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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-01
HOUSE.
The house opened regularly.


The following excuses were granted on &C.
count of business: Messrs. McOomb.
and Henderson, of Grsnbury. On account of
sickness Messrs. Thompson, johnson
and Smith, of Titus.
Nr Mari moved to reconsider the vote
passing the bill paying attached witnesses,
and the vote wes spread on the journal.
Memorials and petitions were presented as
follows;
BY Mr., Chenowith--A petition from
the Texas veteran association and board
of veterans 6sAiag that their claims be ad-
Indicated. Referred 10 the committee on
state affairs.
BY Mr.. Arnold--A petition from citizens
of Williamson county, asking for a now
judicial district fom the counties OF vii.
liamson, Bell ond Milan.
Bills sud resolutions we're introduced as
follows,
Bv Mr.. Traylor resolution as follows
Whereas, the report that tho comptroller
OF public accounts of the State Texas shows
an excess Of revenue over expenditures of the
state government to exceed six hundred
thousand dollars per annum 4; and
Whereas, An occupation tax was resorled
TO as an oxpedient when values were de.
pressed and the revenue laws were imper.
feet
Whereas, The occupation tax is q wrong
principle, because it is unequal upon thai
class OF persons it seems TO tax, and it is az
indirect tax upon the consumer, and fur
thermore 1t is in contraveniion with
The genius of republican form
OF government which is imperi
ons in it's demands that one
citizen shall not be required to bear burder
of the government that another is not re-
quired to bear.
| Therefore be it resolved, That the com
mittee on revenue and taxation be requested
10 report to the house whether or not it Il
expedient 10 reduce or repeal the occupation
tax upon the legitimate industrial pursuits o
the country, retaining it only upon those oc
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House.


Washington, Jan. STA number Of billa
were introduced under the call of states
MIR. Cox gave notice that be would call nm
the spportionmont bill Tomorrow.
The house adopted an order MAKING tbo
meeting of the house at Il o'clock.
Mr' Springer, by request, introduced n hin
relative to postal telegraph company. Il
IS similar to the one introduced ia the sonata
by MR. Kirkwood. Referred. Also a hiII
to provide for the appraisement Of telerrNnb
lines, property and the effects ofconnsniss,
action under the provisions of the net ,t's of
July 2ith, 1865, and 10 procure Information
concerning tho postal telegraph Of other
countries. Referred. S'
Ihe house at l;80 went iato committee Of
tho whole On TIE District Of Columbia ~. ~
preparation bill. 1t recommends on dn
appropriation Of S3,272 9ot. hains
$1,000 less than last Wear. Wbass
the committee rose 6Ir. Oovart
chairman Of the committee on acrionlnrs
reported the agricultural bl, wsieh WA
ordered printed and reeommitie5. II "a.
eo1mlmends an appropriation Of S2Ss, 500.
Iho house then, at 4:50, adjourned.
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smsIl-Pox IN NTissouri.

81. Louis, Jan. 31.--Roports from Clinton,
6enry cosuty, Missouri, give information Of
the prevalence of smallpox there in a violent
form, There have been fva 6eaths, and
therc are llftyolve cases. The towns
all around Olnten have established shot
gun quarantine The roads from Clinton nro
in many places fenced across. The situation
is said to be truly deplorable. Clinton has
population of three thousand people, bat
those who can get away ARE leavi G by scores.
1t is the county seat of Henry county, and
WAS enc of the NEST thriving Of our interior
toHng
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RAILROAD Accl,Ient

Greensboro, N. O., Jan. 3l.--A freight
train on the North Carolina railroad, going
east, consisting of eighteen cars, including six
passenger cars, was wrecked one milo south of
Greenville at nine o'clock last night. The
engine and twelve cars left tho track, going
down an embankment eight feet high. The
conductor and fremsa nanisd Haming
were instantly killed Engineer Murphy
had his lsft arm broken aud his body was
otherwise injured. Tho passengers escaped
unibjured. The cause Of the accident is un-
known.
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Doogor Col, Jan 8l--a orms IN The
mountains have been savoN Or ;he psst
week. Some traiaa on lha Slu,h Park rail.
road bad to beabandouod.
A Bosrd Of Qommora was organized
here lost night, tho principal busiaess being
70 take action in regatd to msking Denver
M3 poRt Of entry for the building Of the
Denver " Nov Orleans railroai, aud also TO
protest Against certain railway legislation
now pending before the legislative assem-
bly,.
The officers Of the Denver Western and
Pacific railroad say they Will pu, on large
force this week and push the road TO com.
pletion and have trains running to Long
ment by the first OF July.
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Commissioners OI Appenls Decisions
GlAnnln nj u. IN


Washington, d. O., Jan. 9I.--The Post
publishes an interview with Prof. Riley
sftho chronological committee in which he
asserts that by singular coincidence both
the thirteen yesr and the seventeen year
locusts are to appear the coming summer but
actin the same localities. The sSysn,een year
pests will be particularly plentiful in Wis
consin. North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania.
New York, Maryland and Virginia. This
thirteen yeSr brood will infest southern Ill.
inois, Missouri, with the exception of the
northwestern corner, Louiaiana, Arkansas
Indian Territory, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Alabama, Georgia and California. The
professor says the observations Of tho past two
hundred years prove that these l0cuIts never
fail to appear at their regular period. The
first appearance was on masSe iE 1884.
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New Orleans, Jan. 8l.-The City of Merida
brings news of tho loss of the Hayd schooner
Early Bird, at Trentero. No insurance and
a part Of the cargo 10 10 damaged condi-
ton. The schooner, Nellie Baker, owned
by Henry 0Iis, of This city, with calgo of
cider, was wrecked AZ tho mouth OF the Tux
pan river. The vessel and cargo ara proba-
by tot,l loss. Insurd in New Orleans
cOInnAuipg
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coXegEssEoNAL.


Senate.
Washington, jim. sl,-M Mr.. Mopberson in
'Toduced bill appropriating oao bundled
thousand dollars for The expedition to 90 70
the relief Of the Jaanaotlo.
AIR Dawes, pursuant to notice sd8ressod
the senate on tho ldlhng az Rie
SnsEe' 5i q Poncs chief, by United States soi.
Mr. Logan defended Secretary scburz
naa MS, n,a administration Of the Interior de-
The senate then resumed oon.
slaora,lon Of tho Indian land I'm IN
s:S,Serally bill, the question being an Mr. =
Aorsan's amendment to dispense win tbo
requirement for the ss3cnt Of two-,hirSs sf ''s a
''lae before lsnds can be taken ia soyeralty
{. .,sl,Sa AnIsr remarks by Aeasrs. Morgan and
nsuhdefs' the anendmow was rrieeIed. INT
was finally laid over, and the sonata 81 s.So Sa,
adjourned. '''a'0 "' o'oo
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Rig Fire.

Philadelphia, Jan. 3l.--A fire broke out
this morning on the south side of Bath Eden
Capital church, at the corner of Broad and
Spruce streets. The flames spread % Horti-
cultural ball and several houses on Spruce
street. The church cost $4,000 aud the
organ $1,000. Horticultural hall was sold at
public auction last summer for S73 200. The
losses by fire snd water on the other build
iDgs are over $4,000
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-01

Memphis, Jan. 81. IA very iull meeting of
the bar of this city was held yesterday and
resolution was unanimously adopted express.
ing the highest satisfaction with the nomina-
ton Of Hon. Stanley Matthews 70 the Office
Of associate justice of the supreme court Of
the United States, and also requesting Sena-
tors Harris and Bailey Of ihis state 10 vote
for his confirmation.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-01

Petersburg, Va, Jan. 3l.-John Ministreo,
second Oldest naive born citizen of this
place, died this morning, aged eighty years.
Ills last request was thai his body should not
DO shroude1, hus simply placed in winding
sheet, and that no funeral services should be
held,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-01

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 3l.-The thirteenth
ballot for United States senator was taken
to day but there WAS no majority OF mem
bers present. Oliver, 42; Wallace, 81; Grow,
32; MaoVeigb, 2; Phillips, 2; Baird, /;
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-01

London, Jan. 81. A Durham dispatch
states that the Losses of the Boers are esli-
mat. st five hundred killed aid wounded,
and it is reported that the Beers commander
is killed,
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Cotton NIiIl Bmrncd.

Savannah, Ga, Jan. 81 "A Bainbridge,
Georgia, special TO tha Morning News says
Adams cotton mill at that place was burned
yesterday morning, Loss $4,000.
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Burord Aeou,,,od.

Louisville, KY, Jan. 3l.-At late hour
last night the jury in the case of Buforj, who
1t was alleged murdered Judge Elliott, re-
turned ayerdict of not guilty on tue grounds
of insanitv
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-01

New York, Jsuuary Sl.--oApl. Howgate
is of the opinion that the government will
ssnd relief ship in search Of tue Jeannette
some time this summer. TbosAip will doubt.
ltsS be the Corwin,
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rresidcnlinI Yi.itors.

Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. Ex-senator elect
Plalt and Cover or Cornell, of New York,
and General J. D. Cox, OF Cincinnati, sro
visitors at Meatot.
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Washington, Jan 3l,--h tho senate judi
e3IsrY committee tbe nomination Of StMlev
Matthews was not dispoa2d Of. but sDeo;sl
meeting will be held ia q iaw dsys.
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IEonsion items.


spoclal to The Htrald,
Houston, Jan. 8i.-phe event in tho city
to-day was tho going down OF tde daily Tel.
gram, which has ceased publication, It is
thought Cor good. Nelson q. Davis is now
tho sole owner Of The material. pbo
oaqso Of tho sasDe8sion was no
money to psy The printers. Tho
Post ID now the only moraing paper IN lgous
ton. /. is no. believed tho 1olgglam viii be
gosusoiated.
a citaan named Dyson cut one Boogs, a
Ganb'eG Ia drunken row, The WOUNDS are
not serious.
The Posts spacpl from Beaumont says
Hardin county merchant named Hooks
waa shot through tho window at his
boardiag house, the ball going through his
neck and dangerously woundng him.
The residence Of g. II. Arnold burned at
Hampstead to-day. Loss, $1,000; fully in
sured.
The Strakosch- Hess opera company are
playing here TO night to a big house
commissioners Or Appeals Decisions.
Special to the Herald.
Galveston, Jan. 31,--The commissioners
of appeals decided the following cases to.
day:
Francisco Garcia do Gsrzs VS.. Jeremiah
Galvan; from Starr. Reversed and re-
msnded.
w. g. Harris VS. d. Milano & Co.; error
from Starr. Affirmed.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-05

The misery of habitual carving can
hardly be exaggerated. The man who
comes home tired from his days work and
sits down to dinner needs quiet and easy
meal. Instead OF having this. he is com
PEELED to undergo the labor OF carving to
postpone his personal dinner until his APP
petite has vanished. 1t is no small labor
to carve tor family, say Of six persons.
The joints ofa spring chicken are appar-
entity made OF a combination OF steel and
India-rubber, and can neither be cut nor
dragged apart; while the roast beef, tough
ened by years Of long service in its origin
al shape OF an OK, re qures more strength
Of wrist on the part ofthe carver than
would serve to saw twelyeinch log.
When at last the work of carving is done,
the delicate and difficult duty OF 'helping"
begins. There can be no peace OF mind
for the man who helps his family and his
occasional guests to any food except soup
or oysters, both OF which can be accurately
divided.
In the case Of chicken he can never give
satisfaction. There is no rule in this mat
ter beyond that of giving the chicken legs
to the boys, which can be followed. To
ask people what part Of the chicken they
prefer Is simple madness, Either every.
body will tell the truth and demand the
best cut, in which case all but one will bo
exasporated by failing to have their wishes
gratifed, or everybody will reply. "Any
part, ut makes no difference" or words
to the same mcndacious and aggravating
effect. OF course, when the man who says,
at makes no difference, is helped 10 any
thing but the breast he becomes the enemy
OF the carver for life, and nothing can dis
abuse him Of the impression tina. he has
been wontenly insulting their wishes, they
will then regard the carver as rude and
careless host; but they will acquit him OF
any attention TO press open insult on his
guests -New York Times.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-05

what become OF all the greenbacks
aud bank notes after they have served
their fos years Of useiulnessy' is a trc.
quent query. A bank note has lis life just
the same as all other things useful What
an interesting story the travels Of a green.
back, from the moment II leaves the press
until II returns TO the maceuting machine,
would make The average life OF bank
note is about three years, perhaps little
longer. After serving its purpose as eur.
rency il is motamorphosed into rabbits,
birds and other figures, The process of
the destruction OF the notes is an interest.
ing one. The reader viii often see in the
daily papers paragraph something like
this; National bank notes received for re'
demption to-day, $4,000" The next day
day these notes are carried TO the
Bvreau OF Engraving aud Printing and
placed in machine containing immense
knives which chop the notes into SMALL
fragments. This operation IL conducted
under the supervision Of three officers Of
the Treasury Department especially de.
tailed for this purpose, No ono is allow.
cd to be present at this daily maceration
OF the notes except the officers and tho
men who run the machine They are
to remain in the room until
each separate note is destroyed. They
must account in detail afterwards to tho
Redemption Bureau for each note; and
should one become lost or mislaid, and
afterwards find its way into circulation,
the result would DO the immediate dis
charge of the three gentlemen who daily
have in three or four millions Of notes and
bonds. The shreds are reduced to pulp,
and then by patented pocess this mass is
moulded into figures Of birds and animals
and sold, as mementoes TO visitors. Often.
times it will happen that one little object
will bc composed OF what once was $780,
300 worth Of money.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-05

correspondent OF the 3riJnae, writ.
ing from Wyoming, n. Y. gives the fol
lowing information concerning the rich.
deposit OF salt which has been opened
there. About three years ago company
boring for petroleum struck, at the depth
Of 1850 feet, bed Of pure rock salt 70
feet in vertical thickness. Its lateral eI
tent is not known; all that has been observ-
ed si the deposition Of salt, at the working
Of saltmines in Europe, leads to the con.
clusion that causes which deposited such
depth OF salt must have operated over
an extensive area 1t seems evident that
the Wyoming salt mine aud the salt
springs OF Salina, Syracuse, Western
Canada, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa
belong to the same geological formation,
namely, that known as the Onondaga Salt
Group, which was deposited during the
Salina period, in series Of shallow, land
locked seas, extending east and west from
Eastern New York TO Iowa Evaporation
caused deposition Of salt 10 the bottom
Of these seas; occasional inenrsions Of
ocean water in tides and waves kept up a
supply Of brine, and the deposition
went on so long as favorable conditions
continued.
The slight dip OF all the rock strata Of
Western New York, fifteen 10 thirty feet 10
the mile, 10 connection with the gradual
rise OF the surface Of the country in the
same direction. explains the greater ilepth
Of the salt formation a, Wyoming than al
salina, the springs at the latter place be-
ing about 200 feet deep.
The we'll eight inches In diameter. is
cased with an iron tube. Inside Of this IL
a two inch tube. Pure water from
spring Ia The hillside is caused to run into
the larger tubc. The water descending 10
the mine. becomes ssturatei with salt and
is then driven up the smaller tube. from
which it is pumped into huge reservoir
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-05

TouoH QUESTIONS TACKLED. Brother
Gardner stated that he was in receipt Of
the following queries, propounded by the
Concord school OF Philosophy: "Why do
not cows sit down to rest the same as dogs?
Why does a dog turn round few times
before he lies down? Why does COW get
up from the ground hind end first, and 8
horse fore end first! Why does squirrel
come down a tree head first and cat tail
first? Why does mule kick with its hind
foot and sheep with its fore foot'" "Sa.
tur has her own ways, an her ways am
krec,, replied the old man as be laid the
letter aside. II once lost weeks sleep
tryin' TO fin out Why cats didn't sit on
nest for fo'teer days, same as hen, to
bring fo'th dar young, an / finally aroye
10 de conclusion 10 tackle sunthin' easv.
DE hoss an de ass an de dog an de cat
war all made for sartin reasons and 10 I'll
sartin spheres in life. Satur' didn't inI
tend de hoss TO climb trees nor de cat to
pail street kyars, aud the less we keer 10
know why she didn't do so the better IL
will be for our headache ~ Detroit Free
Press
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-05

"Well, sir, in the spring OF 81, said the
Sheriff. 1--WE had an old hen, and she want
ed to set bad. She was just spelling to
set She'd got up nights and go spook-
ing around to find place with eggs in it.
She got down in the cellar and settled
herself on peck measure of turnips aud
commenced Matching them ont. We drove
her away. One day found her out In
the garden huddled down in peace. She
was engaged in warming china door
knob to see what she could get out of it.
felt sorry for the hen and let her set. A
day or two afterward ! found swapping
turtles nest in the sand along the river.
There were twelve eggs in it. thought
I'd have some fun, anyhow.
Well, sir, she hatched those eggs out, and
| want to tell you that that experiment
satisfied me that whatever hen matches
is part Of her or the family she belongs
to. Maybe you won't believe it, but those
little turtles had feathers on their legs"
"How old was the HEMP asked the ex
poundmaster, as the Sheriff paused
They had feathers on their logs, con
tinued the Sheriff, without noticing the in
quiry, "and they had little spurs The old
hen was little surprised at first when she
discovered what brood she had. but she
got along with them first rate until they
were three or four weeks old, and then she
found them hard to manage. There was
not enough chicken in the turtles to make
them feel at home in the poultry yard
and one by one they disappeared until
they were all gone. They had found
Their way to the river, and one by one
they disappeared until they were oil
gone. They had found their way to the
river, and never expected to see any OF
them again. The next summer / was fish
ing up in tho eddy, and pretty soon saw
pretty good-sized swapping turtle swim
in to shore and crawl up on the sand.
He wasn't more than ten feet from me,
but he either didn't see me or else didn't
mind me. He walked around minute,
and then began to scratch in the sand
thought it was funny, and couldn't under
stand it. His next move made everything
clear to me He raised up on his hind
legs, tapped his hippers a ainst his sides,
stretched out his neck, and you may fire
me through that wall if he didn't crow
He was one of those turtles that my old
hen had Matched out, and his chicken
nature had just developed
/ tried to catch him, but he was as good a
turtle as he was chicken
and he got away into the water. / never
saw any more OF him, but il he has any
descendants ! may get one of them yet,
and il do I'll bring him down and show
it to you. "-Ne,c YorA Sun.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-05

DoN'T BE AFRAID OF Work. Don't be
afraid Of killing yourself with overwork,
son. Men seldom work so hard as that on
the sunny side Of thirty. They die some.
times; but IT is because they quit work at
Gp. NJ, aud don't get home until 2 A. M.
It's the intervals that kill, my son. The
work gives an appetite for your meals; il
gives you perfect and grateful apprecia-
tion OF a holiday. There are young men
who do not work, my son-young men
who make living by sucking the end OF
cane, aud who can tie a neektie in eleven
different knots aud never lay wrinkle in
it; who can spend more money in day
than you can earn in a month, son; and
who will go to the shcrifr's to buy postal
card. and apply at the Office Of the street
commissioners for marriage license. SO
find ont what You want TO be and do, son,
and take of your coat and make success
in the world. The buster you are, the
less evil you will be apt to get into, the
sweeter will be your sleep, the brighter
and happier your holiday, and the better
satisfied will the world be with you. Bur.
hngton H1rk>ye.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-05

The POWER OF SSowDRIFT.- The
Northwestern Railway Company has spent
over 5000 900 in the fight against snow
since October last Tbirty-four immense
snow plows have plenty of work, and these
have been backed up tremendously by
from two to six locomotives each. The
might of these plows and the great power
of a snowdrift may be estimated that one
pillow weighing $4,000 pounds, ballasted
by $4,000 pounds Of railway iron and
driven by six locomotives, attacked snow
choked cutting, but was defeated. The
drift was fifty-two feet high. When the
workmen, after tremendous charge
caught glimpse Of the immense, plow,
they found that it, with all its l28,000
pounds, had been repelled like feather
and that it had rolled disconsolately over
the drift and had lodged against some for.
est trees, where it proposes to remain until
From one cut 324, 600 cubic
Yards of snow we're taken, but in eight
hours the wind had filed il up again.
Nine thousand men have been employed
from time to time during the winter as
Bhovelen.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-05

ELoouKScE Eloquent said the
Chicago lawyer Of his partner, "he's able
to reason the kick out Of a mule, Why,
here a while ago, business was dull, and
he decided that Mrs Dasher ought to have
a divorce, and he'd go into court and get
il for her, and then charge her for it.
Somehow she heard of what was going on.
She galloped down to the court house TO
stop him. as she didn't want a divorce.
She arrived there Just AS he was making
his plea for her And mind you, she was
mad at him. but by Jove, sir, she listened
to him five minutes, and became so con
yinced that she ought TO have divorce
that sho walked right mp where the jury
could see her and shed three pints OF tears
while hc recited her wrongs, And when
he won the case she embraced him, and
said he should conduct all her divorce
cases. ! call that eloquencel"