The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-01
DALLAS, TEX AS.
IELEGBAPHIO SUMMARY.

The Kalamazoo, published at the
home Of Allen Potter Independent
member OF Congress, elected from
Michigan, states that he will not go
into Il Democratic or any other caucus,
but will act with the opposition and
support Kerr for Speaker.
1t is stated at Ragusa that, with q
view of preventing Austrian interyen.
ton, Montenegro has proposed to
Servia an offensive and defensive ulli-
ance in favor Of Herzegovina, aud II
the offer is accepted, both countries
will take action in April.
A Madrid dispatch says grand re-
ception was given at the Royal Palace
on the occasion Of the Kings
eighteenth birthday and his coming to
his majority. Assurances are given
that the King will take The field in
January, but they are doubted.
A report was made to the Detroit
Board of Trade by Mr.. j. ID. Hayes
delegate to the Texas Pacific Railroad
Convention Mt st. Louis, which was
adopted by the Board. The report was
adv erse to the granting by the govern.
ment to this, or any other private cor
poration, national aid for the Gonstruc-
ton of railroads.
Alonzo Babcock, a farmer living
near Napoleon, Ohio, after buying
some goods at an auction store, step
ed out of the back door into an open
cellar, breaking his neck and dying
instantly. A man named Slice, going
to hunt Babcock, fell into the same
place. receiving serious injuries. Bah
cock leaves wife and seven children.
Brigadier General Terry, command
ing the Department of Dakota, in his
annual report reviews at length opera
lions in the Department during the
fiscal year, and concurs in the recon-
mendation of Major Dubarry, Chief
Commissioner of subsistence, which
relates to fraudulent bids for Govern
ment contracts.
General Joseph r, Hawley, Presl-
dent of the United States Centennial
Commission, has sent to each member
of Congress letter, together with n
pamphlet and circular, indicating the
condition and progress of the work
and inviting them to visit Philadelphia
and the Centannial grounds at their
earliest convenience.
A terrible accident happened in
Fort Wayne, Indiana, causing the
death of ten-year-old son of Fred
Schafter. While in the act of watering
team of horses, one of the animals
suddenly became very vicious. The
boy attempted to hold him, and re-
ceived kick in the riget temple, kill
ing him Instantly.
The Khedive of Egypt offered the
shares of the Suez Canal stock for sale
to France previous to their purchase by
England. Minister Decase wanted to
accept the offer of his Highness, but
the Bank of France made some diff
culties, and the opportunity for the ac-
QUESTION of the property was lost. Mutt
ual recriminations are now interchang-
ed among the French officials. The
Marquis Plonses is specially blamed In
the matter of failure.
The Secretary of the Treasury is still
engaged in the preparation of his re-
port, and it will not be printed until
FRIDAY. when it will be sent to the
principal cities for distribution to the
press until its transmission to Con-
gress. All the bureaux reports have
been printed, with one or two eXcep-
lions. AS to the reports of heads of de-
garments, it is known that the POST
master General and Secretary of the
Interior have had theirs printed.
The city of Paris has come to see
very hard times. Not only are the
poor affected, but the fashionable
world also. Worth, the man milliEer,
has lost very heavily by the pressure
UPON his business by the stringency OF
OF the times, and it ia feared that he is
financially embarrassed to a great ex-
tent. If gossip is to be trusted, he lost
mainly through the failure of fashion
able Americans.
The Quebec local Government has
introduced a bill to abolish the portio-
lilo of Minister of public Instruction In
the Cabinet, and to place educational
affairs of the Province under eohtrol
of Superintendent who will have to
assist him Roman Catholic board OF
education, over which he will preside
and in which he will have vote, and
a Protestant board, over which he Will
preside Int in which he cannot vote.
JIG. Saville, agent at Red Cloud
Agency, having telegraphed Tor dell
mite instructions as to the course TO
pursue in case the Indians refuse To
Dive IN a Young memb Der of the band
who, without provocation, shot at Geo:
M. Bosler, while bringing in herd OF
cattle, Commissioner Smith has sent
the following reply: ''rhe Indians
must be made to surrender the guilty
marty, IF the military will stand by
YOU, stop rations until the surrender is
made"
The master builders of New York
annointed by Governor Tilden to ex-
amine the construction of the new
Caritol building, report that the man.
aoement and manner of construction
evince degree of negligence or want
of com petent skill to an extent WIN
out parallel In the history OF their 90.
servation, and that continuance OF
The work will involve the necessity OF
tearing down and reconstrncting ex-
tensive portions of the structure at
very great loss.
Rev. DR.. Burlington, of Brooklyn,
said, in regard to the proposed MUTUAL
Council to be called by Mrs. Moulton
and Plymouth Church, that no points;
could be considered by the Council
other than those submitted in letters,
If the Church and Mrs. Moulton could
agree upon the raising of any scandal