The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-06
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England s'lI. recognizes the dr.uIu, Con
iadsncy The London Hmcl recently
'cGu.d "a paragraph on 'Nr debts oi o.,
southern s'utog. Debts Of thH C0uiedosH
States OF America
Several dwelling houses ut a,iluly
Beach Massachusetts, have recent. been
moved back from th' senslOrr, uNltE o.
90, eu1roachmeut OF the ocean.
According % the police Tclnf.l ul lnl.l
dclUhia, $50 street lamps are broken daiIy
mainly by boys.
over ,lCJ gallons ct WHISKY wIw cor
sun ca no the Lexington Kentucky lundul
usylum during the uast tnrcr plr#.
Reporters iu Mississippi are u1r allowed
o. eco any part OF the bills or myUsur Bee
fore the legislative body oxcep the titles.
An undertaken aI San jose, California
while engaged 10 preparing q corpse ll
burial, TrCcHlly sIit bis $50 DIUajC.u'N
cont from neck 90 tail aDd Ilscad b. ou tb'
body, thirE'uE th.l the coat belonged O,
,l. doupas Pc. Eu tainted when LC found
that the coat was his own,
It iss4ii tlgt a siur.c firm OF washing
ton, New jersey has ahippcd lG.u -t-s.oI
instruments during thC month of Nuygm
her, 1853, against $50 for ilr Same month %
'ae previous year
'crrtlrNl reservation over I'D aui under o.
yeats oiagc are compelled lo puy 9 poll la1
of 81 for the support Of their local sell
government. They have justices. commits
s'oners, clerks, etc.
Old Lstouse. chief Of the Digger tribe on
Rancho Chic California, predicts That Cali
i0inia is a. have one OF the heaviest Hoods
that ever visited the Sacramento valley,
All the farm houses along The river are Ia
n .at away. He assigns the recent rose
COloIod sunsets as the cause ul the deluge.
A German doctor says: Melt some sus-
peeled butter, soak worsteu or WICK IN 10,
when cold light IL with q candle, blow 10
out, II It Is oloomargarine II will smell like
a blown out candle, il II Is butter II will
smell like butter"
A century ago but ,CJOCOO out Of the
- { DOC 30 souls forming the population OF
France could'r al and write. Now educa-
ton IL universal.
A negro girl in Jackson county, Georgia,
has four feet on two eXtremities, the two on
each limb interesting or crossing each
other. she wears shoes made IN the shape
OF u cross. She has twenty perfect toes and
four distinct heels. She is u fit subject for
a Pittsburg museum.
The annual report OF the operations Of
the patent office for the calendar year shows
an increase OF II per cent. in the number of
patents, trade marks and labels issued over
the preceding year. The cash receipts in.
creased $l37,O0O. The excess Of receipts
over expenditures was 100000. Cash on
hand, 2,67G, i76.
A rare and novel suit was recently in
stituted vt Covington, Kentucky, by Peter
Shinkles, aged SO years, against his son
Amos. The suit is Tor the value OF three
years services. The young man had begun
TO work Tor himself at the age of Is, became
rich, and has had his father work for him
and live in his house. The old man remar.
ried while ago, and caused an eruption,
which ended III the sire's suit to recover all
the young mans earnings before he was q
years old.
An Is r.old horse belonging to Colonel
Mott, of We.tbury, New York, which, for
several years, was driven every morning TO
ihe pOstotlice, aoout one mile distant from
he colonel's residence, now goes to the
,flce alone and never fails TO bring back the
nail. When the horse arrives at the post
,ilice the postmaster buckles a leather bag
o the sad die and the animal turns directly
lround and retraces his steps TO his mas
er's house, where he Is relieved OF his bur-
len and then goes to the stable.
Providence Or. H. Star: Chicago ex-
,hange says it continues to publish the list
II divorces granted in the courts OF the
state OF Illinois mainly for the benefit OF
lis eastern readers many OF whom want to
know, you know, how their cases are pro-
yressing.n AS Chicago is only about fifty
y ears old, and it, population is mostly
made up OF emicrants from the east, there
appears o be q cslor of truth IN the asser-
tiOn OF our esteemed contemporary.
Probably the --latest man on record Ia a
prisoner in the LOckport, New York, Jail.
The sheriff wanted him TO help shovel Oft
the snow from the streets, Dut he absolutely
refused to do 80. He was then given the
of shoyeling or being shot. He
chose the latter. The authorities then pro.
ceeded to SHOOT" him. He was placed in
2 corner OF the cell with his face toward the
wall. A gun was loaded with blank
and was discharged at him. AT
the Same time the sheriff threw n book at
the oulpiit's head, and he dropped TO the
floor with all the appearances OF being
dead man, and he probably thought he
was He soon recovered, but his dislike
tor shoveling snow was fully proven.
The interior department has contrc-
yefsY on its hands very similar 10 the fence
war raging in Texas. In the states and
territories west OF the Mississippi river il is
a common practice TO inclose large bodies
Of public lands for use as stock ranges. The
missioner of the general land eflice
says, in his last report, that those ranges
cover hundreds OF thousands OF
acres. Legal settlements are thus prsc.
.ically prohibited, travel is interrupted and
he mails have been detained. These
abuses reached such height that nearly a
iear ago the government gave notice that
/ would make no objection to the destruC.
ion Of fences which interfered with settle
nent, and Il hiss brought suits against per.
IONS unlawfully inclosing public lands.
Great difference exists IN the quality OF
he same dish between places comparatively
lear each other. The Washington man
viii not eat the average New York oyster
tew. He is more discriminalive in his
aste fer oysters, and the long opened oys.
er o! New York, which may have been
lead a couple OF DAYS in the heated saloon,
Gems TO him verging more or less on rot
enness. Star oyster cooking commences
II Baltimore. Stews grow poorer In quality
ay a Chicago stew--is something not to be
lightly spoken Of.
Ghosts are about to enjoy q tremendous
loom in England, where a guide book to
haunted houses is on the eve adjudication.
London alone" says the Globe, "it Is
known, literally swarms with
haunted houses. As for the rest OF the
iingdom, it is doubtful whether even one
u the many thousand parishes Is without
Is CHEST, though IL is singular that few, IL
my, should anjoy the possession of more
han one. That a serious belief in ghosts
9 on the Increase is obvious to any one who
emem bers the scorn with which such per-
onages were treated in print some five and
wenty years ago."
A wonderful bedstead. made for an East
indian prince, is on show in Paris. IL is
nade partly of silver. At each corner
tands beautifully modelled female figure
life size), holding delicstely constructed
an and wearing wig of real hair. This
. 10 be regularly dressed by q court barber
nee a week. On the great potentate get |
ing TO bed the weight Of his body sets Ger
ain machinery in motion, the effect Of
Thich is that the silver maidens gently fan
he sleeper. IL the figures at the foot Of
he bed are required 10 exert themselves,
D like manner this can be accomplished by
be aid of clock-like apparatus. More |
yer, should the dusky owner Of the bed
iish TO be lulled 10 slumher by the ducet
FUNDS of soft music this can be done by
)uching a tpring. The bottom OF the bed
nrfains n larra mnsic hnr