The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-01
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

TIE next session Of the Old Fp-
lows grand lodge of the United Smt, =
Will he held at Philadelphia during
the Centennial season.
ALEXANDER DELMAR estimates tn 3
years requirement OF wheat in Great
Britain and Ireland ut leS,0JU ,UtO
bushels, and the home supply at
81 100000, leaving deficit, to he made
up by importations, of l07,G0000O
The average deficiency is about
05,OO0,OOO.
The Liberal Republican State Com
mlttee of Massachusetts, in an addr, ~
just published, declare that the same
reasons exist for independent action
now that did when they severed them
selves from the Republican party. The
Liberals favor the election of Governor
Castor In PIE erence to eith r | or
Loring, the aspirants for nomination
by the Republicans.
Careful estimates show that Europe
will, dt ring the coming season, call ON
the IN ted States for from H500O,00
to GO, 900, 900 bushels Of wheat To sup.
ply The present crop deficiency. The
south will have the pleasure of en-
porting some Of that wheat.
Within few days "A serious disease
has broken out among the horses in
New York city, II borders on the ma
ture Of the famous epi2O0tic Of two
years ago. 1t is calculated that there
are ten thousand horses suffering, the
symptoms being precisely those mnni-
Tested when the epi2ootic first showed
itself
The Republicans are experiencing "A
severe attack of the collie since the
Main election returns have come in. A
Bangor dispatch reports Republican
majority iy the Fourth Congressional
district Mr.. Hersey's) of only 977. At
The last election the Republican ma
iority in this district was 2,953. Nor
ton and Blaine did the business. Any
more Radical "strongholds ~?
The Confederate memorial monu-
ment in the Soldiers Cemetery, at
Liberty, Virginia, was unveiled on the
18th instant with military and civic
ceremonies. Addresses were delivered
by General Jubal A. Early, Hon. John
Goode and General D. ii. Maury, and
u poem, written by Mrs. j, Nj. Davis,
of Texas was read 10y Colonel w. w.
Berry. General William Il. Terry was
chief marshal.
The French Prince Imperial is to
make n tour of the world "for political
reasons the dispatch says, His par
tisuns, doubtless, recognize the fact
that they have been putting forward
his pretensions in rather pronounced
manner of late, aud want him to re-
move to antipodes as If he had given
up his ambition. He will appear mt
the proper time In the meantime he
viii, of course, visit the United States,
perhaps at the same time with the
Emperor of Brazil. We shall have
royalty and royalty during the next
year.
All the signs of the day point to the
return of the Democratic party to pow
err. The vote of Maine shows that the
prevalent disgust with the administra-
ton extends much further than the OPP
position imagined. 1t has filled even
the remote rural districts where the
noise of the Washington scandals
rarely penetrates, and belief in the pur.
ity of the Republican party has been
held heretofore with all the ardor Of
religious faith, Here is the result Of
six years of Grantism; the party is
drifting upon the rocks and there is
nobody at the helm. Where will it be
in 1857 New York Tribune.
The Democratic party has at last
achieved one of the great principles
for which it has c0ntended. II has
long inscribed upon its banners the
principle of home rule. The refusal of
Grant to furnish the troops which
Ames demanded shows that the adj
miuistration has become n convert to
this Democratic principle This new
policy will be productive of much
good. The habit of running to WASH
ington with every local difficulty will
cease, and when that habit ceases the
whites and blacks will come to bet.
ter understanding, and will proceed
to ascertain what they can do In max
ing rational basis for their state gov
ernment.- Memphis Appeal.