The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-23
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A London dispatch announces that the
A 'sting deb. of Spsin has bssn reduced
II 600 900 pesetas (S2 400 0O0) during NAV.
Tnis is something wonderful ia Spspisb
finances, but it does not amount TO much
The Il la,iDg debt is over $l2j, 600 600. aud
the bonded indebtedness is over s. $50 900 :
600 90 which the interes. has mol been psid
Tor several years.
The aubj elton of the free cities of Ham.
burg and Bremen 10 the tariff # the German
empire will soon be an accomplished f,cl.
II must be regarded MS another ,mportnn,
step in the process of German consolidation.
Tho third of the German free and "Hanse
attic cities, Lubbock, long ago anticipated the
inevitable and voluntarily Joined the 60
called zolverein.
The South Carolina superintendent of i'm
migration has arranged with the Castle Gar
den authorities to be supplied with about
de zen families OF immigrants each week
Those that have been received have been
provided with homes without trouble, and
express themselves as well pleased with
their Southern homes.
Careful eslimatts place the shortage of the
winier wheat crop now being harvested n,
3 400 600 bushels. An immense falling off,
Certainly but in this country of magnificent
distances and vast Productions that amount
is not sufficient to create an alarm.
News received from Icelsnd states that
the winter has been harder than evar knowD,
the thermo meter in March having iallen us
low as 36 degrees (Rsaunu1 below zero.
The population has suffered severely and
numbers of cattle and sheep have per
ishsd.
Hop culture in England has been steadily
decreasing since 1873, the decrease 10 acre
uge amounting 10 5000 acres. Oae of thu
causes is insuillciency of capital resulting il
in- fficent cultivation and lack of fertile
ing elements.
There have been very severe storlls ant
.;emendous rainfalls Throughout the north
ern states within the past lew days. Tn,
streams IRE all at food tide, and a larg,
amount Of damsga to crops ana fences !
the result.
Six steamships sailed from New Yorl
last Saturday, carrying out $40 tourists ~
their way 10 various European ports If th
average tourist carries away only $500, tn
sum total is $250,4O0. A nice little sum
The population Of Now South Wales
estimated nj $50 600, beiog an increase G
240 0O0 during the last ton years. Tho pop
uialion of New z 'nIand IL 4S9 SOL. Tho pol
ulnlion Of Tasmania is 10000.
The Cincinnati Board of Education bs
decided I, dismiss all finale teachers VII
are married, the claim being that their liz
bll,ty TO become mothers is serious obsttut
ton to their employment
When the proposition 10 erect . statue (
Theirs was put TO the vote in the municip
council of Marse'lles the other day his fel
low.townsmen rejected it by vote of "a 10
In the last four months 2l,O0O.OO0 b. ha. r.
Of grain have been shipped from N W Yor
OF the 600 vessels used in the nsporta,ic
not single one flew the American flag.
Henry Rochefort is paid fabulous ssls'
for editing the InsrAnsigeant He receiv,
1000 francs day $4,000 and commissl,
On All papers sold.
The mayor of Cincinnati has not on
closed the theatres, saloons and concert gn
dens, but announces that Sunday picnl,
must not be given
The Indianapolis Journsl hints that Sec
rotary Window has designs on the presider
| y, and says that he Is making himself sol,
10 the northwest.
President Grevy has selected Commander
LicheDs.ein, of his military household, I
represent France at the York Town centen
NAL.
Diphtberis has carried away over 100 cb
dren at Luiington, Michigan, and the pub
he schools are closed.
Mrs. Conkling Is said to DO half.breot
She does not want her husband TO 70 bac
to Washington.
The English admiralty hiss ordered
hugo ironcad after the pattern OF Italy
monsters.
A Swiss firm keeps hundreds of carrie
pigeons which smugge small watches int
Italy.
| Out at Chicago they are expecting a rail
road war between the Vanderbilt and Goul'
lines.
The city taxation In Cincinnati Is reduces
over 80 per cent this year as compared wit
last
New York consumes 3,00O,0OO barrels q
beer annually; the United States l2,60O,o
barrels.
The southern republicans, or the gres
majority Of them, aide with Mr. Oonkling.
Mr.. Frye's Maine dis,rio. will vote for hi
succe sor In congres. September II.
Greer Victoria will occupy villa on th
lake Of Como this month.
London has contributed $4,000 in aid &
the Chic sufferers.
Ex.se Rotary Scburz has written a -four
act comedy.
The peanut crop In Tennessee has failet