The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-02
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ITEMS or INTEREST.
An freshman named Foley, in Bradford
England, recently in spirit Of brayado
drank thirty-siX glasses of whiskev In rapid
succession. OF course he died lust after
the thirty drink.
Paris newspaper credits the widowed
Baroness Rothchilds with the intention of
establishing in Versailles home for aged
and destitute authors and journalists. She
Is said to have set apart 10000 francs tor
the purpose.
The Christian Leader says that the Rev.
Mr.. Frledlander writes from Jerusalem /:
II Know Of no time In church history when
hundreds of Jews were 50 ready TO place
themselves under the rule and guidance Of
Hebrew Christians" What is II Hebrew
Christian
The French admiralty are row having
thlrty-one vessels constructed in the GOV.
eminent dOck-yards and fifteen in private
yards Fourteen of them are iron-cads,
and are estimated to cost s25, 900 900. The
two principal ships, the Admiral Bauden
and the formidable, 81 200 600 each
The great iron gate OF the barracks OF the
royal Irish constabulary at Kimeedy,
county Limerick, was recently taken off lis
hinges and carried away by some persons
unknown, and the police have thus far
been unable TO find it, or any trace of its
purloiners. The unhappy constabulary
force are by no means certain that the
rough humorists in their vicinity might
not take them too, il they were wanted.
Nothing seems too costly for railroad
president. The estimated cost of Mr.. Sid
ney Dillons new car is said to be over SIS.
UO. IL is to be sixty feet long and ten high,
and OF course replete with every luxury.
Railroad chairmen and directors 10 Eng.
land have to be content with ordinary, or
little more than ordinary, cars. There
would be bowls at the next meeting of
shareholders were 5000 to appear as an
Item for THE chairman's carriage"
A Californian was told by lawyer that
IN consequence of an inacuraate statement
IN newspaper article about him, he could
get heavy damages, and so he consented to
the bringing of a suit. On the trial his
character was shown to the Jury in so un.
pleasant light that they decided IL to
have been injured by the publication to the
extent OF only one dollar His expenses
were $500, aud he now sues his counsel for
that sum, on the ground that his advice
was bad.
A fisherman in Hull, England, died lit
tile over a fortnight since after suffer
ing excruciaing torlures from some inter.
nal malady that his medical attendants
could not grapple with. Just before his
death, he expressed q desire that his BODY
should be subjected to post-mortem eX,
summation, which was done, and the fact
was developed that his liver had been near
ly eaten away by whole army of living
creatures, resembling trichinR. IL is be.
lieved that the man had swallowed the egg
ct parasite in eating some uncookeu
meat.
A very ancient and amusing ceremony
was observed the other day at the Mansion
House. London. The blue-coa boys from
Christs Hospital, went in a procession ia
the Mansion House, and were there pr,
sented by the Lord Mayor with new coir
each, fresh from the mint. Thirteen Gre.
clans received guinea each, eleven Junior
Grecians half a guinea, forty two monitors
half crown, and six hundred and seventy
hve OF the rank and file shilling They
also had plum bun and glass OF wine OF
lemonade. Most preferred wine.
A great engineering work is in contem
plation at Bremen to make that city in fact
what it has heretofore been only in name-a
seaport. 70 do this it will be needful tc
deepen, widen and strengthen the river
Weser for distance Of fifty miles, so tina,
sea- going vessels drawing twenty seven feet
ofwater, with six hundred feet Of keel, car
go through and pass each other with case
Ii is estimated that the work can be com,
pleted within six years Bremen is only
secondhand very close second ut that-tC
Liverpool in American trade, and is second
inrank of continental ports.
al.
Paris OF definite articles Of peace between
England, Francs, Spain, and the United
States, on SeptemberS, 1888, and the evacu.
alton of New York, November %, 1888. Tn,
latter occasion will becelebrated on Monday
November 26, or there will be, at least, q
chance then to celebrate the anniversary
the state assembly having passed a bill
making that a holiday. A project to com
memorate the eventtul days of the closing
OF our struggle by q worlds fair was framed
some years ago, but came to nothing more
than an expression OF purpose.
The growth of telegraph business in Eng,
land since the state has acquired control Of
The lines is said TO have been enormous
The number of messages per week have
grown from l26 900 to Cos 600. In 1873 the
average number OF messages per mile oil
wire was IA now tits $50 In press mes.
sagcs, 5000 words per diem have grown al
ready to 93i, l5i per day. The telegraphs In
use on railways have grown from q COS
mics of wire in 1869 to 80, 600 in 1889, and
the instruments from 4 ,i23 to 1922. In
Japan, asst year, 2223,2ll messages were
despatched ofwhlch 0S per cent. were in
the naive tongue.
The famous "pitch lake" in Trinidad, 1.
misnomer in point of name, inasmuch q: