The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-27

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An OpOsaum farm is oge Of tho euterOris
ing plans Tor making aoney in tue vicinity
/ OF Savannah. Fine lat, sleli-ied opOssumi
sell. for 80 cents each.
Mary Virginia Eu;sll, the first white cir
/ bora ia MOuihuA, WAS married the 81 ui lAB
month, 90 R8t)1, New Mexico, 60 Edward
! J. Wells, Rev. Dir. Boyle, Of Trinidad, OIL
| ci4ing.
a resident Of Glover, Vermont, has Oh,
distinction OF possessing the ldrg 81 sole 10
ihe state. He wears Il shoe that measures
| tWeuly-two inches 10 length ana 10 eight
inches wide.
A young lady teacher near Red Bluff,
California, tho other day found fault with q
young lady pupil, ano the teacher called
| the pupil bluckhead. The young lady pu
! pill took teacher across her (the pupils
knee and gave the teacher spanking.
In Christ church, Alexandria, Virginia
are two small marble memorial slabs, idenl
ical in workmanship, form, size, and in fact
in every thing save inscription. One beara
the name OF Washington, the other of Lee.
A young woman in California proposes TO
rattle herself OF ut dollar chance The
man VINO buys ticket Will take more
than one. But The main question is; Will
Postmaster General Gresham permit her to
uee the males Tor lottery purposes?
The United States treasury has the big
est spiL.oon on record. II great oblong
woodsn box as big as bed, II led with saw
dust, 1t lies in the basement at the loot of
the four fllghis OF stairs winch lead to the
various stories, and accommodates the goy-
erhment employees and others.
There is knitting department in the
normal school at Hampton, Virginia, where
negroes ana Indians are educated end
trained 20 industrial pursuits. The equip
ment Of this Departments contests Of twenty.
fiys hsud- nachiues, and toe in.ttituuon
has produced as many as eighteen thousand
mittens and wrlstlets in one year.
New York has under lock and key On her
prisons. pepitcutiaries ana retJrmatories an
army OF oonyicts numbering 1869. Tnis
10 Au increase Of 80 per cent. IN zen years,
concurrent with an Increase OF % per cent.
in the tOlal population Of the state
Ine south has beeu covered al OYER Nth
Republican maledicsions; but It's climate
continues 20 be- healthy and invigorating,
/ s waters pure and bountliul, and its peo-
pie s-lt-C1ntaioed and progressive. The
south has ontlived worse calsmites than
thh maledictions OF tue Hosrs and the sher-
III aus OF she north. It will bloom and -four
ish none the less because of the bitter ma
Lightly OF such soulless Pnariseee.
Mira. Charles. known in Worcester county,
Maryland, as the "blue woman" 10 dead.
6Ut va very cCCtulIlC III utI DuI
IL Is said she was remarkably intelligent,
and was closely related TO the descendants
of President Polk. She derived the name
OF "blue woman" fToul the fact that her
skin IVES nearly the color OF Indigo, which
resulted from taking yitriol. Some OF her
relatives who are reputed 10 be wealthy,
now reside in Baltimore.
Among the fortunate possessofs OF trade
dollars Ia Philadelphia, 10 Mr.. George w.
Childs, who has 100000 OF them. Mr..
Ch,ids atsies these came ia over he counter
OF his newspaper office, and he thinks that
he government will redeem them at their
face value. Mr. Uhids' present. income
from the Ledger Is $4,000 per year He
receives 1000 letters a day aekiDg for Charity
and his charitable gifts are over $4,000 per
year.
a Californian planted eucalyptus tree
In his yard ten years ago. For seven years
he noticed no improvement or growth. At
the enc OF thai time, however the tree shot
up rapidly. Recon ", while cleaning his
we'll, he found the bottom mated with eu.
cslyptur roots, which had io,ced their way
through the brick WALL of the well 80 az TO
get Of the water. The well was fifty five
feet distant from the spot where the tree
stood above ground.
Although Buenos Ayres, Argentine Re.
public, has but population OF 10000, It 10
one OF the most improved cities In Ameri.
cs. The American system OF street isil-
ways is found in ali Its principal streets and
its park BY far excels in grandeur Of scenery
xtent Of territory, mum Der OF wild animals,
etc. the famous Central park OF New York.
The greatest drawback TO the population Of
the country il IT'S terrific thunder-storms,
which are very destructive.
A dog belonging 10 Grundy county
farmer helpi his IN ssier TO cheat. When
be i. hauling grain and the team ie driven
on the ecsIes, the dog walks under the
wagon aud lies down. As he weighs forty
pounds aud there 10 only thirty-two pounds
to bushel Of oats, be counts wonderfully
When the farmer comes back 10 have his
saigon weighed, the dog f0rgeis TO be there.
Important.
When yuu visit or leave New York City.
save baggage, expresses or carr age hire aud