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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-20
The Comets Influence.
Kew York Herald. luly al

Now that the comet has taken lis
departure and its future course must
remain unknown 10 us, 1t becomes a
matter ofiuterest how far its appear
ance caused the unusual frequency of
those atmospheric disturbances which
inye been recently experienced both
III Europe and America. Eclectric
storms have prevailed in various por-
lions OF the country, causing great loss
OF life and property. Meteors have
been observed TO fall and hail stones,
of enormous dimensions, have utterly
destroyed crops aud even broken down
the roofs of dwellings. a few weeks
since, Ironla, N. j., was visited by a
storm Of wind, lightning and rain, Of
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-20
SENATOR MORTON.

The distinguished senator from In
diana made very long and very
powerful speech some weeks ago at
Terre Haute, which has come to be re-
garded as the first shot IN the presiden-
tial campaign of 1876. 1t Is well
known that Senator Morton, with all
his physical iufIrmities, has been look
ing with wistfll eye towards the
chief magistracy of the nation, and
that he had settled 1t pretty well In his
own mind that the succession was to
be his. Grants veto of the imitation
bill, so elaborately prepared and so
tenderly nursed by the Indiana sena-
tor, gave the said senator u very black
eye, hguratively speaking, and Knocked
his chances for the presidency down
from the neighborhood of par to about
thirty-seven and half per cent. Nor
ton don't love Grant a bit, nor does
Grant look with amiability upon Nor
toms presumption in aspiring to the
position he now holds and wishes to
continue to hold. Therefore what they
say about each other in public has to
be taken with many grains of salt.
In Morton's Terre Haute speech he
touched upon every subject open to po-
litical comment, with the exception of
the villainous government he fought
SO hard to sustain in I,ouisiana--on
that subject he wasmum. In the course
of his address he dropped the following
In reference to Grant and his alleged
southern sympathies: "a
"a mischievo,ls Impression has been
cunningly made in the south that the
president sympathizes with the south.
ern democracy upon the subject of civ.
II rights. and will differ with the north
ern repubicans,upon that question, and
this impression emboldens the move
ment against the negroes, which Is
growing in the south day 10y day. For
this Impression know of no iounda-
ton. No word or act of the president
has given 1t countenance. La his De-
cember message he expressly recom-
mended the enactment of a law to bet
ter secure the civil rights which free
dom should secure, but has not eliectu-
ally secured to the enfranchised slave,
and l repel with Indignation the sug-
gestion that the president will prove
false to the principles of therepu6lcan
party"
The animus OF this is plain to he
SCENT was thrown out for the purpose
of killing Grant at the south. While
we have too much respect for the
southern people to believe that any
thing would be necessary to choke
them of from supporting Grant, we
are glad to see senator Morton's re-
minder ofthe position that Grant took
In his annual message last December.
And, I've remember correctly, this Is
the only thing we were ever glad to see
from the Indiana senator.
What We wished particularly TO call
attention to Is the nen,incity aud ma |
lightly Of the honorable gentleman Ia |
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-20
ralO Pinto County ---fires- --- Indians
IM.nInnrfnrh lnInAna Mn


Messrs, Young, Carrigan aud Rains,
OF Palo Pinto, were In town on II lying
visit. They report that the country
west Of them Is full Of Indians, and
believe that they ARE determined TO do
some damage before leaving.
They also report the burning OF the
woods and praIrles by fire, IN almost
every direction. Among the farms
consumed are those Of Judge McLarnn,
Mrs. Mckinney aud Mrs, Hart, some
of the best farms IN the county. They
report the fire stlll burning, ard with
out rain there Is no prospect of It's
stopping, They estimate the damage
ut $500 In the loss Of cedar timber,
grain, farms, and n number of pastures
containing several thousand acres,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-20
Failure of u Li,erpool Cotton rirm.

Messrs. s. d. Gaskell Il Brothers. of
Liverpool, have suspended. The firm
has been much weakened during the
past eighteen months hy n series of
losses through importations Of and
speculations IN cotton aud from bad
debts, but the. final blow that crushed
them, came, as they say, sin the shape
Of a large shipment of cotton classed
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-20
Condensed Through Time Gard
To points North and East via the
Houston and Texas Central Ry
Trains arrive and depart from Houston as
follows:

ACCOMMODATION. THROUGH TRAIN.
Leaves .... 900 A. M Leaves. ....... $3.50 p. NJ.
Arrives..,.... $40 A. M, Arrives.....a $50 p. NJ.
Galveston Freight and Ticket Office, 70
fremont street.
FAULKNER, Agent.
New York City Freight and Ticket Office,
$40 Broadway. -
f. L. MANCHESTER, Agent.
Visitors TO above cities will ind THESE Of
fees pleasant place of resort their leisure
hours, where the latest Texas papers Will be
found.
j. DURAND, Genl Supt
j. WALDO. Gem Ticket Agent.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-20
THE TERRELL INSTITUTE,
REV. JOHN P0RTMESS, Principal

Assisted by able teachers, will commence It's
iirst regular session September I, 1874, to con-
Time ten month. Tuition 81 50, 50 80 and
81 80 per month, according to grade. A few
boarders accommodated In private families
at moderate rates. l57dlmiswlm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
4 Lock of Daniel Webster's Hair.

The Toledo Ohio Commercial says
that a barber in that city, who formerly
operated In Boston, preserves as a mo-
mento a lock of hair which he cut from
Webster's head short time before the
death of the great Senator. It is not
white; but an iron gray, and was cut
from his head three months before he
died. The Revere House was Webster's
Boston stopping place. On July g.,
1852, the great public reception was
given him by almost the commonwealth
at Boston. 1t was an occasion which
has also come down in history, and
how the heart of the nation throbbed
to the great statesman, since every
tradesman in the land tells the story
of his greatness, and how he was be-
loved F.! It was at this time that he
delivered his speech which contained at
the close these words: ga AZ re 81
81 am nothing but a pains taking,
Woodworking civilian, giving my life
and my health and my strength to the
maintenance of the Constitution, and
the upholding, according to the best
of my ability, under the providence
of God, the liberties Of my country"
| It was in the evening following the
delivery Of this speech that Webster
stepped into the barber-shop after his
return to the Revere House, eand was
shaved and had his hair cut h. John
Carrao, who preserved the lock, perhaps
the last time Lis hair was ever cut.
When the tonsor had finished, Webster
arose and called to Charles G.. (the
Island House barber whom he always
called "ittle Johnnie to give him
a brushing and especially "the
white hat" which he usually wore.
Carrao also remembered that be said ::
"Johnnie, don't you think we ought to
have new hat ?" and that he wore a
brown black suit, with coat collar of
black velvet, and low standing collar.
The BARRIERS also particularize and say
that he was always genial, had smooth
face, was slightly bald, with hair rather
long, and brushed forward in "ear
locks"
It will be remembered that an acct
dent soon after this date befel him,
from which he never fully recovered,
and that in September he was attacked
with disease which ended in his death,
Oct. "a of the same year, 1852.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
An Extraordinary COurtshiD.

One of the celebrities of New Jersey
is Colonel Jerusalem" r. Freese, of
Trenton, banker, ex-editor, and patron
of literature, the fine arts, fine horses and
finances. A widow lady recently NOV
ed to Trenton, who owned a fine horse,
which the Colonel saw and became
DESTROYS of possessing. He visited the
fair owner, but she would not part
with the valuable animal. The Colonel
being widower, after shortrefection,
determined to possess both the fine
horse and the fine lady. He pushed
his suit with such ardor that in three
weeks from the date of his first visit to
see the horse, he and the widow were
engaged to be married. Two days
before the time fixed for the wedding
the Colonel had carriage filled with
flowers of the choicest varities, and,
accompanied by his intended, he visit
ed his former wife's grave and decorated
the grounds and the handsome monu-
ment he had erected to her memory, in
the most tasteful manner The next
day the loving couple in like manner
visited another cemetery, where they
handsomely decked the grave of the
lady's dead husband, and after having
made these appropriate peace offerings,
to the names of their departed loves,
the Colonel and the widow were next
day married, and started upon their
happy wedding tour. Who but Colonel
Freese could do up thing in style
like this ?-H0ckensack Republican.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
The New Railway UP Vesuvius.

The Vesuvian Railway Company is
now in treaty with the Italian Govern
ment for the necessary concessions.
The plans are made, says Naples cor
respondent, and it appears from them
that the railway will have length of
26 kilometres, three of which will be
worked upon the new system, and the
other twenty-three (Which do not pre-
sent any great inclination) in the ordi-
nary mode. The funicular portion of
the railway will commence at the foot
of the mountain, and will be divided
into two sections the first, l, 200 metres
long, with maximum inclination of
twenty feet per 100, will go as far as Adrio
Cavallo, where there will be a turning
machine and a station. The second
section, ZOO metres long, with a maxi
mum of thirty-fve feet per 100, will
terminate within few PAGES from the
large crater. The station will be pro-
tected by a penthouse, SO as to pro-
tect the line in case of eruption, and the
running of lava right and left. Of
course Professor Palmieri's experience
has been availed of with regard to past
eruptions and their courses, etc. A
short distance from Adrio del Cavallo
is the great rock of Monte Somma,
wherein, in case of eruption, will be
placed in security all the railway ma
terial. Telegraphic communication
will be established between the observ-
atory and the station, so that all i'm
portant observations may be quickly
made known. Altogether, the line is
to be constructed in such a way that
the utmost danger to be unprecedented
is the loss at any time of some hundred
feet of rails. The expense is valued at
81, 900, 900, from which the projectors
expect to draw fifteen to twenty per
cent. It is probable that the works of
the section of the line from Adrio del
Cavallo to the summit will be ready at
the beginning of next year. Thus the
portion of the mountain most difficult
Of access to visitors will be overcome,
and it will no longer be necessary, as
now, to go on foot (walking between
and over the broken Laval, to be drag
ged up by a guide, Or, in case of ladies,
to be carried on litter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
Personal Appearance of Bismarck.

A tall, square man, straightas pine,
and rugged as larch a man in plain
attire, with an ample brow and gray re-
firing eyes, firm nose and chin, hard,
coarse, mustache; strongly knit, a
self-contained, forward sort OF man,
apparently all nerve and brain, with
ready word and open laughter on his
lips, and with a countenance so bold
and frank that silence, if by chance he
could be silent. might appear to hide
some ominous thought-sueh was Bis
marck Won Sconhausen as he passed me
under the linden an hour ago, as hale
and kindly as a Winter frost. Gaze on
that frame from head to foot, frame
erect and stiff as though the bones were
steel, the outer covering mail The
man is all piece, strong, ready, blunt,
aggressive, with. a fixed belief in fact,
in science, in the rule OF three. The
CLEAN of superstition fingers on the
face, no doubt, no sentiment, no weak
ness, no remorse. A rocky and unsym-
pathizing face il seems to casual look
ers-on. When laughter passes from the
ample brow to the unsparing lip, the
radiance is more like the flash on bur-
nished metal than the more poetic play
of flesh and blood.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
A Terrible Case of Lunacy.


A remarkable case of lunacy has
just been made known in Green Vii
lage, n. j., by the death of Charles
Crowell, at the age of seventy, who had
been a raving maniac for over forty five
years. He was kept chained to the
floor of his home, and would never
allow clothing to be put on him. He
was confined In a small apartment
made for his use. No furniture was
in the room, the only thing in it being
straw. His mother took care of him
for the first fifteen years, and during
that time he tore to pieces over one hun
dred bedquilts which she madessfor him.
At times he would be perfectly harm
less, and would allow his mother and
sister to stay in his room and feed him.
In his room was very small window,
through which food and water were
given him. Sometimes he would not
eat for a week at other times enough
of food could not be given him to
satisfy his voracity. His mother died
from the great burden, and his sister
took charge Of him. She, to, died
after some years, from the constant
care and anxiety with which she watch
ed him. Lately his niece, Mrs. Burt,
has cared for him. The most remaka-
BILE fact In connection with the case
was that just before he died his mind
was clear, and he called an attendants
name ) e.Ft
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
- -. A Startling Sensation.

On the return of Miss Morris from
Europe, she appears in the ''Sphinx, !"
at the Union Square During her stay
in Paris she will get possession of the
secret which has made the success of
that famous piece. Its author evidently
hit on some chemical sensation, and
built the play to introduce it, as N1cho-
las Nickleby had to write the drama for
Crummles to bring in the pump and
real tubs. This chemical bit of
dramatic art is the death of Blanche de
Chelles, by Mile. Croizette. The actress
fixes doze Of poison for herrival, then
in a French fit Of virtue and remorse
gulps the doze herself, directly has
PAIN, worse one, pang, cramp and
finally commissions, during which her
face, neck and arms go through the
changing huus of white to gray. gray to
purple, and purple to black, when she
very properly dies. This is accom-
plished by the application ofsome wash
to the skin and the turning on at the
proper time of some vapor Or gas, which
acts upon the chemical property of the
cosmetic. worn. The effect is start
ling and very sensational. A we'll
known actress from another theatre
tainted at the first death and it's varie-
gated complexion. Miss Morris will do
all this on her return, this fall. Her
mortuary repertoire includes death by
drowning, by madness, by consumption,
by violence, and, to be complete, the
corrosive sublimate poison business
must be added, and she must die the
death Of bed bug.-Neao York Letter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
Gladstone i'm a New Phase.

A few weeks ago the Archbishop of
Canterbury resolving to give ga heavy
blow and great Encouragement to what
is called ritualism In the Anglican
Church, asked the House of Lords, of
which he is member ex officio, to pass
an act of Parliament for the regulation
of public worship. The main object of
this measure is to give the bishop a
peremptory power of dealing with bene-
feed and other clergymen in their spe-
cial diocese who commit ecclesiastical
ofenses. In many cases the ecclesias-
teal courts have no power over persons
so charged, and in all cases the bishop
who takes up such cases does so at the
risk of having to pay all heavy charges
in the event Of judicial decision against
him, to say nothing of the scandal Of
exhibiting the instability of "a house
divided against itself" It is very pos
sible for clergyman of the Church Of
England to be brought into the court
for celebrating the Communion like a
Roman Catholic priest, and, some loop
holes being made by " the glorious I'M
certainty of the law to escape convic-
tion-with all the costs of the suit to be
betrayed in such case by the bishop
who felt it his duty to prosecute the
charge. The bill in question having pass
ed through the House of Lords, with
some notifications, is now in the Com
mons, where it is formally announced
Mr.. Gladstone (himself belonging to the
High Church, whichhas shown deci ded
sympathy with what is called ritualism)
is to oppose it by all meansin his power.
The battle of words will probably be
fierce. The most remarkable feature
in the case is that the Archbishop of
Canterbury's church bill, which MIR.
Gladstone, ex-Premier, is expected to
oppose to the best of his ability, is
known to have originated in desire
expressed by Queen Victoria, Head
of the Church." to have some decided
check applied to the ritualistic ceremo-
MES now so numerously and SO ostenta-
tiously glaring in the Anglican Church.
OF COURSE 1T was not very constitutional
for the Queen to interfere thus decidedly
in the Legislation of her country; neither
is it very courtier-like for Mr.. Glad
stone to hold himself against her. It
Will not advance his prospects of re-
newed personal power at court.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
A LeayenWOrth Wedding.

A wedding which deeply interested
two youthful residents of Leavenworth
Kan, is thus chronicled by the Com
mercial of that city /" He was Island she
sweet sixteen his father was inexorable;
so after raising the wind to the extent
of SO, he, she, and her mother, with a
mutual friend, boarded the cars for the
friendly glens of Missouri. After pay
ing fare for the round trip and $500 to
the parson, the twain made one, landed
in Leavenworth with the large fortune
of 81 in greenbacks. Repairing to a
saloon, ice cream and cake were sentup,
reducing the cash to two nickels. Moth
ing daunted, two glasses of soda We're
called for, and the newl married cou-
pie started to begin life's welded dream
without a copper. :"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15

tie generals acquaintance, as his
brother was a soldier in the federal
amy. "Where is your brother p asked
tie general. "He was killed at Fort
Hllow!" answered the barber. Silently
and gently as the fall Of the snowflake
but accurately and without hesitation
the general slid from beneath the
ra1or OF the barber, gained his feet, and
With face bare as to one side, and
l,thered as to the other, he remarked !:
You can't shave me this morning :"
A friend who met him q moment later,
marked the singular appearance of
his face. The general merely observed i:
Il like to have half of my face shaved
at q time. "-MObiZe ReOister.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
How Gen. Forrest Liked to be Shaved.

The civil rights bill may enable the
colored gentleman to enjoy all the
privileges Of soda-water fountains, ice
cream saloons, and billiard -rooms-but
we would like to see him subject his
visage to the manipulation of white
barber. He would find himself in as
dangerous position as Gen. Forrest. It
is said that Forrest went into barber
shop on Broadway to be shaved. The
colored gentleman who oficiated was
voluble. Forrest was in good humor
and disposed to be talkative. At lastit
came out that the gentleman who WAS
being shaved was called Gen. Forrest,
whereupon the colored gentleman
wanted to know if he was having the
honor to shave Gen. Forrest of the late
confederate cavalry. Gen. Forrest
mildly assented. Whereupon the bar
Der remarked that he was glad to make
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
KIeptOmania Extraordinary.

Mrs. L. has lived five years solitary,
lone exception to the rule that governs
wives and mothers law. Her grief
was great when some fell disease re-
moved her lord and master female pro-
gsnitor. Young Mrs. L.. was inconsol-
able. The old lady had five and a half
feet of splendid rosewood casket, sixty
one. feet of impressive Episcopal SER
vice, and half mile of funeral process
SION and daughter-in-law's regrets of
unusual signs. Some five years ago
young Mrs. L. lost some pieces of silver,
and, suspecting servant dismissed
her. Every now and then articles of
vllue disappeared, and, one after the
oJher servants were accused and sent
aarift characterless. In one or two in
stances she was about to prosecute, but
mother-in-law L. advised differently.
their guilt was incontestible,
she still thought it betternot to bother,
and young Mrs. L. easily influenced,
yielded.
After the house resumed it's course
and mother-in-law was we'll planted, a
looking over of the old lady s traps took
place. Up come the teapots and sugar
bowls stolen years ago out from pair
Of stockings tumble chain and locket
[or which Biddy got the sack; in box
was found ten yards of point lace that
occasioned the taking off of some un-
happy handmade. In fact mother l.. 8
things restored the loved and lost of
five years disappearances, restored the
character of an army of suspected and
cast queer light on the acquisitive old
lady just gathered to her fathers. -Neav
York Correspondence Of the st. Louis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
Ruskin Refuses a Medal,

The London Daily News says: zone
cannot help sympathizing with the
members of the Royal Institution Of
British Architects, who have been
thrown into state of profound amaze
ment and anxious distress by the con-
duct of Mr.. Ruskin. At meeting Of
the institution, recently, the Vice
President stated the shocking details of
this circumstance The architects have
been in the habit of annually nominal :
ing for their royal gold medal some
distinguished person; and Her Majesty
has for twenty-seven years assumed the
gracious Office of comforting this decor
alton. This year the members of the
institution bethought themselves of Mr..
Ruskin Her Majesty was pleased to
approve of their choice, and Mr.. Rus
kin was duly informed Of the fact. But,
behold! Mr. Ruskin to the dismay Of
the architects, most civlly but firmly
declined the offer. This step seems to
have wholly startled the council out Of
it's ordinary equanimity. An urgent
letter was addressed to Mr. Ruskin,
representing the extreme e1nbarrass-
ment Which would be caused by his re-
lection of Her Majesty's favor but to
that letter no answer had been return
ed. The President then wrote to Sir
Thomas Biddulph, asking what should
be done; and the council expressed In
the strongest manner it's deep regret
at the most unprecedented occurrence
in the annals of that or any other
British institution.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15

AN English mechanic advertised seri-
ously for wife, and woman, equally
in earnest, responded by letter. They
met, but the man was not pleased, and
courtship was not entered into. He
still wanted a wife, however, and so ad-
vertised again under another signature.
When he had an answer he went to see.
his correspondent with a heart beating
high with hope, and found the equally
persevering spinster again. A third time.
he wooed fate with a yet differently
worded beguilement. He reached the
appointed place of meeting twas she
Crushed to the earth and convinced,
Like MIR. Swiyeller, that destiny was full
OF staggers, he smiled, he conversed,
and meekly at last he welded the deter
mined woman. - IS