San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-15
DALLAS LETTER.
DALLAS, Texas, May, 10, 1879.

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Daily LIGHT:
The school board and and lawyers of
this place are putting their heads togeth
er 10 interpret the Few school law in re-
gard TO the examining of teachers. 1t had
been given out by. the Dallas school board
that the old teachers who held certiti-
Gates from the local board of examiners
were exempt from future examinations.
The new. law has quite upset" the
teachers fraternity. There is much MUIR
muring among the pedagogues. No one
state Onormal school at Huntsville.
Why shonld they be? Graduates from
that place have applied here for positions.
Graduates from the Sam Houston" have
failed TO pass, before the Dallas board,
while the high school girl got first grade
certificate.
One of the professors wrote to Mr..
Pritchett, the state superintendent for
light on the subject. The reply was, Il
send you copy Of the late school laws,
Kenmore Kirksey and Tilden Thur
mond, IA and Is years of age, had returned
from hunt. Little Jessie Thurmond,
sister of Tilden, was looking out from the
window upstairs, when Kennels gun
went off, the contents going full in the
which she died an hour later. Her
parents, absent in Galveston, were noti--
fed Of the sad event.
Another murderer goes scott free. A
year ago dusky darkey named Frank
Quin. like Cash, became Infatuated at one
Ben Nelson, another one of Afric's sons.
Frank, like Cash, made quick work Of
him. An AK was buried in Ben's brain.
An attempt was made by the aggrieved
husband to end his wife's troubles. Her
wounds healed. Quinn surrendered at
once to the police. bided his time patient
ly, seemingly Indifferent whether he was
acquitted or not.
Fred Botto was drowned in Winn's
lake. He and couple of friends were
fishing when the boat capsized.
p, p. Martinez again figures in the
courts for selling lottery tickets pleads
guilty In 50 leases fined $10and cost in each:
and pleaded not guilty in as many other
cases. This is doubtless the last time for
a good while that the tobacco king will
be up:" the remainder of the cases were
filed under an agreement that he was not
to sell any more tickets under this ad-
minstration. Should he do so, these
cases will be redocketed and tried: If re-
tried he will be refined doubtless.
Sol Richardson, the prosecuted porter.
and suspected thief of the Wells Fargo
treasure box, containing $14 600, has Ian
gui>hed in jail some is months. Twice
be was released but each time re- arrested.
stantial evidence was very strong against
him. Col. Russell, the eloquent, most
made Sol believe he did not steal the
money.
Don't know when that cable line will
be in running order. Things are not rush
ing swiftly to completion.
Hon. John Cochran was made the re-
cipient Of gold headed cane, presented
by the BARRIERS Of this place, as a token of
their appreciation of his efforts in secur-
ing the passage of the law prohibiting the
keeping open of shops on Sunday.
ne many friends of Mr.. Massey Miller
in Dallas bear witness his heart is whole,
not crushed or broken. He says It's
better to love a girl and then not get her,
than never to have loved at ALL" Our
local papers are illustrated with cuts Of
the fair Austin beauty who preferred the
drummer to the Dallas lawyer. Mr.. Mil
Ter is wined and dined and congratulated
on his escape.
Last Friday, at the barbecue at Oak
Cliff. a Mr.. Crawford was robbed of $50
by three men. A number of friends stood
near him. He caught one of the robbers
and called for help, but the great bnrly
fellow escaped. H**