The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-25
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A serenaded girl leaned too far out of her
window, at Pottsville, Pa, to see who the
singers were, and fell TO the ground, wreck.
ing the party and their song On the way,
A woman lay three days in a trance at
Big Rapids, Mich. Ga recovering she be-.
licved tina; she had died and come to life as
another person. This delus on cannot be
dispelled, though in other respects she is
sane.
A California man feeds his family on raw
fruit and coarse meal, to his great satisiac.
ton; but when he told an audience of poor
men how cheap and wholesome such diet
was, they got angry and drove him out OF
the hall.
Four Chicago men have contracted to
build a capitol for Texas, to cost So 600 600,
and takes 100000 acres of public land as
payment. Their scheme contemplates an
| iIamense business IN grazing, and they
have secured So 900 900 for Investment in
cattle and improvements
st. Louis printer of posters for crcuses
and theatrical companies sought to injure
a Chicago rival by calling him Jonah, "
which is the showman's word for person
who brings bad luck to anything in which
he is concerned. In u circular he set forth
deliberately that to use printing from the
| Chicago concern was sure ruin. He has
been sued for damages.
A correspondent of the Concord (N. H.
Monitor says il las been five and one.halt
years since printed decision OF the su.
preme court of New Hampshire was issued
In the usual bound volume OF reports, and
this did not include any opinions that were
delivered after August, 1876. or six and one
half years ago. II is understood, however,
| that the profession IS expecting an add.
tional volume in the near future which will
bring the decisions down to somewhat
later reriod, or March, 1879.
The recent explosion of gunpowder fac.
tory at Berkely, California, developed q
hero. Frank Roller saw the shower of
sparks set fire to a tarpaulin on the deck OF
a schooner lying at wharf He knew that
fifty tons OF the explosive were aboard the
vessel. The crew were aware OF it, too, and
they scampered away as fast as possible
But Roller leaped through the window Of
his house, ran to the perlous craft, and ex.
tinguished the flames by throwing on water
with bucket. II tne fire had reached tie
cargo, the town and everybody in it would
have been destroyed.
Mr.. Bennett, the owner OF the New Y0rb
Herald, once offered large sum for Crow
island, in Currituck sound, on the North
Carolina coast, but his offer was refused
Now Mrs Hatfield, the proprietor, has sold
the island Tor $50 900, but to whom repor
does not state. Mrs. Hatfield is the widow
OF Commodore Nanderbilt's chum, Captain
John c. Hatfield, who discovered the pac,
while peddling Yankee notions with tn,
commodore, many, many years ago, Cap
tain Hatfield bought the island. which il
noted for its game, and built there fin,
mansion.
A New Jersey doctor is trying TO form
joint stock company which he wants L
form for the purpose OF saving 400, GOO live,
in this country per year, The prospectus
OF this company has been issued, and sen
to l'rge numbers of persons. The docto
offers to reimburse the stockholders and de
vote one.half of the enormous sum he is /,
receive toward destroying disease alto
gether in this country, and putting an end
TO the present medical fraternity, which ht
call s dynasty licensed TO commit unlm
tied murders every year.
Charles s. Lincoln, of Warren, Massachu
sets, disappeared from home January sth
his wlie's sister also departed about th,
same time. Last week Mrs. Lincoln chance,
TO open an obscure scientific paper, pub
lished in New York. which furnished tn
, lirst clew OF her husbands whereabouts. Ii
1t she read q summons from a Monticello
Arkansas, judge for her TO appear at com
within twenty days il she wished to oppos
her husbands motion for divorce. 1t is sal,
that the wiie's sister has never been able 4
conceal her inlatuation for her brother.in
law. Lincoln is only % years Old, is quit
handsome, ana has b en- the mos popua
man in Warren for years.
The gamblers OF Boston are having q ru
ct bad luck. Their games win about a
, usual, but the losers have habit Of dc
manding their money back. This has bee
, especially true of a faro bank in Tremon
: street, said to be the handsomest gamblin
establishment in the country, II was FRI
) Quented by Harvard students, aud when
: ever Pre- iident Eliot heard of lose h
/ compelled restitution. Several merchant
pursued the same course as to their clerks
and in one instance the gamblers had I
, give up 81 500. Following these setback
, mes so strong movement to close tn
bells altogether that the police deemed bes
to enforce the law.
DR.. w. III, Bowman was acquitted yea
ago at Soituate, Massachusetts,, OF settn
tire to his house. The case attracted cor
siderable attention, the question for til
jury being whether two pieces of clocl
work, which had been set to explode alec
hol lamps of an intlammabe material, wer
his own device or that OF an enemy. III
! doctor had been active in prosecutin
$ liquor dealers, and his defence was thG
these mem had committed the incendiarisr
{ for revenge. Threats have lately been mod
against him in the groggeries of the tow
/. but he Kept on making total abstinenC
speeches Of violent kind. The 9th,
, morning he found that hi, horse had bee
, Killed with an axe.