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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-12

r HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS CAN.
Il dlda.e for Aldermen of the Filth Ward
Election. 2nd Tuesday In April NJ. STEWART.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-12
corxry TREAs.trw,, REPORT

This following IN the statement OF J. T..
Downs, county treasurer, showing the con.
dition OF the various funds of Dallas coun-
" on tho 10th Of March, 1884:
On lind O'tsre Net Bal i,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-12

vNIE ARE AUTHORIZED no ANNOUNCE
w the amu Of G. liou.' ! G. WILLIAMSON
as q cane liale for the Office Of Alderman from
the I'll st WId
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-12

Thus offering customers chance to lay ia sup
ply of Shoes considerably reduced prices This rare chance
Should be taken advantage Of the sale will only last few
days. and Shoes will GO prices that never heard of
before in the history Of our Queen City.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-12

I'VE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE J.
w ID CXRTER a. a candidate for Alderman
In the Sixth ward
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-12

ME ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w Mr.. r. r. RONLkY ~ a candidate for Al
dermsn FROM the Fourth Ward.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-12

ME ARE AUfHOIIZED TO AMMO UNCB
w Ed G. SMITH as q candidate fIr Alderman
,f the Fourth Ward. Election, 2ni tuesday In
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-12

VhfE ARE AUTHORIZED 40 ANNOUNCE
w r. NJ. COCKRELL as a candidate for ~.
dermsu fro n the First ward.
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10
Working above the Clouds.

"Yes, it is pretty cool up there," said Col. Mclaughlin to reporter, indicst- ing the top of the Washington monu- ment. "On one morning recently, when we went up after the rain, we found ici- cles hanging from the rigging and the whole stage covered with ice and sleet. But then again when we went to the top at later period, we found the air at the summit several degrees warmer than that we had left below. The top of the monument was bathed in the rays of the rising sun, while looking over the side nothing could be seen of the ground beneath, which was hid by masses of rolling clouds"
 "How do the men manage to work in the cold atmosphere at such great height?"
 "They are supplied with hot coffee and their dinners and lunches are served to them at the top, so that no time is lost in going up and down. Whenever a man feels cold he can always have a cup of hot coffee. No liquors are used. !"
 ''How long will it be before the final touches are made ?"
 "If we have fifteen days of fine wealth. CT now, we will finish in that time. Of course, if very cold weather sets in 1t will be impossible to work"
 "How are you going to remove the scaffolding from the outside of the monu- ment ?"
 "We will have to take it piece by piece through the windows, and those tim bers which are too long will be cut up and removed" "
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10
A KnIckerbocker Christmas.

Christmas has always been especially a New York festival. It came over with the Dutchmen who first occupied Man. haitian Island. Christmas was royalty kept by them in New Amsterdam, and the rites they instituted have never been forgotten. Even yet the genuine Knickerbocker must have at this time crullers, flat, brown and crisp; dough- nuts, dark, dull and round, and mince pie. Without these there can be no true Christmas. And it must not be forgotten that the patron saint of Christ mas, the worthy St. Nicholas, better known to little people as Santa Claus, has been adopted by New York, not ex- actly as patron saint, but as 6 substi. ute for one. At all events his name has been bestowed upon various clubs and societies, and he seems to be con- sidered as one of the legacies of New York's founders, since there are those who claim that the worthy saint was a sturdy, kindly. jolly burgher of old Amsterdam. And very proper, there fore, does it appear that he should be connected with merry Christmas. Some one has said that Christmas observances were falling into desuetude in England Mutll luSl hSlC 1tNANGl bN ll6 ldlto UI Charles Dickens. But New York has never needed Dickens for that purpose. The day was happy, cheerful day when what is now the yast city was but village-.a day when the smile on most faces gave warm glow in spite of a dull sky. And the genuine Kuicker- booker can be distinguished Q in no way better than by his hearty observance of this festal time. The time of gifts has come. And although the man with many relatives sometimes feels this part of the observance of the day burden, yet cheer fuI givers abound. Liberality overleRps bounds of kindred and friendship, and the hungry are fed, the naked are clothed, the cold are cheered and warmed with fuel, an hour of ease and relief is managed for tine weary md care- worn, innocent qualifications are con- trived for those whose pleasures are few and rare.
 But they who rejoice in Christmas most are the little people. What a throng of happy children there are in the world on that day How many lit- tie hearts are beating with pleasure, how many childish lips are prnttling cheerfully Thousands of such childish groups, scattered all ever the world, are a pleasant vision and enough to make one merry in remembering them.
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10
KILLED BYA WOMAN.
The Wife of n French Deputy Shoots her Slanderer on the Steps of a Court Room.

A tragedy which has caused great sen sation occurred in Paris. The wife of Deputy Clovis Hughes with a revolver shot and killed NJ. Morin, the commission agent at the Palais de Justice, because he had slandered her. She fired SIX shots at her victim, four of which lodged ill his chest. NJ. Hugucs, who approves of his wife's action, and Mme Hugues were arrested.
 Last year NJ. Hugues and wife prosecuted M. Morin for defamation of character and ob- tained sentence of two years imprisonment. NJ. Morin, however, by Q system of dilatory motions, carried the case from court to court. Mime. Hugues became very angry and bearing that the Assizo Court of the Seine would grant another adjournment of fortnight, she went there with her hus- band and counsel. When the court took a recess for luncheon, Mme. Hugues, i'll de- scending the staircase, met M. Morin and shot him. After she had been arrested she de- clared to the Commissary of Police that she hoped she had killed the man who, during the past two years, had been killing her by inches by his atrociOus calumnies.
 Mime. Hughes is the beautiful young wife of M. Clovis Hugues, prominent Radical mem- Der of the Chamber of Deputies. NJ. Morin had grossly slandered her by circulating story which charged her with infdelty to Her mar riage VOWS. There are many facts which make opinion is that the flander was the mean re- thy is entirely with Mme. Hugues, and it is considered impossible that she can ever be convicted of mulder by a jury of Frenchmen.
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10
SECRETARY TEILER's REPORT.
Various RecOmmendatIO About the In~
 dians and the Public Lands.

The annual report of the Secretary of the Interior begins with an account of the work of the Indian schools during the past year. Mir. Teller suggests that some employment should be secured for the graduates of these schools, and that those who complete the regular course of the manual labor schools should re- ceive the gift of citizenship, without mourning risk of forfeiting their interest in tribal lands or funds.
 He declares that the greatest agency for the civilization of the Indian Is the manual labor school and urges that the Government should pay up the four million dollars due under treaties with the Indians concerning education. He renews his former recommendation that the Indians be disalmed, and points out the necessity of legislation for the punishment of crime on the reservations. He praises the working of the Court of Indian Offences es- tablished in 1883, and suggests that the Indian Judges should be paid for their services.
 On the subject of the public lands, MT. Tel Ter adopts the recommendation of the Commits sioner of the General Land Office that the Pre- emption law be repealed. He says there is necessity for some legislation to compel rail road companies which have earned the land granted to them to take a patent therefor, and to regulate lapsed grants.
 Under the head of pensions he quotes the report of the Commissioner, showing that at the close of the last fiscal year there were 322, ,75G pensioners, and that the amount paid during the year was $56, sos, ,597. He advises the repeal of the limitations of the act of 1S79
 Statistics Of the Patent Office are given, showing that it's business is constantly increas- ing.
 should be extended to primary education, on the plan proposed by the Commissioner of Education.
 In conclusion he speaks a good word for the Civil Service act
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Happenings of Interest to All,
 At Home and Abroad.
LIFE SAVING SERVICE.
Operations for the I.nst Fiscal YeHr-Per-
 sons Rescued Hnd Property Saved.

The general superintendent of the Life Saw ing service .L his annual report for the year ended June 30, 1881, says that there were at the close of the last fiscal year POI stations, of which 156 were OH the Atlantic, 37 on the lakes, ' on the Pacific and 1 at the falls of Ohio, Louisville, Ky. The reports of tire dis trict officers show that the number of disasters to documented vessels within the field of sta ton operations during the year was 3J7. On these vessels there were 4,253 persons, of whom 4, 237 persons were saved and 16 lost
 The number of shpwrecBed persons succortd d at the stations was 532, to whom l, l19 days re- lief in the aggregate were afforded. The estl- mated value of the vessels involved in these disasters was S7. .075. .975 and that of their car goes [, ,45I, ,n50, making the total value of the property imperil!ed S10, 530025. Of this amount $9, 090, 134 was saved and Sl, ,439, ,S9l lost. The number of vessels totally lost was 64
 Besides the disasters to documented vessels there were during the year 102 casualties to smaller craft, such Es sailboats, rowboats, etc, on which were 179 persons, 175 Of whom were saved and lost. The property involved Ill these instances is estimated at about 3I1,9l5, of which S7I, ,220 was saved and $6 695 lost.
 The result of all the disasters ill the scope of the service therefore aggregates as follows: Total number of disasters. 439; total value of property involved, Sl0601, 940; total value of property saved. go, t61, 1851; total value of property lost SI 446 5S6; total number of per-  saved, 4, ,i12; total number of persons lost, 20; total number of persons succored at stations, 532; total number of days succor afforded, 1,319; number of vessels totally lost, 64.
 In addition to persons saved from vessels, there were 21 persons rescued who had fallen from wharves piers, etc., and who would have perished without the help of the life saving crews.
 The following general summary is given of tho statistics of the service, from the date of the introduction of the present system in 1871 to the close of the fiscal year. The loss of life, as stated below, includes 1S3 lost at the wrecks of the Huron and Metropolis, which the report says in strict justice, are not chargeable to the serviCe
 Number of disasters, 2,547; value of proper ty involved, $47, ,129,3l4; value of proper ty saved, @32, ,89S, 346; value of property lost S14, 230, 968; nEmber of persons involved, 23,2t7; number of persons saved, BATH; number of persons lost. 446 number of persons succored at stations, 4,261; number of days suceor af- forded, | ,627.
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10
RrntaI Pleasure.

A tragical incident is reported from Valencia, in Spain. "lhe American acrobat, Miss Leona Dare" was hang. ing from the roof of theater by her feet, holding in her teeth the ropes of Q trapeze bar on which M. George was performing, and, seized with "a nervous fear" she dropped the trapeze with NJ. George, who fell to tho floor, aud was fatally injured. The audience arose in q panic and rushed for the doors, many persons being crushed, while Miss Dare clung screaming to the roof.
 If the law prevents the abuse of ani- mals and of children, why should it Amusements must be licensed, and a li- cense should be refused to an ''amuse- ment' which consists in evident risk to human life aud limb. There are plenty of such exhibitions in this country. and the victimization of children by them has been forbidden. It is no reason for permitting Miss Leoua Dare to hang upside down and hold M George iu her teeth fifty feet up Ill the air that he agrees 10 it. If he chooses to trust his neck to Miss Leona Dare's teeth in private it is his own affair. But when be asks the law to permit him to do 1t in public as @ meaps of making money, it IS the affair of the public, and tho pub lie should forbid it as it iofbids prize fights and other imbruting spectacles.
 It Is the old taste which delighted in the prize-ring and the pounding of 2 mau's face into a bloody jelly which takes pleasure in these performances, and it is a taste which IS not 10 be fos- tered, but repressed, not alone in consid- eration of the performer, but of the public. It should be forbidden like a public hanging, and for the same req sons.-Harper's Weekly.
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10
The COachman's Bride.

A good deal of course humor has been made of the Morosini family, says Gath in press letter, but while we can see that the father did wrong in not giving company to his children there is not much good sense in rejoicing at such match as the girl made. She now has been compelled to take the only faculty she has improved and get living by it. This shows young folks, no matter what their fathers possessions, that they can safely learn one thing while they have chance, for that may be all they will have to depend on at last. The audi ence to hear the new madam sing was made up of that huge tattling popula- tion, which in New York never takes au interest in anything serious, but is al- ways alive to some sensation of a semi social sort. Some of the merchants went to compliment the girl who had been a customer at their stores when she was her fathers daughter. She has now gone beyond reclamation from old MoroBinis side, for it is hardly one in a thousand cases where a woman has been applauded over the footlights that she can take to private life again. For some little time she may draw money as a novelty, having been we'll advertised all over the land, but if she does not i'm prove in her singing and expression she will come right back from where she started, and I suspect that near the close of her days old MT. Morosini, in whom I think I can detect a loving nature, in spite of his absurdities, will take her home and they will make the hact of if
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10

It is known that for the present quarter s170OO, GOO are demanded for pensions. lii order to prevent an unfavorable debt state naent for November 5000, 900 of this amount were carried over to December, yet notwlth- standing this the public debt was increased ln- stead of being reduced as usual.
 Chairman Buckner will take the initiative in bringing forward measure for restricting the coinage of silver dollars.
 A bill, which has passed the Senate and is n0w on the House calendar, will increase the present pension payments about $25, GOO, 900 a year if it becomes law.
 The public debt for November decreased ysry little. Tne principal increase in the dis I3t.. sements was On account of pensions, which aIuoumted to over S8, GOO, 0OG. The receipts wc1e about T4,G0O,0O0 Jess than for the same month of last year. The Treasury surplus is S14I 0O,000.
 The State Department has received from a eonsul in Brazil samples of drug which is Said to be 8 cure for cancer.
 Secretary of War Lincoln shows that large saving of expense in providing horses and forage for the army has been made during the past year.
 General Meigs says the new Pension build ing eau be arranged fer the Inaugural Ball It would give floor 316 by 116 feet. and no trouble about getting 1t ready and having it comfortable is feared.
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10
THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
Secretary ChandIer's Report.

The annual report of the Secretary of the Navy shows that the expenditures of the de- partment in the fiscal year which closed June 30, 1884, were $17, ,292, 6O1. The estimates for ordinary purposes and public works for the next fiscal year are $17,860,658. The esti- mates for the increase of the navy are $15,071 572. In this sum is included $4, 232, 654 for the completion of the monitors, $4, 542, 900 for new cruisers and gunboats, $2, 300, 900 for armored vessels. $2,001, 918 for ordnance for cruisers and gunboats, and 1,395, 900 for other purposes, including two training barks and rifed ordnance. One-half of this sum for the increase of the navy will be needed for the coming fiscal year.
 The expenses of the Greedy expedition, the Secretary says, were $762, 006. He recommends that the Thetis and the Bear be retained by the Government for surveying purposes. The report concludes with the assertion that the only way to encourage the establishment of American ocean steamship lines is throue h Government aid in the form of bounties for the construction of vessels or payment for carrying the mails.
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10
THE POST OFFICE REPORT.
Nearly S50,OOO,OOO the Cost OI Handling
 the Mails for Year.

The annual report of the Postmaster General shows that the expenditures of the Post-Offico Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1884, were &I6, 404, ,960, and the revenues S43, ,33S, 127, leaving an excess of expenditures over receipts of .;3 Oct, S33. Adding the csti- mated amount of outstanding liabilities and the amount credited to the Pacific railroads, the expenditures exceeded the revenues by $5 2U4, 4S4 In addition to the expenditures mentioned $SI9, 599 were paid on account of liabilities of previous years. For the fiscal year ending June 50, 1886, the receipts are es- limated at &5l, ,272, 820 and the expenditures at S56 099, 1G9 including the amounts credited to the Pacific railroads.
 Tine amount of postage collected on second- class matter was Sl ,SS9. 592. II, an increase of $1Si, ,414.61, or 10.S2 per cent. over the pre- viouS year. Of the receipts from this source A 90 per cent. was collected at New York, g.41 Der cent at Chicago, 6.42 per cent. at Boston. 5. .OS per cent. at Philadelphia 1 67 per cent. at St. Louis 3.53 per cent. at Cincinnati, l.S2 per cent. at San Francisco, 1.l5 per cent. at Wash Dglon.
 The number of letters and parcels sent through the registered mails during the year was II. .246, s45. The amount of registry fees collected was S957, ,059.30, an increase of $30,- 509 60, or 3. 3 per cent. over the previous year.
 The actually ascertsined losses during the year numbered 5l6, or one in every 21, 795 let ters and parcels registered. This Is a smaller
 
 The number of routes in the Star service was II ,T29; the length of the routes 226,779 miles; the annual transportation, S1, ,109, ,052 miles. at 8 cost of $5,0S0, 941, being about 628 cents per mile.
 The number of routes ill the inland steam boat service was IT; the length, 15,591 miles; the annual transportation, 3,8S2, 2S8 nples. at an annual cost of 96,573, being about 15.37 cents per mile.
 The number of routes in the railroad service was 1,573; the length, ,160 miles; the an nual transportation, 142, ,541, 392 miles, at 8 cost of $15 012, ,603 (exclusive of S3,979 362 for railway postal clerks), being about 10.53 cents per mile.
 There were 4,9Os contractors for carrying the mails on inland routes.
 The revenue from the postal money-order system was S356, ,932, giving 8 net profit of $244, 856. The revenue from postal notes, which were issued to the amount of S7, All 1892, was S33, ,893.
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10

IMPORTANT TO THI rrHItg AS WELL AS THE MEDICAL
 PROFESSION.
 HdUS JouTUul uf RCufh, referring to Con sumption, says;
 "ronsuuutinn usually begins with a slight, dry cough in the morning, then on going 10 bel, getting more and more frequent, with more and more phlegnl, increasing debility, thinness of flesh, shortuess of breath, and uuickneSs of pulse. In fatal eases its average course is about two years; hence the import ance of alesting the disease at as early stage as possible, and the sooner rational means are employed for this purpose the greater the chance of success The disease is owing to an irritation commencing in the throat and extending to the lungs,so that their action is interfered with, and the blood does not receive sufficient oxygen topurify it. The most marked sign of lung disease is emacia- ton; and the most positive indication of re- turning health is inCrtase in weight.
 So speaks JiGWS Journal oT Health, and We may add that in desperate cases, and, in fact, in all cases of Consumption, or troubles of the throat and lungs, immediate relief may be obtained and a permanent cure effected by the use of nr. Wm. Halls Balsam for the Lungs a medicine known for more than thirty five years as an unfailing remedy for coughs, colds. bronrhitis and ali pulmonary and pee toral d,-caacs That the worst eases of Con- sumption have been cured by the use of Halls Balsam has been atteste1 to by the thousands who have used it, or have been cognizant of it~ wonderful remedial efficacy.
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10
Made Insane by a Fire.

Last summer Mrs. Ditchburn, wife of William Ditohburn, of Barclay, Pa, went to Scotland to visit relatives. She sailed for home in the steamer Alsatian. When in mid ocean fire was discovered in the vessels hold. The officers aud crew were kept busy for five days fight ing the fire. The suspense and anxiety were more than Mrs. Ditchburn could bear and she became raving maniac. She was taken in charge by fellow yoya' gers and two of them took her to Waver Iy, N. T., after the vessel landed. ShC is now home in the former village. She imagines that she is stil! on the burning steamer and shrieks and rrays constant ly for help.
Connecticut western news., 1884-12-10
WRECKED BY DYNAMITE.
A House Blown to Pieces-One lInn Killed
 and Seven Persons Horribly Injured.

By the terrific explosion of dynamite at Stratford, N. H., at five o'clock Thursday night, one person was killed and seven severely injured. The report was like that of an im monse steel gun. The lower part of the house was blown out, leaving the posts standing and also part of the second story. The house took fire and then burned to the ground with it's contents. A basket of Atlas powder cartridges was to be used in boring a well, one of which George Goodwin attached to battery, which did not work. He placed the basket and cartridges in the kitchen on basket containing other car tridges. About five o'clock George Young of Lowell, Mass, visitor, in company with Miss Sadie Gre reenfeld, took the battery i'll his hand. Instantly the explosion followed. Everybody was afraid to go near the building during the fire, fearing that some of the dyna- mite had not explode and might kill him. The explosion was heard fifteen miles away All the furniture, except piano, besides money and notes of considerable value, was lost Seven persons were in the ruins