The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-04-23
LOCAL NEWS.
!. N. nARTnoLow, Local Editor,

Many strangers on our streets.
Murder most foul-killing chicken
--Dlue-tal dies have malo their appear
ance.
Some Strawberries yesterday on tho
square.
is it early greens that confines our
street sprinkler?
Young chickens are coming int'
market. Price So per dozen.
A bear was killed in the Triaity bot
tom yesterday.
--Billeidoux smohered in bouquets
are the latest cure for the hearache,
Why not get better room for the
Mayors Office ?
--"My Own Gypsy Maid yes a hall
dozen of them, camped east of the city.
rw--It ia estimated that there are at least
fifty new houses going up in our city,
half Of them brick.
Three Virginians are in tho city for
the purpose Of purchasing lands in Texas
for colony from that State.
"A fow drunks and down RAY he found
in the unfinished court house, most any
day.
--Dallas is supposed to contain over
two hundred young men oHt sf employ
ment.
The heavy travel on our street rail
road have broken down all their stock.
Col. Dent threatens dummy engines.
How about that law respecting tho
carrying of weapons, when Il man walked
down Commerce street yesterday with enc
visible under his coat, md he was no po-
liceman either.
Complaints are bsing made that WIS.,
tiers TO the city graveyard do not oontine
themselves to the paths but walk over
the graves as well,
Several members of the New York &
New Orleans Circus s. Menagerie are in
our city. They are stopping OF the Com
morcial.
From ono thousand TO twelve hundred
pounds of ice are consumed in our city
daily, and yet we are not cool.
"A wagon load of vegetables, consist
ing of ononr, radishes, bsels and pota-
toes sold in this city yesterday for 81 o.
Residents Of the GROSS streets, or those
running north and south, want them bet
ter improved. They arc getting up q pc
titioa which says so.
There is rumor on the streets that
some wealthy capitalists are about to pur-
chase the franchise Of the Wichita Rail
road corporation and 60 for those copper
mines without any nonsense.
Tie Central read have added three
magnificent sleeping coaches TO their roll
ing stock. These imperial carriages
passed down yesterday and were named
respectively, "Waco," "llous,on" aud
"Tehuacana.'
Tho speai mems OF music furnished us
last night by lyrical feline, were not
exactly up ito the Kellogg ana Nilsson
standard, and if this cantatricc continues
her warbling, we shall be compelled to
cntiCse her gushings with q brick bat
The parties alleged to have been priyy
to the sudden disappearance Of that hun.
dred and odd dollars at the Lady Gay sa-
loon the other day, were examined before
his Honor the Mayor yesterday and dis
charged.
The extremely popular agent of tn,
vsndalia Route, Mr. Charles Babcock, OF
Charley Babcock, as a., nun,rsds a
rriends call him, is again in our city
Any road would make for itself friends
iii had nothing else 30 recommend it bn
the fact that Babcock is its agent
which any read would need.
Some children were playing at til,
end of the embankment of the Texas Pa
ciac abutting the bridge, yesterday after
noon when one of them lost its footing ant
fell over the end Of the fill" The child w.
ing quite stillits nurse supposing il dead
became frightened and commenced scream
ing. A moment or two afterwards it va,
kicking quite lively md ready for anoth-
er fail.
The returns from the county ON The
bond question is about Az refreshing a
piece Of intelligence as our citizens hay,
heard for some time. Hers 1t is:
For tho bonds.............. OBS
Againsr1he bonds. .l44
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. i79
So cur Court House is to have head put
on It.
steagaii & Co.