The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-06-05


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thC stun, the wicked Gould took his
scalp ~ neatly ~ Rcd Cloud himself
could have done. The senator II out
some 100000.
Tho commissioner of the general
land Office decides that the benefits
extended by law 10 prc-emptors who
toy reason of the rHvnges of grasshOp-
prrs are compelled 10 leave aud he alb
scul from their lands, may also he en-
tended prc-cmptOrs whose crops have
In like manner been destroyed, but
who have nevertheless continued their
residence upon their respective claims.
Those whose crops were destroyed or
seriously injured in 1874, will be en-
titl,d 10 m extension Of one year from
and after July |, lS7l, and when in
jury occurs in 1873, the extension will
date from July |, 1876.
A dispatch from Rome says that at
the rOnSlstory to he held June II, Mon
. liIr,,,,p. pnAAn Afft,ll,s.li Gin,.ntt
Anlici, Mattel, and ScrHlna, bishop of
Nitrrho, will Ice created cardinals. His
Emnrnce Cardinal McClosky il eX-
prrird to arrive in Rome before the
consistOry, 10 choose his title.
a dispatch from Arlington. Mas
saChusctts, states that the yacht Edith
was capsiaod on the lake yesterday by
II gust of wind, and three printers and
. five young ladies, named Maria HILL
Laura Sands, Mary Bacon and Alice
and Minnie Wellington, were thrown
into the water, and Alice and Minnie
Wellington were drowned. The prin-
/ tiers kept the other ladies alloat until
/ they were rescued.
The 81. Louis Republicans Kansas
City special says startling Information
Is brought from the west that II large
band Of Indians are cncamped on the
forks of the Solomon river in Osborn
county, Kansas, aud that the citizens
have been obliged TO desert their
homes. The above is received from u
gentleman just up from that portion of
the country, and is considered reliable.
The secretary of the treasury has di- |
rcctcd the retirement of 1887, 769 from |
the currency balance OF the treasury, |
the same being 80 per cent ofaddition- |
al circulation issued to banks during
the last month. Until further direc- |
tons, the amount of United States |
outstanding to be used rs u circulating |
medium, will not exceed $sI5 ,O6i ,O6j. |
Information has been received at .
Washington O! the passage, 10y accla-
nation, on the I'D of March last, of
IN act by the curtcs of the kingdom of
Portugal granting unconditional free
dom to remaining Portuguese slaves,
known ~ apprentices or freedmen. The
act provides that one year after pro-
mitigation the system OF apprentice
ship, under decree of February 7, 1869,
shall cease, and all persons apprenticcd
10y It's provisions are declared free.
The net also provides for the manner
in which freedmen who have no trade
or business, or who cannot read or
write. may lie subjected TO tutelage by
the civil authorities. but that this right
Of tutclage shall cease on the 2Sth of
April, 1873. The labor of those under
tutelage is declared free, and they are
to be ut liberty TO make their own con-
tracts, subject to the revision Of the
proper authorities.
The army worm is devastating the
fields throughout southern Illinois.
The farmers are lighting them, but the
contest seems an unequal one, for the
worms are marching on. CopiOus
rains have nearly destroyed the grass
hoppers in the worst infected regions
in Missouri, and the people are more
hopeful of the future.
the strike in the coal regions has
become quiet. "A great many rumOrs
are ailOat of what the miners intend
doing, but it is generally believed that
the middle of June will see them all at
work. Their case rs it is, is sad one,
and it will be II long time before Schuyl-
kill and other counties will be able to
rise from their prostration. Sheriils
sales VIII De next III Ofuer
Five children of S. NJ. Christian,
ut Versailles, Ohio, were burned to
death last Wednesday by the explosion
of can of coal oil, with which one of
them was endeavoring to kindle the
kitchen fire.
Information has been received
from Fort Laramie that the Gordon
nInnly IIil1p nntHt Nrhn l,lnftaI f,ntain
Walker of, and proceeded on their
way, We're captured by Colonel A.
Mills command. The entire outfit,
except enough provisions to last into
Fort Randall, was destroyed. Gordon,
the leader, is Ell route to Cheyenne, a
prisoner, and the rest of the party are
en- route for Fort Randall, under escort
of Walkers command. Walker has
their arms and munitions.
The Levant Herald says series of
terrible earthquake shocks occurred ut
the beginning Of May in the province
of BOrussia, Asia. Six hundred houses
were destroyed. Accounts already re-
ceived show that one hundred lives
were lost and one hundred and eighty
seven persons injured. The total num-
Der of killed is still unknown.
The army will fare rather badly
this month. 1t is ascertained that the
appropriation for the pay of the army
for the current fiscal year is inadequate,
and, in consequence, officers and sol
diers will receive fifteen days pay at
the end of June, instead of for full
month. The deficiency will have to
he made up 10y the next congress. They
will receive full pay up to the end of
May, and as on the first of July the
new appropriation will be available,
the EN- barrassment will be but tempo
rary.
The king and queen of Sweden
have arrived in Berlin, on visit to
the emperor. The North German Ga
Zette says this visit has political sig
nificance, and sees in ii a manifesta-
ton of Sweden's support of the policy
of the three emperors.
The 29th was memorable day in
Little Rock. Federal and confederate,
white and black, united in grand
decoration of the graves of the fallen
dead on both sides. There were at
least three thousand persons in the
procession, which moved from the
state house to Oakland cemetery. The
state departments, courts, county and
city offices and stores were closed. The
speakers stand at the grounds was
erected half on the federal and half on
the confederate side. Hon. ii. G. Cald- {
well, United States district judge, pre- |
sided. The address was delivered by
General Edgerton, on the part of the
federals, and by Major Joe. 4. Gallas