The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-09
ITEMS OF IN rEREsr.


The New York apple crop viii be a !ail.
ure.
\ colored man is candidate for post
master 1t Neworp, K.
Bishop EcMullin, of Davenport, formerly
ofChicago, is III at New York.
There is more wealth per capita in New.
port Rhode Island, than in any other town
in the United States.
Flower rallies are in order every night at
Saratoga hotels, and ladies eagerly partici-
pate in the gambling.
4 Mississippi negress named Moss re-
Gently gave birth to four babies. Her hus-
band wishes his name had been "Rolling-
stone.h
One OF the Saratoga hotel head'waters has
made 5000 in tips and faces during the
season, He could not have earned half ms
much saving wood.
Edwin Booth has cleared about Al 900 on
his engagement at the London Adelphi.
This is not II large clearance, but it is bet.
ter than was expected.
The Hon. W. W. Aston, the newly ap.
pointed minister to l'aly, sails In October
lie IS said TO be very much amused at the
plans Tor his receptions in Rome arranged
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Marie Roze- Mapleson has come into pos.
session of $1,000 under the will of her
grandmother, after whom she was named.
Her brother, Albert Ponsln, the Partisan
architect, gets the same amount.
Edwin Booth said recently that he SUP.
posed his lungs We're affected, having per
slstent cough, until he saw DR.. Macken-
2ic OF London. who found that this symp-
tom "A ltytr,rku,.n ~
or.
Ex-Governor Pinchback of Louisiana. in
an interview a day or two since, said; The
shot gun policy in the South is greatly on
he wane. Actual violence at elections in
Louisiana is next to unknown in our
days
The Richmond State says that Malone
comb ines tho temporal authority of Il boss
with the spiritual authority of a pope. A
Baptlst preacher was repudiated by his
brethren in Virginia recently for preaching
against Senator Malone.
Philadelphia is 200 years, and it wants
all the world to know it. The bicenten.
nal celebratlon-the principal feature of
which is to be grand military aud Civic
parade on the 9th of OCtober-promise to
be great success.
There was 4 sad and singular situation at
Providence, Rhode Island, the other day.
the divorced wife Of II well.known singer
calling on him at his hotel, with small
baby in her arms, to obtain funds to pay
for her lodging at another hotel.
Eva Briggs, of Lawrence, Massachusetts,.
who was claimed to have been relieved of
the hip disease recently by the faith
cure mt Old Orchard, was taken to the
Danycrs insane asylum ON Monday in a
cra2ed condition, owing to religious excite
mcnt.
The cattle recently bought in England
and Jersey for Erastus Corning have
arrived in Albany. Seven animals were
imported, three Herotords and four Jer.
seys, and include in their number some of
the most successful prize winners of Great
Britain.
General slocum would be stronger can
didate for the democratic nomination for
governor if he did not spend so much time
IN bGer-drinking at the various gatherings
which are supposed to possess more or less
of the political clement; and he would be
stronger still if he dared to sometimes an
pear in public unaccompanied by General
McQuadc. Utica Herald,
Professor Louis Boss, of the Dudley oh.
scryatory at Albany has gone to Washing.
ton to make arrangements for observing
'the transit of Venus in South America,
His party will leave New York about the
middle of september, and will proceed via
Panama to Valparaiso and thence to san
u0go dc Chile, its destination, whore neces-
slry assistants and laborers will be em-
ployed.
The new station of the signal service on
llke's Peak is to be ofstone, II by - feet in
SIZE IL Will contain an office. reception
room, dining room, kitchen, and two bed
rooms, The work of construction will not
bo easy, for everything which goes into the
building, except the stone, must be
packed up the trail, distance of fifteen
miles, coveringa rise of 5000 feet. The sta.
ton will cost about $4,000,
A paper published in Congressman Par.
kerS district, in New York, tells n story
that is n good deal at his expense, When n
young man he was proprietor of A Hyery-
stable, anu had big sign painted repre-.
senting himself holding mule by the
bride. rs that good likeness of me?" he
asked an admiring friend. "Ies il is n
perfect picture of you. But who is the fcl.
low holding you by the bridlc?"
Among those who attended the last gar
den party OF the season at SARATOGA on
saturday were General Grant and Mrs
Grant. He promenaded with Mrs, A. r.
stewart, aud Mrs. Grant with judge Hill
ton. Mrs General Grant was attired in n
crcam-tlnted Canton crepe, beautifully
embroidered in colors and trimmed with
tine Nalenciennes lace. The costume wgs
made for Mrs. Grant during her visit in
Japan, Her ornaments were diamonds.
The Michigan republicans held their
state convention at kalamazoo and rcnom.
mated the present governor and lieutenant
governor, Mossrs. David II. Jerome and
Marion 5, Crosby. Candidates for the
other state offices were also nomipated,
The plank of the platform in reference 10
the liquor traffic takes note of the tact that
tho parties are not agreed themselves and
calls for the submission OF the question of
prohibition to popular vote.