The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-15
MINOR TELRGRAMS.

Vice President Wilson has gone IA
81. Louis.
The Texas Press association visited
Galveston yesterday.
There IL no immediate danger OF
the death Of General Breckenridge.
An International Sunday school
convention Is In session In Baltimore,
The Cincinnati Musical festival Is
now in progress, and Is patronlAed by
immense audiences.
The Methodist conference at Calais,
Me-, yesterday elected six Cinnamon
to the Office OF deacon.
john ?. King has been elected
president, and General McRea superin-
iendent Of the Georgia railroad.
The czar has expressed u desire to
confer, unolllclally, with eX-President
Thiers in relation to European affairs.
The acknowledgement says Russia
has given England friendly and salts,
factory assurances in regard to Central
Asia.
The break ut Black river, on the
Iron Mountain road, has not yet been
repaired No through train or mail
has arrived at Little Rock since last
Sunday.
In his address to the Texas veter-
ans, Mr. Davis eXhorted them to be "as
loyal to the stars and stripes as they
were Jealous and brave In defence 81
the lost flag
AT the late meeting of the board OF
managers of the Adams Express COM
pany, in Cincinnati, George y. Price,
the messenger who killed the robDer
in his car on the Pittsburg and Fort
Wayne road a short time since, was
voted one thousand dollars in gold.
While freight train was passing
through an arch at the Sing Sing
prison, New York, yesterday, four con-
victs jumped on the engine, presented
a revolver at the engineer, and com
PEELED him to get off, cut the engine
loose and started south, abandoning
the engine three miles north OF larry
town. \,
Agents from Bates county, Mo-,
have arrived in Kansas Z ty, soliciting
aid for the destitute people. Loss oil
crops last fall by -grasshoppers and the
drouth and ravages this spring nave
reduced many people to such want that
help from the outside is absolutely nee
essary. The restitution is represented
to be very great, the same situation eX-
listing in Johnson county, Mo.
The four distilleries which have been
released by the court on special bonds
at Milwaukee, resumed operations yes,
terday. A dispatch was received
ordering the officers to stop them I'M
til they had given new bonds IN place
of those given May |. The dlstillers
photographed to distillers at Chicago
and elsewhere, proposing to unite with
them in testing the constltlltlohalily OF
the internal revenue act. A faVoraole
reply was received from Chicago, ana
the distillers have resolved to proceed.
They have retained ex-senator Car
penter to take the question into court
--O'Connor, who, on the day OF
thanksgiving for the recovery of the
prince of Wales, attempted to shoot
the queen, has been again arrested
The queen was holding drawing
room reception at Buckingham palace,
and O'Connor was found in the same
Mace in front of the railingr from
which he. on the former occasion, fired
n pistol at the queen. He was arrested
o,,ietlv and sent to the Howard asy-
INN. by the order of Sir Thomas
Henry, chief magistrate of Bow street
nolice. ON account Of certificates OF
physicians that OConnor Is supJect W
suicidal and homicidal impulses
An important surgical operation
was nerformed upon General john Y.
breckenridge, at his home in Lexlng-,
ton, KY, Tuesday, by DIR. cross, o,
Philadelphia, and DIR. Sayre, OF new
York. His chest was penetrated ny
tubes inserted between the ribs, ana
some relief was afforded. The physi-
clans are of the opinion that the gen
eral,s liver was injured by a blow re-
ceiyed during the war from fragment
of a shell, and the present sufferings
are due entirely to that cause. Inc
nhvsicians entertain hopes that the
pneration will prove OF permanent au-
vantage to the sufferer
"A number of protests against the re-
cent awards by the Indian commis-
sioners of contracts for supplying To-
bacco have been made by the unsuc-
cessfll bidders. Among the NUMBER
are the we'll known houses of T. l'oril-
lard &. Co., the Pioneer tobacco COM
many and Doran, Carroll q Co., OF
New York, and Doran & Taft, OF PM.
aJoInbia The persons who protest