The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-25
MISCELLAN EOUS.


Nearly all the ice used in England is i'm.
ported from Norway.
Paper is now being mado from sugar
canes, after the sugar is extracted.
Wedding cards and the sending of wolS
ding cake are out of date in England.
The increase Of small poI in Philadelphia,
tho Tunes says, Is causing general constor,
nation.
Boston last year consumed 6Sl ,603 barrels
of lager beer-two barrels to every man,
woman and child.
Tho estimated value of our school land Is
500 100000 sum equal 10 the school
funds of all the other states in the union
combined.
In Prussia dlsdsinful wretch has been
arrested Tor splitting whenever no met pa,
iceman. His cell has not been furnished
with u cuspldor.
A memorial window to the late Lord
BeaconsGeld has Just been placed in ST.
Michaers church, Hughendon, by tho exec
utors of tho late earl.
A steamer Just arrived at Baltimore from
Liverpool brought over fourteen yourg Irish
boys, who had hidden themselves on the
steamer ut the Liverpool dock.
The Eoglish Cbancery Court has balance
of S875, 900 900 derived from moneys paid
into court pending litigatons, otc., and ara
tho ascumulauons Of centuries,
Considerable improvement has been mOdc
tho last lsw years at Rome. The streets orc
kept clean and watered and Of the GO O0C
Foreigners who visited Rome tho past season
only three died.
Italy has n remarkably large and fine cror
of grapes this year; the vintage takes place
in October and the prospect Of an abundant
supply of wine has filed the hearts of the
peasants with Joy.
Idlewld, tho former homo ofN. 2. Willis
the poet, ut Cornwall, is TO DO sold, the
owner, MIR. Cortonay, having recently died
1t Is said that capitalists desiro 10 purchase
il for asummer resort.
Saginaw, Michigan, is now tho larpe,,
salt producing district In tho United States
The yield this year will DO $4,000 OO(
bushels. Tho onlire amount produced IL
the United States was 20,S00, 20S bu.hels.
81. Petersburg Is the most unhealthy city
OF which trustworthy statistics arc obtain.
able. For three years past tho weekly death
rate has boon higher than in pny other cit,
aud recently in single week 1t exceeded III,
birth rate by 3l6.
Tho railroads in Colorado run poultry
trains composed Of open cara so constructed
that large number Of coops may bo placed
on each. Tho fowls arc chiefly marketed Al
Denver. Tho charges for carrying poultr,
on these cars are light.
Shenstone, the poet, divides the readers o
newspapers into soyen Glasses. lilo says
"lst. Tho ill.ns,urod look at the Lat o
bankrup,s. I'd. Tho poor, TO tho price o
bread, Sd. Tho stock obber, to tho lies O
tho day 4lh. The old maid, 10 marriage,
9th. The prodigsl, 10 tho deaths. 9Th N,
monopolzers, 10 tho hopes Of wet aud DIR,
harvests 7h, The boardng.school aud Al
Other mlsses, TO the Opponents" He nigh
have said Slb, and included ,hoNo who teat
tho fashion jo,tings, the mos, unreliable
information tho paper contains. In tho las
few weeks. for example, tho newspapers hay
maintained that black chonillc was III
fashionable trim ming FOR dresses. IL Il /,
how IA II that /, is not oblsinable al M
storesi Fashionable trimmings lust as of,o,
as no, are to be found only In two places
one IL the newspaper column and tho o,he
tho Imagination Of tho writer.