The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-26
MINOR TELEGRAMS.

The pope is again reported serious
ly III.
The leading Saratoga hotel keepers
boast of having already a sufficient
number of people booked for June anc
July to pay all the expenses of the sea-
| son.
DIR. Linderman will, on the 10th o
June, commence u personal examine
ton of western minis, with view o.
ascertaining the locality for q new
branch.
"A dispatch from Mahoney City
Pa, says miners have decided to &C
cept operators offer and resume work.
1t is thought they will do so every
where.
The grand lodge of Odd Fellows OF
Indiana, at its recent session, sustain
ed the action of o subordinate lodge III
suspending member because he was
a saloon keeper.
Lightning struck atwenty thousand
barrel tank full of oil at Harms City,
Pennsylvania, setting the oil ON fire.
Efforts were made to save the Oil by
running it of, but 1t burst. The tank
was owned by Satterfield q Taylor, and
the oil belonged to the United Pipe
Line company. Loss and insurance
not yet known.
Reports as to the prospects of the
wheat crop along the lines of the Chi
caeo, Mil yankee and st. Paul, Iowa,
Eastern, Chicago, Dubuque and Min
nesota railroads have not been 40 IA
vorable for many years. The same re-
ports come from Allamakee, Wenes-
hik, Fayette and adjoining counties.
A great deal of the corn crop has rot
ted, and farmers are now replanting'
War is impending between Mexi-
co and Guatemala, caused by q differ
ence in regard to the boundary line be-
tween the two countries. 1t is report
ed that General Hemquary has been
appointed to the command OF the
Guatemalaian army, and thath is en-
gagged in organizing corps of ten
thousand men to operate against
Mexico.
There is story current In Wash
ington of the name of General Grant
being forged to q recommendation for
an office in the department of the in
terror, and there is a question whether
it was forged by the applicant himself,
or, as he states, by a member OF con-
press from Alabama. The party in
question says that he gave ten dollars
r. the members for his services. The
name of this republican statesman mas
not vet transpired.
The supreme lodge of the Knights
Of pvthias have decided to hold its next
session in Philadelphia the fourth Tues
day in August, 1876, and appointed
committee to make arrangements lor
a centennial celebration there. Inc
10th of February has been established
% the anniversary of of the order, ana
the day of celebration. A commlttee
was appointed to prepare new manu-
al. with instructions to report at the
next session of the supreme lodge.
The Boston Evening Journal states
that one of the most prominent law
yers of that city, and the former pres
ident of q safe-manufacturing COM
papy, disappeared suddenly last on ffl-
dav. and an investigation OF his afiairs
since then develops the most astound-
inc dishonesty ON his part, involvinga
heayv loss to many persons for whose
nnds he acted as custodian. The
Journal says, without giving the
name of the party, that he has been
noted as a conservative, steady-going
man. whose counsel was sought by III,
vestors, and who, as a guardian OF
trust. property, stood second to no one
in the confidence of the community.