The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-14
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Er,crrY 15s 53s .40S pounds OF tobacco wore
rats d la KENTUCKY during the year 1883.
An inventor OF Sandy Greek. New York
has been offered 81 600 for q hall interest IN
his patent hair-pin.
The house In which btonewsll Jackson
was born n: Cl nksburs, w. Va, was torn
down few days ago 10 make way for i'm.
provements.
| Washington gathers and carts Off annu.
ally 2, 200 carloads OF fallen leaves OF hirh
! 700 loads comes from the trees la the public
grounds.
A man breathes about twenty times In a
minute, or 200 times in an hour. He
| breathes about eighteen pints OF air in n
minute, or upwards OF seven hogsheads a
day.
There are now in the sub-treasury In
New York city, $l27 900 600 OF gold and
silver. This is about obe.half that Uncle
Sam has.
New Mexico has 50, 900 male citizens over
2, wears OF age. AT least the poll tax for
lait year amounted to $50 600.
The Jackson New Mississippian says that
the ttste has gained 100 per cent. in five
years in manufacturing Industries, having
At lis time 5000 600 inve,te ed in such en-
lerprlsts.
The state Of Durango, Mexico, has ten
legisl stofs and judiciary com posed Of i0nr
magistrates who receive Nh annual stipend
of | 800. n respectable sum compared with
that paid in Other states ~ tho republic.
The sheriff of Walli Waiie, Montana, re-
Get tly received two letters AZ the same
time inqufing for long lost brothers. One
OF the lost brother'," had been hung u
week before or the murder OF the other
long lost brother"
President Arthur In q recent CONVERSE
ton with some eli friends admitted that
he was q par.rl covert 70 the doctrine of
| spirlluullam. SUI, they do ssY that tne
president sees lever spHit5 now than form
esly.
church in Btvari7, accommodating
| 1000 peopl, has bern Hlmost entirely built
Ui paper mache. watch C.n be supplied at
cos lutle above that OF plaster. IL eau be
made TO initiate the finest marble, ss 1t
takes polish superior to ii t.
The ground on which an Iowa man asks
for divorce is that ms wife is u drunkgrd;
aud The pecularity of the complaint is its
specilicst on that she acquired tho habit of
H. an perance while tending bar In bis own
saloon.
Sixteen years ago n law was passed pro-
yulng for the gradual mauui, ,ssion OF
slaves in Cuba, Of whom there were at that
time about 1856 1856 So well has this law
been administered, the planters 10 many
css, sho wing a Willingness to act even in
anticipation OF its provisions, that go OO0
slaves have been already st Tree, and there
are good grounds Tor hoping that during
the year slavery will be removed from that
islasd.
Colonel Bob 1ngersoll, who lost very
heavily several Years since by his invett
ments in wildcat mines In New Mexico,
will leave Washington soon with party
for tour of Mexico ana Texas. So as to
make the trip pay it's expenses, he will de-
liver n series OF his lectures on the way.
An ingenious EnRlis man afactnrer has
by simple and workable invention OF
cooled springs, succeeded in dispensing
with the need of driving sewing machines
by hand or foot A few turns of O handle
winds up sufficient power to keep a ma.
chine & ing at fu speed over an hour. IL
is completely under control as to toe rate
OF stitching aud stopping. aud can ne APP
Piled to any existing machine at moderate
cost.
Georga's peniten,iary now contains
1922 pIisoners-the largest number ever
recorded on he registry at one Time. The
large p'rcet tsge OF the crimiNals Is made
mp OF young negroes, among whom crime is
o. the Increase.