The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-12-27

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sOmeilil1g Of tllal prOfhdiiy.
TnG raid OIL the ccdafs las c0m-
mcnced. Christmas trees be had
at any cost.
TuE cotton that came IN yesterday
IL said to have been better thHn any
that las set arrived.
ELEVEN out Of every dozen people
on the street are carrying bundles.
Bundles of happiness for somebody.
WE saw young lady buy her lover
u Christmas gift, yesterday. 1t was
bar of soap.
THERE was some "wearing of the
green" yesterday. Our Hibernian
friends are responsible for 1t.
COLONEL LEEDY, one of Our most
prominent contractors and builders,
returned from trip among the frcezed
up, OIL Friday.
ALL the CHURCHES will have Christ
mas trees. Some Of the lvtle ones
have already joined all the Sunday
schools.
A cozY 40 in u corner" is that Mr..
| GouiIe has added to his concrete build
ing on thee corner of Main and Lamnr
streets.
AT THE Commercial Hotel last even
ing were General Dodge, Of the Pacific
road, and family. They left on special
train, after supper, for Marshall.
A FEW young gentlemen in this
place are organizing to make raid on
the Wichita Mountains. AS long as
the mountains won't come. to them,
they'll go to the mountains.
w. ID. CLEVELAND, of Houston, has al
ways on hand a full stock of groceries,
at the lowest market price at whole
sale. He also makes cash advances
on cotton, hides, etc.
AFTER all of our wagon yards,
great many wagons have to "campout7
on vacant lots, much to the provoca-
ton of tn, property owners near by,
in which the horses often trcspass and
dilapidate.
A HORSE slipped from the mud yes
terday, near the marllethouse and in
jnred his hoof SO that hewas regarded
as permanently disabled. The animal
was valuable one and belonged to
some one in the country
AS A gentleman, yesterday, was
standing on the bank Of the small
stream that runs just below the city
cemetery, the spot upon which he was
standing suddenly gave way and pre-
cipitated him in the stream. Several
cuts on the face and q broken finger
resulted therefrom.
COLONEL w. w. LAWRENCE, who
has an itch for getting our friends of
TT. Worth "out of the woods" via
of railroad, is stopping at the Com
mercial. Colonel Lawrence Is q man
of indomitable energy and neveflet-
go grit, and withal, brains enough for
half dozen ofAo ordinary men.
THERE is a lady in this city who
says that if there is anything in this
world more than another, that worries
her, is the expertness with which one
ofthe cotton jerlers tumble one In front
of her on the sidewalk, causing her to-
walk out into the middle of the streets
TO get around it.
In the second story OF THE HERALD
building, on Monday afternoon, time
about four o'clock, there was
fight It. was small fight, but
there was tho oldest compound
of a gallon jug, four fists and
two men that ever tickled or interested
any crowd. 1t was all done in just
about three minutes of the Easiest time
ON record" Some of the crockery is
still lying ON the historicground. Price
seventeen cents relic.
Hon. A. J. BALL, of Weatherford,
is reelected Senator from his district,
by u majority of about 81 votes over
CoN,nel Shannon. Captain Ball was
the regular Democratic candidate.
There We're three capdidetes against
him-Colonel shannon, Mr.. Chand-
Ter and Mr.. Lippard. Shannon and
Chandler were independent Demo
Gratis, and Lippard an avowed Radical.
The vote stands, for Ball, 1922; Shah
non, 1875; Chandler, $40; Lippard
$3.50. There are eight counties in the
District, all of which are official except
one--Elrath.