The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1t is said that the actress Lolita will max,
| $1,000 this year.
Blessed are the poor in spirit. Their egg
nogg will not make drunk come.
There are employed in public schools o
| the United States 10000 more female thar
| male teachers.
DR.. Patterson, of st. Paul, lay down be
tween the graves of his, son and daughter
and killed himself with a revolver.
Mrs. Flood, wife of the Nevada million.
aire, paid 81 400 for special car to take
her from New York to San Francisco, last
week.
The Niles girls get their beauI to yaccin-
ate them. 1t aleviates the pain wonder
fully to have the loved ones see what
beautiful arms they have.
The Washington School Trustees have,
by vote of Is to 5, decided against the adj
mission of colored children to the schools
attended by white children.
Secretary Folger refused to have the De-
partment Clerks paid for December at
Christmas, contrary to the usual custom,
He found an express prohibition in the Re
vlSed Statutes.
Mail and passengers at the Fort keogh
Government ferry, Nj. T., are taken across
by meals Of basket strung ON wire, The
ice on the Yellowstone prevents the ferry
boat from running.
General John Pope, commanding the De-
partment of the Missouri, informs the In
terror Department that stories published
that Captain Payne had entered Oklahoma
Territory were unfounded.
The Atlanta Constitution wants to warn
everybody concerned that the season for
dragging Georgia into the Republican party
by the roof of her jeans pantaloons and the
scruff of her'swan-like neck has not yet ar
rived.
In dress, Acknowledgement Brewster is
very eccentric. He wears rutfles OF the style
of seyenty-five years ago. His coat Id a
blue swallow-tail with brass buttons, and
his waiscoat is long and made of bright
buff cloth.
A writer in the Lancet strongly advocates
open carriages for DOCTORS IAN open We
hicle enables the doctor to purify himself,
even to his hair, after quitting each sick
room, thus insuring safety not only to his
patients, but also to the members of his
family"
A Virginia father has eleven children
named in the consecutive Latin numerals
from "Primus" to "Undecimus :" at the
birth of his tenth boy the latter was named
"Decimus Ultimus, or tenth and last, but,
somehow, another SON followed, and was
dubbed "Undecimus.
An organization of Germans is formed at
New Haven and will be extended through
out the State. They intend to ask the
Legislature for modification of the Sun
day laws, which make it criminal to keep 4
saloon open, 20 to a concert do any bust
ness, or ride with Il United States mail
carrier Sundays.
Tho work OF sinking the caisson on the
New York shore, for the tunnel under the
Hudson river, is progressing very satisiac-
torily. The caisSon is now down to the
depth of forty-ive feet, and is sinking at
the rate of about one foot day. The
workmen are below the stratum of silt, and
are working through deep bed Of sand,
With all his political troubles the En-
peror of Russia is most happy in his family
relations. The Empress is said to be an adj.
mirable manager, both OF her time ana
of everything that pertains to the house
hold duties. Her great intelligence and
sweetness of manner have given her an
extraordinary influence over her husband
and all other persons who are brought in
contact with her. She is u sister Of the
Princess of Wales.
Of the two thousand bills introduced in
the House at this session, more that one
third relate to pensions and private claims,
The other third are old bills which have
been heretofore introduced, and less than
half of the remainder relate to questions of
Presidential disability, the currency and
the tariff Ii is fact worthy of remark
that, among the avalanche OF bills, there is
not a half dozen which embrace any new
ideas on any subject.