The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-22


that Of the woman's movement Of
1874?
The canvass just beginning In
North Carolina for u constitutional
convention will be the sharpest that
has!occurred In that state.
Mr.. Beck, the coming United
States senator from Kentucky, has eX-
pressed the opinion that rilden stands
no chance for the presidential nomlna-
ton.
Final arrangements, including the
colored people, have been made by the
confederate aud federal soldiers for n
joint decoration in Little Rock on the
18th.
Colonel Anthony, the editor Of the
Times and postmaster at l.eavenworth,
Kansas, who was shot 10y Colonel En-
bry, is brother of Miss Susan Il. An
thony.
The last act of Attorney General
Williams official life was the removal
of officials in the south for their neg
lect to carry out orders with respect to
the enforcement act.
THE heirs of Il. b. Word, who died
recently in Detroit worth forty-iive
million dollars, are contesting his will,
alleging lie was insane when he exc
cuted that document.
THE HERALD takes occasion to re-
peat, on the best authority, that from
the first, Governor Throckmorton has
refused and still refuses, to be u candi-
date for the constitutional convention.
The centennial authorities have
announced that permission to sell arti-
cles at the centennial will be granted,
II sum equal to fifteen per cent on the
gross amount of the sales being the Ii
cense.
The growth of property in our
state, in the past five years, shows an
increase OF Sll5,947, Ass. Five years
ago the census figures footed $l59,0OO,
600. At the present time they aggre
gate 275,OO0,O00.
The Atlanta (Ga.) News says Mr.
Ben. Hills success in the recent con-
gressional election was due principal
lyto the, determination of the people
of his district to revert against conven-
ton wire-pullers.
THE Shreveport Times agrees with
the journals opposing Mr.. Ireland. 1t
entertains the perilous beliefthat there
should be no convention where the
radical party is weak, save in the dis
erection of the people of the community
interested.
THE public appreciation of the NV
York Metropolitan Museum is shown
in the large attendance of visitors.
The attendance on one public holiday
was seven thousand, and the average
attendance on the free days of each
week over one thousand.
VICE PRESIDENT WILSON is likely to
honor Texas with visit after all, for
it is now said by eastern papers that
the principal object of his southern
trip is ito visit the spot at Austin,
Texas, where his only son, an officer
in the regular army, died"
THE Cincinnati Commercial admits
that the paper money democrats of the
west and south may be able to scalp
Governor Tilden, but does not think
they can take possession of the demo-
cratic national convention and declare
the platform and candidates.
The st. Louis Globe and Democrat
have been consolidated, the latter, as
we understand, having been purchased
and merged into the Globe. The new
journal, if it may be so termed, will
appear in the same form and style rs
the old Democrat, under the name OF
the Globe-Democrat.
THE grasshopper instead of having
been frozen out by the severity of the
winter rather liked it. The news from
ST. Joseph, Missouri, announces that
they have multiplied and grown like
magic in the past few days, and from
that point all the way out to the Rocky |
mountains, reports represent them in
alarming numbers.
The Philadelphia Times thinks
there will certainly have TO be "more
troops" in New Hampshire if the re-
pnblicans are to reap the fruits of the
famous victory of last March, for il
seems that nothing short of military |
Intervention will prevent the democrats
from accomplishing their tiendish pur-
pose of excluding from the legisla-
ture men who were not elected.
Colonel James II. Britton, the reg
ular democratic candidate, was elected
mayor of st. Louis, on Saturday last,
by majority of six hundred and sew
enteen over Henry Overstoltz (inde-
pendent), to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Mayor Barrett. The
total vote polled was thirty thousand
five hundred and nine, being an in
crease of fifteen hundred over that OF
April last
In speech Mt the banquet of the
New York chamber of commerce,
Postmaster General Jewell stated that
New York city pays forty per cent OF
all the newspaper postage of the couE-
try, and furnishes to the department
thirty-eight tons of letters and papers
daily. 1t pays $4,000 yearly on news
paper postage, against $4,000 for Chi
cago, $4,000 for Boston and Sl2,0 900 for
Philadelphia.
Efforts for the reconciliation of the
northern aud southern Presbyterian
churches have not been relinquished,
despite the failure of the conference
held in January at Baltimore. The
question will again come before the
two general assemblies this month.
The reunion hj1ges on the withdrawal
py tho anYthern assembly of the charge
of schism, heresy and blasphemy cast
upon the southern church during and
after the war.