The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Herr schott the celebrated German
tenor, is coming to this country to sing.
w. w. Astor sailed for Europe on Thurs
day, for q brief rest after his hard cam
paign.
Mr.. Sala says it is extremely difficult
nowadays to recommend q French novel
for general perusal.
NJ. Remains translation of Ecslesiastey
with an elaborate preface, is now in type,
and is expected to be out toward the close
of this year.
1t is unlawful to shoot or in any way de-
Stroy any wild animal during the months
from the LIST ofDecember to the LIST of June.
Fine from $25 to $50.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Arthur Sullivan,
the popular author of Patience, the Pirates
of Penzance and other operatic comedies, is
about to be knishted.
Some Of the numerous Hedges family
who some day expect to divide an English
estate of $S0000,OO0, have been discovered
at Wheeling, West Virginia.
The widow of Jim Fisk speaks n good
word for Jay Gould by saying that The
has never proved unmindful of the needs Of
those deserving his charity"
Queen Elizabeth, of Roumania, still
clings to the literary career. She has Just
published another yolume-a collection of
novels in verse called "Sturme"
The statement is published In London
that Mrs Langtry has determined to appear
on the stage, and that she will make her
debut in New York next January.
Mob law in Wisconsin, mob law in Ohio,
and mob law threatened elsewhere. This
means simply that the people are not salts
ned with the execution OF the statute law.
Delegate Cannon preached in the Taber.
nacle at Salt Lake last Sunday, and be.
sought the Mormons to pray for him dur
ing his sojourn at Washington this winter
Bishop Simpson, in an address before a
Methodist meeting in Philadelphia, Mon
day, said that abroad he had not found u
single Protestant on the side of the Land
leaguers.
The Austrian Crown Prince Rudolph's
new book, giving an account of his recent
travels in the East has Just been published
and has been iavorably reviewed in the
newspapers.
A New York firm has contracted recently
for 100000 feet of ash, walnut, hickory and
poplar in the three counties of Madison,
Buncombe and Haywood, North Carolina.
Many of the trees in Western North Caro-.
lima are of great size,
is getting very frothy when 1t represents
the President rs decided against inviting
any man TO n seat in his council who
has been member Of any former Cab
inets.
Postmaster.General James expresses in
his annual report decided convictions that
letter postage ought to be reduced from
three cents to two cents per half ounce, and
that the fee for small money orders should
be cut down one-half
The New Orleans Times realizes that the
southern people may not take much inter
est in the Atlanta Exposition, but II will
bring them bounteous harvest Of benefits
in spite of their neglect of II and their luke.
warmness toward II.
An association OF New England hotel and
clearinghouse keepers will endeavor to
procure the passage of an act providing
that, when person attempts to fraudu-
lently evade the payment Of board bill,
he may be imprisoned at the rate of one
month for every IS Of the indebtedness.
Jay Gould, in 1873, held 20O, 900 shares OF
Union Pacific A combination was form ed
between Keene, Morgan and Scott TO
squeeze" Gould, and according TO A New
York Times informant they succeeded to