The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-28
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

MThe Woodruff is said to have taken
in rich merchant this time.
A Macon, Georgia, man has invented
q circular saw that turns out lumber
planed perfectly smooth,
William II. Vanderbilt has donated
one thousand dollars for the enlarge-
ment of the library at Vanderbilt uni>
versity,
Russian papers compute the entire
cost incurred by the war on the part Of
Russia at S50,000,000 rubles, or $685.
100000.
A fellow who voted the straight pros
hibition ticket in Michigan was so
drunk that the two men had to carry
him to the polls.
gardner at Goleta, California, has
grown rose that measures seventeen
inches in circumference. 1t is Of the
cloth of gold variety,
Schuyler Colfax is to deliver the oraD
ton at the laying of the cornerstone OF
the Odd Fellows temple, at Austin,
Texas, in September Schuyler is an
Odd Fellow.
Circuses are little backward this
season. Only five of them are the big
gest show on earth" Each Of the other
six is simply the most complete aggre.
CATION on the road,
A gentleman who had just left the
smallpox hospital in Chicago was robbed
by foOt,pads the other night 1t will
transpire in few days, we think, that
he had the best of the joke.
Mrs. Franklin, who shot Miss Vo'
lante, is shooting at other apples or
other heads now, and assures confid
ing public that there will be no more o.
those annoying accidents
Julius, is dat Halafacts reward set
tied yeti 81 dunno, Copernicus, but
| reck'n not, for | 'bserve de house o
representation is maxim music bout de
preparation for de fishin' sea bill"
Narvaez was Spanish soldier and O
devout Catholic As he was about to
die the priest asked: do you forgive
your enemies ?" The reply was grim
one; 81 haven't any; | shot them all.
During time of great political ex
element, DR.. Cheever called on an ole
deacon for prayer. The deacon said
well, pastor, | will if you insist on it
but, really, I'm too mad to pray now.
Forty members ola fashionable clut
in London have bound themselves b,
an oath to horsewhip the editor of an.
paper that prints the name of any o
their lady friends with disparaging re
marks.
Observation teaches that there is n,
change in the style of fish bait this sea
son. The best is procured at the So
looms as usual, and is carried in glas
receptacle, cut basket shape and gar
nished with a cork.
A Boston witness, who was question
ed very closely as to the people he as
ISOLATED with, confessed that he some
times got into questionable company
as his business required him to consul
with lawyers.
The elder Bennett once reproved on
OF his editors for using the prefix "Mr.
In speaking of Horace Greeley. "Yo
wouldn't speak Of Mr.. Socrates, woul
your Greeley's a greater philosophe
than Socrates ever was" The edito
promised never to repeat the offense.
A new song is called "She's Prett
when She Paints" Any one who hi
seen woman with her frock tucke
up, dilapidated sunbonnet on hi
head, and shoes run over at the hee
on her feet, painting the back FEM
with whitewash brush, will take Ell
oeptions to the title of the song.
Over store in New York state is tn
sign: John Smith--teacher of CO.
tlllions and other dances; gramer tai
In the neetest manner; fresh salt here
on draft; likewise Godfrey's cords
rutes, sassage and other garden true
n. B. A bawl on frida mite, pray