The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-03-07
Drift.

'Lufu DullurthlS' " boston leh-
lure just now,
The Woke. Family ARE expected IN
Australia before long,
Lydia Thompson packs her wig In
Louisville tonight,
Lawrence Barrett plays In Quincy,
Illinois, next Tuesday,
Charlotte Cushman, Philadelphia,
March q, for two weeks,
Gilmore and his Iubileors are Sunday
concerning In New York.
Maggie Mitchell commences her
"CricKet" match 1T Roblnsou's opera
house Monday night,
lucca will sing nine times ut the
Stadt thcatcr New York, and receive
5000 In gold therefor. March u Is the
date Of the first sing.
"lhc Canyons Of the Colorado and
the SECOND cities Of the DESERT Is the
hiIalutln name Of n panorama now
getting ready for trip tout wcst,n
Boucicauts rooms in Regent street
London, ARE 10 be taken 10y u society
called the Bohemians, who are desir-
Gus of forming themselves into club,
Tom Taylor's new play, which is to
be brought out ut the Olympic, Lon
don, Is dated in the days of William
ILL.,, and is said TO be extremely dra-
matte.
The 0'Donoghue having been elcc-
ted in rralce, Ireland, by n majority of
three over the home rule candidate,
part of the town was lraped in mourn
Ing, and the local newspaper appeared
with black border.
In his life, Mr.. Forster mentions that
Dickens was once dwellingin agloomy,
low-spiritedwayupon they early deaths
of his literary friends. at Is no use
talking about it, said Mr. Forster.
ave shall not think OF it the less" re-
piled the novelist.
lT is Il curious fact that Of all the
presidents of the United States hut four
had each but one christian name. The
moral thus taught to parents is obvi-
ous-dOn't use front names recklesly
in naming your babies n. y. Mail.
An ameteur Of painting was being
shown over collection by friend.
The former mistook Il picture of Dore
for one Of Tissot's. "rissot, exclaimed
the amcteur, confidently. "TiSn't so,n
replied his friend. Here ended their
friendship.
Lamartine was asked by friend If
he did not spend too much in adver-
Using. "No," was the reply, "adver-
ments are absolutely necessary. Even
divine worship lie bon Dieu) needs to
he advertised, Else what is the mean
ing Of church bells?"
Portland gossips have another matri-
monial case to talk about. A resident
Of that city married his sisters daugh-
ter so the story runs, having been in
formed that his action was lawful, and
on Thursday his wite's father sued
him in court at Biddeford for illegal
marriage.
A pious old lady near Athens, Geor-
gia, rather surprised lot of young
folks who had captured her mansion
for party, by furnishing entertain
ment in the shape of sermon two
hours long from one of the most sol
emn of parsons. 1t was sgrprise
party inverted.
One editor says: "rhis paper has
one subscriber who would lie awake
nights if he were in any way prevented
from paying his subscription in adj
vance, on The 18th of January. We
don't want our friends to loose any
sleep, but-you know how il is your
selfn
Two Irishman were in prison
one for stealing COW, the other for
stealing watch. "Hullo, Mike, an
sure what o'clock it it?n said the cow
stealer. "An sure" said the watch
stealer, "l've no time piece handy, but
suppose it's just about milking time"
AS Tweed was sitting with his fell
low convicts at dinner some of the cell
ing of the room suddenly fell. The
Blackwel's island doctor looked up
okingly observed, "That must be some
of Garvey's plastering;" whereat Gar
vey's whilom ring partner smiled au-
dibly.
A man in New York has been SEN
fenced to prison for five years because
he married one more wife than the
law ullDWS. lTcul iDIlslluiii OuiS
with corresponding severity, and his
life would have to be prolonged one
hundred years or more to enable HIM
to serve out his sentence.
THE Messenger says: Rev. DR.. Kidd
was Scotch minister of some promi-
nence, and very eccentric and one who
had his own way of doing things. One
of his parishioners says: 81 was busy
in my s-op, when, in the midst of my
work, in stepped the doctor. ''Did you
expect me?' was his abrupt inquiry,
without even waiting for a saltation.
"No," was the reply. "What if had
been Death ?' he asked, when at once
he stepped out as abruptly rs he came,
and was gone almost before knew it.
What question! What thought
for every one of US! Does not Death
come to most, if not to all, as unex-
pectedly as this? And does not the
inquiry impress the lesson from our
Savior's lips "Be We also ready; for
in such an hour as We think not, the