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THE I
T0RPBDO PATENT S1n
Roberts VS. Nicholas Gp,o

The following is the decision rendcr.s, l..
NcKennan, at May Term OF the Circu,. Cos.
above case:
in the Circuit Court Of the United States 4, -,
the Western Distric, of Pcnnsylvanl, n
Roberts vs. Nicholas Geyer.-No. l--Na, =
lsT3.-In Eqsity'
November u. 1872 Bill fllsd and r,pO,,
sued e u.
Subpoena and hoiice thf application sr r,.r
airy Injunction served
ecccmbcr 10, 1872. Motion for prcIim.,,,
junction heard, and the Court being duly siy,...
the premises; the injunction awarded rs pro,,s,
aud decree flea.
January II, 1873. Injunction issued, snd =, q.
20lh day Of January Indictment served pq,s
and by copy.
May p, 1878 Eule issued for deienten, IN ii.
cause why attachment should not issue for ccn,eu
in violating injunction and duly served
June ID, 1873 Rule FOR attachment in ,b;, a.,
came on to be heard, and after argument of co,,,
pro snd con, the Court being full advised in A,
premises, the Rule is made absolute and ,bs e.,
tence ofthe Cont is, that the said def,ndap. ~.
olas Geyer, he imprisoned in the common i,u i
Allegheny County for and duriug The term q, -.
days, and that he pay the costs Of this plOe,.,
ing.g
Jane I'd, 1873. Commitent issued.
The injunction IN this case WIS for nfinrcns
Of the Roberts patent of No.--(called the BIC p,
ent), for increasing the proJuctvencss of oil vol
The act Of Infringement for which the dcCcnds,
u,as co,1 1.nitt al fpr cnptopnt i
Alexandra 1lar:ar in exploding torpedocs in
wells being the same act OF infringement for wht
Hamar was also committed in .hs case No. =. y
vembcr Torn, 1866 as before stated.
The Court McKennan, j., a,ter deliverlur
opinion in the HamGr case, proceeded to sen,er
Nicholas Geyer for contempt, and delivered the
owirg oral opinion:
In the case Of Nicholas Geyer charged with
aame otIense, am entirely satisfied that there "
ii mid present, in the Beais well at least As IIc
iatimdted to The counsel in he course of The crt
ment, the presence Of fluid in the ,cell, Nhehisr
sired or not, is an infringement fthe patent, an
oTe ach ef the injunction Of the Court
Mr. Roberts. by his patent uses as one of tho p
c!pal elements Of his invention fluid tamping, ,
wherever there is fluid sufficient in a well, at
tirne of the explosion Of n torpedo, to operate
iamping, whether It gets there naturally or il
there artifcially, his patent is infrinced. This
clearly the case in regard to the Bcsl- we'll
But Mr. Geyer seems to have been mised
lamar, who tod him that he merely wanted
make an experiment; and do not think, this
ing the first time, that he ought to be very sevel
punished.
He also is adJudged guilty Of contempt and or
| 70 TO pay the costs of this proceeding and unde
hope this will be the la t of these cases; beca
| if The matter comes to our notice agian. we viii
constrained TO impose such punishment as will
10 MAKE the decree of the Court effec'ua.
June I1-lr
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Avoid Quacks and Impo sters,
mo ChAIRe for AdHioa and 0on snIkation.

,H. j. .. Dyott, Graduate of Jefferson Msdioot
C0Uegs, Philadelphia, author of several valuable
works. can be consulted on all diseases OF tho
Sexual or Urinary OYans, (Which he has made
an especial study either in male or female, no
matter from what cause originating or OF how
long standing. A practice OF 80 years enables
him to treat disease with sucoea. Cures guar
anteed. Charges reasonable. ThoSe at q dis
lance can forward letter describing symptoms
and enclosing Dtsmp to prepay postaeo.
Send f6r the Guide te KedlM Price 10 cents.
J. u. DYCfr, NJ D., Physician and Dxrssoa,
l0i Duane st., New Yosz,
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Advertise III The RECORD.
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Fer &nae

For S;.ae
l2,oop to 20,O00 feet OF SECONDHAND
TUbiNH at from 25 to 35 cts. per foot
1ho Fuoln IS .C i.st class order and all
ready fitted
April % e.. II II. WARMED
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-18

According to the best information we
can obtain. there have been up to this
time nine cases of yellow fever here.
The first case, aboUt the 9TH of Sep
tember-a refugee from Shreveport.
At Least two Of the others bass been
traced to infection by Shreveport vi,
or goods. The refugee from that city
died three blocks south OF the court
house, Of those believed to have been
infected by Shreveport one was sick
at the depot, and recovered; the other
died on the east side Of the public
square. In the portion Oftiie city CON
tiguous to this square, have occurred
the cases our physicians have not thus
far been able to trace to infection out.
side of our city. Here are situated
Wost of our private clearinghouse
and restaurants, Il depository for beef
hides ami the markethouse. Our ply
sicians and tbs Howard Association
have had TO call attention to several
nuisances about this Locality, such as
cutters, filthy backyards, hog pa,lows,
etc. Notwithstanding this fever nest.
the cases have been few and far
hetween- less than n dozen in q
mOGib's time. We are glad to note
that u Thorough cleansing of this dis
trict has tee9 begun, seemingly in
good earnest. Nc say let the good
work continue. 1--WE ws,st our city TO
have the reputation abroad Df being
healthy, and its air incompatible 'wili'
.epsdssnics, let,us, as we can, make il
so by proper sanitary regulations, and
not IN trying to blind ourselves and
others to the .tsStc state OF facts. Our
city j. naturally healthy, Our usual
death-rate will ;sttest Ahis faot, If our
own neglect of ordinary bygiepie PEE
cautions does not infect the air, then
We will always have q healthy popula-
ton and no epidemics.
We learn from DIR. Sears. President
of the Medical Society, that there are
to-day but three cases of yellow fever
In town; Miss Bethea, Mrs. Harden and
Mr.. Piper, at the Jones House
LaTEn.-Mr. Piper died "Wednesday
sftxnaon,-[M Marshall Iron Age, sth
inst.
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What DO they Expect?

70 The Editor of the Dallas Herald:
No event in the history of Dallas
county has been more significant than
the Democratic primary election ON
last Saturday, October lin. no sllch
full, fair and just mode of making
nominations was ever adopted in the
county before. Look at the plain facts:
Two thousand three hundred and seven
ty-six votes for District Clerk, and two
thousand three hundred and thirty
@ ght for Sheriff, being II Respectable
majority of the highest estimate of the
entire vote of the whole county, OF MI
parties, and therefore u very large
majority of the Democratic party. 1t
was a family election, in which every
man who voted stands, not legally,
but morally, bound to vote for the
nominees in December. The defeated
candidates, so far rs we can learn, ac-
knowledge thai we have Il ticket Of
good, men and viii support it. We
have every reason to believe that
there are from five hundred to six
hundred additional Democrats
in the county who did
not vote at this election, hui who will
vote for the nominees on the Al day
of December. Those who presume TO
say that any portion of the men who
voted at the primary election Will re-
fuse to support the ticket, thereby in
suit those very men and virtually nc
cuse them in advance OF peri;dy. We
believe no such thing.
We believe the Democratic county
ticket will receive from two thousand
five hundred 30 three thousand votes.
No Radical or opposition ticket, no
matter by what name called, will get
half so many. And call themselves
what they may, they must, unless
they are lnnatics, expect the solid
vote of the Radical party, and to that
extent at least, Democrats can but re-
gard them as in opposition 10 them
and in alliance with the Radicals.
At this time the honest yeomanry Of
this town and county too keenly re-
member and yet too sensibly feel the
Radical outrages ofthc last four years,
to forget the ancient adage-'he that
is not for us, is against u.s." This is
certainly true in this hour ofdanger to
our liberty as freeman. ITO your tents,
O!'Isrealw FREIsAEA,
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WILL YOU DO 1T.

In a few days we will send our
reporter round to request the amount
of business that has been done in our
city, commencing from the lst day of
November, 1872, and ending the LIST of
May, 1873, by the different merchants.
Our object is to preface tabular state
ment of what Dallas, rs IL commercial
center il doing, 50 that Others may
judge of what they may accomplish
by enterprise in our city for them
selves. We desire to be clearly nnder-
stood on one point, however, upon
which many men rely when they come
to Texas 10 make fortune, and that is,
that per sons coming here with n net to
catch fools, Invariably get entangled
In the meshes of his instrument. Our
merchants are honest, industrious and
prompt in all their representation and
promises, hut at the same timfthcy are
not only capable, but are also intelli-
gent men, not easily duped by the
best and bravest of sharpers from the
older States. The same is true of the
agricultural element OF our country.
TOnew corners, who honestly desire to
make Texas their home, we say that
the welcome they will get from our
citizens is all they can ask from any
people, but to the sharper who expects to
turn his jack by trick, we say that he
will starvc here if he relies upon his
proves as n swindler. We want only
good men to become part of US, and
feel no hesitancy in speaking what we
believe to be true relative to the ner.
its of those who make up this commu-
nifty. The eyes Of the civilized world
are turned toward us, and we intend to
things not only fairly but
justly, so that persons who may per-
eeive our advantages, may enjoy them
Understandings.
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I,lt raIon's Ls'l,rto the baltimore tm'

df TuliunA Leiitf "a tue heiNWuNf NHifH-
cnnl
II would nsl0nish some Of our old
house painters Of Baltimore " lhoy
could witness the manner III Whicli
thc painters Of Paris climb over the
fronts OF those six and seven story
houses, and paint them from ROOF u"
door sill without Tie usr ui ladd"r'
scnilold or amy other wooden conlri-
vance either for themselves or thelr
paint pots. One man without any ns-
slstnnce can paint the entire front Of
one of these tall houses in two or three
days. Directly opposite DIR quarters u
six story building fronting about
eighty feet, Is undergoing n complete
renovation, and the painting o the en-
tire walls hag ben accomplished ny TWO
youths, apparently not over nineteen
years of age.
They are each provided with rope
about mn inch In diameter, extending
from the apex of the roof to the pave
meat, on which knots, one foot apart,
are made throughout IFS entire length.
BY means of an apparatus with straps
clamps and hooks, To which IL append
ed board on which they sit, and stir
rups to rest the feet in, which are
nn ,daid "wn ~ thn rnnn wi,h yreot ropiditv
",'i ' omn - .nt onSo rhrv move lhe
NV "i' t"n,,, ,nnt,n knnt md without
cnpi the mosition Of the rope, are
o on.,,,iaI ~, ~, na;nt ohomt six feet on
einoieu ~ la'i. "' ,rha;r on,,llnr
s sn,nh, s'a ro VI Stucp IN ,iitle looms np-
piu9iip1 AZ LUZ. anat ani the mint NET
pennon " .',I Inv ,,," "" ,one pn whIch
~ soT rpl.,am.d - s'.rimu az somn Kind
J., ~ i''' Mai,od ~ rnr01 win nnsr n.
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soc Hubbard,

We are very sorry to learn OF ii.e
death of that genial, whole-souled
gentleman, Joe j. Hubbard, ut the
CrutGl,fnld House, Dallas, on Tuesday,
the seth alt, Of yellow fever. Mr..
Hubbard left Shreveport upon the
breaking out of the epidemic, apd re-
manned for some time M Marshall,
and left here during the panic. There
are strong grounds for believing that
he received and opened his trunk from
Shreveport, contrary to the advice of
able physicians, and the result of this
jiiadvertance undoubtedly cost him his
he, lie was affected, too, by the gem
eral alaSpi. pna this operated to his dis
advantage, when h:t.taacked by the dis
ease. Safety is not ai@ns. TO be gained
by running; il is far bettaf to keep
cool, and exercise proper care Mar
shall Iron Age, Sth.
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Tlir following verses were sent by u
twolye.fnontle old hopeful 10 ll'
grandpa, wltl,a bunch Of toollrdcls,
on his grandPs birthday, Which cnmo
four days after his own, and as you
viii see, by that he claims to be four
dnys the oldcg ] think you will un-
dcrstand tlela without an interpreter.
They viii match "Dot Schmall Leetlc
Baby" which appeared In TIE HER
AID some time since: e.
MY DEAR GRArpA-Dest one year ado
bcdlndcd u letter to 'oo
But my papa he fought iora poet 200 know,
was pity near almost too new;
He never once asked what fought In e case,
But dcst shulted me up wild snap.
| tell 100 II made be drow red In d facc
10 hui, I'd such vicious old pap;
I've fought OF II often, and now ! know why,
And fink IL was pity dood sense
Such very smart chillen are quite apt to die,
And he didn't want e expense.
But I've lived whole year, and ne knows
very we'll
Dat I'm made Of pretty dood stun;
For to live trough dat sperienca of COLLINS
and sings
Proves must he consido.able tough.
And now dey will tate me across e old sea,
And dey bofe get ESQ, my!"
m tune up my hddle-O, won't |? dey'll see.
Den m tate dood laugh on q sly.
Now, Crap, let me whisper word in 90 ear:
You and Iare two jolly bricks,
And betause sink such n inuchness of 90,
div 90 dis bunch of toothpicks.
But phaps 100 don't know what It's dat dcy's
for
When dcy div 90 most nuiiin to eat
Des, bite one of 'ese-I TODD show 700 how
'Ool lind dat dcy's veal nice and sweet.
When folks don't have not most amy teef
Folks links dey can live on dry sticks.
I'll tell 100, Grappa, whit I've found pity
dood,
Sweet mak ickenel up wild toothpicks.
But, now. as Pm four days older dan 90,
Let me div 90 n word of advice:
Don't eat toofpicks and vinegar, toa, if 90 do,
Dol have tolic, and dat isn't nice;
And cn hit aches, even never so hard,
And 'ootan I help trying, at all,
P'haps dey div 90 IL spankin, and say 200
are tross
And dwef'ully naughty To squall.
But never mind, Grappa, we're men, you
know,
And men allus do as Fey please,
Unless 'ey is babies, or n. arred, and zen
Dere's allus some one to tease.
But myImamma she says can't write any
ippIel
So, do5lbyc, Grappa dear, don't fordet
Dat If 20 are dood ev'ry day of 'oor life,
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n.su,, al The primary Ilpcnou.

OrTiCg DIa0cHAIiC I&GrrTiNEtudai
DALLAS, feNaa, tWinimr W, lNi
The gentlemen named below, re-
celying the highest number of votes
for the respective oillccH, are hereby
declared the nominees Gf the Demo-
Garlic party for the ensuing election,
SherIh--,Iames F.. Bnrklcy, 5sG; W.
NJ. Moon, 6I2; w. II. prathcr, Az; i. :.
Taylor, 43s II. ID. Rawlins, 80.
District Clerk--A. Harwood, llN; u.
+. Coomhcs, 10; G. II. jenkins, i0s.
County Trcasurer,-M. V. Cole,
1850; Henry Boil, 1893.
County Surveyor.-lt. M.Cook, l2iS
j. j. McAllister SUl.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Precinct No. ii. ID. Kerfoot, 3l2
II. +. Burke, 2GS; w. II. Lemons,
PCS.
Precinct No. Wv. A. George, 1871
James Stewart, 90; VIM. Sprowls, III;
II. n. Daniel, ~.
Precinct No. 3-Charlcs Barker, 81;
George w. Medley, Il; j. 7. Good
Precinct No. Nv. Halsell, 81; 4.
l.. Frank, 30; w. w. BaIdridgc,
40; n. II. Caldwell, A..
Precinct No. st. ID. Coats, 80; NJ.
NJ. Thompson, IS; w. Il. Payne, IS;
J. p. Potter, 70; a. c. llaught, 10;
y. A. Keen, II.
therefore declare Tint James T..
Barkley, for Sheriff A. Hln'wood, foi
ni.tr;.t Clnrl. NJ " Cole. for Trcns-
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Discovery Of Relies Of Sir John Frank

A New Bedford dispatch Of Septem-
Der 20, says: The Whaling bark Gias
cier, Captain Potter, arrived here TO.
day from the Arctic regions, having
on hoard several interesting relics OF
the Franklin expedition, procured
from the EsquimauX. There were
heavy silver spoons and forks, having
npoH them the armorial bearings of
tie ranliiY GfSir John Franklin and Of
other Engilsi, families. They We're
procured at Repuisa Hay from some
Esquimaux, who had como from kipg
Williams Land, near the spot wiletb
Sir John Franklin's vessels were aban-
doned, in 1913. The natives say that
both vessels the Erebus and Terror
hs,i gone to pieces. All traces of the
ill-niisa expedition are being fast OBJ
liberated.
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WE are inseceipt Of 2 long and in
teresting letter from Hop. Thomas J
Jennings. of Tyler, who Is personally
known to every old Texan throughout
the borders of this State as n gentle
man of great legal ability, high lit
.erary attachments and one in whom
''no guile" appears, in which I've asks
'ff there is any yellow fever" here, as
surfing us that reports to the effect,
.,llat such is the case prevails in his
portion ~ the State. We unhesita-
tingly assure osF worthy friend that
we have no yellow ssFFeF here and that
this city was never healthief thfn AZ
present
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TWENTY-FIVE years ago, when Will
liam Allen, of Ohio, was member OF
the United States Senate, Wing Sen
ator asked him, "What is DemocracyW
Allen replied as follows:
''Denlocracy is sentiment not to be
appealed, corrupted, or compromised.
1t knows 10 basencss it covers to no
danger; it oppres,es no weakness; de-
structive only 70 despotism, it is the
sole c0nservator of liberty, labor and
property. il is the sentiment of free
dom, of equal rights, of equal dclcga-
ons, the law of nature pervading the
law of the land.-[ Milwaukee News.
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4 woman Boyn July i.I776.
[Boston ucrall.l

Miss Lucy Langdon Novel; was born
IN Alfred, Maine, July !, l77B, on the
day and very near the hour of the sign
ing of the Declaration Of lndepcnd-
ence. When eighteen years of age she
united with the Alfred Shakers, and
has since lived with them. When
eighty-four years of age she woye thir-
ty-four yards of cloth, and at ninety
six knit ten pairs of mittens. she has
never been in a railroad car, and is in
excellent health. If she lives until
1876 Pullman palace car Will be DIS
patched to her native town to trans
bort her to Boston. From thence she
will be anrried direct TO Quaker CITY,
where her presence will be one OF the
features of the grand centennial.
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COMMODORE vASDxnBILr has been

COMMODORE VANDERBILT has been
talking to reporter again. He doesn't
know aayfhing about Wall street,
nowadays, ila says; hasn't been
down there for SIX ,lapths. This
smash has taken him by slifprias, He
doesn't have much TO do with stoekts
buys them, now and then, when he
he's D little loose change, but that's
about al. The report that Uncle
lick Schell has i,sea doing business
for hin, is incorrect, ana ~ has never
had anything H. 10 with Jay lsoffe "
Co. These railway builders have bee9
going too fast, have been "trying to do
something with nothing To 40 it with"
AS for Government purchase and man
agement of the railroads, the Comnio-
dore pooh-poohs the idea. at couldn't
be done.n ne says. ..'See the army of
office-holders that would have to be
created to manage the roads, and L
know that ninety-nine out of every
h1pdEed laep 50 employed are thieves.
Resides that, the stiles you'd object
II would take away Their psIFileges;
Oh there are 50 many 'o'jjccri9ns thai
there is no use IN going Through with
them. OF course, | don't oijept- 1t
would be all the same tome."-lsrrliig-
field Republican.
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A hard shell Baptist minister over
I'm Indiana, who married fortnight
after his wfe's death, made the follow
Ing satisfactory explanation In the
pulpit the Sunday following: 81
searched the scriptures from Ginisces
to Riverations and found plenty of
promises to the widow, but marry one
10 the widderer. And so / took ii that
the good Lord didn't waste sympathy
OH Il man when it was in his power to
comfort himself, and having n first
rate change to marry in the Lord, |
did so, and would do so again. Besides,
brethren, consider that poor Patsy
was just rs dead as she ever would
be.n
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The foIIOWIng UIsiIItV'I ms Ju8t UVVTr
received:
.HINpIAN TERRITORY, October 10
Governor Davis and party arrived
here today from the Indian confer
ence at Fort sill. The two chiefs,
Satanta and Big Tee. were released on
condition that II the Niowas Or any
other Indians at any time raidoa ~
Texas, they, together with raiders,
would be immediately arrested. Troops
will be at once posted along the from
tier bordering on the reservation.
Indians who recently raided in Texas
will be turned over to the state author
tiles. All captives and horses stolen
from Texas are to be returned to their
owners. Only three days rations VIII
I've issued to the Indians nj It time"
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A PREaIOUs RELIC.

We have been shown by John Henry
Brown, in the writing of the immor-
tai William Barrett Travis, comman-
der OF the Alamo, the original OF the
fir~i dispatch sent by Travis to the coll
o,,i,'S after the Mexican army, unoer
S..nir Anna, appeared in sight. Ma
jor Bruw: has been in possession Of
ths rar" document for many years,
4s,.s ,';,,es refused hundred dollars in
golti s,r it, To preserve it he has had
it encased in q handsome frame. Those
wishing to see it can do 80 by calling
at our editorial Office withia a week Of
two, after which it may be seen at
Major Browns residence
The following is an exact copy of
the dispatch:
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She concluded rather suddenly io 90 10
pnriy, and In nothing iu Went
Tint Il 10 Say, nlio hndnt uNhina tinl
She hadn't previously worn ~ n'h r
lngs where The sumo p91pIc bad s'oii
her Tho dress Is engaged for ten, r.
row night by u lady slightly stoultr
and nm lcltina II out md altering the
TRIMMING"
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The widow of Charles Washington,
of Washington county, Ark, has raised
silk on his estate for the last twenty
years. She feeds the silkworm on the
leaves of the mulberry, and states that
she has never known any disease
among her worms. She spins the silk
upon Il common wheel, such as is used
by families for spinning flax, and for q
quarter of a century has manufactured
all the sewing silk and floss needed in
her own family, beside more or less for
sale to her neighbors and to stores in
the village.