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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-26
LIrrLERocK TO wAsuINoroN. D. c.
And RoLurn, ea5-Good COR Is pny..

THRouGu SLEErERs will leave Little
Rock on the 9th aud 2Sth of February.
via Memphis & Little Rock railroad
and Louisville & Nashville railroad,
with privilege 10 stop of at Mammoth
Cave, Kentucky, aud via East Tonnes
see, Virginia 4 Georgia railroad, with
privilege to stop OIL at Luroy Caverns,
Virginia,
IL your ticket agent cannot sell YOU
through tickets, via this, the best route,
You will save from 81 to 50 by purchas-
ing local tickets to and from Little
Rock, and avalling yourself of this re
markably Low RATE. For further par
uculars, address, A. l.. SMITH,
Southwestern Passenger Agent,
50i Main street, Dallas,
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Smith seos snnkna.

MARLIN, Feb. 25.-[Special.l-M. G.
Smith, an attorney of this place, candi-
date for county attorney on the republic
can ticket at the last election, since his
defeat has been drinking very hard,
ana yesterday was attacked with
mania apotu, and last night while In a
demented condition, wandered from his
house to escape from hisimsginary foes.
lilo descended into the well of w. o
Christopher, and was there found this
morning more dead than alive. He IN
In q critical condition.
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Clornlnnh nn,llArilnnr.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The president
has invited President elect Cleveland to
be his guest at the executive mSnsion
from the time Of his arrival until no IL
formally inRugursted. The invitation
has been declined with thanks, as other
apartments have been secured for MIR.
Cleveland, and because of the present
uncertainty Ol the exact time OF his ar
rival nj the national capital, According
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Pleased with Warren.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Wyoming
members say tho nomination of
f. Il, Warren, as governor of
Wyoming, will give great satisfaction
70 the peOple of the territory. Mr..
Warren is a citizen of Wyoming, hav-
Ing removed there ia 1868 from Massa-
chusetts, of which state he is native.
he is, they say, man of
fine executive ability and has filled i'm.
porlant offices In the territory and has
been very successful as a merchant,
banker and stock grower.
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Hillsboro Notes.

HILLspoRo, Feb. 95.--tSpecial. Bin
Arp is billed to lecture here tonight at
the opera'house. A full house IL pre-.
dioted.
County court Is In session this week,
aud the criminal docket being disposed
OF lsst week, the civil docket Is now be-
ing called aud business rapidly and sat.
istaCturily douo.
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serutini,lnr scnlohrd snror.

WASHINGTON, Fob. &C. The two safes
of the Adams Express company, which
were in the car burned Al the scene of
the recent collision at -Four Mile Run,
near this city, were opened in the office
OF the United States treasurer to-day
and the charrod money they contained
is being examined by experts Of the de-
partment 1t has been shown that over
SlOO,CCJ was in the safes, most of which
has been inedtited and will be re
deemed, so the loss to the express com
pauy will be triiling.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2j.--Collections Of
revenue for the first seven months of
the fiscal year amounted TO t65,35I, Sl7,
against S6lHd2,G19 the same period tho
previous fiscal year; decrease of4 ,62l,-
wv Ihore Was an increase of 1901 ,59j in
the collections for fermented liquors; a
decrease oi ii,S6279j from spirits; a de-
crease Of SlSj,6Sj from tobacco, and de-
crease OF S27i 40 from miscellaneous
sources.
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FoRr woHru, Feb. 25,-lspeclal.l AT
10 o'clock tonight brilliant wedding
occurred at the residence of Mayor
smith, Mr.. A. + Lodle, woll.known
railroad man, marrying Miss Cora
Smith, a niece of Col. Z. j. Smith. II
was the most brilliant of the kind ever
witnessed In this city.
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and distribution Of thoroughbred fowls
by the state.
By Mr.. COMBS: To amend article
ais, title IS, of the civil code.
Pending business being the land bill =,
with Mr.. Scott entitled to the floor, ii
was resumed.
All the morning was consumed I'm
speaking. The afternoon session was
the same
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-26
The Pension onice UrooEedness Being In.
vestigated.


WASHINGTON, Fob. CIV. w. Dud-
ley, eX-Commissioner Of pensions, was
examined 10y the Warner committee to-
day. lie testified that the force Of his
office amounted to so employees when
he became comuii, s'Jner and that IL was
increased to l,jj2 during the three years
of his service. During the last "a wears
there had been filed $3.50 claims, of all
classes, OF which 5S2,930 had been adju-
dictated OF this number 2Gi,SN had
been adjudicated during tho official term
of witness. Referring to the alleged ac-
ton OF witness respecting claims in one
of the Indiana congressional districts,
General Dudley said that Mr.. Grubb, the
Republican candidate for congress, COM
planned that an impression prevailed in
his district that a pension claim could
get no response except through
Mr.. Watson, the Democratic
member from the district. While wit
ness did not believe Mr.. Matson had
acted Improperly, he directed that let
ters which came from Mr.. GrubbS
should bo answered rs promptly as pos
sible, aud that IL might be added to
such letters that they were answered
at the request of Mr.. Grubbs. Witness
attention was called TO the allegation
that claims from Ohio and Indiana had
been pushed ahead OF those of other
states, for political reasons, In reply,
he road from the official reports, show
lug that the proportion Of claims adju-
dicated TO those filed was smaller in
Ohio and Indiana than ia any other
northern state. Witness declared that
no class or section had boon unduly
favored by his order, or with his knowl-
edge, aud that had amy favoritism beeu
shown by any subordinate, the man
would have lost his place.
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A New library Wanted.

WAsuNGroN, Feb. % Senator Nor
riil reported fsyorsbly from the com
mitleo on public buildings aud grounds,
= bill providing for the erection of a fire.
proof building In this city, to contain
the records Of the library aud the mu-
scum Of tho medical department of the
army, TO cost not To exceed 500 900.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 2i-THREE Primu Donnasl
MIG N O N.

to the programme atpresent the retiring
president will call upon tho incoming
president at his hotel and escort him to
the capitol to be inaugu rated. Presi-
dent Arthur has accepted the invitation
TO attend tho Inauguration ball and has
assured the general committee of his
cordial support in o. air endeavors TO
make the affair brilliant success.
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WAsHINoroN, Feb. 25--Fraucis Il.
Warren, of Wyoming, to bo governor of
the territory Of Wyoming; James n.
kelher to be first assistant engineer in
revenue service,
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OF
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Mr. McPherson's Naval Idea.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Nc
fherson to day introduced in the SEN
ate an amendment intended to be Cd.
posed to the naval appropriation bill,
when the latter reached the senate,
which provides for the constitution of a
board OF naval commissioners to have
Gontroi, subject to tho approval of tho
secretary OF the navy, 0l all questions
relative 70 The construction OF vessels
tor the navy of the United States. II
provides that the board hs composed Of
the secretary of the navy, chief of con
structsrs, chief engineer, chief OF
tue bureau of steam engineering,
chief OF ordnance and chief OF
me buresu I equipment OF
the navy and such 0ther officers
not moro than three, as the secretary
may assign TO such seryi q. and two
civilians, fully cOnyersant with various
branches Of knowledge pertaining to
naval construction, who shall be Sc
lected aud appointed by the president,
aud that the secretary Of the navy shall
be eX-uillcln president OF the board.
The board shall have authority to award
contracts FOR the instruction OF vessels,
and proposals shall be invited bv the
the secretary of the navy from all
American ship-bni ders, and the build
ers ofmachinery for The construG ion OF
all navals vessels All contracts shall
he with the lowest and best responsible
bidder. The national navy yards shall
be utilized, as far as possible, in build
ing such ships or parts thereof;
S5,OuO,O.0 each is appropriated
Tor five years 10 carry into
effect tho plans of the board. The
board shall decide whether the five an.
finished monitors are worthy of COM
I pletion, and whether they should be
completed and armed, and provides for
/ an appropriation of 100000 for such
work in the event that the conclusions
of the board be favorable and are ap
/ proved by the president OF the UniteC
! Ststo4
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IL VOII WTNTT TO HAVE A sEroF BEAUTIFUL
IL IOO " lCIl PearIy White and Snund Tee,b

buy them froms Won
- 1oHL1H's oRiDONTO regularly Only cen,s a Boz.
Liquid and Powder, at all Druggists and
Whole@ole hv CBowr>Us PROG co v,,l,. -
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wouIp MAKE 0oOp oNrs.

The names Of Senator Evans, OF Fan
MINI Senator Pope, Of Harrison; Col.
Upton, of Fayette, and Representative
Woods, of Kaufman, are being sugg ssted
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KY WHEN YOU BUY FAN4THIHG in
the way OF Boots and Shoes, we ask your
close inspection of our very low prices
aud the quality of our goods. We want
your Shoe trade, and expect TO merit II
by good goods and fair dealing. No
trouble to show goods.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-12-15
Siege Guns Built of Wire.

Siege guns built of wire are the
newest description of ordnance for the
British national service. A very
tough steel wire is used, having a
breaking strength of one hundred tons
to the square inch, which is wound
over a steel tube as tape may be wound
on a reel, being frequently fastened off
to secure its cohesion, and so neatly
put together as to look precisely like
solid metal. An experimental howitzer
has been made upon this principle,
and passed a satisfactory proof at the
royal arsenal, Woolwich. It has a
caliber of ten inches, but weighs only
about 1000 pounds.
In its trial this howitzer threw a she,.
of $50 pounds with a charge of TWEEN
ty-eight pounds, and attained a veIoci-
ty of 1000 feet per second-a result
which may be compared with two
guns Of a similar weight which
are at present in the service.
One of these is the eight-inch howjt-
ger which fires a shell Of just half the
weight-namely, 40 pounds-with a
velocity OF $50 fest, and the other is
the 1OO-pounder gun of &c caliber,
which, with its light shot of one hun
dred pounds. manages to reach a ve-
locity of 1880 feet per second. The
trial weapon seems in no way inn
paired by the strain TO which it has
been subjected.-Chicago Journal
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-12-15
why Hunters Miss Game.

A correspondent of the american
Field says that most of the rifles now
turned out Of the factories have a
front sight upon which the brightest
point will shift from side to side and
from base to tip. In all quick shots
this must have some influence, whether
you sre,aware Of It or not. Take d
rifle 50 sighted ont In the SUM-. and
with your eye on the sights swing the
rife all around the horizon, watch the
change Of light upon it. and see how
you may be deceived when in q hurry.
Then Point 1t UP hill and down hin.
with the sun behind you and at.sad of
you, and see IL you can discover how
you ever missed any game"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-12-15
Wakeful Sleepers.

"You have heard of cats and foxes
sleeping with n eye open, haven't
you?" said the cop on the corner to a
reporter. "Of course you have. Well,
l just want you to look at this italian
back here. I've been watching him
for several weeks, and he sleeps with
one eye open as sure as guns. Look
at him. He is asleep. with his head
resting against the wall Of the build
ing. but see that right eye. 1t is just
a bit open. For years and years this
man has been sitting there from six
teen to eighteen hours a day, Sundays
and all, attending to his business.
While awake he watches the eyes of
passers-by, and if one of them
glances at the fruit kind O. visit
fully like, up jumps Mr.. Italy,
rendy to sell him a mana, or a pound of
grapes, or a pear. He has been doing
that SO long that now when he falls
asleep his right eye-he is right-eyed.
just as you are right-handed--his eye
goes right along tending to business
just as if nothing had happened. I've
watched him rcuas out of sleep dozens
of times a day just because some nan
had looked at his fruit as he passed by,
an that without the man saying a
word. He actually sleeps with n
eye open.
| "Some of these Italians can sleep
and have both their eyes and ears tend
shop for 'em while they snooze. Jump
ing up as quick as a cat IL q man in
quires the price of the apples or pears.
But this chaps u has never been edu-
Gated up to 1t, an he depends entirely
upon his eye. But he rarely gets left..'
Chicago. Herald.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-12-15
Christmas.

Ny little child comes to my knee,
And tugging pleads that he may olim
Into my lap to hear me tell
The Christmas tale he loves so we'll
"A tale my mother told to me,
Beginning "Once upon q time.rs
it Is a tale of skies that rang :
With angel rhapsodies sublime;
OF that great host. serene and white,
The shepherds saw one winter night
And of the glorious stars that sang
An anthem once upon a time.
This story of the hallowed years
Tells of the sscrifice sublime
OF one who prayed alone and wept
While his wearied followers slept
And how bis blood and Mary's tears
Commingled, once upon q time.
And now my darling ut my side,
And echoes of the distant chime,
Bring that sweet story back to me-
OF Bethlehem and Calvary,
And of the gentle Christ that lied
For sinners, once upon a time.
The mighty deeds that men have told
In ponderous tones OF fluent rhyme,
Like misty shadows fade away;
But this sweet story bides for aye,
And, like the stars that sang OF old,
We sing OF "Once upon a time"
f@E + EN,1ooo Mold
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-12-15
A Crazy Kings Sleigh.

A Continental newspaper gives an in.
teresting account of three sledges be
longing to the King Of Bavaria, which.
are employed by him in his night ex:
cursion during the winter in the Ba
varian highlands. One is a magnif.
cent vehicle, Of colossal dimensions
capable of being used either as car.
riage Or sledge and quite too large for
transport by rail. 1t is a closed vehi.
Gle, most richly gilt and upholstered in
blue velvet. A group Of genii sup.
port a sort of canopy composed Of
golden crowns. The others are smaller.
designed by Munich artists in the
Louis Quatorze style. The ornamental,
ton is so profuse that only three small
spaces were left on the panels, which
have been filed by delicate mythologi.
cal pictures painted by Won Pechmann,
Of Munich. The front of the oldest
sledge, which is, however, only twelve
years old). is formed by a gigantic
shell, supported by Tritons, while lit
tie Cupids, seated on Its edge. carry
back wreaths to the royal occupant
The sledges are drawn by four horses
having postillions. 1t will easily bt
understood that such beautiful and
delicate pieces of workmanship must
suffer considerably in their night drives
ove rough mountain roads, covered
with deep ice and now And so they
have to be sent regularly to Munich
every summer for repair. On the las,
occasion it was the wish of the King
that they should be all fitted with the
electric light. But this was not posi-.
BILE in the case Of the largest sledge.
for the want of means to place a sufi.
cient amount Of accumulators. 1t is
a strange fancy that forbids all ordin-
airy eyes to see these remarkable vehi.
cles, which are reserved to dazzle the
peasants of the Bayarrian Alps as they;
fash past in the late winter nights
like some Of the phantoms Of German
legends.-Sunday Times.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-12-15

"We prefer to sell direct to retail
dealers, though the big wholesale men
try to buy of us quite often. But, you
see, they want to give away the ina.
ges as premiums to heavy customers,
and so they want to get them for next
to nothing.
cit takes about three days for a car
YER to make a fine big image, and he
makes 81 or SIS a day at it, according
to the quality Of his work."-Neas
York Sun.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-12-15
ssBand. Box JOhnnie."

An old soldier tells the following
story in the Chicago Inter Ocean:
"Nine-tenths of the men in our regi-
ment conceived adislike for our adju.
tant simply because they regarded him
as flop. He was a handsome fellow, q
little proud perhaps of his clear com.
pick ON. fine features, and shapely form.
and given to extreme nicely in dress.
He discarded the ordinary frock coat
and the blouse, and had made to order
a roundabout or jacket, on which was
placed all the gold-lace ornamentation
that good taste would allow.
"His whole makeup, taking in cap,
jacket, and trousers, was jaunty, if
not fantastic. The boys marked him
down a fop and called him Band-box
Johnnie. In due time he was trans.
ferred to brigade headquarters as adju-
tant general, and the men of the brig
ado came to share the distrust of his
own regiment, but at Stone River
there came to all these men a revela-
ton in character. At the crisis of the
battle in the Cedars. when the center
was about to be overwhelmed by an
attack on the flank and in front, the
regiment wavered.
"Everything was in confusion, ma
jor generals and brigadiers lost their
heads, batteries Of artillery to escape
the Confederate charge drove pellmell
through and over Union regiments,
officers and men were losing their grip.
and what had been a furious fight
seemed about to end In a tImultuous
panic. AT this juncture there came
into the terrible confusion a man on
horseback and bareheaded, who, with
sword in one hand and revolver in the
other, guided his galloping horse with
his feet. went dashing hither and thither
pleading with the men to follow him
to the front. This was Band box
Johnnie, and where a dozen officers
had had their horses shot under them
he rode as if he had u charmed life.
THE boys turned in amazement to
regard his movements. and as he rode
with a sort Of forlorn hope into the
very faces of the now hesitating Con-
federate line, the brigade plunged for
ward. They were driven back, but
they made a fight for it, and all along
the line of retreat the man who had
been regarded as a fop did as much
sound fighting as any man with a rifle.
This prepared the boys for what came
later. Three days afterward a coun-
ter charge was made, and out Of the
very whirlpool of the clashing columns
came the old Adjutant with the cap
tured Confederate flag. AS he rode
like wild up and down the lines the
men gave him cheer after cheer. They
had learned their lesson. A man
could dress well and still be a soldier.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-12-15
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Roman letters are used by Chris
tian nations except the Germans,
Danes and Russians.
Salmon are so thick in Columbia
River, Oregon, that boatmen kill them
with oars and clubs.
While Il Piute youth was asleep I'M
der a tall tree in the Eel river region.
California, a huge nut fell with such.
force straight down on his upturned
temple as to kill him.
Scorpions, spiders and various in
sects' have been observed to remain.
motionless if any person blows strong
ly upon them in a vertical direction.
Queer Victoria keeps a swanherd,
whose duty it is to brand the birds on,
the bill.
Masses of deep-sea coral, many tons
in weight, which we're torn from their
ocean bed by the volcanic explosion in
Sunda Straits two years ago, may now
be seen two or three miles inland.
whittier they were borne by the tidal
wave.
A French scientific authority states
thai hens, ducks and geese having
dark plumage lay earlier and more
frequently than those of a light color
this difference only holding good.
however, when the birds live in the
open air and are freely exposed to the
sun.
The first English monarch who re-
FUSED to touch f. the kings evil, OF
scrofula, was William Ill, but the
practice was resumed by Queen Anne.
who officially announced in the Lon,
don Gazette her royal intention to re.
ceive patients afflicted with the NAL
ady in question. 1t was probably
about that time that johnson was
touched by her majesty, upon the re.
commentator of the celebrated ply.
sican. Sir John Floyer. of. Litch6eld.
A curious bird found in the jungles
of Australia is described by a travel.
Ter in that country. He says: ut is
called the ballador, or dancer, from it,
jumping action. Two of them were
seen together and carefully studied
AS soon as one bird alighted the other
bird jumped up, the time being like
clockwork in its regularity. and each
IN turn uttering a note sounding lik.
toledo uttering the syllable to- a..
he crouched to spring, 'le' while in the
air, and do as he alighted-a regulai
song and dance performance"