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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
Divorce Suit

Mrs. Julia A. Sweepy fled her petition
praying for divorce from her husband,
Thomas w. Sweeney, 10 the { flee Of the dis
trict clerk yesterday. She says she was mar
ried to him in the town of GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
on the 9th day of December 1878; that for
years he has mstrested her and rendered her
life miserable; that he WAS In the habit of
drinking to excess, and when under the in
huence of liquor he was very violent,
abusive and tyrannicsl, and that he even went
80 far as to curse and strike her. That on
the 27sh of June, 1871, the defendant un-
mindful and forge,ful Of bis manhood, ins,i
gated and aggravated by the demon, "intem-
persnce," cursed, abused IND
hurled profane, obscene and oppro.
briuus epithets into her ears ia the
presence OF her friends and strangers, and
being infurated without cause save from
the vile ff.cts of bad whisky, endesvo,ed to
kill or do violence to her. He threatened to
kill b r, and with carving knife in bis hand
he chased her around the drawing room
table for that purpose, when che escaped
him by running out into the street; that
on the 9Th OF that month he dealt her a
blow in the face. Her maiden name was
Julia A. MtClsnatsm. She prays that the
household and kitchen furniture be set aside
for her use, and that her husband during the
tendency of this suit be required to pay
enough money out Of his wages to support
hnr
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
shaw's Heirs w the H At. OR. X.

To The ndit0r of the HERALD.
l your issue of the 22ad inst your repor-
ter falls into error as to the amount of recov>
cry in the case of Knowles Shaw vs. the II. g.
I. 9. railroad company The judgment WAS
for $1,000; no compromise has been made;
the case is now in the supreme court.
The finding of the pass issued to Knowles
Shaw SHOWS the uncertainty OF testimony.
A half fare ticket could only be sold to shaw
uuon the production Of the paper. We, w,
X. Wheelock, the former agent Of the Fl g.
L. q railrosd company, in his deposition
read upon The trial of the case swore to the
best OF his belief be sold to Knowles Shaw
u half fare ticket, al d Captain Lssher, con.
ductor.swore upon the. trial of said case, that
to the best of hls belief, he collected Of
knowles Shaw on the trip half fare ticket.
The CAGE ,urned upon this point, as under
the charge Ct tho court there could BIZ no
recovery if Saw WAS travelling on half
FIRE tick t, and except from tho fact that
Kirk Baxter, felow-psssenger with
knnwles Shaw. having seen the ticket upon
which Knowles Shaw was travelling and
proving That i. Was u full fare ticket, Shaw's
heirs would have recovered nothing in the
suit, aud it would bs but poor satisfaction to
them now 10 know they were defeated, by a
state of facts that are shown BY the finding of
the pass never to have existed.
A. Il. FIELD,
Attorney for Shaw's heirs.
Dallas, July o.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
TWO LUNATIIS
And their Peculiariiies. Confined for
Twenty Years

And their Peculiariiies.- Confined for
Twenty Years.
County Judge Burke received letter yes
terdsy from DR.. Graham, superintendent of
the lubatic asylum at Austin, stating there
WAS room i'll that institution for two from
this courty.
Monday evening Judge Burke will send
down Miss Matilda Frost and Frank Obe-
mer.
Miss Frost, who has been kept by her faith
er, and who is growing old and poor, has been
ravieg maniac for over twenty five Years,
and has been COL fined for at least twenty
years. She has a great an,irathy to clothes
or covering of any kind and tearing of every
thing that was put Cd her, she has gone in
q nude state all the time, and her people
have made her as comfortable US circum-
stances would permit. Her parents live
near the Collin county line
Flank Obtmsr is a young man whose
mind was injured by being thrown from
horse near Mesquite last February. His
head struck on rock, and his mental
faculties have been waning ever since. He
his never spoken sinoe save the word ''no,"
which he ut,ers 10 every question asked him.
de declines to eat, and bis food has to be
forced down him. This leaves three lunaiics
IN the Jail and one on the poor farm.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
Kicked by u Mule.

a messenger came into the city early yes
'srdsy morning at b'ssk-neck speed for a
physician to go out on the Mckinney road
some eight miles and SEQ Mr.. Talbot, a
ooIIln county farmer, who had been badly,
ana MS feared fatally, kicked by one of his
mules Hs had stopped a. the point where
.ae accident occurred and csmped for the
night and while hitchiog up his team to
resume his trip to this city one of the ami.
mails got this lines tangled in its feet and
when Mr.. Talbot attempted to disengsge
them, it kicked him once in the head and
again in the right side. He would have been
KILLED outright but for the fact that he WAS
70! !. close 10 The animal for it to get fair play
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
A Down Town Merchant,

Having passed several sleepless nights, dis.
turoed by the agonies and cries of a suferinI
child, and becoming convinced that Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup was just the artI,
cle needed, procur d supply for the child
On reaching home and acquainting his wife
with what he had done, she refused to have IL
administered to the child, "a abe was strongly
In favor OF Homeopathy. That night the child
passed 10 suffering, ard the. parents without
etp. Returning home the day following the
father found the baby still wOrt O, and while
o'ntem plating another slecpless night, the
mother stepped from the room to attend to
some domestic duties, and left The father with
the child. During her absence he adminis.
tered portion Of the Soothing Syrup to the
baby, and said nothing. That night all hands
slept well, and the little fellow swohe In the
morning bright and happy. The mother was
delighted with the sudden and wonderful
change, and although vt 1rst offended at ths
der option practiced upon her, has con tinued
to use hesyrup, and suffering crying babies and
restless nights have lisa ppsared. A single trial
OF the syrup never yet failed 70 relieve the
baby, and overcome the prejudicos Of the
mother. snld By eli Druggists. Is cents :
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
A FORGEa CAUGHT.

N. n Dreyfus. who F,eeced Two Dali
las Ctttsens With Forged orders, Ar.
rested In 1t. Louis.
A short time ego NJ. NJ. Dreyfus. rather
forward and talkstive young man, was .
resident ofthis city. He was in the employ
Of DR.. Tiilmsp, an Elm street wholesale
liquor merchant and boarded at the St.
George hotel. His board bill fell due, and
the clerk gave him gentle hint to that eff.
feel, when be handed to Mr.. McLsod the
proprietor note to which DR.. Tillman's
name was signed. The note asked that
Drey fu, be permitted to. board on up to .
certain date, and that he (Dr. Tillmap)
would see that II was settled. This VA sat-
isfactory and be continued to take his meals
and sleep in the house up to the l5Ih of
Last month when he skipped the
town. In the meantime, however,
he paid $S5 dollars on bis board bill, about
half the amount due. He was given money
ny bis employer to purchase his drummer's
license which he is charged with sppro-
priating, and forged an order TO which he
signed DR.. Tillmsn's name and which
was addressed to Mr.. l.. Craddock
on which he got $40. He told Mr.. Grad.
dock that the bank was closed, and that bis
employer only wanted the money for that
night, and would return it the next day.
Well, rs before stated. he skipped out. and
City Marshal Araold sent kilograms to st.
Louis and tho other larger cities, to the chiefs
Of police to look out for and arrest him.
Last night he received the following telegram
from the chief OF police of st. Louis
st. Louis, Mo, July 9snd, 1881.
j. G. Arnold, CT Marshal OF Dallas
NJ. M. Dreyfas arrested, come on at once
with papers. Answer
FERD X. KENNETH,
Chief OF POLICE.
Marshal Arnold will start an officer to-
day for st. louis 10 bring him back.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
CITY CRIT CHAT.

The mercury in well regulated thermome-
tiers registered 100 ia the SHADE Yesterday at
noon.
Dsllss has fty-th saloons. This time
last year she supported sixty-nine Of
them.
The west bound passenger train on the
Texas & Pacific, due here At Has last night,
Was reported two hours late.
Charles Henderson. the Dane who died at
the Pacific house Last night was buried
without an inquest being held.
The wooden sewer at the north crossing of
Main and Austin streets 10 being torn up
and a larger and more substantial one being
put in.
A man with his nose. nearly severed and .
cash across his forehead wa on the streets
yesterday morning but refused to tell how
and BY whom be was embelished.
To-day Collector Prather forwards to the
comptroller ut Austin bis annual settlement
with the stale. the figures of which have al
ready been published in the HERALD. 1t is
agood showing.
The attention of the public IL called to the
handsome new sign just but up by NJ.
Staple, the Elm street photographer, espe-
cially the striking portrait Of the ''srtist" on
the west side.
The west bound passenger train on the
Texss & Pscii; railroad, which was men,
toned rs beirg five hours late yesterday
morning,dld not arrive until late ia the after
noon: A wreck was reported on this eide Of
Marshall.
In the United States circuit court yester.
day, 10 the case of freeman vs. Gano ct al,
involving the title OF large bory of land in
this county west of the river, the court de-
cided 10 favor of the defendants.
John Talkngton is crying and bAwling in
jail, aud wants Mr.. ivel,, from whom he
stole the mule, to withdraw the case against
him aud lot him work out the value of the
mule on his farm. 1t is too hot in the Jail.
Or course Jack will be allowed to work it
out.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
A False Alarm.

" was moo,ed about the court house
yesterday that W. Robinson, the juryman
suo was arrested and Jailed on the charge
y ~ nav ing been bribed by the defendant in
,us ssse OF the state vs.. j. lien, charged
Az S;u x keeping disorderly house. had sieni.
. u.u MS willingness and intention 10 turn
iha 'e ~ evidence and mate a clean breast Of
nat Su w S affair: A messenger was sent
w. r,' , ms.se atter County Attorney Seay who
usuea!ing some Eve miles out IN the
in,or sud ne came 10 to hear what Rob-
ont ha 100 70 say. Robinson was brought
elin.S ~ sho county attorney, but de.
~ tausd 70 make any such statement and said
H. nRhALD reporter that the statement
ma Ss ne was about TO make any such s,ste.
maui ss. was false from beginning TO end, va,
make such talk. 40 u'u
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MARKkrs BY rELE9 RAPE

MARkErs BY TELEsRAPH.
New York July %, Stocks dull.
Money 39gK.
exchange, long 4Sl,l, short 4siX.
state bonds dull.
Government bonds weak
-Four quiet and unchanged.
Wheat sha 10 lower.
Corn shade better.
Pork dull at 10 90.
Lard firm ~ 70 20.
Freights firm.
Coffee firm and moderate demand.
sugar quiet; fair to good refined 7k0S,
refined weak; standard A w.
Wool dull and weak, domestic fleece 3tM45,
pulled pulled 5000! unyasned ls@s4, Texas 1850
firm isurerfine 3k, double lx@iK; treble 81:
higher grades 4za8X. ~
Corn quiet at 5e@6!.
Oats firm 1t ~.
Corn meal duh at 0ss@29O,
Hay quiet weak prime l7@ls.
Dry SAT- meats scarce but firm; shoulders
packed S5@6 s5X clear rib OK; clear tides OK !,
Bacon arm; 7h@l0x.
Hans ;cSTcs snd dm choice sugar cured
Whisky higher, western rectlned l0al Is,
Coffee steady aud In fair dem and: carrOes oil
ordinary 10 prime 9k0lak.
sugar dull; from common 10 good com mon
choice iXaSsj yellow ari6td sassl "' "
fair 25@30; prime a.
Rice quiet and weaker; ordinary to prime
3la6X.
Sights l 80 per 1000 pr emlum.
Sterling bank 4s3x.
Consols low or at 8ih{062k.
et Louis. July 2l.-Fiour quiet and un-
changed.
Wheat higher at opening but declined,
60. red fall 9oa0l nix cash; VIC 92ssS
Corn irregular aud slow at AK cssh, q
Au .ust.
Pork 6rm ct 1910,
Lard firm at ~.
WhtRkv sites dy ats,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23

The proof of the pudding Is the chawing OF
the Dag -Dufham the Z eat SIN liking Tobacco
Centre, Is situpted In the 4th internal rev niue
OILS rict OF North IarJlina, Nhich emDrcacs 81
counties, ana In these Il cLunties q are
10 registered manufactO, les of tobt =. ., The
internal revenue pn'u TO the gene' , severn
ment by these factories, for the nr'sty r,nd-
ing June S0th, 1879, am untei so19,isO.s J
eight hundred and cyenty-niuc
thousand four hundred ind eighty
dollars and eighty-ons nts or
this amount the IN n iactnrers of the celebr :
ed BLA, KWrLliS FIR GRANT DURHAM
BULL SMOKING TOBACCO, Messrs. W. 4.
biack vel MO-, alone p i'd (Ei2,7!0 2i) live
h ,ndred and forty two thousand seven hun
ored and twenty dollars and twenty -iour cents.
wore than double he amount paid by the OH
er "a o'orie, comb nc paid. This needs no
comment These facts show most Con clusiye-
~ VINO ]. IS NJ Durham that makes Smoking
Tobacco that meets 10 the fullest extent The ! on.
ular demand ~
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save Yen Hatr--Ketp IL Besuttfu,
Thu MI.ondn,, Hair Nolns Paa4a.a.,, -

Save You Hatr--Ketp IL Besutiful
The "London Hair Color Restorer'' is
he most delightful srtic lever introduced 10
to American people and is totally different
from all other hair restorers, being entirely
free from all impure ingredients that lender
nlaLJ o'h"r srticles Tor the hair obnoxious,
Where be aBees, or falling of the hair exists,
O. rremr nrely grayness from sickness, or
o.hor causts, It's use will restore the natural
youthful color, and csusea healthy growth.
cleansing the scalp from all impurities, dan.
drutf, &c, at the same time most pleasing
and lasting hair dressing, fragrantly perfum-
ed, rendering the hair soft and pliable, making
it an Indispensable article in every toilet Ask
you druggist for London Hair Color Restor.
err Price, IS cents bottle. Six bottles. "a
Main depot for tho United States, $50 North
Sixth street,, PHILADELPHIA.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
Denison Hyarnu,,c Lime

This lime has been tested thoroughly, and
Is pronounced by competent Judges 10 be
superior to all others manufactured in the
state or any othir state. 1t is not cnly Gu,
perior in quality, but is far more economi-
cal and durable. The proprietor refers to
any and all architects and builders in Dallas,
Sherman, Denison and other towns in north.
ern Texas where it has been used and ia
excellent qualities are known and apprecis.
TED. Griffin & Cowser are agents at Dallas
All orders should DO addressed to
O. LAsHER, Denison, Texas.
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Speaking "by the Gard"
Quincy ull.) Daily Herald.


Oh Wood, esq, of the @ st railway.
Por. Hudson, Michigan, favors our CORES.
pondelt with the following: After suffering
for nearly year with rheumatism, receiving
treatment from most Of the best phy siciaps
Of Michigan and the west, happened 70 try
Q bottle Of St. Jacobs OIL. Upon the Arst
application I used fully half bottle, and IL
effect Was almost instantaneous. I immedi.
sicily dropped ell other treatment and con.
hned myself to its use alone. After the use
Of three bottles, instead Of being Driven to
my business, or moving about on crutches
! walked from one to three miles daily about
business, and have been free from this horri.
BILE disease for over year, not having the
slightest twinge Of Il. Hence, I ssy that ali
medicines known 10 ne are useless when
compared to the Old German Remedy. Use
this statement when and where It suit.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
TROUvE's ELECTRIC BOAT.
A Full Account OF the Experiment re
Gently Made In Electric Navigation
at rRris.

La Nature.
MI. q. Trouve has just constructed an cleo
trlc motor specially adapted to be u.ed in a
row-hoat or canoe. He made his flint pubI,c
experiment on the twenty sixth of NAV in Paris
on the reine In The pressi 90 of NJ. Yer. er, com
missioner general OF the ; ~ sition Univtr.
srile d Eiectrlcite; Antoine }repn l. editor
Of the Il ,vue Scieu,,litua aud mum roma
other special rs, woo Were s.eaty as,unisnrd
10 s-e the boat NOV ng against the Gu rent
without oars or the smoke generally insepn.
Dle rom the steam engine. Ths electric
motor Is furnish with u Slemens armatnre.
connected 10y au endless chain wi h a screw
having three pad lies an placed Ia the middle
OF an IRON rudder. This motor is placed
on the upper part Of the ruider, so
low the movement of the rudder.
This motor, WITH all its Acct ssorics, only
Weighed I've Ill ogramm' 8, aud was placed Il
the rear OF little barge about five meters fifty
meters In breadth, ana ueighing elrHty kilo.
grammes. In the middle of the boat were
pl,ced :wo secondary bate ie, weighing
twenty-four kiiogrammes. MIR. TrOuve prefers
two batteries, as they q Q more easily nlanag-
cd aud have the advantage that they
can DO used either together or separately; also,
that In the evening ecan b. cd f,r p,O.
pril,ng and the her TO lighting the boat The
secondary piles are injected with It = motor
by Two cords that serve both to cover the con.
duoting wire and tn work tue rudd r, aud are
furnt he'd with hand es that eau b. used to
Regulate the el' cric current THIS electric mo.
Tor Is complete In Itself, and eau be placed
on sun ~ boat. IT IL arranged In such a
way that 1t does not interfere with the action
Of ihe.bOat or the use OF the oar. The ingenious
invt NOR, before deciding on the erdIess
chstn, msde various expei im en,s with the
different ways OF propelllrg by cog wheels
BY an endless screw and by Fiction. lie found
the two first too complicated ana too easily
ctogsed by The sand, branches, ETC, floating
IN the water 10 be advantageous sly used, while
the latter system, though perhaps the better,
presented numerous practical Difficult les.
Inc endless CHAINS are the best sdapted Tor
actusl use, as their slower movement IL mo- Q
than mo nsatei bv their greater strength
AND regularity. Besides her exper mental Tip,
th'e electric boat has vt six different tunes
easily navigat-d the Seine for distance OF 200
meters ills found that the boat. containing
three persons, stemmed the current at The rate
OF one meter second, and descended with q
speed oItwo me'ers nve ceutlmeters. The
cur rent OF the Seine at this place runs about
twenty cent meters second.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
9AISBsvILLE.
Correspondence of the Herald.

correspondence Of the Herald.
GAiNK,vILLE, j oily 20, 1881.
GAINESVILLE Is booming. The streets are
filled with building material and in a fsv
weeks longer the square will be surrounded
bya cold brick wall. People here ara all
e-A~ake, go.hesd citizens, not to be- out.
done BY any town 10 the stats, Of it, size, AGE
and experience. ~
C.,,le shipping 10 now the oil In ali.
100 600 head will be shipped from this point
this season. + ON one 70 I've trains q dsy
leave here now; but with that, other matters
are not neglected. The 10 brick business
houses now here will be 100 by
fall. People here worship 10 nine churches
OK white and three col0red. The normal
school house 10 being rapidly pushed to com
pletion. and bids are vi sertised for to build
$l4 700 school building for the city. People
pay tax OF one per cent on valuation of
$500 OOO, Including the school tax. Notown
10 ncrth Texas presents at this season Of the
year, so busy an aspect rs this town, and,
having incre ned in population from 1900 TO
S500 In less than two years, 1t has
grown in the sane proportion in
wealth and amount OF business done. When
the new school buildings are completed
gainesville school facilities will be second TO
none. There are six hundred children be.
tween the ages cfsix aud seventeen.
Saloons are plenty here but drunkenness
not common. There are seven hotels, and,
excuse us for saying that we enjo,ed the
hospitality OF. he "Globe" while here, aud
found It one Of the best in Texas. Every
guest IS sure OF good square meal
and the sleeping a. -ment. ars Just fine;
cool and pleasant even in Il hot weather,
and best OF all, the proprietor, Mr.. j. Fral K
james, is one of the pleassutest gentlemen
in the world, aud knows Just how to make
guest feel at home. A great many
hERALDs had their way up here, and are
read eagerly with wish for its future pros
perilY.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-23
HOW GUITEAU GETS ALONG
HIS Surprising Indi ference ns to His
Fate. The Mystery OF the First
nnlIaf

Fate. The Mystery OF the First
Bullet.
Philadelphia Times,
The interest which at first attached TO the
ASSASSIN Guiteau hes greatly fallen off here.
The stenogrspher of the district a.torne, q
Office missed bis trip one day, to Guiteau's
great disappointment. He has found com
panloh and occupation most agreeable 10
bis iDsutferable conceit in The dailv
visits of Mr.. BAyley. To tai K
and have his words taken down is the most
satisfaction such wretch could ask. 1t ia
now stated that bis case is not likely to be
made up until : MEMBER. when it is thought
the presidel DO sufficiently recovered
to mskeap resentment. II will come
before lie jury along with the star
route cases. oui.eau's utter indifference AZ
to what disposition Is made of him is tho
most striking feature in regard 10 his case.
There is only ona thing he fears and that ia
the mob. Becsuse of this fear be- woud be
perfectly satisfied to be kept in prison for an
iDdt finite period.
Al amusing episode in all the exciting
MATE Rs connected with the ats mptea 81 sas-
o'hn'lon vi tDe president Is the unAvAiling
sea- Oh for the bullet which struck the vic.
tins arm. A good deal Of wonder has been
expressed rs 10 its wheri shouts. The Even
ing Star was yesterday made the butt of
practical joke by some Baltimore wags BY
pretended letter from Annapolis and through
the Star good many correspondents were
bitten. The detectives have searched the
ladies' waiting room In vain for this
lnaden msmento aud any amount of silly
gush has been expended on the &. beet The
tact is that agood many people 70 in and
about the waiting room at / q lime of the
shooting, and hundreds Of urious men, wo-
men and boys crowded in the room ali day;
II would be = INST natural supposi,ion that
some one OF these picked up the ball, and
for fear of being deprived Of the valusble
keepsake has kept the fact and the ball tc
himself
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BetttrtOn, Irvine e. 60.

To obtain fist cl.ss liquors, pure and
and direct from the manu-.
fscluters themselves is an exceedingly diff.
cult matter. There is one firm in this city
that has placed self in immed late
Connection with sucn manufacturers and
with some of the most reliable dealers in the
country. We refer to Messrs. Bsiterton,
!rvlne & Co., 407 Elm street, who keep none
but the choicest and purest liquors in
their establishment, and by long course of
honorable dealing have obtained the eDvied
name they now erjoy. They also keep a
line OF fine and we'll assorted cigars at prices
TO suit the trade.