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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-06
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CONSOLIDATION EFFECTED

ACTION OF TIE TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETiNGs-RATIrYNG THE UHIos
HEAVY VOTING ny PROXY RETIREMENT OF
OLD DIRECToRs-ELEcTIoN or NEW MEN-GEM
ERAL ECKERT AS GENERAL MANAGER.
The stockholders of the Western Union and
the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Companies
met yesterday and ratified the agreement foI
consolidation. jay Gould, Russell Sage, and
General w. T. Eckert were elected directors
Of the Western Union Company. General
Eckert was made General Manager. Hamilton
Mex. Twombly and c. w. Chaplin retired
from the Western Union directory. Rufus
Hatch flied protest against the action of the
directors. The Committees of the Produce
and Cotton Exchanges of this city and Chi
cagO met yesterday to consult about the estab-
lishment of a new telegraph company, which
should be SO guarded that it could not be
consolidated with anything else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-06
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON.
LEGISLATION AND CURRENT NEWS.

LEGISLATION AND CURRENT NEWS.
THE ELECTORAL RESOLUTION PASSED IN THE HOUSE
SOME VIGOROUS SPEECHES MADE ON THE AP-
PoRrToNMENT BiIL-THE NICARAGrA CANAL.
The Morgan Bicknell electoral resolution, az
amended by the Senate, was adopted by the
House of Representatives yesterday, after a
debate which was somewhat depressing in its
effects upon the Democrats. In the discussion
which followed upon the Apportionment Bill,
Messrs. Hooker and Aiken recovered sutii-
ciently to express in vigorous language their
regret at the introduction of partisanship into
purely mathematical question. The House
Committee on lnteroceanic Canal will report
favorably on the Ship Railway aud the Mica
ragua Canal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-06
SOCIAL INCIDENTS.

IEE JAPA&EsE MINISTER'S DGNNER-NO WEEKLY RE-
CEPlIoN AT THE WHITE HoUSE-PERsONAL Cos
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THE NORTHERN PACIFIC MORTGAGE.

THE NUKTHEKN PAIITIO NUNIV4hNE''
. FAVORABLE REPORT TO BE MADE BY The SUB
COMMITTEE.
IDY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The sub-commlttee OF tho
House Committee on Pacific Railroads decided to-
day to report to the full committee in favor oil the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-06

low MrS>RS. HOuKCH ASD AIKEN DEALT WITH
PURELY MATHEMATICAL PRUBLKM-NO PROS
rtCI OF THE PASSAGE OF TIE APPORTG ONAfI NJ
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
PERSONAL.

Judge Ferris, of Waxahschie, is in the
city on legal business.
]. D. Crawford is in the city, a guest at
the rand-Windsor.
Bob Mozart, City Attorney of Fort
WORTH is at the Grandchildren.
Mr. l.. l.. Cheney the urbane and accom-
plished, paid the HERALD office call yes
terday. Come and see us often.
Mr., g. II. Van Wormer business agent
of the Mcintyre & Heath Great Southern
Minstrels, paid us a visit last evening.
A. G. Anderson, representing the Glass
IL Phillip Manufacturing Company of Chi
cago, is guest at the Grand Windsor.
Hon. Samuel II. Millikin, one of the
prominent business men and capitalists of
Weatherford, paid the HERALD Il pleasant
call yesterday.
William Elliott, locating engineer of the
Chicago, Texas Il Mexican Central Rail
road, is in the city, and guest of the
Grmnd-Windsor.
Messrs. Walter +. Rogers and William
6. Fell, of London, England, are guests of
the Grand Windsor. They are here on a
prospecting tour.
Mr.. Charles Il. Ludlum, Southern mas.
senger agent of the Chicago d Alton Rail
road, Nashville, Tennessee, paid our sane
tum visit last night.
Pat Rogers, the popular agent of the
Memphis Il Charleston Railroad, left last
evening for Hot Springs and Little Rock.
Pat Rogers is one of the best and most pop.
ular railroad men who come to this point.
Major A. j. Dreas, of st. Louis, one of
the most enterprising men of that city, and
President OF the Dreas Il Parish Shoe Man
uiaeturing Company, is in this city, and
paid the HERALD office pleasant call. We
trust Major Dreas will receive that cordial
reception, on the part of our business men
which is due TO an elegant gentlemen
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there was marked increase when con-
trasted with the figures for October, 1880.
The approach of the winter months has al
ways decreasing influence on emigration.
The returns Tor October were issued yester-
day by the officials at Liverpool, from
which itappears that cighty-five vessels took
their departure for the following places, viz:
Al for the United States, with 1871 emil
grants, of whom 1898 were English, $50
Scotch, | 1886 Irish, 60l0 foreigners, and 5SS
not distinguished; 10 vessels TO Canada,
with $50 emigrants, LOSS being English;
II Scotch, and Coz foreigners; | to New
Zealand, with emigrant; . to Australia,
with y emigrants; 26 English and Scotch:
I to South America, with 23S, of whom 80
were English, 10 Scotch, Is Irish, foreign
and ITO not given. East Indies, II vessels;
with 339 passengers; West Indies, vessels,
with 26 passengers; China, 2 vessels,
with passengers, and the west coast OF
Africa, vessels with 50 passengers The
total number Of the emigrants was 90 155,
of whom 1913 were English, 20l Scotch,
1853 Irish, 6,GlS foreigners and $50 whose
natlonalities were not known. 1t will seem
from these figures that the English emf
grants formed more than half of the actual
total In the 1 1856 not distinguished more
of them will be English also. The figures
for September this year were 24,26S, which
are 4,ll3 above the month just closed Dur
ing October, 1880, the number of emigrants
was II 065, which is $500 less than October
this year. London News.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
MIR, BLAINE's BLUNDER.

From one end of the country
to the other the press has been
full Of comment and criticism, and
items and editorials on the possible compli-
cations and misunderstanding between
the United States and Chilli growing out
of the Chilli Peruvian war on the one hand,
and between the United States and Mexico
and the Central American States on the
other, arising from two causes, the dispo.
sition, first, of Mexico to swallow up the lit.
tie States soath of her, and the Monroe
Doctrine, secondly, as applied to
the Panama Canal. We have always
had great admiration FOR Mr.. Blaine's
intellectual brilliancy and dash and indeed
as big-hcarted man, but he has unqucs.
tionably allowed his ambition, his desire to
render the Garfield administration an ag.
grcssivo and famous one, to carry him into
some serious diplomatic errors, not, Il is
true, in the abstract, but certainly so in
view Of our present condition. He began
by announcing to tho European powers that
the United States would not permit any
foreign influence to dominate over the 18th.
mus or any other portion of this continent.
And following this he declared that none Of
the other nations in North and South
America would be allowed to destroy the
identity Of any other, or seize any portion
Of It's territory. In other words Mr.. Blaine
has declared TO tho world that the United
States is the guardian Of and arbitcr Of The
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
STATE SPECIALS.
Continued from First Page
San Antonio.


Special to the Herald
SAN ANTONIO, December 10.-A negro
named Thos. r. Boyce died yesterday I'M
der suspicious circumstances. Just
before the funenal started this
morning, an officer stopped it
to hold a post norton examination.
The stomach was taken out and is now
undergoing analysis by physicians. The
coroner's jury was summoned. Witnesses
were examined and the jury adjourned
until Wednesday to await the exam
nation. The wife and mother-in-law,
deceased and white man known as
Charles Fly have been Jailed on suspicion
ofputting Boyce out of the way The negro
population are quite excited over the affair.
Colored Masons will bury deceased who only
married last month against the wish of his
mother-in-law and a prisoner, who is an
old lover and who has sworn to have her
oven if he went to the penitentiary the
next day.
A special from Brackettsville Texas, SAYS
Or. Collins, formerly of Wilson county,
Texas, was found mile and half from
town this morning, with part of his head
shot of, with gun lying across his breast.
1t Is thought he committed suicide.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
An Eye Turned to Stone,

DR.. Houghman, the well-known oculist
recently exhibited to a Sentinel reporter al
ossilied choroid of the human eye, quite a,
large as silver quarter and a couple o
times as thick. 1t was developed by re
cent operation performed by the doctor
l.. NJ. Richards, of Jefferson county
came to him some time ago ant
told him that twenty-five years
ago, while chopping in the woods, he
injured one of his eyes. 1t became in
famed, but after years time healed
leaving the eye totally blind He was moi
bothered with it any more until about
a year or more ago, when it again became
very painful and felt as though there was
strong pressure behind it, The other eye
in sympathy with the injured member, be-
gan to fail also, Doctor Houghman re.
moved the eye, and was astonished to find
that ossitication had set in and the choroid
had turned to stone. There are only two
cases Of the kind on record.-[Milwaukee
Sentinel
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
RAILWAY RACKET.

y, f.. Fosdck, General Manager of the
Dallas & Wichita Railroad, has gone West.
Addison c. Herndon, of the Auditors
office, Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe, is here ON
a flying trip.
Frank Rains has been appointed train
dispatcher, Rio Grande division Texas &
Pacific, headquarters at Fort Worth.
W. d. Trask, an old railroader and late
corresponding clerk for 4. Marsalis, has &C.
cepted a like position with Robinson Bros,
at Fort Worth
]. A, Cammack, well and favorably known
In railroad circles, has been appointed
Auditor of the Texas Trunk Railroad. He
is the man for the place,
Division Superintendent Irvine and Chief
Clerk Spence went east on the $40 train for
Longview, the new headquarters of the Di.
vision Superintendent.
Il. Dudley Easton, for several years past
the bill clerk here for the Texas Il Pacific,
has been promoted TO the highest position
In the office, cashier. His many friends
will be pleased to learn Il.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

The New York Herald says the most
important measure to come before Congress
is the question of the Navy, and predicts a
stormy session. The Herald is right, and
the Ferty-Seventh Congress if II adjourns
without giving the United States ON appro.
pirate Navy, one commensurate with the
magnitude and interests of the Nation Il
will have proven derclect In one of the most
obvious cases of necessity for action exist.
ing in American politics. Notwithstanding
repeated insults to the flag, and so far as
we are concerned plainest violations of in.
ternational law by the pigmies of nations,
the United States says not word, and per.
mits her Navy to remain the Jest Of gov.
ernmcnts. Just the other day Canadian
paper sarcastically remarked that our gov.
eminent was "audacious enough to send
one of Its war vessels to sea-" Its time the
press were agtating this matter.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

In view Of the following clipping from
the Boston Post, with more truth than poe
try by far in il too, how fortunate for the
poor negro that his lot is cast in the South
Emong the Rifle Clubs and Red Shirts
There is little hope for republican form
of government in Rhode Island, but the
oligarchy which rules that State is making
a little progress in the right direction. II
is actually considering the proposition to al
low honorably discharged Union soldiers tc
vote at elections, even if they do not own
real estate. The time may yet come when
well-behaved and intelligent foreign-borr
citizen of Rhode Island will have the right:
and privileges enjoyed by a rascally and ig-
norant native-born one.n
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

>, On Friday night, Saturday matinee and
Saturday night, We are to have this great
Mcintyre " Heath's Combination. The
them says "The minstrels last night are
entitled to full credit for merit. They are
all good artists and furnish rare pro.
gramme, full of pleasing acts, music and
eccentricities of negro life. The great
artists of the olio, however, were Mcintyre
and Heath in their negro songs and dances.
| have seen no team so absolutely perfect in
their limitations of niggers. One would
swear they were the real article, instead OF
a burnt-cork imitation, Their singing and
dancing was coon" all over. The entire
show from the first part to after-piece
Is original, chaste and entertaining, while
the band and orchestra are simply i'm
mense."
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

Mr.. BAssErT, the Assistant Scrgesnt-at
Arms ofthe United States Senate, is as for.
tunate as if he had lived under monarchy
and belonged to the nobility. He has been
in continuous service in the United States
Senate for fifty years, having been ap.
pointed page by Daniel Webster, in 1882
What an army his various competitors in
that time would make, and what "a tale he
could unfold of the public and secret his
tory of the Senate and life at the National
capital "Bassett's Memoirs would Ger.
tainly be readable book.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

The New York Sun says some things
about the St. Louis church-goers that are
calculated to destroy ones confidence in
that sanity city, lifts picty were not too
well known. For Instance "A means. OF
getting rid of mutilated currency has been
discover ed in st. Louis churches, where the
coins are dropped in the collectors box.
Prominent ministers there are reported q,
saying that the effort to pass mutilatcd
money has been productive of more profit
to the church than when all sorts of silver
bric-a-brac was passable. A man now who
holds punCtured halfdolar, after assay
ing to pass ii off for merchandise and being
unsuccessful, finally resorts to the collec.
ton box, and with the short-sightednc,s
peculiar to roguery, he drops halfdollar
orquarter where formerly nickel or dime
suflioed. The money, when 1t accumulates,
is sent to the United States mint, where il
is received and paid for as bullion, entail.
ing loss Of 8 per cent"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

ALL sorts Of advice have been showered
upon the presiding judge in the Guiteau
trial as to what he should do and how
handle the prisoner, with special reference
to Guiteau's noisy and troubled interior.
cnce with the proceedings, but as an ex,
change remarks, 'instead of deserving the
censure that he has received from journal
istic idiots, Judge Cox is entitled to tho
highest praise for his moderation and judi
cial bearing in the trial, The wretched as.
snssin is, at least, entitled to fair trial fol-
his life. In disregarding the savage clamor
for vengeance, and closing his eyes to the
lofty position of the victim of the murder,
Judge Cox shows the nerve of a true lawyer.
He sets m example which other judges
would do well to follow"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

CONVERTS continue in opposition to the
Ubiquitous tariff system of the general
government. A New York special TO the
Inter Ocean of few days back says:
"Tho Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, at apubliC
meeting in Brooklyn about ten years ago,
avowed himselfa convert from the ranks Of
the protectiopists TO the free trade doctrine
Ho has since said very little on the subject
On Thursday evening next however, he
will enter the lists by delivering the intro.
ductory lecture Of a course Of six, in which
prominent opponents of the theories will
take part. Mr.. Bcecher proposes to cover
the ground in general way, but will
strive TO present the moral aspect of the
subject more particularly for free trade.
Everyone knows that Mr.. Beecher Is one Of
tho most brilliant and powerful lecturers IN
tho American field, and his efforts in thi.
behalf cannot but be productive Of great
cool. ti
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
New York Stock Market.

New York, December 1S.-stock. quiet
and firm; Chicago & Northwestern
extra dividend 1.25s; do preferred
lao; Erie, 45l; East Tennessee, 15s; Geor-
gia, l.63 Illinois Central, l33g; Lake Shore
4 Michigan Southern, 1.214 Louisville &
Nashville, 103i; Missouri Central, 70,
Nashville 81 Chattanooga, S6a. Rich.
mond & Allegheny, 81; Richmond &
Danyille Railroad, 1876 10; Rock Island,
l,34 la; Wabash & st. Louis Pacific, Al ~;
do. preferred; 50 IL; Western Union Tele.
graph, So is. Sub-Treasury balances, coin,
SS,52S ,252; currency, $i,G61 800.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
EXTRA REPORT


CHICAGO, December lO.-The large four.
story brick warehouse of d. NJ.
Osborne & Co.. on South Morgan
street, was entirely destroyed by fire
this morning. The building was filled with
reapers and machinery, on which
there was an insurance of 500.
600. The building itself was insured fol
$4,000. Loss on stock was $4,000 and on
building $4,000. The cause o.
the fire is unknown. For some
months the firm had EMPLOYED
no Waterman. The building was an ex-
tensive one, occupying Nos. 600 to 6l0 Nor.
gan street. The insurance is about $l00,.
600.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
Bound Over.

Robert. Donnally, the blacksmith, was
arraigned before United States Com
missioner Burford yesterday on the charge
OF selling tobacco without exposing the
proper government stamp, He was bound
over to appear before the. United States
probability is that the case will be COM
promised with the government.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

RALEIGH, n, c., December lO.-H. c.
Watson, railroad agent at Selma, North
Carolina, made an assig 1ment last
month and went to New York, where he
was heard from December ID. His wife
has received letter from
Washington, Delaware, with memorandum
by the postmaster stating that the letter had
been received under cover from Charles
ton, S. o. The letter was written
partly by Watson and a partly by another
person, and stated that he (Watson) had
been fatally wounded by robbers in Balti.
more.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

WAsHILGToN, December l0.-The Presi.
dent to-day informed the committee ap,
pointeT by the Republican caucus to wait
upon him, that on general principles
he was always in favor of Republicans, but
the coalition formed in Virginia changed
the state of affairs there, and he declined tc
interfere one way or the other
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

IT has come to pretty pass in this coun-
try, ifa girl can't wear any kind of hat she
wants, or, for that matter, none, II she
chooses. Just think of the. tyrant the au-
thor of the following paragraph would
make: "An old buggy-top, covered with a
few ribbons and feathers, is now considered
the most fashionable opera hat for the la
1;og
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

Mr.. GARFIELDs likeness has been put
upon the new tive.cent postage stamp. a
better way to have popularized it would
have been to reduce letter postage to two
cents and stamped that stamp with the
martyred Presidents image.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
weekly Bank Statement

New York, December 10.-The weekly
statement of the the Associated Banks show
the following changes: Loans de-
creased, $685., 800; specie decreased, $457 900:
legal tenders decreased, 1921 300; deposits
decreased, 1892 400; circulation increased,
sos, 200; reserve decreased, 1881 900; banks
now hold 1861 ,974 less than legal require
mems
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

THE German Reichstag are graphing
with the emigration problem and the as.
founding intelligence was made known that
over 100000 had left for the United States
this year A Liberal deputy, who had
lived for a long time in this country, de-
cared that Germans were hther by the
certainty of finding everything in the
United States which they vainly asked
from their governments at homo.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
Notice ofAssipnment

Notice is hereby given, that Il. Bauman,
Of the city and county of Dallas, State OF
Texas, has this day made an assignment to
me, fol. the benefit of his creditors, who are
ment of their accounts against the said
Bauman. ALEXANDER 0RrLIEB, assignee.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

Mr. EvARTs, whom MIR. Conkling said
was a very insignificant creature recently,
since Arthur's accession, remarked that
"Mr. Conkling was very great man.
"Life is too short for political rcvenges, !"
Mr.. Eyarts thinks.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

SIR THOMAS BRAssY, of the English Adj
miralty, we are informed, says it is simply
impossible to form an opinion as to what
will be the most approved form of fighting
vessels ten years hence, 1t strikes us that
man would have to be more than Brassy
A. All
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
Christmas Things.

Everybody is thinking of getting them,
A: Bond \ Co., Main street, have Just re-
ceived fresh supply of raisins, currants
mince-meat, pickles, sauces, preserves, and
IN fact, everything that Is good to have any
day and Christmas too. Don't fail to cali
ON A. Bond &Co., Main street.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

MRs. DoN CAMERON teaches Sunday
school class in Methodist Church in Har.
risburg, Pennsylvania, This is commenda-
Bile in Mrs. Cameron, but her life will be a
failure until she gets Don into the class,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
No Rubbing Out the Record

When a substance has certain powers
claimed for it, and everybody testifcs that
it does more than is claimed for it, to gain
say its worth is useless. This is the sub
stance Of st. Jacobs Oil record.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

IT is said bouquet given to Patti, in
Brooklyn, was six feet wide, and so heavy it
could hardly be lifted on the stage. Patti
gets the flowers, if not the fruits.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

Mn. GLADSTONE and the Prince of Wales
are engaged in the highly intellectual pas
time of paying each other compliments.
This is the very subtlety of craftsmanship
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

$500 tracts Peters Colony" or T f. & L. Co,
lands in Montague, Clay Archer, Jack. Young,
Palo Pinto, stephens, Eastland, Callahan and
Shackelford countes-see county maps Va
rious sized tracts in same and other counties.
Lot of coal and farm lands of 5000 acres in
Stephens; 2O0O' acres In Young. A healthy
region; has early promise Of several more rail
roads. Early inspection invited. Come, via
Il, AIRY, TO Weatherford For sale by
l.. S. GRAHAM,
Graham Young county, Texas,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
Emigration from liverpool.

As was expected, there was perccptible
falling OF in the emigration from the port
OF Liverpool during last month, when CON.
pared with the previous month, though
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11
SUNDAY. DECEMBER II. 1881.
INDICATIONS,

For the West Gulf states-POrtly cloudy
weather and local rains; winds mostly south
casterly, stationary temperature and pressure
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-11

An exchange says II G uitcaus talk is dis.
gushing to the pubic, 1t is very beneficial
to him, as while he is talking he Is not
hanging.