The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-05-01
LOCAL NEWS.
]. N.sRARTHoLow. Local na,,er.

The Market House columns are COM
pletcd.
Twenty to forty guests at each ofour
hotels daily.
ice cream couples scream 1t st tho
various saloons, Dill 8e
The cedar groves are full of lovers on
pleasant evenings.
Two large brick school houses is an
other notion in Dallas
--Grass is unusually thrifty in the
yards about the city.
"A largo ditch is being cut in front Of
the new market house.
-Dandeions in the meadows and dan.
dy-Jims on the street.
Moonlight promenading parties will
come in with the coming moon.
Hearts that are given away at this
season Of the year, 60 with Spring.
The Pacific road is putting in turn
table. Politicians are mot allowed on the
same.
Ask any seamstress how she gets
along and she will most likely tell you,
osew, sepl'
Three new draft engines for the Pa
cifc road. So we are to have drawings of
the Pacific,
From appearance es we judge that
white stockings with holes in them are
fashionable. e..-t.
A man fell off a timber wagon yester-
day and was kicked in the side seriously
by one of his horses.
"A hogshead of sugar bursted at the
depot yesterday and sweetsnsd the ground
around for some feet,
Little boys hong their foundation raj
ment on the hickory limb and 60 heels
over head in the Trinity.
One hundred bushels of apples we're
made up into cider in our city yesterday,
and yet We MARBLE "a little more cider
too" bFss
"A pair of panta Icons with suspsnders
attached, together with pair of boots,
were picked up on East Main street yes.
terdsy No body in EN-.
Two game chickens fought yesterday
outside of town, and one Of them drove his
spur entirely through the neck Of his an =
tagonist, who instantly ksrlumixsd.
A dog fell off tho bridge yesterday af-
ternoon, struck the water, swan ashore,
came back and wanted to do it again Of
his own free will. His master said " no !
"A bar of railroad iron slipped from
one of the flats which we're being switched
Mt the depot yesterday, and tlattsned out a
couple of dogs, who were playing near by,
withstanding tho sassage" season 10
over.
"A brace of booty bummers scudded
up Commerce street yesterday, and pass
ing couple of ladies made some insult
ing remarks, when negro man stepped
out from u yard hear by and knocked them
both down.
"A woman passed up the Central road
yesterday with "triplets' in her arms.
They weighed ten pounds apiece. And
yet with all these domestic harmonious she
daringly declared she could smile at an
organ grinder.
-"They educate the boys hearts to the
exclusion of their heads was the shrswd
objection of Dallas father, 10 the appli-
cation Of gentleman to send o couple Of
susceptible youngsters to school 10 pair
of rather too good looking school 'marms.
jim Blodgett, an sbbrevia ted darkey
living across the river stole a'piy aud
homo he ran, only to find the owner at his
(Jims) house, ahead Of him. Blodgett
was extremely embarrassed when he saw
the owner Of the pig had got in q few min
utes ahead.
"A stono went through window in n
building on Commerce street yesterday
and dropped in wash bowl just as gen.
tleman was about to proceed with his
morning ablution. "Thank you" ex-
laimod the quick-witted owner Of the
ware, IN wash first
An economist in Dallas has been up
holstering cracker boxes and msckeral
kits for stools and other minor pieces of
household furniture. lie thought he
noticed that the mackeral kits were . lit
tie too salty for the business, but didn't
thiak anything Of it until a neighbor sent
over to ask if he couldn't spare her few
fish, as they smelt so nice.
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