The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-06
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,omen NJ AVaN'n' u"i t'n'N
ssVS,1clared that hsrest er tney would no
anu C,r less than ST dczen The eieiJ
further, and declared inst neither III
Nen' hars nor any other laundress 10 atlsnts
me- vssh for less than 1egulsuon prices
S'n,mit,ets were sppAn,ed 10 see ttat these
- u.re carrie into elect, ana they De-
OH CRU general patrol Of the city. Wherever
70, ennd assherSomsn tnoy asked wha'
lLy5 she charged, and If she ramed any sum
~, the established rate tney AZ once
p e'Ud her III { she must return the clothes
"" had taken out, snd never care 10 offend
sne .nc;s,v again. She could JOIN the society
sn' nsvine 81 imitation fee aud most OF the
W IA Iaundresses of the city either will
S'uals did or we're frightened into 1t The
i,n5i has grown until It now numbers sew
soo i Vh'yyndred members, aud has grown more
sra 20 outrageous in its demands. Hun
s saa Of fsmilie, have had clothing returned
uI0u ,bom After beiog wet, and frequently
80 h. mil 'ew. The women refuse TO
tulue sa.sou. aud arc stubborn in their de,
neal 4. Vefy few of the citizens have
n me and there ere probably more dirty
LIB. in Atlan'a than in any other city OF
is size in the un'oh'
Within the past few. months me man,
,s.c,n,e Of gold tt keps in the similitude Of
limited States coins has grown to encrmou,
O n They are of two sizes, and
P,;ncinsllv bectsgonal in form. Thew are
p.mned respectively with the words, Quar-
~, Hi n"Haf Dollar" and on the re-
We ", side. the hesd of Liberty" The
,o;no,o of quarter dollars ard half dollars In
IVA has never been legslized by the gov
ss. U of the United States. Persons
usnnfnc,uring or selling such tokens are
r;oIaIiog the law and rendering themselves
NM 10 penslties both Of fine and imprison-
"ont IL ia fact that persons believing
moe tokens to have been coined IN United
Salpa mlnts and by authority OF me gen
s,sI Government, and anxious to obtain adj
yspced specimens, are paying uouole Ine'r
nominal value It's also UNDERTOOK 10 oe
fact that brass limitations OF the golu'
tokens are numerous. Unoer lhsi uc''ons
ofthelaw officers Of the government, lne
manufacturers aud dealers III these sfucles
are being notified by the secret service agents
10 discoHtirue the unlawful traffic.
TIA def it in the killing of cattle in the
,ivar Plaza and Rio Grande districts Is
SoC0O0 had. The present impression u,
tbss nv the middle Of June killing VIII be
over showing deficit of ne rly 800 GOO com
nared with last year. If TO this quantity Is
added the large number of light hides
shnned ard in course of shipment to the
limited States, the exports to Europe VIII
show falling off of nearly 4Oo,ooo hiues "
compsred with last season, or more IMAM 20
per cent of lat years total. The adVlces OF
aconsiderable advance in value OF dry hldee
in tina limited States, with the exception OF
moder.te exports of such from the RIVER
Plata. tor q ,eral montbsto come, lead 10 tDs
supoosition that Eoglish and coh'nentbi
tanners will have less competition to contend
against from American lesthef, and thai
prces of ealted hides in Europe are now
likely to advance considerably.
A wear ago all France was in alarm over
the ravagss of the phylloxera, ard aespona'
ent prophets predicted that the Viheyrrus;
which they declared had oil, eady sunereo
irreparable injury, would be totsily ruineu
in the near future. All Efforts TO stay lne
pest seemed useless; prizes we're ohered 10
vain for come cure and preventive, hardy
American vines were imported upon which
to graft French stock, and still the rsvsges
went on. 10 view of this discouraging out
look, it was interesting to read IN GaIgonh.r
that this years vintage promises TO De one OF
the best in fifteen years both In France sno
Italy, and fully up to the average In opsip.
Superstinous persons, too, are oe,IV,ne
much satisfaction from the anclent pehel
that a comet always brings with II gooa
wine, and thus the vineyards are smiiins
over the prospective qusIity as we'll s
quantity OF their coming harvest.
A recent parliamentary return gave the
number of agricultural holdings IN e'Gs
county of Ireland aud their valuation. In
the province of Ulster there are i20o6
holdings at "a and under; SO 945 holdings
over GA up to &l0; l COZ owe elOO; total
value of all the ho'di 60, e24S 81.
Munster there are AZ 09l holdings at "a and
under; "a 688 holdings over "a up 10 Glo;
CO sSl holdings over el00; total value OF all
holdings, Gl49,l59. Leinster possesses
SSS25 holdings at "a and under; 32,26l
holdings under CA and up to elO; 926
holdings over el00; total value Elsa I9i
Copnsupht contains IS 228 holdings NJ ga
and under: AZ $50 holdings over "a up 10
&10 S96 holdings over ElO0; total vaiue
Gl3S 255.
If heat and drouth still continue in Pars
the condition of affairs in that city must b
very serious by this time Ten days ago The
director of works Issued q circular anDoun-
cling that the authorities bad 10 suspend
almost entirely the watering of the streets.
The private consumption, however, had In.
creased 30 enormously that the sources OF
the water supply were showing tigns OF
falling of. Bad smells arose from the un
finished drains and the atmosphere WAS so
filled with 6pe dust as almost to assume the
appearance Of fog when the lamps were
lighted.
John Birch lives at rrovo. UNh. Eight
years ago a shotgun exploded in his hands
and several pieces of the weapon entered his
face and head. Skillful surgery saved his
lite, but one of his eyes became sightcss and
bi, face was sadly injured. One day last
week he felt something moving in The h-sb
sb,ve the bridge of the nose. With a
pocket.knife he made an incisios, when out
OF his flesh drop ed the breech.pin OF the
shotgun. II weighed one and three quarter
ounces, and was 10 no manner Injured by lite
long and peculiar burial.
The southern California papers report The
honey crop very light. Gao writer says:
'"Tbe land which produces nearly all Of the
beat honey in Calfornia is not worth two
cents an acre for anything else. San Diego,
win her tmberless mountains covered for
m'les with white cage, was dresry waste
until Harbinson set few swarms OF bees at
their feet. To-day bis honey 10 known 10
almost every market in the world. He buys
lumber by the cargo to carry on the bust