The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-12-05

mates sherman for president anu upF-
don for vice president Ia 1876
Breyet Brlgadler General j. j, Les'
lie, United States navy, died In New
York on the 25th ulllmo,
During the winter, scouting parties
Of United States troops are 10 DO sent
out by General Mackenzie on our ron
tier, and In the spring u general rald
made on them, General Augur and
Major Russell remain NJ Fort Sill unlll
Christmas,
Now they say Ia Washington that
the Pennsylvania railway, OF which
Tom Scott II president, IL trying TO
elect Mr., Wallace late vice president
Of the Texas aud Pacific railway, Jer'
~ Blade II 10 he trotied out 10 beat
him, but liz doubtful whether he can
u Everything serene In Arkansas
'Vesuylous VOX Smith IN still burrow'
Ing somewhere and Governor Garland
docs not anticipate any interference
from Grant or congress.
Tom Scott IL IN Washington, backed
by u powerful political aud financial
combination, which N confident OF
success In the matter Of the proposed
endorsement Of the bonds Of the Texas
and Pacific railway,
John w. Cloud, Of Franklin, Tenn,
was shot dead on the 30th ultlmo by u
man named Davis, Two years ago
Cloud called DR.. Wyatt out Of u pa
TENTS house and shot him dead with
double.barrcl gun, In like manner M
he was himself killed. Wyatt had
threatened his life while Cloud was Mt
the cemetery buryIng his dead child.
AT Cloyerdale, Putnam county, Ind,
on the 10Th Of November, u man
named Thomas Martin become Offend
ed ut something said by his wife, ana
gave her three minutes 10 relrncL Az
the end of TINT time he stood In the
door oi the house and shot her with n
pistol, the ball taking effect In her head,
killing her Instantly, A man named
Stanton was IN the house, and inter-
lered to save the woman, when Martin
shot him, the ball taking effect In the
shoulder. He IL expected TO die. The
wife OF Martin had her babe In her
arms when she was shot, and fell back
dead, clasping II, II Is not believed
that Martin made any charge Of inn-
deity against his wife. lie had been
trying TO get rid Of her. and had offer
ed her livehundred dollars If she would
consent 10 be divorced from him, rs he
wanted TO marry another woman.
"Kate Field does better on thestage,"
says the Detroit Free Press, ethan o.
i've Logan" 1t was only the otherday
that Catherine made her first appear
ance upon the stage, and this attempt
of the Detroit editor to everlastingly
salivate her with faint praise is worthy
of the bad-headed boa-constrictor that
he is.-[ Courier-Journal.
AT the recent interview in Atlanta,
Governor Hubbard humorously in
vited the bishop to fight the devil us
vigorously in Texas as he had done in
Atlanta, to which the bishop replied
that he was enlisted for the whole of
that war, and proposed te make the
governor his first recruit. He "knew
that the Texans would fight as hard
in that war as they did in the other
war, all would be well, for he had seen
them so CALAMITY into the fight at
Gaines mills, when he was adjutant
general for McLaw's brigade"
The civil marriage of Nj. Wadding-
ton, former minister of public instruc-
ton under Nj. Theirs, and deputy for
the Aisne in the national assembly,
with Miss Mary Alsop King, daughter
of the late Mr.. Charles King, of New
York, was celebrated on Monday, No
vember 9th, at the Marie of the Eighth
ACCOMPLISHMENT, Paris, France, and
Tuesday, the Protestant chapel, in the
Rue de Province, was filled with the
relatives and friends of the bride and
groom to witness the religious service
performed by Faster Bersier, the wit
nesses for the former being her two
brothers, Mr.. William c. King and
Lieutenant Colonel King, United States
army, and those for the gentleman, NJ.
Alphonse Lutteroth, formerly minister
plenipotentiary at Naples, and Mr.
Richard Waddington.
The st. Louis Republican says: "a
tale of love and religion comes from
Marysville, Iowa. Bishop Haven was
defeating Il Methodist church and So
llcitlng SUBSCRIPTIONS TO pay for the
ediiice. A laxative young mana
friend of his-who was near, whis-
pered to'him in one of The pauses that
if certain young lady of the congre-
CATION would marry him he would give
$500 towards paying for the meeting
house. The young man was able. The
bishop, child-like, blurted the PROPOSE
ton right out in meeting, and exhorted
the young lady to come up to the
scratch, if not for love, for religion.
Presently the young lady rose and said
she was willing. So the match was
thus publicly made, the church received
a liberal donation, two hearts were
made happy, and love and religion
went hand in glove to hymen's altar.
1t was an unfair advantage to take of