The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-22

MIR. JOE TAYLOR, agent or the
Wheeler concert troupe, professionally
called yesterday.
STREAMING Irvine an inch thick, will
slacken the pace of some midnight
providers in this city If they don't cease
manipulating door knobs and raising
windows.
A PIR0dUE, fully ten feet in length,
hoated down the Trinity yesterday. 1t
contained a coat of blue cloth withA
stick, looking like walking cane,
lying across II. .e,..
SOMETHING not often seen was shown
to an interested crowd at the Central
depot yesterday. 1t was sen mouse,
preserved in portable glass case, and
an animal, in color, of great beauty.
"A FELLOW crazed by rum, made use
of his fit, yesterday, on Elm street, by
coloring and staining glass. He cut
his arm into shreds by running the
aforesaid member through q window.
IN tent near the cotton gin, south
Of Commerce street, girl about lfteen
years of age, was wounded, yesterday,
in the hand by the explosion of cart
ridge. Shew was passing it to her father
when it exploded. The palm of her
hand is badly lacerated.
For Incorporating a horse and
buggy, q young gentlemen not alto
gether unknown TO our citizens, came
previously close to being turned over
to Sheriff Barkley, yesterday. The
owner of the horse and buggy was pre-
vailed uDon by the young mans friends
to overlook it this time"
A PINNATIPED bird with blue crest,
white wings and body, was killed in
the Dallas branch yesterday, with
stones thrown by some boys. Orni-
biologists will step to the brink of that
raging flood, where all that remains of
this feathered singularity lies, and tell
us what it IL.
AN OBJECT which would have been
a supreme attraction to the ladies of
our city, was worn upon the head of
one of their gender, who passed north
on the Central train, yesterday morn
ing. 1t was glass bonnet, and in APP
pearance suggested that it was made
through the windy powers Of glass
blower.
THERE is q half-witted and harmless
negro man frequenting portions of
Ross avenue, Griffith and Lamar
streets, during late hours of the night.
La the day time he is never seen. We
think it would be well enough to pre-
vide him home with some of his own
color who would take care of him.
His condition deserves sympathy.
AT q Main street boarding house
yesterday afternoon, a vender of faded
tape, spools of thread with three feet
of thread, with an admixture of pinch
back jewelry, warranted tweuty-nine
carat gold, was Knocked down with
steve lid for not buckling up his wares
and hunting outside atmosphere when
told to march. And it was woman
that did it.
NOT succeeding in dispossessing a
renter. y landlord, owning and renting
a house in the south part of the city,
adopted the eccentric plan yesterday Of
pulling his house down about the ears
Of the occupant. He thought it cheaper
Than going to law to get the family
put The family left after one side of
he house had been stripped from the
The top Of very handsome buggy
was torn oft, yesterday, in passing
under a tree. near Mr. Flynn's resi-
ience, on the lot adjoining Lamar
street. The driver was boy, who was
Urging the horse ut arapid speed at the
line, and as is quite natural with boys,
when trying to get as much speed out
II horse as possible, couldn't afford to
'ay attention to anything else IL their
ives depended upon It. = ffs ~ Sss