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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-10-17
STATE ITEMS.

The NTasons OF Waco are canvassing
a scheme by which to erect Il masonic
temple.
Parties in Waco are trying to make
cara that will act az refrigerators with
out the use of ice.
A Kansas paper says there is an Inn
mense number of Texas cattle In the
Arkansas valley, and that the range in
Kinglnan county Is swarining with
many thousands.
The camp of Captain Maltby's COM
pany of rangers was completely wash
ed away by sudden rise in the Leon
river on the night of the I'D nlt., and
a young man named Cliff drowned.
There was n large crowd IN attend
ance at the Mckinney fair in spite Of
the incIehlcnt weather. Governor
Throckmorton addressed the people on
politics and General Gano ON agricul-
tpre.
DR.. A. a. Bryde, the Houston report
er OF the Galveston News, and whilom
local editor of the Age, was married at
Hampstead, on Tuesday, to Miss Hens
ly, daughter of Colonel Hensly, of
that place, an old Texan veteran.
The cotton market is dull. The de-
mand developed, yesterday, amounted
to almost nothing, and it required five
brokers, ii seems, to buy the $50 bales
which changed hands. Transactions,
such as they are, show, however, no
decline in values and factors continue
very firm Galveston News, Sth inst.
We are much pleased to be able to
say that our fair is now certainty and
that general interest is manifested
by all. We examined, this morning,
the list of articles so far offered as spec
ial premiums hy our business men,
and find among them some valuable
and beautiful articles. - Jefferson
Iimplecutc.
The arrivals at the port of Galveston,
Texas, for the month of September,
1874, are as follows:
Cabin passengers, $40; elnigrants
from Europe, III; emigrants from
states, white, 6l3; emigrants from
states, coiorcd, ll5; emigrants from
states, laborerers, no; emigrants from
states, chinese, -. Total, 1868.
By comparison with the report Of
August, it will he seen that the i'm
crease of immigration for the month Is
45l. .--- Galveston News.
The collection of school tax will be
resisted in Robertson county Oh the
ground of It's unconstitutionality. Sen-
atur Ward prononnces it unconstitu-
tional.
The editor of the Mcxia Ledger
breaks out into Thanksgiving after this
fashion
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-10-17

FoRNEY, KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, !
October IL, 1874. !

FORSEf, hAuFMAr SouS lEA 40,
October IL, 1874. !
To the Editor of the Dallas Herald:
SIR-Copsiderable excitement pre-
vailed here to-day, caused by the find
ing of the dead body of Il man, about
three miles northeast from this place
in a prairie ravine, covered up with
the dirt out of shallow well that had
been dug. He is supposed to have
been killed some five or six days ago.
The man is supposed to be by the name
of William Nahen, German, and was
engaged with another party in cutting
hay. A coroner's inquest was held and
a verdict rendered. The perpetrator
is unknown, but party suspicioned is
row under arrest. Mr.. Nahen is sup
posed to be an Odd Fellow, and came
from California to this county.
Respectfully, "LITrLE Bow.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-10-17

The election in Georgia for meme
hers Of the Legislature passe, OF quiet
ly on Monday last. There was hut Il
few counties in which ther was any
opposition TO the democr;tic candi-
dates. The result of the election is an
entire democratic Legislature. with the
exception of fourteen republicans in
both houses. Democratic majority, on
Joint ballot, is two hIndredlnd five.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-10-17
NNM MON.
uY HREr MARIE.

~ bhF' 'Nh'H'
Drank aud scnseless In mis- place,
Prone nnd sprawlIng on his h'uc,
More like bIutc than any man
Alive or dead
liy his great pump out oi gear,
Lay the leon engineer,
Wnlhih, IN Just "a hear,
ONc,L"1i,
Angry tones tnd rail his nane..
Oaths aud cries Of bitter blame
Woke 10 hea all this and waking, turned
And ied.
40 the man who'll brlng 10 me-"
Cried lntondamt Harry Leo
Harry Lee, the English foreman oi the
Mine
| Will give to him." he said,
"Fifteen hundred pesos down,
Just to set the rascal crown
Underneath this heel OF mine;
since but death
Deserves the man whosY deed,
Belt vice or want ofhc0I, q
" s"ps the the pa%Ss p%Ss n" sasE Ss' Sni"
Fro" the p"l'%Sniaa %iss.@ .i@"wH'.'& '" Tue
a.sl No onennswored, fsNa ory, ....,..
From the shaft rose up on high;
Aud shuhiing, scrambl'n2, tumblinS from
Below,
Came the miners each, the holder
Mounting on the weakcrsShouluef,
Graphing, climbing 10 their hold or
Letting 20,
As the weaker gasp-d and fell
From the ladder to the well
70 the poisoned pit Of hell
Down below!
"To the man who sets them iree,"
cried the foreman, Harry Lee
Harry Lee, the English foreman OF the
mine
"BrlngS them oui AMI sets them nee,
will give that man, said ne,
II'ryit.s lnnt VINO WIN II cope
Face TO face with death Sha cope.
Irt him come who darcS 10 hOp"l"
dlIuld your peacc!" some ono replied,
Standing BY the Iorcm0nH Side:
"rhere hnS nn" already gone, whoerf
he he!'
Then they held their breath with awe,
pulling on the rope, and saw
Painting figures rcnppear,
ON the buck rope swinging clear
Fastened by some sltiIlful hand from below,
Till n score the level gained,
And but one alone remained
He the Hero and the last,
lie whose sSillful hand made last
The long line thai brought them back 10
hope aud cheer!
fIaggartl, gasping, down dropped he
At the feet OF Harry Lee
Harry Lee, the English foreman u! the mine;
~ have come" he gasped, "ip claim
Both rewards. SenOr, my name
Is Ramon!
I'm the drunken engineer
I'm the coward. Nrnor'--Herc
He fell over hy ihai sign
Dend uS u stone.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-10-17

\ GOOD story Is told of Scotch
game of tluil that occurred not many
years ago:
A Scotch peddler, without the remot>
est intention on his part Of getting in
to O quarrel or fight with any man.
had iut TAP with his pack at
country ale house bordering on Wales,
where, H. the lates would have il, he
found mgtlry Essenl'lage la the
kii,lipn "i the iHn of hot tb- most De.
sirAl,le individuals. and am"Hg the rel
Mrlsdman, whose aim, from the
very first, it seemed Ia he 10 get into
bot water with isn0r s5awnev. The
latter, sagaciOusly appreciaiing the
true character of his tornient"r, and
determining To get rid of him ia the
quietest way possible, told him that he
idid n0i want To- fight" his only
excited 10 still higher pitch the bra
. vatlo of the Nelshman, aud he told
the Scotchman he wonid make him
7 fight" "Npll,n says Sdwney, "if !
must light. let me say My prayers he
fore [ lighf,n whi,h the Welshman
concedina, the Srotchmau fell upon
8 his kuees, in plnring his Maker 10 par
don him for "thc twa men he had al
( ready killed, and for the one that was
aboot to de- The Scotchman SLOW ly
rose from his knees, hut not before the
/ Welshman had made n preeipitate re-
treat from the room.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-10-17

Hon. CARL ScHURz in his recent
great speech at st. Louis, devoted con-
siderable attention 10 the currency
question, and especially TO the effect
ian unsOund currency has upO+r the in
terests Of the agricultural elass Of the
population. We copy l#lnw 50 much
Of his speech rs was devoted TO this
subject, and wish that u could he read
by every farmer frOm the Penobscot to
the Rio Grande:
The farmer produces but few staple
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-10-17

THE Cincinnati Enquirer says: Tie
other day when nan at Paris, Ken
lucky, discovered a fire and yelled,
"WhOopi" thirty or forty citizens pull
ed out revolvers, "who"ped" at him
and began dOdging behind hitehing
posts TO get the first shot in on him.
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auly authorized 10 contract ior nuNe,runs1S
meats for insertion IN the DAlI'NS HEM
AID, at our lowest rates, p.,,,ors
: a8-MessIs.i pasliell q WateIs, nh.t.S, haiinI.S
Kaufman, are authorfzeh ngcntS u" "''
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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13

THE HEATHEN CHINEE AS SHOE
Within the last six or eight years
the shoe business has grown to be one of
the most important industries, and is now
represented by six large shops. The largest
of these is c. I. SIMPSONS, rendered fam
Gus by the employment of Heather
Chinee." Watching them at their work
they seemed not greatly unlike American
shoemakers, though appearing rather more
quick and deft of hand. A glance at their
quarters, however, marks them of differ
ent race. The sleeping hunks, ranged in
tiers on all sides of half a dozen rooms, re-
mind one of chicken coops at county fair.
Rude attempts at papering with picture pa
pers indicate slight inoculation of Ameri-
can ideas, but the sleeping rooms look more
like collection of dog kennels or over
grown dOve-cotes than places for human
habitation. In the kitchen the visitor may
find half dozen 'Chinee" cooks, perhaps
just serving up the dinner-central dishes
of meat, vegetables, and potato made into
one grand potpourri, and large bowl of
rice on every table, with side dishes of fish
at every plate, set out on plain board
tables, without suspicion of table-cloths
or napkins nothing besides the dishes and
food, in fact, except the inevitable chop
sticks. These are all the luxuries of their
life. and vet they apuear contented and in
telligent.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13
INJURY. Pa. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY Is, 1874.

! life for the beloved one, but never would
have lost my leg for her; the loss of the
one would never have repented, but each
! day 1 should have repined over the sacri-
| Gce of the other. Had / ever consented to
such sacrifice, l should say, Tbevenet, you
were fool and herewith l have the
| honor, &C., l.. THEvENET.n
| In the year 1893, during the reign of
terror, Monsieur Thevenet. who had been
| denounced as an aristocrat by some aspr-
ing member of his profession, fled to Lon
don in order to escape the equaiizing pro-
pensities of the guillotine. When there,
desiring to increase his acquaintance. he
| inquired for the residence of Si Charles
Temple.
! He was directed to his mansion, and was
announced to It's master. Seated in an
easy chair by the fireside, a foaming tank
ard of porter by his elbow, and twenty
newspapers strewed about him. appeared a
| portly gentleman, whose size would scarce
ly allow him to quit his chair.
"Ah right welcome, Monsieur Theve-
net ~ exclaimed the portIy gentleman.
who was no other than Sir Charles Ten
pie "do not be offended with me if l re-
sume my seat. but thy cursed wooden leg
is always in my way. In all probability,
my worthy friend, yon eeme to ascertain
if my hour of conviction has arrived ?''
~ har f,,,,i frnI no
land, and claim your protection -
You must take up your abode with me,
for, of verify, y"n are a wise man. BY
this time. Thevene,. would have been an
an admiral of the blue, if this internal
wooden leg not iucapacitated 'ne from serv
ing my country. Here am | reading in
the papers news of the most stirring kind,
and cursiLg my stars that | can no part in
all that is going on. Come, say something
cOnsoling to me.''
Your excellent lady is far better adapt
ed than tn play the comforter"
Don't mention her. Her wooden leg
hinders her from dancing. so she has de-
voted herself to cards and scandal; there
is no living with her but she is a good
enough woman in her way.''
''Then, after all. was right
Most indubitably so, my dear Theve-
net but enough of that. | committed an
egregious blunder. Had l my leg back
again, not a nail pairing of it would part
with. Between ourselves, be it said, was
a fool: but keep this piece of truth to your
self,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13
THE FOLLOWING is LIST OF GIFTS:

This enterprise is no individual speculation, such
houses lots and furniture put up at fabulous prices
The holder Of successful ticket will receive las GIFT III
CASH.
There will be 10000 Tickets of Admission TO this Con-
cert at 81 90 EACH and the time above stated the
49, 600 in CASH Gifts will be distributed
PLAN OF Distribution.
Twenty thousand numbers, representing aud cores
ponding with those the receipts issued Will be placed
in one wheel and cards enclosed with the names OF the
Premiums in sealed boxes will be placed in another
From wheels number and of the above na1n-
ell inscribed cards will be taken simultaneously. The
number drawn from the wh0el secures the pre-
designated by the card taken =. the came time
the other. This operation will be performed hx
blind person, and continued until Eighteen Hundred
and Fifty-seven Premiums exhausted 1t II evident
that by this process fraud fayorsm will he mpossi-
ble Every holding ticket VIII ue entitled TO
admission into the Concert.
All Gifts Paid in CASH without discount.
Money be sent for Tickets in registered letters or
Post once Money Orders by Express at our risk III
desired, Tickets will be sent by Express, c. o. ID.
The following gentlemen have kindly consented to
Trustees for the above Gift Concert
8. p. Wolyerton, Esq., Director ID. II. and W. X. X
Geo. Hill, Attorney at Law; Hon. W. L. Dewart ex-
member of Congress; VIM. l. Greenough, Esq, Dlrec-
ditto; Ira T. Clement, LumbeTman; VIM. L. Grant,
Coal Merchant, Sunbury.
The above named gentlemen highminded and
honorable men, who would not lend their names and
give their assistance TO any unworthy object.
SAMT s. HENDRICKS,
GEO. NJ. RESN,
VIM. II. MILLER,
LEVI SEASHOLTZ,
PHILIP NJ. SHINDEL,
AL communications cheerfuly answered. Address,
in all cases, -
n S. ESGLE, Corresponding Secretary.
Treasurer Of Funds.
Sunbury, December IL, 1878.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13

A PRETTY Prison SToRY.-A prisoner
in the Missouri penitentiary, too weak to
work, and who had the run of the yard,
one day asked the warden if he conld be
allowed to cultivate small corner in the
enclosure. what DO you want to raise p''
''Cucumbers, SIR" why, you can't raise
them here; the prisoners would steal
them" mo, sir;;r said the man firmly,
''they will not stesl one of them" swell,
go ahead" said the warden; ''if any of the
cucumbers are stolen, don't come to me
with your complaints. "You will never
hear from me on that score, sir.n
The cucumbers were planted, watered
trained and cultivated, and an immense
crop was the result. At last, however, as
the fruit grew it disappeared, and the war
den became convinced that the owner sold
it for liquor, produce, or some other con-
traband article. He directed the man to
be watched, and finally he was detected in
the act OF carrying his cucumbers to the
hospital, and giving them to the poor fel-
lows who in their sickness crayed them.
Not one had been stolen.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13
Select poetrp.
THE INDEPENDENT FARMER.

| How pleasant it seems to live on farm
Where natures so gaudily dressed,
And sit meath the shade of the old locust tree
As the sun is sinking to rest;
But not half so pleasant TO hoe in the field
Where the switch-grass is six inches high,
With the hot scorching sun pouring down on
your back
Seems each moment as though you would die
IT'S pleasant to sit in the cool porch door,
While you smoke half reclned at your ease,
Looking o'er your beautiful field of grass
That sways to and fro in the breeze
But not quite so pleasant to start with your
scythe
Ere the morning sun smiles DER the land,
And work till your clothes are completely wet
through,
And blisters shall cover your hand.
In keeping dairy there's surely delight;
And it speaks of coutentment and plenty
To see large stable We'll filed with choice cows
Say numbering from fifteen to twenty
And yet it seems hard, when you're worked from
the dawn
Til the sun disappears from your sight,
To think of the COWS you have got to milk
Before You retire for the night.
But the task fairly over, you cheer up once more,
And joyfully seek your repose,
To dream of the cream pots with luxury filled
And milk pans in numberless rows;
But the sweet dream is broken, when early next
day
You're politely requested to churn,
Aud for three weary hours, with strength ebbing
fast,
The victim despondingly turns!
But in raising young pigs there is truly charm,
When they sell at the present high price
And of all the young stock which a farmer can
raise,
There's nothing that looks half 40 nice;
How cheerful one feels as he leaves them at night
The encouraging number of eleven
But his joy slightly wanes when he goes ont next
day,
And Of live ones can count only seven!
IT'S pleasant to sit by warm winter fire
When night draws her curtain around
With both wife aud children to make home com
plete,
And peace and contentment abound
But ecstacy fades when you shoulder your axe,
And trudge of mile through the snow,
While the cutting west wind drives the snow in
your face,
So you scarcely can see where to 90.
But no Que disputes that :he farmer is blessed,
With true independence and labor
Whose food don't depend on the whms of man
kind,
Like those Of his mercantile ncighbori
For God, in his mercy, looks down from above
And paternally gives him his bread,
Proyided--he works eighteen hours every day,
And devotes only six to his bed
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13
"THE GREAT SOUTH

A SERIES ILLUsTRATTu PAPERS IN ''ScRIBNERs
MONTHLY" FOR 1874. gY EDWARD king. WITH
sUBERB ILLUSTRATIONS ~ CHAPEEY.
This of articles heCun in the sEue of Serb
ners Monthly for November 1873, and will be continued
from month TO month until December 1874. The ari
ces already prepared have occupied more than year
Of aud painaking study by practical Journal
has thus visited nearly every city and town
Of importance in the Southern States talked with men
of all classes and conditions; carefully investigated all
manufacturing enterprises and cites ColldCd statistics
studied the Of politics in each State since
sruction began explored rivers and penetrated into
mountain regions heretofore rarely visited by Northern
men.
He has been accompanied during the entire journey
by a conscientious and talented artist the sIrightly
Chapney pupil aud friend of that distinguished French
man, Edmouard FTere, tho prince of the school, of
sympathetic art in Europe; and this artist has made
Of men and things which in due time viii all be pre-
scented the readess of Scrbners Monthly. The friends
of the magazine have already had earnest of what
they NAV expect the line of pictures in November
December, January, and February numbers, whose IL
Illustrations universally pronounced the best
presented in an American magazine. The varied
saeet hIe Of New Orleans, the Wild panorama OF the
Mississippi river the semi-SI customeB and man
ners of Western Texas, aud the rude scenes OF the
Southwestern frontier have thus far been presented,
and De followed by series OF beautiful sketches,
illustrative of Southern mountain life and character
The February ScTibner, contains the second OF the
papers entitled "Glimpses of Texas, illustrated the
life Northern upland and southern coast OF Dallas and
Galveston and treats largely Of the commercial and in
dustrial progress of the State.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13

The mules on the farm of the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad Company, near
Pottstown, have been attacked with putrid
sorethroat.
A mule amputated three fingers of a
mans hand at Leesport, Berks county,
the other day. The mule did it with his
little heel.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13
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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13

A PRODIGIOUs GRAPE VNE.-There is
on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, a
grape vine called the ''Scuppernong"-by
some ''the Lord Raleigh -Vine"-which
was growing when Sir Walter landed on
that island, 1910. 1t was then three inches
il diameter, and was spoken of as the
largest grapevine in the world. 1t now
covers one and half acres, and last year
yielded forty six barrels of wine, 1,S40 gal
Ions in all, which sold for two dollars per
gallon, yielding SO, $50. There is Soup
pernong grapevine in Terrill county, which
is said to be larger than the Raleigh vine,
and to produce ut least fourth more.
This Terrill vine produced last year sixty
three barrels of wine, 2,520 gallons in all,
which also sold for two dollars per gallon,
yielding the handsome sume Of S., ,O40.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13

One of the guides in the Yosemite VAL
ley lately declined to allow man and his
wife to ride on the same mule, because of
the Injunction "What heaven has joined,
let no man put ass under.''
An old grave stone, unearthed recently
on the Ohio river bank, and bearing the
inscription, "Fanny W., 1890, is exciting
the curiosity of the quid nuncs of Carroll
ton, Kentucky.
Why is it that pair of lovers will sit up
half the night and not burn as much kero-
sene as the family uses in an hour during
the evening?
The most elevated newspaper Office in
the world is at Cerro de Pasco, a village
on the slope Of the Andes, IA, 900 feet above
the level of the sea. That is high-toned
journalism.
The Oil City Derrick says A child sadly
deformed was born on the South Side yes
terday morning. The nose and roof of the
mouth was wanting, five fingers were on
each hand and six toes on each foot.
The Miners Journal says the smallpox
has prevailed in Pottsville more this win
ter than for long while, and it is still pre-
vailing in certain suburbs with considera-
BILE violence.
There is in the hands of the officers Of
the Germantown National Bank promis-
aor,, nota E,r Ce00 Jr,-,, - 1Q1S ro-kh-,a
months, which ran SO years before being
paid. The note was discounted by the
bank, with a mortgage as collateral, in
April, 1916, and was renewed 212 times;
81, ,9O7 was paid as interest on the note.
A series of recent experiments with steel
exhibit the interesting fact that remark
able increase of strength is obtained by
tempering steel in oil and water.
There has lately arrived from Paris and
is now in New York an immense balloon,
which will be taken in few days to San
Francisco, where it is to be used in making
scientific ascensions.
A party of New England naturalists
have stated to explore the wilderness
around Lake Okechobe, Florida, log miles
in extent, which no naturalist has ever
yet explored.
Don't you mean to marry again, my
dear sir p'' said buxom widow to her
neighbor. "No, my dear widow,n said
old crusty, SID rather loose all the ribs
I've got than take another rl''
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13

A Venango county preacher gave to
Moses the honor of building the ark.
Why is whisper forbidden in polite So
cietyp Because it isn't aloud.