The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-17
LATEST NEWS CLIPPINGS.

There Is a atory that the popular HYMN.
The s,est BY and By" was The work Of two
hen willis drunk; Joseph p. Wsbster, who
composed The music, died several years ago,
DIR. 8. +. BenHslt, author OF the verses, lives
al Rchmoni, Ill He says that the charge
of inioSication 10 untrue, though Webster
was free drlnker. The two wrote hymn
SoSx aa m iSt Sf ,b spd ,oo by and By
IT.. The suggestion came from chance
remark by Webster, who was habitu-
ally despondent, that all would be well "by
and BY" Bennett at once made tho rhymes
and webster brought the mueio out OF fiddle,
which was his customary aid In composition.
Tho hymn book had Its day, and Ia forgotten.
bat this old tune 10 put into every new publl-
cation OF the kind, and has a ealo ofabnut TO-
oOo copies ayear In sheet form. DR.. Bennett
says hat he and Webster were not orthodox
Christians when the hymn was written,
and That he Ii now even less believer.
For some unknown reason the Chinese
government recently issued q decree COM
manding its subjects TO abstain from shaving
Detected In tho act Of disobeying this arbl-
trary Injunction, nearly sixty persons In the
city OF Foscbow alone were sentenced to re-
ceiye acastigation with bamboo rods. and TO
pay nne amounting to about s625 Apiece.
Before liberation the heads OF the Offenders
were carefully painted and yarnished, as o
warning to other rebellicusly inclined cit zens.
Washington, September 12. Hearing In the
Ohrisiiancy divorce suit was resumed this af-
ternoon, Er-Mnlster Chiistiaucy was pres-
snt for the first time. The wife was absent,
DR.. Ralph walsh, once her family physician,
was called for the purpose OF proving acts OF
cruelty. Counsel for the OK. Senator objected,
az the wife condoned the acts by living with
her husband afterwards. The chancery
court Will be asked for q decision. Meantime
the examination has been Suspended.
Springfield, Illinois, September ls.-In the
United states court to-day, In the case OF the
Union Irnst company Va the Paris q Decattr
railroad ana the Illinois Midland Consolidated
TWAS ordered that the receiver OF the Illinois
Midland pay taxes to the amount OF s2,ll0 90
due In Douglas county, ont Of the proceeds OF
sale to bs had following the deed OF trust
foreclessuIe proceedings covering the property
OF said railway company, now pending In the
United States court.
The King of the Helleness hos appoinssd
Colonel Ksralskaki to command corps in
trusted with the suppression Of brigands In
lTessaly. The number of robbers, especially
In the belghborhood of Larissa, have so In
creased that the whole population js terror
most entirely suspended, Colonel Karaiskaki
has already practically rooted out brigandage
In Greece.
Some time ago Il was proposed to place in
the Louvre. M u mtmento OF Nj, Theirs, the
II is now decided that special sale shall be
possible, In the manner OF the old study, and
containiu. The nnc collection OF bronzcs, old
seyres, terra Gotta, etc., formed by NJ.
Tbiers.
Milwaukee, September l3.-J. II. Smith, on
trial at Oshkosh for burglary. pleaded guilty
to-day and was sentenced to three years In
the penitentiary.. This afternoon Plnkerton's
detectives arrived from Chicigo whit re-
qulsltion for the prisoner. who tufns out to be
notorious crook that has travelled under tho
various aliases OF Dave CrOnin, Dave Oum-
mings, Little Dave and Hogan.
San Francisco, September i3.-Two ayents, !,
one from Texas and the other from New Mex !.
leo railroad company, have been In China
contracting for labor on those roads, and the
Oceanic, which 10 due In ten days. will have
thousand Coolies for them. These Will re-
ceiyo dollar and quarter per day and trans-
portauon to the scene OF their work.
Prof Henry Draper, the astronomer, Il about
70 start on hunting expedition 10 the Rocky
Monninlns. Prof. Draper IL said to be ilrst.
rate shot, and the floors of hs house Mt Hast.
inRs, on the Hudson, New York, are deco
rated with tho shins OF bears and other west
rife. M