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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04


DIsINFECTANTS are nowhere more
necessary than in this self-samc island
of Galveston. The season has fairly
set in when they are necessary, and
suggestions are consequently in order.
If we are to take the statement OF the
Homeopathic World, coffee in u roasted
state is one of the most powerful dis
infectants, not only of rendering ami
nal and vegetable matter innocuous,
but of actually destroying them. In
proof of this, the statement is made
that a room, in which meat in an adj
vanced stage of decomposition had been
kept for some time, was instantly de-
prived of all smell on an open coffee
roaster being carried through it, con-
tanning one pound of newly roasted
coffee; and in another room, the effiu-
vium occasioned by the cleaning out of
II cesspool, so that the sulphurated hy-
drogen ammonia could be clearly de-
tected, was entirely removed on the
employment of three ounces of freshly
burnt coffee. Refrigerators sometimes
get musty from flesh, fowl or fish kept
too long in them. No remedy for puri-
flying such receptacles, so simple rs
coffee can be employed. 1t may be
worth the while of the people of Gal
weston to try the use of this disinfect-
ant, as we Import it in bulk, andare in
terested in its sale. There should be
business in the theory if nothing else.
-GGalveston News.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04
A Family Poisoned Nigh UntO Death
from Eating Cheese.
From the Kansas City Journal.l

From the Kansas Cliy Journal.I
Last Tuesday three members of Mr..
Winn's family, grown young man
and two small children, residing on
McGee, between Fourteenth and Fif-
teenth streets, narrowly escaped death
from poison. While eating supper, one
of the little children, who had been
eating cheese quite freely, was suddenly
taken very i'll. SO violent was the
attack that the little one could not
leave its seat. Theyoung man arose to
assist it, and while in the act was him
self attacked in the same manner, and
the third one of the Iamily was shortly
after stricken. A physician was
promptly called and OH arriving pro-
nounced the sickness as the effects OF
poison. An emetic was Immediately
given, and as soon as the parties had
been well purged they experienced
relief
The doctor, upon ascertaining thai
the parties had partaken of cheese, eX-
amined it, and was satisfied that the
cheese was unwholesome, in this that
poisonous matter of some kind had
been used in giving it rich color. We
hope the attending physician will take
the pains to make an analysis of the
cheese, and ascertain what kind OF
poison was used, and make public
statement, that cheese eaters may b'
guarded hereafter i'm purchasing this
article of food.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

the good Of society, must be lodged In
I the officers breast. For instance, our
sheriff to-day Is ordered to arfrsl u
man charged with some minor offence,
punishable hy fine or imprisonment.
He may or may not be guilty. Ofthat
II sworn jury is yet to Judge. To-mor-
row he Is ordered to arrest Il notorious
desperate and murderer --onc who
may have killed several men, and is II
terror TO society. Now common
sense, experience and the
good Of society, all unite
in saying that the sheriff, rs capable
aud discreet officer, would approach
those men very differently, and while
under no probable circumstances, short
of self-deiense, would he he justified
for shooting in the one case-in the 9TH
er case, good men and sworn jurors will
excuse him for shooting upon grounds
wholly untenable in ordinary arrests.
On this whole subject we had thought
Vul SiitI III tIiiS
view of the principle, and probably, on
calmer reflection, he may think so
now. We have not space to elaborate
the subject. 1t is enough at present
to say, as general rule, that peace
officers, while laboring zealOusly to
suppress crime, should always be self
poised and discreet, only using eN-
treme measures in extreme cases.
Since the reorganization of the state
government last winter, we have felt
that our county HAD SUCH OFFICERS,
and have never thought, spoken or
written to the contrary, the unjust
structures of our sheriff to the contrary
notwithstanding. His structures on
our motives can go. We have been too
long in the harness to be disturbed by
imputations which have no fonnda-
ton, and long ago learned to know
that you may you serve men in the
truest and purcst friendship and yet
expect their thrusts the moment you
cross their peculiar whims or notions.
OF such is life, and we can serenely
bear our share of its ills.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04
Causc Of sIeepicssness.

DR.. Duckworth, In the British Medi-
cal Journal calls attention to some
causes of insomnia, which, he thinks,
are hardly sufficiently recognized or
adequately met by the resources of
practical medicine. Recent researches
have clearly shown that the brain Is
comparatively anpmic during sleep,
and that the blood thus removed from
the head is more freely supplied to the
viscera and integuments. The most
{ euucnt accompaniment of sleeplcss-
ness, is an opposite condition, or one
of active and increasing cerebral cir
culation. \ species of nocturnal dys-
pepsia. mild in its character, and
producing no actual suffering, may
sometimes give rise to persistent IN
somnia. There may be no symptoms
beyond dryness of the mouth, burning
of the soles of the feet, aud heat and
throbbing in the head, and these are
probably due to II too acid condition OF
the stomach and upper part of the
small intestines, caused generally by
excess i'm fatty and highly seasoned
food, in fruit, and in various wines.
may be due to bodily or
mental over exhaustion, which results
in an increased flow of blood to the
brain, consequent upon vaso-motor
paralysis. Again, it may be the
result of mere habit, as in those
cases where there has been long
course of broken rest; it may
be caused by persistent odors, by GER
tain eiliuvia, by the absence of moist
ure in the air of n sleeping apartment,
or 10y an improper elevation or depres-
sion of the head. The treatment in
most of these cases should of course be
directed to the removal of the cause;
but, when il is found necessary To give
drugs, bromide of potassium and chloral
hydrate are probably the best, both
having been shown to deminish the
amount of blood circulating through
he hraiu
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drag II had been subject to; and on an
examination of the body, the back wlH
found 10 be broken in two place', the
neck dislocated, the skull fractured ~
several places, one arm almost torn
from the shoulder, and the ribs Of the
right side literally crushed In. OF
course life was extinct when the child
was found, and the last offices of ten
derness and love were administered,
yesterday, by its doublys.trickcn
mother and sympathizing friends in
following II to the grave.
AS the afflicted mother of the de-
ceased has many relatives and friends
living in Dewitt county, in this state,
we have been requested to ask the
papers of that county to publish the
above facts.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04
Enchanted Park iH Colorado.


1t is beautiful valley about Il mile
in length, walled in on either side by
perpendicular walls from 200 to 300
feet in height. There is but one en-
trance to this enchanted spot, and that
is by very rugged and dangerous
pathway, and the footman experiences
great difficulty in the descent. Upon
reaching the valley we could hear the
rustlng of the winds through The lofty
pines on the cliffs above rs, sounding
like the roar OF some devastating
hurricane, while the grass beneath our
feet lay as calm and still as death. Not
even the slightest breath Of air can be
felt. Everything was SO still thai y
person standing at the lower part of
the valley could distinctly comprehend
persons speaking AZ the upper end.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

machinery, with the facilities for grow
ing successfully and proiitably the di'-
ferent kinds of stock.
The facilities for attending schools
and churches should also he gwen, ana
should this suggestion be adopleu, !
recommend that all eNaggerallons be
avoided. Exaggerated reports oi heaVy
and large crops, or other advantages, II
is believed, will in the end produce in
Jury rather than good. Let the esti-
mate be Il reasonable average-oue that
the emigrant will fully realize when he
comes aud makes his home among
YOU. 1t is believed that such II con-
densed, reliable description can be got
ten up with but little delay and ut Il
very little cost to each county. If done
by authority of the county courts, 1t
might have more weight than when
done by individuals, and with such de-
scriptive lists of the counties sent to
this bureau, an amount of necessary
information could be sent out That
would bring thousands to our state,
who for want of it may seek homes
elsewhere.
The failure of the legislature to place
at the disposition of this bureau any
adequate means to meet the demands
made on it, and the interest inVolVed
being so great, respectfully appeal 10
(he people Of the counties and neigh
borhood to give me the assistance re-
duired. will give all proper aid and
assistance to county associations ana
individuals in the distribution of cor
rect information of the advantages or
their localities. / have ready for dis
tribution pamphlets descriptive Of
the state in English and German,
and will forward them to any part OF
the world through the mails to the
friends of any one who will send me
the name, postoilice and county OF the
person to whom they wish them sent.
Hoping to hear from you and your
county very soon.
l am, respectfully,
J.. B. ROBERTSON,
Bureau of lmmigra-
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04
LETTER FROM DALLAS COUNTY.

To the Editor of the Mckinney Enquirer:
RICHARDSON, June %.
There is no excitement here about
the coming congressman, as see there
is in no other quarters, but OF TINS
much you may be certain, the north
part of Dallas county will prefer eX-
Governor Throckmorton to any other
man for that position. do hope there
will be no divisions among the people
this time. 1t is my opinion, humble
and insignificant though it be, that Gov
ernor Throckmorton is the strongest
man in the district, and, If elected,
would serve the people rs faithfully
and acceptably as any man III IL.
Though l have never supported nm
but once before, and that when he was
elected governor, and afterwards re-
moved by General Sheridan, yet 1t
has been with honest regrets that L
could not do it. Now there is nOreason
why any man, save an ultra radical,
should not Willingly support him, ana
believe large majority OF The people
of the district think just that way We
all know Governor ThrUckmorton.
His reputation, the history Of his eff
forts in behalf of Texas, is not confined
to this district. He is known and
honored beyond the limits Of his state,
and will WELD an influence ia congress-
no other man in Texas could com
mand. 1t is useless to multiply reasons
why he should represent rs; the ques-
Hon as 70 how ~ shall nN seieTted
seems now to be more appropriate.
Some seem TO think an independent
race should he made; others prefer
leaving the choice with convention.
am of the latter opinion. a conven-
tion has been called, and if he is strong
enough in the district, and believe he
is. to be elected independently, then
he has strength enough to secure the
nomination in convention. Ihls policy
would secure harmony and enthusiasm,
while the other would foment discord,
and ultimately operate against the IN
terest of the party in the district, ana
most probably injure the future useful
ness of the combatants themselves.
Therefore, as an humble democrat
representing only one and no moreJ
/ would call upon democrats in the dis
trict, heartily and sincerely supporting
the governor, to be guided bS the am
cient usages of the party and let him
be made its champion in the good old
way, and you will find that there never
has been such heartfelt enthusiasm
among the people of this section as
there will be in the coming canvas,
since the hallowed ante bellttm days Of
lang syne. yours,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

Coal of a very superior quality has
been found on the line of the Texas
and Pacific railway, in Van Iandt
county, near Silver Lake. The dis
covery was made while sinking well.
At the depth Of thirty-five feet layer
of slate was struck, which is five feet
thick, under which thick vein Of coal
was found. In less than two days after
the discovery of the coal was made,
six thousand acres Of that land was
bought up by spectators, so we are
told
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

WE understand that General James
$. Rains, of Kaufman county, has been
appointed Oy the proper authority ms
deputy to organize oranges in the INST
senatorial district composed of the
counties of Liberty, Chambers, Hardin,
Jasper, Newton, Jefferson, Polk, Tyler
and Orange, and will leave OH that
mission at an early day, of which the
papers of that district will please give
notice. General Rains is will qualified
for the duty, as one of the most intelli-
gent farmers in this state, backed by n
long experience in public affairs.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04
The wonders OF Cheyenne Canyon.
[Fiom the Mountaineer.l

To say that the scenery is grand and
sublime but half expresses the reality.
TO stand beneath the fall and gaze up
ward seems grand, but when you scale
the dizzy heights and out on some
craggy rock hang your pedestals over,
and watch the surging stream rs it
dashes from rock to rock down the
reven falls until the lower level is
seached, 1908 feet below you, and then
winding its way down to the canyon,
dashing in and out under the cliffs, the
f,ir-reaching aud iawn-like plains for .
background, while still above you are
towering majestic piles of rock-then
IL IS that words viii not express what
you Haal. lou can but sit IN mute
astonishment and awe, and drink in
the gl0TiCs of the scene botore. behind,
above and below you.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

Hon. ROGER @. MILLS, NJ. G. from
the state at large, passed through this
city on Saturday last Ell route for his
home in Corsicana. We have heard Il
desire expressed to invite Colone!
Mills to our city to address the people
on the doings of the passed session of
congress, and earnestly hope that he
may be induced to do so. We know
that he has always regarded Dallas as
O second home, and that her interests
have had his watchfIl attention. Come
and see us, colonel.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

THE author of recent book about
Africa tells of forest of acacia trees he
passed through. These are called by
the natives 'soffar," a word signifying
a flute. The name is given because
the acacia trees are pierced with eireu-
lar holes by a small insect, aud the
wind, as it plays upon the openings,
produces fiute-like sounds. In the win
ter, when the trees are stripped Of their
leaves, and boughs white as chalk,
stretch out like ghosts, the wind, sigh
ing through the insect-made flutes,
fills the whole air with soft, melan-
choly tunes,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

"WHY,n asks the Scientific Americahi
"shou.d not child be taught to write
with both hands indifferently% We
don't know, unless it be that Indifferent
writing is hardly looked upon as de.
srable accomplishment. We could
point out quite number of people who
write 80 indifferently with one hand
that it is matter of congratulation
tlIpy cannot use both.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

George" said a young wife, 'if you
find sweeter spot than our home, des-
cribe it to me, and will rival it, If L
die i'm the attempt" George muir
murpd something about the ten-spot,
aud a few minutes later entered the
druggists with his head handaged, and
hurriedlv called for vial of arnica.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

THE editor of the Columbia Is. O.
Mail, with grateful eloquence acknowl-
edged the receipt Of a milk punch III
one column, and in the next published
a Temperance Department" Some
body has complained of his inco:sis-
tency, and he explains that 1.-THE editor
of the Mail has nothing to do with
what goes into the Temperance column
of his paper, nor have the gentlemen
who conduct that department anything
10 do with what goes into the editor OF
the Mail.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

The Houston Telegraph of Saturday
replies to the inquiry Cf a correspond
ent ~ of the HERALD, a few days ago,
in regard to when the laws of the last
session of the legislature would be pub
lished 10y saying: 'The laws will he
printed about the middle Of July, and
will be sold at two dollars per copy"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

OHIO laments Il decline in the mat
rimonial market. In 1866, thirty thou
sand four hundred aid sevcnty-nine
couples were joined in marriage, while
in 1878 only twenty-three thousand
four hundred and sixty couples were
paired, showing that in the former
year there was one marriage TO every
eighty-two persons. and in the latter
year only one marriage to one hundred
and eighteen persons. "What can the
matter beo
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

AN Ottumwa 1owa) paper says
" During the wind storm the other
day Richard Warden, of the Courier
lost his hat, which went whirling into
space, or rather into II mud hnle.
Richard, however, was equal 10 the oc-
c;,siun. He simply crossed his ears
over his head aud bid defiance to the
st,rn, -
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WEEKLY HERALD
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY ~
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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

THE city of Shreveport is having n
much needed Improvement made by
paving her principal streets with rock.
The work was commenced last Tues
day, and is being done at the expense
of the tax payers, who, by an arrange
ment with the city authorities, receive
scrip in payment for the outlay.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

TIE editor of Pennsylvania paper
ofie.s $50 reward for any evidence to
Uroye that Eli Perkins ever said any
Thing original. Our contemporary Is
safe. No one will ever claim that re-
ward, sure.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

THE better class of people f2 New
Orleans we're sadly disappointed tho
other day. The horses attached to
Governor Kell0gg's carriage ran away,
and for brief while there was q lumi-
nous prospect that, for the iils. time in
many years, the city would be invited
to attend gubernatorial funeral, but
the confounded brutes suffered them
selves to be stopped in time to render
that prospect delusion and fraud. -
GCourier-J ournal.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04
The california and 'CeNas sCOnstrue ion
Company.

| At the recent special meeting of the
stock kh0lders Oft the California and Texas
railway construction company in Phil
adeiphia, the resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted. were as follows:
That a committee OF three persons,
Stockholders of this company, he des-
ignated 10 take charge of these sub
scriptions Isl 100000 yet due from SUD
scri,ers to the stock as they are paid
in, aud appropriate andapply the same
first, to the building of the linz rom
Dallas to Fort Worth, tAiry-one miles;
second, TO the equipment OF the me rs
now operated; third, to the extension
Iof the work from Brookston to TeXar-
kama, ninety-siX miles.
The line, when completed, to entitle
the construction company to 81, 445, QUO
of construction bonds, 81 800, 900 OF land
grant bonds, and So, l75,0OO ofstock, de-
liverable to said committee as the road
may be completed in sections OF
twenty or more miles
That to raise the funds required, said
committee be authorized to sell to the
full paid stockholders, or to those who
may give the committee security in
such form as may be satisfactory 20
them, for the full payment of the bal
ance of the same on or before the first
day of August next, so much of said
assets as may be necessary to secure
said funds on the following basis: Con-
structiom bonds, fifty per cent of their
par value, with bonus of fifty per
cent i'm stock on the face of the bonds,
and fifty per cent in land grant securi-
ties.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

Mr.. JOHN NJ. HARDEMAN, of Cham
bers creek, Ellis county, tells us that
the corn and cotton crops in that Sec
ton are very fine. The yield In wheat
has been fair.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

WE return thanks to Hon. a. II.
Willie for copy of the congressional
directory Of the forty-third congress
first SESSION., by Ben. Perley Poore,
clerk of printing records of congress.
It is q valuable little book of reference,
and shall find place in our library.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

THE subject of the county court buy
ing the iron bridge and making 1t a
free highway Is being agitated. we
are, on principle, In favor of free
bridges, wherever practicable, az well
as free trade, free speech and free
press. In this case we are for free
bridge, that the people may come and
go without tribute; but we must not
forget that our own people built the
bridge with their own money while
Dallas was a village and before aIriron
horse ever snorted in the town. They
did praiseworthy act and must be
paid value received for their outlay, on
fair business principles. If this can
be done we shall be glad to see that
noble structure thrown open to the
public as free as the water in the
Trinity.
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A VERY pleasant perfume, and also
}, preventive against moths, may be
mads OF the following ingredients:

Take OF cloves, carruwuv seeds, nut.
meg, cinnamon nEu toHqEin beans, OF
each ore ounce then add as much
Fl0rentine oTis-rooJ as viii equal the
other ingredients put together Grind
size whole to q line powdcB Pnt II in
silk, cotton-flied bags, and place
among ClOt}sa7 ntc,
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The Christian Register says: IA
woman who cannot, in any emergency
make or repair garment, has one art
less than Pottawottamie's squaw."
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

OUR mills are now in full blastgrind-
ing new wheat. We understand the
yield in flour is fair in quantity and
excellent in quality.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-04

THE walls of the San Jacinto are go
ing up rapidly and in a superior man.
ner.
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theIT TtspVClINt IITtHu7 IOI VIC "V'VV'
Whether Mr.. Mclean will be in the
field we do not know. His labors at
Washington, as we are told by Colonel
Mills, have been faithful and useful.
Culberson and DeMorse are both able
and honorable men. Our only desire
is to see Texas honorably and ably rep
resented throughout her quota of men,
bership.