The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST

Lieutenant Danenhower has accepted
about twenty invitations to deliver his
Arctic lecture.
1t is rumored that new congressional
newspaper is to be started in Boston, with
Joseph Cook as editor.
President Arthur still retains lively in
terest in his college society, the Psi Epsilon.
He recently gave the Union college chap.
ter 500, to aid in erecting chapter
house.
A Washington letter to the Boston Her.
aid says: Hotel schemes are rife is Wash.
ington now. Mr.. Wormley tells me that c.
b. Waite & Co., of the Brevoort house, in
New York, are thinking of building grand
hotel here, to cost 81 900, O00."
Burlington Hawkeye: Another. boy
preacher is on the bills for the winter. He
is AZ years old, just like the others. and may
be considered pretty full-grown boy, but
sort ola striking stage name or it doesn't
have taking look on the posters.
The Rothschilds are virtual owners of
one.itth Of the fertile land in the Delta of
the Nile. Their share in Egyptian bonds is
popularity estimated at fl2 ,000,0 900. An en-
vious anti-Semite calculates that the in
come Of Baron Wilhelm Rothschild is about
f2S per hour, or nine shillings per minute,
Democratic papers are actually pointing
with pride to the career OF Mr.. Thomas NJ /
Waller, Of Connecticut. He began life as
newsboy, but took a downward course, be-
ing successfully book agent, law
student, a ward politician, and, finally,
democratic candidate for governor of the
state.
The Inauguration of a statue to Lackanal
at Folk by the minister of public instruc.
ton has filled the French papers with eulo
gies of the veritable father of public edu-
cation" LaKanal created French primary
education, organized, secondary and TECH
meal schools, and founded the great public
schools and the institute.
The supreme court of New Hampshire
has ruled that when divorce has been
granted for crime, the criminals must be
prosecuted by the court officers. This is
calculated to stop the practice of obtaining
divorces by mutual agreement, u confession
of guilt having heretofore had no serious
results. A test case is being tried at North
wood.
A provision broker of Chicago, in CONVEX
sation with New Yorker, speaking of the
stagnation in business, said: why, it is a
positive fact that there are less than two
hundred thousand dressed hogs in Chicago
to-day" His friend replied in astonish-
ment why, | thought your population
something over half million.-[ Boston
Traveller.
81 do said young man at Colorado
wedding, when the minister asked if any
body knew any reason why the couple
should not be united. The objector eX-
planned that the bride had promised TO
marry him; but that was not considered a
sufficient reason for stopping the ceremony,
which was concluded amid the tittering OF
the assemblage.
A boy followed two burglars at Johnston
Rhode Island. They had stolen 81, 500 in a
n box from house, and were making of,
when Willie Page, aged IA, gave chase
They separated, and he overlook the one
with the swag. Then he boldly aimed his
umbrella, and cried, Drop it, or I'll
shoot" 1t was too dark to tell an umbrella
nom gun, and the command was obeyed
NJ. Pierre Lafiette, the French positivist
has taken the initiative in organizing a fete
to be held at the end of the year in honor
OF Louis NJ. The founder of French unity
ii seems, is to be honored as protest
against the programmes OF national dis
memberment which are brought forward
under cover of the principles of deCentrali.
cation and of communal liberty.
After ex-senator Eaton had been nomi
mated for congress by the democrats in the
FIRST district of of Connecticut he made Q
speech accepting the honor, but declining
to make any pledges. He said he had no,
sought the nomination, but now that he
/, was in the field he naturally did not want
to be defeated. He had always voted
against river and harbor appropriations
= and should continue to do so il sent again tC
5 congress.
After taking n look at the moon, George
Farrant end Ella Hickman stood on tn,
banks of the river in London ready t.
, drown themselves. Relatives had thwarted
Q their proposed marriage and they deter
0 mined TO die together. George tied hi
9 wrist to Ellen's and they jumpedin. They
l were rescued. though unconscious. Ate
Q being resuscitated they were imprisoned
, AT the trial their relatives re
Q cntcd, marriage was arranged, and tn,
It Judge discharged the pair with repri
o lmand.
Abe Simmons, of Rosendale, New York
has wonderful dog named Jack. Jacl
used to toss q silver piece placed upon hi
nose, and turn around once and catch il il
d his mouth, but some one put u hot penn
a on his nose one day and that spoiled tn
: trick. In the winter time he is the drea,
y of all the school children who have sleighs
l. for he will rush out when boy is goin
o along, grab the rope of the sleigh, pull
=, loose from the boy and run on with ii a
" fast as he can so. Finally the boys CON
O. bined against him. When Jack decide
y that he wants sleigh they let him hay
IL the rope, but five or six boys imp on tn
sleigh, and Jack very soon tires of DRAWN
70 them, Jack, whom cork is thrown up Il
d the air, will jump up, turn summersaul
n and catch it in his mouth.
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