The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-28

'N'NNS' lop'clul ltltpThllS WtIc tct-
graphed to the threatened points and
ample time given for such action by
the inhabitants rs judgment and a
knowledge Of the danger seemed TO
| Justify.
The attorney general has decided that
II when mail contractor fails to perform
his contract, that new contract can
not be made without REIMBURSEMENT.
Recently n fashlonabls couple up
town celebrated their wooden wedding
aud the first quarrel of their married
life occurred on the occasion, twas
created by the husband classifying his
mother-in-law us an sold BEAST for
sending, as a present, hftecn-cent
paper knife. Ofcourse, the "old beast
was Instrumental in perpetnating the
trouble.-[New York Mali.
At high mass, Sunday, in Providence,
Rhode Island, Right Rev.. DR.. Hen
dricksen stated that Inquiries having
I been made to him as to whether a
Catholic could belong to the Ancient
Order of Hibernians, he wished to
announce that Catholics cannot, with
out violating rules of the church,
belong TO the order, such rs exists in
New York and Ireland, branches of
which are established in this state, on
account of its secret character. The
church has condemned all secret asso-
Citations and cannot consistently coun-
tenance or tolerate, this order, known
as the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
This announcement of the bishop has
| q I'm h
Ollie community, the order thus vrtu-
ally condemned being here very wide
spread and powerful. g,cs 81 ty g
"A cremation society has recently
been formed in Berlin. The societyin'
Vienna has adopted the significant
name of the IRA. A lady seventy
years of age has Joined and subscribed
$l2,0O0 toward the building of the
cremation hall. The furnace of the
Vienna association Is to be constructed,
on the plan of Dr. Reklam, y0f Leipsic.,
At a late meeting of the magistrates Of
Nuremberg, Burgomaster Won StrOmer
moved that the propriety Of erecting o.
cremation hall be considered at the
same time that the project for adding
to the churchyard of the church of ST.
Johns is taken up. No objection was
made to this motion. ae.a.t.,
A correspondent thinks that in regard
to crime, Arkansas will compare favor
bly, with most states of the union, con-.
sidering that for many years IN her
history fugitives from justice sought
refuge on her soil. He adds that more
| crimes have been committed there
since the so-called work of reconstruc-
ton began, than in the entire history
of the state before, -.
The Brazil government seems to be
very much in earnest in its contest with
1.-the Roman Catholic church.. Besides
the conviction of the bishop of Per-
nambuco, the bishop of Olinda has
been arrested, and the archbishop of
| Bahia has formally protested against
the act The bitter warfare between
church and state appear TO have had
its origin in the efforts Of the clergy to
suppress and put under ban the order
of Free Masons. y%syTT gggy7crT A f.
In the beginning of June the Eng
ligh astronomical party who are to
observe the transit OF Venus will leave
England for Kerguelen's Land and
Rodriguez. The purpose of the obser-
vatioh of this transit is to determine
the true distance Of the earth from the
sun, which is now thought by astron0-
mers to be ninety-one and .one-half
| millions ofmiies.f The practical value
of ascertaining the true distance will
be the increased facility thereby gained
for obtaining correct longitudes in any
| part of the globe. The limits for favor
able observation lie between the antarc-
tic circle, aud u parallel of latitude
ming EthroughA the middle of Siberia.
The English stations are: Alexandria
in Egypt, where the last third. OF, the
transit Will be seen after sunrise; Hon.
olulu, which the Astronomer Royal,
Sir George Airy, considers his most
important station, Rodriguez, where
there is ITO safe anchorage; Kergue-
lens Land, an uninhabited island on
which there viii be two observations;
Mauritius, which an independent eX-
petition under Lord lindsay will oc-
icupy; New Zealand and Peshawur, IN
the northwestern part of India.
The enormous growth of the treas
ury department. may be inferred from
some statistics produced by Mr.. Beck
in congress the other day. In 1861
there Were forty persons, all told, en-
ployed in the department. In 1869
there were four hundred and thirty
persons, and at the present time there
are six hundred and ninety-two.77 q
A caucus of the friends of the vetoed
senate finance bill met at the rooms of
Senator Morton on Friday evening and
remained in session until after mid
night. There were present Senators
Morton, Carpenter, Logan, West, Har-
vey, Ingalls,, Pratt, Pease, Ferry of
Michigan and Oglesby. The temper of
the meeting indicated the purpose to
make q straight issue with the presi-
dent, and debate the subject with great
pertina,ity when it is. reached this
week.
A Memphis dispatch, of the oath
says: Parties who came over on the
Memphis and Little Rock railroad
to-day, state, that the water covers the
track for several hundred yerds, in
some places nearly foot, with a strong
current sweeping over II, and rs the
river is still rising it is hardly probable
the trains will 60 over tomorrow.
| Advices from from Venezuela to,the
Dist instant, say that Pulgar, the Gov
ernor of Maracaibo, had been coun-
ciled to flee from his province by peo-
pie who revolted against his despotic
rule. He fled to the Island of Cuba,
whence he has since made his way. 1t
is reported that President Blanco has
offered him mission to France, in
order to keep him out of the country.
Advices from Mexico state that the
pearl fisheries oil the Gulf of California
have been divided into four sections,
one to be worked each year alternately.
The official journal says the Cuban
General Maxine Gomez attacked San