The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-22
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n b'0'iy husruUl mas among It's won
dars n glass halt Il led with whisky labeled
refused by Genera Grant Ia 1873
Atlanta, Georgia, Ia without female bar
her, one OF the necessary attractions OF a
growing city.
South Carolina legislature.
The annual reni-foll OF the Aslor estate
~ New York city alone amounts TO oyer
S3,OO0000
0us firm at Marshall. Tennessee, sold for.
~ thousand dozen OF esgi las. year, Tor
which they paid 5000.
Eight million acres Of government land
la Dakots nave deem disposed VI 20 private
peraons witlin year.
Men on snowshoes now carry the mails
up 10 Moore's Flat, Graniieville and other
high mountain postolhces In the Sierra,
The general has ordered that
no buainess cards, billa or advertisements
shall hereafter be allowed u be stuck up In
poatoiliGos.
The Garrasn government will ask credit
Tor 10 VJOUO narks, 20 be mainly used Ia
constructing torPodOes along lEe Baltic aea
board.
a committee Of one from each posl Of
Tho Grand Army OF the Rspu lilo ia New
Mexico, is 10 DO aeleoted Tor tnu purpCss Of
having Kit Carson's grEyo 4 icsd la resp.c.
t. l. shape.
A farmer Of F.ll River, Massachusot,a,
has recently Lold . PAIR of fowl, dark Brsh-
mas, for tN, 10 30 To AUX ant, New Y a.
land. The distancc IS nearly seven tbous.
aud miles.
Ono of the stage coaches RAINING between
EiKo aud Tu' car0ra, Nevada, got lJGt dur
ing snow-siOTm las week. sud up 10 lsst
accounts had not been heard from.
Last year the eishteen hHndrad sslpons of
Missouri paid $3.50 0O1 for licenses. Tire new
law calls for 100000 from the same saioons
A number OF Memphis merchants have
lignod petition asking tlst drummers op-
Grating within the tsxlug districts be re-
leased from taxation when not displaying
goods for sale.
Tulare Lake, In California, 10 rspidly q ~
inF up. iev Year, ago 10 YVES 80 miles
~ lle1 long and has a. sversgs width OF lees
than eight milte.
Often the most lIcnrymose funeral orators
oe the iiNol are congressman who are be-
heyed 90 be- the most jOyial u juukelers
when they 80 III Pullman caro- TO carry the
rsmalns 70 the grave,
Tho feeling appears 10 be general that
Mr.. Blame, despite his osleutat Gus privacy
is seeking The office With shrrwdnfs,. and
that Mr.. Eimunds Is ready, but not eager,
TO take the office, II 8. ,eeks him.
BY tbs lat official returns "A 4 per cent
0f The births va NaifDshire, Scotland, are IL
legitms.V, while Ia Aberdeeusgire 90 per
cent. arc OF tina same Kind. La the cauhty
OF WiEtown enc tweBly-iourth Of The births
we're illeg dmste, aud most OF The northern
counties preseat an nnclsan blll OF health.
1he annual r.iufail Ia this country, ac-
coidiug 30 rho Weather Signal is lowest in
New Mexico Q3 inchss) aud California Q8
incdes) ald highest IN Oregon (40) ana Ala
DADla (o6) Tho annual rainfsll in this Brit.
ieh islsods among the mountains Is Al
inohss: on the plains % inches; IS mckee OF
rsinfsll on ths west side OF England, ~ on
tho east side.
All the Old envelopes, ne xspspers wrap
pings snd scraps OF paper which sccumr-
late in the treasury department at Washing
ton are carefully saved ia wnst Is called the
~este-pspsr room. All this refuse IL sorted
oRt ~ men and women, snd Hcid TO ono
firm in New York. The receipts amount
u quite c handsome little sum.
An attempt il about 10 be- made to accli-
matte 1pongss Oh the shorse OF France and
A gers. Tue chief difficulty riil se In she
trsn,plsntstion of the plants 1t will bs
about three yeas before the transplantc&
spongss viii os fit TO cut for sale. spopres
latch nigh priess. ASd the project is expected
90 pay wall.
According to .he Medical Record insur-
snoe iaoles snow that man who abstains
from alcohol has ~ 70 years OF age. u
cIsnce o. ii'ing Az ears; 1T 80, 30 years;
AZ Az, 20 oo S ,,so An ih1so1peiste man 5
onsuo' ~ ~ - io'o yea's' h'o'' 100 years.
anu ~ ~ ii'o Jeais'
The largest living animal is the roTqual
whale, l02 iset IN length; the smallest, the
anna hnii fOrmA Nnaipk and claimants
live to the grsatest aae, $50 ycats; May flies
tho shortest, living only a few hours.
Tho most Intelligent OF the lower animals,
ahead even OF the Australian oushmon and
others, are the ants.
Judge Thomas Drummoud has been on
tue Federal benoheontinuonsly for thirty
three yeArs-iirst as United States district
judge for illinois, then as United States cir
cn,, judge ior northern Illinois, and since
Circuit, embracing Illinois, Wisconsin and
Indiana. Members OF the bar speak and
think OF him NJ still In his prime.
Stewart. of Texas. il the tnll.st man In
the hou e of representatives. measuring six
feet. eleven inches: Till man. OF South Caro
lima never wears an oysrcoat: "Richeleun
Robinson, Of New York. has not hsd his
hair cut sipcs last session. and saws IL ia not
TO be cut again until Ireland Is "free:U
McAdoo, OF New Jersey, wears the highest
fitting clothes In the house; John. s. Wise,
OF vifginis-oorn in Brszil-parts his hair
in the middle, and Cannon. OF llineis, is
the only representative who always gesticu.
lates with his left hand.
Mr.. Boll. the originator OF ths telephone
enterprise OF that nsms, formerly a TEACHER
OF Languages in Boston, now lives in wssh-
ineton with a fortune estimated at IS 600.
oo0 Mr.. Blake. the ioyentor OF the trans.
mit,er u |. worth A 900 COO. M. Vail. ihs
General manager of he company. FORMERLY
: no. t,l.,rsnb oper.ior has an eispant
ppston Residence and "a Oo1 0O0 Mr. lorhes
Who f1rnjsse ed the raonsy TO out the inyen-
,,as In nee IL o. IA 10 he vorth finn az oo0
oo ,S' g. "a ooo 0o0 70 '''OOO''
wv ~ ~ W o,0'S 90,