The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-03

vessel cut In two by ice. tic mn her
ashore, but she broke into, eiippled In
TO deep water and sunk. Eleven per-
sons were drowned, Elk Of whom were
waters and cham bermalds aud there
rlainder passengers.
The Postmaster GeGcrala annualre
port shows the receipts OF tho Depnr,-
ment 20 hc S2Illl 500, aud the eXpen-
ditui .N3, 81 800. The receipts eX-.I
coed those of ls74, 1900 per cent.
aud the expenditures IT, 100 per cent,
The actual amount drawn rom the
Treasury was Sl,7l8,32O, or $5l3,GO0 less
than the previous year
Truman y. Morckwald, passenger
on the White Star pompany's steamer
Atlantic, wrecked on Moore island,
NoYa Scotia, two years ago, on a roy-
age from Liverpool to New York, sued
for - 600 for the loss OF u trunk, detCn-
ton, etc.. ard obtained, In theSurreme
Court of New York, verdict Of s., 100.
The Courier.Journa's llarr0dsbmg,
Kentucky, special says; IA grand jury
has been impaneled there to indict
parties selling corn juice TO workmen
on the Cincinnati southern railway,
the same having led to deeds ofvio
leuce aud bloodshed on several oCca-
sions,
1t announced TINT ph hccl63ton
had declilod TO accept the bishopric Of
Iowa, notwithstanding majority Of
outstanding committees andtle House
of Bishops had confirmed his election
Another election will be held ut the
annual convention ut Des Molnes, in
May next.
President Wilson has left n will,
which is in his own handwriting Gnd
dated April 81, 1874. by II he be-
queaths his entire estate, real and per
soual to his nephew, Dr. W. H. Cool
Idge, in trust for the support Of his
mother in-iNw, Mrs. May Have, now
IN her nine'ieth year, and for the edu.
cation and support Of his adopted
daughter Eva. n little girl Of SOME ten
summers,
A special from Madrid Gays: "1he
EpGniA note to the United States
promises GRADUAL emancipation; IN
creased freedom OF cousJleNcpi thnt
foreigners whom arrested shalt have
Immediate hearing the legal redress
shall I've obtained for past Injuries"
Great anxiety exists In Madrid rrgaro-
lag the receptions If the note In Wash
ington, The note is 'Slain's ultima
tpG,
A very important nate was alsfoy-
cred IN the iicli notes pf the United
States ,urveys o. what is known rs the
"Lake 'FRONT.' at Chiragn The only
survey ever made Of that tract WAS re-
iertcd hy order Of tie Commissioner Of
the General Laud office, which leaves
that tract without any survey at all;
consequently it belongs to the United
States.
Private adviceSnsscrt that The Cuban
General Sanginlti Inns slain Il Spanish
force of three hundred men under Col
onel Campello, at the intersection Of
the main turnpike running through
the center OF the plain and the road
leading to Remedies. A decoying force
of sharpshooter5 was deployed 10 lead
them into ambush, when they were at
tackled 10y the main force Of rebels.
Considerable excitement at Rantoul,
Illinois, over the sudden death in the
country of a. Kirkheart, farmer,
who, while sick with ague, was given
stroog dose Of strychnine Instead of
quinine. Rumor says it was bought by
young man with whom he had for
merry had n serious quarrel. Kirk
hearts death and burial were kept se-
cret some time, and his body was bur-
led in field. The case is being inves-
tigafed.
The defense in the case of Taft and
Weimer, at Milwaukee, introduced
testimony designed TO show that
stamps could be removed from pack
ages and the figures representing the
number of gallons altered. n. Bode, n
chemist, aud some others sSore that
there are preparations 10y which ink
can be removed from paper without
destroying. A keg of high-wlnes that
had been stamped al hour before was
brought into court, and man pulled
Lout the tacks, removed the stamps and
took out the ink marks TINT had been
made by the guager.
At indianapolis meeting was held
in the State House, in the interest of
the new party movement, at which
greeuhack speeches were made by
Hon. John Drew, Of New Jersey, and
Sidney Myers, of Illinois, Resolutions
were adopted declaring for indepen-
dent political action by the people for
the establishment of al American sys-
tenn of finance, demanding of Congress
the immediate and unconditional re-
peal of the resumption act, perma-
nent retirement of all National bank
notes and the substitution therefor of
legal-tender paper money, to be issued
direct by the Government.
Governor Keinper closes his message
as follows: "Let not Virginia stand
aloof from this gathering OF her sister
States on the spot which gave birth to
| free government, and where her Illus
trious sons, one hundred years ago,
took so grand part in rearing pillars
of American liberty; and let her stand
there hand in hand with her sister
States around the hallowed spot, and
uniting with them, give her potent aid
in laying deep and strong the founda-
ton of a reconstructed Union, made
perpetual by good will, equal laws,
equal rights, and equal liberty for all. I"
The funeral of the late Vice-Presi-
dent took place from Mr.. Wilson'S
house, Natick, Massachusetts,, or the
FIRST. AT the conclusion of the private
services at the house, the remains were
removed to the Town Eall, where pub
lie and final ceremonies took place.
After the bencdictlpn the remains
were conveyed to the hearse and the
nrocession formed The Grand Army