The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-12-23

nlNtIlboie WN'"'"
Oft
rms IA the hanging season--hahs'
Ing on Christmas trees
THE weather Is not as bright IN 4"
new button.
G,,f,s mud Is "quarter Less twain" OF
something Of that profundl'y
TIE raid OH the cedarS mas 'v'"
menced. Christmas trees m"S'o' "''
at any cost.
Tur cotton that came In yesterday
ia. said to have been better th"h Any
that has yet arrived.
ELEvps out Of every dozen people
Oh the street aro carrying p"no'e'
Bundles Of happiness for somebody
WE saw n young lady buy her lover
Christmas gift, yesterday IL was u
bar Of soap.
THERE was some wearing OF the
or.enp Yesterday. Our iibernlan
friends are responsible for II.
COLONEL LEEpy, one of our most
pfomihent contractors ana pulIuers,
returned from trip among the freezeo
up, OH Friday.
ALL the churches will have Chrls''
,nas trees. Some of the little ohes
have already joined all the SUNDAY
schools.
A COY 40 in corner" Is that MI
Goufie has added to his concrete puilo'
Inn, on the corner of Main aud Lamnl
streets.
AT THE Commercial Hotel last even
inc 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 a RAID on
the Wichita Mountains. AS long as
thu mountains won't come to them
they'll 10 to the mountains.
W.D. CLEVELAND, Of Houston, has al
ways on hand a full stock Of groceries,
atthe 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 "camp OUT
OH vacant lots, much to the provoca'
ton of the property owners near by
In which the horses often trespass anc
dilapidate.
A HORSE slipped from the mud yes
terday, near the markethouse and in
inred his hoof 50 that he was regarded
as permanently disabled. The animal
was a valuable one and belonged t.
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. Severa
cuts Oh the face and broken fingel
resulted therefrom.
COLONEL w. w. LAWRENCE, who
has an itch for getting our friends O
TT. Worth "out of the woods" viz
OF q railroad, is stopping at the Com
mercial. Colonel Lawrence is a mar
of indomitable energy and never-let
10 grit, and withal, brains enough fol
half dozen of no 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 jerkers tumble one in from
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 HERALr
building, on Monday afternoon, time
about four o'clock, there was
fight; It was a small fight, but
there was the oldest compound
Of a gallon jug, four fists ant
two men that ever tickled or interested
any crowd. 1t was oil done in jus
about three minutes of the ''fastest tint
on record.n Some of the crockery II
still lying on the historicground. Prize
seventeen cents relic.
Hon. A. J. BALL, Of Weatherford
isre-elected Senator from his district
by a majority Of about 81 votes owe
Colonel Shannon. Captain Ball wa
the regular Democratic candidate
There were three candidates agains
him--Colonel Shannon, Mr.. Chand
lsr and Mr.. Lippard. Shannon ant
Chandler were independent Demo
Gratis, and Lippard an avowed Radical
The vote stands, for Ball, 2,s22; Shan
non, 1885, Chandler, $40; Lippard
$50. There are eight counties In tn
District, all of which are official excep
0he--Elrath.
RaiIroad Tickets Bought ard Sold.