The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-03-10
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MlHR liluddon, the nulh0rcsH, IN an
amateur uclrosH of greal ability
Hon, Jefferson Davis IN 10 deliver
General Robert t., Lee NJ Lexington,
Virginia, In October next
.-"OuIdan recently attended II
masked ball In Florence In the uhurnG-
tor Of "l.lherlyn The assumption II
very appropriate, ~ "Ouldap h forty
years old aud unmarried,
General John q, Breckenridge, who
for some time been dangerously III ut
his home In Lexington, Kentucky, N
now COnYnlcsclng, aud viii soon re-
sumo tho duties OF his profession.
A company has been formed, with
the requisite capital and energy, 10
build u telegraph line from Shreveport
through Mansfield, Nachltochcs and
Alexander 10 the mouth of Red river.
"A countrymnn who came to the
city yesterday morning visited the No,
3 engine house aud set his watch by
the steam gauge Of the engine, which
measured twenty pounds OF steam.
Fat Contributors Paper
While the Baltimore aud Ohio
and the Pennsylvania Central con-
tinue cutting their own Threats 10 tho
greut delight Of the travelling and
ireight-shipping public, the Union aud
Central Pacific roads have nearly
doubled their freight tariff TO San
Francisco.
Contrary to the expectations Of the
friends Of the measure, the civil rights
bill, which has now become the law of
the land, causes no CONSERVATION
among hotel pr0prietors IN 81. Louis,
most of themApparcntly looking upon
the whole affair ~ Il good Joke, rather
than n serious matter which should
cause them any harm.
Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana, has
been giving his views on the presiden-
tial question to II reporter of the Louis
vile C0urier-,l ournal. Here IL what he
said: 81 am satisfied that the nomi-
nee this time, to he successful, must
come from the west. We cannot elect
n man from the north, for the west is
tired of voting for extreme eastern
men,
Sake is always at best when ming
ling the sad and the sunny, the funny
and the fine, rs in his charming pic
ture of II widow at n fashionable party:
"Her shawl was Ms sable rs night,
Her gloves were as dark MS her shawl,
And her jewclS-that flashed in the light
Were black as u funeral pail
Her robe had the hue of the rest
Cllow nicely II fitted her shape y,
And the grief that was hcaving her breast
Boiled over in pillows of Grape"
The eight Louisiana senators who
took their seats on the "a were j. b.
Eustis, w. }. Kelly, IL. d. Ogden, Ed.
ID. White, j. II. Grover, Will Steven,
A. b. George and w. A. Robertson. In
taking their seats they protested that
Kellogg has never been and Is not the
legal or dc j're governor of the state
of Louisiana. These gentlemen took
their seats at the suggestion of Gov
ernor Penn, who telegraphed the ad-
vice from Washington.
To-day, in New York, the slang of
"Give US n rest" is set aside, and the
new phrase, "Give the old man q
chance" is in every mouth. Mrs.
Moult0n said it so innocently. She, in
answer to n question of Evarts, repli-
ed: 81 counseled the short statement
becauseI thought Mr.. Beecher would
see the saving good of clean confess
sion, and it would give the old man a
chanee.n-[ New York letter to st. ] ouis
Republican,
1t is the intention of J. Jay Wat
son, professor of music in New York,
to exhibit mt the centennial exhibition
q very valuable and ancient Cremona
violin, which was presented to him by
Ole Bull. The violin was made in 1916
by the Amati brothers. Another in
terestiDg relic, also to be shown at the
centennial by New York gentleman,
is harpsichord which was made in
England in 1875, and which is said to
have been intended for General WASH
ington.
-Thepresident has greatly changed
IN two years. His face is red, APP
preaching at times to purple, with apo
pletic threatening, and, il looks augur
anything, there are chances that the
third term question may he settled if
he changes not his course of living, by
the sudden clip of Cloiho's scissors. ~
see death in his face if he keeps this
thing up three months longer,n said
physician, whose name is eminent
among tue faculty in both hemis-
pheres, and renowned even in the l..
college of surgeons.