The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-10

is tho genuine article.
The loss of property by tho re-
cent foundations in France wat
enormous. In the cities of Toulouse
and Agcn, alone, it is estimated Al
1874, 900, 900. There have been fear
full floods, also, in Hungary, attend
cd with lamcntable loss fife. In the
city OF Buda, on the Danube, oppo
site Pesth, one hundred and twenty
persons were drowned.
JUDGE REEVES, Of the Supreme
Court of tho State, one of the ables
iurists and most profound lawyers
in tho South is at his homo in oul
city, seeking recreation in its quic'
and repose Fl ON the laborious duties
of his position rs one of the over
worked Associate Justices. TN
HERALD notes with pleasure his con
linucd good health in spite of the
recent heavy demand upon his time
and labor.
COLONEL f. Y. CLARKE and Gen
eral A. G. Darlington, OF Georgia
went to Alabama Task week TO fight
a duel, but the interference Of State
authorities delayed the bloody bus
mess, which was finally put off for.
ever. The i" correspondence APP
pears in one of the Atlanta papers
but the origin Of the trouble is not
stated.
THE Democratic State Conven-
ton, of California, held in San
Francisco, on the Both Of June,
passed the following resolution
tenth. We favor the speedy
completion ofthe Trans Continental
railway, on the 32d parallel, subject
I to such limitations by the Federal
ard State Governments us will pro
tect the rights Of the people"
ONE Of the Dublin papers makes
u good point, politically, in connec'
ton with the ri flo match. 1t re-
marks, in .cxlenuation Of the Irish
|. failure. that, while the American
team was selected from IA nation of
forty millions, familiar with the rife
from their cradles" the Irish team
was selected from 81 province Of
five millions, where, except in priv
legged cases, the use Of that weapon
is forbidden"
TnE Cincinnati Enquirer states
that General Sherman is "rcasona-
bly, truthful" which is as far as one
should go-in recognizing tho theory
that there are proper limitations
oven TO veracily. Perhaps an abso-
iutely candid and truthful man,
when he feels like talking, can sue
ceed in making n promiscuous com.
pany about as uncomfortable us
anything outside of n nitro,glyce-
rine mandatory.
THE Philadelphia Times very
properly animadverts with great
severity upon the finding of u jury
in the City of Brothcrly Love, of
murder in tho second degree, be-
cause tho murderer was drunk, whom
had lie been sober, 1T would no
doubt have found him guilty of
murder in the first degree. The
Times adds thereafter lot all who
contemplate murder first get gross
~ intoxicated. There is great
moral potency in rum"
The resignation of General Bragg,
as Chief Engineer Of tho Santa I'c
Railway Company, some weeks
since, will surprise no ono familiar
with his Spartan integrity of char
acter, and his stern sense Of duty.
1t is not impossible that such a man
was in the way of those who were
anxious to feather their nests by
contracts which were very wei for
the ring interests, but not 30 well
for the stockholders. Another case,
probably of ga bug under the chip"
No BITTER proof of the progress
of North Texas in the right direc.
ton could he given tliaa the attcn-
ton given TO the wheat growing
and milling interest. With concert
of action among toe milers gener-
oue-rivalry, which shall have for its
object the production Of the best
-four, with tho establishment of
large dcpots at st. Louis, Shrcve-
port, Galveston, Now Orleans and
Memphis, for the sale Of Texas -four,
there is every reason 10 expect a
demand and q market equal TO pro
in spite Of western flour.
From the Courier dos Etais Union
we learn that the trial ofCount Won
by the Court of Appeals of
Berlin, terminated on the 26lh of
June. and the Count was found
guilty Of having published import
ant State papers, committed to his
care. He was sentenced TO nine
Imprisonment, one month
of which has already passed The
court decided that the accusation as
10 bad faith, and ofIenses against
public order, had not been sustained
" the prosecution.
Wlrn the tightest Of money mar
Sets. in mid summer and the corn
md cotton crop still to be heard
rom definitely, Dallas continues to
rect her rows Of brick buildings,