The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-07

son, a lumber merchant of Gothenburg.
on, 900.
Colonel John S. Gambler, a prominent
Georgian, who met with irightiul railroad
accident recently, has suffered the amputa-
ton OF both LEGS, and is thought to be nearly
well again. lie attributes his recovery to
the fact that he never used t)bacco or
whisky.
Ex-senator David Davis says he doesn't
intend 10 spend next winter in Washington,
because he neither wants his wife 10 be
gazed at and talked and written about nor
himself to be ranked with some ex-Oilice-
holders who spend their lives hanging
about the Hobbies.
Bishop.elect Nicholson, of st. Marks
church, of Philadelphia, writes to Rev. DIR,
Wakefield, president of the standing com
mittee, declining the epiScopate of Indiana.
He assigns good and pious reason, ana
does not refer to the fact that the salary of
his rectorship is $4,000 year, or about
three times that OF the episcopate.
General Richard @. Udall, who died at
his home near Babylon, Long Island, yes.
terday, was an eX-member of congress. but
he was much more prominent in New York
politics than in the national arena. Many
anecdotes are told Of his career at Albany :,
where he was known as a humorist OF the
first water.
William II. Wheeler, the professor orhis-
tory AZ Yale college, who was incapacitated
last winter by injury to the spine, caused
by II fall on the ice, again takes his posi-
ton, but in q very enieebled condition, At
present he is able To hear only the regular
reCitations, emitting the optional classes,
and he Sitq at hin ipelr NTH N cuohinp .
his back.
Lieutenant j. Evarts Greene, now editor
OF the Worcester Mass Spy, was taken
prisoner at the battle of Balls Bluff, and
surrendered his sword to Captain Single
ton of the Confederate army. Last week
Captain Singleton, now representative in
congress, sent the sword to Senator Hoar
with note requesting him to restore il To
Lieutenant Green, which he at once did.
A movement has been started for the pur-
chase OF Liberty Hall, the home of the late
Alexander II. Stephens, by the people of
Charlottesville and Tallnlarr0 county,
Georgia, that II may be preserved as Il me.
mortal OF the dead statesman, and il is also
proposed that Mr.. W. w. Story be commits
stoned to execute marble statue OF Mr..
Stephens In his roller chair for one of Geor-
Sia's inches In the national capitol.
General j. w. Denver, who is mentioned
a. possible democratic candidate Tor pres
ident, was born in Virginia, went to Ohio,
moved to Missouri, was California pio-
ncer, killed his man in duel, went to con
gress, was appointed governor OF Kansas by
Buchanan, was made commissioner of In
dian ailairs, had Colorado town (which
became its capitaD named after him, is
rich, has rich iather-n-law, reads much
history, and is 90 years old.
Senator Randall Gibson, OF Louisiana,
not only defends Captain Eads, but pre-
diets that the day is not far distant wnen
tho people of the Mississippi valley will
erect sosne fitting memorial to the engineer
who has given deep water to the sea- The
New Orleans Picayune is pleased to men.
ton Captain Eads as the greatest engineer
OF the age" Notwithstanding that the Gin
cinnati Commercial is never happier than
when calling him the worst.