The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-10-23

A DOWNTOWN FAMILY, WHO Have
been using their umbrellas for laDle
legs, ate of the noorlast night
MASTER MECHANIC RUSSELL wants
to see the shape Of the chaps nose VINO
let the water out OF the tank at the
bridge, the other night.
ANOTHER new steamship has been
added to Mallery's line between
QalRpton and New York. Her name
irssihe City Of Waco.'
THE District Court was principally
engaged yesterday In wiping ont some
old musty cases that have been cling
ing to the docket like sucker to u
, garden worm.
ABOUT tho arst thing Dallas wives
said to their husbands, yesterday, MS
they entered their respective homes
was. "Dtn't bring more than cart
load of mud in at onet time"
THE wash-basin shape of the late
style of ladies, bonDets, caused y work
basket to be mistaken by an unobserv-
ing female, up town the other day, for
her hat, and clapping it on, of she
went shopping.
A POSSE of policemen, headed 10y the
Marshal, arrested some "vags" night
before last, who were sleeping in II hay
stack on the bank of the river, between
Elm and Main streets. This is one
way Of curing the ebay fever"
A GENTLEMAN who n few weeks ago
was engaged In trimming trees in this
city, was applying for n position rs
teacher the other day. Dallas school
boys have no disposition to be placed
Ia charge of any man who understands
how to trim trees.
Our friends, Messrs. +. b. Bryan &
Co., have removed to their handsome
new store on Main street, near the
Dallas foundry, where they IRE now
opening their large stock of fall goods.
Go and see them, they have splendid
stock, and aim to sell low, and will do
1t.
A COUPLE Of teams collided on the
Commerce street bridge yesterday af-
ternoon, and us the horses of each of
them could not be made to turn either
to the right or left, II was "pull Dick,
pull DEVIL" until the wheel of one Of
the wagons was broken into pieces, land
the axle of the other snapped in two.
Four men on horseback were noticed
yesterday morning about daylight,
conversing In suspicious manner in
an undertone, on Lamar street, near
the Pacific depot Five minutes had
hardly passed after they were first OBJ
served before each put spurs to his horse
and took different directions, riding off
In q half run,
Down on Spruce street, yesterday, a
man sat barrel under the spout that
extends from the gutteringofhi house,
and caught it about half full. On
being asked in Intervening, bya neigh
Dor, how much rain he thought had
fallen, no measured the amount of
water in tpe barrel and said about two
feet. The neighbor walked off saying
that he felt satisfied that the Lord had
given BugyIraddle more than his share.
BETWEEN the hours of one and two
on "Wednesday morning an attempt
was made to burglarize the fruit and
contradictory establishment Of Mr..
Botto, on the corner Of Commerce and
Jefiersog streets. The feloniously in.
clinedgpntry were, however, frightened
Off by the sound Of the footsteps of the
barkeSper of Fendley's saloon, who
yves passing to his sleeping apartment,
imp1ediately In the rear of Mr.. Botto's
steSe, at the time.
. YELLOW fever prevails now at Bryan
and Columbus One death had occur
red at Bryan which came from Cal
vert, and u number of others were re-
ported sick. At Columbus, which Is
the terminus Of the b. B. C. and c. Il
r. Nr. James b. Russell died OH Sun
day night. In the twcnty-four hours
ending Monday night there had been
live deaths and six or eight Others
were sick. The physicians are undo.
qided as to the disease being yellow
fsver, but the people are much excited
Apd fleeing In all directions.
As Freight Agent Easton, Of tn,
Ventral road, was coming down The
lea'road track on Tuesday night, lit
q while aiser the south-bound expres
len, with fifty-six hundred dollar
oessif'ed checker In his pocket. an,
11nsn With a ilve-dollar lanter,
9'qes two strangers who wcr
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