The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The woman Jessie Helfmann, now living
under sentence of death for completely In
the assassination OF Alexander H., has sent a
petition to the czsr praying for the imperial
elemeney. It's believed that his majesty will
grant communication of the death penalty.
The St. Louis police department will this
week make their initistory crusade against the
enyprlsns at present located in the houses and
dens bounded by Market street, Washington
and Grand avenues and the leyee. Hundreds
OF these so'led doves may be seen seeking
new quarters.
IL hss been decided TO call the Baltimore
tete The Baltimore October celebration, or
Onole," This will be regarded as sweetly
pretty. Three days will be given to the fete:
october 10Th, the oity's celebration: Octo-
Der lltb, the oriole pageant ut night: October
l2sh, entertainment of French visitors.
The scaffoldings which we're used in the
construction Of the two colossal spires Of the
Cologne cathedral, recently completed, can
sumed an immense quantity of Timber. Only
two-thirds OF them have thus far been taken
down, and already they haye turned out
200 600 cubic feet.
The GOlos states that in one of the dis.
tricts near Novgorod the peasants are suffer.
ing from constant bleeding of the nose,
accompanied by the appearance of large
black spots on the body. The local sanitary
committees are said to have established a
quarantine in consedIunce.
Mr. Joe Beasley. an experimental gardener
near Columbus, Georgia, has succeeded in
raising some melons with delicious lemon
hAvor. he makes an ncision in the vine a
short distance from the root, to which he
attaches lemon, and by means of absorb
ton the juice 10 taken into the melons.
Luke Reynolds, of Louisville. Kentucky,
his wife, Elizabeth in March, 1881,
and now, after over fifty years of more or
less welded bliss, Elizabeth is suing him for
limited divorce, alleging harsh trestmen.
and failure of adequate support, he being
wealthy man, rs men go in Louisville, KeL-
lucky.
Rear Admiral Donald McNair Fairfax, in
command of the naval asylum in Phlladel-
phia, is to go upon the retired list OF the navy
Oh October l. He was recently appointed
to command the European fleet, bu, soon
after asked for retirement, having served
forty consecutive years. He entered the
service in August, 1887, AT the age of four
teen, and completes forty,four years of SER
vice this month.
MormoniSm has been making rapid prog>
ren in Georgia of late. Two Mormon mis-
sionaries have been working industriously in
White county for twelve months. The
community is isolated and inhabited by
densely Ignorant people. If the law docs
not interfere the people Of the northern part
of the state threaten to forcibly drive out the
apostles Of lust.
The Rome Aurora, which WIS started as
the official organ of the late Pope Plus
TX, and which now holds the fame relation
TO the present Pope Lso KILL, contained in
its issue of July 9Th, nearly two columns OF
matter devoted TO the assassination of Presi-
dent Garfield, and expressing sbhorrence at
the terrible crime, and sympathy for the
American people.
George Dessarisn, ON idiot from Meridian,
Connecticut, went to Boston the other day
with n man named Flynn, and as q good
Joke on Hymns family, is said TO have lele-
graphed them he had been killed by the
cars. The family were made nearly frantic,
and Flynns aged mother will probably die
from the shock.
A series of articles was published in the
New York Star a few weeks ago which pre-
tended to give the true reasons why the BODY
Of A. r. Stewart, which was stolen from the
family vault in st. Marks buryipg ground,
has not bsen restored. References derogatot
y 10 the reputation of John Barrett we're
made, and tor that reason he has sought the
Indictment of the publisher of the paper, as
we'll as private detective named Luke, from
whom it is alleged, the statements published
we're obtained.
Governor Crittenden, of Missouri saws;
Since that $4,000 reward was, offered /
nave never known such an interest taken in
Every sheriff in that section of
he state, every deputy sheriff, or imaginary
detective, is 30 certain that he knows exactly
where to go that there is little question that
here will be united effort to catch the out
avs" The governor said he was never bet
or satisfied than with the present status
'ffairs have taken. He does not doubt that
he guilty parties will be brought to justice
It an early date.
A distinguished Austrian physician had
ecently published book in which he at
empts to prove that hsbitual criminals are
UGH because they can not help it, He has
xamined the brains of persistent scoundrels
nd has invariably found that the superior
rontal convolution is not continuous, but is
vided into four sub convolutions analogous
o tho parts found in predatory carniyorous
nimsls, and be thinks that the mental charac-
eristics OF criminals are due 10 this peculiar
Ormstion of the brain.
An exhibition OF mugs, jugs, and other
rinking vessel, Is now being held in Vienna
'he objects exhibited arc all Of German
both old and new. A German
ournsl grows sentimental over the meaning
{ the old Gesman jug, and remarks tina.
no nation has such true perception of tho
oe,ry OF drink as the German, which finds
, mighty draught the best protection
gsinst the discomforts of life"
1t is n curious fact that there !. in the city |
{ London no chamber Of commerce or board |
trade, or other commercial organization |
, deal with matters Of trade in general and |
manner. Each trade has Tia |
wn separate guile, aud the goldsmiths,
tailors, snd forty other an
emit and wealthy organizations, can have
lsir say and their declaration OF principles,
at there has been no body formed in which
10 merchants can come together for any
irpose as ono body. Recognizing this de-
ct, the present mayor Of London, Mr.. Mac
rthur, himself an eminent merchant, inter-
ted In the colonial trade, has called meet.
& oil the representatives of the various sep
ate mercantile bodies 10 SEQ whether a
neral chamber of commerce cannot he