The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-08
TIE s.A.G rgLEGGAM .
no JUuor APPOINTED, As VAT.
A. Austiu she raiis uar Endorse
Judss n.ines Zoe The NacauoY the
TsImtrs' Aiiianoa Have q
iiVsly time 40 Waaa-
ha6hie-Othtr Nows.



O'Clock Tonight 0.om Drummer, q
notorious negro, shot ana severely
wounded another bah negro samsd
james GlONbg. A woman wa
the osus, ofIha tifioulty. Tho shoot
ing was noticed by parties who, with
tho police, are In close pursuit q
Drummer G.ovor's wounds mag
prove iatais
H. splwvF o. su inquiry ~ Suporln-
ttnduuL Baker touching thA night Of
towns 10 assume control 81 IuhlC
schools a.t6r beginning tue scholastic
year, tho HttuT eY-goLUral kninks u
plain tnal tue iaC- tbSt su'h scLO Is
may have entered upon tue new year,
would pres nc Go tho mayor no
grouuds upon which 20 base his TO-
fuhIl tn issue orders.
Tho lana board to-day received nd-
ditionai bids 10 lease 10 sections IN
FiVher, 90 iu Randall, 20 IN Aemphill,
30 In Llpscnnu county,
Cash balance IN tho treasury ONtOuer
Let, SiiS.OO0, including only 81. 800 Tor
general revenue, The comptroller *.
pGcts tho general roNanua will uB
augmented by receipts suiliclsnS tor
cuirJu. expenses ilT several months,
FROM occupation taxes sud ogLor
sources, ThAt luud mas not baen so
low before Tor six years. The dis
bnrsemautS Tor departments were
$4,000; TGceipts, SlsgtuO.
Anderson county assessments rNoW
$s2s,0Oj Increase, anu Taylor $4,000
decrease.
Tao governor has not appointed a
successor 10 judge Wost. A tFio-
gram was rec ivOd asking delay ~
appU.utmous from friends OF judge
Gaines.
Nolow DEVELOPMENTS in tho Vance
Washiugt0n murder.
a State Official, NOW In this city, has
this "a say on the matter OF tho e NJ
muuic aliDn Published in thls morn
ing's HERALD:
"Tnore no foundation for tho chus-
tic Criticism by zone VINO kuows,'
on tho peuitontilry board, aud puO.
lished In your ro-day's issue, tho gist
whereof ~ that they hGvo neglected u
pursue tho STATES rights sgainst tho
bondsnen of II. &. sin & Bro, con.
tractors a. tue Huntsville pentt IL
tiary.
GA last January the State gave
Measrs. IL. &. y i'll * Bro. Xix months
e2ten.iOn of tune ON t1elr mOpthly Ia
Dor bills, Tor ,Es months of December,
1851, and January, February, March,
April and MAY, 1885. Their monthly
labor bills amounted 10 about 5000,
in round figures. The ii'st
OF these notes was due June 10, lSS5,and !
owing TO hsrd times and the diilicUlty |
Of masing sale Of their manuiactu ges,
Messrs. II. q. Sill d Bro. asked of Ihp |
penitontisry board n further extensiou |
of three months ime on their notes !
due the S ate, which favor wRs granite ID |
by our pvuiteutiAry board, they FIRST |
executing 20 me ~ trustee for the bon |
eft OF tho S.gta, u deed o. trust upon |
their machinery and fixtures a. the |
Huntsville p'uiteutisry, amounting !
to$ eco or 81 $40 value; their acc ANTS,
etc., Gu blokE, amounting ~ The Llmo |
to about 81 40: hDrre aud wagon val
ued at ABOUT $50; and degd of tTu /
on $40 acres al lana in McCu och
county, vslued At So per a;re-S720.
Tho deed of trust also included any
future accounts tor goods SOLD bY
them. A. the time these
several daeds Of trust were given, theic
indeD .cdpess " the SEsts amounted il
round figures To- 5000, and the detos
OF trust tAl;ou oyBLuSr was On proper
ty sud scc luu ts Valued 81 about 81 40,
Messrs. IL. g ssh az Bro. have siuce
paid two a. their noes, aggreganng
about 81 0O0, and now only owe ITO
State tour notos. aggrogatinS ph "a
81 600; AMI there is every Issuranc1 %
believe that the q notes VIII be prompt
~ paid as they tail due. III they should
not be, the GJate's interest is amply
guarded and protected. He tur.hur
remarked that he didn't NOW VINO tie
correspondent was, but HIS oommurt-
cation il On Is par with tho great mass
OF newspaper correspond IS, who are
disposed to Witty aud abuse public
officials who are honestly endeay
oripg to di4charge their dnlies
faithfully to The State, by wrltiDg
about things of which they are totally
ignorant. AS far IS the management
OF tho Stato's penitentiaries arc con-
cerred, there is nothing TO conceal
from The public, and the books are
always open to the inspection Of any
citizen OF Che State who d. sires iufcr-
nation on any matter connected with
the management OF the penltentis-
Iies."
do furthermore says: "Messrs II.
@. Still d Bro. sre now paying up thetr
labor bills promptly"