The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

John Wolfe. who was fined $500 for acci-
dentally shooting Melinda Jacobus. is nbout
TO apply for Il new trial.
| Il, II, Botter has given bond in $500 IN nm.
Swer Tor the censure passed by the coroner's
Jury who investigated the World building
! fire. ""e
bronson Howard has sued Il. NJ. Hooley
ana James ON Neil for producing Saratoga
without his consent in Chicago Inst lilly.
lie lays his damages at 5000
The capital stock of the American dis.
trlcl telegraph company is to be increased
rom S2'ooo,OW to S3,0O0, 900, and the shares
present, F' "' Nv
The cost of removing from the Boston
str, cts the snow deposited in the lost two
storms is estimated ut $4,000. An thronrS
last week 40 men and l26 teams Were en-
ployed in the work
American girls who are in Europe studv-
ing music are advised by Jenny Lind 10
return nome, where she says the instruc-
ton is Just AS good and the chances of get-
ting nice husband much better,
T., NJ Healy member of parliament
for Wexford, who has returned from Amer.
ca, where he went in the Interest of the
land league, speaks in the highest terms of
the success of his mission.
Minister Morton has sold his house in
washington, leased his house in New York.
ana expects to make his home in Paris for
a number OF years. His entire collection of
paintings, about 100 in all, will be sold at
auction in New York.
Modest Oscar Wilde tells a reporter that
he doesn't trouble himself any more abont
what the newspapers say of him. He re-.
members that both Keats and Shelley were
rldlculed, and, therefore, expects an ignor-
ant mob to poke fun at him.
Tiffany, of New York, only the other
day, made to order a pair of garter buckles.
the substance of which was pure gold and
the attachments of four-carat diamonds.
Who lie made them for he declined to tell,
but the order was from Murray Hill.
The Natural Bridge property has been
again sued. ~ was purchased by Mr.. III.
G. Parsons for $55, 900 cash. This beautiful
spot has had rather an eventful history II
was first owned by Thomas Jeilcrson-at
least, he is the first owner whose name is
upon the record.
Gen. FrnnclsA Walker, late superinten.
dent OF the United States census. was
brought into the Boston police court on
Tuesday and fined 81 for Meglecting TO
y cause the snow to be removed from the''sidc-
walk in front of the Massachusetts, Institute
OF Technology, OF which he is president.
The snowfall in Austria has been So
great that IN many places the drifts reached
the telegraph wires. During some of the.
storms passengers and drivers have been
compelled to abandon stage coaches and
seek safety as best as they might by cutting
their way TO the nearest houses leaving.
their baggage to be dug out later
Miss Ella Shores, Of Somerset county;
Maryland, although only l5 years OF age, !.
has been twice married. Her first mar.
riage occurred at the age of Is, when she
welded man about 40 years OF age, who,
being imprisoned for crime, escaped and
He'd the country. The second husband is
only 10 years ofage.
The Jews in New York are making mr.
rangements for festival in that city to be-
gin on June D and continue three days
The object is to raise fund of $3.50. 900 To-
be used in providing homes for the Russian
Hebrew eNllos to this country. Many lead
ing Hebrews of Philadelphia and other
cities have promised their aid
Japan has but one railroad, and that,Ys
only twenty-five miles long. The trains
upon this road run once day each way
and carry in all about 200 passengers. The
timetable is not strictly adhered to-the
starting time being from one to three hours
late, ana the tine consumed in making the
trip varying from one to three hours.
4, ~ ""in"Vi VI HupiiCatlOrS issuing from
the French press last year is Officially
stated to have been lS,117, These include
pictures, maps, music and photographs,
but the books and pamphlets nevertheless
number Il, 26l. which is more than double.
,aeri ,me nuanper oi puoilcallons ordinarily ap-
eu,lns im ursnt Bri,ain' Inc above
,!Si,h ~ Siiom sght nhliing OH as compared,
WIZ" 'ne Pre'euihg woyeafs'
! Paterson IN. - jeweler recently lost n,
costly diamond pin in his cellar and gave il
up for lost after fruitess search of many
days. Some time after the loss, his wife
while asleep IN her chair, dreamed that the
pin was hidden away in u barrel of onions
in the cellar, and sure enough, when the
barrel was brought up and emptied of its
contents the missing gem was found almost
hidden in the heart of half decayed
onion.
A Paris correspondent wri,.s. .r,..
among women here il Is nnnsn.l 90 Ite1 n,a
complete Ignorance Of maiters a, w. linn
however low down or hi,b nv one .,, r.nahclh,, ,,
on the social ladder Fsasappt p onv non' may ,opk
can scarcely read know aorn, vern U,i Mvnien @ VINO
Funds mean and the croa;y Nh wra. tne
lives Is To- invest their eSt eseSnl vule.. ~ theit
possibie advania,o irho hsa'insS 10 !ne pest
her husband with her con,so oIu,pSoise apS \, aus