The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Colonel Forney's journal, Progress, will
be continued by his son.
The wife OF John W. Guiteau is sister of
ex-AsSistant Postmaster-General Tyner.
The ex-Enpres Eugene wishes to be
known by the title OF Countess De Pierre
fonds.
Professor Bryce, NJ. p, Of Oxford, is in
Washington studying our system of govern
ment.
EX-CongresSman Randolph C. Doom, of
Texas, died in Jasper county, that State,
few days ago.
Pennsylvania, will pass the winter in the
City'of Mexico
One of Colonel R. G. In:ersolls 'daugh-
tiers is said TO have becoms member OF the
Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. Hamlin, the new Minister TO Spain,
and King Alfonso exchanged taft yester-
day.
The Chief Justice of Alabama is a printer
by trade, and formerly worked at tae case
at Athens.
prince Bismarck is really AMI truly
somewhat seriously ill.," is the remarkable
phraseoloey of dispatch frsm Berlin to
the London Times.
AIr. John P. Howard has increased his
gift 10 the University of Vermont for re-
building the main edifice from $N,OU0 to
$4,000.
Mr.. John r. Mclean has purchases the
interest OF Hon. James j. Faran in the En-
quirer, oil Cincinnati, and become sole pro-
.rietor,
Nicholas Davis, of Walton, Nova Scotia,
is another of that provinces giants, he be-
ing feet 8! inches high, and weighing 225
pounds.
At the first sale this season in Natal,
Africa, Of native grown ostrich feathers,
three pounds and nine ounces of long white
feathers brought $lOO.
Boston has an artesian well 2,}0 feet
deep, and still tn. boring goes IN as if the
city expected to get through route to
China or some other place.
George Scoville and his wife are the he
rees Of the Guiteau trial. Ths manner in
which they nave stood by the wretChed
murderer isa credit to humanity.
If President Arthur would get married it
would not be necessary to deny, TWO OF
three times a month, that he is about to
lead fair daughter of America to the altar
Mrs. Calsb Wood offers subscription o.
$50 900 toward hospital in Cambridge
Massachusetts, provided an additional so,
900 is given by others for the same pur
pose.
When the Old Testament is revised an(
modernized it will probably state that
Adam, after eating the apple, received
word that his resignation would be &C
cepted.
1t has lately been discovered that Denver
has in its vicinity every essential for tn,
manufacture OF line glass, including SAINT
closely resembling that which gives Frenci
plateglass its superiority.
Officer Losee, of Cortland, New York, hs
contracted 10 feed and water all the trsinp
that pass through the town for the ensuing
five months, for the sum of $3.50. 1t !
not likely that many tramps will apply t
him second time.
A handsome young fellow, who fer thre
months past has been employed at the tow
of Pullman, near Chicago, now turns out t
be female in disguise She worked as
rooter on the highest buildings with aimuc
skill as the best workmen.
Lambert Tree, of Washington, died a
his residence in that city on Monday m ia
SD year of his age. Mr.. Tree entered TIN
postal service under the administrat on o
President Monroe, and remained COntlnu
ously in the service until last March.
Very few OF us can remember the fash
ionable prima donna of the year 1910 a dat
that is associated in most meEories VIII
the battle of Waterloo and very little else
Yet the lady is now living in Desden. Sh
is ninety-siY years old and her name
Scheuberger-N
General Sickles has taken a step tina
thousands of housekcepcrs have lon
wanted TO take. He has brought actioI
against the Manhattan Gaslight Cempan,
for charging him at the rate of 900 cub
feet per month while he was in Europe an
the gas in his house was turned oil.
E;Daniel Hale Haskell died on Saturday !
the Almshouse of San Francisco. In earl
life he was manager of the banking and o.
press house of Adams & Co., with an II
come of $1,000 year. He gave all n
means to endeayor TO save the bank, n
tired into poverty, took to drink and lo'
his manhood
According to Mr.. Clark Mills, Guiteau
head is irregular, Hat on one side with
bulg on the other. He seems to hay
bumped himself too much in the cerebri
regions assigned by the phrenoosss
self-esteem, secretveness, iirmness ana cur
ming, with enormous appropriateness III
while these facts show that he has u yer
badly arranged head, they do not indlca
mental dersngnent, and will have yer
little weight with the jury or anyood
else.