San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-12
DALLAS LETTER.
DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 10. 1879.

AaOhNN
ness is picking up. The coal and
wood trade has opened right lively.
The strike on the Trunk road has
caused those who have not procured
their winter supply of wood to become
uneasy, lest the bad weather sets in
before they do, after which the price
per cord will range from five to eight
dollars. Just now 1t is So. rs per cord.
The present rain will be sufficient
to fill the cisterns of those who are
fortunate enough to possess such.
Prof. II. G. Harris, Supt. City
schools. has not made for himself q
very soft bed. After his election,
first thing be tried 10 do, to establish
for himself q reputation was
to let only l6 ont of sc teachers
..pass" at the examination. Out of
this number, Is, only five received
first grade certificates. Many of the
applicants were teachers of many
years experience. He now calls those
who oppose the change in text books
''paid a~gitators." The times Herald
scathingly retorts, he is the paid
agitator -one who draws $500 per
year from the city. The indignation
lucctluk oNCl thO OboiSO ~ eSNe
books was q success. The end Is not
yet.
Dallas is quite worked up over the
advance OF so per cent charged by
Insurance companies doing business
in the city. The solid business men
of the place now propose to meet this
advance by organising a mutual fire
protective association and insure
among themselves.
Rumor was that q man had
been murdered and thrown
in an abandoned cisfern on Main
street. Every ~ was on the qui
vive for a revelation that would equal
or surpass the CroDin murder.
Imagine the disgust of the curious
crowd when the grab-hooks brought
up the decomposed corpse of a New
foundland dog.
Sol. Richardson, who was thought to
have robbed the Welsh Fargo express
company of their treasure box, brings
suit against the express company for
damage TO his character. Sol. asks
for $4,000, and asks the company to
stand the costs of the suit.
Great sympathy is felt for Mrs.
C%aruthers, who ran the GlenwoOd
hotel, and who was ARRESTED upon the
affidavit of one w. b. Patton, charged
with the authorship of the fire. Patton
is a machine agent, and had boarded
with Mrs. Caruthers a couple of
weeks. After the fire Patton wrote
to Mrs. Caruthers for $50 sent
the note by q friend of his.
She vas indignant, asked the bearer
why he come to her. Patton is in
trouble he replied, and wants to
leave town" 1t is useless to say be
did not get the money. Later it was
found he had filed complaint against
Mrs. Caruthers, but desired his name
with held. for, said he, II may do
the lady an injury"
In the annual report of the chief of
the fire department under the head
of Causes" gives twenty-five fires of
incendiary origin, and twenty-one as
unknown. Yet the court records do
not show a single conviction for ar
son. The total number of fires wer
1893, and according to the report ii
per cent were of incendiary origin.
A cum of money was made up for
G II. Bsllinger who was so badly
burned at the Glenwood fire. His
condition is much improved and it is
thought he will recover. He has
been removed from the city hospital.
A telegram from Fort Worth was
received by chief of police to arrest
| Miss Ella Love. In order to avoid
being sent to a convent, the young
lady left home. At noon, in charge
of q friend of her mother, she returned
to her home.
The Oriental hotel Is receiving its
finishing touches.
Alderman II. J. Murnane and sis
! tiers, have returned from st. Louis,
where they were called by the death
of their father.
as. J. Garfield, Cleveland, Ohio,
war registered at the Grand Central
formerly the Mcleod. Every one
who saw or heard the name was anx'
iOus to get q look at the dead presi-
dents son, till it was heard from Mr.
Garfield's own tongue, II am no pres
ident'a son, 1 am only a plain drum
mer.n F. A. M.