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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-16
Proceedings Of the City COnnch-Ad'
JOurned Meeting.
Published BY Authority
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER |
Dallas, Sept. II, 1873. J

Published BY AGlbOriiy'I
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, |
Dallas, Sept. II, 1873. }
Abscnt-Aldcrma Sanger.
Rules suspended and the proposition
of Nat. Burford, w. l.. Williams and
John NJ. Stemmons regarding the eX-
tension of Pearl street from Pacific
avenue to Elm street through tiielr
land, running between block b and ID
of the Burford, Stemmons and VII
liomis subdivision of the city OF Dali
las. said extension to he fifty feet
wide, and the city to pay for the same
fifteen hundred currency dollars, or the
warrants of the city to draw TWO per
cent per month interest, said par
tics releasing all claims against thc
city for opening Main, Elm, Preston
and that portion of swiss street east anu
north of Pacific avenue, the city vaca-
ting the proposed extension OF Mchih,
new street between Pacific avenue ana
Elm streets. Colonel Stemmons, III
behalf of Messrs. Burford, Williams
and Stemmons, withdrew the above
proposition. st., N.
Report of quarantine officer, Dr.
Thruston, of September Il, 1873, read;
To the Hon. Council City OF Dallas;
have the honor to submit the fol-
lowing report for September II, 1873
Tho above list comprises all the pas
scngcrs landed in this city by the Texas
and Pacific Railroad to this date. The
train crew have all been selected fol-
the road that have not been in Sfreve'
port within the time specified by YOU
ordinances. AS yet, ! see no danger
in continuing the presentarrangement
Every avenue to Shreveport Is block
AIDED 10y police from Marshall and VI
to ten O'Clock this morning no case .
yellow fever was reported in that city
Respectfully submitted,
s. D. THRUSTON, NJ. d.,
Quarantine Officer
Report received, and, on motion o
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A short time ago the Queen of the
BelgIans and the Princess Louise drove
out from Spa to visit to Cascade of Coo.
Near the village of La Flaize they
were caught in u heavy thunder storm
aud sought shelter in an inn, where
the landlady, seeing the two ladies, re-
fused to admit "any such persons"
and so they had to put up at n neigh
boring farm house for the night.
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NEWS SUMMARY.

LOUISVILLE, September l5-Razor
and Matston, two kuklux prisoners,
escaped rom Jail on Monday, and
were recaptured by the Sheriff OF
Henry county on Friday.
Joseph Campbell jumped from the
Ohio River Bridge last night, dis
lance of eighty-four feet, to the bare
rocks below, and WAS instantly killed
Cause unknown. :,
Lord, the missing Herald corresponds
ent, who disappeared from Sheibyville
some weeks since, has been seen neal
Midway aud beyond. He is splendidly
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THE largest wrought-iron bridge in
the United States has just been com
pleted across White river for the Wis.
consin Central Railroad Company. Its
length is ,525 feet, its extreme height
1917 feet, with an average height of 81
feet in the entire distance. The bridge
at the base is 20 feet wide, and feet 4
inches at the top, and is braced with
iron rods and braces. The cost of the
bridge IL about 800, 900.
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The Lord would not suffer any that
were fearful and faint-hearted to fight
his battles on earth against earthly
enemies, less they made others faint
like themselves Can we therefore
think that he will entertain faint
hearted soldiers in his spiritual battles
against spiritual enemies, in which
comhats his own honor and his chill
dren's salvation are 80 deeply engag,
ed?-[ William Gouge.
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ID i u ID.

Died In this city on the 18Th instant, Mon
day evening, ut The residence OFT. w, Bren-
nan, Miss NJ. II. \. Connolly, aged y years
after n brief Illness oftwo weeks. Shc WAS
native OF Canada, and was horn on Elumtltt
admired and esteemed by all who knew her
aud her death has east n deep gIoom oyer
her large circle of acquaintanch IN This city
Her funeral VIII take place tom the resi-
dence or W. Brennan, on Main sleei on
"Wednesday, 18th, at half past 10 o'clock
Friends aud acquaintance are invited TO at
tend.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Bulletin, Aug, q;
"a stylish shark Ola lovely sky blue
tint, nine feet long, and weighing i7o
pounds, was captured In the bay yes.
terlny by u party OF fishermen and
broueht Co the city. The skin has been
carefully removed from tn body, with
the head and fins intact, and Is Intend
ed for shipment to the Vienna Mus
aint -
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A YOUNG lady named Fanny Gray,
residing In Harrison county, has gone
insane, aud her derangod condition Is
said 20 have been the result OF novel
reading, having had n morbid craving
for sensational reading for II number OF
wears. II Couricr-J
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Two citizens of Scarborough, Me-,
one day last week, walked from that
interesting town to Portland for the
purpose of buying IA pint of new rum
end a copy of the Scarborough Bible"
This was mixing drinks with ven
ppaucp
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Convey thy love to thy friend, as
the arrow To the mark, to stick there,
not ms n ball against the wall, to re-
bound back TO thee; that friendship
will not continue TO the end that Is
bpptln for an end Quacle.
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SOMETHING FROM HIS PEN" John
relates the following bit of CONVERSE
ton he had with an acquaintance:
"He said he used to write for the pa
pers once, and meeting an editor one
LAY, the editor said he would like
something from his penn and, says he,
"what do you think sent hlm?"
Says ], "Give 1t up"
Saws he, DWELL, ne said he wanted
something from my pen, so sent him
pig"
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THE precious school boy, WHO quoting
from u distinguished statesman, said
he "knew no North or SOUTH was
surprised to find himself put at the
bottom of the class in geography.
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KANSAS CITY, September II
Cattle - Receipts to-day 1854; ship
ments 1855. The market to-day has
been brisk and prices shade lower
owing to an excess of common green
Texan stock.
Transactions We're limited some of
which were as follows; II green Texan
cows averaged III lbs brought 80; 90
green Texan COWS averaged Sl2 lbs
brought So; 81 green Texan steers
averaged 97S brought 2 %.
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CARRY THE NEWS!

RAILWAY having completed and opened
for business their Northeastern Extension
Missouri Dlvisiou) from Selaiia 10 Hanni-
bal. are now running their Elegantly Equip
I'd rains through 10 Hannibal without
hange.
Passengers for points in Northern Mis-
souri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Up
per Mississippi Region, Northern and Con-
trail Illinois, Chicago, Michigan and the Great
Northeast viii ma this the Sharlest, Cheap
est and Quickest Route.
Through cars will continue to run through
TO Vt, Louis without change, via Sedalia, as
heretofore.
TfI0S. DORW1N,
Gcn'l Passenger Agent, ". Louis, Mo.
JAMES II. BROWN,
General Ticket Agent, Sedalia, Mo.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-16

A Minnesota newspaper editor has
succeeded in palming of the decaloguc
upon his readers as an original COM
muuication.
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NoTIcE.

City Engineers Office, September ., lS73--
The grade Of Elm, Main, Commerce, Hous-
ton, Jefferson, Market, Austin and Lamar
streets having been established by the City
ed streets must be constructed 10 conform to
said grades By the property owners. should
the owners Of such property fall to do 50
within thirty days from this date, the city
will have said work done ut the expense OF
said property holders. Sidewalks ON the
above named streets must be full ten feet Ia
width. ., w. ii. WENTWQltTH, -iif
isQdlot CITY Engineer.
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DRUG g4sRn FOR SALE.

The undersigned Wishing to uut the drug
business, takes this opp rtunty TO INFORM
thr public that he will soil his interest In the
stock of the firm of Elliott u Stevenson. Any
one DESTROYS OF engaging In this business VIII
ind IL to his iutolcst Ia call and see. North
side public square, Dallas Texas. ,,.,
lS7dtf. h, ELLIOTT.
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NEW ApvtNllstmsaIs.

wy ANTED-OcSupant for large, COM
w Portable room, furnished or uniur'
nished, with board, in private family. Two
single gentlemen preferred, References civ
ca and required. Address as, LockboN 20
posiotlicp IL
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NOTICE.

The copnrtucNhlp heretofore existing
under the firm name OF Meuee q Pirtsoh
has been dissolved. ! Will be Responsible
alone for contracts mndc By me individually
lSTdLtp q, II. PtERSON,
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Pullman's Palace Sleeping Cars

Pullman'S rance Sleeping CMfS
Are attached 10 Express Trains between
Houston and Austin, and Houston and Cor
sicana.
Passengers for Waco must take Express
Train leaving Houston at 800 y. N.
Connections
Az Hcarnc, with International railroad
daily Sundays excepted.
At Dallas and sherman, with Texas ana
Pacific Hallway and t pasO Stages for all
points OF note in Northern Texas.
At Waco, with daily stages TO oil points
West.
Al Mexia, with line of hacks for Fairfield
mud Butler, on Sundays and Wednesdays.
At Ledbetter, with Daily Stage for La
Grange
At McDade, with daily Stage for Bastrop.
At Austin, with daily Stage for San Marcos,
New Braunfrls, San Antonio and III Pnso.
Through '2lckets sold at Houston, Austin,
Hampstead, Bryan, Calvert, Wnco, Corsicana,
Dallas and Sherman, via Red River city and
Galveston, 10 all points Of note between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, within the lin
Its of the United States and Canada. Also,
vim stage lines to San Antonio, Weatheriord,
Fort Worth, BOnham, Paris and Clarksvil lille.
For Through Rates apply TO Station Agents,
or j. DuIAND, General superintendent.
j, WALDO, q. h. q 4. A. lDdi3w
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The MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS
RAILWAY, with It's connections, Is the
Shortest, QUICKEST and only. Direct Ronte
from all polnls In Texas, the Indian Nation
and southern Kansa TO ~. Louis, lianni bal,
Chicago and ali prominent Eastern points.
Rates as low and time quicker than any other
road In the market.
All claims for loss, damage or oyerchargc
promptly settled.
Merchants ordering goods from the Fast
will save time and money by consigning
them care Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail-
way. s
Genr Eastern Agent, $40 Broadway, MY.
ID. X. WILLIAMS
Agent, As Clark street, Chicago.
GEO. W. LIi.LEY,
Contracting Agent, sN Walnut street,
st. Louis, Mo.
W. GAGE,
Agent, Hannibal, Mo.
J. w. BURCII,
Contracting Agent, Dallas, Texas.
W. =. ROBINSON,
gepr Freight Agent, seaalia, Ne.
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ON AND AFTER
Sunday, August 3, 1878,

Passenger Trnins VIII run ns IOIIOWs'
EXPRESS Leaves Houston daily Saturday
excepted, NJ =. NJ. =,
Arriving ut Austin, 7DOa. M; waco, SOD y;
M, Red Riyer City, ll.35 n. m; 81. Louis, 600
u. m; Chicago, 1850 u. M; Louisville, I'20 q.
IN; indianapolis, 500 q. m; Columbus, o.,
i2:lOp. m; Piitsburg, S:l5 p. M Philndelphia,
$50 Il. M; Washington CITY, 7;25 q. m; Balti-
more, $40 u. M; New iorh iO;2op !. NJ.
Returning, leaves Red River City, i:l0p. M;
Waco, 100 p. m. Austin, ls0 n. m; arriving
In Houston, 1890 and Galveston, 5;Uo y. ~.
CCoMMODATI0N--Lea Houston daily
SUNDAY excepted) al 0 A. NJ.
Arriving ut Austin, $3.50 y. M; Hed River
City, 800 u. IN. ana
III. Saturday excepted; Austin $50 n, mi;
arriving in Houston, 6'i5 y. M, and Calves
ton, gi5 y. m.
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Kansas City live stock MARKET.
KANSAS CITY, September II

Reported for the Dallas Herald By Kitchener,
Green Il Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-26
AmArrs in Nashville.
Correspondence Knoxville Chronicle.l
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Correspondence Knoxville Chronicle.l
NASHVILLE, December II. 1873.
Having taken a nasty though afiec-
tionate leave of the State of Blount on
Wednesday morning last, | arrived in the
Rock City, right side up with care, at
| 80 a. m. on yesterday. After visiting
the penitentiary, the capital, etc, ETC.,
it was my purpose to have written you.
last evening, but engagements not to be
broken or postponed made it impossible,
SO avail myself of a spare hour now to
drop hasty line
The health of the city seems to be
good, and business is evidently looking
up. Everywhere may be seen huge piles
Of freshly arrived bales Of cot
ton, while Broad and South College
streets are in n continual jam with wag-
ons from the country and city transfers
hauling the staple to and from the sew
eral depots, wharves, etc, while Nash
Williams as rule, step quick, look cheer
ful, and not unfrequently may be heard
congratulating each other on the general
outlook, and expressing the hope that
Congress may soon take some steps to
bring about an increased circulation OF
currency.
The State Teachers Association is in
full blast, and to one from the second
district looks like a grand success. 1t
certainly docs argue well for the future
of the poor old State to see so many OF
the most intelligent citizens from all
parts of her territory come together here
in the capital city, all animated, seem
ingly, by common purpose TO lit her
to a higher standard of civilization.
said | had visited the penitentiary;
yes. and | must confess that | have
never seen that institution give so much
evidence of efficient management as now,
under the lease to that prince OF good
fellows of your city--Major Tom o Con-
ner. Everything is scrupulously clean,
all the convicts are comfortably clothed,
well fed, and humanely governed, while,
instead of being a heavy annual expense
to the State, as it has heretofore been, 1t
is now the source of thirty thousand dol
lars yearly revenue.
MY business IN the city however,
being such as to require it, have spent
much of both yesterday and to-day in
the Office of the Comptroller, and do
not hesitate in saying that | have mo-
where met more thoroughly competent
officer, or a more whole-souled and gen
ial gentleman than the present incum-
bent of that responsible position, John
C. Burch. | am aware that In these
times of general mstrust and much par
tisan rancor-of enSless party crimlna-
ton and recrimination-it is not easy to
see anything meritorious in a political
opponent, and often still harder to mus
ter the moral courage necessary to ad-
nit it, yet / must concede that | am
fully convinced that Colonel Burch is
making a manful effort for the promo
ton of the best interests of the whole
State without regard to party creed or
clique. q REPUBLlcAN'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-26
The New English cheek Bank-As
Convenient for the Poor Man as
9hR Rich.

Ane new bnblAen Ghec9 bnn - :
Convenient for the Poor Man as
the Rich.
London Letter to the Daily Grap PHO. J
The check bank is scheme for rem
dering banking universal; n scheme for
enabling every man TO have banking
account; a scheme for making il easy,
safe aud economical for the humblest
person in the way Of business TO pay ac'
counts with checks. The postofiice order
system has been very usetul-but post
Office order for five pounds costs six
pence; postoffice order for ten pounds
costs one shilling; and 10 get post
office order you must fill up blank
form and go through several other oper-
atoms. Before one can open an account
with any English Bank he must FIRST be
introduced to the manager Of the bank
by some responsible person; then he
must deposit few hundred pounds;
and, as a rule, he must keep a balance
of some considerable amount in his
favor.
Now the check is an institution which
proposes to combine all the advantages
of the post-office order system and of the
ordinary banking system. and avoid all
their inconveniencies. The chief check
bank has recently been opened in Pail
Mall, but banks all over the country are
placed in connection with it. All you
have to do if you wish TO begin business
with the check bank is to send, for ex.
ample, el0 and cne shilling to the bank;
YOU receive in return a check book of
ten checks. each of the value of one
pound, which you can fill up and pay
away as you may require. Any one Will
take your check--itis as good as a post
Office order, and it is much more con-
venient, safer and cheaper. You have
not been obliged to ask any one to intro
duee you to the bank; you are un-
der obligation to no one, and
your banking account has cost you
only shilling. You can buy book OF
one pound checks or two pound checks,
all at the same rate. Each check IS
stamped, so that it can only be drawn
for one pound or two pounds, or what
ever amount it bears. If your check
book is stolen the thief would probably
not know how to sign it; if he did the
bank has a means for detecting the
forgery. Then there can be no doubt
about the value of check on the check
bank Any one can fill up check on
an ordinary bank for any amount, and
there is no security that he has the
money there to meet it. But check on
the check bank is always genuine. 1t
cannot be got until the mony it repre-
sents has been paid for it; so that every
one who receives a check of this kind
knows that it represents actual money
lodged at the bank.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-26

Ring stories have knaok Of running
in one groove. Herodotus tells us how
Amasis advised Polycrates as charm
AGAINST misfortune, to throw away some
gem he especially valued how, taking
the advice, he went seaward in boat,
and cast his favorite ring into the ocean;
and how, a few days afterward, Usher
man caught large fish so extraordinarl-
" fine, that he thought it fit only for the
royal table. and accordingly presented
IL TO the fortunate monarch, who or
dered il to be dressed Tor supper and
lo when the fish was opensd the sur
prissd cooks astonished eye beheld his
masters e6etaway ring, much TO that
masters delight, but his advisers dis
may; for when Amasis heard OF the
wonderful event, he Immediately dis
Matched 8 h6reld to break his contract
of friendship with Polycrates, feeling
confident the latter would come to an i'll
end, as he prospered in everything, even
finding what he had thrown away.
The city Of Glasgow owes the ring
holding salmon Ggpring in armorial
bearings to a story coneersiRg its patron
saint Kentigern, thus told in the Aota
Sanctorgm, A queen having formed
an improper aitaabpent to handsome
soldier. put upon bis finger precious
ring which her own lord had conferred
uuon her. The king, made aware OF tie
fact but assembling his anger, took an
Opportunity in hunting, while, the sol
5ier lay asleep beside the clyde, to
snatch of the ring and throw it into the
river; then returning home along WIN
The soldier, demanded Of the queen the
r;ng h. had given her. She sent secretly
to the soldier for the ring, which could
not be restored. in great terror
sbe then dispatched a messenger
70 ask the assistance Of the holy
Keutigern. He, who knew Of the
affair, before being informed OF IT.
vent to the river Clyde, and having
caught a salmon, took from the stomach
The missing ring. which be sent 10 the
queen. she joyfully went with il 70 the
kisr. who, thinking be bad vronged her,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-26
mark twain on scotland.

On the 29th of November the st. An
drew's Society Of London held festival
at the Salutation Tavern, Newgate
street, when upwards of one hundred
gentlemen sat down to dinner under the
presidency of Mr.. Tom Hood. One OF
the guests of the evening was Mr.. Glenn
ems, better known under the nom de
plume of Mark Twain. The chairman
gave the toast Of the evening in appro-
pirate terms, and Mark Twain, in the
course of his reply to the toast of The
Guests" said; feel singularly at home
in this Scottish society. / have spent
SO much time in Scotland that every
thing connected with Scotland is famil-
lar to me. Last summer | passed five
weeks in that magnificent city OF
Edinburg, resting. | needed rest,
and | did rest. / did not know
anybody. l did not take any let
ters of introduction at all. | simply
rested and enjoyed myself. From my
experience OF the Scotch, everything
belonging to them is familiar, the lam
guage, the peculiarities of expression,
even the technical things that are ma
tional, are simple household words with
me. / remember when in Edinburg
was nearly always taken for a
Scotchman. oh, yesl Laughter. |
had my clothes some part colored
tartan, and | rather enjoyed being taken
for Scotchman stuck big feather
in my cap, too, and the people would
follow me for miles, They thought |
was Highlander, and some of the best
Judges in Scotland said they had never
seen a Highland costume like mine.
What's more, one Of those judges fined
me for wearing tout Of mere envy, |
suppose. Laughter. For breakfast
you may have oatmeal poultioe-l beg
pardon, | mean porridge. Laughter.
Then for dinner you may have fine
Scotch game-the blackcock, the spatch-
cock, the woodcock, the moorcock. |
have simply TO return my acknowledge
ments, and to apologize for not being
able to make a speeohl but give me fair
play, and certainly will make a speech
that will astonish anybody, and nobody
more than myself. Laughter. Ny
present position is a national one, II
may be regarded as representing the
United States of America. On that
side of the Atlantic there are 10000, 600
of people. They nay be respectable,
and | will say in conclusion, that | do
hope "a brother American" will soon
cease to be simply phrase meaning
nothing, but will by and by become a
reality, when Great Britain and the eiti-
zens Of America will be brethren indeed.
Cheers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-26
Ceremonies on the Death OF the
Pope.

As soon as Pope dies, the Cardinal
chamberlain calls out to him three
times in the presence of several mem
bers Of the Council, addressing him by
his proper name, art thou dead r
Then answering for the deceased, he
excla;ms, He is dead u and taking
the fisherman's ring, as the seal of the
Pope is called, breaks it, The bell of
the Capitol is tolled, and the news is dis
patched to foreign governments and ABB
sent Cardinals, which latter are invited
to the conclave 10: a new election.
While the vacancy continues, the Cham
berlain exercises the supreme authority.
The Cardinals who have been created by
the defunct Pontiff put on as mourning
serge robes of violet color, while such
as were created by his predecessors wear
green faced with red the dead body is
washed and embalmed, and taken to the
Pauline chapel of the Vatican, where it
is arrayed in the pontifciai habits, after
which it is taken to st. Peters and
placed in the Sistine chapel, on a splen-
did bed of state, surrounded by burning
tapers night and day, and by priests
who pray for the soul of the departed.
The people meanwhile crowd to kiss his
feet. On the ninth day after death
the body is put into a coffin with cor
onation medals in gold, silver, and
brass, to show that death equals all
things. After the funeral ceremonies,
the coffin is removed to q church which
is said to have been founded by Coustan-
tine the Great, and there left till it is
deposited in the tomb prepared for It.
After the nine days of funeral rites, all
cardinals who can possibly be present in
Rome meet together to go into conclaye.
Before entering, they visit st. Peter $,
where the mass of the Holy Spirit is
sung, aud an oration delivered on the
election of pontiff. They then return
to the Vatican, where the hymn, " Veni,
Creator" is sung, and certain prayers
are rehearsed, and the bill for the elec-
ton is read.