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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

re said he wanted fine gold watch and
chain for his wife, come miner articles for
friends, and no wanted Us TO tell him where
70 60. Wa sent him 10 Webb Why?
Because wa have known Webb since We all
began business here iu Dallas, tap years ago,
nad we also know that no has built up
stosdily 6rst-coss jewolry trade. His name
is synonym for All that is fair and square in
business Wei, our friend cane back Re-
lighted with bis purchase. in love with Mr.
Webb, and ia ecstacieI over his elegant stock
Of jewelry. why" said he, = was shown
a handsome pair of gold brac- Tor forty
dollars that would cost City anywhere else.
| bought watch and chain for seventy
dollars and saw some little beauties al the
way from twenty Ave dollars TO hundred"
Said be, 81 profess to ba Judge Of
diamonds, and Mr.. Webb's stock in that line
is superb. Earrings all tho way from twenty
five dollars to Eve hundred pay.
was shown some handsome bracelets st
forty dollars, worth fifty elsewhere. Some
perfect beauties in gold watches from fifty
dollars TO one hundred and atty New styles
in Lsuis XIV and enameleA The gold
necklaces and lockets fairly dslzle one they
are so rich in design. Sleeve but on gilt
tering sea Of them in every conceivable
shape and style, all tho way frem three dol
lars to twspty. Scsrfpins, Goldfnch hold
ing q diamond like sparkling dew drow
aud other designs. Ladies AND gents, ole
giant zeal rings, in every style known guard
and opera chains, ten dollars to one hundred.
In silverwsre, it is \ fairy land, the most dol
icste, rich, and attractive patterns in solid
pure silver ever produced by mans srt. The
whole establishment is Palace of Art and
every one should 90 to see it.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

The sick sanctiGcAtenists arc improving,
q least physically. Proper oare al tho hands
Of compassionate poopls, and good whole
sons food is briagins them out. They uo
longer sec messengers from tho spirit land
cRvorLinG around their BEDS but on the otbor
hand are beginning TO banker after seai
steak, sud it will no doubt not bs very iong
berocs thoy will bs demanding Lsudsr. loins.
Yesterday for tho first time in ct least .
week hency Mahlsr, who is Of the city nos
pial, tackled sqaro msal with n relish that
would have done credit to g cannibsl.
Mr.. snd Ms. Copenhagen, according TO
aCcousts, srs not doing az we'll rs tbs rest,
however, snd though their sppstitss have
improved and they are better physically,
the,c msnLal condition is not. changed,
Wills tnoy are mors alive TO the affairs OF
everyday life they remain ilrp in their faith
end insist on pseoAating biblical characters
Yesterday they insisted on divs,ting thOm-
solves Of tseir olotsing and playing Adam
and Eve AZ they sepeared prior to their fall
in tho garden Of Eden.
TbS Young American who hiss BEEN wSn-
derng in tho Trinity bottoms carrying ma
black jack cross and dressed in gown, came
into the city yesterday in search Of Wsrk.
The cold, rsiay weather Of tho past ftw days
d'da'i iibe we'll with his dress, Ahd hunger
beginning to prey upon him he thought the
Loid told him 10 e. to work, but as he LET,
tho city IN the evening, suddenly disappear
ing, tho supposition is that the Lord, accord
ioY to their belief, c1untsrmsaded tn ordsr,
and it is supposed that he has gone back TO
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

There is nothing in tnis world like a good,
atsunoh, subStantial seat; scat that won't
give way, one that will withstand the year
and tear so common to tho drawers Of tho
day, for it is to sentlomenn neither trousers
that reference is had. Asy man who has
ever worn cheap ones. brought.on goods,
knows how veIStisus il a 10 have lhOm
give WAY in the brsech. X is so annoying,
especially to sensitive gentlemen. In order
to prevent this they snould call on G. Il.
Clsneey, 7l2 hsin street, manufacturer OF
drawers, doubla-lined in tao seat; shirt, col
lars and cuffs made to Qr1er, in the very
latest style and OF the very best material.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

The supreme cour. of the United States
made an important decision few days SEQ
in the Memphis case. 1t declared that prop.
srty held for public use, as for instance in the
casa of city, lands donated for parks, ltsam
fire engines, etc, could not be held liabls for
the debts Of the city. That private properly
in the city limits could not BIO held lisbls for
its debts, except by taxation, and that tn.
power Of taxation is legislative and cannot
be exercised except under Legislative nuthori-
ty. On ths1s points the court was unanimous
in opision.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

CoNeRHss shows a disposition to be parsi-
monious in the matter of appropriations for
improving the navigation of the Mississippi
river. According to scientific estimates So.
100000 are needed for this work, but the
committee on appropriations has instructed
MIR. Gibson to report bill appropristing
only SLSO0,oOO. Why is this the case |,
Whom tho east ask, for money, no matter
what the sum, for harbor improvements, II is
given, bu' just let money bs asked to aid the
south in any way and then the vaults of tho
treasury are closed tight. Yet the sou,b.
according to northern republican newspa-
pers and speakers, is behind tho north in
commercial greatness. We suspect eastern
trunk line railroad companies have hn d in
this niggardlinass, as they do not want the
composition Of . great water highway to the
ssAboard for western products.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

Me-. SAss)O mcuoyel ga1t.em'n, has
just built himsClfa dno residence in Belgrave'
square, the fashionable centre of London,
and has constructed Oh the top thereof =
handsome stable Tor twenty horses. The
horses ara raised ana lowered by means of an
elevator and they take very kindly to their
novel mode of transit. His reason for hSv.
ing an aerial stable i. the scarcity of l9nd in
London, and then he is freed from tho smell
of the stGbss by having them shove his
head.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

PROFESSOR James j. Sylvo1ter, Of John
Hopkins university, Baltimore, has received
tho CApley medal from the British Royal
society, ths highest honor in its gilt. 1t was
awarded because of Professor SylvaSter's
mathematical researches and discoveries.
Benjamin Franklin was the first American
on whOm the distinction wss bestowed and
because OF his studies in electricity.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

Me- GsoRdE TIcKNoE Curtis essays the
H9rcusAa task Of aaeweriag Judga Zero
Bllek's great lettar on railways, addressed
to tho New York chamber Of commerce.
Mr.. Curtis is an able mau, and he's Teen ems
ployel by Mr.. Jowoti, president Of tho Eric
railroad, TO dissseI thil letter in the interest
OF the railroads, but no will find thst hs is
picking at q mountain Of granite with pan
knifn
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

Washington, Dec. 2O.-on the 2lst of De-
c,mber the bell bouy marking tho north
breaker in the slew channel entrance to Fer
nandins, Florida, harbor, will be removed
from its present position and placed outside OF
the bar, in fifteen fathoms water, two hundred
yards south ofthe range for floating sand. A
channel second. class can bouy, red water No 2,
will be placed to mark the north of the
breaker.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21
Bunysn,s Pig rims Progress.

Grand preparations have been made for
the scenic representation Of BunyAn's Pill
grim's Progress, by the Dallas Male and
Female college, at Craddock's opera house
tonight. Ample preparations have been made
for appropriate scenery ard the necessary
psrsphernalis, and the performance prom
Uses 10 be success. A large number Of
tickets have already been sold, and reserved
seats can be secured ut the opera house
entrance any time during the day. Tickets
rs cents.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

Information reached tho city yesterday that
q tramp had entered the residence Of Mrs.
Murray, living near Haughts Store, this
county, on Sunday evening, while Mrs. Muir
ray was sbsent, end comm-qce "dl'ing up"
or oil the cold yiclusls he thuld find shout
the house The lady returned homo in the
evsaiug. end uoon ordering the tramp out Of
The house, ha refused TO 60. She got shot
gun, and with view of persu ding him 20
git, " fred load Of shot into his leg. He
hastily left for parts unknown.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

ACCORDING to q Cincinnati Gazette cores
pondsnt, tho wonderful Intelligence 10 given
70 tho world that The residence Of president
elsct GARFIELD, at MoniSr, 10 aurrouldod win
ndssp snow, sad thu. the general stands al
tho window and gszss out =. it With a sweet
and placid smile.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

IT ia but shout twenty yesrs since Henry
Bsssomor, an English engineer, diaco7arad 8
process for tho manufacturers Of irsn into
steel, but in that tines nighty revolution
has been made in stvel manufacture Ia
1860, $4,000 tons is q large Estimate for the
amount Of stesl manufactured, aad, ia 1880,
$4,000 tons is = small estimate.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

MONSIEUR Gsmbstts, candidate for pfeSl-
dent of tho French republic, is pattern
ing somewhat after the American style ne
j, having hil life and volume OF bis
spesches published for campaign purposes
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

MApaMoIsELLB JoSnas BeenhaEdp
younger sister Of the great Sars, has sTrI7ed
in New York. she will join hor sisters COM
many nj once. She Resembles tua great osre
yerv much in The face, but IS notlir. li@o as
.Iir,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21
Fer the Holidays.

Just received, fresh lot OF Zsglor's cels-
brstsd fins kid, cloth top, button boots, for
ladies, misses and children, At reduced prices,
at Leon Kahn's.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21
To BE Hanged.

Augusta, Ga., Dec. 20.-Nose and Frank
Twiggs, colored, brothers, convicted in the
Burke county superior court, Of the murder of
VIM. Dryscol, white map, in November last,
we're sentenced to-day to DO hanged on January
?sih, 1891
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

ONE of the Washington City on dts is
that the surgeon-gonersl, Barnes, of the
United States army, is shortly to be put on the
retired list end medical surveyor Baxter Is
IN succeed him.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21
In the Recoad geEree

Honesdale, Pa, Dec. ls.-ln the Bartree
trial the jury has just rendered verdict OF
guilty of murder in the second degree to the
great O9rprse OF every ore. The counsel
FOR the prisoner have asked for time to die
reasons for new trial. Sentence was re-
mauded until December 30th.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

A NEW Irish drsma,,in five acts, entitled
ANY Geraldine" by Barley Campbell Will
b produced tonight for the h'1t time AZ 'he
Standard theatre, New York. II is aid 10
ha his Hnnqt nroaueti1n.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

THE noyelest thhIg in scarf pins for ladies'
now are diminutiv oysters snd lobsier', NM
AZURE newspaper, lsttsr envelopes and pearl
boot lacks, inls'.d with mock rubeG.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21
A EuasInn Reyolutioniste Coming.

Boston, Dec 2O.-A privste dispatch receive
ed from H. 8, Hartman, tho expelled Russian
revOlutionist, states that no win sail froa
London in n few days and will probably ar
rive In nnsLnn before Jannnry l.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21
Tn,s ncnrlet nconrxc

Vandaha, H., DEC 2O.-The much.dread ed
disease, rcarlet fever, has made las appear
aucs in this place. But one case has bden re-
ported us yet, and that, 1t IA thought, will not
pr0Ve fatal
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

Norfolk, Zee. 2O.--English underwater tslc-
graph that they are sat.sleito take the risk Of
hesteam'r Norfolk, In herp eaent condition,
minus one blade of her propeller.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

A hne custom made, black cloth top, ladies'
button boot, sold at the remarkably low
price OF Sc Vt Leon Kahn's
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

Henry Coin, 70s Main street, is going 10
have day auction sale Of real gold and
diamond goods for ladies only. No gentle
men admitted December 24th. II. COIN,
auctionesr.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

Just received a new line of Holiday styles,
silk aud stiff hats, and they are immense, at
Leon Kshn's
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

THE probabilities c shat Judge Wood
will be cobRrrund as as sociato justice of the
Tinted States suprer 70 court this week.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

Iustreceiysi st Holloway & Co.'s cocof-
nuts, oranges, lsmoas, figs and one car Of
fancy apples 10 barrels and crates
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-21

Ststson's fine pocket hats in all styles, Just
received for the holiday trade, at L,on
Kahn'k
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-22
A Contest for a WOman's Hat.

The following episode of the recent
Seventh Regiment Fair in New York is
reported: | heard of one man who
spent $500 on raffles alone. The
spirit of rivalry runs high when there is
a prize offered for the table or the lady
who takes in the most money. On the
last night of the fair an illustration of
this feeling occurred. A halter sent up
a case of hats as present to the fair,
and two order-books. The idea of the
order-books was that any one could buy
an order on the halter for hat, redeem
able at any time. The fair sold them
for the regular price, and the maker al
lowed the trade discount. To make the
game more exciting, he offered a prize
of a handsome lady's hat to the lady
who should get the most orders. Two
were found to take hold at once. One
backed out after she had taken two Or
ders, and handed her book over to an
other young lady, transferring the two
she had taken with it. This made the
other lady very angry, and she called
the proceeding cheating" and told
her husband all about it. Like good
husband he sided with his wife, and
vowed that she should not be euchred
in that way, so he bought two orders of
her himself. This incensed the
young man of the young lady who
held the other book, and he Immediate
ly bought four orders. Then the hus-
band flew into passion, and swore
that his wife should win that hat, come
what may, and he bought more orders.
The young man, who could i'll afford it,
did the same. The husband lost his
head at this, and, jumping upon the
counter of his wife's' booth, began to
denounce the other side. His friends
dragged him down. Then he seized a
pen and ink and wrote off a check for
S184, and handed it to the cashier,
which, being rich man, he could well
afford. The young man was almost in
despair. His young lady begged him
to stop; said that she didn't want that
hat; but his blood was up. He rushed
into the supper room, and found fifteen
men whom he knew eating and drink
ing, particularly the latter. He drag
ged them all out, and they gave their
orders to the young lady. The husband
became livid. "You might as well
give up the game at once" said he,
g for l am determined to have that hat
if it takes my entire fortune" The
young man didn't want to give up the
fight, and the fifteen men from the sup
per room cheered him on. BY this time
it was nearly 3 O'Clock in the morning,
and the authorities interfered and locked
the books up in the safe.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-22

hunger. According to the Silesian Ga
zette much of the present suffering Is
due to absenteeisn among the great
landowners. Many properties are for
the greater part Of the year left to the
care vi agents, the owners only turning
IN at the hunting season. These agents
are. of course, anxious to get as much
cut of their management as possible,
and convey no uncomfortable grievances
to the proprietors, who, if petitions are
directly sent TO them, are told they are
exaggerated; but the misery is so in
tense that exaggeration is scarcely pos
sible.
THERE is in Mandalay, Burmah, a
newspaper called the Gazette, of which
the correspondent of the London News
says: alt is a wonderful paper, this
Mandalay Gazette, filling up its pages
with announcements of extraordinary
dreams and portents and queer super
stitions. Every paragraph begins with
a statement of the styles and titles of
the Lord of the White Elephant, occu
plying a quarter of a column, and every
event recorded is asserted to have oc-
CURED by reason of his sublime power
and glory. Thus, if one of the palace
sows drops litter of 81, it is due to the
magnifcence of Theebau. If, as hap
pened lately, Guatama at Macobin be-
gins to develop a mustache, it is because
of the majesty of the Ruler of Land
and Sea, and proves his power, not only
over Upper Burmah, but over the
province of Pegu and the dismal
swamps by the sea, as the Burmans
style our territories. Leaders are
things unknown, except when dictated
by minister"
THE unparalleled demand for en-
ployment of a merely intellectual char
acter in England, and the exceeding
limited supply of such, is illustrated by
the following occurrence: An institu-
ton in London lately advertised for
secretary at a salary of $500 per annum.
Among the applicants were two men,
bers of Parliament, 25 clergymen, 70
retired military and naval officers; also
a large number of workers in ordinary
avocations, the applicants amounting
altogether to over 800. In Chicago,
some time since, young man answered
an advertisement for clerk in large
mercantile establishment in this city,
and obtained the position. Some time
after he had been at work in the estab-
ishment, a fellow-clerk said to him:
" You are a lucky fellow; look here"
Pulling out a drawer in a desk, he
showed him some hundreds of rejected
applications for the same position.
These facts demonstrate that though the
intellectual principle may govern the
world at the present time, it is not all of
its representatives, by any means, that
can take hand in the governing
process
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-22
The Matter With the Watch.

A Brooklyn parent gave his daughter
handsome watch on her eighteenth
birthday. One night The girl forgot to
wind it, and in the morning the hands
and wheels were motionless. She took
it for granted that she had used the
watch carelessly and that something
was broken inside. She did not like to
say any thing TO her father about it, but
going to Fulton Street jeweler the next
day, asked him to look at the watch
and see what was the matter with it.
The jeweler took it, put a magnifying
glass before his eyes, opened the case,
touched the wheels with pick, and re-
marked that it needed cleaning as it
was very dirty. On inquiring Inc cost of
such an operation she was told that it
would be $3.50. The young lady was
amazed, for she had had the watch only
three days and was reluctant to believe
that it required so extensive a removal
ton. She passed on TO the best known
jewelers. store in Brooklyn, and hand
mo her watch to the man at the coun-
ter, preferred the same request as be-
fore. He went through the same pro-
cess of inspection and said the hair
spring was broken, and the watch
needed cleaning. Inquiring the cost
again she was told it would be "a. She
said she wonld see her father about it,
and at night when he came home she
told him of her days doing, and said
his friend must have cheated him. Her
father took the watch to New York in
the morning, and in the course OF the
day stepped into his friend S store where
he bought it and asked him to look at
the watch and see why it had stopped.
His friend after looking at it a moment
took up key, and winding it up.
handed it back with the remark: No
watch viii run unless it is kept wound
uDr
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-22
A jolly Wedding.

In Central America is a country called
Towka, and without doubt the Towkans,
whatever else they may be, are the Jolli-
est people in the world at wedding.
They appear to be such an ignorant race
as to be unable to keep record of the age
of their children, except in manner
somewhat similar to that adopted by
Robinson Crusoe with his notched post
for an almanac. The Towkans, how
ever, do not notch their children. They
hang round their neckS at birth string
with one bead on, and at the expiration
of year they add another bead, and so
on, the main object being seemingly that
there may be no mistake when the young
people arrive at manageable age.
when girl numbers - beads she is
manageable, but the young man must
possess necklace of 20 before he is
reckoned capable of taking on himself
so serious a responsibility. But the
wedding feast is the thing.
The invited guests assemble on what
answers to our village green, and set in
their midst is canoe, the property OF
the bridegroom, trimming with palm
wine, sweetened with honey, and thick
ened with crushed plantains. The
drinking cups are calabashes, which are
set floating in the fragrant liquor, and
seated round it, the company fall to-a
mark of politeness being to drink out OF
as many calabashes that have been
drank out of by somebody else as posi-
BILE. 1t should be mentioned, however,
to the ToWkan's credit that his bride is
not present at this tremendous drinking
bout, or, rather, boat. She remains in
her parents hut, and when her intended
has finished with the calabashes he takes
his whistle of bamboo and his "tom-
tom," which is hollow little log, tied
over at each end with bits of leather,
and, seating himself at the door of the
dwelling of his parents-in-law inprospec-
tive, he commences to bang and tootle
sweet music, until the heart of the ten
der creature within is softened, and they
let him in.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-22

THE London Times of a recent date
contains notices of hunting eppoint-
ments of 120 packs of hounds in Eng
land and Wales. This represents, in
one way or another, an expenditure of
at least S6,000,000. Nearly all packs
are now more or less supported by
combined subscription. The cost of
efficiently keeping up a first-class
pack is estimated at $4,000 to $4,000
q year.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-22

"A young mother in Cincinnati was
giving to her son, aged five years, a
touching description of the misery into
which the prOdigal son had fallen.
"Far away from home and his kind
father, obliged to take care of swine,
with nothing to eat but the husks of
corn left by Them "Then why didn't
he eat the pig?" was the practical reply
of the young Porkopolitan.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-22

To make the complexion white and
soft, use tepid water containing little
powdered borax for bathing the face
and hands every morning and evening.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-22

in Commercial Metropolis
College established 81
inhabitants kept pace with @ growing
Of
Money Circulars
INV ' JONATHAN JONES.
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