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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-02

Alderman Hunt said that he did not fully
understand the report, he having been absent
at the last meeting of the Council. He had
read something about in the newspapers.
Yet rs to issuing bonds he was opposed to it,
and especially the issuance of $4,000 in
bonds ut one time.
| Alderman Whitla stated that the commit
tee wanted, if it was the will of the Council,
the matter be left to vote of the people,
The sanitary condition of the city,
he thought, was of vital i'm.
portance, and in his opinion
sewerage was necessary to the GOOD health OF
Dallas, and that if the report was not adopted
when sickness came upon the people the com
mittee would be clear of any blame
Alderman Ballard moved that the matter
be laid over until the first meeting in July.
Alderman Wheelock said that he hat
thought over the matter and he wa
convinced that sewerage was necessary, an(
therefore he favored it. The money ex
pended on the streets would sool
pay for q good system of sewerage. Thu
citizens he believed, favored it.
Alderman Hunt said that he did not wisl
to be classed among the unprogressiv
class, yet he was oppose,
W tue lssulIH Ol DOnue. he ClteI
the conditions of the city of Houston, an,
remarked that only few days since her fir,
horses were levied upon, and that it was al
J brought about by reckless issuance o
of bonds. If the Council should levy a Ia
for these Improvements he would pay rs lon
as he had dollar, but he would never volt
for the issuance of bonds. He had seen to
much of the workings and the results of sue
course.
Alderman Tillman said that at first he wa
opposed to this mode of raising means t
improve tho streets, but that after he had cor
sidered it he thought more favorably of tn
matter, and as II would be left to the peopl
he favored the report of the committee.
: Alderman Hunt moved to lay the repoi
on the table indefinitely.
Alderman Wheelock said that $4,000 Wa
I expended annually in repairing the street,
+ and that drainage was absolutely necessar
to the health of the city, and that he woul
ever favor 1t, and especially when the ratin
ofthe bonds was leftwith the tax payers.
t Alderman Bohny, who presented The origin,
report recommending these Improvement
!, said that his report as publishe
Q in the HERALD, was correct. He di
s not, nor could he believe that Alderm
Hunt would, If h. fully understood the que
ton, vote against it. These improvement
Q had to be made, sooner or later and there W,
I nothing to be made by delay.
Alderman. Hunt wanted to know wht ~ Il
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Queen ViCtorll's Car.

I
The carriaocs composinp tbc ROYAL frair
rorn const,nctcd osnocioliy Ior Uor uo;os
WIZ 0V''''' ''.,'. 0' 'C0',''' IVA i''' -'''J'
Y ana are retained lor her exclusive u lat
Iney consist OF baggage coach' hrst
'IESS elEiltSe l0r servants, foyaI SaIoon'
'llooh carriage lor ~ p tli' ants hr5t'
CLASS carnage ior o'hct "Il'""'h'S' anu
coacA lor i,''to'' olhetHiS ana a't(aIit'
ana general oaEE9se' me Whoie OF III.
c'ui! 'EeS 'lr' Oh tne strongest ahH ne'I
"orEigli'hSiiiP' "NG the springs HtIlhG-
ana hNtnTe@ res rye OF we we most approved PAT
Iern any Ncpt IN per'!ESS,' &c, oruer Ior ase a' y
moment nus 5 no'lcc. no'. lh' !UyH. Sslooh Is
ronSl'ertH, | uaEt S0y WIN JIi"tlce, tAt
lllo5I Costly, cicHahC uliI Gonl!ete co'cil u
IN t4e Wotlui tne Ipu91,iSleIy. lS' Us II
shoH'u of, simply r?E!.' mere ere, 'Ssg2rtrly .:
any painting OF sliulng IN inG lHltHori
tIla more eNpehslSye !lHhly IoIlsh'u To1uI
tila' money can oo,''h are! i're a,ohe GSeI' ana
la' decorations ate SiEplc anu l'. clas,t'
Inc carf,Ee Is divided INTO 1--WE, Two Gomp.4rTit'
mtntS' WIN tne accessory aIluhtI'' Inc
uItI compartment lS ucNOlCN " lllc uLCu-
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Hiseenany.
JOHN MORROW'S WIFE.

Ponderous Mrs. Ponsonby sat In the
large easy chair, the full measure of which
she completely filled. She was indulginq
in her one pet luxury, and the plump
white thumb and foreinger Of the right
hand held lovingly a verbena-scented
pinch of choicest pulverized tobacco.
She was a lady of middle age, of a very
benevolent expression of countenance
gentlein manner, pleasant and sweet oi
voice, and very much respected and be.
loved, both Tor her amiability and good
sense.
So deeply meditating was tue lady, shi
even forgot to inhale her precious oiorou,
particles, and after sundry glances at the
newspaper which she had thrown hastily
down, thus she commenced with herself;
divorce suit, "--''anothcr divorce suit
-"divorCes important divorce case
"much scandal" relating to this-"a
hodge podge of scandal" relating to thai
and soft goes. Oh, the millennium i.
far away indeed. The adventists ma,
lay away their robes, they will not zee
the end of the world this year. The hus
bands that die and are buried, are the
ones that should have been spared t.
grieving wife and children"
Here Mrs. Ponsonby sighed, remember
ing the death of her young husband near
ly score Of years ago; and this memory
recalling the fact that owing to her exces
sive weeping, her eyes had become 81
weak and impaired, the physician hat
condemned her to snuff.taking, she carried
to her nostrils the pinch of snuff long de
ferred, and was about TO resume he
reading, when a ring of the door bell an
nounced a visitor.
This visitor proved no less than prett,
Mrs. Morrow, o young married lady, VIII
lived across the way. These two ladie
| had been on intimate terms ever sine
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H.. H.. l,. q. f. II,,1 y.,,.,. .,, 4
Even 'nvs' ''''''''.''' "'''' ,'' ','''o'S ,,'0
the ii'or OF engraving are oo"ot!e's oi''i
surprised to acar OF the enormous price,
that in special cases have been paid for
good work IN this field art, A recent in
stance Of very lavish expenditure, and Of
importance and mercantile yaIue OF q
good print, is afforded by the engraving
OF Mr.. MiIlas' latest picture, The
Princes in the Tower
In the first place, the picture itself was
painted ~ Mr., MiIals, especially for the
Londor Fine Art Society, tor, ,0OO pounds,
or ncaly $1,000; then, ut MIR. Millais'
request. Mr.. Samuel Cousins, OF London,
undertook to engrdve tin pure mezz0tint,
and for doing so the Society paid him l.
G27 pounds sterling, or about SS,OOOin our
mOncy,-mOre than half the cost Of the
original painting. But the painter cvl-
dCntly did not consider the amount to
great, for he wrote TO the Society:
81 am charmed with Mr.. Cousins en-.
craving Of the Princes in the Tower, !
don't see how anything can be better. It
is most brilliant and telling plate. II
will 90 on selling until the plate Is quite
worn out,-so predict. | am thankful
to you that you have favored me in select
ing such a distinguished interpreter Of my
work"
Moreover, the cngraver soon received,
what by an English subject might be con.
sidered a still greater compliment, "a let.
ter to the Society from Marlborough
House, the residence Of the Prince Of
Wales, telling how much His Royal High,
ness liked the engraving.
OF course, the first and finest lmpres
sions, known as ARTISTS Proofs" were
all boupht mn almost before the cprray
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'' Ii'1,,4 r,,,,. , ',,,,
AI'UO 'o'$ SI"t" 'Eo i'"" d, '"'' III "'S
emp'oy VINO hau the haoit, "hen uneN-
pectedy spoken to, ofprcking up his ears
in so decisive a manner as to remind one
Of the ears orPrass or Of Tray when sud.
denly called Marie Louise, the second
wife OF the great Napoleon, was IN the
habit of amusing the ladies Of her court
af their private sojrccs hy turning her ears
almost completely round, and in u manncr
CLOSING them mp. Sine did this with , pcau-
liar motion OF the iaw, and she is sand to
haYy milrd herself OF the exploit not a
little.
\ man knew we'll, wore IN enormous
shoc., o. raven hair. and woajlallow HIM
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JERRY AND THE JUDGE.
a Colored Man who Gave advice Abou
tho War in Maine.

I
the War in Maine.
From the Little Rock Gazette.
Whenold Jerry, the skiffman, met GNbe,
the lawyer, an animated conversation en-.
sued.
81 say, iadg2," said Jerry, "da tells
me lat dave got a wlh up in Maine?"
"Yes yer see, Jerry, de politiconcrs
heb turned dcmselvcs loose generally"
"Tell nc bout hit, jejge. Yer knows
| stays down hcah on de ribber all de
time, an hain't got no time ter stan
'roun' de streets, an cyphcr de bu'ikin
boards "
"Wcll, Jerry, some time, if you will
come round to my Office and let me suit
my papers, I'll gin yer some bright pints.
But ncbcr toats my busne'son on de street.
1t amt 'lc sional."
"l'll 90 round dar now" said Jerry,
aud the two men Of extreme color repair.
ed to the las office. The room had been
formerly used for cobbler's shop, and
he dit loar was mlail with scraps Of
sole leather, decorated here and there by
halt-burIcd shoe pegs. On rude shelves
around the wall were several Cart-loads
OF books, old agricultural reports that had
been taken from the statc.housc on
general Gle Cleaning up day lay before the meet. It.
Of the Legislature. There were lnnumcr.
Die s,ed cai"Iogncs, and on pine box,
which served a{ desk, lava tattlrel vol.
umo Of "Benton's Thirty Years in the
American Senate
iur his hand tcward nail.Eeg, ',Jcs'
waif I'M I gci INV gpcrktirlcs. nm ven
r5 Ter business. Wonder wb5r dat t6'I
Chif1 how mt dem snrcks. T,c ,of a
with boy stndvin' de law under mo, am !
has a siGbt OBJ tronbla wjI him., Herr.
Ln is, Vol. what is it ver w9ut,r
l,novH
~ wants fer l;uow dis tac,,." sail ,Icr.
y TbGirr his oar-cgIIop.ad hands io-
G,ihrr as lal a sarnsh wnr m dgr IN
7l,ine2"
"0b M de o,litician. Iab mislc,l
rnr i i@s @ n rrynIar Bro9IS.Egylor .rrim.
m1.n Inv vGr want nv advice a3 fer
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-22

From the Pail Mail Gazattc
Many stories long current in and about
Perth appear in Mr., DIummond's book.
Thus we have the story OF the presentation
OF Il claret jug to Il gentleman who had
helped to keep up corps OF volun'
teera. There was Il dmncr-not u mere
Service of fruits and cake" such as inter.
vcnes between two "dict8 OF worship,
but real dinner-and the jug was in the
center of the table. The chairman had
well studied his subject, and was prepared
with great speech; but at the critical
moment the speech failed him, and he could
but utter the words, "Gou's the joog.
The proud recipient stood up in turn, in
turn cast about for a speech that had made
itself wings, and sat down with the words,
"ls yon the ioogY'
The Laird of Macnab supplies Mr..
DrummOnd with some quaint stories.
This is that Highland chicitain who over.
rode his pony one year at Leith races;
and when wag asked him next yGqr
whether it was the same pony, exclaimed,
"Na! but it's the same whup!" and
knocked him down herewith.
Every one has heard how the mother OF
David Baird, when she heard that her son,
with some other British soldiers, had
been captured and chained together two.
and two in India, exclaimed, II pity the
pur chiel that chained to our Davie!'
Another man well known in pcrthshire,
James Moray, of Abercainey, provides
some good stories. On one occasion he
chanced to see two sawyers on his estate
measuring the plank they had sawn.
They measured across the side of plank,
turned 1t over and measured across the
other side, Abercainey bided his time
till they appeared in his business room
with his bill. He took ont coin, put his
thumb on it and counted "0ne;" then
turned it over, put his thumb on it again
and counted "'Two;" and 20 on with other
coins till he had brought out half the
amount charged, when he sent the saw.
yers about their business.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-22

From the Chicago Express
The following facts cleaned from the
census reports show the tendency OF non
productive capital to absorb tue wealth OF
the nation, and demonstrate how the rich
grow richer and the poor poorer, under our
unjust and dlabolical system oil debt and
usury.
In 1850 the whole wealth of the nation
was estimated at $4,000, 900, 900, of which
$4,000, 100000, or about 3S per cent, was
owned by capitalists aud S5,QOO, O0O,OOO,
or 81 per cent, belonged to the laDorlng
and producing classes. During the next
decade we had the financial crash OF 1857,
which robbed the producing classes, but
added millions to the wealth of capitalists.
In 1860 the whole wealth eff the nation
was estimated at $l6, 100000 600, Of which
the capitalists owned $4,000, 0OO,0OO, or IS
per cent, having gained 20 per cent. on
labor during the ten years, leaving the
In ter but AZ per cent. OF the whole. The
next decade during which the war took
place, and times were unusually prosper.
ous after the crash of 1860, productive in
dustry nearly held its own, losing but 7
per cent.
In 1870 the total wealth of the nation
was estimated at $50, 600, ,000, 900, of which
the capitalists owned Sl9000,000, 900, or
65 per cent. of the whole, leaving labor
and the producing class Sll, COO, 1000, 900,
or 35 per cent. of the whole amount. Cap
ital gained on labor and production at the
rate of per cent, per aunum from 1850
to 1860, and when we take INTO cOnsilera-
tion the terrible losses of the lat
ter and the immense gains Of
the former, resulting from contra
tion of property values, bankrupt.
cies and the grea; appreciation Of money
and money obligations sine, 1870, it's rea-
sonable to conclude lhat the ratio OF gain
for capital and loss to labor and produc.
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Tho Demand for Small Change.

An official of the Philadelphia mint says
that the demand for cents is so great that
the orders cannot be filed, There are
parts of the county," he adds, "where
they are as rare as gold dollars are here.
In the South the cent is almost unknown,
the smallest coin being fve-cent piece.
Recently, however, there has been some
demand for them from merchants in Geor-
gia and Alabama. In the far West there
is but little call for them, but when one
gets to st. Louis, or least Of that point,
then the cent becomes familiar. Where
yer there are six cent fares on the street
cars there is demand from that city.
Now, Louisville seldom, if ever, calls upon
us, while Cincinnati Is constantly crying
for the one-cent piece. New York con-
sumes big lot, and 60 do the eastern
states. The two-cent piece was good
help TO us for time, but none OF
them have been coined for ten years, and
all that are redeemed are reduced into one
cent pieces. Competition In travel in
creases the demand for cents. Whenever
retail trade is the briskest, then the cent
lis needed most.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-22

dcoTge NJ. IoWle IN cool Company
When the orator rose from the front
Government bench, drew hlmselfup, hold
ing a small slip of paper in his hand, and
quietly looked on the multitude whose
single gaze was upon him, he seemed
younger and more imposing thar he had
done when standing chatting in the lob
by. One recognized at once, by his mere
expression and motion, that he was al
ready warm and proud with ardor Of for
ensic conflict; that he loved this arena on
which Ae stood, anl that his whole soul
was in the task before him. In his first
few simple sentences one already felt the
sweet and persuasive power OF voice
which, even III his age, has perhaps no
equal in any assembly on earth. There
was the soul and life Of intense earnest
ness in its very finest tones as the conf
mCn.place opening Of the speech was at
tered; now subdued, to be sure, but soon
to burn out and glow with all the fire OF
the mans warm and intellectual nature.
The next thing observed was the contrast
between this smooth, steady flow OF words,
this rising ilucncy Of language, poiring
out long and involved sentences without
a pause, a hitch, an instant's loss OF the
right word, and the hesitating Orat0ry OF
most English public men. After listening
to the stanmering Of Lord John Russell,
the hummlng and having Of the genial
Palmerston, and the studied abruptness Of
Disracli, this rapid, steady, limpid quali-
ty Of Mr.. Gladstone's Cloqucnce was
charming. To his wonderful Huency the
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-22
A Typical Californian Story.

From the San francisco Post!
One of the latest OF strange occurrences
came to pass few days ago on the steam
er Contra Costa, plying between Vallejo
and point opposite, on the Martinez
railroad. As the passengers from this
city en- route to Vallejo were sCrambling
on to the boat, a lady needing Il little as
sistunce with her packages, received it
from Mr.. g., grain spcculator of this
city, who was going to Vallejo on visit.
On the lady reaching the cabin, conversa-
hon ensued, during which each learned
that the other was from Kentucky, and
from the very same town. In answer to
his inquiry the lady gave Mr.. G. her
name, whenthe latter Immediately claim
ed her as his own wife. The lady think
ing the gentleman either a maniac or an
adventurer, piled him with questions, the
answers to which convinced her that Mr..
G. was her husband, and none other, The
two had married in 1858, and about q
year after the husband started for Liver
pool. The vessel was wrecked, and crew
and passengers were supposed to have
been lost. The husband was picked up
and taken to q foreign port where he lay
i'll for Is months. Meanwhile his wife
came to California, and all traces of her
were lost by the husband. Although
search had been made, he hadneyer found
her until this reunion took place in the
manner described. The happy couple
proceeded to Vallejo, when the mother in
Produced a young lady to her husband as
his tnughler.
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From the Virginia tNcv.) Chronicle.
"lL's astonishin'' remarked the old
fOrty-niner this morning as he nodded ovel
his glass to our reporter, cts astonishin
what coward man is at home a reg,
lar crawlin' sneak, by Jove! I've travel
Ell good bit and held up my endin most
O the camps on the coast sence 40, I've
got three bullets inside O. me. I've shot
an been shot at, an never heard nobody
say hadn't as good grit as most fellers
that's goin'. But at home I'm kyote.
Afore I'd let the old woman know that
her hot biscuits wasn't Al when its like
stiff amalgam, I'd Gil myself as full as q
retort. I've done it lots o. times. Most
O. my teeth is gone from tuggin on beef
steaks that the old woman had Tried.
Dye think roar out and cuss when | 60
over chair in the darkp No, sir. While
I'm rubin my shins an keepin' back the
tears, I'm likewise sweating fur fear the
old woman has been woke up by the up
set. 1t didn't use to be So" sighed the
poor fellow, thoughttully rubbing his
shining scalp. "When we was first hitch
ed Thought | was the superintendent,
but after year or two Of argyin' the pint
| settled down to shown the car at low
wages. kin lick any man o my age an
size, cried the old gentleman, banging
the saloon table with his wrinkled fist
"I'll shoot, knife, stand up or rough and
tumble for coin, but when hang my hal
on the peg in the hall, an take off my
muddy boots an hear the old woman ask
if that's me, tell you the starch Gomez
right out O. ms."
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From the Chicago Express.

FROM inc On'c'R'l'Ni''S.'
ll0llnm, III the "iIistory Of the Middle
Ages, informs Us that usury, o. interest
for the use o. man ;, was .otbriden by
the laws Of all Ca'stiln nations as late us
the twelfth caninty. The jews. however,
were celebrated ios Hsury a. culy a' ihe
sixth century, and Tor this crime, more
than for anything else, they became dcs-
pissed by all Christendom.
Philip Augusus rcba.ed all Christians
in bis dominion from their debts to the
Jews, and afterwards expelled the whole
race from France. st. Louis also hGn,sh-
ed them, and afterwards recalled thmi
when they were finally expelled under
Charles Wizard never aiterwurds obtWn-
ed legal esrabishm mt in France. But
Notwithstanding the prosecutions Of the
wandering Jcws, they contained to grow
rich out Of their Gjd,cmscd system, in
spite of insult aud oppression, such WIS
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A correspondent writing from LeldyiIlC
under date Of jan. 9Th, says:
James Bradbury, a wcl-known prospcc'
tor and miner, reached this city this eve
ming from the Ute reservation, and tells a
terrible story OF his privatiOns and suffer.
mgs About one month ago accompanied
10y William Rogers, Of Pittsburgh, and
Edward Hayes, Of Indiana, lie went oven
in the Taylor river country, about forty
five miles west OF this city, pIospGcting.-
They were right in the heart Of the Indian
country and had to move very cautiously
The discoveries they made were OF unusu
nj richness, fssure veins Of ore running
vertically in almost every direction. Or
December 90, it began to snow, and, hay.
ing gathered about sixty pounds Of miner
al each, they started on their return, On
leaving the valley they encountered sever
feet OF snow in the mountains. and ther
their troubles began. II was impossible
10 proceed over two or three miles day
as the snow vas very soft. On the scCOnC
day orthe journey Rogers was caught in {
snow.slide, and borne over a canon t.
death several hundred feet below. Or
Christmas Day the cold was intense
and that night they paused about the tim
her line. Il was impossible to build {
fire, and, wrapping their blankets abou
them, the two men lay down to pass tn,
night us best they could. In the morning
Bradbury awoke TO find his companion
dead, he having been frozen during tn,
night. Bradbury pushed on, and iounc
refuge in II prospcctor's hut in Con
Greek. aud then, resting until January .
came in here, arriving this evening, will
his feet, face and hands badly irozen.-
Both Hayes and Rogers were young nn'
unmarried men.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-22
A Triple Wedding.

If there be parents who give themselves
uneasiness over the too slowly develop
ing matrimonial prospects of family Of
daughters, says an exchange, let them
envy Mr.. Stout, Of Raritan. Christmas
came to him in the form of triple we'd
ding, when three bridegrooms from three
New Jersey towns took each his own from
among the three daughters and departed
with the parental blessing The officiat-
ing Clergyman is said to have arisen to
the extraordinary demands Of the occa-
sion with grace and impressiveness. 1t
is also related that, after listening to a
few general observations on the nature
and design of marriage, each couple was
separately united in the order OF the
daughters ages" The local reporter
touchingly dismsses the event with this
comprehensive sentiment: MAY sunny
skies be theirs, and balmy winds wafl
them over life's broad ocean to the beau
tiful shores beyond"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-22

Did you ever know any person to be i'll
without inaction of the Stomach, Liver or
Kidneys, or did you ever know one who was
well whei, either was obstructed or inactive;
and did you ever know or hear of any case Of
the kind that Hop Bitters would not euro,
Ask your neighbor this same question:
Times.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-22
A Remarkable Ivy.

The property ivy has of adapting itsel
to circumstances is N ost strikingly illustra
ted by an incident related bs' Miss Strick
land. The body of Catharine Parr, buri
ed at Sudley, was disinterrcd, through
curiosity, on several occasions. The las
time the coffin was opened, sit was dis
covered that wreath of ivy had entwinet
itself Ground the temples of the royal
corpse. A berry had fallen there at th'
time of the previous exhumation, taker
root, and then silently from day to day
woven itself into this green sepulchal cor
Aonal."
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-22
POLITICAL MENTION,

As the grHenback party "dics OUT new
greenback papers are born. One of the
latest that has arrived is the Industrial
Era, South Bend, Ind, that carries this
motto, "We are in favor Of cycrybody's
rights, and opposed to eyelybody's
wrongs"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-22

The best part of beauty is that which q
picture cannot express.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-22

IT IS asserted that two millions OF wo.
men in the United States are compelled
to earn their living outside Of home. And
yet there are more than two millions Of
men who will talk wisely to these toiling
women, scourged by poverty, weakness,
and dire necessity, about the ''true sphere
of women,