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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-08-21

IcaIs.
Allison, Il. O., farmer, Pamela, Pamela
county.
Abernathy, b., farmer, dilmer, Upshur
county.
Arnim, j. l.. farmer, Colorado county.
eAbner, David, colored, Harrison county.
Brown, John Henry, printer and stock
raiser, Dallas.
Blake, -, farmer, shelby county,
gallinger, william r., lawyer, galveston.
Blasingame, -, farmer WhitesbOro, Gray
son county.
Bprnutt, j. W., physician, Weathcrford,
Parker county.
Hurleson, Edward, farmer, san Marcos,
Hays county.
aBrady, n. W., Grimes county.
Bruce, II. O., farmer, Cleburne, Johnson
county.
Crawford, william L., lawyer, Jefferson,
Marion county.
Chambers, Ed, farmer, Mckinney, Collin
county.
Cook, W. ID. s., editor. Gonzales.
Cooke, George b., farmer, San SaLa.
"Cline, Henry, Houston, Harris county.
Cooley, A. o., lawyer, Fredericksburg, Gil
lespie county.
Cards, Louis, FL Paso.
Douglas, Jos. p, farmer, Cherokee county.
billiard, W. W., Bowie county.
DeMorse, Charles, editor, Carksville, Red
River county.
Dohoncy, Il. L., lawyer, Paris, Lamar
county.
Darnell, Y. H., farmer, Fort Worth. Tar
rant county.
Dunham, A, j. c., Angelina county.
Davis, b. H., lawyer, Bryan, Brazos county.
eDnvis, -, colorcd, Wharton county.
Erath, Geo. b., farmer, Waco McLennan
county.
Erhard, william, merchant, Bastrop, Bas-
trop county.
Ford, John s., editor, Brownsville, Cam
eron county.
FIournoy, George, lawyer, Galveston.
Fleming j. r., lawy er, Comanche county.
Ferris, j. W., lawyer. Wayahachie, ELLIS
county,
sFlanagan, Webster, lawyer, Henderson,
RusS county.
German, j. L., farmer, Bonham, Fannin
county.
aGoddin, NJ. H., Walker county.
Gather, J. c., firmer, Falls county.
Holt, Asa, farmer, Henderson county.
Henry, John L., lawyer, Tyler, Smith
county.
Henry, John r., farmer, Mexia, Limestone
county.
Holmes, -, physician, Kentuckytown
Grayson county.
Haynes, j. H., farmer, Lockhart, Caldwell
county.
Henderson, -, editor, Sulphur Springs,
Hopkins county.
johnson, Joshua f., farmer, Titus county.
johnson, John, farmer, Mckinney, Collin
county.
county.
Kilgore, G. b., farmer, Gregg county.
Killough, S. b., Robertson county.
| "Lockett, II. j., Washington county.
Lacey, Robert farmer, Leon county.
Lynch, Frank j., farmer, Dewitteeunty..
Mclean, William p, lawyer, Titus county.
Martin, Francis NJ, farmer, Navarro
county.
Martin, b. D., farmer, Hunt county.
| nMcCabe l.. H., colored, Austin county.
aMorrls, j. r., merchant, Harris county:
aMills, John s., farmer, Grimes county.
%Mitchell, John, Washington county.
Mckinney, 8. A., farmer, Denton county.
Mccormick, George, Colorado county.
Moore, l.. W., lawyer, Fayette county.
Norvall, L., Tyler county.
Num-, ID. A, lawyer, Houston county.
Nugent, T. L., farmer, Hood county.
Pickett, E. h., lawyer, Liberty county.
"Pauli, g., Washington county.
Ramey.- San Augustine.
%Russell, 3. H., lawyer, Harrison county.
Hugely, Edward, farmer, Matagorda coun
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Harrison County, overwhelmed
by its colored population, gave 1893
majority against the Convention,
and is the banner county on that
side.
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The chief advantage of this
system, besides uniformity with
other commercial nations, with
which we have dealings, is
in its ease of computation. 1t
makes little difference, after we
have learned its value, what the
unit may be, so that tho decimal
system is followed. In weights and
measures, the system now in use IN
so many countries of Europe, was
adopted by the French Republic in
1894, upon tho recommendation OF
the French Academy of Sciences,
and is based upon the most soien-
tifc principles, which it is useless
now to. notice. Its nomenclature
may be n little difficult to remom-
ber, at first, but it will be q great
aid to the memory to bear in mlnd
tho primary meaning of the names
used. From the lowest denomina-
ton to the amt, the first part OF Tho
compound words are Latin equivo-
tents for thousandLhs, hundrodths,
and tenths of the unit. From the
unit to tho highest denomination,
the names are the Greek cquivo-
Tents for tens, hundreds and thou
sands of the units.
Were this simple system IN use'
our calculations of distances, weights
and measures would be as easy as
il is to compute in dollars and
cents. The late Charls Sumner was
q warm advocate of the metric OF
decimal system, and in speech IN
the Senate advocating its adoption
he said ain this brief space you
behold tho whole metric system Of
weights and measures. What 6
contrast to the anterior confusion
A boy at sohoo, can master the met
ric system in an afternoon. Months
if not years, are required TO stor'
away the perplexities, incongruitle
and inconsistencies of the exist'n!
) weights and measures, and then tn
memory must often fail in reproduc
ing them. The mystery OF com
pound arithmetic is essential in thu
calculations which they require. AL
! this is done away by the decima
, progression SO that tho first fey
> rules of arithmetic are ample 10
the pupils"
y In 1866 Congress legalized tn
e system, but not making its use con
+ pulsory, no steps were taken t
|, bring it into general use until n
Gently. A circular is now being aC
dressed TO all towns and cities, in I'll
United States, having a populatlo
of eight thousand and upward
> asking signatures TO an agreemeI
10 commence the use of the metr
system on the 4th of July, lSI
: Is is said that amongst tho
places canvassed the assent TO II
- proposition is almost unanimou
The merchants and bushes men
New York, Boston, Brooklyn, Ba
d tImore, Chicago. st. Louis and mar
e. cities of less importance have Q
E. ready signed the agreement.
[. This great reform, which we no
rs 10 sec go into effect next yes
ID would OF itself be a glorious celebr
v ton of the Centennial of our ext
ance as nation,
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SAN Francisco, August 1.-THE
Oregon State Temperance Convention
assembled to-day, and endorses Henry
Warren, the Republican nominee for
Congress.
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ANDREW JOHNSON WEIGHED.

Tho following extracts from let
ter from the Hon. Henry W. Hill
lard, of Georgia, to the N. Y.
Tribune, in the n.ain gives the
Southern view of Andrew Johnson's
character as a statesman
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VOTE ON THE CONVENTION.

Returns, full or partial, from
sixty-scven counties, show total
vote of 49,GOS, of which there are
For Conyentiop.............3l,2G0 ,2G0.
Against ...... ........"..lS,330.
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Americans visiting England are
struck with the superiority OF our
decimal system Of money, over The
cumbrous pounds, ShillingS ana
pence, Ia usc there, OF late years
in fact for many years, there has
been II growing disposition mani
festcd throughout tho world to
adopt the decimal system, not only
of money, but OF weights and meas
urcs, as well.
A little reflection will convince
one of the immense advantage II
would be to have an universal
standard, simple and easily under
stood and computed, rather than
the arbitrary, complicated and di'
verse systems now in use in Eng
land and the United States, which
il the occasion of so much cmbar-
rassment in computing the cxchang-
ablc value of commodities. 1t will
probably be surprise to most OF
our renders TO hear that nearly all
the countries of the civilized world
have fully adopted the decimal or
metric system of weights and meas
urcs, except Russia, England
and the United States. We say
TMy, because the last two have
partially adopted it; that is, it. has
been lcgalizcd in those countries,
but its use has not been made OBJ
ligatory.
The following tables comprise the
whole system, and may be learned
in few minutes by any one OF or
dinary intelligence;
MONEY (the dollar for the unit.)
10 mills make n cent,
10 cents make dime,
10 dimes make II DOLLAR,
10 dollars make an eagle.
IN France, Belgium, switzerland ana ltaiy
the unit is the franc which is divided iil"
lOO parts, called centimes. SO with any olh-
or unit, the German thaler for Instance, IL
may be divided into centimes or huhdredths.
LENGTH (the meter=39 inches, the
unit)
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Correspondence ofmo CourIor-J"urnal)
RICHMOND, Va, August 9Th.
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Dragging oft Exisience.

The nervous, weakly Invalid does not en-
Joy life, but merely "drags out existence" as
tho phrase Is. United for Ihe active pur-
suits OF life, and incapable OF pariaking Of
It's pleasures, TO which health alone can give
2est; disinclined 10 social intercourse, and
prey TO melancholy, the Valetudinartnn is
indeed an object of pity. Yet there is moth
ing In all this that cannot be remedied by
that genial Alternative tonic and nervne,
llosletterh stomach Bitiers, which supplies
deficient stamina, braces the nervous system
and ovetGomes those bodily Irregularities TO
which nervous weakness Is most frequently
attributable. Diseases of the kidney and
bladder, imperfect digestion and uterine
troubles are fertilesources Of debility Their
eradication, however, becomes matter OF
certainty when lIOstetters stomach BiteTs
are systematically used Tor that purpose.
The Bllters likewise annihllete and prevent
FEVER ana aguc and other dobilitatlng feb
rile complaints Of II malarial nature.
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THE lawyers of the Convention held
u meeting at the Supreme Court Room
in Austin, on Saturday last, to try and
effect some compromise in the Judi
ciary system. A dispatch to the News
says the Granger element expressed
themselves willing to abide by any
arrangements Of the jurisdiction of
the Courts that the lawyers should
agree upon, but in view of the great
diversity of opinion upon a subject
which they would appear to be peeu-
liarly fitted to understand, would, II
something definite was not proposed
by them, be compelled to go ahead and
frame u Judiciary system the best they
could, without the aid of the LAWYERS
AT the meeting, Judge Murphy was
called to the chair The several propo-
sitions already submitted to the Con-
vention were discussed, but there was
nothing definite attained. Those pres.
ent, or at least some of them, did not
consider themselves bound by the ma
jority; consequently the object to be
attained could not be realized.
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CAPT. JNo. w. LANE left this city
last Thursday for San Marcos, Hays
county, where he designs taking up his
abode, for year at least. Capt. Lane
has been a citizen of Texas since lS4S,
having removed to the State from
Warren county, Ky, when he was n
boy, and settled In Palestine, Adder
son county, where he remained for ten
years, and then removed To Dallas in
October 1858, and entered THE HER
AID office az a journeyman printer,
having served an apprenticeship at the
business In Palestine. \ In January,
1860 hs married Miss Mary Elizabeth,
youngest daughter OF the late Thomas
+. Crutchfeld. In thegreat fire which
destroyed nearly the whole OF our town
ON the Sth Of July, 1860, he WAS among
the sufferers, losing everything he pos
sessed In the destruction Of the Crutch-
Held House where he and his wife
were boardins, sand receiving u very
serious injury during the fire, in his
exertlons'tos render assistance, iron,
the eiiectsot which he.was confined to
the house for several months. Abou,
the first Of October following, TIN
hhRALD was revived, and Mr.. Lane
enter ID the OF CO as an associate in It,
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"THE Government had u celebra-
ton at Washington on Saturday night
on the result of the recent elections.
They fired one hundred guns, govern
ment powder, we presumed and pro-
cession was formed, which marched to
the White House, when the President
was serenaded, who from the front of
the portico made the following lumin-
Gus speech
GENTs--l am very glod to meet you
on this occasion, and congratulate you
on SO good cause for rejoicing to the
entire country, over the elections OF
last Tuesday. While the Republican
najorites were not so great, they were
sufficient TO accomplish the purpose.
The rag baby has been entirely sup
pressed, and the people now know
what kind of money they are TO have
in the future, and 1 think that we
have an assurance that the Republic
ans will control this government ut
least four years longer
After which three times three cheers
were given for the President, for hard
money and for the Presidents School
policy
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Suggestions of English Policy

The London Pail Mall Gazette is re-
sponsihle for two important statements
in relation to European affairs. First,
that the occupation of Egypt by Eng
land is only question of time, as that
step is necessary for the preservation
of the Indian Empire. Second that
the Northern powers have invited Aus
tria to frame u proposition for the guar
antees to be demanded and the control
TO be exercised to insure the perform
ance Of the Sultan's promises Of re-
form in the Turkish provinces. The
Gazette also states u belief that the
Porte will be unable to suppress the
rebellion, and that the great powers
will sanction the intervention OF Aus.
tria in the early part of the coming
year. Both these are suggestions rather
than well founded rumors. England
would deliberate long and profoundly
before even moving in the direc.
tion ofan armed occupancy of Egypt.
Such step would necessarily cause
immediate action on the part of Tur-
Key. BESIDES, the powers that signed
the treaty of Paris would have right
10 interfere in such matter as this, and
would undoubtedly exercise that right.
The meaning of England's occupation
of Egypt IN connection with the pres
ervhtion other Indian empire, would be
TO control and sentinel the Suez canal.
to run her troops through that channel
in the shortest possible time. Russia is
fully aware of that fact, and the Car
would not allow England to occupy
Egypt, especially when he could so
easily prevent 1t by an enforcement of
the spirit and letter of the treaty of
Paris. The declarations of the Pail
Mail Gazette upon this question are in
the teeth ofall probability. They may,
however, be thrown out to test public
sentiment upon the subject in Eng
land and other European ma
lions, There Is more meaning and
reason in the second intlma-
ton that Austria has been in
vited TO negotiate with the Sultan of |
Turkey in relation to matters In the
provinces. Austria Is nearest the |
scene of action, and therefore In po- |
sition to obtain the earliest and most
reliable information as to the wants
and desires of the dscontents ard the |
real extent of their grievances. For
NhVSo iNooVho <hustiiN MOulu UN tne
proper mediator between the great
powers and the Sultan. If the issue
raised 10y the provinces can be settled
in II satisfactory manner, so that the
Eastern question will remain upon It's
present basis, Russia and her colleagues
Will accept that action through Austria.
If IL cannot, II the time has come
when the Eastern question must be
opened aud met, then Austria will
open 1t In such u manner as to put the
allied powers In Imposition they wish
TO occupy. This IL u portion of the
Eastern question, and hence the sug-
gestlons Of tho Gazette in this direction
have q color OF plausibllity that will
recommend them TO those who keep
the run OF this matter so far ~ the
great powers are concerned 50 [Phila-
delphla Times.
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publication. In March, 1852, he en-
listed and was made orderly sergeant
and subsequently first lieutenant OF
Co.--lSth Texas Cavalry. His health
failing, he resigned and returned home
in July, 1862, lut only remained some
two or three months when he joined
stones Second Regiment was made
captain Of HIS company, and served AS
such during the remainder OF the war,
returning home at it's close, in May,
1866. In 1866 Captain Lane was elect
ed Justice Of the Peace and Mayor Of
the town of Dallas. Soon after his
election he was rendered and accepted
the position OF Private Secretary to
Governor Throckmorton, and served
ms such until the Governor was remOv-
ed by military orders. In 1863 he was
elected member Of the Legislature
from the District composed Of Dallas,
Collin and Tarrant c0un-
ties, receiving the largest vote that had
ever been polled in the county. Cap
tain Lanes services in the Legislature,
at the time when IL was impossible for
u Democrat to accomplish anything
scarcely, were peculiarly beneficial to
Dallas lie served in that body until
1872, and in 1878 was elected assistant
secretary Of the senate in the thir-
teenth Legislature, and was collected
to the same position on the meeting Of
the fourteenth.
For the past five y mrs or more, Cap.
tain Lanes health has been failing,
and he goes to the beautiful San Marcos
to try and restore it, We trust he may
be permanently benefited 10y the
change
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STATE NEWS.

Austin polls about two thousand
votes.
kaufman cuunty has had heavy
frost.
The Federal Court is now in ses-
sion at Tyler.
Three hundred children attend the
free schools at BRENNAN.
Houston had fire on last Friday
morning. Loss, $4,000.
-Grasshoppers by the thousands
have appeared in htleen miles of Waco.
The horses of Denson have the
epizootic. So says the Houston Tele-
graph.
Mr.. John j. Glassock, an old citi-
zen of Fort Bend county, aged sixty
four, is dead.
John Negar is on trial in Bexar
county for the murder of his six year
old daughter.
p. l.. Languile of Galveston, was
fined ten dollars for practicing law
without a license
"A good ferry is now in operation
over the Colorado river between Hell
man and Fayetville.
Judge Hancock, of Austin, is prom
inently spoken of us u candidate for
the United. States Senate.
A flock of two thousand sheen
passed through Parker county lust
Monday en- route for Palo Pinto county,
Hill county is having her school
land sectioned, 80 as to put it on the
market.
Captain Samuel Rather was elect
ed sheriff of Bell county at the recent
election held there.
The City CouHcil of Sherman have
ordered seven hundred and fifty feet Of
new hose for the fire engine.
"A beet weighing seventeen pounds
was on Mr.. Il. w. Wagoner'a place,
four miles south of Montague.
"A corps of engineers are at present
surveying the Tyler Tap Railroad from
Sandy Switch to Mount Pleasaut
Texas has three signal service sta
tons, one at Galveston, another at In
dianola, and third at Brownsville.
VIM. Hedspeth, of Blanco, has been
acquitted on the two charges of MUIR
der that were preferred against him.
Six hundred hands are at work on
the New Orleans aud Texas Pacific
Railroad, aud sixteen miles are already
graded.
We thank you forthe compliment,
Mr. Statesman. Perhaps our much
abused Dallas whisky has something
TO do with it.
"A negro, tried before the Criminal
Court of San Antonio for stealing
blanket worth two dollars, was fined
just that amount.
"A few days since little son
of Mr.. Busis, of Texarkana, was run
over by wagon near Boston, Bosuoe
county, and killed.
Harriet Gayle Talbot, daughter of
Matt Talbot Jr. and Helen Talhut,
was drowned in Blanco Creek, Bee
county, last month.
Cox and Spradley, the Panola
county murderers, have been returned
tothe Harrison county jail, as their
trial was continued.
The Austin Statesman severely re-
Dukes the Rev. Mr., Phiipot, who saw
proper to arralgn the Austin papers for
advertising the saloons.
Mr.. George H. Griehel, the Gov. |
eminent Architect, has arrived I'm san |
Antonio, and will at once proceed TO
erect the military depot buildings.
Three hundred bushels ofsweet no |
tatoes were gathered from one acre of
ground In Camp county by Prof. M. II. |
Cheney, and he thinks no left az least
tifty bushels in the ground. aAl III
The Germans and Americans or
Comal county are reported to have had
afight at Spring Rancho, In which ono
American was killed and several Ger
mans badly wounded.
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ROUNDS PRINTERS CABINET for 90.
tober, a quarterly, devoted to "the art
preservative of all arts,o is received.
1t is decidedly the largest and the
handsomest of all the publications of
the kind, containing a great amount
ofliterary contents peculiarly interest,
ing to the craft, besides advertisements
of every kind ofpresses, type and 9TH
er material tits a journal that every
printerishouldh have. NsssaY
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THE election of Mr.. Frederick A..
Schroeder AS Mayor of Brooklyn, New
York. was claimed as Republican vie
tory. The New York Sum says he was
elected not because he was Republi-
can, but because he announced himself
rs the champion of reform and the en-
envy of the Ring.
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CHICAGO and st. Louis are being
considerably exercised ON the "crook-
ed whiskey." Indictments to thenum-
Der of seventy-flve have been found in
the former city. The victims, says
dispatch, are from wealthy rectiiiers
down to impecunlous storekeepers.
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The question which is disturbing
the Government now, is If the decis-
ion Of Judge Borman is enforced
against Brigham Young, and he is
compelled to pay almony to his nine
tecnth wife--Eliza Ann--won't it be
just the same as acknowledging or
recognition Of polygamy, by the Gov
ernment? 5a4
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GENERAL Joseph Il. Johnston was
expected ut Galveston last Sunday, en-
route for Austin, where he is to deliver
the address at the First Annual Fair of
the Capital State Fair Association to-
morrow
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On Tuesday of last week, the new
judicature act in England was put in
operation. The Lord Chancellor gave
reception to the judges, and West
minister hall was crowded with per-
sons anxious to witness the inaugura-
ton of the new system.
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MOODY AND SANkEY have gotten
up an injunction to prevent another
party from printing and circulating
their hymns. IT seems they are not
neglected. of the "main chance
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AND now comes Louisville and says
she is going to have a Musical Centen-
NAL next year. The Falls City isn't
going to let Cincinnati get ahead of
her with her religious Centennial.
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COLONEL BAILEY PEYToN and Mr..
II. G. Riddle are candidates for Con-
gress in the Fourth District of Tennes-
zee, to FIJI the vacancy accustomed by
the death of Hon. Samuel NJ. Fite.
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AUSTRIA IL preparing for war by
manning and armmg her frontier
posts bordering on Turkey.
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DALLAS, TEXAS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING -; NOV. 10.

BEVERLY TUCKER, of Virginia., was
in Memphis last Saturday.