The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-01-19
Note. ana Comments.

The "stsiwartsn are already weak.
ening under siayes' firm tone. They
now propose that Arthur and Cornell,
ia the New York custom house, shall
resign, aud thus harmonlze the repub
lean party.
Frank Rande, "the American brig
and, the "kDox county aesperad Z, y
VII lecture when his lriai Is OVER
Lecture bureaus will please notify Pro
lessor Rand- at once, rs he doesn't
~aht such engagements 20 Interfere
with u little neeAtie party which hs
may have 10 attend neAt spring.
fHE proceedings against the swind-
Ing officials OF the Charter Oak lnsur
ance company have led 10 The discovery
IN Hartford. Connecticut, that Law OF
the legislature passed last winter hold
ing insurance companies to strict nc,
eoantabiiity was tampered with after
ts passage, u clause specially objection.
able TO that interest having been erased.
A Canadiaa, James MeMuliiu, " no
Killed mas wife with a ciab, a night or
Two ago, Is described in the dispatches
TO the associated press rs being par
Italy insane.p When his case come,
up Tor trial the Interesting question
will be left with the jury to decide
which part of McMulnn IL WAS that
engaged in uxoTicide the crazy or
the rational.
Phiiadelphis Press: A president
without n party is as anomalous rs =
Sing without partizans. Neither has
the means of influencing the legisla-
tive body or publ opinion, or of
securing the success of his policy and
measures. Administrations SO con.
Quoted are inevitably failures. No
one feels any Interest in them, no
one trusts them, and they beget gen.
eral suspicion aud animoslty.
Rising in his pulpit, the clergyman
SAID, with oeaming smile: '.Breih-
ren,,l haze An important announce.
ment To make 20 you. Mr.. Kimbp-
AT TINS moment the stampede began.
ahu, though be rose at once to the im~
poftabce OF the occasion and Yelled.
rs not nere!" he was too late to arrest
the Hight of several prominent mem.
oers, who were already out in the omen
air and flying for home like startled
fawns.-Sew York Times.
On the line of the Virginia and
Irnckee railroad, in Nevada, and be-,
tween the snow fences is a deer lick
Only one train day is run over the
road. The deer jump the fence to drink
from the salt spring, and often the train
dashes suddenly upon three of four of
them. The deer either rejump the
fence or start at full speed down the
track ahead of the train In the latter.
event, which is not uncommon, there is
lively chase. followed by the killing of
the deer by the train employees rifles.
COLONEL MoAFEE, "brevet-custodian"
OF the New York post office. delivered
himself of the following opinion ia re,
gard to a well-established Christmas
custom to a World reporter: Now.
there's what they cali kissing under
the mistietoe. Who wants to kiss a
girl if he knows she's got 20 let him
and he knows he's got to do it, and
eyerybody's looking on to see fair pla, ?
No, SIR that takes oil the life out of
It The way TO do it is TO catch her
OF hand and tear the gathers out OF
her dress snd pull her ribbons TO piece.
ana knock her back hair down and
hear her say; "Ghl" ell to yourself.
and then % away 10 quiet place and
thidk il over. Ii Is evident that this
Colonel MeAfee is a man of under,
standing