The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-22
HERE AND THERE.

American literary women are flock.
ing to Rome.
The leading dentists in Russia ano
Germany are Americans.
In Greene county, Ohio, twenty wild.
ows own adjoining farms.
Lehigh university has q Mustard
and Cheese Dramatic Club"
The convicts at Sing Sing made
So, 900 clear profit for the state of New
York last month.
An English firm has just received a
verdict of $40, 900 in q libel suit against
New York lawyer
About one hundred squalling babies
have been named after the present pres.
ident of the United States.
The monthly expenditure for wages
of creamery recently established by a
northern syndicate at Hamilton, Va, is
over $4,000.
A raisin- direr of 100 tons capacity
has Just been completed on a large
grape farm near Woodland, Cal. 1t is
the largest in the west.
Every day last week, from houses on
Beach hill, Santa Cruz. Cal, facing the
bay, whales could be seen spouting
about mile from the shore.
A citizen of Waterbury, Conn, re.
Gently obtained divorce from his wife
because she beat and kicked him and
pulled his hair and whiskers.
A Rondout On. Y.,) landlord, who is
the owner of large tenement will not
rent rooms to anyone that has his or
her household furniture insured.
The first parish sunday school of
Charleston, Mass. which is the oldest
one in New England. celebrated its
SEVENTEEN university last Sunday.
The beauties of protection are Illus
tratcd by New York steamship that
recently sailed for Liverpool to be re-
paired, because she can save 500, 600 10
the cost of the work
In Clcariield county, Pennsylvania,
there are living man and his two sons
who are married to three sisters, and,
stranger still, the old man is married to
the youngest woman.
Hereafter the students at the New
Jersey state scientific school. in add.
ton to the military drill, will receive
instructions in craftsmanship on range
in the suburbs of New Brunswick.
The stems and waste of the tobacco
plant are said to be equal to linen rags
in the manufacture of paper. The
waste sells for less than $40 ton,
while linen rags bring as high as $50.
George Kersey, of Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania. is IS years old and seven
feet high. His brother, aged 20 years,
is six feet and three inches high, and
the father and mother each measure
six feet.
Two persons have lately died in Bos-
cawen, N. H., who had received aid
from the town or county, and final
ly left property. but there is nc law
under winch the town or county can be
reimbursed.
One of the curosities of the Maine
election was return from the northern
part of the state on which the only
signature was that of witness, the
three assessors and the township clerk
making their marks.
Cornell university will confer no hon
orary degrees hereafter, and to become
doctor of laws under the new rules OF
hat institution it will be necessary for
a man to tell who Blackstone and Chitty
were and what Kent and Stevens wrote.
The Baltimore Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals has de-
cided to make vigorous fight against
the drivers of coal carts who make n
practice of riding on their carts while
the carts are loaded.
Princeton has been always looked
upon as one of the most conservative
Of colleges, and vet the instructor in
gymnastics has offered prize of 50 to
be awarded to the man who shows the
greatest proficiency in football.
The farmers in Suffolk county, New
York, are so annoyed by pot-hunters
from New York city and Brooklyn that
they have forbidden shooting on their
farms. From reckless shooting one
farmer lost $3.50 worth of Sheep ono
day recently.
Assistant Secretary Fairchild has in
structed the collector of customs at
Boston Mass. TO discontinue the prac-
tice of renting the dues on books inn
ported through the mails where the
value thereof docs not exceed 81, rs
detrimental to public interests.