The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-15

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The King sfslam bqh iug ppfcNN''lll
London, through an sacnl, furi' ne 10 tho
value Of ~ ,250,OO
A bouquet given 10 Patti 10 brooklyn was
| six feet wide and so heavy Z could hardly
be lifted from the stage
Jay Gould has bought the Graud Opor
house In New YOrl Tie wrapped come
coal lands for IT, The Grig Railroad umtod
them.
Ex-Governor Straw, of New Iltmpshjy8,
has been declared insane by q Iudicit.'
commission on petition Of hi wife and
daughters.
Mile. Rhea who Is playing at Boo s., In
New York, was governess IN Russia, and
comes to America from ST. Petersburg by
way of London
Prince Leopold, Queen Victoria's favor
tie son, will be married TO the Princess
Helena at Windsor Castle, during the COM
ing month OF March.
Mrs. Langtry, the Jersey lilly, will appear
at the Haymarket Theatre on the 18th inst.
in professional matinee performance in
aid Of the Dramatic Fund.
The assassn's trial will cost according 30
the estimate of Marshal Henry round
$150,000. The spectators seem to think
that they are getting their money out of it.
Lord Ashley is reported as about to re-
sign his office of Secretary OF the Board of
Trade on account of his dissatisfaction with
the Irish policy of the Gladstone govern
ment.
Mile. Bernhardt has been stoned in Rus
STA on account of her Jewish origin. We
thought they stoned actresses and singers
there only with diamonds. These were not
that kind.
There are in Persia about 10000 Jews,
and the Judische Press says they have q
bad time of it, being subjected to all sorts
of vexatious restrictions. In the town of
Hamidan are the traditional tombs Of ES-
ther and Mordecai.
An eucalyptus planted near Mentone in
1869 had height of 80 feet and q diameter
of 40 inches at three feet from the ground
in 1874. 1t is strange that q tree which has
such marvellous absorptive powers should
be the special product of the dryest of
countries, its chief original home being, it
seems, Australia.
| During Fanny Dayenport,s performance
as Lady Macbeth in Philadelphia last week,
sensation was caused by Sheriff's officer
| leaping on the stage to serve legal paper
on the actress. He was promptly elected.
The legal proceedings grow out of the
trouble between Anna Dickinson and Fanny
| Davenport regarding The American Grip
drama.
Some idea of the wealth of the mines on
the Pacific coast may be obtained from the
fact that in 1877 there was $40, 600, 900 on de-
post in the savings banks of California.
| This is the largest amount of money ever
! held by the banks of the State at one time,
and its accumulation was the result of the
mining propensity that had prevailed for
some time previous.
| Among the remarkable novelties of re-
cent discovery, is the ot-blacking plant, r
a native of New South Wales. The leaves
of this shrub contain tough substance
gifted with all the properties and attributes
gently, and they will yield some thick,
dusky drops of sticky fluid, which must
| then be spread over the surface ofthe boot.
| This done, polish of dazzling brilliancy
may be brought out by few light touches
| of the finishing brush.
| The tobacco crop of the United States is
worth annually less than forty millions of
| dollars to its producers, and yet our own
Government, and the various governments
OF Europe derive an annual revenue of one
| hundred and sixty millions alone from this
| single product. In other words, one agri-
cultural product yields to governments a
| revenue more than four times the amount
the entire crop puts into the pockets Of
those who produce it.
The baby elephant at Barnum's head
quarters in Bridgeport, Conn, is being
weaned. The milk taken from Hebe, its
mother since the weaving began, is freely
drank by the show employees. Professor
Arstingstall, who has charge of the ele-
plants, has grown quite fond of it, 1t is
thicker and richer than cows milk, and has
y consistency and flavor suggesting the
milk of the cocoanut. About a gallon of it
is drank daily by the attaches of the estab-
lishment. The baby is 10 months old.
One J. Emerson Douson, of England
claims to have invented a new gas which
can be produced at a cost of q to A pence
per l 900 feet. The process requires twelve
pounds of anthracite coal to produce 900
feet; superheated steam plays into the re-
tort, which is decomposed in passing
through the burning coal, and the combi-
nation of oxygen with the current of air
which is drawn in with the steam, with the
oxygen form monoxide of carbon, hydro
gen and nitrogen. Thi. gas has not one
third the heating power of ordinary coal
gas, butts vastly cheaper.
The New York Associated Press was or
gsnized thirty-two years ago, the original
Commerce, the Courier and Enquirer, the
Herald, the Sun and the Tribune. Since
1919 the changes in the organizaNon have
net been great, but two having DC
CURED until the present time. In 1850
the Times was founded, and at the
outset il was admitted to the A.,o-
slated Press. In 1850 the World was estab-
lished as religious daily, and year later
it absorbed the Courier and Enquirer, hav-
ing been purchased by Manton Marble.
Six morning newspapers and one evening,
the Nail and Express, now have an equal
voice in the control of the great newsgath-
ering.