The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-06-16
LUNA swung OIL her lltst horn lasl

THE trade In rope Is very brisk since
the rain. The facility for tracking up
horse thieves has improved.
TnE rain yesterday morning didn't
seem 10 abate the energy OF our city
ohambermnlds IN throwing water out
the front windows.
THE Scott. Rannhnn case was decided,
yesterday, by jury imposing fine of
$50. Mr.. Ranahan, through his attor-
ney, took an appeal.
OUR sympathies are extended Mr.,
and Mrs. Judge A. II. Field, upon the
death of their niece, who expired In
this city early yesterday morning.
AN ash gatherer Of this city an
nounces that he has made one hum
dred barrels of lye out of ashes thrown
away by housekeepers, What lycr
A SHARP detective In this city caught
man, yesterday, through the dlscov'
CRY that the name he Is known 10y was
his original patronymic spelt back
wards.
WHILE the housekeeper Is up stairs
stopping the leaks, our city cooks al
ternate between pairing the potatoes
and laying away pieces of candle to
"sit up" with John.
Four Of the convicts lately taken TO
Huntsville, parted their hair In the
middle, and were contemptuous to
their companions who wouldn't spend
six hours of the day pairing their nails.
AN ex-clergyman told us on Sunday
that preaching doctrinal sermons. is
what took his ministerial life. With
sunny feelings we long to record the
demise of Others from the same COM
plant.
A TEUToN and an American made n
wager, yesterday, rs to tho greater
holding capacity of one over tho other
for lager beer. The American beat 10y
one glass. He drank wenty-one of
them.
A POINTER dog, belonging to Mr..
Phillips, living near the Pacific ware
house, was sent after some birds on
Sunday night by strange man, and
has not yet returned. The strange
man ought to have told the dog to
come back.
A DRAYMAN by the name of Welsh
was robbed of q wheel Off his dray by
some thief, on Sunday night, who
left in itsplace wheel oil of n child's
wagon. He evidently thought the
weight Of the drayman's business was
all on one side.
The little lady was merely shadow
physically, but her spirit was noun.
tain in size, and she stepped out from
her kitchen door, Yesterday, and with
apistol in her hand "walked OFF, sus-
picious looking character with the re-
mark that she would make sieve out
of him If he didn't leave the front of
her house.
A COUPLE of drunken men engaged
in % fight on the burnt district, on
Main street, yesterday, and party
who knows says that they did some
sparring, before they knocked each
other down, that was equal to the most
artistic pugalistic executions of Tom
Hyer or Heenan.
A MAN walked all the way from
Plano to this city, yesterday, with
snake in his boot. 1t entered the leg
OF his boot while he was sleeping un-
der tree near the former town, and
he was afraid to pullNhis boot off lest
the reptile would bite him. 1t crept
out shortly after reaching Dallas.
A YOKE of oxen ran Off on Market
street, yesterday afternoon, with n
wagon, in which was seated little
boy, not over eight years of age. |
Quickly catching up the whip, the
young charioteer dexterously, and with |
unusual nerve, managed to guide them |
against stout fence, and thus saved
the wagon aud probably himself.
A REcKLEssLY bumptious old lady, |
residing not twenty-five miles from
the corner Of Harwood and Main
streets, poured out her vials of wrath on |
an individual, yesterday, by pouring a |
whole basket of scratching cats ON the
top Of his head. The Gated party had
heard of raining pitchforks and rain
ing frogs, but had never heard or seen
or felt raining cats before.
ON what a trifling matter great re.
suits sometimes hang. Some mer-
chants, while travelling, Were overtn.
ken by q storm, and kindled fire ON
the sands of the sea shore To warn,
themselves and cook some food. They
used for fuel u plant they found in the
Next morning thew
saw some shining particles among the
ashes, aud an examination showed
that the ashes of the plant, combined
with the sand, had produced a hard,
yet transparent, solid. This was the
origin of the discovery of glass. So
with buchu. The Hottentots had for
years used the leaves of the plant in
their rude practice. AS soon as the
resident English and Dutch physicians
found out its value, the knowledge of ,
is virtues soon spread over the entire
world. William b. Parker's !