The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-10

(poiutng ID the feporiersl thirty IA lions
OF people.' Me-. Whittier mad not met Mr..
PHILLIP s for nearly u year before the lattsrs
death.
RAILWAY ITEMS.
s. II. Morgum, postmaster AZ Henrietta,
has MED u SUIT gainst the rtXis e Plc'io
tor dams O. amounting TO $1,000, Tor u
broken leg aud internal injuries sustained
by itlli 4 rom the company's platform.
A large Item la tue expense OF maintain
ing q sleeping car ia the washing bill. The
fuilm ,n compAuy's entire ou'tt includes
o 200 sheets, $1,000 pillow lips 10 0Ol
bl iukets, 10000 haud towels and 5000 roller
towcls. A. mr. Is entirely emptied and
cleaned ~ soon rs IL fcaches.it Us destination,
ana the linen /, sent straight u the lauu-
dry. rhe Wagner bon pany'0 Total equip
ment IS 1900 WOODEN blaukeia, 1851 linen
shctts, l2,2u2 plllow-slips. $40 Maud tow.
uls ann 2,3i7 roller towels. The expense Of
keeping tue Wagner company's bedding
clean is $4,000 n year; the Pullman com
| pauy's - larger.
Tue Texas ~ Pacific road, In order 10 give
their passengers as little Inconvenience as
possible, are now crossing the sleepers from
Guldsbofro TO This slide vi the fiYrr, when
passengers can step into the car with their
traps aud lake their seats without having 10
tramp idto tue transfer and oil again and
l lux kNtlT llall.n nv Wv NliNRfi w va"
Otner side. The action of the Texas Il
Pacific road ia this matter will surely meet
with the appfuOa ion OF me travelling
putlic. IL Is very probable that the Nor.
gau road will also bring its sleeper over {
this side Of the rIyer, as the patrons OF tua'
rosd have long desired such u change.
4 iew days K an embarrassing, YET
amusing scene occurred M the ticket cilict
OF the New o ltaus ~ Northeastern road.
n man who Is teaching the art OF d,ttctinG
counterfeit money entered the Office aul
engaged Colonel Bon Garrett, the ticket
agent, in conversation, during which lac
endeayored TO persuade the colonel TO take
q course OF lessons. The conversation was
continued Tor quit3 IA long tlme, when sud
denly a man rushed Into the Office aud
asked excitedly Tor tour tickets 10 New
York, and Immediately pumped the
money down on the counter. lhd tickets
were handed over and the man rushed out.
THE aroused ColJnl CARROTS suspicion,
auu turning b. tue professor VI the art oI
detecting counterfeit money he said,
Look hire my friend, l
believe thu fellow who just came
IA here H. one ct vur cappers, auu II There
Is aay Counterfeit money Ia tue amount he
said, 1 will hold you responsible Tor it,
Tue professor stared AZ Colonel CARAT III
Wild dismay tor a mofnen and then denied
that no transacted business IN such u way
He examined the money, however, aud de
Glazed that each bill was geuuinc. ThOs'
present enjoy ed the affair hugely, much t.
the amusement OF the professor. Co!one
CARAT stated that his suspicion Wa
a. oused by the fact that AS u general rul'
when "A man wishes a New York ticket tho
he will talk to tho ticket agent a week be
fore he purchases.
Laporess are now at work ballasting tn
Texas Pacific line where " passes throuEl
the Choctuw swamp. When this work /
completed the entire road bet Ne'
OgIetn aus aud Marshall, lexis, VIII Ne i
perfect order.
There we're ll2 accidents to railroad
during the month OF December, 1855, 4
whlcn 80 persJns were killed aud liz hur
II decrease OF SO accidents, and an IN
crease OF 3 kil,d and decrease OF 96 hurt
compared with December, 1882. The l
mouths of the year 1883 show a total .
] $40 accidents, i73 Killed and l,0l3 injured
b'ing u monthly average OF l3I accidents
80 kii!ed and 1859 burt. The list OF acc
dents Includes almost every variety 9
diseases, IRON q collision TO "a broke
wheel.
The best pei forming locomotives, as tn
engineers say, are those which PICK
train up quick The engines that ran th
last traius reach their highest speed within
thre. miles OF n starting point, aud loco
1 hOAlNRl Nilh NAAbAb NNHf'' ~ 80
mile per minute within four miles canno
haudle the train properly, and seed not b
expected to make FAST ayernge runninI
time
And now the United States congress ha
got at Il, and IL seems that the poor be
dc Nled scaip-rs are never to be ailowet an.
peace. A bill mas been recently introduces
at Washington 10 prohibit ticket broker
age in the District OF Columbis.. IL is
copy of the same law en- cted by the Penn
~ ivania legislature IN 1868 which IN varl
Gus forms mas been offered in almost ever
general assembly In the country convened
since that date
Pacific. from Dillon 10 Lesdville, was fin
ished pnj opened last week. II Will b
called the High Lire.
The Exposition Jniverselle de Far
Culinaire" awarded the highest honors
D.,tu.c 40 Tim pnnat aiIparIAn