The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-12-20

stocking full; ana, wfetch th"e VIZ
are, we at once puncturc these'timen.
out Of II by the proposition, that IL VIII
all end In stomach full.
THE Sunday eruptions were more
numerous, the combatants en-
tered into them with more efierves-
cencc and came out Of them more pic
turesauely pounded, than upon any
sunday field day for months past.
ONE reason for the large amount Of
cotton coming to our city for shipment
is the advantages presented here for
freights. On Saturday lust, cotton was
shipped from this city through to Gal
weston for 50 rs, and yesterday at 81 so
per bale, and through to New Orleans
for 81. Cotton, We learn, Is coming to
this city for shipment from all the sur
rounding counties, and even rs far
southwest as within fifteen or twenty
miles of Waco.
THIEVES must be common IN Dallas,
or at least more numerous. than the
law or good morals allow. Night
before last one of the tribe entered the
stable of DR.. Hughes, corner of Live
Oak and Pearl streets, and stole fine
saddle, Bride, blanket and buggy Lar
ness. We have heard of several other
rooberies in various parts Of the town.
a thiefin the dark hours Of the night
is public enemy, and deserves no
commiseration. A highway robDer
who confronts you IN daylight, and
runs the risk of having his corporal
person penetrated hy leaden balls, is a
gentleman when compared with the
sneaking, providing midnight thief
Some time ago our City Council ne
gotiated for Silsby steam fire engine,
deliverable in this city within given
time. That stipulated time has not
only expired, but An addition of sixty
days on the top OF it. Upon this fail
ure the makers Of the engine were tel
cgraphed TO Ivy our city authorities, di-
rectiug them not to send it. This
substantially if not finally ends
the Silsby machine for this city, aud
we believe our City Council meets to-
night to pass upon the merits Of the
Clapp & Jones patent, and we have
reason to believe tha. ttit sSa'aii'a!iGM
viii cuiloinae IL ..,e acceptance o! tne
engiic. q least We hope 80.
1t may MT have the orllaaieniai
bcauty Of the 5ilshy ond il may not
generate steam with a. much celebrity,
hut apart trum this, II is ID every par
ticnlar, in the opinion of conlpetent
mnchinists, II much more scfvicealile
and therefore more spnerior combina-
ton Of machinery. The points Of s'i-
periority claimed for this engine, is
tllat il will lift the water better, throw
II farther and throw it higher and the
only difterence;n the tinie OF getting
up steam is about three-quaIterS oi.
minute longer than the Siisby,
which cannot he claimed as any mate
rial advantage for the LATTER, Besides
there is another very important point
gained in purchasing the Clapp & Jones
engine, and that is, that there is saw
ing of nine hundred and eighty dollars
in the cost, which placed alongside of
its greater capacity for throwing and
raising water, gives it overwhelming
advantages over all other machines in
the market.
Saturday end Monday were. marked
days, in commercial point of view,
in this city. 1t is the uniform express
sion sof merchants and shop-keepers
that more money was received over
their counters on those two days than
for week past. They were literally
buying days. Every body appeared to
be '.just out, of this or that. The
Jones wardrobe was deficient. The
Browns buttery was commissarially
short. The Smiths had some niche
70 he filled with its essential appoint
ment. So tothe Jones' andthe Browns.
each OF our retailers sold as high as
three thousand dollars worth of dry
goods, clothing, sugar, coffee, etc, etc.,
and the Smiths were as patronizing in
their purchases of some pretty and sub
stantial cAamber, dining or sitting
room, or parlor piece, or set. Express
wagons, and errand boys We're rat
Ting and ruiiiling to near and remote
parts Of the city, from the earliest
shopping hour to long after potter 10
n,aids had turned his kitchen mcn,orn-
6ilia over tohis grocer. and natron aud
belle had drawn their purse-strings and
gone from the idols of fishing silks
and airy laces to the purer aud better
idols If home. The streets were rs
thick with wagons "a the lumber re-
gions Of Maine with felled timber.
Cotton by the hundreds Of bales were
piled upon wagon after wagon like ap-
pie dunn hugs at Yankee fenst Hides
were dangling and Tapping all up and
,wn the street from all kinds Of four
wheel treighters, like SO many elephant
ears aud the whole cit. way BabeIssh
In its din and ring and clash. They
were daysupon the Intel Of whose door
was written, "all who enter here must
mean business
About two o'clock, yesterday after
noon, man who stole q wagon and
two fine bay drathorscs drove into tbs
rity AMI stopped to- get drink at ar
Elm street saloon. Alter this had beer
accomplished, he briskly placed him
-clf ON the inside Of the wagon and
drove further down town. Near thu
Scott House he drew rein again, and
we suppose, bad bryan to imagine