The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-05-02
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ting In our city for means to build an
orphan asylum.
JUDGE JOHN j. COOP returned yes
terday from Austin, where he has
been in attendance on the supreme
court for nearly two weeks
DALLAS gardens having finished put
ting themselves through n 'course Of
spronts," are now submitting to a
dressing orr by their owners.
THE sprinklers made their appear
ance yesterday. Unless the streets
running transverse to Main and Elm
are also watered, the system will be Il
failure. fn a
THE various churches of our city,
who have benches belonging to the
county, are politely requested in an
other column, by Sheriff BarlSley, to
return the same at once.
MAJOR DARLINGTON offers to rent,
through our advertising columns this
morning, that splendid two story bust
ness house OH the corner of Elm and
Lamar streets. Also, n line residence
in most desirable part the city.
MEssRs. CLARK, BRYAN " BLAKE
have received, and are the only agents
in Dallas for Deve's Nonpareil oil, said
to be the only oil recommended by all
insurance companies; gives more bril-
liant light, burns longer and is per-
fectly safe. istl sio-s a9@ ~
ApRUNKEN fellow picked marble
slab offa table standing in front of
store on Elm street, yesterday after
noon, and was about to break it to
pieces Oh some stone lying on the lot
next to Messrs. Schoellkophf d Co.,
hut 1t was taken from him just in
time. 20 .s,
MEssRs. TRAsK, NEVILLE & IRISH
assume, from the LIST inst, control of
the business of the Dallas Commercial.
In other words the above triumvirate
are the Cerberuses of the Commercials
cash box, while brother Cutler will re-
main and pilot Faber.
A NEGRO man, about forty years of
age, tried yesterday to abduct Jennie
Swan, maidenly swan, who, sadly for
the man, told her mother Of his arti-
flee, and the old Swan tried to shoot
that part of his head Off which fills
the space from his nose up.
OUR city council, by a unanimous
vote, has extended the Inequalities of
our city to the members of the South
ern Baptist convention that is to as
sembls in Jefferson on the 5th instant.
Mayor Cabell, Aldermen BurK and
Coughanour We're appointed a COM
mittee to receive them.
WE are deeply panied to learn of the
critical prostration of the wife OF Rev.
Lee Newton,t Of the Signet. Mrs.
Newton is one of the most talented
ladies in the south, as her many grace-
full and finished contributions to the
Slgnet will attest, and wehope to learn
of her speedy recuperation.
Miss MATTE BUREoRp, eldest daugh-
ter of our esteemed citizen, Judge
Burford is said to have inspired
Momus in the highest degree at the
Methodist picnic, yesterday, by an inn
provisation of country school. Our
plump friend, Mercer, assisted Miss
Matte in carrying out the travesty.
Mercer did the wholloping.
IT will be seen by reference to our
advertising columns that the firm of
Darlington, Marsalis n Co. is dissolved
by Limitation, from May LIST. The bus
mess will be conducted by Messrs. T. |
l.. Marsalis and ii, L. Underwood un-
der the firm name of Marsalis & I'm |
derwood. The new firm respectfully |
solicit q continuance of the liberal |
patronage bestowed upon the old firm.
A MAN rode up to a saloon in East
Dallas, yesterday, took an unusual stiff
"horn," and crossing the street, en-
tered a tentand runaknife into an old
man sixty years of age, named Rich
ardson, then jumping on his horse,
made his escape. Richardson's wound
is not a bad one, and he will recover.
The miscreant stabbed Richardson be-
cause he wouldn't lend him money,
ANexpress wagon had its tail board
smashed in BY the pole Of a wagon
loaded with stone, yesterday morning
on Main street 1t was malicious dam
age, and the express driver jumped y
from bis wagon and proposed to give
The stone-man q horse whipping if he /
didn't pay him right on the spot for 1
the damage. The stone-man antiedu up t
Two dollars, and fraction.
AN attempt was made yesterday, by
o gentleman on Lamar street, to catch
some boys who amused themselves
shooting lacks Ia the legs of his horse,
which was tied to q tree back of Mr..
residence. The boys dropped !
heir apparatus bell, which consisted, :
n part Of fifteen papers of tacks, and 4