people,
win their hCluuI houses, churches,
opera houses and other evidences oil
civilization and refinement, and yet
the work has just begun Midland
Staked PlEin.
sEAPoRIs FOR TENAs.
Msi1r Mansfield asks for 100000 for
the improvement OF Arkansas Pass, and
every member OF tho Texas dolega-
ton IN Congress and the press Of the
State should unto to secure it for him,
as at that noint lies the main hope Tor
securing q deep water h2rb1r Tor
Texas. Major M0nsiield still takes
issue with this people OF Galveston,
asGiug $3.50, 600 Tor continuing tho work
~ Llat place, though the News and the
Galveston people nave declared that
it would bo throwing money away 70
expend II in that manner. The Elk
press docs not propose to take issue
with eithbr Mansfield or tho GslVostO-
mans In connection with the matter,
its chief interest being confined to 30
curing good harbOr for Texas, most
conveniently located for tho commerce
of the state, and therefore it will uo-
vote its energies 20 booming Arkansas
Pass.-lSan Antonio Express.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
The recent charges and insinuations
of the aged and venerable editor OF the
Clarksville Standard that undue intlu-
ences off financial character had been
brought TO bear upon tho newspaper
men of Austin, especially the cores
pondents OF the outside journals, by
the Chicago syndicate, might have
driited harmlessly by but Tor three
column article In Tuesdays Post. The
writer, tho Austin correspondent of
that paper, brings out some interest
ing points, One 10 communication,
under date OF 80 instant, from Colonel
A. @. BabcOCk, agent of tho syndicate
here, denying that Gny arrangement
whatever had been made with any
party or parties for the purposes rs
serted by the Sopmagonariau ClarRs-
vile editor. To an Intelligent man,
acquainted with either Colonel Bah
COCK, Colonel Aoner Taylor, or the his
tory OF The Indiana limestone oonJrO-
versy, tho d0nia! of Colonel BAbcOck
is entirely superiluOu5 aud unusc-
essary,- Austin Statesman.
GALvEsroS's DECADENCE.
The deoadeuce of Galveston is one
of the depressing themes OF the day.
In spite OF nur wealth, lchabOd seems
to be written against her-her glory is
departing. All this might have been
arrested by the acceptance on part Of
her own railroad of membership In o
great combination Of railroad lterost
The citizens Of Galveston must be
filed with CONSERVATION Mt this refusal
by their chief business factor TO enter
upon arrangement which would have
greatly conduCod to the prosperity
of tho city. Houston would
have been benefited moaSur-
ably tho establishment OF the
pool, though not in the Same
proportion as Galveston. Had the pool
been formed the bright days OF 'S0-Sl
would have ooen reproduced again
and flush times would have been the
result OF Houstou's handling some
thing like a half million bales. The
railroad men have dispersed in dis
gust, and IL Is predetermined whether
so fair chance Of simplifying the
carrying trade and benehtting tho
State will 10 offered again. Galveston
has driven ANAL in its own coffin. But
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