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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-07
DALLAS TEXAS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1861 P M
Col. Geo. Mobiles Funeral.

Seldom has death in our city pro-
duced such universal sorrow as that
of Col. Noble. lie was a man whose
deeds went before him, and those who
were not personally acquainted with
him knew of his noble qualities and
goodness Of heart. Railroad men es-
pecially were endeared to the man, and
in his death recognize they have lost a
good friend, and truly sorrow over
their great loss.
The funeral hour was 10 o'clock to-
day. Great numbers of people were
seen just before that hour going up
Main street to the First Presbyterian
Church, where the services were held.
The employees Of the railroads which
he represented met at the Merchants
Exchange this morning at $50 and
proceeded to the church in body.
The banks of the city closed
at 10 and remained closed
until 11:3O; the bankers attended
the funeral. The general offices and
shops were closed, and but few engines
were running, in order to give all All
opportunity to follow the remains to
its last resting place. This morning a
special train from Marshall arrived,
bringing to the city large number of
railroad men and others from that
city. Two brothers of the deceased
and Mrs. McDonalds, the colonel's
daughter, and DR.. Marshall arrived in
the city yesterday.
There was great concourse of peo-
pie assembled at the church to witness
the ceremony conducted by the pastor
of the church. These services were
very interesting and impressive. The
genuine sorrow expressed in act and
deed by family and friends was sad to
witness, but it demonstrated how be-
loved and dear was the deceased to the
memory of all. The pall-bearers were
Gov. John G.. Brown, w. II. Newman,
w. II. Abrams, d. f. Grose, l.. L.
Dempsey, L. S. Thorne, L. p. Alexan-
der, John Kerr.
The funeral was one of the largest
ever seen in Dallas. Hundreds of
people were unable to get into the
church during the services. The
streets around the church tor nearly
block on each were literally jammed
with carriages, buggies, etc.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-07
Temperance Meeting.

The HERALD is requested to call es-
pecial attention to the temperance
meeting to be held Thursday night at
the Workingmcn's Hall, corner Of
Elm and Leonard streets. The exer-
cises will be interesting, and every
body is invited. There are no politics
in this organization; the members
want it particularly so understood.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-07
A Silent Witness.

A batierld d chair was bro ought into
court this morning a silent witness in
case pending in which husband is
charged with an aggravated ASSAULT
The supposition is that the husband
broke the chair over the wife's neck.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-07
WONDERFUL THINGS
HAVE
COMEtOPASS
IN THE
GREAT CITY0f fDALLAS.
Dallas To-day the Coming Chicago the Southwest her Efforts
and Push, Ouwitted Any City in the Southwest!

These are sound business and philosophical con-
lectures, and good Sunday morning reading for the
great masses, but event not less Interesting and
pubic Is the phenomenal and wonderful progress in
the Clothing, Hat and Gents Furnishing Goods
business by the wide-awake firm of
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-07

undershrt would the we'll tBlnalugfrf
of intend fight along
this line until have brought business that standard Of per-
throughout and whether 1t be
height business times of great depression
and who their verdict
guard their interests viz, to give them
good honest goods at living prices.
Reduction Sale in Boys Clothing Oveoa Scark, Un-
Furnishings will continue another week
We will hcerfy lady visitor great work Of art the
absolutely Waterbury Watch and Chain with cash
upward silly and jealous competitor says: The
watch
refused exchange watch where did
watches satisfaction and
to ho who received them from
leaders, 45nt Scarf 5e White Shirt
Boys Suits and Special Re-
ducion of % per Chidns Suits
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-07

Steve Moore and J. Meagher had a
fight and for fear one should lick the
other in the mayors court the case was
continued until tomorrow.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-07

Very Respectfully.
WILL. II. RAwLINs, JNO. +. IRWIN.
Asst. NJ. o. clerk. NJ. D. clerk.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-07
& co.

1t Is a fact, and no fair-mnded and intelligent
person will controvert it, that the increase in the
Clothing business in Dallas since two years Is some
Reinhardt & Co. who have brought about this result.
Bold, aggressive full of liberal enterprise in every
thing pertaining to the greatness of Dallas, Rein
fame for enterprise and business Skill and built up
large trade for themselves as well for others in
and out of their line Of business. In being aggres-
sve Reinhardt 90. do not enter into personalities
or abuses. The only way they abuse their competi-
tors If abuse 1t s they take the bottom out Of high
prices and keep up complete stock all the year
round that when customer asks for silk hat he
he asks for an overcoat he is not told that heavy
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-07
The Dallas POstOmce.

The following is a list of the money order
business done for the week ending Satur-
day December 4. 1886:
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-25
COAST ITEMS.


Los Angeles is to have racing during holi
day week at Agricultural park.
Architect Edmond Legendre, 4Go Suffer
street, San Francisco, Cal, states that having
suffered for long time with a severe cough,
and failing to obtain any relief from doctors
and the numerous preparations he took, he
became alarmed. Tried Red Star Cough
Cute, and one bottle entirely cured him.
Deputy Surveyor John Gilchrist and party
have returned from surveying the klamath
Indian Reservation. The report states that
the country is very rough and hardly fit for
cultivation, a contract for surveying the
Hoopa Valley Reservation has been letto A.
T. Smith, County Surveyor Of Humboldt.
Last week, at a place called Big Flat,
PIumas county, a man named Harry Rather
ford got drunk and was kept so by his com
panions. When in such a condition, one of
The party, a man named Harry Oahel, went
10 RaJherford's house and feloniously as
raulted Mrs. KatheTlod. 1t Is stated that
She tried to get a warrant for her assailant's
arrest but the Justice Of the Peace refused
so issue the required document, giving as a
reason that Ratherford had voluntarily got
drunk with Oahel
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-25
Heart disease.

Read the hospital reports, read the NOR
tuary reports, read thc medical publications,
read the daily newspapers, and learn how
wide spread IS heart disease, how difficult OF
detection it is to most people, how many and
sudden are the deaths it causes. Then read
DR.. Fhnt's Treatise on Heart Disease, and
learn what it is, what causes it, what disease
1t gives rise to- what its symptoms are, and
how it may be attacked. If you find that
you have heart disease, ask your druggist
for bottle OF Dr.. Flint'5 Heart Remedy.
The treatise may be had on application to J.
J. Mack & Co. Nos. 9 and II Front street,
San Francisco.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
Our Army and Navy Officers.

A Washington letter in the Boston
Traveller, says: A great many out
siders have laughed at the announce
ments which frequently appear in the
society papers that Mrs. Jones, of the
army, will receive on Wednesdays in
January" or ''NIrs. Smith, of the navy,
will give tea on Tuesday" but per
haps "Mrs. Jones" and Mrs. Smith
have really more to say in relation to
some of the most important matters
concerning the service than their hus-
bands. Women are matchless and peer
less in the management of the hundreds
of intrigues which abound everywhere
at the capital, and which have for their
object the advancement of one officer or
the humiliation of another. Strange to
say, some of the most powerful lady
schemers are the wives of retired officers
of the army and navy. If one of these
elderly danes happens to have an eli
gible daughter the young officer on
duty here must be very sure of his
or avoid her If his conduct is not sat
isfactory he will suddenly find himself
ordered away with a celebrity that will
almost take his breath away. 1t may
be that he will not be able to under
stand how it was accomplished and the
means therefor, but he will at least real
iZe that he knows who received the
blow An instance of this nature hap
pened here a short time ago. A young
officer connected with the naval estab-
lishment, and who has been on duty
here for some months, began paying the
most assiduous attentions to the fair
daughter of lady who is power in
the ''ring."
He was poor but proud, handsome
but impecunious. AS brilliant alliance
is expected by the old lady she made up
her mind to put an end to the affair,
which really had not progressed very
far. One fine day this officer received
an official document ordering him to a
station about 5000 miles away. While
he was making the necessary prepare
tions for his departure the young lady
was sent out of town ''to spend the holt
days with some friends" Her where
abouts we've unknown to the officer, so
he was obliged to take his departure
without the painful pleasure of a ''sweet
parting" Some of the officers friends
have ascertained that the orders were
actually secured by the mother.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
The Poultry Yard.

One dozen winter eggs will pay a
bigger store bill than two dozen sum-
mer eggs.
Sift the coal ashes in the poultry
house for the fowls to pick at and dust
themselves in.
Did you ever try feeding nice,
sweet, fine cut clover hay to fowls in
winter It's tip-top feed. Timothy is
first-rate, and corn stalks are good.
Corn is a good feed for cold weather,
but care should be taken not to feed so
literally as to cause the hens to become
excessively fat, or they will cease to
lay.
A sloppy wet floor in a hen house Is
an abomination, and invariably brings
cramp, colds, and roup. 1t may be too
late now to raise your floor if it is of
that description, but you can put boards
in and cover them with litter.
A hen that sits on the roost, or stands
On one leg from morning till night these
cold DAYS, will not lay. Exercise Is as
are expected to lay must be so fed as to
comel them to scratch and take exer-
else.
water Win the chill taken OH snOuIu
be supplied to fowls at least twice a
day during freezing weather. 1t should
not be kept constantly before long
waited fowls like Leghorns since their
appendages are apt to become frost-bit-
ten from frequent dipping in the
water.
The early crop of broilers should chip
the shells the latter part of January. So
fire up the incubator and set the old hen
as soon as you can get good eggs and
enough of them. But consider before
you begin that you have no easy job
ahead of you for the next three months.
Form J0uT7lal
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
A Preference on the Gallows.

A funny anecdote connected with the
Hon. Joe Blackburn's first race for Con-
gress is told. Joe happened to be pass
ing through Owenton, the county seat
of Owen County, on the occasion of the
hanging of noted criminal. AS q
hanging is rather an exceptional episode
in the State of Kentucky, the honorable
Joe concluded he would stop over few
hours and witness the event. The gal
lows was erected in the public square,
so that no citizen, however humble,
should lose the opportunity of witness
ing the unusual spectacle. 1t was, In
fact, gala day such as the history of
Owento has seldom recorded. The
Sheriff, with true Kentucky hospitality,
invited Blackburn, as one of the dis
tinguished guests present, to occupy
seat on the gallows. Blackburn did so.
After the preliminaries had been ar
ranged, the Sheriff consulted his watch
and discovered that it was not quite
twelve o'clock, the hour fixed for the
execution. Turning to the prisoner, he
said:
"You have ten minutes yet to live. Is
there anything you desire to say in the
mean llLlcF
The prisoner sallenly replied there
was not.
At this instant Blackburn sprang from
his seat, and, advancing to the edge of
the scaffold, said:
eff the gentleman will allow me his
remaining ten minutes will be glad
to announce myself as a candidate
for your suffrages. If elected to Con-
gress- :"
At this point the prisoner interjected:
"Say, you. Is your name Joe Black
burnt"
eyes, Sir" responded Blackburn,
politely.
Turning to the Sheriff, the prisoner
said:
1--WE won't stand on a few minutes,
more or less, when the alternative is
presented of death on one hand CT lis
tening to one of Joe Blackburn's long
winded speeches on the other. Spring
the trap and let me 60"
The good-natured Sheriff obligingly
"sprung the trap" and the next instant
the desperate swung into eternity, while
Blackburn clambered down the gallows,
exclaiming, as he went, that he had lost
the greatest opportunity of his life.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
Leaving the Farm.

''Why do the boys leave the farm2'
walls writer in an agricultural journal.
Well, dear brother, there are several
reasons. One is because the boy is not
IS years old at his birth. Then, If there
is hoe on the farm weighing fourteen
ounces, bright as nickle plate and sharp
as razor, and another hoe weighing
somewhat less than a breaking pillow,
with an edge on it like a hammer and O
sapling with the bark on it for handle,
the hired man takes one and the boy
gets the other, and every man in Amer
lea knows which is the other. Did you
ever stand with such hoe in your hands
away down IN a corn row on some airlcss
still, hot Summer day, twenty acres of
corn blades and tassels whiting about
you, standing fourteen inches higher
than your head, shutting out every last
trace of breathable air, and then hear u
locust down In the edge OF the timber
strike up his long strident, monotonous
call to make it ten times hotter2 And
all this time cold creek, not mile
away, lettering in deep, silent pools in
shady places in the woods, or breakin g
into merry dancing ripples over the peb-
bels9 And in the big deep holes, the
fish just lying a.und, lonesome for a
boy9 Well then, you know why some
boys leave the farm. Still, boys can be
kept on the farm and made to stay there
all their lives. You drive long spike
through boys abdomen and through a
live oak tree, and clinch or bolt it on
the other side, and then saw off the boys
legs and break his back, and he will
stay on the farm. Yes, there are some
other ways, we know, but this is the
only infallible method. -BURDETTE.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
A Cunning Beast.

Some years ago, while living in West
ern Mysore, says Mr.. Romanes, l Occu-
pied house surrounded by several acres
of fine pasture land The superior grass
in this preserve was great temptation
to the village cattle, and whenever the
gates were open trespass was common.
My servants did their best to drive off
intruders, but one day they came to me
rather troubled, stating that Brahmin
bull which they had beaten had fallen
down dead. 1t may be remarked that
these bulls are sacred and privileged
animals, being allowed to roam at large
and eat whatever they may fancy in the
open shops of the bazaar-men On
hearing that the trespasser was dead, 1
Immediately went to view the body, and
there sure enough it was lying, exactly
as if life were extinct. Being rather
veXed about the occurrence in case of
getting into trouble with the natives,
did not stay to make any minute exam
ination, but at once returned to the
house with the view of reporting the
affair to the district authorities. / had
only just gone for short time when o
man, with JOY in his face, came running
to tell me that the bull was on hisslegs
again and quietly grazing. Suffice it to
say that the brute had acquired the
trick of feigning death, which practi-
cally rendered its expulsion impossible,
when it found itself in a desirable situa
ton which it did not wish to quit The
ruse was practiced frequently with the
object of enjoying my excellent grass,
and although for time amusing, it at
length became troublesome, and resolv-
ing to get rid of it the sooner, one day.
when he had fallen down, sent to the
kitchen for supply of hot cinders,
which we placed on his rump. At first
he did not seem to mind this much, but
as the application waxed hot, he gradu-
ally raised his head, took steady look
at the site of the cinders, and finally
getting on his legs, went off at rafting
pace and cleared the fence like deer
This was the last occasion on which we
were favored with visit from our
friend
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
Spartan Discipline.

During the last century Spartan ideas
Of discipline prevailed in English and
American families. DR.. johnson pro-
tested against washing babies III cold
water, which was practiced in his day,
the idsa being that it would make them
rugged. The purpose to make children
robust dictated the method Of governing
them.
An English boy, while playing about
some river craft, tumbled overheard. His
face was badly cut by striking against
something in his fall, and it was with
great difficulty that he was saved from
drowning.
He was put to bed. Two or three
days atterward his father said to him:
"Well, Harry, how do you feel9"
s'Quit6 we'll, SIR" answered the boy.
Nothing amissT
Nothing, sir"
"Then get up and take your fogging
for giving US all this trouble"
And flogged he was.
Another English boy, being badly
treated at school, ran away, and pre-
sented himself at his fathers house,
many miles distant He stated his
complaints aSaIust inc SCHULZ any MS
father, listening until he had finished,
said:
"well, my lad, you must be tired
after your long walk; you had better go
to bed, for you must be up early to start
for school again" .
''But mayn't have some supper2"
asked the tired and hungry boy.
"No, my lad" replied this Spartan
father. ~ pay your board at school,
and you cannot have it here"
Such stories as these two-they are
related in the "Reminiscences" of the
Rev. T. Mosley, an English clergyman
may account for that reaction in
family discipline which has no sym
pathy with Spartan ideas.-Y0r1tF g
Companion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
A Curious Story.

There is a tale told of sea captain
who, in distant corner of the southern
seas, visited an undiscovered or unex-
plored group of beautiful islands. After
landing and trading with the gentle
natives, he was astonished by the visit
of white man, evidently person Of
some means and consequence, who, after
making him self very agreeable, implor-
ed the captain to give HIM story book,
if he had such thing in his possession.
The captain had, and, deeply touched
by the pigs and cocoanuts which the
white exile had given him, bestowed on
him copy of the arabian Nights
Entertainments" Overcome by the
present, the exile burst into tears, and
cried, i'You have saved my life, and
given me rank and wealth" On expla-
nation, he said, 81 should long ago
have been eaten, but while they were
fattening me learned enough of their
language to tell q child the story of
Little Red Riding Hood. The child
repeated, it and the whole population
were mad with joy. They had never
heard a story before. From that day
became great and hOnOred man. When
they had national festival sat on the
top of hill and thousands wept (while
some elderly relative was being cooked
for FEAST at the cruel death OF the
grandmother as caused by the wicked
wolf. l had with me a volume of Fairy
Tales, and / soon began to set price
on nv performances. Red Riding
Hood is rather warm; only get hun
dred cocoanuts for her now: but 'Cln-
derella' is still good for four pigs and a
turtle, and Beauty and the Beast brings
six or seven, according to the quality.
But with the Arabian Nights / shall
be able to go on accommodating pork to
the end of my days"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
BANKRUPT ROADS OF LAST YEAR.
A Dtsc6urafgnR Report of Railway Fore.
closures and ReceivershipsG

The Railoay Age presents discoursg-
receiverships for the year 1885. Refer
ing to its tabulated statement the paper
says 5.as...
at will be seen that during the past
year twenty-five railways in the United
States, with 3, 1876 miles of main line, and
with bonded debt of $141, $50, 900, and
4 capital stock of $196, 900, 900, making
total bonded debt and capitalization of
nearly $279, 500, 900, have been sold UNI
der foreclosure and transferred to new
ownership, the result being that the
capital stock is generally wiped out en-
tirely and the bonded debt changed into
the form OF new securities, sometimes
of less and sometimes of greater
amount.
"The totals of this table are sufficient
ly impressive in themselves, but they
will be found still more so by comparing
them with the summary for previous
Gears, which makes the assertion that
during these ten years 1913 railways,
with total length Of 20, 600 miles, or %
per cent. Of the entire railway mileage
of the country at the commencement OF
1885, and with an aggregate capital
stock and bonded debt of 81 ,778, 00G, 900,
or nearly "a per cent. of the total stock
and bonded indebtedness at the same
date, have gone through the disastrous
experiences Of default in interest, pass
ing into the hands Of receivers, with the
long list of expenses and losses involved
In this, and finally of forced sale which
has wiped out the entire interest of many
Of the holders and compelled the others
to accept new securities and generally
advance more money in order to main
tain the existence of the property in the
future.
ga table of the receiverships during
1885 shows that the forty-four railway
Companies, having $3.50 miles of lines,
with bonded debt of $198, 1885, 900, and
representing a capital stock amounting
to $167, 027, 200, or an aggregate appar-
ent investment of nearly 1888, 500, 900
have failed to meet their obligations
and have been taken possession of by
the courts for the benefit of their credi-
tors.a