The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In one tract in Contra Costa county, on
which they intend 10 establish colony.
General Sheridan has ordered the Third
cavalry TO Arizona. The first detachment
will have to march l50 miles to the railroad,
the second 30 miles.
According to Spanish historians eight
centuries of warfare elapsed, and 100 bat
{ les we're fought before the Moorish king
doms in Spain submitted TO Christian arms.
At recent council of Yankton Indians,
il was resolved to sell TO the government,
for the use OF Sitting Bull aud his forty
lodges, Il tract of o. 400 acres near Fort Ran
dali.
Mass meetings are being held in Dallas
with view to the establishment OF manu-
featuring industries. Unless manufacture
ing is carried ON 1t is very difficult to main
tam prosperous town.
In the house of commons yesterday the
president OF the board OF trade announced
that the government had decided To stop
work on the British channel tunnel until
further action had been taken ny pailid-
ment i'll the matter.
An advance guard of one hundred farm
ers from Holland have arrived III New York
and will settle ON the Missouri river in Dd-
kota. A colonization agent accompanies
them, and has influence sufficient TO bfing
over thousands more OF his countrymen by
favorable reports.
The next bill Oh which suspension OF
rules was asked was for the erection Of II
public building at Galveston, Texas, (ElG,-
900. IL was opposed by Mr. Bragg, of
Wisconsin, who fought it at every step, aud
was only passed by the vote ot the speaker,
who cast his vote i'll the affirmative to
make quorum, the vote standing: caS
l3l, nays IL
The Lodies of six infants were recently
found III u shed in the rear OF u CulOrcd
undertakers shop in Baltimore. The bod.
les hud been turned over to him for burial
and he chuCked them IN "A shed rs the most
convenient disposition to make OF them.
The singular part of the performance mat
no state law exists to winch the brute is
amenabc.
The new state house commenced in the
city OF Chihuahua Is to occupy an entire
block. The building is to be of stone,
walls four itet thick and forty feet high,
and VIII cost when completed over 5000
Coo. IL is intended to be finished inside OF
ten SO ,rs, and General Terrazus say that
1t VIII equal or surpass in beauty aud sta
bility any state house in Old Mexico.
OF party of forty which left Canistc0,
New York, four years ago, TO work ON u
railroad in Brazil, the the last one TO return
is Charles Forbes, sou OF a doctor living in
Alfred. lie describes every discourage
ment as being encountered, and his expert
cnCc Is like that OF most northern wurkncn
who have gone to Brazil. lie believes
there Is ouiy one man oil The party lett alive
IN brazil
One of the largest alligators ever seen ON
Flint riv, Was Killed "A lew DAYS ago ON Tho
Allen Plantation, in. TAYLOR county. U.ur.
gii, and was ten feet in length. Iipn,, OK
animation after being killed. II was found
that the alligator had swallowed whole,
win the exception oil It's iect and legs, u
small dog, which had been missing for three
days. There were also found IN the en-.
trails OF the alligator large rock, light
wood Knot ana several sticks.
A ridiculous mistake occurred nj CIR q,
BAY last week. A gentleman rnye n,s
servant "A letter of regrets To he delivered IN
a Young lady who WAS To he married thnt
evening, and also n parcel contuiuinr n
pair Of light pants, to be- delivered TO "A zen
tleman who was Ia take mart In nm nr,',,onr
play accompanied by note that the pants
were cheerfully LOANED for the part you
are 10 play The servant mixed these
orrands up and delivered the letter OF re-
greet to the gentleman and the pair of pants
TO the bride TO be.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Idaho Stnt.sm,,
writes from Oregon Tint the Chinese ,,,",'
ton will not hurt the republicans much
ON account of the scarcity or helm Ma
heavy railroad work is demandinr moro
laborers than can be obtniu.d nnI Whit
men loaf and hang around the towns and
do not I'LL the demand for the railroads, or
even Tor farm help. Under these circum.
stances he does not think that the veto OF
the Chinese bill will have much effect on
the election IN oregon.
Los Angeles (CulD Commercials Inst
week, as a meat merchant from Wilmin,.
ton was coming up the channel "A bnhy SOL
about two feet long followed thc bn,,t nuJ
set up a pctious cry for helm Tho li,,Ir
fellow got LOST from lis mother and VIVA
lonesome and hungry. The boat MAS
sionn,l and Tho litir G,iInN, ,'I,,,Lni "a, ,,'J
ncsllcd down under the legs vt the gentle.
man, who btonFh, him IN Wilmington aud
fed him VITA milk, of which hcisNcry toud.
lie Is perfectly tame, aud Is the pct u. the
town.
A poor womnn of so could NOT nay b,r
rent at East Brnok6rld Mnssnrhn,rits nnI
the landlord removed The doors tn L,rrc'hrr
out of The house. Whom Sin, hun, M.
blankets fora shelter from Mn, VIM In
tore them down. She wns already m ,nI
under this treatment snon dirJ I'M Lnr
imhicilc daughter. n,cd Gn still r,m,tcJ
women broke 6pcn he replaced doors with
axes, reinstated the danrhter and hnnt,j
the owner.