The Morning herald., 1876-02-19
nv NAIL AND rELEGRARH.. /

Texas has population Of I ,s76, 900. In
1870 1t was 8lS, so. '1 i9y.afs ss.. ~
Tom Allen, the prlzenghtsr, has gone
on the stage a. an actor. -O,a ssasA 7
Frederick Douglass was lately. refused
accommodation in an Indianapolis hotel.
A negro named ,Gabe Walker killed .
man in De sha county, Ark. /, to get fingers
for charms. against the devil. .l..t.-s, n
The Boston Rost says Senator Chris-
tiancy is worth several millions. n
The Texsa and Pacific lobby ii terribly
disturbed. They are not sure even even Il Wash
ington Of the Committee on Pacific Rail-
roads.
The Catholic bishopric of Hartford 10
finally settlsd. An authoritative dispatch
says: Father Garberry has received his
mand1mus and will be in Hartford soon, !"
The German Consul General of New York
has transmitted to Bremen q, ,464 so contri-
buted by German merchants IN sNsn rofk
to aidlth survivors of the dynamite catas-
trophs.
There was quite sensation in Low
oil, Mass, Sunday school last Sunday, when
the name Of Charley Ross was called in a
list Of those who were to receive 4 Testa.
ment for some pious work. 3iF
p. G. Eberwine, one of the Indianapo-
Lis VII hiskey thieves, illustrates the modern
statesman's conception of honesty by say.
ing, as an argument for altght sentence /:
Between man and man have always been
honprable." ''0' '''''' '''''
~ he engineer ofa train ofears approseh-
ing Alfred. Me-, several days ago, saw .
Newfoundland dog on the track, and tried
to frighten him off by sounding his whistle.
As the dog did not move, he stopped the
train, and then found that just around the
curve close by was an OK team fast to the
track. i. :'rh l4a
The evidence in tho impeachment investi-
cation of Superintendent of Education Cor
doza, of Mississippi, was read in tho House
in secret session, and hs was inpeached BY
a vote of 101 to 4. Nearly all the RePubli
cans voted for impeachment.
The Clerk of the House has appoineed as
messenger an old colored man, named Elias
Polk, who went to Washington with James
K. Polk Of Tennessee, as body servant when
Mr.. Polk was first elected a member of Con-
gress. He has remained in the Polk family
until now, and claims to belong to the De.
mocratic party.
s3 The depreciation Of the value Of silver
ore to that of iron is regarded Is possible by
the Virginia City Enterprise, published in
the mining region of Nevada. A new pro-
cess for reducing ores promises to wholly
supercede the quartz mills; and to make the
working Of low-quality mines profitable,
thus greatly increasing the yield. The sup.
ply seems to be inexhaustible.
"A case that puzzled London magis-
trats was that of woman who had assail.
ed her husband with an axe. II he sent hel
to prison, the husband must hire some.
body to care for her children while she was
incarcerated. If he fined her, the husband
would have TO pay the sum. If he put her
under bonds to keep the peace, the husband
would be responsible. She was discharged
with an admonition. H' .
Tho Rev. DR.. Horace Bushnell, Of Hart
ford, Conn, died yesterday morning In that
city at half past o'clock, aged Is years
He was born in Litchaeld, Conn.,, in 1909,
graduated at Yale College in 1897, was sdi.
tor of the New York Journal Of Commerce
in 1928, entered the ministry in 1881, aud
was settled in Hartford in 1888, where he
has since resided. His literary and theo-
logical works made him one Of the best
known and most prominent Congregational
ministers in the country.
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