The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-08
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The emperor of Brazil will soon pub
lish in French his experiences OF travel
Mr.. Gladstone is still younger by seven
years than Palmerston when premier.
Mckenzie college, at Mckenzie, Tenn,
has changed its name to Mcryeire institute.
Gambetta's reported marriage is now de.
clarcd a hoax for which the Figaro is re-
sponsble.
The Chinese government has Just issued
handsome edition Of the Code Napoleon
in Chinese.
There is a rumor that the French govern
ment will give $3o0,0o0 for Munkacsy's
Christ before Plate"
Mr.. John Mccullough the actor, expects
to spend the summer in the Yellowstone
valley witha party.
The stone over n grave at Suflield, Con.
neoticut, is cut into exactly the size and
shape of coffin underneath.
Some London jewellers are exhibiting q
late Hungarian mobiles scarf'plns, 100 in
number, and very valuable.
South Australia has o population of 49,
306. Its debt had grown from Sll ,O00UOO
in 1873 to nearly $5O,DO,0OO IN 1881.
Robert Buchanan, the author, has just
married Miss Joy, his sister-inlaw and au-
thor of the Queen of Connaught.'
Wendell Phillips old house in Boston,
which is to be torn down because it pro-
jeots into the street, is visited daily by relic
hunters.
Prof. Sheldon says that unimproved land
produces the best cheese, and that bone
dust used as fertilizer has injured Che
shire cheese.
Worth's opinion of women is not fiat
tering one. He computes that four out ol
five must be dunned before they think OF
paying bill.
Rheumatic Mr.. Burke bathod himself in
turpentine at Lyons Iowa, and then lighted
his pipe for comfortable smoke. He was
burned to death.
General Sherman is said to be very sys-
tematc in his work at the war depart
ment His papers on his desk are kept in
very strict order, and he is generally al
work BY . o'clock.
Mr.. Duran said he was fattered by the
French governments offer of 81 800 for his
'Entom Dment OF Christ" but he had
worked at 1t Jour years, thought it his best
picture. and valued it at $4,000.
Lady Frederick Cavendish telegraphed
to MIR. Boiden, her husbands successor AZ
member for North Yorkshire. My warm
congratulations. The great majority 2,O27
has cheered me and made me feel thankful.
Castle Garden" says the New York
Herald "has become a veritable Tower Of
Babel, and there is probably no place of the
same size in all the world where so many
languages are heard at the same time.'
The people of Geneva spend more money
for wine than for bread. The expenditure
Is three hundred francs per head for the
whole population. Geneva is more tenn.
perate than the average American city.
There Is an influential movement in Lon
don to provide the people with better
class OF musical entertainment on scli-sur.
porting basis. The concerts ut which Lady
Folkestone and Others have played and
sung have been highly successful.
"Uncle Toms Cabin has had run o
three nights and half as an opera in Phil
adelphia. On the fractional night the sin
gers struck for their pay when the perior
mances was half through and the audience
ofS persons was dismissed.
Ulysses s. Grant, the junior owner Of tht
name ,patterns after his father i'll the passion
for good horses and intends 10 maintain
stock farm at Deer Park, Long Island. He
expects to live on the farm, which h,
bought of his uncle, Colonel Casey.
General Grant is said to be worried very
title to the deed of the ground on which hi.
newly.finished residence on Sixty sixth
street stands. An aged negro woman claims
TO own the ground on which II is built.
According to statistics Just issued by tn,
ministry OF the interior, 1t appears tina,
since 1871 crimes and misdemeanors il
Prussia have increased at the enormou.
rate OF Ill per cent. In 1850 alone the NUN
Der OF prisoners rose by nearly 1900.
The Rev. Mr.. Min, of Chicago, is goinl
on the stage, and has secured MIR. Burleign
OF Jackson, Michigan, rs u partner. MIR
Burlegh will be remembered rs the gentle
man who offered to act Othello agains
John Mccullough for $500 side, mil,
heats, three in five.
The new Irish secretary and under secre
tary are cousins. The father of the latte
was the Rev. Macaulay Hamilton of tn,
Shetland Islands, where Mr. Hamilton Wa
born. Shctlanders do not consider them
selves Scotch-in fact, most of them disliK,
exceedingly to be so accounted.
The mayor of Philadelphia has under
taken anew the job of closing the gamblin,
bells of that city, and with more than TIN
usual success as the. police are wholly undc
his control, and therefore are In danger u
removal ifthey do not procure evdenc
against the gamblers. The owners of til
property, too, are being proceeded against
The Illinois board OF health has decides
that the diploma Of u medical college Wi
not entitle the bearer to practice in tina
state unless the college has three year.
course, requires dissection through tw
years, has clinics for two terms in eac
year. enforces attendance on eighteenth
Of its lectures, and coniefs degrees onl
after examination.