The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-07-22

yesterday.
An SANDALS lottery yesterday one
ballot drew sixty dollars and another
thirty dollars. Lucky,
Those very clevergentlemen, Messrs.
Leonard Brothers, will accept thanks
for bottle Of rarely delicious wine.
MAJOR G. b. STEPHENSON has re-
tired from business, having disposed
of his stock TO Messrs. Clark, Bryan n
Blake.
FRANKLIN Is in receipt OF Harper's,
Scribner's, Godey's and other maya
zines for August. Also, all the late
weeklles.
WE failed, yesterday, TO say that the
mammoth watermelon sentus on Mon
day, by Mr.. Ross, weighed little over
forty-three pounds. Who can beat 1t
Nc, opposite the old postoilicc stand,
has all the late periodicals and week
lies, also some Of the coolest and best
soda water and lemonade in the city.
SINCE the old folks have commenced
preparing to attend camp meetings, 1t
Is noticeable that the young members
of the family are laying in an unlail-
ing supply of billet doux note paper
The inside track on the shipment of
wheat this season seems to be enjoyed
by our young and sterling friends,
Messrs. Snodgrass, Jett Il Co. They
bought several hundred bushels yester-
day, at 81 l6l.
Two OF the six prisoners who escap-
ed from the city Jail on Saturday night
were captured near Fort Worth, on
Tuesday, by deputy sheriiIs Bowen and
Scott One of them was Langley;
the name of the other we did not
learn.
THE family of the senior publisher
OF The HERALD are under renewed
obligations to the Messrs. Ross for II
large basket Of fruit aud vegetables
the choicest of the season-sent to
them yesterday, and which were relish
cd with u good appetite.
Mr.. LOUIE b. THOMAS, the circum-
stances of whose lamentable death was
given In our yesterdays issue, was
buried yesterday morning. The SYM
pathies of this community are extend
ed his afflicted BROTHER Captain Thom-
rs, upon his exceptional grief,
The firm of Drs. p. and j. y. Car
rington, in the practice of medicine, il
dissolved by mutual consent, the books
OF the concern being in the hands of
DIR. }. 3. Darlington, who also con-
tinues practice at the Office of the late
firm, over Adams Il Leonard's bank.
See notice.
MAJOR CALDWELL, of the extensive
Wholesale and retail liquor house of
Miers u Caldwell, of this city, returned
from New Orleans yesterday. We are
gratiiied to see him looking so much
improved In health and acknowledge,
with thanks, from his hands, New Or
leans papers of II late date.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Field, of this city, swallowed
quantity of coal oil, yesterday, owing
to the carelessness of its nurse, and but
for the kind assistance of neighbors.
whose intelligent aid materially re-
lieved the child until physician ar
rived, fatal result might have follow.
ed.
IN our notice yesterday morning, In
living list of the members of the del
egation from this city, by an omis-
sion of one line In copy, we were made
to say, "John L. Owens, of the firm of
+. p. Cowen Il Co." 1t should have
read "John l.. Owens, Esq, alderman
ofthe city of Dallas, and L. p. Cowen,
Esq, of the firm of L. z. Cowen Il Coz
me can't lick yer!" bantered n
small boy on our streets yesterday to |
another urchin. "Afc who wins
all the marbles in this here town every
day, and on Sundays gifts more Bible
verses by heart than any on yer, and
am stuck up by the parson for bein'
hoperer than any boy in my class. Ne
can't lick yer? Why, l can just skin
yer down Into mere mist -
WE notice violent desire on the
part OF some Of our lemonade stands
to discriminate between their custom.
ers. For instance, the man who picks
his teeth on the steps of first-class
hotel, or who occupies the front pew
in church, always gets his acidulous
refreshment sweetened with sugar at
four pounds for q dollar. There are
others who withdraw from the stand :
having been furnished, upwIttingly. ,