The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-06
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|. The number OF Hebrews IN the world Is
estimated to be $4,000 of whom $4,000
| are in Europe and about 800 ,OOOin America.
Miss Ullmann, of New York, Is suing
| Harry IL. Meyer, a young dry goods dealer
of Richmond, Va, for S2o,OO0. Breach OF
promise.
Jacob Lorillard and others, of New York,
intend organizing a transatlantic Steamship
Company, to be known as the American
Express Line.
An eel got into a water-pipe and stopped
big New England mandatory. Congress
should Immediately giYs manufacturers
protection from cells.
The mail-carrier between Vergennes and
Addison, VT, is a pluclly woman, who is
noted for making her trip of twelve miles
day on time in any sort of weather.
Henry Ward Beecher in the course of a
sermon delivered in Plymouth church re-
Gently, defined malaria as big blanket
spread over the earth for doctors to hide
their ignorance under.
James Carver cut off Patrick Barry's nose
at Preston, Connecticut, ayear and half
ago. The piece was put back where it be-
longed, and the feature, though hardly
perfect, is quite presentable.
A Chicago car, crowded with ladies', and
among them half a dozen or More young
girls, rosy with health, kept their seats and
allowed mother with heavy baby to
stand. Mothers with heavy babies should
buy an omnibus.
At Abiline, Kansas, the other day bow,
jet black, IN the shape of rainbow, was
observed spanning the heavens from east
to west. 1t Immediately succeeded snow.
storm, or appeared while the latter part of
the storm was in progress, the sky being
sver-clouded at the time.
At the wedding of August Belmont Jr.,
and Miss Bessie Hamilton, in the Church
ofthe Ascension, New York, 'there was a
wilderness of tropical plants and flowers.
There were about fifty African palms of va
rous sizes, some Of them being from TWEEN.
ty-fve to thirty-ive feet high"
A waI-vork figure of Franklin, on sx-
hibition in France, is labelled: franklin.
inventor of electricity. > This
Sayant, after having made seven voyages
around the world, died on. the Sandwich
Islands, and was devoured by sayages, of
whom not single fragment was ever re-
covered"
The Shah of Persia fell violently in love
with the Princess of Wales during his
visit to England some years ago, and about
once year makes tempting offer to the
P'lnce for her. His last offer was to give
his grandmother in exchange for Alexan-
dria, but Wales still declines,
The wooden midshipman celebrated in
Dombey Il Son is being removed to fresh
quarters, and the old shop of Sol ellis will
be pulled down in the course of city i'm
proYements. A paper on the little officer
and his connection with Charles Dickens.
by Mr.. j. A. Stemy will appear in an early
number of All the Year Round,
A farmer living six or seven miles from
Lincoln went to that place short time ago
and obtained virus to vaccinate himself and
family; Taking the little blade of his
knife, he performed the operation on his
arm Shortly afterward lie trimmed his
sorns with the same knife, and it took beau
tltully upon both the corns and upon the
arm.
Sarah j Robinson went into a store at
Alllston, Ontario, and handed three loz-
snges to Isaac G. Royce, who had paid her
attention for seven years, but was about to
be married to another woman. The con-
iectionery contained strychnine, and il was
with great difficulty that Boyce's life was
saved lie refused 90 prosecute his former
flame, although the new one has deserted
him.
General Keller pronounced as if read
"kifer'' is native of Clark county, Ohio.
and was born January 30, 1888. He served
IN the Federal army during the late war,
entering April 10, 1861, and being mustered
out as brevet-Major-Ge General June q 1865
He served in the State Senate of 1860 and
was elected to the lower house of Congress
from the Springfield district in 1876, 1873
and 1880.
Great preparations-are being made in Zu-
rich for the approaching national exhibit
ton. The Grand Council of the Canton
granted, at its last sitting, the sum of 1000
francs to the Committee of Organization.
The commune of Ange has appointed a
site for the building to be erected which is
TO cover 81, 500 meters superficial. This site
is close to the railway station at Zurich, and
commands splendid view of the lake.
Mrs. Victoria G. Woodruff, after an alb
sence OF nearly five years in England,
returned to New York in the Galia, and
yesterday received a large number of en-
thusastic friends at the residence of one of
her sisters. Mrs. Woodruff was accom-
panied to this country by her aged mother
her daughter, Zulu Maude Woodruff who
has been studying for the dramatic stage in
England and France, and her sister, Miss
Tennie @. Claflin.
The annual feast of Guadaloupe will be
celebrated at "Passo del Norten nv the
Alexicans on the Sth Of December, and will
be extended TO the oath. Extensive ar.
engagements are being made, and twenty
large bulls have been sent from chihuahua.
The services of the best bull-fighters in the
land of God and liberty have been engaged,
The roads are offering excursion rates TO
visitors, who are coming from New Mexico,
Arizona and even as far rs California, TO
witness the excitement which will be en-
acted We are already feeling the yibra.
tons Of the coming boom.
The Governor of Hong Kong has recently
communicated to his Legislative Council a
statement reviewing the census of the col.
ony taken after an interval of FIVE years
From this it appears that the progress made
has been remarkable. The population has
increased since 1876 by 81 900. OF these 90
GOO were Chinese, and large proportion
were evidently persons of substance, for the
sales of property to natives of China OK.
ceeded in value G35O000. The number of
wealthy Chinese firms dealing in inn
ported European goods had risen from
little over 200 to nearly 400. In the same
period Chinese retail traders had increased
from jVO 10 not far short of 5000. There
were no Chinese bankers In the colony five
years ago; there are now fifty-fve. During
tle same period the value Of Indian cotton
ana cotton yarn imported has increased
rom lSoo,O0O to about q million sterling. II
ls worthy OF notice that concurrently with
this expansion. of trade the traffic in opium
has diminished, There are no fewer than
1857 tailors in Hong Kong who use Euro.
pean or American sewing-machines, and
much Of their work, In the shape of ready
made. clothing, is sent to the Australian
colonies,
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