Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-22
Qua HoUsTOH ITTTKn


~ W. NHA"H. ~" ~. N
~ fifrr rhnfi-l a. fassffssi o
a. fafHifF IL sfttfshs suall iait b
great afesnr iislfseui. NffT 90 use b
. u lsfs iii ID IL 1888 D. Dc fftsfi ia ~
marit al.aui ffe srsihsf shall iallau
thr rasets - fsr 20 10 sale ssms Tusitl
al.aui ias uraihff hsfs ia lsnuaFy. Ihfy
sfs hassi ga daiiy elsfFFsiions " "a.
ihsrmemsisr, ihs l.FpUsisf, luih msIsurJ
Aad snsFoii, iLs uisi sni ,hs sty, a. Q :
a. sul 81. -.
Ne Md sstne moIniuEs In 1aHuaTJ sirr
The ihfrnemFisF seat bsiss az sud esn'
ssqasHtly severe ffosis The highest Tahg'
u ihs iheTn oneisT in the evening" sa'
lan. aih, So, and ia The moiniEs jan. Oh
"a. The logssi msFuiHg Tsadihs sas ihs
ihh Of JanuaTy, o., The lowest eyfnius
sas tie l9ih, 26'. The average Of ihs
morhing rsaiings kr the manih uss ld.l3'
sll ihai II iLe even readings 81 -. Tbs
greatest descent af The ihsriaomeisr in sAs
day Nas on ihs iih, il fell 0O9, The great
esi asreHi sas on The lsi, ID rose ~,
Ihs Average Of the readings ~ The anF-
roii barometer Al ., a., Nas 1891 snd Al
: r., IA, 2l,e9; II The msieuTy a. 9 q, IA, il
VAS 5o.i, and A. SP, N, il sas alas, The
highest Of each Jan, a1ih ansIoid asl6l Al
; =, N, Jan, alsl EsicuTy 40 =, "a, slood
al $685. IheTmomslsr on these nOTh.ngs
being AZ l5' aud IL respectively, The
lowest Of each was tId, ansroid 2gi9 meT-
euly - iii thermometer az 0S' aud 6Se.-
iislh elirrmss were accompanied With eleaI
weather,
The numbsF Of rainy days was ., cloudy
days Is aud OF clear days a.,
What doe, all this prove do yOu ask ?
Why, that Captain John keeps his weather
eye open aud knows what 10 Is talking
about, SO IL hereafter he tells you Of cold
or lot or vet or dry days, Of smiling msF,
curry aud Of roaring wind, or Of the distant
Teserberaiions Of 0abrlels trumpet, don't
take time to dispute his assertions.
gave you some days since some political
talk, DO not assume a critical air nov, bro
swindslls, aud get ready TO dispute my
peints, fer don't Intend 10 make but Que,
aud that Is, that as the the thing now looks
this the 9th day Of the election, " the radi-
Gals have got the Convention, they owe Il TO
the do nothing policy Of the conservatives
who might have ouiwiied them everywhere
II they had tried. But they didn't half try.
The radical vote In Harris Is not near half
the registered vote, and the same Is true In
Galveston.
business is quite brisk nowadays owing
maiLly TO the advancing price Of the staple,
sales Of which are made daily at from 25S
to 35S per bale more that was realized 90
days ago. A sale OF $50 bales took place
here yesterday At II }e, gold, for ordinary
l2le for good ordinaryi l5i for low mid
ding, and so on. This is is tho best since
last October. II was made upon Liverpool
quotations Of SD, and New York Of 22lc
for Texas middling. or course all Ais
selling Of cotton sets money aaOat, enables
people to pay their debts, freshens up the
...p ,no merchandise markets, loosens the
pickering strings Of peoples mouths, gives
us sunshine and hope. To-day while the
darkeys have been voting like all forty,
round ut the courthouse, the denizens Of
Main street have sold and boxed and ship.
ped goods all day long, heed less whose fu
neral 1t was that the ballot.box was in
mourning for, and do not doubt they feel
quito rs well tonight over their days work
as any of the politicians do over theirs.
There are at present in the State the fol-
lowing railroads graded, ironed, and most
-. T..