The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-21
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Nearly $3.50 i0l worth OF properly in
Kentucky is owned by negroes.
Six Indians on the Ysaima Oregon res
ervstion are under ares. charged with
polygamy.
1t is estimated that 81 900 papers Of n GER.
tain brand Of smoking tobacco arc daily
sold in New York city.
Chief Justice Comegys, OF Delaware, has
decided that the law for the arrest oil pro.
iessional thieves on suspicion Is unco nsti'
,u,ionsl.
Tioga county, Pennsylvania. collected
SOL. % dog tax last year, and paid out
s. ll3 d damages for sheep killed by the
CANNES.
The most successful farmer OF Walton
county, Georgia, Is Arasmus @. Wright,
fifty years Of age, who has been blind since
il is raid that the ducks in Chesapeake
bay. California, subsist entirely upon wild
celery, which, 1t is reported, grows in
abundance in that vicinity.
The penalty for bringing aChinaman into
British Columbia has been reduced from
81 600 to 800 and The tax on each China
man from $50 TO $40 year.
A petition IVES recently presented 10 the
Connecticut Legislature eigned by several
citizens of New London asking tina. u law
no enacted prohibiting the use OF tobacco In
the public schools.
\ successful tazidermist Of Irwintown,
Co., recently killed black bird, which he
has skiliinily mounted and turned into u
very unique ard pretty neck scarf or
cravat.
The world has probably never seen just
such u funeral procession as the ono OF
Lieutenant De Long'H, who persisted Ia the
north. IL has traversed 8 O5l miles by
reindeer, horse tleds and by railroads pre-
psralOry to nearly 5000 miles of ocean
transit, which makes distance OF nearly
half around the world
When William Is. Aston died he bad 100
houses on his .rent'roll In New York CITY.
The present number OF hstor houses er-
cseds l, 200. tho whole estate being valued
at $50, 0CO. 900, producing an income OF 49,
900, 600 year.
In 1882 tho government paid the railways
for mail transportation the sam OF $l2 1885,
1884,. in 1883, SIS, SS7 100. an increase OF over
81 900 go. The decrease In the cost OF the
tire service, steamboat and otherwise, has
b ,en Ssl4,s wi an increased mileage over
1850 OF / II .s27 miles.
Congress should not fail to pass the bill
which has Just been iavorably reported by
the house judiciary committee to restrict
the right OF removal OF cases from state 10
fsderal courts. The abuse of this right has
become one of the iavori,e ways OF defeating
Justice.
Undoubtedly the most complete game OF
poker on record is the one recently played
by Willis Kissee and Jack Kellogg, ~ Gun
nison, Colorado. Each held three oil a
kind, zach reached for the stakes, each
promptly pulled out pistol, because The
other reached; both fired and both fll
dead.
The latest rumor in regard TO the pro-
posed new aiesm hip line about to be start
ed between San Francisco ana China is that
the company intends to run steamers down
10 the coffee poris on the west coast OF Cen
trail America and thereby inaugurate Wig
oroue opposition 10 the Pacific Mail.
The mail agent a. Helena, Montana,
was bsdly frightened the other day when
he thrust bis hand into the mail bag
cat hal been done up IN a package aud
shipped as mail matter. On the wsy the
cat broke out Of its box, rnd when the
agent placed his hand in the bag COM
menced to bite and scratch il in wsy tha,
made tho man think ne he had got into the
wrong place.
A sad incident Of the food, not reported
by telegraph, comes from Middleport,
Ohio. A houee was discovered Hosting
down the Ohio with woman sitting on ths
roof Men went 10 the rescue in boats, but
the woman refused TO leave the house, soy
ing her four babes were on tho inside
window was broken open and the children
we're discovered floating about the room
dead.
DR.. Newman, the Methodist elocutioaist.
seems to be in trouble In his Congrera-
tional church, which he serve with stsl gart
sermons for $4,000 year. The old Con
gregstionslisis want him 70 decide whether
he is a Methodist or q Cromwellisu. lie
rays he is V icar Of Bray and his doctrine
is ten Thousand year. Newman, | hear.
was once a shoemaker. He has q fine reso-
nant address ard considerable knowledge
picked up superficially or through the eyes,
Il IL.
through his want oil humility and love Of
snow aud. assertion. He used a public ban
Duet recently TO urge n war againsi the
Mormons. We want no priestly wars or
warning priests. Newman may filichurches,
but he emptiss Oar stisniiy.