The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-05-13


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A CRY for Hudson's force comes up
from deep cutters.
A TELEGRAM addressed to - Wild and
marked important" remains uncall-
ed for at the mayors office.
The NEW sign Of NIessrs. Hnmm d
Polser, the live premium butchers, IL
like their meatG9splendld.
BY. covering up openings in the
gronnd, builders protect the public and
thus protect themselves from law-sults.
q IMPROVEMENTS IN the southern part
of the city are materially shortening
the room for stretching clothes lines.
No MATTER how upright II man may
have attempted to walk yesterday, ten
to one hc'was n downright fiat one he
fore he knew II. 'H7'' N
The splendid rains Of the last few
days have magnilied the pleasure Of the
farmer and enlarged the population OF
checker and billiard players.
"A BEAN grown in the garden of Mr..
Wilson, living on Pearl street $50 call
ed), has attained the size of the ordi-
nary ball used in the game of base ball.
WE were much pleased to see that
successful practitioner, DR.. Foote,
: again out, yesterday, and trust that
the Doctors health may speedily be full
ly reestablished,
COLONEL MORPHIs, recognizable as
one of the historians Of our state, and
not altogether in personal appearance
unlike the more pretentious historian
Motley, is in the city,
Mr.. M. l.. LAWS, as representative
and correspondent of the "Central
Baptist ofSaint Louis, accompanied
the Baptist excursionists and took long
hand but rattliDg notes oftheir rowing.
A MEXIcANranchero was picked up
west of this city. yesterday morning by
some travellers and brought to the city
for medical attendance, he having been
struck with paralysis the night before.
BY a free and judicious distribution
ofpondrette, over small garden plat
In this city, the owner asserts that he
has already grown his second crop of
vegetables with part of third about
half matured.
SHOES with Louis XIV. ties are being
adopted very generally by the ladies of
our city. And the wearers who per-
nit gentleman friend to tie them,
cannot consistently declare that there
isno tie between them.
A NEGRO GIRL in this city, fifteen
years of age, has been afflicted with
glossitis or inflammation of the tongue,
for two years, resulting, 1t is said, from
having at one time burned her tongue
t0a blister with hot coffee.
The opening of the various ice
cream saloons presents excellent OPP
portunities for the inQuisitiye man to
observe a pair taking ice cream and
confectionery-the latter being confin-
ed to kisses without any paper on
them. ~ &tfH} iit'40
The man who was SO severely in
jured by being struck by a street car
on Saturday night last, and who, but
for the watchfulness of the driver, Mr..
Crabb and the assistance of officer
Stewart, might have been killed, is
rapidly recovering. i@e
GEORGE B. CARTER, Esq, one of the
active business spirits of Albany, New
York, anda gentleman of capital, will,
we are pleased to learn, establish HIM
self at once in our, city, where his prac-
teal abilities can be put forth to some
purpose. rrr
AN old bag, with ''hoary locks all
loose and visage GRIM" is peddling a
pectoral decoction in this city, one ia
ble-spoon Of which is warranted to
cure the most obstinate cold. This is
the kind Of physic which should be
thrown to the dogs. Seg
A HORSE attached to wagon stand
ing near the market house. yesterday
afternoon, becoming FESTIVE, owing to
the absence OF its yoke-fellow, who had
been taken off to- be shod, cuthis hitch.
ing strap loose with his teeth and
bounded off countryward.
d. c. WILLIAMS, ESQ, editor and
proprietor Of the Tyler Reporter, is, as
Sir Walter Scott has 1t, "tabenacled
among US in the flesh" for few brief
hours. Williams is a small-sized man
to run SO large a thing as newspaper,
but George Law used to say he always
sent out the little pilots to bring, in the
big ships. s4
THE wind on Friday last blew down
a young oak tree 4 mile and q halfeast of
this city, under whose roots was found
a box about the size of snuff box, the
material Of which was of marmorean
appeaxance but which could be crush.
ed In the hand like felt, always recov-
ering Its shape when relieved of the
pressure. ~
AMAN wentup Main street, yester-
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