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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

REV. DIR. J. Is. MCFERRIN, Of Nash
vile, Tenn, is in attendance on the
Conference in Dallas. Men past mid
die life can not fail to remember the
( character of this eminent minister OF
the gospel, editor and writer. DIR. Me-
Ferrin was the bosom and confidential
friend of Andrew Jackson, the illustri-
Gus patriot President Of the United
States. lie was, possible, even more
intimately the friend Of ex-President
James X. Polk, and preached his iune-
raj sermon. In the great day of trial
of the Methodist Church Of America,
in 1874, when the North and South
branches each went its way, Dr. Nc
Ferrin, through all the forces of his
great intellect and every pulsation Of
his incorruptible heart, was on the side
of the South, and in faVnqof peace
able separation of the church. Time
has proved the wisdom Of his course.
From that day to this, covering twenty
nine eventful years in American his
tory, his whole time, heart and soul
have been given to the welfare and
glory, present and eternal, of his be-
loved South. Though we have never
seen him, his career is familiar to us,
and we take delight in thus briefly pre-
senting him to the affectionate regard
of all true men and women in Dallas
and in Texas.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
OTIt HOOK TAIf.s.

SCRIBNER's lLLUSTRATT. ID. RGhaINE,
for boys and girls. conducted tl
Mary AIapts Dodge. S.irHcr d Coz
New York.
We do not know o. 70 magazine
devoted to literature for ,ir young
whose contents are somi my purify
ing and ennobling as IL publication
of Scribner's. There Is uI, sketch or
n line in the whole bool hut what win
captivate the youthful fancy and nj
the same time inform 1ud direct the
mind with wholesome sentiment, We
CONNER d this monthly visitor % pa
rents who desire to furr-Il thcir chill
dren with reading matte. strong yet
simple and of highly ,ryulod tone.
BASIL; or the Crossed palu. iiy WilI,ie
Collins. II. II. Peterson O. Bro, Phil
adelphia, Pa.
This novel cannot b. placed among
the richest production Of Collins
genius, but it contain su,lloicnry Of
his peculiar power Of construction and
wizard subtlety in the unrpveImcnt uf
his plot, as to invest IL with genuine
interest, and satsf' tri5. authors
admirers that his pea IS s.ill gouii
who can weave from The vestnl fire of
his mind some drcaa Of grace and
beauty.
THE MASTER OF GREY ,Nps. BY Mrs.
Henry Wood. II. i. Pctc,son x
Brothers, Philadelphia Ia.
Mrs, Wood is one o. the most bril-
liant and profound OF modem authors,
She has thorough knowledge Of the
human heart, II quick eye 20 the shans
and weaknesses of society, and a
demoniacal hatred l5r its abuses and
its cruelties. Mrs. WOOD IG5 written Il
great many novels, b. she has written |
none so thoroughly beautiful a5 the |
Master Of GreylanCs
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

The pretentions Of the Radical pa
pers and speakers that Texans expect
nothing from the Federal gov
ernment but oppression, unless We
elect the Radical ticket, is the mos,
transparent piece of impudence We
ever witnessed in times of compare
tive peace. 1t insults Our manhood
1t outrages all that is worth living foi
in free government. 1t is an open
confession of the venality and con.
temptible meanness of the Radical
party of Texas.
BY their insidious inuedoes we are
given to understand that unless we
abandon manhood, trample upon HON
or, and show a readiness to mortgage
our souls to the devil for mere tenn
porary repose, we shall he deprived OF
all the attributes of freemen. Shame
on such unholy and foul manifesto
tions. We contemn and dispise them
and their authors.
Despite all threats of Federal bayo-
nets by Radicals, ex-policemen, eX-
school supervisors and all the instru-
ments and agents of Radical outrages
in Texas, we intend to vote for Rich
ard Coke for Governor and the Demo-
cratic ticket down to precinct officers.
All men worthy to be free, will DO tike-
wise.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
A MOST valuable and comprehensive

a MOST valuable and comprehensive
paper has 'ecn prepared under dircc-
ton of the Peoples Committee OF
Seventy, by some Of the ablest law
yers OF the state, on the Louis
lana case. It covers and eXhauSts
the whole narrative and argu-
mentativc grounds on which it
rests, In the interest OF the people, as
against usurpers and intruders in Office
under Federal auspices, and proves
most conclusively that Kellogg never
was returnea elected, much less elect
ed; that the Lynch Board tsG-called)
never had any other member than
Lynch himself; that Lynch never had
any returns before him, and, in short,
that the whole thing was one of the
bO,dest, thinest frauds ever enacted on
the political sawdust of the United
States.
We warmly recommend our readers
to give this document. which we shall
publish next week, - careful perusai.
1t will repay, and viii subsequently be
published in pamphlet form to be laid
before the members ur the next Con-
gress.-lNew Orleans Picayunc.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
gSe Death Of nn Aged Hunter who
had Killed 1900 Deer.

WATERTowN, N. y, October o.
Robert Sixbury died on the 2ad lust,
at The house of his son, Isaac Sixbuly,
In tho tpWn OF i4eary, Jefferson county,
New York, at the age of one hundred
and ten years and seven months. Mr..
SiXbury had acquired great reputation
IS a hunter on John Rrnwn's tract, in
northern New York, where he had
slain over 1900 deer. When past
eighty years of age he met with an
accident which necessitated the ampu-
tation of one of his legs, and he
assisted the country doctor to nefinrM
tho operation without timchlng. The
fUyenal was attended by several of Mr..
SXbury's children, aged between
eighty and ninety years. The deceased
had enjoyed comparatively good heal.h
up to the day of his death.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
WE REGRET

That the annual Conference of the
Methodist Church and the Presbytery
of the Old School Presbyterian Church
are in session in Dallas at the same
time. Both appointments were made
last year, each in ignorance of the
other, It was onlya a few days since
that the clash was discovered, when
DIR. Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, telegraphed to have the Pres
bytery postponed, but too late to ac-
complish the object. AS it is, no one
is to blame; but the ministers and
members of these two bodies are, much
to their regret, debarred the privilege
of extending the usual Christian cour-
tesies to each other. The usual services
will be held in all the churches to-day,
but, outside of the Methodist church,
we have not been furnished with the
names of preachers in other bodies at
the morning, afternoon and evening
hours,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
REV. i. w. T.. McMRyZIE.

While we are not disposed to single
out individual members of the Metho-
dist conference, now in session in Dali
las, but are desirous of mentioning of
all strangers who come from other
conferences or States, yet, the most
sensitive will not object to our indica-
ting by name the presence of the Rev.
old Texas Father, ]. w. p. Mckenzie,
of Clarksville. Father Mckenzie
came to Texas in 1866. For thirty
years he has enjoyed rich fame as
President of Mckenzie institute. He
has educated more worthy Texas boys
now men, than any living man.
For thirty-seven years he has been be-
fore the scrutinizing eye of a jealous
but generous Texas public, and we
have yet to hear the first man or wo-
man utter an unklnd or disrespctful
word in regard to him. What COM
ment on life so long tried in new
and ever changing country. Yet, it Is
truel Add to this the love of young
and middle aged men scattered all
over this vast territory, who regard
him as second father, and we feel
justified in saying, Father Mckenzie,
thou art thrice welcome to Dallas.
In the same spirit friend reared In
Dallas county from childhood, sug-
gests that no one will consider it in
vidious for us to note the presence Of
our venerable fellow-townsman, Rev.
Abner Keen, who has been a citizen
here for tweDty-eight years, and whose
whitened locks, with a long life Of pu-
rity, commands the esteem Of all who
know him.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
THE dispatches of yesterday in rels

THE dispatches of yesterday in rela-
ton to the affairs of Hoyt, Sprague q
Co., New York, and A. & w. Sprague,
Providence, r. l., are the most serious
of recent financial manifestations.
Were those great firms to fail, the
effect would be disastrous to tens OF
thousands in al parts of the cepntry'
Their assets--Ye mean those or A. q
w. Sprague, of Providence-are great,
and millions above their liabilities.
We have been through their great
factories, parks, stables and works,
only to be bewildered by their i'm
mensity. A few days must determine
the grand facts, about which conjecture
would be useless now,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

AMONG the pleasant episodes occur
ring during the Conterenee just closed
in Dallas, was tho meeting of one of its
members, Rev. DIR. J. G. Parks, of Sher.
nan, with a long-time-ago sehoolmate
n lady of this town, after q separation
of thirty-siN years, Such reunions, al.
ways touching, are greatly enhanced
when, as in this case, the parties find
that through all these troublous
times of rancor, war, heartburnings
sufferings and sore visitations, they
have, throughout, been on the samt
side.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

Chicago has got the start of Uncle
Sam, aisl :G5 600 has been taken there
from the Philadelphia mint, Consigned
to the national banks and u firm of
private bankers, who are paying il out
at par. The bullion from which it was
coined was from one Of the smelling
and refining works q! Chicago, which
is producing aOout 500 90 per month,
ali on which will he coined for circuia-
tion. The New Y ork Express, comment
ing on the above, says that the Govern
ment has been enriched from ten 10
twenty millions 10y its fractional cur
rency which has been burned, lost or
wasted, and can now well afford to pay
the little premium on bullion which is
asked. The Secretary OF the Treasury
promises to heed tho suggestions ut
some early, hns yet unnaned, period.
The first thing 10 be done is to wipe out
the small shin-plasters and to substi-
tute silver for nickel. There are plenty
of people in the United States, even in
business, who have not seen piece OF
silver money for ten or twelve years.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

We learn from one ofthe mail agents
on the Pacific Road that the western
bound express on hisline, YVES thrown
from the track y fractured iuil, five
miles cas-. OF WiI.s' Point o.. saturday
evening, lhe engine and tender and
two eoaphfs kept ,he 0etiies, while
the mail and baggage ear and ihe
balance Of the train, consisting vi iuur
coaches, we.e ditchcd. fortunately
about the only injury sustained by She
occupants of the eoaobes, that we're
thrown from the track, was a species
of shaking up that, reminded them of
the time their nurses used 90 jog them
across their knee to rout The collie.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

A GENTLEMAN out West recently pur-
chased high-sp!rited horse that had
never been shod. On the smith attemp-
ting to shoe him he resisted all efforts,
kicked aside every thing, and nearly
crippled himself against the anvil,
when he was finally returned to his sta
bic unshod. In despair his owner was
about consigning him to the plow,when
an officer, who had fought iii the Mex
loan war, took cord about the size OF
a common bed cord, pnt in the mouth
of the horse like a bit, and tied it tight
ly on the animals head, passing his
left ear under the string, not painfully
tight, but tight enough to keep the ear
down and the cord in its place. This
done, lie patted the horse gently on the
side of the head, and commanded him
to follow, and instantly the horse obey
ed, perfectly subdued and as gentle aud
obedient as a well-trained dog, suffering
his feet to be lifted with entire impuni-
ty, actingin all respects like an oil sta
ger. The officer states that this was y
means resorted to in Mexico and South
America faf subduing wild horses. The
plan Is as ingenious as 1t Is slmple, and
well worth the attention of those who
have unmanageable horses.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
Is Henry v. a Legitimate Bourbon.

If we are to. believe the Paris Bicn
Public, this is very pertinent question
to ask, inasmuch as the Due de Berry,
the father of the present pretender, was
lawfully marrisGin England in lS06 to
q Mra. Brown, who is still living, and
from whom he was never divorced be-
fore any British tribunal. To be sure the
marriage was declared nullity by
Louis SVIII at his restoration to the
French throne, but the French Law did
not recognize divorce, nor is hepower
assumed by Louis XVIII based upon
any written or unwritten right claimed
by his Bourbon ancestors.
BY his marriage with Mrs. Browu,
Chambord's father had two daughters
both Of whom Is now married to Gen.
Di Charette, and the other to Prince d
Faucigny. The Bien Public challenges
contradiction as to the perfect authen-
ticity and notoriety of the above facts.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
LET DALLAS

Be the banner Democratic county of
Texas. AT the lowest calculation, if
Democrats will vote, Coke's majority
in the county ought to be two thou
sand, larger we believe, than any other
county i'm the State will give. VIII
not county pride, if not love of country,
induce every Democrat of Dallas county
TO go to the polls ON Tuesday, Decem-
ber 2, Ammo Domini 1873, and vote the
noble ticket headed by Richard Coke,
the noblest work of God-an honest
man.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

\ REALlsruo priest in Germany has
taken new departure in the treat.
ment of persons possessed with de.
mons. "A young woman of his flock
became possessed with II company OF
devils, as is sometimes the case in this
country, and suffered the usual tor
lures OF fainting and commissions. She
was brought to the good clergyman, Il
robust, muscular OLD fellow, who was
an adept In the use of a hickory cudgel.
Anef looking at the posSessed damscl
ion few moments, and intcrrogating
her closely, he laid his walking sticl;
over her polonaiSe with y force and
rapidity that astQnished not only the
girl but'the devil himself. The alllict-
cd glrl Is now perfectly cured, having
abandoned her cherished hope of being
pointed out as the subject OF II miracu-
lous cure, and the clergyman relies
more than ever on his cudgel as an
infallible instrument of eXorcism.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
THE CONFERENCES.

On Thursday evening, in the Metho-
dist church, Bishop Kavanaugh preach
ed to the most crowded audience we
have ever seen in Dallas. Many
failed to get in and had to leave. we
have rarely listened to n more able
/ discourse. The venerable Bishop,
though seventy-two, was in line ap-
pearance, and had the profound atten-
ton of his hearers throughout.
BY the announcement from the
stand, we learned that the Rev. Drs.
Baldwin, of Louisiana, and Sargent, of
Baltimore, were present. The former
preached yesterday at 10 A. NJ, the
latter ut in the evening, both to
large congregations and giving great
satisfaction.
The announcements for services on
Sabbath (to-morrow) will appear in
THE HERALD tomorrow morning.
Bishop Kavanaugh, while with us, is
the guest or DR.. A. M. Cochran.
Rev. DR.. Sargent, Of Baltimore, Is
the guest of Colonel Darlington.
Rev. DR.. J. b. McFerrin is the guest
of Capt. S. J. Adams.
We have been unable to get list of
the ministers present from other States
or conferences. Our desire is to pub
lish all of interest concerning this
assemblage of one of the most intelli-
gent religious bodies ever yet met
together in North Texas. But our,
editor is absent on account ofill-health,
and our pro tenn has multifarious duties
to perform. The resident minister,
Rev. Mr.. Thompson, is necessarily too
much engrossed to be our reporter,
and hence we are, just at this moment,
greatly dependent on chance to get
facts.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

A TOLEDO paper was enterprising
enough to record the number Of kisses
given at the recent gathering of Mill
tary chieftains there. General Sher-
man, it seems, kissed the most babies
81 In all, and General Grant stood see
ond OH the list. General Custar kissed
the larger number of little girls and
ladies, 43 of the former and67 of the
latter, but was not partial To the ba-
bies. General Sheridan was second on
the ladies list, while Generals Grant
and sherman were far down the list.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

WHY are SO many papers dying out
in Texas! ~ potent question. Tie
Galveston Commercial and the vcner-
able old Houston Tcleggaph--the old
est paper in TeXas-have recently sus-
pended. Why Is this? An honest
answer (in our best OpiniOn), would
stir up a hornets nest.
We venture to say, however, that
fewer papers in Texas, ably conducted,
enjoying the patronage now distribu-
tod among so many, would be II public
blessing throughout the State,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
SlecDing la u Cold Room.

Halls Journal of Health says that
cold bedchambers always imperiI
health and invite fatal diseases. Ro-
bust persons may safely sleep in II tenn
perature of forty or under, but the old,
the infant and the frail, should never
sleep i'm q room where the atmosphere
is much under fifty degrees Fahren-
heit. ...
All know the danger of going direct
into the cold from very warm room.
Very few rooms, churches, theaters
and the like urp ever warmer thnn sPF-
enty degrees, fit is freezing 0ut oil
doors it is thirty degrees-the differ
ence being forty degrees more. Per-
sons will be chilled by such change
in ten minutes, although they may be
actively walking.
But to lie still in bed, nothing to pro-
mote circulation, and breathe for hours
an atmosphere of forty and even fifty
degrees when the lungs are always at
ninety eight, il too great a change.
Many persOns wax Mp ia tho morning
with inflammation of the lungs who
went to bed WE'LL. and are surprised
that this should be the case. The cause
may often be found in sleeping i'll II
room the windows of which has been
foolishly holsted for ventilation. The
water-cure journals Of the country have
done an incalculable injury by the
blind and indiscriminate advice. of
hosting the windows nj night.
The rule should be, everywhere dur
ing the part of the year when fires are
kept burng, 20 avoid hosItng outside
windows. 1T is safer and better TO
leave the chamber-door open, as also
the ireplapo-then there IL n draft up
the chimney, while the room is not so
likely to become cold. If there is some
fire in the room all night the window
may be opened an ineh, ~ is safer TO
sleep in u bad air all night, with n
temperature under forty. The bad air
may siclien you, but can not kill you;
the cold air can and does kill very
uftpn
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

THE Charleston News and Courier
says the cCtton Of the Srathern Syotc,
in the last eigu, years has been sold
for the enormol- sum OF Sl,5iS,OJD,l ,l2J
in gold, which amount has been
brought to this country from Euope
in payment. This is more than twice
all the legal tender and national bagl;
note circulation Of the United E,ales
and three -fourhspll the national dcht.
United States houls and railroad boul,
may be sent abroad for the gold, bat
viii be sure h. come back In times ot
panic, while cotton never comes back
and the gold il brings to our country
never leaves US. Thc cotton crop has
sustained the credit Of the United
States, and but for that crop The West
could never have had the South ~ 4
market for her hreadstuiis. Upon oul
Gotten crop tl;e merchants the manu-.
tacturers and middle meA OF tie NOrrN
are dependent Galyestun News.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
The Congressional Excursion.


The party of Congressman who left
here last week for the Southwest,
returned yesterday evening, and are
stopping at the Planters. The eXcur-
sion penetrated Texas as far rs Dallas,
and was forced to turn back by the
prevalence of yellow fever in the
interior. These gentlemen had never
before visited the Indian Nation, but
the majority of them have made up
their minds i'm favor of having the gov
eminent adopt measures for turning
this most valuable tract of land to
account. The return trip was made by
daylight over the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad, and ample opportunity was
afforded the honorable guests for gain
Ing IN Idea Of the lilnitiess miaeral
and agricultural resources of South
west Missouri.
The guests will be shown about our
city TO-DAY in carriages provided by
Dwyer, who has charge of the ar
rangements. Tonight the members
will start in various directions for
home
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A Remarkable Accident.
ll'rom The Tcrrc Iluulc Exprcss,I

The London Times, commcntinl
cditorially upon IN item from the EX
press relative to the remarkable acci.
dent that happened some time since tC
Captain John Branch, in this city,
says that all of surgical history ha, no
case like this. 1t will he remembered
that Captain Branch's finger was
caught by ring upon it in jumping
rom car, and pulled oil, drawing
with 1t piece of tendon that extend
ed to the elbow. The more rcmarka.
Bile part of the case, n feature that is un-
known to the Times, Is that Captain
B. suffered no pain at the time of the
accident or since.
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4 N!.esriuI Canduetea.

Prom the Nashville lTennl Bannerl
A Nashville man had occasion to go
to Memphis over the Northwestern
Road last week. There were but few
passengers aboard, and during the
night the conductor came and sat down
by him. "Goin' to Memphis, are you,
siranger?n he asked. eyes, sip" said
the Nashville man. ''Mighty rough
road, amt it," queried the conductor,
with yawn. "Very," was the reply.
..Last time / went over the road this
car we're now in was upset, and man
was killed all To smash" said the com.
municative ticket-puncher, with an
other yawn. Then he added: "I've
got the most reckless engineer on the
road with me tonight, too; but l hope
we won't have any accidents "I
certainly hope we will not" responded
the passenger, with feeling of uneasi-
ness. "Well, / don't know as it would
make much difference to YOU" said
the conductor, cheerfully; '!yQu'll die
anyway If you're goin' to Memphis"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

1t is source of congratulation that
while money is tight, and the general
financial condition precarious in the
large cities, the.wonderful growth of
Dallas continues with una5ated vigor.
A happy corollary is, as the records Of
the Clerks Office show, that the coun-
try keeps even pace with the town in
population, improvement and material
DEVELOPMENT.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

A young grass widow, aged twenty
five years, and cX-sp0uSe of fogr living
husbands, is about to harvest her fifth
hay crop in Salt Lake City. Her first
husband was a Yankee, her second an
Italian, her third a Swiss, her fourth a
German, and her prospective fifth is
Polander. The widows taste is truly
cosmopolitan, and she seems ready To
take the world to her glowing and ca
PRECIOUS bosom.