The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-12-27
LOCAL BREVlTIEs.


Christmas and New Year's presents
At Reed a Lathrop's, 6O5 Main street
The ladies' bazaar had cleared, np to
yesterday, at two o'clock, about $500.
For the best and cheapest holiday
goods go to Pierce a. Lyle, bO7 Main
street.
The mayor ordered the release Of all
the city prisoners Christmas day IA
touch OF nature makes all the world
akin.n
Call aud see those new designs for
New Years calls, at Reed n Lathrop's,
sos Main street.
Mr., Boulware was the fortunate WIN
ner, Christmas day, OF the ~, 800 dla-
mond cross, rallied for, Captain Jack
Leonard has an interest In II.
Rev. DR.. Bell, Of Austin, will preach
TO the congregation Of the Second Pres
byterlan church to-day, ut II o'clock
A. NJ, IN the CITY hhll.
That exquisite "l3urdetW organ,
just arrived, may be heard, under skill
ful fingers, at the NJ. Il, tabernacle to-
day. DIR. Carhart Will preach morning
and night, Mt usual hours.
Prof II. w. AldehoiI, assisted by
Miss Alice Il. Aldehoil, will open an
English and classical school on Mon
day, January 4, 1874. No pupils below
the grade of grammar viii perceived.
Terms the same as heretofore charged.
VIM. M. Sharp, formerly OF Lonoke,
Arkansas, aud but few days resident
here, died ut the International on
Thursday, December II, 1874. Messrs.
Abbott & Bartholomew, ms well as
Others, showed him every attention.
Not the least of the many pleasant
sights Christmas eve wasthe display of
meats ut our market. The deer, buffalo,
bear, ducks, chickens, grouse, par
tridges, pigs, steaks and roasts rs well
as the fish and oysters were most mp
petizlng.
No daily paper was issued from this
Office yesterday, 1t being the usual GUS
tom to omit an issue on Christmas day,
Having failed to give this notice in
our Fridays paper, we give this ex-
PLANTATION Of the omission of our usual
daily issue.
DR.. Holiday, and Mr. Austin, sa-
loon keeper, relieved the monotony of
the noise of flre-crackers by taking n
couple of shots at each other yesterday
afternoon. The cheerful note of the
peaceful six-shooter is heard once
more among us. Both shooters were
arrested
Attention is called to the ADVERTISE
ment of r. II. Foat q Co., successors
to G. X. Meriwether, wholesale and
retail dealers in furniture of all kinds
and general house furnishing goods,
$40 Elm street. A full stock of all
goods In their line kept on hand ut all
times, and special attention paid to
country orders.
Sheriff r. G. Gates, of Decatur,
Wise county, passedJ through here
day before yesterday with six convicts
for the Huntsville penitentiary. Their
names and date of sentence are as fol-
lows: Blake, ten years; Hickey, one
year; Sam Mundy, three; Thad. Vicks,
three; Brooks, five; Haclley six years.
They were none Of them citizens of
Wise county.
The Christmas tree of the children
of st. Mathews church last night ut
Fields theater, made many little one
happy. Mr.. Richard Morgan, the SUI
perintendent of the Sunday school,
marshaled his well-behaved ard pretty
bevy of little folks. They sang an APP
propriate hymn. The Rev. Mr..
Davenport made short and appropri-
ate address to them.
The HERALD has the pleasure of ac-
knowledging the receipt OF cards to
the first annual ball of the Grutli |
Verein Swiss benevolent society, to be
given at Odd Fellows hall, Saturday,
January 2, 1873, and also cards to the
first annual festival, December 80, 1874, |
of Phoenix fire company No. /, of Paris,
Texas, sent with the compliments of
the foreman, w. Babcock.
Mrs. John Henry Brown, most es-
lady, and the accomplished
wife of our well known -citizen,
John Henry Brown, has returned to
her home in Dallas, after visit of
several months to relatives in New
York aud Connecticut. As If to make
her coming doubly welcome to her
family, she arrived Christmas night.
We trust her prolonged stay in the
Empire and Nutmeg states has not
weakened her love for the Lone Star of
Texas. We wish her most merry
Christmas, and the happiest of New
Years.
AT the ladies' bazaar last night the
dressing gown voted for for the most
popular physician was awarded to DIR.
John Darlington, he having received
The highest number of votes. Thevotes
we're worth fifty cents each, and the
sum received was four hundred and
dollars. The chain voted
o the most popular bachelor was
'warded to Richard Morgan, the set