The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-12
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+, STATE Senator Gayles, colored, expects
Y 4, 90 10 the next Congress rom the bolvar
s county, Miss, district.
Governor speaking Of the spoils sys-
~, ssil TO a Boston audience; There is
4 ,1sr among our esculcheon.
4 uplpnrer" Walton objects to be called
y o,be munger and says that he has injured
4 his health ON the English turf
n sen,tor Bayard has been represented by
New England friend of Webster with one
ofthst statemanS autograph letters.
Mr. 4. J. Cassatt, vice president Of the
Pennsylvania railroad, has purchased the
q ln,ter,vacht, Valkyr, of New York. The
price was about $1,000.
Senator Fair says that he has house In
N Virginia City that cost him $4,000 which
+ ,yonld now sell for a thousand dollars,
SO stagnant is business there.
Oscar Wilde exclaimed sob, the pa
,riots, the patriots let's shut down the
window and shut out the noise" He was
in Atlanta and it was on the glorious
+ Fourth.
Lord Clancurry, noted of late of evictions
4 orhis tenants, is an athlete OF remarkably
4 high physique and extraordinary courage.
oscar Wilde is said to be going to Japan
10 obtain material from that country for a
4 new lecture in this. He is in danger of be-
& coming what Mr. Gilbert calls "a Japanese
young man.
a The commissioner of the Tennessee bu-
b resu of agriculture estimates all the crops
s above the average except cotton, which he
y places at "a. He puts wheat at IA, oats at
n liz, and corn at l06,
The Atlanta Constitution has dispatches
h indicating that two-thirds Of the delegates
4 to the Georgia state democratic convention
: favor the nomination of Hon. A. ii. Steph-
ems for governor.
The prince of Wales won three first prizes
yesterday, June %, at the Norfolk show
one for short.horn bull, and two for
SOuthdowa sheep. lie also won n special
prize for the best Southdown ram in the
yard.
The steamer Alhambra has arrived at st.
Johns, n. f., from New York, with sup
plies for Lieutenant Greely's party of Arc
tic observers. The steamer Neptune will
leave st. Johns for Lady franklin bay on
Saturday next.
lcbabod Goodwin, who was governor of
New Ham pshire from 1859 to 1861, died ut
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, aged IS. He
was delegate to the national convention
which nominated Clay, Taylor and Scott
for the presidency.
Miss Peck of Michigan, and Miss Pin
neo of Colorado, rode ten-mile race at
Rochester. New York, for purse of 81 900.
Miss Peck won in 26 minutes and "a sec
onds, making nine changes. Miss Peck
rode in mile dash without saddle.
Following are the official majorities given
at the late Oregon elections George, (for
congress,) 1886; governor, Moody, ,42s;
supreme Judge, Lord, l,40l; secretary of
state, Earhart, 2,5l6; treasurer, Hirsch,
2Gj2 superintendent of instruction, Mo
EIroy, 3,l43; state printer, Byers, 2,42S.
:. In Philadelphia, the members of the club
that bears the city name are said to pride
themselves on the antiquity Of their quaint
and odd clubhouse at the corner OF Thir-
tenth and Walnut. 1t was once the pri-
yate residence of an eccentric Frenchman
who had very small family in all astOnish-
!ngy large house,
The idea has been preached Of making
on experiment in the transportation of pc
trOleIm in bulk across the ocean. The
scheme itself would seem as practicable rs
the now familiar devise Of carrying it in
bulk in oil cars by rail, and Of carrying it
olob mum pplllb w lblllJ III Cav pipes IuJ
/ the project of turning steamships hull
into u great oil can would AZ first seem
strange.
A large and most interesting water-spout
appeared in Mobile bay, off Point Clear, on
Monday morning. 1t lasted some fifteen
minutes. assuming many fantastic shapes
in that time, when it appeared to break
loose from the clouds above and fall gradu.
ally over into the bay. II occupied posi-
ton on the outskirts OF a small and light
shower of rain that was falling, the sky
being clear in sill other directions.
MANTroU SPRINGS, Col, July 6-Satur-
days hail-storm and water-spout were more
disastrous than AT first supposed. Later re-
ports saw that though only one life was
lost, bridges, trees, fences, buildings and
rocks were torn from the ground and hurled
through the air. Houses standing on banks
of streams were carried away. There is
not house in Manitou uninjured by the
storm. The loss in cattle and horses alone
amounts to many thousands of dollars.
The loss on buildings will exceed 100000.
There is gray horse worked by the st.
Louis Transfer company in one Of the large
omnibus teams, which Is an habitual tobac-
CO.Chewer. The animal is really fond of
the weed, and seems delighted when offered
q piece of tobacco, The fact has become
known at nearly all of the hotels, and the
equine with such habits is the recipient OF
agreat deal of attention by human beings
addicted to the same habit. The driver of
the bus says it cost him at least 80 cents II
month to keep the horse supplied notwith-
standing the fact that tho friends of the
beast treat him SO often.
Senior Oro2co proposes TO drain the val
ley and City of Mexico by constructing an
open canal upon such grade as will en-
llrely empty the lakes Nochimillco Chal-
co and NaltoCan, and also maintain at reg
ulated surfaces the lakes TeIcoco and Xum-
pango. Through the City of Mexico sew.
ers are to be made which can be flushed by
the waters OF the lakes, and which are to
send their contents to common conduit,
where the water is purified by dccomposi-
uon, the solid matter to be used for pur.
poses OF fertilization and the liquid portion
20 be carried oil in the canal, The canal
MY miles long, is estimated to cost 81 ,000,-
90,
There was one couple yesterday who did
not care whether the United States congress
mad passed the anti.C Chinese bill or not and
mat couple consisted of Willie Loo Chong,
aprosperous Chinese merchant of Augusta
ana his bride, Miss Donnie Fulcher, of Nc.
peah' The marriage ceremony was per.
formed by the Rev j, S, Patterson, of this
wy, me bride, who is daughter of Mr.
Ivnu w; ulchcr, is very pretty young
iauy' The bridegroom has been in Amer.
iGa ten years, and in Augusta two or three
IL, mas store on Broad street and il n
very worthy aud industrious citizen Some
ume ago he discarded his cue and adopted
American customs altnyethar uo n,t.n A,