The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-26
AFFAIRS ABOUT ABILENE,
ALLEGED mURpsReRs ON TRIAL
Movement to Establish CHI rity Hospital
Interest i'm Live Stock Meetings
Indignant Cattle Men-Scri-
GUS Misrepresentation,

ABILENE, Feb. "a Corrsspondence. !
There are great many strangers from
Nolan county and other parts OF west
Texas in the city this week, attracted
by the murder tria ais to be disposed of at
this term of the district court. None OF
the killings were committed in this CITY
or county, and the cases were all
brought here by change OF venue from
further west.
The case of the State VS.. jeff CLAYTON,
charged with the assassination of a
herder at Sweetwater, was called up on
Monday by Judge Kennedy. The court
room was crowded and much interest
was manifested in the selection of "a Jury.
This case was tried once before, but ter
minated in hung jury. Clayton is de-
Tended by Col. w. l.. Crawford, of Dali
las, and Mr.. Cowan, of Sweetwater. The
prosecution will be conducted by Dis
trict Attorney d. G. Hill, assisted by
MIR. Harris, of Colorado City. 1t was
thought that much difficulty would be
encountered in the selection OF
a jury. scarcely any progress
being made the first day. The indica.
tons are that the balance of the term
will be taken up in consideration OF
murder cases.
The philanthropic residents of the city
are discussing the enterprise of erect.
ing hospital in the suburbs tor the ac.
commodation of the needy, who arrive
from the east IN search of employment
ana are taken sick away from home and
trends. me hospital,it is proposed, will
be placed IN charge OF person, who will
be given free rent and other considers
lions Tor his trouble. The large mum
Der OF young men who are constantly
arriving III the city penniless,a and many
OF whom become discouraged and sick
first occasioned discussion of thf
laudablc enterprise. The hospital
Will be plain, but comfortably fitted nm.
and when any one in a helpless condi-
ton gets suck, he will be gwen ticke,
OF admission and be- az once assigned to
quarters until health is restored and he
ls able To combat the world again. The
stronger young men in the city are en-.
c0uraging the project, and many OF
them have declared heir willingness tC
submit To regular tax tor the purpose
Secretary A. II. Atwater, of the Ma.
tional Cattle Growers association, is in
the city TINS week, a guest OF MRinl
Stocking, AT the Texas d. Pacific hotel
MIR. AtWater has come from ST. Louis
to attend series of cattlemeu's.district
associations la this part of the state
The frs meeting he will attend will be
al San Angelo. He will afterwards at
tend the meeting Of the BrazOs aud Col
orado Cattle Growers association at Col.
orado City, and subsequently one al
Toyah.
The cattle men in west Texas are in.
dignant at Il recent article from this city
which appeared in the Galveston News
The article was signed y. a. r., and al
ludes to cattle men as wandering, lazy
Arabs VINO arc destroying the country
with scalaWag stock, and further that
they should be sent to the
nehltentl8ry for cruelty L.
animals, in that they do not work on
farms and furnish food for them during
the winter months. A reply will prob
ably be made TO the article, which is re-
garded as highly slanderous.
The Texas Methodist permitted tn,
city to be grlevously slandored in
letter, written from here by a
certainly little capable Of ob.
serving. The correspondent was here
shortly after the disastrous fire, when
the mail business was done in rickety
old buildings hastily secured for the
purpose, tha prOiusely fitted up post
office building having been burned. The
writer m tie no mention of the fire, and
alluded To the temporary postoflice rs {
sample Of the enterprise of the city
AZ the time the article appeared the
mail business of the city was being
done, rs now, in new and substantial
brick building, made expressly for tn,
purpose, aud supplied with all of the
mOde,- cuuvenences for the prOpeI
aud rapid nsadling of mail, The article
~as reproduced In The local dailies, anC
the general impression H. that The Texas
Methodist should be moro careful II
the future how it attempts to iDiur5 the
stamina aud reputation of city for on,
terprise.