The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-22
LATEST TELEaRAMs CONDENSED

Saturday was the seventy-fourth birth
day of the poet Whittier.
A new post-office building at Fall River
Massachusetts. was completed on the iSll
instant at a cost Of $780, 900.
A man named Ostermier, died on the 18th
instant in delirium from drinking, in the
Jail at Baraboo, Wisconsin. He left large
family.
The Vaudeville Theater, at Joplin, Mis-
souri,, was burned on the 18th inst, sup
posed to have been the work Of an incend-
iary.
Fire the other night destroyed the Camp
Washington Slnughter-house in Cincinnati,
burning fifty hogs The loss was about
= S35, ,000
The Baptist church of La Crosse, Wiscon-
sin, was destroyed by fire Sunday morning.
Loss $4,000 to $4,000. The fire originated
in adefeetivs chimney.
VIM. Kuhn, a farmers son, aged 10, was
killed on the 18th instant mt Cedar Rapids.
Iowa, by falling from load of wood and
fracturing his skull.
Peter Zerbes, aged 55, resident of Chi
cago, died two or three days since in that
city from hydrophobia. He was bitten by
a 6pitz dog seven weeks ago.
Rosa Turrell, servant girl OF Mr..
Woodward, in st. Paul, Minnesota,
drowned herself in the well on his premises.
No cause is known for her conduct.
Miss Mamie Magnus, daughter of .
wealthy citizen OF Cedar Rapids Iowa, died
in the school-room of Vassar College, OF
paralysis of the heart, few days ago.
Another crank came to the surface in
Aashingtona a DAY or Two ago. tic appeared
at MI. Scoville's residence and said he was
there to protect Scoyille. He was arrested.
J. C. Myers, a druggist Of Clinton, Illi-
nois. compromised forty suits against INN.
self few days ago for the Illegal sale Of
liquor for SO and the costs in each case.
John Il. Finch. Temperance orator of
Kansas, accompanied Governor st. John to
Piattsmouth, IN that State, the otherday
Wnile there an evening paper abused him
grossly and he went arouLd and whipped
the editor-in-clIicf and the local editor who
both finally ingloriously fed.
James Birks, from Lincoln county. lii
nois, was bound over In a $70O bond at FIRE.
donia, Kansas. Saturday for bribery. There
are two othsr charges OF forgery and then
against him.
Mrs. George Butler of Rock Island, Iowa
shielded last Saturday night by shooting
herself with q revolver. Suffering from
long Illness was the cause Of hsr rash act.
.,Ir. Thomas Major, Of Chicago. suicided
= couple OF days ago by poisoning himself
He killed himself from grief over the death
ofhis wife in Childbirth, the child also
having died shortly after the mother.
Betxeen fifty and sixty Jews have AZ
rived IN Chicago from Russia. Efforts are
being made 70 eare ior them. and many
more VINO arr expecfed. At a meeting 70
raise fuilds. Mayor Harrison mnde speech.
young man nsmed Sharpe, While ou;
iunfinc last Ssfurlay, near Edwards SFn-
iion liii..l accidarhllf blew the top Of HE
lissii 0I wih q sAOi-gnn. and was aife1-
va-'is .si.fsi sieud in the woods.
The 1miiy Of wrn. Lacey. dry eodds
frrrtia;d ~ si'nr-iiiief0n. Illinois. was
lsois0ued 81 Nuntay last hy eating lie
Ibaar ~ canned bisckberries. The lives Oi
Mr.. Lacey and seyef.i Chiisirln Eru de-
spaired Of =
A feT morninrs since frensn on the
Cinciuuati. Van Vert n A.rlic11 r0a1-
named Herr Ealsaii. rhiie tanEiile on 81
tlir efcine. vac cruslr1 between ID AMI a
pile ~ ties nia.r tie uncE. Twelve miles
from Van Nert. Ohio.
Youre Sebastian, q i.ov IN his ieens. r-rs
nrrairuef in Oiin. llliuJs. s1ftI1lr5. On
IIharrs Of br-eiery plead r1lliv rt1 srs
cid in 500 ba1. bl 1eIanli a rilrh D.
-. eert 10 ia1i lie tfres fl- nrmes II
severl 0fhef boys N11 were IL acc1n-
plicta
Donrinss Srrr. e Tori'r nan ll-irf sf1u-
sir InIIes from fffernrlIt lIiiIris r1s
rounf dead = dar.Ur frn sIUrr "a SIRE r1II-
roa1 irrtt rear l,rtf1r.Ie. rliL l|. rel'E
lI~T'Ifr rnf Ice fr1Ir rn.ff A. Te rar
vrnIfirr Il M fbe t-.rk ft'r1E It1nIfi f1-
rnr,r1.Id. ard res rtrIIIE b. tI- - 1clnI
rassfnrsr irni1 lICui d4IE
A rnrIrasI rreft nrcrrtf er11ar re1r
Irfersrr rIIr. UIerur. I1 rIiL lret
men. CharIas Mnr1rf. Iutr tErv ard
Osc.r Ho-inr r.1s Ins'anflT kilet. nd