The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-17


grand fete to take place at the Pdlai'
~ lndustlie on the 18th inst l're.i.
dent Mcmahon, the members OF his
Cabinet many deputies aud other dis.
tuguished persons have subscribed u
the statute fund, and several Of tAc
principal cities of France have voted
contributions.
On investigation of the City of
Waco's cargo II was found that she
had neither petroleum nor Kerosene
aboard She had three hundred cases
of refined petroleum slowed on the
upper deck, part AT and part forward,
distant one hundred feet from any fire.
There was no other imAammable
freight on board,
The Postoillce Department estimates
are SJ7, 4l5 in excess Of last years ap-
preparations. The, expenditures last
year for the transportation, Of mails
We're to 81 railroad routes, 81, 25O,O00;
to 50 steamboat routes, 1928, 900, and TO
1923 other routes, designated as stage
routes, aggregating l02,09O miles
length, S5,375,00O Total cost for in.
land transportion this year estimated
at SIG, 100000
An extraordinary snow storm is re-
ported along the line Of the Union Pa
cific road, west of the Greene river
yesterday. Sleet fell in such qgauu-
ties that the telegraph wires are re-
ported as large around Gs Il mans
wrists. Snow to the depth Of one foot
had fallen at Bitter Creek, aud was
still falling at 10 o'clock yesterday.
The snow storm is moving East Tel
egraph communication West of Green
river has bees broken all day
The somewhat remarkable move
ment of American calico to the Eng.
fish market continued last week with.
out interruption, Exports Of mauu-
featured cotton are more every week
than they were formerly in this
month. Several new arrivals from
Great Britain, Germany and Canada,
commissioned to purchase American
cottons, excite considerable comment
among the trade. Total exports of
domestic cottons last week amounted
to Sill, coo, of which $4,000 went to
Great Britain.
\ gang OF men in Philadelphia
stoned the house OF John Sergeant, and
then entered and tied the proprietor,
after which they threw the furniture
out Of doors and smashed things
generally. Thirteen Of them out
ragged the wife of MIR. Sergeant, Her
injuries are of u serious character,
The police made three arrests, and are
after the rest of the gang, which is one
Of the worst in the city. The tavern
contained about four carElaads Of
tricks and stones, which had been
thrown into il by the ruilians
The report Of the Agricultural De-
partment states that the effect Of the
great September storm in Southern
Texas proves less disastrous than was
at first represented. The amonnt OF
lint in comparison with weight o! seed
cotton is quite variable, ranging from
q to 80 per cent, but 80 far az reported
appears to be less than IN 1871, The
State per centages representing the
aggregate quantity, rs compared with
last year, are rs follows; North Caro-
lima, 81; South Carolina, 20; Georgia,
"a; Florida, 90, Alabama, lO2; Missls-
sippi, lii; Louisiana, 100; Texas, ia;
Arkansas, l35; Tennessee, li0
The Federal grand jury, in their re-
port on Mexican outrages, say that
from Brownsville to the Pecos river, a
distance Of six hundred miles In length
and one hundred miles in width to the
Nueces river all American rancheros
have been ordered to leave their homes
bv Mexican raiders, on pain of DEATH
and that one hundred thousand bead
of stolen cattle are driven to Mexico
annually BY American marauders. a
number of Federal officials have been
assassinated, postotllcers burned, Gus
tom houses robbed, mail carriers and
inspectors of customs killed while in
the discharge Of their duties, aud the
perpetrators of these crimes have gone
unpunished, aud a general insecurity
of life and property prevails on the
border. The grand jury found eight
indictments, and urge decisive action
on the part of the State and General
Government, to punish the criminals
and protect the inhabitants against
Mexican bandltli.
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