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WEEKLY HERALD
I'LULISIIKU KVMI1 MllllhU II V
JOHN W. SWINDELLS
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HiiIwctI)IIiiii per milium In lulviuiw.
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AliVKU'l'IsINd lliic imrti (li-n limn of
tlilMUu I v 81 .'ill ir tin-first mill TAi'i'tils
tnriMii'li iiiIcIIIIimiiiI Iiiki'IIIiiii.
vs-ouri'lnti-in- fnriiiiniiiiiii'lnu a raiullhiti'
for any iilllei'lSr payable Inviirhilily when
lIUMiiinnniiiiMni'iil is iiiwrliil.
AGB NTOl
MiTHr. itlehiircl II. (Irlnln Aclv.illjlim
Aiient No. -I Snulh htii'i l Hiilllmnrf Md.i
H. SI. l'eltciwill ".. '"'"k H". '.''
Y'irli nml .Miwrn. ''' Wetlierlll A I o. No.
tm; rliesiiiul stivel l'lilhehll-hiii "inly
nuly iiiit-luirlxi-il .nlriii;! for "'I vert I""'-
Iiii'iitM fur ilisi'illmi III Km DALIjAM llr.lt-
AI.H at mil' lowest liili .
il-.lesrs. Dnslilcll A- Waters Blinkers
Killltlnull lire iiUTlliirixtu im-iu "i .
lll'.KAI.li III Kniifiiiiin Miiinly.
-r..M.Hmllli Km ut Lewlsvllle Ili'iiton
COlllllV l niuiulhml.cl lucent for till" HAL-
LA HKHAI.lMinil lilinii'y pnlil t' lillll nil
ourneucuuitwlll iM'iluly iirknowlwlijiil liyiiH.
THE .M.tlOK'i'H LAKT t'ABKWIXI..
In tlie Itny of Crcmnlloii.
(John Punt In Harper's Mnnuzlne for June
Then tliu iiii;ht woru on nnU we know the
worst
Thin Hie nml oflt wuh nluli;
Three iloi'toi-H tney lmil from the very first
And whul coulil olio do hut die?
"Oh Wllllum" slm cried "strew no bios
SOIIIHOf Npi'llllt
Fiirthe"iii 'iippnnitiis"inli;lit rust;
But siiy that u hiinilful of slmviiiijs you II
orinii
And linger to mu 1110 eomhust.
'Oh promise ine love by the lliv-hole you'll
wuli'h
Anil when niourneiK nml stokers conveno
You will mi- Unit lln-y lliilil me some solemn
slow iiutteh
And wain them mmiust kerosene.
"It would ehoer me to know cru these rudo
breezes wait
My tssellees far to the pole
Thut one whom I love will look to the
drnuijlit
And have u fond eye on Hie eo:il.
"Then promise me 1ovu"-hiiiI her voice
fainter Krew
"While this body of mine calellles
You will stand Just us neur us you eun to the
Hue
And gazo while my Bases nrlse.
"ForTlionipson-Hlr Jlenry lias found out
way
(Of his 'process' vou have surely heard tell)
And you hum like ft parlor match gently
away
Nor even oll'end hy a smell.
"Ho none of the dainty need snlfTln disdain
When my carbon Hunts up to the sky
And I'm sure love you'll never complain
Thotiah an ush should blow In your eye.
f'KtiV promise mc lovo" nnd she mur-
mured low
"When IheualcUlciillon Iso'er
You will sit by my urave In tho twilight glow
I mean by my furnnee door.
"Yes promise me lovo" while the seasons
revolve .
On their noiseless nxles the years
Vou will visit the kiln where you saw me
'resolve'
And leach my pain nshin with tears"
third om;ki:s.sionai.
DISTBICT
CQKVESITIOX.
To the Democracy of the Third Congressional
district of Texas !
A convention of the party composed
of delegates from the organized coun-
ties of Oruysou Collin Eockwnli
Kuufmau Dallas Kllis Johnson Hill
Hood Erath Eastland Palo Pinto
Parker Tarrant Denton Yise Jack
Young Cook Montague and Clay is
called to assemble ut the city of Fort
Worth Tarrant cjunty Texas on
"IVecluesdny July 29 1S74 for -the pur-
v.bsd of unuinafiig a democratic can-
didate for congress from xaid district.
Tho eleven unorganised counties in
the district are not included.
It is respectfully suggested that the
democracy of eaeli justice's precinct
hold primary meetings on Saturday
July 18 1874 ut.'d select delegates to
conventions of their respective coun-
tiesthat each county hold a conven-
tion composed of delegates so selected
as aforesaid at the county sito thereofi
on Saturday July 25 1874 iiiiJ select
delegates to the congressional conven-
tion. It is further suggested thut in the
frontier counties where the population
in soarse. meoiiict meetings be dl-
jiensed with anil primary hiCetings of
the democraoy be new at tneir respec-
tive county sites for the appointment
of delegates to the congressional con-
vention. ' Hhbuld the exeeutlve';coramlttee of
biiv couiitv think It to the interest of
the party to Uesigiiate some other time
for their primary meetings or county
convention they can so direct.
A thorough ovgunijaMon of tjje. de
mocracy in every neignuoruoou
earnestly requested.
JOHN .J oop.
is
Chairman Executive CounitteeTbiril
Copgressiqnal D8tric
We append to the above call for a
comrressional convention a table show'
lmrthe vote to which euch county will
be entitled in the convention on the
usual basis of one vote for every one
hundred votes or fractious of over fifty
east at the iasf etecMop iw thp demp
tl'aUo caudiijate for governor i
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Clnv.............. 77
Colon...
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jvonloii
Kastland (since oi-gaulriHl).
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Kaufman..
VonbiEtie.
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Towl convention yote....
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TEXAN VETI-.RA AKSIHIATIOH.
ArcrlKiuln i'liwsirj'liiBTeleran.
1 (Prom tbe ;Blv-ton Kewf.J
5ffW of the elerans recently met at
Houston tuan will eibap ever s-
ucUJt lc togethe oeuin. Tley came
from every part of the peai state ttiey
founded and established hOt to Hd on
rifiUDStis t) t sek or accept bospl-
ti.tity uortogeta tuWt to the state
i.ir but onco more to ik each other
in the face to clacp huada and freely
and joyously to talk ov.r to each other
tli eventful past the log oabin and
T.xu Jb their V-
SauS? "wTn-affordf honor.
Would
1'exus Uf to-iluvv
The association provided III itS lllst
meeting to obtain u correct and com-
plete liHt of members mid fr ascer-
taining definitely till' hllllieH of ull thu
vctiTiiiiH in I lie Htnli'.
Tho president Colonel Frniik .
Johnson tho vice presidents Cupluin
W. J. Russell und General Waller 1.
I -line tliH recording secretary Mnjor
M. AiiNtiu Jtr.vun Governor K M.
Pease (iencrul J. If. Robertson George
Hancock Jiuiu'H I. I tell Colonel W.
11. J'. Gains mid iS. M. Swisher were
created mi executive eoiumiltce with
authority to transact ull business lor
rim iiMHiudiit inn iliii'ini its recess. The I
secretary wuh instructed to liiinil to
sulci committee all I lie proof for mem- I
btrslilp given to him by the members I
ut the last meeting. The committee I
were directed to examine this proof!
and the proof in the pension bureau of
the comptroller's ouice aim toouiuiii
a list from the laud olllce of thos3 who
received bounty and donation grunts
to lund for military service and being
in Lul tics mid to publish the same for
information and to direct the secre-
tary to record these names as members
of the association.
Tho survivors of "The Old Three
Hundred" and those who served in
the urtny und nuvy prior to October 15
1H3U und those who were entitled to
bounty and donation grants of laud
are styled the "veteran guard of Tex-
as." There was appointed a chairman for
eaeli senatorial district whose duty it
is to appoint mi assist chairman for
eaeli county in the district und organ-
ize thu veterans of the district mill ob-
tain thu iianics of ull the veterans mid
proof for membership of those in his
district (who have nut already furnish-
ed tho same) und to forward it as soon
as practicable but certainly two inout hp
before the next annual meeting to the
executive committee at the city of Aus-
tin. M. S. Mun.son 11. .1. Culdcr E. V.
Tuvlor Krunk White Joel Uoliinson
Klias DeMorce li. (). W. MeMuuiw
Sterling C. Robinson Colonel John S.
1'ord John Henry Brown Dr. (food-
low of Sabine county Joliu 11. Hea-
gun and Walter I'. Lane are examples
of those appointed district chairmen.
The executive committee with as
many of tho chairman of districts as
may attend is required to convene ut
least two days before the next annual
meeting at the place of meeting to
prepare for the business und reception
of the association. It was ulso under-
stood thut the committee would usk for
free transportation and special privi-
leges for the "Veteran Guard" only.
That the railroads and cities should bo
left free to exercise their own discre-
tion as to extending courtesies to the
other classes.
There ore three classes. Tho first
class includes ull soldiers seamen and
citizens who produce proof of service
from the year lsitl to October 15 18.S(i;
the second class between 1830 to No-
vember 0 i887; the third class between
fust day of November 1837 to tho an-
nexation of Texas to the United States.
All soldieis und seamen of the repub-
lic of Texas who were enrolled in
authorised companies or detachments
or who served a tour of duty uguiust
Mexicans or Indians from 18a) upon
annexation uud all citizens whojwero
appointed by tlie government or
elected by tlie people to positions of
trust from 1820 up to the loth of Octo
ber A. JJ. ISoti and prouuee me prooi
thut in good faith they rendered the
service required are entitled to mem-
berslnp in the association.
The proof required ia documentary
evidenoe such a!) discharges or pqiiiy-
aieilts.'bounty or donatiqn grants of
html etc. and statements of facts of
service sworn to hy the interested
party or applicant supported on honor
by two reputable persons who were
with the party in tlie service that the
tacts set tortn are substantially irue.
The ob ect ot the association are set.
fortli in the following extract from the
lii'Ht annual oration delivered u year
since at the organization of tlie associa
tion :
"'ew F.nirlniwl nnd other nol'tioilK Of
our country have organization to cel
ebrate men" eany seuieiueiiiH mm
achievements. And why should not
we? We have met here then that we
may eflect this by organization. We
organize that we may know each other
perpetuate our names and services ami
those of our tytvied goiiipunlopa ' fe
count deeds and event of 'early times
and' keep them and their' actors alive
in miun and inus iiunu luwa uunn w
posterity fresh and green by tradition
until? and storv. from the livina aetow
of those davs. We orrtanhe for' iioi
other and devotion to our great united
state. We desire to deserve tlie good
will respect und approval of all Tex-
ans young as well us old and to culti-
vate the f3el(Uu; (.nut we al e &l Texahs
hayinjj1! coinnlon destiny 'a' common
Intercut nnd ri common object the
nrosiieritv and llllitv of Texas.'
("Woodman spare that tree.' Tnpse
are our holy uYnei auq motives; vj
none asju-rsie ihem.'
Very sincerely we lament t ne
the death a day or two since of J.
Jett. League an able lawyer of Gal
veston uud a- unlive of the city of Bui
tiinore.
The weekly Press a new pRpersfart-
ed at Terrell on the Texas Piiciflq rail:
road rweiity-seVen rfiifes east pfDal
las is a nice aud well conducted pa-
per. We aiie glad to note the prosperity
of our sister town of Cedar Hill six
teen miles from Dallas in the south
west p?.rt of Dallas county. Thp (rood
people there' have under way alna
sonic hall and church and are prepar
ing to build a large flouring mill of
three run of stone?. Cedar Hill Is one
pf the meet epvated. fprtle and dp;
lightful localities in pur beautiful and
fertile county.
The people of this newoougrossional
district are well acquainted with John
J. Good and other gentlemen spoken
of as democratic candidates for con-
gress. We are for peace and harmony
in our party. Judge Good has been a
leading lawyer of Dallas tor twenty-
four years and has never held a politi-
cal office. The people know him and
his past career n political life. He is
our personal anil political friend and
being in ajl things Identified with our
Interests It is needless to say would be
an acceptable candidate to us. We are
more inclined to do battle for theDom-
nee than to urge in advance the claims
frfanrpwn favorite.
men for willioul thrill
DALLAS
OIKi: TO l A I.I.AM t'Ol'KTY
HAT.
The proper authority linn called a
meeting of the democruU In euch jus-
llce's precinct of Dallas county on the
lMth of July to Hond delegates to n
county convention which lust named
body will Hclecl delegates to a congres-
tdonul district convent lou for the noinl-
iiiillon of u eundldute foroongrcss. tor
the liit timo Phue tliu wur euch pre-
. . . ..rii I.
.
I 1 1 II l Cllll in.' v
It deniocriille BtreuKlli which 1h riht.
i nun
proper. We have gone to tlie
trouble of examining the veto for gov
ernor last fall and prepared tlie fol
lowing table giving tlie vote cast for
Governor Coke by election precincts
showing thq totul of each Justice's pre-
cinct und the number of delegates to
which euch will bo entitled in the
county convention:
Justice's precinct No. 1 Dallus (elec-
tion precincts Nos 1 (I 7 and 8)
Coke's vote 801 ; vote in county con-
vention li).
Justice's precinct No. 2 Lancaster
(election precincts Nos. 2 0 and 17)
Coke's vote 31o; vote in county con-
vention 7.
Justice's preeluctNo. 2 Election pre-
cincts Nos. 8 1011 12 Coke's vote
203; vote in county convention 4.
Justice's precinct. No. 4 Election
precincts Nos. 4 13 und 14 Coke's
vote 381; vote in convention 8.
Justice's precinct No. 5 Election
precincts Nos. 5 13 and 15 Coke's vote
21)8; vote iu convention (J.
TO KKCAI'ITlTLAm
The Dallus precinct No. 1 should send
delegates 1(1; No. 2 Lancaster 7; 2o.
3 west side of river and Grapevine 4;
No. 4 Breckinridge and Duck creek 8;
No. 5 Scyeno and Haught's store C.
Total number of county delegates
thlrty-nlno.
We publish to-day the call of John
J. Good as chairman of the democratic
committee lor this congressional dis-
trict for a district convention to as
semble at Kurt Worth on tlie 29th day
of July for the purpose of nominating
a democratic candidate for congress.
The object of the call is legitimate aud
in strict accordance with party usuge
unity of action among men of the
same political faith being the prime
object. The democrats in each justice's
precinct n each comity ore requested
to meet on tiie 18th day of July and se-
lect their proper number of delegates
to a county convention to assemble at
the respective county seats on tlie 2Gth
day of July which county convention
will select tho number of delegates to
which the county may be entitled.
Elsewhere wo give some statistics on
the subject.
The Dallas und Wichita railroad be
ginning at Dallas and running in a di
rect line to Denton forty-five miles
and continuing thence northwest
wardly to the great mineral regions of
northwest Tejas say ouo 'hundred and
twenty-five miles from Dallas may
now be regarded as fairly begun. The
line has beeu located for about two
hundred miles. Grading in earnest is
now under contract for twenty miles
and the work is being commenced.
There is uo reason to doubt tlie early
completion of twenty miles which
will reach the northwest corner and tap
the country havoud the Elm Jbr'k of
Trinity. 'We do'not express the opinion
that the road will progress rapidly be
yond that point for that may be con
tingent on tlie money market but that
It will steadily progress and be the first
line to connect th wfjat pfjVuns via
PitUus with Denver an olorado ter-
ritory there' can bo no reasonable
doubt. At any rute after considerable
delay the enterprise Is alive and will
soon be twenty failles long.
Work on the new court house at
Sherman i to be commenced at once.
Bo says the Register.
The Sherman Courier says that Colo
nel DeMorse ef thp Clarkville fjtaud-
tml bp a candidate for congress in
the second district.
A TEt-KOHAM dated Austin May 2fi
oaya that frieuds of the prisoners re-
cently killed in the Pell county juil
threaten retaliation.
The saw and grist mill of Mr James
P. Dumas lu Grayson county was
totally destroyed by fire on the night
of the 21st instant.
Thb city debt ot New York has in-
creased' "pYCT thirty million dollars
since the overthrow of Twed under
the manipulations of tbe present quasi
reformers.
The editor of the Denton Review
takes a whole column of space to tell
his readers that he got thrown from a
horse anil didu't get killed.
Paptain George Taylor an Eng
lishman by birth and formerly a
priutpr in the Dallas Heralp office
1m now American consul qn the island
pf Mauritius not far from the coast of
Africa enjoying an income of about
five thousand dollars per annum.
Colonel C M. Winklkr while
with us the other day stated be was on
the ground where Dallas now stands
In 1840 a year before any civilized
man lived in this part of Texas. He
had not been here for some sixteen
years and was most agreeably sur-
prised to find a city of our present pro
nortions. surDassinK eveu what the
newspapers bad represented.
At thb present ratio of development
very few years will elaps before u
part of Texas will be fully stocked with
the best breeds of cattle known In tbe
United states. Great strides in this
direction are being made this ysar
with tbe bapplsst results m frr
DALLAS COUNTY.
Unnnt llv. Illillim anil (inlrmlnn
Tothu Killlnrof tlm Piillai H.irnlili
Tlio lute visit of the IhihIiicxh men
mid runitullhts from Kiiiikhs City to
(iulvestoii wili prove of no little ooil
l.i Ih.iIi nf these thriv inr e tics but tin
ed'ects produced hy their etl'orts Is of
viist Iniportnnce to linlliis mid Hit
u linle of tills section of our stule.
IdiiiMis (.'it v Is surrounded by u rich
ngrlculturiil country which produce u
viist mnounl of Riuin nml the cereals
I k ..I I .....I ll.l ..l.li.l.lll
or Miup.iieni ..
I Is iiietcnsiiiK every eur. Iliej ex-
lerience uu I i 111 fill ty in disposing oi
i nt I'ciiiiiiierul vc llitures bntli to tin
actual producer aud tlie iiiccliant tlmt
handles it in bulk. Their late visit to
Gul veston wus to ell'ect arrmiKemt'iits
for tlie quick anil cheap transit lor
their produce to a seaport and as Gal-
veston Is so much sny eight hundred
miles nearer than New ork or any
of the Atlantic seaboard cities they
will as a mutter ot course endeavor to
make the former city their port of exit
as well us their point of entry.
Galveston to-day enjoys u good repu-
tation us a collce maruet but It does
not do tlie business she is capable of
doing by fur. She labors under more
disadvantages In not being able to send
a fair proportion of exchange to Rio
and South American ports to oltset the
amount of trade she brings from these
points for instance if I uin not misin-
formed the uncertainty of vessels be-
ing able to get full cargoes throughout
all seasons of tho year from Galveston
to other ports prevent or drive away a
great many that would come there for
business mid the roundabout way the
vessels thut ply between Galveston
and foreign ports makes the trip still
more uncertain and eonwqiiently rates
are charged in proportion. Vessels
from liio louded Willi coli'ee can get no
return cargo from Galveston ; hence
they take cotton to New York Havre
or Liverpool from Galveston and ut
none of these points they experience
any dilliculty in getting a return cargo
of hour or merchandise for the South
American trade compelling them to
make a kind of tri-iingular trip attend-
ed with doubt hazard and other seri-
ous obstacles. If Galveston was able
to furnish these vessels with a full cur-
go of Hour thereby establishing a di-
rect trade between herself nnd South
America would equalize Itself or throw
Hie linliiiice of exehanire in our favor.
She would then have the immense cof
fee trade from Saint Louis ami tne
west to build herself up into one of tlie
largest coffee importing cities in the
union.
K..firn t.lin late war Richmond V ir-
giuia established a bet ter cotleo market
for tne souin ami souiuwcsi. man mum
be otlered in Baltimore or Philadelphia
or New York and to-day Richmond is
buying wheat and snipping it uy ran
from Ohio Indiana and Iowa to sup-
ply theSotith American trade and why
cannot Galveston do the saioey Mie
Ihih ('0111111:1110- transiiortation to tne
great wheat fields of the west and with
in tliu borders oi' Her own state can
find enough of the staple to commence
the direct traffic and it only requires n
start in the right direction for Galves
ton aud Dallas wnose uiieresis snoum
be identical to increase tho tralHe
from year to year until it reaches tlie
magnitude of immensity. It may be
possible that Galveston has never real-
ized the powers of north Texas for pro-
ducing wheat; it would only bo neces-
sary tor them to realize hy visitingand
examining the wheat growing region
of our state tlie center of wliich is Dal-
las. It will only require a little coopera-
tion on thp part of Galveston and Dal-
las to stir up tho planter to proper
idea of tlie VPudy sales nt their
doora for every bushel of wheat
and at paving prices to induce them
to raise iuore oi this article of trade
aud at the same time to encourage
emigrants to settle In this section not
only thut wheat can be rained but cot-
ton corn oats and nearly everything
that can be raised iu warmer or colder
climate. This cllnuito unl that of
South America; b.0(ug' so much more
alike tha'u the climate of the north
and northwest Hour made from Texus
wheat would be better adopted to the
South American trade than nny other
that could be placed on tho market
und will demand a better price in con-
sequence aud at all times a more
remlv sale.
It tUumd he the duty of every business
man In our midst t huild up Galves-
ton us an importing uud exporting
city ana lu return u snouiu op tue
duty of Gul veston 'fo assist us in
settling our tcomparuiiveiy spraKiiiK;
Idle' lands with good energetic hard-
wnrkiriir nennle. until evcrv acre in our
county he under close cultivation aud
producing something to oiiiik money
nto tne state uuivesuin nun it in uci
power to some extent to snow uer
geuerosity near at home as thousands
that enter her city the former gate to
Texas raafcp enquiries as to the most
BuvanxageoUH sections aim uer i-iur-eua
should not point out only localities
that arp compelled to do their trailing
with QalvsKluu PUt show up me
natural advuntuues of all sections of
our state in their proper light laying
aside feelings ot jealousy und enmity
towards a more uistani out uy mr a
more desirable section. Our Interest
beinir. to a ureat extent. Identical In a
theoretical sense why uot make them
so practically? A.
Major Tot Oohixtheb inibrtnij the
Shermau Courier tliitC thp bll for re-
dlstrictiug the federal court meets With
favor by congressmen and will doubt-
leu puss. The bill provides that the
Houston and Texas Central railroad
shall be the dividing line between the
eastern and western districts with a
branch of tbe court at Tyler one at
Galveston one at Austin and one at
Dalits
Thb Dallas Herald edited by Colo
nel Robert Josselyu a life long demo
crat aud a Texan uf forty years stand-
lug soys t tuis late legislatures "y
a majority of them ignoring the known
will of tbe people in several important
matters and so siting as to insure their
own continuance in olllce they have
fallen short or the amy or good ami
faithful servants. ! ictoria Advocate.
This is a mistake. Captain Robert
Josselyn is now a resident or Austin.
Colonel Jonn Henry Brown is we
learn the editor of tbe Dallas Herald.
He is an old citizen of Texan. Austin
Statesman.
For tbe second time in justice to
Captain Josselyn we will correct the
Victoria Advocate a paper we in part
edited In 1848-47. Captain Josselyn
closed his connection with tbe Dallas
Hebaxd in tbe fall of 1873 and bas
since resided in Austin. Since Octo-
ber 1873 John Henry Brown under a
temporary arrangement bas been edit
ing tbe political department of tbe
pgytrji without any connection with
be local columns.
TKXAS SATURDAY
Tim nclmii Horror The I'nrMeulnr.
lltouiloii T- li'Ki'aph.l
Mr. E. Hcrt.lieig u gentleman just
down from Helton uud who U well
acquainted with Iheutliilrs of t hat sec-
tion and the clrctiiiiHtaii.'cs of the lute
wholesale killing of the prisoners con-
fined in tlie Helton juil has lavnivd the
Telegraph by dctulliliglo us tlie follow-
ing particillms. Ifesnysllialthecotiiit.V
of itcll lias tor a long time Is'i'ii in-
fested with a nest :if horse thieves who
have plyed I heir pernicious u vocations
diligent'ly to the great loss anil exces-
sive annoyance ol' the law abiding mnl
orderly part of thut community. So
ureal had been the inroads made by
these knights of the lariat upon the
patience ol the people that the latter
were ripe to try conclusions with them
whenever an opportunity otlered
which presented Itself lu this wise.
It appears that a young man named
Aeruo not luiro. was splitting rails for
a farmer near Helton und on thu l.'ltli
or April last while thus engaged a
couple of men rode up and asked liini
what he was getting for ills work. Af-
ter telling tlieiu one of them remark
ed that they Knew oi a business in
wliich lie might engage that would puy
i in much better ami invited mm to
accompany them to their camp wliich
was about threo miles from the town
of Helton. This lie did uud there wus
informed that this party belonged loa
mud of horse thieves whose opera
tions extended throughout a largo por-
tion of Texas. There were eight per
sons iu this camp to-wit: Old man
McDonald aged (Jo or 70 years ; his son
aud a son-in-law named McEweii ; a
man named Grumbles who killed a
man at Fort Mason ; two daughters of
the older McDonald one of them un-
married and the other tho wife of Mc-
Ewen with her two children.
They initiated the young man Aergo
who is about eighteen or nineteen
years old giving him the signs aud
pass-words ot tne imnu wnicii ne
states to be these: When one ot the
thieves meet a supposed pal he begins
to throw (he end of his lariat in u cir-
cle from right to left; the response
will be a reverse motion ol (lie lariat.
Tlie first knight will then say "All
right:" the response will be "I am
alive yet."
tUter becoming thoroughly posted in
tho ways and purposes of his new
brethren and agreeing to return uud
assist them in a raid upon tho stables
iu the surrounding country which was
then and there planned he left them
and went straightway to tlie neighbors
and imparted all that he had seen um
Heard. A Plan was tneu mane ior tue
arrest of the hand. The settlers got
together and secreted themselves ut a
given pluce where somo horses were
to be taken according to the plot em
tered into with Aergo. Th" latter re-
turned to tho camn und in company
with the McDonald started out upon
the mission wliich endo.i so disas
trously to the robbers.
I he horses Were secured McDonald
being upon one of them when tlie
mine was sprung und thu deadly "halt
and surrender' rang out upon the
nmht air. A score of resolute men
closed around McDonald who ex-
claimed "For God's sake don't kill
me. 1 never stole a horse netore nor
will I ever do so again." He was put
under arrest and honest Aergo ac-
companied by tlie citizen land pro?
ceeded. to tlie robbers' camp. They
surrounded it aud lay in ambush whdo
Aergo ' advanced and aroused tho
thieves who were (lining telling them
that the horses had been secured aud
were then .out on the prairie. He up-
proached Grumbles who wore a splen-
did six-shooter nnd after a little strat-
egy secured the pistol and presenting
it ut tlie breast of. Grumbles ordered
him to surrender. At ' this juncture
tlie party iu ambush advanced. upon
the camp and captured the entire
bund of thieves without resistance.
The thieves' vyertrieil before a Jus-
tic and their bonds fixed hut failing
to get bad they were in Jail in Helton.
Tho McDonalds formerly lived near
Ilrookstou in' Williamson county.
When the jail was being broken into
by the mob who slew them the thieves
supposed it was a rescuing party of
their friends and we-ru dancing' in
great gjpa whpu their executioners ap-
neared before them. They were how
ever defiant to the last and iu west
ern parlance "died ganp"
Mr. Hertzuevif Uisimes io me nign
uoialitv oi the many uood citizens uf
Pell county' 'and tho universal ob-
servance of tbe laws wWch character
izes thein save when organized roo-
berv ana uesperaaoism seem to compel
them to take the law into their own
bauds for protection by a summary
execution of it. Such unhappy occur
ences mark tbe earlv h story of all
settlements mid Texan is but working
out her astuiy iu tue ancient aim ac-
customed way. While we deplore
this occurrence as much as any one
still we expect that Roil county will
tiereUltcr enjoy a greater uieaniuu ui
rejtose uud that belter order will pre
vail turouguoui its uouuuanes uiiiii
for many years past
Terrine Hurricane at Hi. Loul.
A special telegram to the Houston
Telegraph gives the follow particu
lars of a violent Uurri.ca.ue which oc-
purled at St. Louis oh Thursday lust
a brief telegram of which we gave on
Friday morning I
The storm accompanied with rain
and hail burst upon the city suddenly
at half-past one o'clock this evening
and has done great dam aire. The fol
lowing items ot injuries have beeu col-
lected: The chimney of the steamer
Bismarck was blowu down a norUou
of It going into the river. The ball
with tne large cross on top ot toe oiu
cathedral on "Walnut street was blown
to pieces' but lortunateiy uiau't iau
from 'the steeple. The roof of J. L
Thompson's com mission house No. 1
North commercial street was mown
off. and was landed iu the door of
Messrs. 4inuge ueacn x m i store uu
the opposite side of tlie street. Work
' . i i b n .
men were immediately employed to
clear away tbe immense pile or neons.
The rear end of tbe roof of Mr. A.
A mot's old stables -on cuesnut street.
between second and Third streets was
blowu oil and fell in the rear part of
Messrs. Mcllaus A tft'8 wholesale
rrnnerv. on necoua street.
The Bale coming from the north aud
east caught some of the steamers at
the levee wuony unpioiecieu. iiie
Belie Memphis had ber chimneys
blown down which injured ber hurri-
cane deck to some extent; a portion of
them fell on tbe pilot house of the
steamer Emma C Elliott crushing tbe
stern and right wed bouse of tbe John
Kyle and causing other injuries. Tbe
large glass door of Messrs. Vord A
Warner's cigar shop under tbe South-
ern hotel blew shut at the beginning
of tbe storm and smashed glass a quar-
ter of an inch thick a fragment of
which struck a gentleman on tbe right
side of bis bead near tbe ear making
an ugly gash. On tbe west aide of
Fifth street between 01ie and Tine
streets tbe storm's do' f maoe t hi est
JUNE G 1874.
lively; four nwnlng were torn to
slued mid Orolion's bear wus not
only ducked hut soaked through to
! his heart of straw. The gute of the
alley leading to Hen Dc liar's theater
I wus blown down. Dr. t'oyle's Iioiinc
i No. 4111 North Slxtli street was dam-
I aged somewhat.
I Tho tin roof of the St. Louis Widows'
and Orphans' institution comer of
Allen and Tenth streets was blown oil
into the street. A carriage was pass
ing nt the lime which conuiincd two
geiillciiii'ii uud a lady. The routing
liilsNcil (hem by only about live leel.
Five chimneys nl' the home were blown
down. The total loss tollie institution
was about IlllMl. The cornier root' and
a chimney of the hospital wus blown
oil'. Dr. V. F. C'hamphctl ami son
were passing in a buggy and luid mi
almost miraculous escape from being
killed the roof falling within a foot of
their buggy and a brick hitting the
horse on the head.
The glass in tlie iLoOO.laiups in front
of the four courts was smashed. The
tin roof on the city buildings opposite
the Merchant's Exchange on Commer-
cial street was torn oil'. The tin roof
on thu S. M. F.dgels blew olfuud fell on
a team of horses covering them up
but indicting no serious injuries. Tlie
tin roof on Lliu.'li and Ouinllvun's
store was torn up. A lurgesign on top
of the house of Henry Uells & Son
corner of Main und Washington ave-
nue wus also blown down.
The most unselfish desires will some
times be overlooked by men whose
minds are occupied with many things.
So we thought when reminded that in
our notice of tlie reunion speechificii-
tlon In honor of Colonel Winkler and
others at the great court house festi-
val we failed to name among the
speakers General William L. Cabell
our mayor. "Old Tige" knows full
well that it was. accidental and has
had the good sense to say nothing
about it and we only refer to it at the
instance ofone of those generous friends
who adorn the pathway of life Mayor
Cabell made one of the most pleasant
addresses of the evening ; but the truth
s so many spoke thut iu the hurry of
writing we could not recall all of
them. To be entirely fvunk we were
somewhat distrauquilized by the nu-
merous trails seou in every direction
an institution for which we have ever
had a repugnance and which though
worn hy Queen Elizabeth we have
ever thought (and now more than ever
before) were unbecoming to ladies and
unpleasant to gentlemen in the dance.
Mill being hard shell Babptist demo-
crats wo defend tho right of ull to en-
Joy their own fancies in such matters
at the same timo claiming for each
person at tho bull nn equal portion of
sea room.
Tiie locution of tho new court house
is just uoy the question wliich is agita-
ting the people of McKinney. One prop-
osition is to enlarge tho pahllu square
by purchase of property on one side of
the square others are to place the new
building on aplat of from live to eight
acres of ground In another port of
town so as to make it a handsome
park. Objections are made to this move
principally hy property owners around
the present square who imagine that
to' uiove the court house from the
square would build up a new and des
troy the present business center. The
same question agitated the people of
Dallas three or four years ago and the
influence brought to bear upon the
court Induced them to build tho new
house on the site of the old one. At
tlmt time wp regarded the objections
raised to removing it as incorrect and
so expressed ourself and urged that a
new location hp selected where more
ground could bo had and space for a
handsome pork. Our argument was
not heeded however. Since then Dal-
lus has grown to be a city of considera
ble proportions business has extended
and to-day tho square possesses but
few large business houses tlie main
wholesale busluess is transacted near
a half mile away notwithstanding the-
court houso was rebuilt there. Our
McKinney friends would do well to
profit by our experience.
Notwithstanding we oublished an
edition ot nearly two thousand copies
of tho daily IIekald on Thursday
morning containing tlie engraving of
tlie new court houe with description
of the building etc.l thp demand was
greater thau the supply and we have
been compelled to refuse a number of
orders received too late. We have in
contemplation the Issuauceof a supple
ment containing tbejsame matter to-
gether with the description of the ball
on Thursday nigbt (published to-day)
in the shape of a supplement to the
Herald. Due notice will be given of
1U publication
A Washington dispatch says there
is no doubt that Secretary Richardson
will soon retire from office. The pres-
ident leaves to Richardson tbe fixing
of the time of retiring and will nomi-
nate him to till the vancancy on the
bench of the court of claims which he
is now prepared to accept iu view of
bis intended resignation as secretary
of the treasury.
Right proud are we to state that ar-
rangements are about completed for
the erection of a first-class cotton com-
press in Dallas. It is a much needed
enterprise and will be not only a pay-
ing institution but a great benefit to
all farmers who sell or ship their cot-
ton at Dallas.
Ouii'represeutative in congress Hon.
Roger Q. Mills sends us the speech of
Hon. John Hancock of Texas on the
Indian appropriation bilL It is an
able document.
The summer term of tbe civil dis-
trict court of Dallas coqnty Judge H.
Barksdale presiding and Ed. G. Bow
r Ij. dlMrt attorney will com
mene i!ot.dy next Joce Ut
Mi C il agitation c::lsts throughout
the tun 1 1 1 lu apprehension that the
civil rights bill which lias passed the
senate may puss the lower house of
congress mid become a law. Wind Its
ll-tluct pi'iivii-ions arc wedoiiol fully
uililel'sliind ; hut that lis design Is In
force negroes into lintels slctiinbouls
railroad curs etc. nil equal terms with
the whites Is very ccrlaln. 1 1 is as
unwise uud unpatriotic us it is insult
ing to die Inherited feelings of nine
millions of while people in the south
to say mulling of a similar repugnance
on tlie part of millions iu the iiorlh.
But a more material point is the pro-
vision of the law touching public
schools. If as seems to be generally
understood It has the same object to
force white children into schools with
negro children It seeiiislnevltablethat
In every -southern state where white
people rule the public school system
will have to lie abandoned. Nothing
short of force can curry out such it sys-
tem iu u free state controlling lis own
destiny. We trust tlie obnoxious meas
ure may bo defeated.
Oh Friday last saps a letter to the
Telegraph Colonel J. C. Dcflress ap
plied to Judge Richardson for a mini-
ilnmu restaiuing -Mr. llolliiigsworth
from drawing his salary as superinten
dent of education. He has also
brought suit against Lieutenant-Gov
ernor Hubbard Speaker Bryan and
others for tho recovery of his office I be
case being set for June teutli. The ai-
plicatlon under the mmuhtmuii wns
heard before Judge Richardson on
Saturday and failed.
WHEAT harvesting Is progressing
finely throughout the country. The
yield promises to bo excellent and the
wetitlier is as lino as could be desired.
Aside from the ordinary desire of fine
crops this season it is enhanced us a
panacea to the money famine coupled
with the certainty of an unprecedented
emigration this full. Wo have the
best grounds for expecting uu unusual-
ly fine crop of all kinds of grain fruit
and cotton.
The annual council of the Episcopal
church for tlie diocese of Texas met
at Jefferson on Monday of last week
and adjourned on Saturday. We have
seen no detailed account of tho pro
ceedings but understand from Mr.
Gollego that a resolution was adopted
dividing the diocese into three parts-
only one diocese will be entitled to a
bishop however the other two being
provided for missionary terrilory. We
could not learn the boundaries of the
new diocese.
TU!Wew Ocean I eli'iiriili Wlre-Ire
' camion Attiilnsl i'alile Kntei's.
I'Vom l.hfi New York Ilerahl.l
rPli tiMW iii-i'iin iMible iicl.wi'CIl Hill'
shores and England promises to defy
all the submarine enemies mm to
stand the severest strains that may
test it. The cable eaters of tlie deep
sea so long despised hy scientific men
are no insignificant obstructions to tlie
enterprise of modern ocean telegraphy.
On the Atlantic cable which was
rniuod hv the Htpnnishin Hihernia a
year ago (when a fault was indicated
aoout two nunnreo nines iroin iresi;
the uplifted strand wus perforated by
mollusks in its outer covering and
coated with their shells. This cable
hud been laid in ISiiD and in tho in-
tervening time tho marine life had
penetrated tho outer covering and hail
passed between the iron wires to tho
gutta purcha core. Here ulone they
were foiled and in vain made their at-
tack on a substance which resisted
their Indentations uud trove's itself tho
most important shield to the ocean
cable.
lu the new cable of the direst United
States company lo be laid by the
steamship Faraday this agent is to
play a more extensive part than in
uimetore of ihe kind. The
core of the new strand is composed of
a thlCK copper wire eiiciiuiuu
eleven very line copper wires served
with four coptingsof gutta ptirchu.
These purcha coatings instead of be-
ing applied as formerly lu long nar-
row strips of India rubber are imtoii
from the soft mass of the gum while
yet fresh from the stemnlieating pro-
cess and in a dough-like condition.
The pliability of the Direct company's
wires is somewhat sacrificed to the
superior conductivity it will possess
owing to the greater thickness of the
central copper wire. To make the cen-
tral wire proof against attack it is not
ouly insulated hy tlie gum shields but
by manilla hemp which adds strength
also. The whole core is sheathed by
ten Iron wires each of which is hemp
coated and euch hemp couting thor-
i minhlir utunnoi I lii tlm tup nrtuuir&t.lnn.
. . j
which seems to serve oaiiy as ku""
purpose as the gutta percha. These
having been put together are wrapped
i Lull m liumn fur double security.
The most exhaustive tests with Thom-
son's .reflecting galvanometer' have
been made or the splendid wire on
k0Nl iita FnntiliLV. Its immense
streugth wlU undoubtedly secure it
against any possiuity oi strain or irau-
inru fr.iin tlm action of anv submarine
onntint nr fmni uitritioii ncainst the
ledges of any submarine furrow over
which It may be deposited ii success-
fully laid it will insure in almost any
probability perfect and uninterrupted
telegraphic communication whatever
rale mlgnt oeiaii me present mie.
The United States bouse of represen-
tatives on Wednesday last passed a
bill removing the political disabilities
of Admiral Raphael Hemmes of the
late confederate navy.
A letter from Austin to the Hous
ton Telegraph says that Ueneral Rob
ertson superintendent of emigration
will remove his office to Houston next
week.
Several new enterprises are In con-
templation in Dallas which will add
greatly to its resources.
A literal-minded youngster was
picked up by a visitor of the family
who dandling bim on bis knee said:
vi wn i naa in is uuie ooy: j. inina
there's money in bim." To which
promptly responded the child: "I
know there is for I swallowed a cent
when I in tt (Tandma'a tbe other
nay.''
VOL. XXf NO. 38
r:iiiiavan ttualii.
Ill the I'liltcd Slates Semite on the
2oth nit. the civil rights b wns under
discussion upon wliich Seiiiiiur I'laiiu-
gmi proceeded to illuminate the dark-
ness if senatorial Ignorance. During
Hie delivery of the senator's able ills
course tlie ellcct was considerably
imiiTcil through the discontent of nil
over sensitive uudiencc. Thev did nol
like the senator's primitive 'mnile of
frcidiisr his nose fiom the elloclH of u
cold in the head. It Is an old saving
nun lingers were made bclure IiiI'Um
ami handkerchiefs ami their delicate
use arc a later Invention. While look- .
lug at mid listening to the eloquent
gentleman we were reminded or a story
told of the celebrated John Randolph.
This sarcastic and attenuated oratori-
cal pump took o great fancy to a crude
legislator from Pennsylvania answer-
ing to the name of Kramer who bad
Utiolcd low Dutch in rcsnonse tit l.nH.i
quotations. Tho house laughed hearti-
ly and Mr. Randolph went rid' into a
shrill cacklo that Indicated the great-
est glee. After that Roanoke nlwavs
met Kramer with an extended Jiiuid
long slender nnd neatly gloved. One
day however Kramer seeing him ap-
proach hastened to clear his nose
wliich he did with his four-finger ami
Muinm uiui men extemicu liiosumo
lmilll for IL vllirtltlnn Tim n I ti l.wl
orator was intensely shocked und dis-
..1 IT. II ... M
isu-ii. jib pusweu mo gentiemun oi
II lilllnll lillotflti.m nil I i-tritnllli.A
nose-biowing with a dignified bow
uu never spoKe to or oi lillll aiter-
rards. Lonely To-.i(bt I.ove.
Husband travelinif. Scene I. Room
lu the hotel. Spittoons full of cigur
stumps. Bourbon whiskey. All hands
equipped lor a night's spree. Husband
in a hurry to be oil' writing home:
l icarcst Misie : My time is so occu
pied with business that 1 can hardly
spare a moment to write to you. Oh
darling how I miss you aud the only
tiling thai sustaius mo during my ab-
sence is the thought that every nio-
nieiu- inus spent is lor the lienclit ot
my dear wife und children. Take good
ire ot yourscll my dear. Feed tlie
baby on one cow's milk. Excuse haste
etc.
Wife at home. Scene IL l'urlor
All the gas lit. Thirteen grass widows;
Fred from around the corner with his
violin on his arm; Jim Iroin across tho
way with his banjo; Jack from above
with his guitar; Sum from below with
ins nine; lots of other lellows with
their instruments. Dancing und sing-
ing sideboard covered with nuts
fruits cakes cream wine whiskey and
so forth. Wife in a hurry to dance
writing to husband :
Dear Hubby: How lonesome I feel
your absence. The hours pass te
diously. Nobody culls on me and I
am constantly thinking of the time
when you will bo at home unit your
cheerful countenance liuiit up the
routine of every day life. My house
hold dunes Keep mo constantly em-
ployed. I am living as economical an
possible knowing tlint your small in
come will not admit of frivolous ex
pense. But now dear 1 will say
good-bye or I will he too late for tho
monthly concert of prayer. In haste
yours etc.
Perilous Niliiutlon or nil liifnii t ool
DnrinfC of a Missonri HaniutH aud
Toian Railroad Fireman.
(Uenlson News 29th.l
Saturday the 23d instant as the ex
press engine No. S9 on the Missouri
Kansas uud Texas northward bound
wus neuring String Town a flag sta-
tion at a rapid rate (the train being
an hour lute aud then running with
orders to muke up time) the careful
eye of the engineer espied a child a
mere babe scarcely able to walk on
the truck only a short distance ahead.
tjuick as thought on went the air
hr.ike the engine was reversed and
given full steam but on on it rushed.
So great was the momentum that cer
tain death to the child seemed inevi-
table. The fireman wko at the time was at
tending to his duties took in the terri
ble situation ut u glance. The next lu
st ant iio wus out through the cuii win-
dow along the running board down to
the pilot of the engine and with su
perhuman eliort he sprang forward and
grabbed the child and with the
precious burden In his arms ho went
rollinir into tho ditch bv the side of the
track as the engine rushed past.
isy nis daring lent the child waa
saved snatched us it were from the
very jaws of death. How narrow the
escape! The least slip iu his footing
as ho sprang forward and both would
have been crushed beneath the engine.
The name of the brave fireman is
William Lawrence and thatof the en-
gineer A. J. Blair botli residents of
Denison Texas.
' 1 was an eye witness of the daring
act riding on tho engine at the time
and on returning back into tbe coaches.
1 heard many remark thut they never
saw as quick a stop made before.
Too much credit cannot be awarded
these two gentlemen for their great
presence of mind aud active ellorts.
thus restoring a tender child to its af-
fectionats mother. A. R.
Lve of Kature.
This passionate love of nature which
began in the sous of imagination has
from them passed on to the universal
people and becomes one of the finest
characteristics of the time we live in
one of the few offsets we have against
sordid selfishness absorbing pursuits
of wealth endless competition and tbe
embittering divisions of classes and
sects among us. In thislove of scenery
we have a touch of that nature which
makes the whole world kin. Let each
one who has the opportunity select
those pictures be likes best look at
them attentively with uo cursory
glance but with steady patient per-
severing attention.
Let him study them as be would a
wise book till he bas thoroughly ap-
Erebended their minute lines features
ues and drank in tbe one pervading
sentiment which every really good
picture contains. This done to even
one picture of real excellence will ba
a step in self education. The man who.
bas done it will bear away not only a
delightful image impressed on memory
to be afterward enjoyed but b will
bave bad his perception of tbe uni-
versal beauty of the world which en
compasses nun quicKeued and enlarged
so that be will go forth and look hence-
forth on earth and sky with new and
more imaginative eyes. It will be to
him as if anew sense had been given
him. Shairp.
A Milwaukee boy has swallowed
half a dozen steel buttons and bia
mother doesn't have to scream for bim
when be is out on the street playing
with those Cluckerson boys. She just
brings a magnet to the door and ba
flies to it like a needle to the pole.
Work on tbe Dallas and Wichita
railway will commence ia earnest on-Monday."
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