San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-01
DALLAS LETTER.
From our Special Correspondent

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others as we'll, except the fortunate
few, who are favored by this last
arrangement, fail to see. Why
teaching in the Dallas schools
should so enhance the val
ne of a teacher, over eX-
perienced gained elsewhere is
beyond the comprehension of
the most enlightened. No matter
if you have taught dozen years
elsewhere, and however great
your reputation, you can not COM
mand the salary of the teacher
who has taught six years in the
Dallas school. By this arrange
ment the public schools will lose
some of her best teachers another
year.
In the public school course it
takes the pupil 8 months hard
study, attending school all day to
make one grade, yet many pupils to
make a grade attend a sum-
mer school of a few weeks, which
is taught only half a day, yet the
pupil makes a grade that it takes
whole term of nine months regu-
lar attendance to attain in the pub
lie schools that are taught by the
same teachers.
One of the best school superin-
tendents the schools ever had OBJ
jected very strenuously to this
short term summer work, Cram
ming, that enables pupils who can
pay the tuition charged to be pro-
NOTED by overworked (?) teachers
while others who cannot afford to
must plod on another whole year
at school before he is promoted to
the grade that his class-mate has
acquired by attending half day
school of a few weeks in the heat of
summer when everything is against
study.
The schools close next Friday,
turning out eighteen graduates,
one being from the colored school.
The enrolment of pupils for this
term has been in excess of all
former years.
While enjoying a ride on a
"merry-go-round," at picnic at
kaufman, Mrs. Fahler, of this
city, had the misfortune to break
her leg. Her suffering was very
great, until she could reach her
home in East Dallas.
1t is said Dallas real estate is adj
vancing, and town lots are once
more commanding fancy prices.
Merchants are all doing a good
business for this season Of the year.
The Harvey continues to ply be-
tween Dallas and the dam at Nc
Comas' Bluff. When she fails to
secure a cargo of human freight
she makes the trip carrying logs.
Every afternoon the sightseers go
to the Commerce street wharf and
watch for her coming.
John G. Davis, who was addicted
to cocaine, died in the city hospital
last Saturday, from the effects Of
the drug and strong drink.
Dick Newton, an ice dealer ad-
dicted to strong drink, went to a
specialist to be treated. While in
the doctors office in the second
story of the building he declined
to take the treatment, and to es-
cape made a leap for the pave
ment, which he reached safe and
sound.
Williams, the wife murderer,
says he will decline to avail him
self of the insanity dodge to escape
the gallows; that it is his only
plea that can be brought to bear in
his behalf.
George Washington Armstrong,
of whose death mention was made
in the LIGHT, has two half brothers
living in Dallas, Messrs. Winters
and Fox Daniels, one of
whom went to San Antonio to
attend the brothers funeral.
A man giving his rame as w.
G. Mccoy, was arrested yesterday
just as he was emerging from
Taber Bros. jewelry store, where,
he had tried to dispose of his grip
of jewelry. The jewelry found in
his possession corresponds with
the list of articles stolen from a
jeweler at Fordyce, Ark. This list
was at police headquarters and
suspicion was at once fixed upon |
this man. One jeweler says it is
easily worth between $500 and |
$4,000.
After his incarceration he sent |
a telegram to his daughter, Mrs.
j. Langsford, Eagle Mills, Ark,
stating he was locked up for hav-
ing in his possession some goods
seolen from +. p. Smith, at For
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