The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-24

shop" Is 4 New York institution.
Bears are more humorous in tho pro
vince of Quebec this year than ever DO
fore.
An 8-yoar-old lad is under arrest 10
Louisville, KY, on the charge OF wreck
ing a train.
California fruits have taken the place
of southern fruits in the markets o.
Richmond, Va.
Winnipeg Manitoba, hopes TO have
n population of 22, 600 recorded in tr
next census books.
Baltimore. Nd, Masons will try t.
raise $1,000 for the benefit of the
Charleston, S. c., sufferers.
A party of fat men living at Rotor
Point, Conn, will next week hold thel
twentieth annual clam bake.
There are three thousand mill opera
tives out of employment in Amsterdam,
N. Y. All the mills are closed.
In Charleston, S. c., the scene of the
recent earthquake, there live 32, 35C
colored persons and 27605 whites.
A Portland, Nc, farmer found q
SO note stuck to the tire Of wheel on
his buggy after he had returned from
short trip into the country.
A large meteor fell on the streets Of
Portsmouth, Va, Wednesday, and
broke into fragments. The pieces wore
too hot to handle comfortably.
A watermelon Weighing ninety-six
and half pounds is ON exhibition III
Visalia, CAL. and competition is chal
lengcd from the rest Of the state.
1t is thought that the average attend.
nnce at the Now York city public
schools for the coming session will bs
100000. Last year IL was 1875. 900.
Youngstown, o., is without an Official
organ published in the English Ian.
guage. Inability to pay tho price do
manded by the printers is the cause.
Preparations are rapidly being made
for the humiliation of Stone mountain,
Georgia. Huge wells have been bored
and carloads Of powder emptied int
them.
A Brooklyn maiden Of IS years, vhc
halls from the sunny land of Italy, waa
recently arrested on the charge Of as.
saulting a man because he refused to
kiss her.
A woman near Caseyville. Ky. while
walking about in her garden Tuesday.
stepped on humble bees nest, and the
bees stung her so badly that she died
the next day.
1t is now the fashion in Louisville,
KY, for young ladies to make visits in
company of chaperone instead Of .
gentleman, as has heretofore been the
custom in that city.
A Presbyterian church built from
petrifed wood in Aliens creek is one
of the curiositics of Mumford. N. Y
Leaf and moss fossils arc to be plainly
seen I'm the stone.
The following terse note was recently
left behind by an clipping couple in one
of Hampshire's hill towns: We've
eloped. Forgive us if you can. and il
you can't, what will you do about itp"
A fire broke out Sept. 10 in Bristol,
New, and consumed the best portion OF
the town before the flames could be got
under control. One man named j. N
Gregory was killed. and loss Of $685..
600 was occasioned.
The hackmen of Buffalo, N. Y, are
bowling mad because a liveryman, G.
w. Miller, pays license on four car.
riages when he has forty-nihe, while
"every mothers son OF us must pay =
big tax for everything we own or dc"
When Captain Lawton and his com.
mand arrived at Fort Bowie with the
Apaches they looked like q party Of
tramps. Capt. La,fton had the rim Of
his hat left and an undershirt and q
pair of overalls on, his feet being en-.
cased in rawhide.
A young married lady of fashion at
champagne party recently given at
White Sulphur Springs, Va, IS said to
have pulled off her slipper, which she
filed with wine and gave to q young
lawyer in the party, who eagerly qua&
cd its contents.
The principal land Office in Vancou-
YER, British Columbia. is situated in .
hollow tree forty-four feet in circum-
ference. In one section there is to-
BILE twenty-seven feet long and four
feet wide, made out of a solid board
taken from the tree.
A prominent Catholic priest Of Gin
cinnati in an interview with reporter
of The Times Star says that an effort
will be made to pay of the archbishop's
debt within tho next five years. The
pope is said to have issued an order re-
quiring that the debt shall be liquidated
in that time.
The division of labor and improved
machinery are doing away with the