The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-03-12

church itself Mr., Davenport can new
stop from his morning sermon To MS
dinner table, and irom his evening
sermon TO his couch
Coz. LEONARD, one Of the proprle'
tors Of the Shreveport Times, called
yesterday, The Times IL both IN ele-
CANT and slaunch newspaper, ana We
were much pleased 10 meet WIN one
Of lts able conductors and genial repre-
sentailvps.
BAncocK y, llhal u, stands for bach
elor) won very beautiful quilt at q rpf'
neatthe 1.-TWO Brothers" on Tuesday
night. As bachelors have no use for
quilts, he says the man who can cover
1t with hlly dollars can cover himself
with the quilt
A STRANGER removed u saddle from
u horses back In this city yesterday,
while the owner of the horse and snd'
die was looking at him, and walked OF
with It. Thinking II n joke the owner
pnid no attention 10 II until the lhlel
had gotten out Of his reach,
a NEGRO family, seven In all, living
near Cochran street, insnrrectcd among
themselves yesterday, nnd latter the
baltlc, mothcr,n the five women and
men looked nv II they hNd Just come
down after boiler explosion, and the
two babies had the appearance of hav-
Ing been used ~ harrows.
DEPUTY SHERIFF Scorr set llfe'slze-
ed portrait before the grand jury yes
terday ofa fellow who was charged
with stealing hogs. When told to
"come along by the deputy, on start
ing from the sherIiis Office, he remark
ed ms he stepped up, ~ 20 livelyW
A MAN by the name Of w. j. Wood,
died of Inflammation Of the brain In II
house on the corner Of Jackson and
Market streets, yesterday lie left n
wife and two children entirely destl-
tute; 40 absolutely pennyless We're they,
that the county was compelled to In
cur the expense Of the deceascd's
burial.
A GENTLEMAN Of this city, who Is II
| literal constructionist Of contracts,
found that u certain building was not
being built according TO. the stipulation
and Immediately tore the greater por-
ton Of IL down. The builder saw the
mistake he had made, and agreed to do
the defective work all over
Our good friend, Mr.. A. Gwynn, of
the mammoth book and stationery
house, of IT, III. Gushing, Houston, put
in an appearanceat our office yestcr-
day. He Is just from the western
counties, where he has been making
known the merits of hlspopular house.
He will be in the city for day or two.
| Ten bales of hay were stolen, Tues
day night, from n stable on Ross
avenue, In which they had been stored
the dry before. Their disappearance
is u mystery, rs no wagon tracks were
disc0vcrable about the building, and II
~ not II customary thing for man Ia
walk of with bale of hay under his
arm or in his pocket.
SOME lumber thief carried of load
of boards belonging to the Wheeler Il
Wilson sewing machine company, on
the lot adjoining the Southern hotel,
night before las, and only got half way
out Of the city when morning broke.
Afraid of being caught, he broke, leav-
ing the boards. Thinking that the
thief would likely return, n watch was
kept for him, but not putting inn
again, the lumber was reloaded and
brought back.
THEgrand jury desiring to interview
one Col. George Lewis few days ago,
thought "as how" Il little bond of $3.50
would iiatter the colonel to hang
around until they had time to have
the tete-a-tete with him, and the well
known and generous gentleman, II. j.
Frank, Esq, thereupon became the
colonel's surety. Is it necessary to
say that when the gifted Col. l.. was
anXiously needed by the G. j., that the
&. J. came near bursting into tears to
know that the artistic Col. l.. was "no
more ?"