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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12
Missouri River Bridge.

The Missouri river bridge at Oma
ha is a wonderful structure. and it
completes the line Of railway from
tho Atlantic to the Pacific. Before
the completion of this magnificent
work the Missouri had to be crossed
on ferrybcat, ami the talk about
tho iron rail spanning the continent
was thus, to certain extent, a rhe.
torical flourish. The bridge is both
beautiful and strong, and will long
stand as monument of bold and
skillful engineering. 1t was con
structed under the direction OF
Mr.. 7. +. Sickcls, the Superintcnd
ent of the Union Pacific railroad, as
chief engineer.
Tho bridge consists Of eleven
spans, each span being l50 fect in
length, and supported on masonry
abutments and on iron cylinders,
the latter being eight and half feet
in diameter, and filed with mason
ry. The bridge is fifty feetabove the
water, and the abutmcnts and sup
porting columns rest on solid rock
which was found from sixty to
eighty feet below the water
Tho whole superstrueture, as
well as those parts OF the columns
standing above thc surface Of the
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12

Tho enormous drain upon teo
Federal court fund 10 carry tbe
elections of North Carolina and.
Maine has exhausted the entire ap.
preparation ittended to meet tna
United State Court expenses in 5 !.
the States. A circular has now
boen issued from tho Treasury Dc.
partment at Washington stating
that tho appropriation for payne
tho Federal court expenses has
been exhausted, and no more bills
against that fund can be puid un-
till ~ new appropriation is made by
Congress. When Congressman
Beck charged that this fund WAS
being fraudulently diverted from
its legitimate uses, and was being
used by the United States Mar
shalls for political and election
purposes in North Carolina, the
Grant organs set up q howl and
charged Mr.. Beck with base sian
der. 1t now seems that Mr.. Bee,
did not know the whole truth
that this fund has been used more
extensively than he suppose,
The appropriation was larger than
ever before. yet it has been cH
hausted before the fiscal year il
half gone-uscd up TO help rc.elcc'
Grant-and now the entire Fedora
courts of the country will have To-
run on tick until Congress meets
in December. We trust that tbs
time will soon come when We shall
have Congress that will make II
thorough investigation Of the man
ncr in which this fund has been So
soon swallowed up, and l,t tho
country know where it bas gone.
Who can tell how many other ap-
preparations OF the last session
have been diverted from their legii
innate purposes in the same way
Is it not time, and is il not for tho
interest of the country. that there
be a change at Washington and q
posting OF the books by new sut
of men GolsestoR Cirdion.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12

SANTANA AMI BIG TREE.-At
last accounts these two noble rel
men were ut st. Louis, greatly elr
joying themselves and the good
things which their benevolent CO..
duct towards the women and chill
dren of our frontier has so deser-
vcdly earned for them They had
not decided, at the date of The last
bulletin in regard TO their move
ments, whether tLey would honor
the Great Smoker with a visit. or
would return to their usual cccupa-
tion of scalping settlers. By ihe
wa, while they are in st. Ions
they, no doubt, might enter into .
mutually profitable partnershr
with some dealer IN rhighons
supply The trade with the best auas.
ny Of '-hHman hair erarantcessg
that il be taken from the bead ii
women wiio did not die Of sissasl
The. need lear no illicrruptioa tom.
Grant and his Quais,a rh-.a,..N~,
- - T.. = = - :.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12

PECULIAR TINTED PAPER.-Wo
have received our peculiar tinted
paper and are now prepared to
furnish the tickets for the next
election. This paper cannot be al
tcrcd, countcrfcited or exchanged
for any other without at once be-
ing detected. Houston Union.
Referring TO the above announce
mcnt, the Brenham Times says:
"The peculiar tinted paper" is
striped backed, and will have the
nau1es of Radical candidates upon
il. The colored man who receives
this ticket is. in most instances,
unable 10 read the names, and puts
it in the box and goes home. He
is Satisfied he has had the great
privilege Of the ballot and feels
like free man. But who cast the
vote 2 was it the man who dropped
il in the box, or was it the fellow
who printed it and sent it to him ?
Years ago. in Pennsylvania, q
man bad 10 be worth 5000 before
he could vote. A man own jack
ass. worth $500, and had no other
property. be voted regularly until
The death Of the jack. when divest-.
cd Of his property, he lost his ri y
70 vote Old Ben Frznklin & Il
ed 10 krow Of The lawn, lis
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12


The man of war Portsmouth,
now lying at the Brooklyn yard, is
fitting for 8 government exploring
expedition to the Pacific. She will
first go 10 San Diego, Lower Cali.
fornia, and will then survey the
waters off that coast. At present
there are no good surveys of these
waters. and. as they lio in the path
of the San Francisco steamships, il
is said to be of the utmost impor
tance that there should be. A vessel
was lost there from want Of accu-
rate charts. The Portsmouth will
next proceed to Honolulu, and will
make that point her base Of sup
plies. She will then survey the
belt of the Pacific lying between
25o and 800 north latitude, and
will survey belt aftcr bclt-one to
the north, ono TO the south Of the
central one-till the survey is CON-
pleted.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12
A Novel Grow and Cargo.

The New York Sun has nm ~ ~.
eating story concerning q sing lar
craft that has recently turned ~ IN
tho Fast Nivcr-the steamship
Glonartney, built Of iron, 1900 tone
burden, yncd by Jartino Mathuw.
son, OF Calcutta, and engaged in
the East India trade, running bo.
tween Hong Kong and Caltht,r
She IL commanded by Capt. Bolton
The oflicors arc all Englishmen, br u
the ship ia manned by motley
crow of Chincso, Hind:stancaJ,
Bcngalcsc, Arabs and Turks. The
Sun says
when the ship first entered the
harbor sho was literally peor2d
with birds aud other peta. Mon.
keys climbed nimbly up the rig-
ging, and sat chattering on tie
yards or hung pendant from tho
ratlinos. Parrots and orion,sl
birds of gorgeous plumago ros'rd
on tho spars and clung TO the hai'
liards. The air that hovcred aboU5
old ocean was vocal with music e
tiny throats, and resounded to tho
bark Of Chinese dogs, The sailo,3
loved these pets, and mado Of them
boon companions in their leisure
hours. The monotony OF the mid.
night watch was relieved by th0
antics Of these little jolIers, and the
dreariness Of the ocean voyage WAS
lghtcnod by tho presence Of sono.
thing to love and care for. But the
visitors TO tho ship have carried
away nearly all these pets. Mon.
ay seems to have rs much influence
with the pagan of Asia as with the
more civilized citizens of NJ
York. Dogs, birds and monkeys
have nearly all disappeared, and
the sailors possess in their stead
greenbacks and currency, securely
hidden in old stockings and han.
mocks. On the main deck, about
midships, stands a largo iron Gaze.
About this scores of curious visl
tors are continually resembled II
is tho home of the Chinese sheep
spccies of mutton which is said 10
be much finer than that grown in
America. The animals are pecul-
lar from the size and form Of tsil,
and excite much curiosity. They
are about the size of an ordinary
sheep. Tho body is
whitc, tho face below the eyes DO
ing unusually black. The tail is
about loot and n half long, and is
in the shape of fan, fiat, and
about nine inches wide Mt tho eN,
ro.nity. These ANIMALS woro
brought out for food, and but frc
remain.
stretched out on the deck, just
abaft the sheep cage, three PeEia
dogs rolled laz ly about. They aro
ofa pure black color, and the hair
is long and silky. The nose is long
and narrow, ending in peak, AND
the whole head resembles THAI ofa
wolf. Indeed, these animals. II
come upon suddenly, might well
be mistaken for the black woif.
They were securely tied 20
their kennels yesterday, but they
arc said to bo very gentle, hnoth
er cage, which rested jus. urier
Of the forccas,Ic, had
five Chinese pigs. T.
arc young and very small, tua
seemed to be more cleanly thar
their America prototypes. The
color is speckled, black and white,
and the hair, which is bristly GOV
ers the whitcspots only. The black
is perfectly smooth. and as thcy
lay there asleep they look NOR
like pets than the beasts Americans
suppose them to be. These speci
mems have been sent to gent'e'
man in New York, who, it isul.
contemplatcs the cxpeij-
ment ofacclimating and raising tho
species" =
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12
Seaport Destroyed by an Earthquake

The late earthquake almost COM
pletely destroyed the largest sea-
port town Of Hcmada, the capital
of Sekishu, situated on tho west
coast of Japan, in 45o north lati-
tude and 1929 east longitude, being
1S0 English miles almost due west
of Cobe. This appears to have been
the centre Of the earthquake. On
the first shock the people had bare
ly time to got clear from their
houses before they saw them tum-
BILE to pieces. The number of peo.
pie killed is estimated roundly at
500. As the earthquake occurred
at about the hour devoted to the
evening meal, the remains Of the
kitchen fire were still smouldering,
and igniting the debris of foreign
timber it fared up into confagra-
tion, thus adding to the terror Of
the sufferers. and completing the
awful calamity originated by the
cOUNuftlNc tuFocn vi tflc cur w, luz
earthquake appears to have lasted
a considerable time. and so severe
were the shocks that the terror
stricken population were unable to
walk, and were obliged to crawl
away upon their hands and knees
as best they could, in search of
some place ofsafety, generally max
ing for the nearest bamboo groves,
as the Japanese consider them the
safest resorts in such emergencies
it being their opinion that the COM
plcte network formed by The inter
laced roots Of the bsmboos nnder-
ground binds the earth together,
and thus lessons its Liability 70 open
and swallow ~ Many large
fseures sDt a, sti et,s.eed up in
and about em which
the sci Wat 51s5ssS Rs5sAf IN heau-
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12

We are told that The construc.
tion trains will enter Plano in q
few days, the bridge on Spring
Creef being veiy nsa.ly coEaple-
ted. Some fonr or Eve considera-
bic creeks remain between Plano
and this place which viii require
bridging, alter which We viii be
connected With tho outs do world.
Nc Kinney Enrairer.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12

The Columbus Citizen says that
Mr. Hester killed a swan on his
Ia--, near that place. which meas
~ nine feet and two inches from
~ tip OF wings, was Eve and a
Il s. fest bigb, with . biz gfseen
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12
EENTIsTRY.
DIR. J. W. COBBsS

N-ns viii me more time bs aesh 10 TIE urratb.
lie iakrsfhis m-ftod nfinfarmlag his many fffands
u DaIlaf. Kills. Tarrnnf C1ilfn and Eaufmar conn.
tes that ~ css - f1and b. ort over thr store
of D.. J ". Hayrss', ~ ~ mes. i.t and niehf
= ers hs 81 b hsprs q s.sssfs for ~ rho nay
f.scr him silh rai
.SfIsr n,ay y-af, fa-iins n Tsso'ai sarrr-y siie-
cessillir. b. i every way al 10 clrf fha safisf-
tian rhirh m srif 4rfnsnI Il the h1nisnn c1u
saicT. HifstEl ts 0nrra n. ean D. sre1 IN lhr
t-qulhs u uaaf p-rsc1sfh 1'ir q fntg. IA. hasr
I,ooc fli. 80 8 y isgsF 4. Hsetussu
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12
Opposition is the life of Business.

opposltlon Is tne lie OF BUSINESS
The Texas New Yorker, for Oc.
tobcr, says:
"Tho great AID growing com.
merce between New York city and
Galveston, Texas, has brought out
an opposition limo of steamships,
which is going to undertake a di-
vide of tho carrying trade between
the two ports. The effect of this
will be to greatly reduce the price
of freights; merchants will certain
ly obtain u benefit, as also their
customers. Whether there is room
for two lines or not, the future will
determine. 1t is not very long since
it was uphill business to maintain
one. But Mr.. LGffler, Superinten-
dent of the Bureau of immigration,
tells US that $4,000 people have set
tied in Texas between the months
of January and July, and more
than as many more are expected
to arrive by January, 1873. Tho
people make freights, and VIC should
not be surprised at the success of
both the new and old lines. The
first steamer of the now limo sailed
fiom Pier II, East river, on the
18th of Septcmbor-th Metropolis,
commanded by Capt. Chadwick.
Tho line is known as the "Island
City Line" and has been running
sail vessels for a long time. The
agents promise low rates, no deten.
ton, and free wharfage. Through
bills of lading to all points in Tex
as. New York agents, Theodore
Nickerson & Co., 7S Wall street.
Galveston agents, g. W. Hurley &
Co. Charley is q live man and so
is friend S. M. Edgerley. Both
mean business
The steamship Metropolis brought
full freight and was cleared We'd
nesday by G W. Hurley & Co. with
1852 bales Of cotton, besides pre-
served beof and other freight
Galveston Ners.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12
DENTISTS.
DENTIsTRY.

Iam thaul full for S years past patronage, and
I now can be found one door East Of the KratUn
House. up stairs over Cochrzn's drug store on Coua-
merce 81. will say that my ONCE Is we'll fitted mp
for the receI fon ofl.dies very quiet and pleasant
Ny work is on exhibition both In the city and
county. Broken gold plates taken hair valuation
for sork. All work warranted. Call nsd Civ. .
trial. l3s:tfl IA sEEGAR.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12
Omcinl Directory.


Omcinl Directory.
pIsrRI CT OFFICERS.
Hon. HARDIN HART, Dallas, Judge nth JUDICIAL DIS
trct. '.
n. L. RAY, Esq, Dallas, District Attorney.
OFFICERS or BALLAB COUNTY.
Jous n. Krnroor, Dallas, J. r. Precinct !.
R0BgRr q. Cur, Lancaster,
MEREDITH MYrns, :,
WiLLIAA J. II ,LsrLL, .
c. @. HusrEAp.
HEsRy BOIL, 7 Deputy Clerk''
]. p. pARHLEy,
JynE. VI. BRows, Shcrih.
HySRY Boil, Treasurer.
County Surveyor.
CITY OFFICERS.
unsnr n",, treasurer City Marshal.
RS. DRuLGr, Secretary. DAVID KING,
~ - Assessor and Ccl'""for
AtpyrarN-F. l.. wllemettc, Samuel CIo"ley'
Edwin TnyIor r. Ellis Coomhes, j. @. SeydeI' Ira D.
Conkiing ". A. Terry, Z. II. Kendall
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12

Fruit 1sfer, or rrssuisi Pinnts. fisrsr Sd.
ss. e Sos sss .,r ,ss ss.'s s q. =, q
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12
Bass Fishing on the Potomac.
LEEsBuRG. VA. Sept. 6, 1877


Editors Turf, Field and Farm -
Gen. Shriver's fish family arc on
the increase. The black bass put
in tho Potomac about the begin
ming of the "late unpleasantness"
are affording much sport Mt this
time to our citizens. The custom
here is for two sportsmcn to pro.
vide themselves with a couple of
hand lines apiece, and perhaps a
reel rod (this latter more fashion
able than formerly ,sardin ines, cheese,
sandwiches, and sometimes leetle
snake medicine, for fear copper.
head might swim to the boat and
attack tho Waltonians in their
sport Then, after capturing frogs
and several dozen live minnows,
they anchor in convenient place,
and generally manage, in favorable
weather, to extricate from the
moisture some twenty or thirty re-
spectacle fish. None over five
pounds in weight have ever bcen
caught near this place, to the knowl-
edge of your veracious correspon
dent. A good many over three
pounds in weight have been safely
landed. and we hope such fish will
be more frequent rs the family gets
older We hear of largo catches
higher upstream, and in the Shen-
andoah; in fact, q Clarke County
man is reported to have purchased
farm with the result of a single
days fishing. / can't vouch for
this, and confess ! have some doubts
as to its perfect accuracy. Our COM
munity is excited, however, by the
success Of it's representative fisher
men, and hardly a day passes with
out some worthy citizens trying to
leave the cares of business and re-
cuperato their strength by the gen
tie art. There are a f"w trout in
this county (Loudon), and many
streams with tho characteristics of
good trout streams, which may be
stocked with the speckled beauties,
If our people become aroused to the
duties of the hour.
There is reverend doctor from
Richmond, Va, here, who, besides
being good preacher, handles a
rod in n most orthodox way. | am
sorry to write so ofa minister, but,
Mr.. Editor, he deceives those crea-
turns in the most fragrant manner,
enticing them to leave the paths in
which they should go for those in
which they should not be found.
In brief, he taketh them in tout Of
the wet" When they take heed
unto him they find themselves
leaning metaphorically upon a
Reed" but actually dangling from
a fishing-rod. T. w.
P. S.-Whcro can ! get the lat
est Report of Fish Commissioners
of New York? l wrote to Sccrcta-
ry of State of New York, but there
was no response. Please let me
know in your next issue. T, W.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-12

Houston. Sept. Is. 1879.
Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1872-10-17

-8ensterG IL. Sept. Die
aufalenpe Grlaetnuna bab ftrense
&dlte ouf ben Bergen nt&t 70 3erf5!enp
auf Die YRan3enmelt utrft, ale in ben
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len> uno YfrG45dume wie aud fat
lberou in R5eintbale erfroren uns an
pere Stfbdume bur@ ben Deccmberfruf
10 beiadpiet ba6 fe Don Grudten leer
bleiten, ,pobineeeen tte sdrtli&fen Sbfz
lorten auf BEN 8er9e unbel&dot9t oOQ
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@etnR6de. l1eter Die ur1a&e btefer @r>
l&etnuno fnb pte @erre, pomolosen 70
pie BE Naturforl9er ni@t etnt9. Gin
t~raurteeres Btlb Ger @erbeerun9 aber
btetet unterbalb 8ensber8 bic l1m3ebun9
BET 3intbatte bar. 80 nett Der etft>
bolttae &au& etr !9atte f& perbreitet.
mebrtre qunoerte Wur8en. 1T ale ST.
sttatton eeRart. Die 8duu,e, Gi&eu
unb 8u4eu peroorren, BAG @ra6 wtro
barr unb {tlbf bic 6in9p6sel metpen ote
@s9eno.
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lod unerfte f1r3lt& an elmer ftinerM d8oe,
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Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1872-10-17

Der Detnbauer babel IL turs founsen
miSte.. @enn Der b.tannte 3tsblinge>
,punl& bes 8uten6 eiurt& w. sonGrant>
reid, ,,eoe ieeer ftiner Burger aulonn<
td8lt& Elm 9ubn tuGopf boben m64te!'
btt,ulanoe lei@tsr in GrfdQun8 seben
tann, al6 in Der alien @elt (reun ntdt
pte efelbafte 6lbner@olera bic 6dbner1
adue ltert), 10 ftblt bic iebt nod meitene
Elm 9uteS @lds@euB ein po3u> ODER aud
cine Glal@e, oamit Die CUTE ~alte" aud
mittriuten fam. Nun unfere ltsben
Na@barn In Soma tpsrpeu biefem uebel<
ftanoe aumdblte ab3ubelfen lu&en.
Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1872-10-17
s s 900 O
$3.50 0eminnei I'M 8elanfe b. $780, 0O

0anje aso'e SO; babe 9uule$5; Bierttavvfe 8 $50.
~ nrfere eotteris iR pom Staate er&a.tert; biz 3t,.
enneea enHen iSets 'ur f%eas'festeu 8et anp unter Ger I'm.
N4t ee{hpprerer gpnrntH1re natt.
81 Die ufR,teae 8ietuns rtrs In ben Ct. quuts Bldtt.rn
Suo6tutltdt, unb allen Sahabeu vou 2uufea rirh etue g.
IL t~uetautt.
~ lMr s,ranRaIten cine 9tebuas rte BE s5tae an, let.
Ia Tlee zines ieben Wlrnats TN SABRE 1872.
~ 0eltenbunsen auf infer &iAio m,tteIR ppa.O fFee.
0db> Orbre. Rrstartrten orteien. 8tebsneen phtr Grpres.
~ 9eabtt reetn etueS Circulars. Ufan abreH1re:
NRurrop Wftler & 60.
~. SIS nalaut etrett, post Office Box N46, st. eou.
Il, nc.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-09-10
INTEREST.

Long ago we determined that it should not
be our fanlt if our readers did not soon bet.
ter appreciate the accumula,ious Of interest.
and how impossible it is for any business to
long pay current high rates. Possibly some
have almost tired seeing our oft>repea,ed table
about the accumulations of one dollar at diff
ferent rates for a hundred years. But. tired
or not. it is healthtul sight; and every busi
ness man especially ought to have that table
where 1t will meet his eye at least once week:
and even then it is probable he will allow
many dollars unnecessarily to accumulate their
interest against him.. This NAV be in dead
stock, IN unnecessary fixtures, or in various
expenses easily dispensed with. If he would
be successful, he should count the interest he
na,ght rece'ce as we'll as that he has to nav.
Especially in making permanent invest
ments let no one forget the interest account.
However familiar with this subject, there are
probably few who would not be startled at the
statement that the cost of the outfit of Chris
topher Columbus in his first voyage of dis
covery, put at interest at six per cent, would
by this time have amounted to more than the
entire money value Of this continent. toge,her
,0ath the accumulotions from, Industry of all
aoho haze hved upom at. If any doubt this.
let them reckon the amount, estimating the
entire outfit to have cost only the small sum
OF five thousand dollars, at six per cent, in
little lees than twelve years-o or accurately in
eleven years, ten months. and twenty-ope days
Allowing it to double every twelve years. this
five thousand dollars at interest at six per cent.
since 1892, it will be found. would have
amounted to SIT, ,S95. 700, ,OOO, 900, which,
estimating the population of the entire con-
tlnent of America to be eighty-fve millions,
or seventeen million families averaging Eve
members each would give more than million
dollars as the possession of every one of these.
Ihe>interest upon million dellars at six per
cent. is sixty thousand dollars. which would
be the princely annual income of each of these
seventeen million families from the accumu-
lations upon so small a sum as that named for
the outfit of the dscoverer
We are glad to see the following computa,
tion going the round of the press
"One thousand dollars loaned a. 6 ner cent.
in IL years will accumulate to $4,000; in "a
years to $4,000; in So years to Ss, 600; in
4S years to $4,000; in go years to s32 900;
in T2 years to SCI, 900; in "a years to sl2S,-
600; in 98 years to s256 600; in 1GS years
to $4,000; in l20 years to 81 ,O24, 900
Multiply this sum by 1924 and it will give
the accumulation for .120 years more, or
s1.04S. $4,000. Multiply this product by
1 .024 and we shall have the accumulation
during the next l20 years, or total period
of $50 years-s1 ,073, 741 1924, O00-oue
trillion. seEenty-three billions. seven hundred
and forty-one millions, eight hundred aud
twenty four thousand dollars.