The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-17
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Sleeping on his arm paralyzed the arm
OF man III Albany, New York.
Bostons present valuation is SG72, 490, 100
gain Of So ,035, 800 over last year.
A Pittsburg firm is turning out glass
slabs for use on furniture in lieu of marble
Queen Victoria ana Princess Beatrice will
arrive at Balmoral on August 18th. The
court will stay in Scotland Till the end of
September.
In Bucnos Ayrcs IL takes ten dollars in
paper money to buy one i'll gold. The pa
per currency there IS deprecated.
Since January /, 1882, there have arrived
at Portland, Oregon, direct from foreign
ports, ,S61 Chinese, ana from San Francis
co 80; total, 9,il0.
The Michigan town Of Showaecaemette,
made known II few years ago by its crew OF
oarsmen, has changed its hard name to tie
easy one OF Monroe.
a stone weighing eighty.iive pounds re.
Gently fell at Salina, Kansas, anu another,
cigar shaped, four inches i'll diameter and
over twelve inches long.
A st. Louis railroad conductor awoke to
and that he had oversight, and that his
train had gone without him. He at once
Killed himself with u pistol.
Tho mayor of Deadwood has been fined
for not obcying when the foreman of n lire
company, to which his honor belonged !,
commandcd him to assist in roeling hose.
President Arthur has been formally in.
vitei To Ou present ut the opening OF the
exposition IN Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in
september next.
The engineer of the water works in Ban
gor, Maine, says that cells get into tho litter
when they are small and grow up with
the country as itwere.
An American prima donna, Miss Lillian
Norton, with the stage name Of NordlCa
has Just made her debut at the grand
opera in Paris in Faust" and won much
applause.
The city of Boston by establishing its
| own shop for the repair of apparatus be-
| longing to the fire department has reduced
the yearly expense from about 10000 TO
$4,000.
In February the Rhine sunk to the low
est level recorded this century. 1t is now
exceptionally high, The first steamboat
appeared on 1t in 1918. The fleet now con.
sisls Of 800 steam and $500 sailing craft.
The statue erected by the people of
Bouognc to Mariettce Boy, the distin-
guised French eeologist, is on the Esplan-
adc. 1t saWramid, on the sides of which
| arc lUsVIluVu wv iulhos vi his HluiVlpui
discoveries,
| One OF the prominent candidates for the
republican nomination for governor of New
Hampshire is scycnty-six years old, and is
objected to by many of the young men OF
the party for that reason.
The chief interest in the democratic cam
paign in California seems to be confined to
Dents kcarney and the sand lots The &C.
| cession of that element IN not likely IN
strengthen General Stoneman among the
better class OF people in the state.
General Mcclellan, who spent long time
in Egypt several years ago, has written u
paper on tho present war IN that country
for the forthcoming Century, IL contains
some severe criticisms on the English mill.
tary methods there.
The clgh,y.sixth anniversary OF the birth
day OF tho Duchess of Cambridge, the pres
ent Dukes mother, was celebrated by that
lady In London on July p She received
lprescnts from the Queen and Prince and
Princess OF Wales.
An Illinois couple eloped SO hurriedly
that the girl,wcnt 6arciooted. The fellows
pride defeated their object, for no insisted
on delaying TO buy her pair of shoes, and
thus her father was enabled to overtakc
them before they reached minister.
Prince Leopold and his wife received the
school children Of Esher, nearly 400 IL
number, at Clarcmont, on July -, wher
they had their annual treat In the park
they were RECALLED with ali excellent tea
li,cr which the duchess presented eacl
child with atoy.
ouida has venturcd into the field Of poll
! les, abandoning for the moment the writ