The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-19
NEWS ITEMS.

yellow Jack has settled upon Pensa-
cola, So far but few eases.
Senator Fenton is named rs the pro-
bable republican candidate for gov
ernor of New York.
The Reformed Episcopal church in
the United States has twenty-one
churches and fifteen thousand mem
bcrs.
\ surgical operation has been per-
formed upon The foot Of the race-horse
Tom Bowling, which 1t is hoped may
cure his mmenrss, and enable him to
resume his tart career.
The Saratoga wriggle j. the latest
fashionable absurdity adopted 10y the
girl Of the perlOd.
The new postal cards are TO be ready
in September, hut are not to be issued
until the old ones ARE used up.
The number Of subordinate oranges
now in operation Is little short of
twenty thousand Iowa had The largest
number ON the first of June, the date
of the last report, being 1904. Indi-
ana had l,06S, and Missouri had 500,
while the Kansas oranges numbered
| 1923. Illinois had ,lSl, aud Kentucky
l,lul The cotton and gulf states alone
ha 4,065granges. There are now oranges
in all the states. There are now about
thirty oranges in Canada. The Cali.
fornia grangers are now organizing n
national gold bank with five millions
capital. Steps are being taken for n
direct transfer of grain from the farm
TO purchasers in England.
The Commercial Bulletin, of Boston,
announces n new invention in cotton
machinery which is to work n greater
revolution in the cotton business than
was accomplished by the invention of
the cotton gin. What il is or how ii
works is not stated, ou.y il makes Il
thread without ginning that is much
stronger than the present spun thread,
and the machine only costs two hun
dred and fifty dollars.
The belle Of Saratoga hasn't arrived
there yet, and no wonder. A young
lady 10 he known and considered the
belle of Saratoga must first have three
hundred dresses, one hundred pairs of
shoes and slippers, and $4,000
of diamonds at least.
1t is said that u large quantity of the
Burgundy drank in the east comes not
from the vineyards of the Loire, but
from the Pacific slope. An exceedingly
good Burgundy is produced in Califor-
MIA, aud there is no reason, except the
prejudice in favor of the imported
liquor, that IL should not be sold for
what it really is.
The death of Dr. Charles II. Beke,
the great Abyssnan explorer is an
nounced. He was horn in London i'm
1900. He engaged in commercial pur-
suits during several years, but the nat
ural bent of his mind soon discovered
itself, and he became famous for his
explorations in Abyssinia aud his
searches for the sources of the river
Nile. He WAS held in great honor
among scientific and literary circles,
aud was placed ON the British civil
pension list In consideration of the
value of his geological researches.
Admiral Semmes, who commanded
the confederate cruiser Alabama, hav-
ing had his disabilities removed by the
last congress, isademocratic candidate
for congress in Alabama, aud there is
good prospect of his election.
Mr.. L. j. Donnell, author of til
"History of Cotton" has a statement
in Saturdays New York Bulletin, aim
ing to show that this seasons crop
will be the largest one since the war.
This conclusion Is based upon inform
alton from all parts of the cotton
country, aud after making due allow
ances ioi the ravages of the worm, the
Mississippi overllows, the arrangement
of labor aud other drawbacks, Mr.,
Donnell admits that there has been
some reduction 1T acreage, but this, he
claims, must be less than is popularity
supposed. As to the damage from
worms, especially in the Alabama re-
glon, he il inclined to think that the
reports IN good part are but the echoes
of last years disaster. The apprehen-
sions of danger by the Mississippi
overflow are disposed of by the assur-
ance that the submerged districts have
been replanted and are doing well.
Germany has scandal which In
some Of Its leading features IL not un-