The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-15
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lnthe heart of q Glcispor;, Maine, oak
uee a wuatcanpp,r found i,suoud pm
with twenty tour brtl4uts The tree was
supposed 20 be 100 year. Old.
The schoolmasters OF Scotland In areoeut
meeting at Aberdeen, e1ICIrr'd Ia the h'-
lief that present educ Jilu. demands are
Prciudicia, to the health OF children
A wolf, measuring six iatt Two inches
fom tin 90 tip aud two fees seven inches
in height, was recently kulcd Ma Eeuick's
valley, Gpcnbrer county, West virginia.
A second altemp to launch the big iron
steamer Mmiposs 40 Philadelphia, Pa, Yes
terday was unsuccessful She is Intended
Tor the San Francisco and Honolulu trade.
tits reported that the proclamation Of
Governor Waller, oi Connecticut, appoint
ing Friday, the sd instant, "a lay of fast
Ing and prayer is ont Of the hreiest ever
written.
Philadelphia, Pa, has Last Mans
club, formed by dozen gentlemen year
ago, and ITS president, Charles NJ, Ellis, is
the FIRST TO pass away he having died on
Tuesday last.
The silver ore ufthe Nevada mines is 50
intimately associated with 'ead that nearly
One-hait Of the miners who handle Do ne.
ANillN thlllNNiAt rF'li'l W. lN.fhH WIN " ANN-
drop, patsy, or han paralysis.
Dr. BlacSwcod, N papcrun minor dys'
persia, read htlore the Philadelphia Medi-
cal society, states tiat good deal of the
malaria 80 fashionable with the fraternity
and the iaitvs only one oi the forms OK in
digestion.
The corner stone of the great Srngertcst
Music hali at Buiialo, New York, was laid
t.uIl.ttttr tl t.. -
500 OOO, and will seat 5000 persons. The
North American -wugernund will hold IT'S
next festival ut Buffalo, in July.
The other day little dog jcll of dock
at NaWhurg New York, into an open place
IN the ice aud was likely to drown, when a
large dog jumped in aztec il, ANA teizlng IT.
swan around being unable To get ont until
some bystauders rescued them both.
The NEEDED Abstract prints an article OF
| Prof Charcut's, ia which the writer calls
attention % III cases OF hysrecia 10 young
boys. The proportion Of males troubled
with this affection, ~ compared with ie-
males is stated 10 be us one m twenty
1t is singular historical fact that Dr.
| Glenn, the greatest wheat producer N the
world, aud CYRUS II. Mccormick, the IN.
ventor or the reaper were born within a
| few miles OIL eACn other IN the valley Of Nlr'
ginia. They were ''neighboring' boys
A gun for splitting logs Is being made at
n foundry IN Marysylle, California, The
gun will be charged with one half q pound
of powder, and then screwed into the end
Of Il log and fired by means OF fuse.
Log guns similar in pattern are in use in
Australia.
John Patterson, II negro, of Marietta, Ga,
was oiling the machinery in the kenncSaw
mills when the engineer suddenly turned OF
steam. The negro was hurled ten tcGt and
tell head foremost on the flying spiudles
Several OF these were broken, the machinery
Clogged and came TO u standstill, and the
negro was eXtricatcd alive.
The sale of heGollecton of coins medals
etc made by the late DR.. Henry u. Fowle
OF Boston, Mass, was begun yesterday al
the rooms of Sullivan Bros. & Libbie The
American coins sold brought good prices
but the most Important portion of the col
lection, consisting Wi Greek and Roman
coins, is expected To bring prices still
higher,
The city clerk OF llollowel, Me-, la
found the copy OF the declaration OF inde
pendeuCe sent 20 the town by the state al
thoriucs in l716 Appended to the ucClsra
ton is the order of the state Councl
directing ministers TO read the declaration
to their people, after which the town clerk
wo5o to record 10 "Gsa perpetual mtmorla
thereof
According to Les Mondes the cnnsump
I on OF tobacco IN iN7sia, France, and Eup
: land amounts TO ON pound yearly for caCl
iuhAmmul la Italy 1t IL IA, In Austr
10th. and in Germany pounds IT
Belgium the amount rises to isth, Will
Holland takes highest place win 81 pounds
In the United States the amount per hCa,
is pounds.
The A. Y. Stewart crypt under the catht
, dIpl in New York, Is Just finished ct COS
4 of $4,000 1t is eighteen feet high, has NV
! large windows ami iron doors, and contain
two stone surcophag for the reception q
the remains OF MIR. and Mrs Stewart. 1t i
, supposed his romainS have been rccoverc,
, since the widow herself supervised the con
\ structton OF the crypt,
= Mrs. Fred Thorp, OF Flushing, pa.,who
+ in. excellent health physically aud mel
r tally, has not been out OF her house i
y twenty years, anu refuses absolutely to Il
so. Her husband having leased his hous
A Tor business purposes she refused to leav,
i accordingly he built y house in the rear
c the other, TO which she consented to bc ca
y RED through the back door,
= A curiosity is exciting the colored peopl
( of Macon, Georgia, says The Atlanta Con
!. stitulion. \ negro boy, called "the snak
. baby" IA years Old, came from an adjacer
q county, His body is very dhuinutive, an
e his arms and legs are the size Of buggy
wheel spoke. He lies prone on his stomac
all the time with his feet drawn back.
the middle of the back white spots are seei
II Ills tongue ticks out of his mouth-hen'
\, | tho no,nn Nonala hahv ~ Ia ,,,, NOT al
intclligently.
10 Farmer Remington, living near Sand
1. creek, Oswego county, n. y, found u sil
Gle spear of oats growing in one OF his liel,
u u tow years ago. 1t looked very thrifty al
>t Mr.. Remington let 1t grow and saved Il
It seed in the fall. The seed were large al
10 plump, and different nom the oats raised
=, that vlcini,y, He planted he seed the We,
- following, and kept on increasing until la
v fall, when he harvested 800 bushels II
1. oats weigh forty pounds to the bushel.
l.. Rutland, Vermont, is going to have
u monument to her citizen soldiers, whiC
will have some unique features about
q The plan is for a tire'proot library buildir
u OF marble, in whose main hail shall be, Il,
i tablets of brass or marble, as is usual, bl
v II great book Of vellum, bound in metal at
Il written IN India ink, Opaga devoted to Il
q history of each soldier, which shall the
n be written in imperlshable letters. Tn
o book, placed upon an elevated stand, vi
D. DO the central point of tue hnll
" According to tho Wiener Gowerbe Ze
y, tunga chemist Of Vienna has invcnjeda nc
kind Of glass, which contains no slick ,potas
\ soda lime or boraN, In appearance il
" said to be- brilliant crystal perfectly tran
~ parent, white and clear, and is susCpptih
% of being cut and polished. It's complete
:. inSouble in water. and Is not attacked /
- tlnoric Nscld and can be c rroded by hydr
:. cloric and nitric acids, Themost imporlul
"a feature that itpossesses is that, when in
Il state of fusion, it adheres to iron, broni
y, :. and zinc.
% NJ. Munkacsy, the Hungarian painte
B. whose large picture Of "Christ Before |
y late" has been exhibited in most of the ca
o ilals OF Europe, and has everywhere a
trRc,od admiring crowds, IL busily AZ wol
Il IN his farisian studio in the Avenue VI
il liers on another sacred picture of still iare
d Dimensions. The subject he has chos,
" this time Is one which has tempted
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