The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-12-31
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mud IL what's tho matter now.

behulllul behavior,
Christmas and New YEARS. presents
at Reed a. Lathrop's, sos Main street,
The Commercial hotel Is going to In
dulge In another grand dinner New
Years Day,
Reed n Lathrop, sos Main street,
have full line OF goods Of all kinds
for New Years presents
In fact there never was just such
scarcity Of the needful,
The Bald Head brigade were out IN
force yesterday to get glimpse of the
fair ones of the Black Crook troupe.
Call and see those new designs for
New Years calls, at Reed Il Lathrop's,
sos Main street.
The new culvert, which viii drain
the ground between the postoillce and
The Texas Pacific railway, Is just In
time.
Get your things ready, New Years
IL nearly here. Make up your visiting
list and go forth nobly on the annual
round OF visits.
Those who design making New
YEARS. calls should see the new designs
Of cards appropriate for the occasion at
Rede 4 Lathrop's.
Can anybody tell how many keno
saloons, gambling hells and bar rooms
Dallas boasts Of? Is one hundred and
fifty small estimate?
That New Orleans and Dallas rail.
way committee will have TO visit New
Orleans again for Waco, is over there
singing her syren song.
Is the bar never going to have that
symposium, or are they still waiting
for the agile Sterrett to return from
chasing the amiable buffalo?
Apropos Of the above the medical
faculty ought to dust the cob-webs in
their wine cellar and have u general
meeting around the festive board.
Messrs. Leonard Bros. are now pre-
pared to furnish families with every
thing needed by good livers. Their
goods are fresh and selected with care,
and cannot fail to please.
1t won't be THE HERALp's fault if
all of the members of the Board of
Trade are not present at the next
monthly meeting, on the the night of
the lst of January.
Bryan Brothers give notice in to-
days paper that, from and after this
date, they will sell no goods on time,
as they intend closing up their bust
nesf by February first. See notice.
There will be no party New Years
night at the San Jacinto. The "Owls''
are afraid they will get their New
Year feathers wet, and the trouble has
been postponed OH account of the in
clemency of the weather.
Our obituary reporter had some
words yesterday with the religious
editor of u frontier paper, and if it had
not been for our young man Jenkins
(who has already written up the ac-
count of the next ball), ber-lud would
have been knee deep between here and
Forl Worth.
Reed u Lathrop, booksellers and
stationers, have new ADVERT sement
in to.day's paper, to which attention is
directed. They have full line of goods
in their line, and are the agents here
for the new flour paper barrels. See
advertisement.
j. L. Downs & Co. will sell all goods
in their line ut cost, for cash, for the
next thirty days, nothing excepted,
and all Indebted to them by note or
open account are notified to come for
ward and settle, as will be seen by no.
tees in to-day's paper.
Diamond rings and necklaces, watch
es, heavy plain gold and 8 cal rings,
ear rings and everything in the jewell
ny line for New Years gift, low for
cash ut Webbs. Lockets, bracelets,
watch chains and charms for your
charmer at Webb's the jeweler.
One way to fix the streets is to let
the citizens turn out en- IN asse, press
every wagon, cart and "express" into
service, go out to the gravel bank, fill
'em up, and never stop until there is IA
foot of gravel on Main, Elm and Com
merce streets from the river to the rail-
way. Shoulder spades! March!
China hall is receiving daily all of
the latest novelties In house furnishing
goods. The stock of lamps, crockery,
willowware, tin aud Japanned ware is
very large. and the stock of glassware,
cutlery, silver and plated ware is also
immense. The prettiest toilet sets, the
incest wooden brackets, the finest bird
cages may be found there,
Messrs. e. & M. Kahn are nov daily
fitting out number of gentlemen
with winter underclothing. Persons
unoccasioned 70 "northers" will do
well to supply themselves with plenty
of flannel underwear. There is good
deal pneumonia here now that might
have been escaped II the parties had
taken the precaution to provide them
selves with the red flannel undersh irts
sold by E. d NJ. Kahn, corner Of La
mar and Elm streets.