Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-09

Philadelphia lawyers are puzzled
over the question whether the Spanish
consul there can be fined for cruelty to
his dog.
Some of the Essterh publishers have
been detected i'm bringing ont and ad-
vertising as new books old books with
new names.
AT the commencement dinner at
Harvard college, President Eliot an
nounced that only 1925 900 had been
donated during the year.
There are over 700 lighthouses and
twenty-five floating light-stations on
American coasts and rivers, supported
Mt yearly cost Of - $50, 900.
Dinner dishes decorated with verses
of poetry, maxims, conundrums. etc,
are very interesting, and furnish the
guests something TO talk about.
An indianapolis man has invented
a live poultry ear. 1t has numberless
partitions, storm curtains, cleansing
apparatus. water and food troughs.
Female vaccinators have been intro
duced into Madras, so that native wo-
men need not have their prejudices
shocked by being treated by medical
men,
The Egyptian lotus grows in this
country at Jones' Greek, MARYLAND,
and AT the mouth of the Raisin river
and along the River Rouge in Michi-
gan.
On the 10th of July the Dutch con-
template concentrating the tercen-
tenary of the murder of William the
Silent in the then courtiy residence of
Delft.
John Vandenhurg has sued the New
York Herald, Times, aud n dozen
papers In New York state, for saying
that he had eloped with "A married
woman to Dakota.
There are $50 colleges and UNIVERSE
ties in the United States, of which
only twenty-four have more than 80
students, and only seventeen have
more than twenty teachers.
Chamberlain, Kan, is promised u
novel Fourth of July celebration by
the vigilantes. They invite every one
to come and witness the hanging of
six notorious horse thieves.
A calf in pasture near Williams
, Nevada, was bitten and killed Fby u
rattlesnake the other day. After bit
ing the calf the snake cOiled about its
neck, where 1t was found and killed.
They have lots of fun out In Colora.
do sliding down the sandy hills on
shovels. A short time ago man was
engaged In this noble pastime and the
took fire.
Rev. John Thornton, colored
, preacher, in cambridge, Ga, who had
been convicted of carrying concealed
weapons, died suddenly in the convict
| pI tu Ia, hax
= United suicide.
: The latest rival of the hackmen at
e Niagara Falls il a real live Indian
i princess, who acts as the "saleslady" o.
a bazaar just opened She Is said To dres,
G she Is entitled"
: A Spanish bull fight, arranged TO
the 18th of July ut Dodge City, Kan.
has already drawn crowds to tina
town. Five matadores have been Sc
o cured from Mexico, aud six savag,
:, bulls are ready.
A beggar was arrested in New lorl
!, city few days ago and sent to tn
~ n psnitentiary for six months. 1t wa
= ascertained that he was a poor blinC
:, man in the daytime, and a very good
y sighted poker player at night.
The Evening Star of New Bruins
wick, n. j., was published just n,
weeks, and In that time one of its ed
o itors, Harry q, Hose, was arrested fOu
i, times-!or adultery, perjury, maliciou
y and criminal libel.
The difficulty with the Brooklyn
u water supply has been explained. A
. policeman who accidentally sat up al
y. night discovered "A number of bather
:, availipg themselves of the reservoir In
!, the early gray of the morning.
i A Calcutta paper tells of L railway
o station agent in India who recent,
r. sent the following dispatch to head
"a quarters: Train ust due. Tige
q jumping about the platform. Pleas
a telegraph orders"
e Henry w. Conrad. wealth,
d widower of Portville, n. v, havinI
a recently married Miss Mary Holder @
e Iowa, the children imprisoned tn
e man in his house Tor several months
!; forcing him to deed his property I
u them.
The American cricketers do no
seem 70 have produced much impres
sion In England. Scott Is describes
!, said to field and throw well, but the
oiC INV hiot'Siaoo III poWi
n ing or batting.
70 The walking fever Mt New Havel
"a has struck the schoolboys, and two O
" them have started to visit Boston, tn
r White mountains and Saratoga, walk
!, ing about thirty miles day. Eicl
y carries about eight pounds Of baggag
e, In knapsack.
~ Gen. Sheridan will take his fam
lily TO Manchester, Mass shortly 70
=. the summer. He himself will proba
% bly, spend a month or 80 with them al
ter he has completed a tour of inspet
lion among the military posts aion
the Atlantic coast.
IL Rev. Il. Hopkinson recently told
n number of English Conservatives tina
he thanked God daily that he has n
J. children, because Mr.. Gladstone j
II rapidly bringing the country TO de
o structiop, and he does not wish any Q
IS the family to see it.
The duke of Albany left only elD, DOC
:, and the queen has consented to pay
. portion OF his debts, including a shar
- of the funeral expenses. There IL
!" heartless clause In the grant to Lh
n duchess when takes away her SO 900
q year II she remafrles.