Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-01
GENERAL irE,iS,

the following sentences irOm an AZ
Ilrle,in the Cleveland iOl Printing
Gazette, wGtliy the attention Of
practical men -" There Is nothing
gained hV employing cheap and
incompetent printers, because, as n
general thing, 'hcy prove los IN
the end, by lhcir carclessncss as 10
the proper use Of material, and in
most eases weary the patience ola
Ioh, Tho "pr0sis' oI type eel NJ
hy cheap printers Often vuNsumc u
halt dny ia correcting aud revising,
while matter sci NJ hN good " i0urs
i ready form at ANY time, would
rather reset than correct u dirty
preset, aud can ,lo il almost as quick
at least such proofs as ] have
seen " IN ihcs,A neck of the woods,
| consider cheap labor in Il printing
Office u financial humbug, and not
only 80, but II loss in every branch
ol the tuSincss-in type, in presses
and IN credit. There is nothing
more pleasing than Ia see u neat,
clcanly printed newspaper. The
appearance Ola paper is often valued
mn,N than the matter II contains /;
in i,,ct, il is II specimen, so TO speak,
oithc town in which II is published
At the completion OF tho Mont
Gents tunnel, the last thin partition
ofrock in the miltlc of the tunnel
was reserved To DO blasted ut the
formal celebration. But Il small
hole was made in it, and the work.
men on both sides, who had for -
years and 10 days, been toiling their
way toward each other. now, for the
first time, saw each others faces
through il, shook hands, and, so far
as of the same nationality, convcrs-
cd together. When the mine was
fred the lights went out for II dis
lance of about 1000 yards around
the spot. The first TO climb over
the fragments Of rock was the ltal-
ian Commandant Grattoni. There
WAS Il general scramble from both
sides aud cries Of" Vira I Faiia."
1t WIS extensively rumorcd in
New Orleans, few days ago, on
the streets, that II member Of the
Legislature INDUCED in that iasci-
mating little game known rs faro,
the night previous, in first class
establishment on st. Charles street,
and left all the bonds, cash, and II
watch and CT ain, which he had so
arduousIy toilcd for during the last
session. His loss in mileage alone
is said to amount to $500, and the
total will not fall short Of 10000.
A young carpet Dagger, u white
man named Johnson, publicly mar
ried n negro wcnch at Grenada,
Miss, q few days since, and, on the
second night after the wedding, was
taken from bed by a party Of young
men who, after presenting him with
full suit of tar and feathers, mott
fled him to emigratc. This he did,
but threatened to return with State
militia.
a Bombay paper states that Miss
Donnelly, II young lady Of hitherto
irreproachable character, and con-
siderable personal attractions, born
of European parents, the daughter
Of Mr.. Conductor Donnolly, of Luck
now, has, OF her own free will and
pleasure, embraced Islamism, under
the auspices Of Mahomedan Rajah
Of Dude.
The London Times, in an edito-
rial on the sub Get of the labors of
the High Commission at Washing
ton, anticipates an easy settlement
Of the fisheries question, but is not
sanguine as to the arrangement in
the case of the Alabama claims
The Times expresses regret at the
limited powers held by tho Com
mission.
A Duluth editor, who has stray
ed as far eastward as Now York,
writes in raptares to his paper Of
the people Of that remote region.
Hc says: GLOW different the folks
DO act How green they look !
Whet an air ofprimitivo innocence
there is about them! How pleased
they seem to bel they never
heard Of Du!uth !"
As q panion to the song, "Oh,
give me back but yesterday" me-
lody will soon be issued, entitled
ooh, could you spare tomorrow >
which will be followed Ivy "You
haven't got such II thing as next
week about you, have you ?" They
will undoubtedly become immense
ly popular.
The scheme for the reconstruction
of the Suez Canal Company has
been again revived and tits alleged
that the absence of NJ. de Losseps
in, Paris is the sole obstacle to the
prompt consideration of the plans
proposed.
Father Hyacinth contcmplates
another visit to the United States
next autumn, he being convinced
that he did not see half enough of
the country wien he was mere last
year.
Boutwell, is right, after all, in not
leaving tho public debt for posterity
to paw for if Radicalism continues
10 rob US much longer, we shall
leave posterity nothing to pay with.
The 1st Of May has been fixed by
Her Maicsty's Commissioners for
the opening Of the London Inter
national Exhibition of 1879
1t Is estimated that 225, 6S0, 900
cubic feet of earth matter are Gepos-
tied annually by the Mississippi, at
the Southwest Pass, in the Gulf.
The fruit crop, as a general thing,
Is very promising throughout SOUTH
eastern Missouri.
We road rlovVing accounts of 4