The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-18
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stupehdous,
Farmer Haskin, who is mentioned for
governor in New York, is going over to look
at Europe.
Mrs Cook, wife of the Rev. Joseph Cook
has returned TO this country after tour
around the world.
Married-At Cleveland, Ohio, Mr.. Means,
three feet aud half high, to Miss Harrison
three feet high.
The wonder in Denver is who threw dy-
Mantle bomb into the Rev. Charles Mar
shalls house, and why2
Knut Knutson, noted in northern Wis
consin for the great size OF his feet, utilized
them to kick wolf to death.
Captain Hope, of the British frigate
Champion, was thrown from horse and
killed in Honolulu recently,
An Ohio physician dug seven graves for a
like number of his patients, but was sent to
an insane asylum before he could kill the
intended victims.
Commodore Barriere, the governor ofthe
French colony of New Caledonia, is ex-
pected to arrive in New Yark from Havre
to-day
Governor st. John, of Kansas, told a st.
Ien reporter the other day that the sue
,cess o, the temperance cause in that state is
Ass Ereo'
Miss T., ,uisa Howard, of Burlington, Yer
mont has given President Buckham, of the
university o Vermont, 5000 10 establish
five scholarsh 'ps'
The snort Of two Michigan boys was to
take younger playmate into the woods,
bind him to a log. whip him cruelty, and
torture him with ligl 'ted matches.
Chantrey was paid 5. 5000 for his statue
of Pitt $4,000 for Rend. TT Blair, S35, 900 for
Walt, $4,000 for Grattan, $5o0oO for Wei
lington and $4,000 for Sir 1 Monro.
Tennyson sees no one VIII 'hout an APP
pointment, especially in the American
tourist season, when he retreats from the
Isle of Wight to u secluded nook o. Hamp-
shire.
Lady Sykes, well known in New \ ork,
wore at recent London wedding VIII. tie
satin spotted with black, and red saith.
bonnet, and carried red parasol trimmed
with roses,
The top Of fence in an inundated tract
in Illinois reached just above the water,
and for days every post and board was piled
high with snakes, endeavoring to save their
lives.
The Duke of Hamilton and his only
an only son. The next heir is boy of II,
who will find the honors barren enough
should he succeed to them.
The English National Gallery cleyerlv
secured at the Hamilton sale a Tintoretto
OF extraordinary merit for $3.50, said to be
worth at least twenty times as much II
was very dirty, and passed almost unno
tced.
Sir Greville Smith, o rich eccentric baro-
net, has given twenty-five acres, worth
quite $1,000 an acre, as park for Bristol,
and Lord Holmeslale will, for the next
three months, open his beautiful park .wo
days week.
Old Holenson, DEBORAH, Iowa, feared
there was foul air in cistern which he was
about to clean, and prudently sent his
daughter down to find out. His apprehen-
sion was not groundless. The girl was suf
located to death.
Searches for arms in Ireland are generally
irVltless. The weapons, well creased, are
wrapped in what may be called WATERFRONT
paper, and buried in titled field, and the
owner alone knowing the precise spot, as a
crop is growing upon it.
Holywell street, parallel with the Strand.
London thorougfare, notorious up to the
date o. the act against immoral literature.
known, as Lord Campbcll's act" is
doomed. OF late years 1t has abounded
with secondhand booksellers.
Walter Bourke, who was murdered in
Galway last month, was the son of a former
Crown Solicitor for Mayo With money
made at the Indian bar, he bought Ra.
nassau Park, an old stone mansion begirt
by wild, neglected grounds in Galway.
Two Michigan girls went bathing in
Lake Huron, and had fun riding on a log
ilrst; but wind blew them several miles
from shore, and for thirty-six hours they
were burned by day, chilled by night, and
tortured by hunger, before boat picked
them up.
General George d. Mcclellan, General
Knox, OF New York; General William b,
FRANKLIN, of Connecticut, and General
Charles K. Roberts, OF Maine, were in Bos.
ION Yesterday and have gone to visit the
Maine
Mr.. w. Smallwood, assistant postmaster
at Lula, Georgia, is the father of eighty
living children. There is no doubt about
this fact. Mr.. S. was born in 1896, was in
The war OF 1872, and is to-day as active as
many young men. Some OF his children
are mere babies.
General Grants Galena comrades have
completed the soldiers monument in that
guy. the shaft, which is forty feet high,
bears the names of more than 100 soldiers
Oh 10 Dayiess county who died in the |
army. General Grant is president of the
Monument association.
.Frelinghuysen denies that Bancroft Da-
WIS is going to the court of st. James. and
us said that Davis was compelled to resign
because Frelinghuysen insisted that Davis
was was attempting TO run the state department