Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-12-21

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The HERALD compositors think III
smart because they can't read our copy
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when you are in Turkey, do as tn
Turkeys do" We shouldn't like to spent
Christmas in Turkey if our customs
prevail there.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
vet and cold, cold and vet. g.gi
-Friday-A fair sky and shining SUI
overhead, mother earth considerabl.
hfriz."
Some six feet of Central R. r. grade
Mt the crossing of Ross street renders the
passage of vehicles impossible. The at
tention of our friends of the Central in
authority is called to this fact.
I'm volume of smatter handled, thu
Dallas Post Office, stands third in thu
State in consideration of which, in com
mon justice, it should be made Distribu
ting Office. '.'''
We ore pleased to learn through Mr.
Burton, of the Telegraph Office, that DIAL
las has been made half-rate Office. In
futuIe Q, messages can be sent after dark
Mt half the usual rates.
wANrED-Active Agents to solicit n
The Dallas District for the Texas Mutual
Life Insurance Company, a good company
q good field and liberal terms. Apply in
person or by letter to G. 7. Hallibur ton
Secretary, OF the HERALD office.
inducements offered to first-class
Pork Fac tory, to be established in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the HERALD Office.
We will make quit claim to our interest
in this most interesting feature, of Dallas
wiz: The Porkers.
;T-Mnjor Olcott, Div Engineer Texas
& Pacific Railway, has, actually engaged
over seventeen hundred (l7OW men and
eight hundred teams, on tho works en-.
lbraced in his Division. GLOW high is
shat up?"
Orf.-Capt. Mccoy the junior of Mccoy &
Mccoy, left on Tuesday night to spend the
holidays in his old haunts about the ra-
cling Ohio. Eat some apples for us, Cap
tain but don't drink any cider in our
name, as it is decidedly TO thin
The storm of snow, and sleet Of last
Sunday and Monday obstructed the tele-
gro phi line very seriously; there were six or
eight breaks between here and Galveston ,
an d no business was done on Monday.
Tuesday morning, however, the line was
up and working and friend Burton was
relieved from his 'loafng spell.
lift weren't SO stale we'd 60 into nine
column doubled-leaded Mysteries over the
EpiIootic, being stale, we pass with the
remark that we're got it "sure as
thunder" .s..e r-
General G. NJ. Dodge Engineer-in-
chief Of the Texas & Pacific R. r., spent
two dnysin town this week g!'G
Maj. John Adamson, Supt. Tie De-
partment T. & P. II. r. is married and
happy. Will tell our readers how it all
happened next week. God bless you old
Pioneer.
DErArTEp.-Jules +. Schneider, left
us on Monday morning last bent upon the
enjoyment of Holidays amidst the feasts
Of opera, the smiles of friends, and the
shoals of bivalves incident to New Or
leans. We hate to loose him even for so
short q time, and feel like one who tire ads
alone &c. Take care of yourself old fel-
low; don't get the Epizoot, and be sure to
think of us when you grow "high toned
and order shrimp salad
The Grand Sviree to be given on the
oath inst, by the "Dallas Social Club" is
the object Of much pleasant anticipation.
We, however, ere unhappy, having moth
ing but Sc zen old brass buttons ornament
cd by the coat-of-arms ct the free STATE
or ARKANsAw, to'ards perfectin the or
thordox asw allow-tail and brass buttons"
and what's more, ndiry "sheekel either
of gold or silver, appears to relieve us in
this our hour of direst extremity.
We wanta small boy, feet of foot,
quick of eye-and who is proof against
the Epizoosic, to range the city and keep
us posted on the many new buildings be-
ing constantly erected. Since our rheumat-
ic affection we have seen but one, viz: tho
new Hide warehouse born of q day in the
rear of Schneider & Davis we saw that
in passing out our "back way" to 'borroc'
kindliug wood, from them-which same
we shall promptly return next sum-
mer.
For LEAsE.-Onc square acre, begin
ming at The door of the HERALD Office and
running East, thence .South, thence West,
and thence North to the starting point,
embracing all that part Of Houston street
from the corner of Elm to that Of the
sCrutchfeli House on Main street. 1t
will be found admirably adapted to the
perfect production of all kinds Of fruits
and vegetables already ednned,-at
least thu soil is there, and il any man
complains at the absence of the cans, why
he peedn't take it, that's all.
Mr.. John Shan ks, Of Shelby county,
XIV, is Low chief clerk Of the "Crutchheld
House." having supplied the place Of Mr..
Tom. johnson, four Mark Tapley) re-
signed. While the retiracy Of Mr.. John
son, so long and so fsvorabiy known to
the travelling public, fills us with regret
We are delighted 10 find his place SO well
filed in the person Of Mr.. shanks. Tom.
has eur hearty God bless you in all he
u,derfate and his successor our