The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-06-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

the pope seriously ILL.,
KANSAS is rejoicing in the rapid dis
appearance of the grasshoppers from
her borders.
TIE prisoners in the Erath county
jail attempted to burn themselves out
last week, but were foiled.
TIE mayoralty question in st. Louis
has been settled by the quiet Inaugural
ton of Mayor james II. Brltton.
THE outrage mill has evidently been
transferred to Pennsylvania. 1t is
grinding out some terrible tales from
that delightful seat of loyalty.
TuB Sioux chiefs say they will never
go Willingly to the Indian territory
and that it will take all the United
States troops to force them there.
]. BURKE, jr., and w. NJ. Hamilton
have resuscit0ted the Houston Age as
n tri-weekly paper, and promise, "by
strict economy and industry, to make
it permanent"
THE desertions from the army for
the ten months of the present fiscal
year to April 3, aggregate the eXtraor-
binary number OF one thousand seven
hundred and twenty-one.
Hon. MONTGOMERY BLAIR has come
out i'm defense of his brother, General
Frank p. Blair, against the aspersions,
us he conceives them to be, contained
in the "Memoirs" of General Sher-
man.
GENERAL Sol. Ross, of Waco; a. j.
Graves, Of Coryclle, and }. r. Fleming,
of Comnnchc, have been nominated
bysa democratic convention as candi-
dates for the constitutional conVen-
ton from that district.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT is made in WASH
ingtor, as coming from lrield "i
Senator Morton, that the latter will
hermit his friends To bring his name
before the national republican conven-
ton us Il candidate for the presidency.
THEpostmastcrg general llaSrendcred
n decision that Irregular sub'criIrr
to y paper, within the meaning Of Ihe
pOstal law, need not he Il subscriber for
three months or long period, as has
been heretofore held Icy the depart
ment.
THE Fredericksburg (Gillcspic coul-
ty) Sentinel comes to us printed on
yellow wrapping paper reminding us
forcibly Of the times during the late
unpleasantness, when even The HER
AID was issued for II while on small
sized silk tissue paper.
: A SON of DR.. FoOte, of Mckinney,
Sss.7erowncd in the Colorado, at Aus
tin, on Monday morning last, while
crossing some cattle. Getting into an
eddy, he was carried from his horse
and sank. Every effort was made TO
recover the body, but up to Tuesday il
had not been found.
PROFESSOR julius ID. DREnER, sec
rotary of the faculty of Roanoke col
Iono and Who will he remamh.r.J lN
MANY or our cilizens as visiting ON
city month or two ago, has written
some very pleasing and intcrc ding let |
tiers TO the Roanoke Collegan, PUB
lished at Salem. Virginia, of which The |
professor il the editor.
Tn 10 ot1iciolIv onnounced ia pori.
,hot tho yeved npostio, of bnw ,lr rn.
storod ven1oma co,ump sh.II l.,
orownad has bnen settled TIM ,tuiu,
~ vnro,con &c II v.o. bcfor, III, &, NJ.
nuue' will ne replaced and the com.
nIate restoration of thc whole mon
ument will soon be accomplished.
pur Erarch oovnrnment factories
are making the new rifles at the rate
az ana ,I,ora,ud u d,v Inf none ALL
he distributed until the first army o.
tho line can be comnletely furnished
CARTRIDGES are also bcipp manufactured
with creot rnpidity. cud IL is expected
fhot there will he one hundred mi lion
In fine ,yeeuals Ly the month of Feb
r,orv 1879.
M, ,,,o r,i,o hoyo ox,e,,sI,u
- ,hn o,a,a and o,r .x.h,,oa.
49,. a,o,r;nai,, ar, ha..u ,.run -,
lie Inu,is soo,inr u,. s.,.
,,,,.and wontb.r ID q. gnod ,sc,uld
no asked SO far, and with another good
rain in n week or two Iike.th last ".
nave had, the corn is an ASSURED Ii, avy
ron, AT the present writing, all veg
.taiiou is in excellent growing condi-
ion. and DIE wheat is generally cut
md saved. l.
nr,srre WILLIE SCOTT son Of Can.
nj, rhomos SCOTT or Collin county, {
,as boon onnointed 10 West Point, snd |
'Ioy,or Matt Saunders. son of DR.. Saun-
,ar, Of shorn,op Gravson c,,u,.iv Il,
he Naval Academy, at Annapolis.
rom this congressional diilfie', by
ion. J. w. Throckmortin. Both a.
hese young gentlemen are natives o. G
he counties which they Represent, and !
,ete recommended Ly boaril of OK
IT., ,,,,o;n,od lao AZ MAST, 4
'niheis "PPo'" -. !,
Willie Scott lett yesterday an company u
T Mr.. y. T.. Ranney, OF Mckinney, for d
yest Point where he will undergo the a
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Atllliatloh ny Lhc ihiiibais p''"' ="