The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-07
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paid by the administrator of his estate, snd
Mrs. Glenn takes possession of the Colusa,
California, farm. The wheat crop from
that farm this year is expected to yield
100000.
A citizen of East lIardwick, Vernon
writes that he turned his sheep out to past
ure day or two ago, and i'll order to keep
them in the pasture was obliged to spend
considerable time shovelins snow to find
the fence.
Two girls from the country went into an
INTEL; geuce Office" In Cincinnati, few
days since, and were sent to house of ill
fame, from which they were timely rescued.
The woman in charge Of the office" will be
prosecuted.
The Sidney Lanier memorial fund
amounts now to 5000, more than two
thirds OF which was subscribed in Balti-
more. The money will be put ont a. inter.
est for the benefit of the poet family, who
were left almost destitute.
Large numbers Of punched and plugged
coins were found in the contribution boxes
during recent revival services in Attica,
New York, and the evangelsts for whose
expenses the collections were made realized
only about 70 cents on the dollar.
A man named Dinwiddie, 70 years old,
while drunk at Susanville, Cal, stated that
about seven years ago he murdered man
and set fire to his cabin to destroy the
body. He has been arrested and the cir
cumstances are being inquired into.
HOLSTER, CAL, has a y year old girl that
recently gave birth to child. Three
weeks after her mother gave birth to
twins. The children are OF doubtful pa
ternity, but the honor of the whole batch,
according to report, falls on one man.
Among the passengers lately arriving at
Seattle, Washington territory, on the
steamer from San Francisco was Mrs. John
Little, direct from Chelsea, Massachusetts.
She came to reioin her husband, who came
out to California in 1910, and who has not
seen his wife for thirty.iour years.
The three mounted Parrot guns which
the state of New York granted to the
Oneida Historical society for old Fort
Schuyler monument site, have arrived in
Utica, and will soon be placed in position.
The work of grading for the Fort Schuyler
park will be commenced forthwith by the
city.
1t was the habit of a Poughkeepsie fami-
ly to put their silverware in basket at
night and take it up stairs for safe keeping.
This had been done every night for five
years, but one night last week the basket
| was forgotten, and that night burglars en-.
tered the house and carried it oil with its
contents.
A gentleman living in Petersburg, Vir
ginia, has horse that gave birth to colt
the other day, which is curiosity. The
shoulders and hip joints are set forward
protrudes four or five inches farther thar
the upper, and it is necessary to feed tn,
colt with spoon.
Four Umatilla Indians found guilty o
manslaughter in the United States court a
Portland, Oregon for killing Mulhorrin, {
trapper were sentenced to ten years each
in the penitentiary. The sentence was de
livered in the Chinook jargon and was thor
oughly understood by the prisoners, bu
was received by them with stolidity.
A letter from Prince Albert, dated Nav
10, reports navigation on the Saskatchewan
open and the steamer Northwest TO be Tho
first of the season arrived there from Cum
berland House en- route to Edmonton
Lake Winnipeg is also clear of ice and tn,
steamer Princess will run weekly to Crane
Rapids, at the mouth Of the Saskatchewan
with the Edmonton steamers.
From bronzed and bearded cattle mar
who arrived at Portland from eastern Ore
gon, and who said he had not seen a be-
for five weeks, 1t is learned that the regu
lar annual round.ups and brandings are II
progress all over that section. The cattl,
are in fine condition, the harvest of calve
an abundant one, and in consequence tn,
cattle men are in good spirits.
Some boys in Philadelphia were huntin,
for lost base.ball the other day, when on,
of them pulled out package that wa
found to contain mortgages and othe
papers representing $4,000. The owner
shin was traced and the boy got reward
Of $50. The papers were stolen more thar
five years ago, but when found wer
wrapped in paper of quite recent date.
The oldest tree in the world, says Knowl
edge, so far as anyone knows, is the Bo tire,
OF the sacred city of Amarapoora. in Bur
nah. II was planted 2SS B. O., and is, there
fore, now 2,l7l years old. Sir James Emer
son Tennet gives reasons for believing tina
the tree is really OF this wonderful age, an,
refers to historic documents IN which Il 4
mentioned at different dates, as 1872 A. d,
223 A d., and so on to the present day.
A Chicago real estate firm has complete,
the purchase OF an immense tract of land 1,
Mississippi, II is supposed TOR German cap
italists. The transaction includes l,000,Ct
acres IN the cotton belt and 400, 900 acres II
the pine land section of the state. Tn,
price paid per acre was 81. 35. the total con
sideration being 81 075 900. This immens,
purchase is only the first of four sucl
tracts soon to pass into European hands.
OF the six standing highest In the West
Point graduating class last year four wer
western boys. Out of the first six in thi
years graduating class three are from thu
south, two from Ohio aud one from Penn
sylvania. At present, In ali the classes
South Carolina stands higher than an,
start In best prepared are from New Ems
land, owing to the high excellence OF Il
schools.
| A suit involving 8, 200, 600 between Joh
l.. Colby and A. s. Peabody is now on tris