The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
John winkler. OF Stone Greek. Ohio. car
RED barrel OF Hour weighing rs pounds
three miles in tlty-iive minutes.
Parties living at Bissfeld, near Adrian.
Michigan, claim to have discovered gold in
paying quantities near that town,
A London lunatic tasted twenty-oue days.
and then died, while food was being forced
down his threat, ofexctement and exhaus-
ton.
There are in Lucknow ANA Cawnpore.
India, iorty-five publishing houses engaged
IN issuing anh-ChriStian books, tracts and
periodicals.
French artisans are now making smoking
pipes of quality pronounced quite equal
10 the meerschaum, from CellulOid OBJ
tanned from potatoes.
An international convention Of electri-
clans is to meet in Paris next month. The
chambers have appropriated $1,000 francs
toward the expense that will be incurred
by French participants.
Rdeau Hall, the residence of the cover.
nor-general of Canada, is a shady old
structure, and frequent repairs are neces.
sary to make it look at all like palace Ii
is now being fitted up by decorators.
\ French army officer was travelling by
rail from Paris to Lyons His trunk eX.
ploded, killing two men and running large
amount of baggage. lie had packed some
cartridges among his wardrobe.
The school board of Liverpool. after full
discussion, have decided to use novels occa.
sionally instead of ordinary reading book,
in the public schools. A beginning will b,
made with some of Scott's works.
a spectator, who stood in the way of n
Salvation Army procession at lGaTwicb
England, was knocked down and kicked by
the captain in command, and his iniurie.
were such that a jury awarded him $3.50
which General Booth will pay out of tn,
army fund
Kings and princes are getting down now
adays to the same proSac, business.Gk,
ways of thinking and doing as other NOR
tails. Oscar H., sovereign of Sweden an,
Norway, being about to undertake Jour
ney to the latter country, had his lille in
sured III favor OF his family for the sum o
100000 crowns.
! Victor Hugo's latest predictions are tina
| France, Italy and Spain are destined to b,
| the iormost representatives of civilization
that the Turks will be driven out of En-
i ANl'N' eh'A NilsAb NllN lMtullGlu century MI
see all Africa civilized by means of fin
Mediterranean powers, including England
owing to her possessions at Gibraltar.
a hoy was taken out of canal in Lon
| don. He was still alive and the opinion a
experts, who testified at the inquest. wa
! that he might easily have been revived
| physician was summoned, but he refuse,
TO respond, because nobody would guaran
| tee the payment of his fee. When n I'm
name man was found it was too late to d,
any good
A boy was tied upon horse at SAINT;
barbara, California, to prevent his fallin!
oil while he was learning to ride, but thi
precauton caused his death, for when h,
| fell sideways he swung around under th,
| horse with his head down, and hung there
unable to free himself The frightene,
horse, beginning to kick, broke the boy,
legs and smashed his head.
Marriage is becoming common anon,
! Paris actresses. A recent instance is that q
/ Mile. Dcverger, famous for playing tn,
roles OF mikmaids. shepherdeSses, and rag
ged beggars with diamonds flashing NJ
/ over her and for her association with oil,
| Prince Demidoil. She is made the wife a
an actor named Delacour, who used to pla,
| Armand to her Camille.
a siX'een-year.old girl sought singula
andNainlul death in Naples in conseqUenr,
of disappointed love. While her parent
| were out she went into the cellar, built
circular pyrc of straw and wood, hollow il
/ the centre. and then, stepping into the mid
| Tie, set it on fire. When the old people re
| turned they found the charred remains q
| her hnltconsumed corpse.
The post of honor in the Massachusett