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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
ridden Driving the wedge Home.

NEW York, October 5.-At a Ke-
publican conference held in this clty
today, request was made of the vari.
Gus Republican associations opposed at. TO
the regular organization for general
reorganization ofthe party in TINS Guy
the fifth report of the Canal Investi,
eating Commission states the iinanclal
results of George d. Lords career as
legislator and contractor with the
State, so far as has heen investigates g. g ~
gives an aggregate of over eighty,,nve
thousand dollars fraudulently paid oy
or charged against the State fol. , work
&C covered by the repair contract of forty ,
four thousand four hundred dollars I1
.o year. It duplicates in these frauds IDS
several canal commissioners and m
sneetors and some members OF ooth
branches of the State Legislature, anu
saws in whatever direction the enquiry ~, aH
is pushed, fraud and corruption en-
countered at every step.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06


The new London Opera House, next
to the San Carlo, of Naples, will be
the largest in the world. II will cover
u little more than two acres Of ground,
and in general outline will be similar
to la Scala, AT Milan, which is
is something after the fashion of an
elongated horseshoe. The front of
the embankment will be one hundred
and sixty feet long, with wings project.
ing from the front as well as lateral
facades. The auditorium, surmounted
by a cupola rising to n height of one
hundred aud forty feet, will contain
five hundred stalls, with II passage
three feet wide between each row,
The stalls are approached through n
vestlbule one bundled and ten feet
long, and numbered odd and even on
right and left sides of the house. The
stage is to be about forty feet above
the level of the foundation, which is
carried down to the London clay. The
greatest attention has been paid to de-
tails, and when completed, the build
ing will be one of the most perfect in
the world.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

nifty of Ames' administration, and
adds "lnstead of organizing u millt-
AIRY force, and In person furnishing the
rutilans--arrestlng the murderers and
killing them on the spot, or bringing
them TO trial, conviction, aud execu-
tion--the Governor, every time there
is Il disturbance or a murder of II negro,
hastens to the telegraph Office and i'm
plores the President TO send him
troops. This, In Il State where he can
put $4,000 armed meu In the field to
execute laws, is child's play, and the
people of the country are, ms the Presi-
dent says, getting tired OF t. "
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
1.-THE Webb Proposition" Again.


To the Editor of the Dallas Herald
can not understand how anything
in my article of yesterday can be con-
strued into cling at our older citi-
zens. intuitively bow my head and
award all honor TO the truly noble men
who poured out the sweat of their
brows aud their blood ms well, MS freely
AS devotee ever poured water in the
air as libation to the God of war, to
wing this country from domain
of the Indian aud the buffalo, and !
am certain that my honored friends
contortions of my meaning, fell duly
upon the ear of many of the old cit
liens of this portion of Texas, for am
not stranger among them. | went
with some of them into "Cane's corn
tield,n and "rhe Peach Orchard" on
the 10th day OF Augusr, 1861 up the
frozen heights OF Boston Mountain,
March 8, 1867 into the pines of Mans
field, 1864, and more than dozen
other similar scenes, aud on those men
the Judges perverson of my meaning
was lost.
am rs little versed in the intrica-
cies of the occupation Of my frierd as
he is OF mine, and will therefore leave
out the chill of rights" constitu-
tions," &c,, aud state the substance OF
my original argument, that the city
government would not only act wisely
but that act would also be II good
measure considered solely AS finan-
cial transaction, in eXempting w X
Co. from taxation for term of years,
and shall await the undoing of that
theory by figures or precendents in the
history of cities similarly situated to
Dallas. ID. Il. GROVE.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

Tennison's "Queen Mary was fully
nlayed at the Arch Street Theatre IN
Philadelphia.
Triton and Arabella Goddard had a
orowded and enthusiastic house in
New York,
Two thousand horses in Cincinnati
ara suffering more or less with a cough
and swollen glands
David S. Perry, aged seventy-hve,
was sentenced at Elizabeth, New 1er-
s " to fourteen years hard labor ior
abortion.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
Foreclosure on the Chesapeake and
ohio Railroad.

RICHMOND, Va, October ga bill
OF foreclosure on the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad Company's first mort
gage bonds was filed yesterday in the
United States Circuit Court for this
District. An Identical bill has also
been filed at Parkersburg, West Vir-
ginia. An order preliminary to q re-
ownership, together with an injunc-
tion restraining any interference with
the mortgage property pending pro-
ceeding, has been issued by Judge
Bond. Upon the entry of the decree of
sale all the parties Interested in the
road will unite in the purchase of the
line aud franchises, paying therefor
with the securities they now hold.
The judgment will clear all existing
claims on the corporation, and enable
1t to obtain additional capital to COM
plete the connection with the west.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
..v Cook a. Co.'S IndebtednesS u
the Government.

PHILADELPHIA, October 5.-ln tne
y1n;tad states Supreme Court the opln-.
the the q United States VS. Lewis, Trustee S. OF
Jay Cooke & Co., was r. read aMt u to-a thst
The claim of the Government is' .naa
Jaw Cooke, McCulloch y Go. were We're
at the time of the bankruptcy inue .n If
to the Government in the sum o y
one hundred and thirty-two 'n nous ,ha
six hundred and ten pounus tna a,S In ar
Government has a prlof'. ayy. ote, IN the
creditors an, ana trustees rns. s"s should first be
nnniied to The discharge OF this inde6t-
s6pess Justice Strong sustained the
Claims CLAIMS Of the Government and de,
c ciaed IN its favor, the decision being
i,ue% mon the fOct that Jay Cooke :, q
Ca 'e we're partners of Jay Cooke, NC
Culloeh a Co.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
EIendisil Outrage.

CONCORD, N. H., October 5.--rhe
body of young school girl was found
half mile from home with her throat
cut. She had been outraged, and then
murdered. The authorities are on the
track of the villain.
LATER-A man by the name of Drew,
strongly suspected of the crime, was
arrested at Pembroke, and brought
here for safe keeping. An Infatuated
mob is besieging the station house,
where Drew is confined. The head OF
the girl was discovered one hundred
yards from where the body was found.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
opening Day of the 81. Louis Fair.

ST. LOUIS, October 5.-The fifteenth
annual fair of the st. Louis Agricultu-
raj Association opened yesterday, I'M
der the most favorable auspices, and
with much larger attendance than any
previous season. On Monday, as has
been the custom for several years, the
public school children We're admitted
tree. The grounds were thronged with
them, being not less than twenty-five
thousand persons,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

course between the chiefs of the Gov
eminent and foreign ministers will be
the policy of the Government.
The experiment of shipping peaches,
per steamer Canada, from New York
in a box ON deck arranged on Il
reIrigerating Plan, was u success, the
fruit being delivered here in good con
dition and eagerly purchased.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

Gov. Ames had better subside. J.. is
doubtful If, excepting Senator Mo' ~ !
and the Washington organs, there Is u
single public man or prominent Journ-
al In the country that has any sym
nathv for him. Even 80 devoted an
praa1 "a the Chicago Tribune says u u
ali n onsenye to say the negro canh9.
nrotect himself, charges the Whoie
tronbles In Mississippi to the pusillani'
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

HARTFORD, Conn, October 5.-Lo-
cal questions entered largely into the
town elections. No very marked
change from last year Ia noticed, The
Republicans have carried this city,
electing the town clerk and the first
selectman. The Democrats have elect
ed the balance. The constitutional
amendments making the gubernato-
rial term two years and changing the
State elections from spring to fall,
were carried largely. The larger towns
generally voted for license aud the
smaller ones are about equally divided.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
Inauguration Of Vanderbilt UniSer'

NASHVILLE, October 1.-The Van
derbilt University was inaugurated
yesterday. Sermons were preached by
Bishops Doggett and Whiteman, and
to-day addresses were made 10y Rev.
DIR. Deems, of New York Chancellor
Lipscomb, of Georgia, and Governor
Porter, of Tennessee.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

THE WEATHER.

For the Gulf and South Atlantic
States falling or stationery barometer,
northeast to southeast winds, partly
cloudy weather and rain on the Gull
coast.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
The Spanish Revolution.

SAN SEBASTIAN, October 5.-The
Carists demand 100000 to discontinue
the b0mbardment of the town.
MADRID, October .. The Ep0oa
says the military operations in the
north will be resumed so soon as the
government is able to send eighty
thousand men To reinforce the army.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

The population Of the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Nations, jointly including
whites and negroes, is about twenty
six thousand five hundred. Sixteen
thousand Choctaws six Thousand
Chickasaws, two thousand whites and
twenty-five hundred negroes.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
The Turkish Insurrection.

BELGRADE, October 5.-rhe Servian
ministry has resigned in consequence
of the declaration of Prince Milan,
made at secret setting of the Coun-
ell. A conservative ministry is being
formed.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
u.ouslon intelligence

LONDON, October 5.-The Times !, ,sa has 8
. anaoiai rom Shangbae saying tna'
deere has appeared in the Ga "a, !uss =.
p psRin concedlsg that hereafter inter-
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
The9ailg
THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
CITY and COUNTY Of DALLAS.
ALIAS, TEXAS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING ;:::. OCT. q.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
Arrival and Departure OF Trains at
Dallas.
HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL.

HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL.
Arrives.
From the North (mall and eXpress)- $3.50 u. IN
From the south, accommodation 1850 p. IN
From the North. accommodation 2:lOp. m
TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
Leaves. Arrives
Mall anN Express......... 500 p, III. 9;S0p. m
l. ,b'L,l odatiOn. ......... $40 II. III. 9:55 u. m
III ~ Freight....~...l2a5 u. Nj. l2:t5 y. m
twas
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-07
The First Ram Battle at Sea.

A correspondent says: AS to the sink
ing of the Re dItalia, I had an account
OF it from the lips of Admiral Won Tege-
thof himself, while breakfasting with
him tete-a-tete in Vienna in October,
1869. He was then organizing the
squadron which was to convey the EN-
peror Francis Joseph to Constantinople
and Egypt. The admiral, who was one
of the simplest as well as one of the
bravest of men, told me that on reading
the account of the preparations which
were made at New York in 1862 to fit
out the Vanderbilt for the purpose of
ramming and sinking the Confederate
iron-clad Merrimack, he made up his
mind that this would prove to be the
best way of dealing with armored vessels
In action, and devoted himself to q
special study of the questions involved.
When he was ordered down with his
small, mixed squadron to Lissa, early in
July, 1866, to relieve that place, then
besieged by the powerful iron-clad fleet
of Admiral Persano, his intention was to
test his theory on this subject. As he
went into action on the 18th he signaied
all his ships "Bear down on the enemy.
and sink them" His own flagship, the
ferdinand Max, If my memory serves
me rightly, was an iron-clad of about six
hundred horsepower. His captain, Ba-
ron Max Won Sternek, had orders to ego
for" all the iron-clads in the enemy's
line, one after another, and did so with
great spirit and skill. The Ferdinand
Max successfully ran three Italians
aboard, captured the flag of one, crippled
another, and sank the third, the Re
d1talia, in two minutes, with her whole
crew of six hundred men. The Aus
trians tried to save these poor fellows,
with humane inconsistency, but only
succeeded in rescuing a few of them.
Admiral Won Tegethoff told me, by the
way, that he never saw men behave more
gallantly than the Italians on this ship.
The crew cheered deiantly as their huge
ship careened over, and the sharpshoot-
ers in the tops went down firing their
rifles.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-07
The He'll Gate Excavations,

On July 4, 1876, the great explosion
which is to shatter the submarine rocks
at Hallett's point and open a navigable
channel for vessels of large draft, COM
ing and going through Long Island
sound, to and from New York city, will
take place; such, at least, we understand
to be the present intention of those in
charge of the work. The excavation
now in progress consists in the boring
of the holes in which the heavy charges
of nitro -glycerine are be placed. These
borings are about half finished, and will
require the labor of two or three months
longer, after which two months more
will be occupied in inserting the
charges.
The entire surface undermined meas
ures two and a quarter acres, and the
cuttings aggregate 7,542 feet in length,
varying in height from eight to twenty
two feet, and in width from twelve to
thirteen feet. There is roof ten feet
thick between the mine and the water ;
and the latter, at the outer edge of the
excavation, is twenty-six feet deep at
low tide. Between the heading and gal
leries heavy piers are left, which now
sustain the immense weight of rock and
water above. In each pier from ten to
fifteen two and three inch holes are be-
ing drilled, and in the roof similar aper-
lures are being made at intervals of five
feet apart. All of these openings will
be filed with nitro -glycerine, in charges
OF eight and ten pounds, and all will be
connected together by gas pipe filed
with the same explosive. This will be
done during the cold weather, when the
danger of hauling the nitro is
greatly diminished.
Previous to the explosion, the Golfer
dam will be broken away and the water
allowed to fill the entire excavation, SO
that it will serve as tamping. Then,
by means of an electric fuse, the nitro
glycerlne In the gas pipe will be fired,
which will determine the blowing up of
the whole affair. No fear is apprehend-
ed as to the result, since it has been de-
termined that the explosion of half the
charges will be sufficient to cave in the
roof, and cause it to fall to the sunken
floor, deepening the water at once to
proper depth, or necessitating but little
dredging to complete the work.
The new operations at Flood rock will
involve still greater cuttings than at
Hallett's point. The shaft is now down
to depth of fifty feet. The Halletts
point work has been under way since
1869, but has been greatly delayed by
the failure of Congress to provide suffi-
cient appropriations if the same course
is to be followed with reference to the
Flood rock excavations, it will be mani
festly impossible to form any estimate
of their time of comnletiOn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-07
The Olive Tree,

The following is taken from an article
in Appletons' "American Cyclopedia, I"
revised edition, entitled "Olive': The
common olive is one of the earliest trees
mentioned in antiquity probably it was
native of Palestine, and perhaps of
Greece, and it was introduced into other
countries ata very early day; it is largely
cultivated in southern Europe, western
Asia, aud northern Africa it was
brought to South America and Mexico
more than two hundred years ago, and
in various parts of California it was
planted at the mission establishments,
where some of the old groves still re-
main, notably that of San Diego, which
is still in good bearing, and other plan
tations have recently been made there.
In the Atlantic States the olive was in
troduced before the Revolution, and at
several times since /; it is perfectly hardy
aud fruitful in South Carolina the chief
obstacle to its cultivation seems to be the
fact that its crop natures just at the
time when all the labor is needed to Sc
cure the cotton. The French enumerate
over twenty varieties, differing in the
size and color of their leaves and fruits.
Olive oil is obtained from the ripe fruit,
the pulp which contains about seventy
per cent. of oil. Italy produces annual
ly about 100000 gallons, while the
production of France is only about
100000.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-07
Fall and Winter Fashions.

Among useful new costumes, says q
fashion journal, are those of black cash
mere, fabric that is now as low-priced
as good alpaca, and is more graceful and
pliable, though it does not endure hard
usage so well. 1t is made up in con-
junction with black gross grain of the
qualities that are now sold for $1.5O or
So yard. One cashmere suit that will
serve as a model has q single bias
founce SHRED near the top, and edged
top and bottom with silk knife plating
The long square overskirt, open up the
back, is trimmed across the front with
three bias bands of gros grain placed
quite far apart, and each band edged
with fringe. The basque has two side
bodies, one of which is very long, and
begins in the shoulder seam. The
Byron collar and the sleeves are of gros
grain three tapping folds from the
cuff, and row of six buttons is set on
these. A second black cashmere suit
has a square overskirt that does not
meet behind, but has three puffs of silk
set i'll down the back, with a wide fringed
end below. The edge of the overskirt
is trimmed with knife plating of silk,
and this extends up the back on each
side of the silk puff. The basque has
silk sleeves, collar, silk forms down the
back, and something like a vest of silk
in front. A pretty suit of brown cash,
mere has plated founce that is partly
silk and partly cashmere.
Another novelty is double apron that
is different on each side of the figure,
and laps in front. Sometimes these
aprons are plain on the left side and
striped on the right. A suit of three
materials, plain brown Algerienne,
striped Algerienne, and brown silk, is
made in this way. A plain apron laps
from the right side over another on the
left, which is striped /; both are edged
with striped knife plating. The BASQUE
is of plain wool, with striped sleeves.
The brown silk skirt has striped wool
and silk plaitings.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-07
A Taste for Reading.

4" My son is an inveterate reader,''
said lady the other day; "all he wants
is book or paper, and he is happy"
" And what does he read?" asked the
listener. "He subscribes for -
mentioning one of our most popular
sensational newspapers), and pays for it
out OF his own spending money, and he
reads everything in it; then he borrows
books of boys in the neighborhood-I
don't know what they are, but he is never
without one or more. When he's read
ing I'm sure he's not in any mischief. "
Sure How could she be sure," if
she didn't know what her boy was read
ing, that the very soul of vice, and mis-
chief, and ultimate ruin was not at work
within him, quiet as he seemed over his
book! There are in New York city alone
no less than thirteen publications, all
with large circulations, for boys and
girls reading. These supply the most
vicious matter, mainly pirate, highway
man and Indian stories. A police officer
in Philadelphia stated not long ago that
if certain publications could be sup
pressed, and certain plays be removed
from the boards of the theater, the re-
form school for boys would soon be
empty.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-07
Girls Fishing.

A writer tells us how ladies' fish. He
says he saw four of them who had sue
ceeded in landing a little founder. No
sooner had the poor fish struck the
ground than all exclaimed in one voice /:
" OUCH Murder take it away.
Ugh, the nasty thingl"
Then they hold up their skirts and
gather about that fish, and all the time
the one WHO caught the fish is holding
the line in both hands, with her foot on
the pole, as though she had an evil-dis-
posed goat at the other end, which she
expected to butt her at any moment.
Then they talk over it
" However will we get it off,"
Amt it pretty 2"
" Look how it pants"
" Wonder if it amt dry 2"
" Poor little thing, let's put it
back"
How will we get the hook from it2"
"Pick it up" says girl, who backs
rapidly out of the circle.
Good gracious I'm afraid of it.
There, it's opening its mouth at me-"
just then the fish wiggles off the hook
and disappears into the water, and the
girls try for another bite.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-07
He Knew What Was Coming.

The Providence Journal tells the fol-
lowing old story, which is worth repeat
ing A careful, old-fashioned man a
few years ago came into town to sell
some shares in bank. "Why do you
wish to sell them ?" he was asked. "You
cannot invest your money better. The
bank is well managed, the dividends are
certain, regular and satisfactory" Our
friend from the country replied 81
know all that. The bank is well
enough but L don't want stock in a
bank where the cashier keeps a race
horse and bets on the course" When
the cashier defaulted, few years after
ward, the overcautious old fogy did not
hold any of the shares, which went
down fifteen per cent.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-07
A Live Child Buried.

The Cynthiana (Ky.) Democrat prints
the following remarkably. circumstantial
account of recent discovery near that
town: Mr.. Thomas A. Demmon, who
resides about six miles from this place,
went out to his barn to attend to some
business, when he heard a cry as of
something in distress. He at first
thought it was cat, but could not tell,
and began searching for whatever it
might be that was making the noise.
After looking for some moments, he
went to pile of logs that We're under
the cave of the barn, and upon finding
that the noise came from it, he began
moving the logs, and, after moving
them he, found heap of fresh dirt, and
the cry evidently of child now), SEEM
ing to come from under the ground, and
upon digging the dirt away was Mortified
to find an infant about three or four
days old, which had been buried alive.
1t was still alive, having been laid on
its back, handkerchief placed over its
face, and two wide boards over it, SO as
not to touch the body, and the dirt on
the board making a nice little grave.
The child is alive and well.