The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-22


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A "NopprSG acquuintance"-Mor-
pheus.
DALLAS is to have n book publishing
house.
BUSINESS at the Pacific depot in high
fever.
TIE horizon is nightly illuminated
with the tell-tale glow of burning
prairies.
Ten wagons loaded with apples, from
Arkansas, passed through this city, yes
terday, bound south.
The air break, Il new feature OF secu-
rity, has been added to the passenger
trains of the Pacific road.
A FEMALE, supposed to be insane,
was seen to pass millincr's window
in this city yesterday AMI not stop to
oOk in.
A GOOD man need not he afraid to
die. Handsome Dallas girls ought to
be ashamed to dye.
MORE household furniture was sold
in this city yesterday than any month
during the year.
FIVE THOUSAND dollars is what
John Robinson carried oii'in his little
tin boXn from this city.
CORN is fifty cents a bushcl, and
hay twelve dollars ton in this city.
It's cheapest when its ton-nish.
ALI. of John Robinsons ponies got n
dinner of bran on Saturday. 1T was
what might be called then "pony bran
dy."
THE sample of dust as shown, yes
terday, not sitting, the dust-god is in
formed that he can "git' with the
balance.
w. d. CLEVELAND, Houston, keeps
an extensive stock Of groceries always
on hand, and makes cash advances on
all cotton shipped to him for sale OF
shipment Remember that.
PENN & FRANKLIN, booksellers, sta
tioners and dealers in periodicals, news
papers, fancy notions and holiday
goods generally, Main street, next to
Fields Theater, Dallas, Texas, have
one of the most extensive and complete
stock of goods in their line to be found
in the State. See their advertisements
in to-day's paper, andgive them call
WE learn that the residence of Cap
tain Smith, in the eastern suburbs OF
the city, was totally consumed by ire
night before last. The contents of the
building shared the same fate. The
origin of the fire was the result OF an
accident.
III WISH you'd remove that thing"
said female to darkey, yesterday,
pointing to the hearse that stands at
the east end of the foundry, tit re-
minds me so much of the cart that
hauled of my sixth husband, and to
!. think how that poor dear soul could
stuff sausages! Heavens"
THE wives of this city, having heard
that the insurance Offices in England
are employing female clerks, protest
against their being employed in ii!e
insurance offices in this city. They
say they'llpoison the heaviest assured's
wives, and then marry the wdowers,
. How well women know the little eccen'
tricities of their sex.
A SLIGHT misapprehension between
two gentlemen of families in this city
brought about a private cowhidine
rencounter yesterday afternoon. The
privacy of their meeting and the mu'
tual broadcloth busting being wit
messed by confidential friend, only
: prevented spicy bit of social scanda
y from becoming morceau of genera
gossip.
A DALLAS boy wants to know whats
the use of his daddy packing him of
to school and church as long as there
are ''sermons in stones and books il
the running brooks" He just can
see it.
AFTER young man was knocke'
down and run over, without being i'll
;ured, he bit his tongue very nearly II
half swearing at the men who drov
that horse and buggy across his bacl
: and legs.
JOHN HENRY BROWN & Son ofie
: for sale in to-tlay's paper, as per thei
advertisement, a handsome residence
seven miles from town, and SINAI
farm five miles from Mckinney
besides some unimproved land in thi
county, See advertisement.
PROFESSOR J.. A. HAGAN, who take
those beautiful, life-like crayol
mixtures, which neUer fodc, has anotic
- 5r two in our epeeial notice Column
today, to which attention is called.
CAPTAIN Buckley, whilom of tn
galveston press, passed through tn
city last evening on his way to hi
vit-uials by the sea.
WRESTLING matches, by school boy
: IN this city, terminate in broken arms
and Il will be fortunate If it ceases thi
side of broken backs.
A FEW Of our citizens were attract
u TO Forth Worth yesterday, to Sc
the magnificent intellectual perform
ance of foot race.
20 AMAS fell from the top TO the boi
tom of the stairs leading to the Cd
Fellows hall yesterday, without II
ceing the least Injury.
~soNE of the freight received at tn
depot is marked in a manner to ind