The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-25
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! ~ scrth Of diamonds.
,.nigrants arrived during April, l0S,-
SaTing the ten months ending the S0th
gAprl, A4,Se.
elton the New York landlord, is said to
N0Iost h 900 in England this spring on
,Serican horses
c,lopel f. c. Boudinot delivered the ad-
WV q, the decoration of Confederate
~ ~. NJ near Fayetteville, Arkansas.
p l. reported from Philadelphia that
~. Tara Louise Kelloggs engagement to
,,,,leman of that city is broken.
n. Iowa supreme court has decided that
lar Who wishes TO fence his land cannot
. Irel the man adjoining him to do part
ibe lencing'
Tho Los Angeles Express says that a
AZ rom Tombstone said that purse Of
| /, a. was raised there TO pay for Indian
ssp, at $40 apiece,
4 mortgage to cover loan Of $l00,090
10 year has been placed on the Tribune
saSsfne in New York. Whitelaw Reid
VA lS shares out of2OO in the associa-
en- ata' ~
nr-ipg the year 1881 the arrivals at fifteen
ding hotels in st. Paul were Isl, 9ll,
XIV average of 800. The minor hotels
5Niid swell the aggregate 10000 visitors
.ariDg the year.
tis said that a lime "whitewash, made
/ uIloy with copperas, covering stones and
sAsrs-the crystals of the copperas thrust
MAI nat holes-will rout not only rats but
gkroaches and nice.
Excessive drinking of water is said to in
rease the consumption of fat in the body.
lao watery food should, therefore, be
Upided, especially in fattening, If wo wish
obtain the most rapid and abundant
nations of flesh and fat.
The Kansas correspondent of the Chicago
frbane asserts that one year OF trial of the
inhibition law in Kansas has proven TO be
hilure-that liquor is openly sold, and
aat Cove rnor st. John is powerless TO en-
| hNe the law.
Almost every British colliery now has its
| VEL supplied mechanics institute or read
M room. These institutes are federated
mder the name OF the Northern Union of
Mechanics Institutions, and interchange
looks. They have classes, lectures, etc.
A living and moving glacier has been
| bund on Mount Goddard ridge, between
NE head waters OF the south folk OF the
San Joaquin river. 1t is mile in length
| and 800 yards wide, ana moved ten feet last
yelr Ii is eighty feet thick, and clear blue
Mr.. Treyelyan, the new secretary for
Ireland, married rich wife, and, besides,
Inherited considerable sum under his
uncle Lord Macaulay's will. His father
married again within year or TIVE of the
Death OF the secretary 5 mother. He is
scout 10.
shower OF worms followed fall OF
snow at Otter Creek tannery, Lewis county,
New York, last week. 1t is reported that
The worms covered the snow for space OF
about two rods wide and three rods long.
The snow was literally covered with worms
about one inch IN length.
The census of Canada shows that II, 75S
native, of the United States live in the do,
nlniOn. We had no idea that so many
hgltiyes from justice had gone from oui
| midst. Of course no man would settle in
canada unless under stress of circumstances
for the sake OF securing copyright tc
The product OF his brain.
Representative Moore, of Tennessee, in hi.
crusade against democrats holding Office al
Washington, has secured the dismissal
ION the postoiiice department of Mrs. vii
Cox who was born and raised In the Whit,
House. She was the daughter of Andrew
Jackson Donelson, and her housband was Q
Confederate general.
10 Polk county, Illinois, lives JOSEPH
Nlltles who is possessed Of the crazy no
uoa that another flood was impending, ant
% he is engaged in building an ark to heat
NOh He has procured timber for kee
| lEo hundred feet long. The dimensions o
he craft are to be that length by on,
hundred feet in width, with windows ever,
twenty feet.
1t is becoming fashionable for gentlemen
70 wear bracelets The Prince Of Wales al.
ways wears gold bracelet, which rattle
/ ~ hls wrist when he shakes hands. Hi
BROTHER, the Dake Of Edinburg, also follow
lle same fashion, and there is u story atloa
laai this bracelet was given to him in hi
Esany days by lady abroad, who mad
nm swear that he would never take II iron
bis arm.
The superintendent of Castle Garden pre-
.ucts an Immigration of $1,000 for the cui
.iea' week. Shirt-makers from Havre sa,
Mey have been earning less than five franc
le' week, while Scotch farm laborers r.
EESN their wages as so per year and found
ile steamship Alexandria brings severa
'auhlred Italian railroad.builders, who hay
iolhins but the clothes they wear.
DENVER, Col, May lin the races to
Hay Wild Meore defeated Clifton Bell
Stables of two entries In the mile and
quarter dash to the surprise Of everybody
~ ,he mile dash Chantilla defeated 81:
NY Belle Of the West, Mollie b., an
',.ner good horses. In the double trot tn
sOhn Drew team, Manhattan and Kansa.
c.asly defeated the teams of Wilbur, Q
'so'ofado Springs. In the special running
~, best two in three heats, Request wo
'ne hrst two heats.
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE ninth bull,
~ oil the Edison Electric Light compan
|SaOws some interesting figures in the pre-
s,ess oil the system toward active operation
" 'hls city. The April weather permitle
.N work TO be carried on during only twer
.G'onr days, but those sufllced for the lay
IVY o. 4, 500 feet of mains, making totl
EoL,W feet laid up to the end of th
month, On the first instant there yet r,
aa'leu TO be laid about 800 feet, incluC
'e,ters.
iH9-hundred applicants are before III
,'yslueht Tor positions on the tariff con
a's,loh, Secretary Folger says there.wi
Mo ptotectionists, two free.traders, an