The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-01

Old papers for sale at this Office.
A GOOD roof for school-houso-A
"slate" roof.
CRATES of cabbages arriving. Much
slaw-ter in prospect.
ALWAYS certain to have the drop
on you"-The rain
ALL FoR-LoRN--The only lorg-nette
al the thcatcr the other night,
A RUSSIAN nQbleman, inc0g,. passed
north on the Central train Yesterday
The night express on the Pacific
road went East on Friday night with It's
coat-tai in front.
ABOUT every sixth "drNgn seen on
our streets is n sewing machine delivery
THE Elm street stone work Is quite
overcome with the mud. That cracking up
OF stone is not what IL was cracked up to BE-.
The owner Of the Lafayette Rrstau-
rant believing with Horace Greeley that" tho
way To resume is to resume win resume
tomorrow.
For the Years 1871 and 1873 Sheriff
BarlSey finds State, county and school tax
to be collected, amounting 10 over hny
thousand dollars.
POSTMASTER JoNEs returned from
Washington yesterday. He is simply outr,-
geously fat and we are glad to see YOU look.
ing just that way.
THE brick addition, on Austin street,
to the odd Fellows hall is to be occupied by
MesslS. Denny 4 Co., the tirm who were
burnt out at the late fire.
THAT vegetable which has estranged
lovers when everything else has failed and
which has brought whole neighborhonds
into troable, the onion, is already apparent
In some Of our gardens.
REV. Ct. l.. TUCKER, a worthy and
highly respected minister of the Methodist
church, died ut his residence in Rockwell,
Texas, of pneumonia, ON the 9th OF January,
1874, aged about 81 years.
WE are requested to give notice that
DIR. CaSliey will preach at the Christian
Church this morning on the subject of the
"Christan Union" and Tonight the subject
for his discourse will be "Thc Divinity of
Christi
WEsaw a lady yesterday throw
iced for five Thousand dollars worth of prom.
erty, which She has just received, in apuddle
OF water she was crossing, to catch u twenty
dollar bonnet that was falling from her
head.
SUPERINTENDENT BAsYE of the Tel
egraph Institute, has an advertisements in
another column, TO which we direct the at
tention of young ladies and gentlemen de-
string to acquire a knowledge Ola rcinunrra-
tive art.
The amount paid by the Dallas
Real Estate and Building association for the
lou adjoining MessIS. Adams n Leonardo
bank was S2,2j0,O0. instead Of s2,jOoO9. as
made TO appear in our notice ofthe purchase
in yesterday mornings issue.
WE return thanks to our friend Sam
). Jones, deputy postmaster, for u copy OF
Irow's New York City Directory, for the
year ending May l. 1871, being the eighty
seventh volu - of ,hc work. II is a mann
moth volume, and valuable for reference.
SEE advertisement of information
wanted of Charles ODonoghue, who will
hear something directly TO his advantage.
Any information as to his whereabouts will
be thankfully received by his brother, Pat
rick ODonghue, PittSburg, Upshur county,
Texas.
A WILD goose weighing iifty-four
pounds was carried through this city yester-
day, tied TO a saddle, by young man. who
was offered eight dollars for 1t. "No. sir,"
answered the loyal young gentleman, "eight
times eight won't buy it. 1t goes to my gal,
bless her little sugar candy SOUL"
WE heard yesterday afternoon that n
young gentleman Of this city armed himself
with pistol intending to shoot his sweet
heart If he met her, as he expected to. on the
street with his rival II she had made her
appearance, which 'howeyor she didn't. II
would have been the first instance that We
have heard of "dcar" being shot I'm fine
streets of orr city.
Two men on horseback. missed
through the city yesterday going to Mexico,
stopping at a saloon fora slight saturatlon
they met friend, who subsequently, inform
ed us that both of the mems wives had lett
them In the Indian territory, to live with two
cherokee Indians, and the white men rather
disgaste', concluded To partnership their
grieis, and put many weary mile between
them and their former wives.
Mr.. G. b. PAXTON, late of Harrods-
burg, KY, but at present the very accom-.
plished bookkeepsr OF the house OF f. r.
Cowan & Co., has written to his home paper,
The Kentucky People, published at Harrods-
burg, a very readable letter of his trip to and
of our city. 1t is characterized by valuable
facts, and is as sound and as sensible dis
crlptiye communication as we have pc