The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-19


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SAN ANTONIO wants q railroad.
DALLAS Is full of visitors from all
portions of the country.
DAY board at the Commercial Hotel,
~ per week.
DALLAS will shortly have her dark
ness lightened by gas.
MANY new buildings are in course
OF construction.
A YOUNG man down town last night
was bitten by dog. The dog died.
ALFRED FREEMAN was busily en-
gagged taking photographs yesterday
BUSINESS in this city is improving,
and the country folks getting over their
fever scare.
THE Two Eagles of Loredo, like the
Kilkenny cats, exist no more. Moth
ing remains OF them but their tails"
The Catholic cathedral at San An
tonic is rapidly approaching compile.
ton, and will be splendid structure.
THE completion OF the Court House
an the public square Is being pushed
forward with all possible dispatch.
MAJ. JNo. +. DIcKsoS, Supcrinten.
dent of the Texas and Pacific railroad,
arrived In town last night and will re-
main over to-day.
THE Court House square has been
leased to concert company, cows,
dogs, mules and COW bells. Tie music
had no charms TO "soothe the savage
breast"
BAN ANTONIO has dental surgeon Of
worldwide repute. He is said to have
drawn an eve tooth whose proportions
were gigantic, the roots reaching to the
hips of its owner.
TnE cotton reports from the line OF
the Texas and Pacific Railroad are very
fine, and considering the dry weather
we have had, a good yield il antici-
lmted.
MEssRs ROWE, ZEARNIY AND Mur
TER, contractors for the Trans-Conti-
mental, are laying the track rapidly.
They have already passed Bonham,
and will soon reach Honey Grove, q
distance Of twenty-five miles from
Paris.
BILLY JONES Is getting the new post.
office, corner of Austin street and
Pacific avenue, fitted up in fine style
He Is In some confusion just now, but
IN a day or two he will have every
thing In apple-pie order.
We regret to have to chronicle thu
death of Mr.. r, NJ. Casson, who dice
yesterday morning, after an illness o
two weeks duration. The deceased
who Is only twenty-one years Of age, Il
q native Of Columbia, South Carolina
and came to this country last spring
He will be missed by large circle o
friends. to whom his amlable ant
sterling qualities made him quite ,
favOrite.
THAT mammoth stock of hardwar,
Is now arriving at the store of J. c
Mcconnell, Elm street, consisting o
iron, nails, castings, cutlery, shell
goods of all kinds, and in fact every
thing usually kept in first-class hard
ware store. Our friend 10. tells US tina
his stock Is decidedly the largest AM
most complete ever brought to thi
city, and being purchased from frs
hands In the cities of New York. Bos
ton and st. Louis, he can and will sci
as cheap as anybody In Northern
Texas. He invites a call from all hi
old friends, and as many new ones a
please to call.
A MAN Of Dallas caught q Tartar las
night, while trying to catch THE
He for sometime past noticed that hi
woodpile, like beautiful dream, wa
disappearing from his sight. In com
pany with friend he watched, an
saw an ebony-complexioned man cnte
his yard, aud help himself to wood
He Immediately introduced himself
and called to his friend that he Ina
caught the thief but he was wrong f,
the thief had caught him, and dragge
him as far as tho gate, where he dl
not even walt for further thanks. On
friends says he mistook him for
kuklux and was unwilling to resi-
him.
DECIDEDLY the busiest place we has
seen in a long time Is the machil
shop Of Mr.. d. +. Grove, ON Mai
street, adjoining Tho Iron and Bra
Foundry Of Mr.. Anglers. We stepp,
in there few moments yesterday, nj
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