The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-06

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SEE advertisement Of stray horses
L0N0-suoRE men--Tall men on land
CHEsNUTs and plenty Of crackers.
1nE travel between this city and
shreveport has opened quite brslly.
YESTERDAY was another dark day,
and II wasn't necessary TO have.a black
eye TO see 1t.
ONE restaurant In this city sold one
hundred and eighteen plates of oysters,
yesterday.
TmE grand jury are chopping oifthe
heads of indictments ~ lively as
Sampson, the hcadsmnn Of France,
did Ibis work In the time of Marie
Antonette.
BY reference TO the advertisements
of those extensive auctoneers, Mcssrs.
Hill, Shields 4 Co., II will he seen that
they have removed to No. SO, Elm
street. where they will be pleased to
zee their many friends.
MEssRs. HAMM a. PoIsER still con-
tinue to furnish some of the most ele-
giant meat In our city. The polished
and sunny wilderness of their stalls re-
fleet the purity and cleanliness of their
beef Give them call.
THERE is a young gentleman in this
city who has fancy for the "loudn
and the "tall." He bought him II
merschaum pipe the other day that
takes whole brooches leg to cover it.
"STRAws show which way the wind
blows" and when used In glass also
often raises tho wind.
THE clouds suddenly disappeared
last night, and the moon and stars
shone forth radiantly.
"A GENTLEMAN slipped and fell on
Main street, yesterday, and lost In the
mud nocketbools containing large
amount of money, The efforts of n
posse of little negroes to find 1t,
failed. FE 'F.T
THE condition of our streets has
heightened out the steps ofpedestrians.
Surveyors might expedite their meas
urcment of land by getting some Dali
las men to "step il out" We saw one
step from one pavement to another on
the opposite side of the street, yester-
day, and yet the hem of his breeches
Knocked at his ambition.
In gave us decided pleasure to
meet in our city yesterday, CAPTAIN
Rivers and Major Saunders of the Tex
as Pacific. Captain Rivers is at the
head Of the clerical department. OF this
great road, and at present resides in
Marshall, while the affairs of the pres
ent terminus of the TRANSIT Continental
branch is ably administered by Major
Saunders.
A MAN up on Swiss avenue who
thought his fall crop of potatoes was
gettingj too much rain, couldn't con-
ceive of any other way to keep Off the
superluous water than by boiling up n
lot ofindiarubber shoesand pouring the
liquid on the patch. He says il can
rain now and be darned.
NoBBs thought he'd play a joke on
an oyster dealer up town, and also
surprise his wife with fine can of the
bivalves. So siding up to a case con-
tanning several dozen cans, he slyly
transferred one of them to the folds of
his overcoat. Reaching home he I'M
covered it before the expectant eyes of
his wife who smiled and kissed him.
Snow for q knife, lovei" said Mrs.
hobbs, and Mr.. hobbs turned to get
knife. This was ALL save that the
neighbors of the Nobbs say that Mrs.
hobbs powerfully expostulated with
Mr.. Nobbs upon not being more OBJ
serving, or In other words that. hobbs
was a COMPOUNDED fool for not taking
full box instead of an empty one.
A WHOLE family were suddenly made
bald-headed the other night, in this
city, by their hair catching fire from
candle. The father had brought home
curious toy which was taken to {.
tableupon which a candle was burning,
Tor a closer examination of its novel
character, and all leaning over to
inspect 1t, the hair of the mother
ignited, and with electric suddenness
communicated with the hair of the
others. In less time than 1t takes to
: write 1t, a family of six were made
bald-headed by fire, and with allthe
damage that fire did ON the outside of
their heads 1t was much better than
having fire on the inside of their heads
WEwere much gratified to receive
call, yesterday, from Captain Buckley,
one OF the most talented writers of the
South, aud also an accomplished play
writer. The Captain IL on visit to
some relatives In an adjoining county,
and it is his intention to have one of
his plays produced in this city before
for New York, which cityhe
designs making his future home.