The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-26
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TCUU.VbU HAS Dctn iDliuc'i w h'opu' r"'
Pa, for the purpose Of conveying pas
scngcrs and freight to and fro on the
rivers within the city limits.
Israel S. Spencer, who was consider
cd one Of the most upright and honest
lawyers in Syracuse, n. T.. ], has been
d scovcred was debtor in the sum OF
$72, 900 to one estate when he died.
Ex-Mayor Greene Kendrick, OF
Waterbury, Conn, was granted an alb
solute divorce from his wife at New
Haven last Saturday. Outrageous
charges were made on both sides dur
ing the hearing.
Comptroller Dunn, of California, re-
fuses to draw warrants for the mileage
OF members and attaches Of the legisla-
ture, which was voted when that BODY
rcconvened af.er being prorogued b.
the governor.
In the asylum at Milledgeville, Ga,
there is man who spends all hs
waking hours repeating: Johns got
u will; he couldn't be my son 'thout
'avin' n will; but my Wills RICH, an
his Wills wrong"
Harvard entrance examinations nave
pecn held in Paris for the first time til
year for the convenience OF Amerit an
boys residing in Europe who wish 10
take preliminaries " thout having to
cross the ocean for them.
The dogs invaded shecp-pen con-
tanning thirty sheep ut Halifax, Nova
Scotia. one night recently. and k Iied
twenty three of them. The owner OF
the sheep has brought suit against the
owner of the dogs for $4,000 damages.
A mountain up in Bethlehem, n H..
has been chr stoned "Mcunt Cleveland
by vote of the selectmeu Of the town
"a piece of courtesy which they doubt
less hope will WOO the president from
the Adirondacks to New hampshire
next season.
A frut-growcrs' society has been
organized in Lynchburg, Va, co-ordi-
nate branches OF which are expected to
extend into Nelson, Amherst. Camp
bell. Bedford. and the whole tier of
counties that bound the eastern Blue
Ridge slope.
The Natural History society OF Wor.
ces,er. Mass, has employed divers TO
hunt around on the bottoms of Lake
Qunsigamond for Indian relics. A
chart at tbc bottom is to lie made show
ing the cold springs. 50 much dreaded
b. swimmers.
In Manatce county, Florda.ih have
IN original way of locat ne the county
seat. The county safe. Weighing seven
thousand pounds. is at Wauchula, and.
as il is impossible to move the safe to
the courthouse. it is thought best to
move the court house to the safe.
Lightning played queer pranks N,
West Concord, Conn. the other night
where u man naWcd Hull had two toe
nails taken off BY y current that went
down his arm. side, and leg, and then
vanished through the front door. and
tore up things generally in its escape.
With regard to meat, says Chambers
Journal. joint may be preserved for
many days by wrapping 1t loosely in 4"
tine cloth wrung on. OF vinegar. anu
hanging il in draught Of air il the
weather be very warm the cloth must
be moistenod twice or even thrics n
day
A citizen of Norfolk, Conn, cut OH
the index finger of his left hand while
chopping wood one day recently. As
the wound began to heal he noticed
that the stump was growing longer.
until at last new finger with joints
and nail complete. had replaced the
one he chopped of.
Christian Prefer. of Pittsburgh. Pa.
has brought suit against his employer
for Sl4S for extra work that he had
done on Sundays. The defendant re.
sists the payment on the ground that
no recovery can bc had for labor ror-
formed on the Sabbath unless II Is n
work OF necessity, which is denied.
There is not room enough in Louis-
vile. Ky, to hold last year crop OF
tobacco, and the tobacco men do not
know what they will do when this
wears crop comes in. rs il j. unusually
large. Farmers are not expected 70
got CROUCH Tor their tobacco to pay !o'
Tie raising OF 1t when tins year crrl
comes in.
INSPECTORS from In, New Yorh cus
tom-huusc have sriZcl Ten large lots o.
silks. satin>. yelveis. etc. ut places ~
Brooklyn. Staten Island and elsewhere
Oh proof tina, the goo : have been
raised by wrecherS from the wrecked
steamer Oregon, AMI sold 10 the per.
sous in whose possession thcy " r,
found by smugsler'.
Tho schooner Pathfinder sailed from
Victoria. British Columbia, Thursday,
Sepi. IL, TO proceed along the west
coast of Vancouver Stand, and as t'l
north AS Queen Charlotte Islands. in
seot,.h of Goldfish grounds DEPUTY la