The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Somebody asked LAY Nouiu II ne SaSn
frightened at the 9 eatening letters ne re-
ceiyed. Hereplied: Threatened men i've
long"
Bismarck's son, who was defeated Tor tne
Reichstag at the recent election, au-
,'ornccs that he will have no more TO DO
with politics.
I. Is committed that it will take six months
10 remove The timber blown down by the
late hurricane on the estates OF the Duke OF
Northumberland.
Tennessee. Arkansas, Texas and Louisi-
ann will construct more miles OF railway
within the next ten years than any Tour
States in the Union.
Mrs. Mary Abbey Sage Richardson, who
has returned from long European trlp,
will lecture the coming season ON EnSIsh
and American literature
In BOSTON a corner in servant girls is
renorted by householders and Others who
desire the services of dOmestlcs. From
$3.50 to So per week are demanded.
Rishop Ouintard, of Tennessee, who has
ms, returned from England, says he can
scarcely recall service he attended III
which prayers were not said for the Presl-
dents recovery.
CAPTAIN Kennedy, the great cattle king OF
Southern Texas, says there Is no truth III
the report that he has sold his great raneIe'
Ii was reported that he had accepted LOW
600 for his interest.
The prices ut Delmonico'S restaurant, IN
New York, have been advanced rom ~ TO
so ppr cent. The price Of a Slrloln is 81.
The late proprietor cleared 100000; his
successor intends to do better than that.
A colored woman, weighing 365 pounds,
RECENTLY died in Ithaca, New York. The
casket built for her was five feet seven
inches deep. The woman's circumference
WAS about two inches greater than her
length.
Ills said that the fund being raised for
Kate Shelley, the heroine of the Chicago
q Northwestern Railway accident,
amounts to nearly 5000, and also most OF
this has been contributed by commercial
travellers.
General Thomas NJ. Brown, Congressman
elect of Indiana, who has been reported IN
extremely poor health, is suffering rom
neuralgia of the sto mach, ana ms suHerlngs
are intense at times He says he breads the
long session of Congress-
Mr.. A. z. McKellop, Creek Indian
student in the class of 1888 in the university
at Wooster, Ohio, has been appointed to
the position of Secretary to the.lower house
ofthe General Assemblylof Indian. Territory
Mr., McKellop is bright student.
The full vote of New York is instructive.
II 10 os fellows. Plurality.
carr. for Secretary of State (Conkling) II $50
davenport for Comptroller anti Conkling) !, 80
Russell for Atty-General lanil-Conknhsl II Sio
Seymour, for state Engineer Con Ghng) 6,S3y
Finch for Court of Appeals Conkllng) ''' I,2l
Mr.. Frederick Douglas after q life of
strange vicisstudes, is spending his latter
DAYS in comfortable prosperity He is the
possessor of 100000 or more, and his oihce
provides him with an annual salary of
81 600. HIS duties are easily performed,
and he has leisure for writing and lee
turing.
The Princess of Wales, while at Singleton
Abbey the other day. planted-a linden as
memorial OF her visit. She was requested
10 place her hand on the tree while the
earth was being filled in around it; but, IN
stead of being content With SO passive a
part she seized heavy garden spade and
shoveled in the earth with skill and yigor,
laughing heartily the while
William H. English, proprietor of the
Indianapolis Opera House, has caused the
arrest of four minstrel performers, known
to the profession as the big Four" toI
breach of an engagement, which, accord
ing to his statement, caused loss to nm o.
$500. English will be remembered as the
man who ran for Vice-President on the
Democratic ticket in 1850.
Among American women who have mar
ried Italian titles are Princess Beancaccio
once Miss Field; Princess Nicorico, Miss
Spencer Marchesa Cavaletti, Miss Kerani
Marchesa Teodoli, Miss Conrad Contessa
Borhelini Amidel Miss Lewis; Contessa
Catucci, Miss Stearne; Signora Lavlconi
Miss Rhodes, Signora Ricel, Miss Miller
Signora Corsn, Miss Field; Marchesa Ga
ratti, Miss Davis; Duchesa Lante, Miss
Davis.
A gentleman Of Bannock City, Montana
writes the Chicago Times that in the gov
eminent list of mail contracts Is one IRON
Red Rock Montana, to Salmon City, Idaho
for which $l4, 6i3 .43 is said to be the present
rate of pay He declares that no govern
ment mail was ever carried over that route
as he can prove by the postmasters on the
line, and as officials at Washington have
been repeatedly advised.
Over | 900 hack drivers are out on STRIKE
in New York, and refuse to resume unless
their wages are advanced to $li per week
This action was not unexpected, Tor they
had held meetings and given warniug, Du
nearly all employers have refused, and Stll
refuse to meet the advance asked. There
were eight employers, who acceded, now
ever, and took back 100 men. Many OF the
leading hotels are seriously crippled by the
strike.
Mrs. Algernon Sartoris, nee Grant, who
arrived from Europe last Saturday, is rest
ing at the residence of her parents, Genera
and Mrs. Grant No. East Sixty-siXtl
street. Time has made little if any chang
in her appearance, and it is difficult to real
ize that she has been absent so long. TIL
General and his wife will soon issue card
for reception in honor of the return o
Mr.. and Mrs. Sartoris. 1t will be one o
the largest and finest entertainments of thu
season.
David Fitch, who was commissioned b.
General Manager Finney, of the Wisconsin
Central, to bring to Milwaukee, the pre-his
toric remains found at Montello by work
m:n Quarrying for granite, arrived las
week with the remains of several giants
The bones were quite fragmentary, consist
ing of teeth, jaw bones, and pieces of skull
all of great size, indicating that the partie
to whom they belonged were of immens
stature. A number Of stone hammers an'
axes were also secured. The find is looke'
upon as very valuable one.