The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-05
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Seven sawmills are in operation at Deca-
ter, Alabama,
One hundred and twenty.lour varieties Of
e1tton goods are turned out by the Missis-
slppi mills.
All the Nashville, Tennessee, mills are
running, day and night TO keep pace with
their orders.
Forty miles above Little Rock, Arkansas,
slate quarry has been developed equal in
size TO any in the United States.
! The coal measures of the Warren (Alaba-
ma coalheld are 1900 feet in thickness
The seams number u as far as developed.
Washington Irving's autograph may be
seen on an old register of the Laurel house,
Catskllls, which bears date OF 1850.
Sir Alexander Gait, now on his way to the
northwest, will make an extended tour of
that region before his return to England.
{. Il. Morse, of Montevalo, Alabama, has
tried wool'growlng and reports that "a clear
proilt OF $40 per head can be made an
nually.
The trade In cotton gins and presses has
become enormous, $4,000 spindles having
been added to the cotton manufacturing
capacity in lSS1-S2.
In one mill at Randleman, North Caro-.
ma, 4,6Oo spindles are running and 100
loom ara at work on pl8ids and checks for
Philadelphia and New York markets.
Mr., Butler Malone, fresh young son of
The Virginia senator, has been confined to
ms room IN Washington in consequence of
IL lutile ellort 10 knock out u war depart
meht clerk.
Senator Davis. of West Viroini, !, odd;.
ton to the demands Of other nsines 80 1 Gnas
time to practice practical farming. over
| three hundred tons of hay were cut and
| cured on his Deer Park farm, in Maryland
| this year.
The prohibitionistsa prenaring to nom.
mate congressional candidates in every dis.
trict in Winconsin. There is no possibilitv
of their electing any of them, and the oniy
purpose OF placing them in The field is ~
try ard force the republicans, through fear
of defeat, upon prohibition ground 'N"'
Senator Kellogg, of Louisiana. i, 70.
ported in dispatch to the Chicago rrihnn.
to be reasonably certain of the republican
nomination in the third district Of his
state. His friends claim that he will he s,,r-
cesstul on the first ballot, The district has
u republican majority of 6 coo ana n Marty
nomination is considered equivalent 10 nm
election.
| The drift Of sen,imert il, A,io,,;,.,, -,
penrs nj thc nresent timn 70 ha ,,tfna "ii "p
hyor of th, re-cInct;nn of So,,,, " ~
There may bowever b ;on oo,',',oi teilS
which do not appear on the surface bu,
Mr.. Ferry has conferred so much honor
upon the state during his senatorial career
| that il is doubtful if any combination can
be made to defeat him. A Large majority
of the republican papers in the state * said
to have declared in his favor,
ALEXANDER II. Stenh.ns i, his latto. No
ceptinr the democratic nnninai;or V fos au
ernor of Georgia. cites the fniiowing as s nna
OF the principles which constitntr tbe nar.
ty's creed OF political faith: "a ieaion.
care of The riybt nj elsct;"n h., * Jeaiou'
Absolute ac5uiescence in tIo I dno piopie :
the majority. the vital nr;nc;nlo I nt po, ~
| lies from which there il no anneal In, 70
force, the vital princinle and ;mr,aS;oto
parent of despotism.n
Roron Eit,couo,a ,,,
nonncas ;ns, ra,;r.,, ~" c. nus tlie Gaple an
tn d;aoJ,, Ju't al uuWlliingness
w. I,;.h i'd ~ vno new uutles required by the
RemrsJs uESeI Iii unuet mr ulaustones Crime
t;,an'ont - ~, WIS ivRarueu, after the re-
ahiest nnu;,,, i i" .usuice CHRISTIAN, the
Ia WA, 800 i"mfo' VI .he lrish bench,
novsr " tool, ", nay CONSERVATIVE, and
rho ohce Of -" a,tnr, pnietIi politics OF nlled
is usual in Ireland before nrn,mo,;n net t as
bench. He is 70 years Of are wss cai IL S', ~
the bar IN 1881 and took sin IN ts,6 S"iieo W
| ,d,ir,, N;o,aI.,,, ''''
Auuillal Nlcholsoiii VINO commands the
A,toriI an nect III Alexandra, Is man
aaono neIoM the medium height and of
spar an WHY lralhe' lie wears n long
Samuy pen,u, anu MS bright sharp eyes look
, Ill.," unuel ousuy eyebrows Ills face has
,nau puoui,ar ~ lea,ance frequently seen in
,ien VINO nave llNeu most OF their lives on
ene wafer, oelhS scanned and crossed all
oseL ny minute wrlhRles, as II the tracings
Oh tne charts he mas SO often studied had
Den transferred 70 ms countenance. The
auhirai mas the faculty OF preserving his