The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-25

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Now we have "Squirrel" grocery
store
ApRIooTs are the latest arrived escu-
Tents.
SWEET potatoes In this city make
people look sour at one dollar and fifty
cents peck.
DALLAS has "Cometn saloon.
Cocktails could here be properly set
aside for comet-tails.
DALLAS county will import next
year large amount of the best seed
for pasturage grasses.
COLONEL DoRwIN, the Mnmeluke of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
road, was In the city yesterday.
SEVERAL. bushels of the "Onedia
peach blow" potatoes, for seedlings,
were received IN this city yesterday.
SEE advertisement of Germania beer
hall, Market street, between Main
and Commerce, by w. NJ. Summers,
proprietor
A GENTLEMAN got of the Central
train, yesterday morning, at the depot,
whose name was Laughingboy. So his
trunks said.
"A SLIGHT shower of rain on Sunday
In this city. 1t was apportioned so
that every three hundred of our popu-
lation got one drop.
IT used to be that where one darkey
was arrested in this city there were ten
whites. Now it's about twice ten
darkies to one white.
"rELL 1t to the marines"--An old
sailor now living in Dallas has crossed
the ocean two hundred times and
never encountered but one storm.
WE feel n great afiiiction in telling 1t,
but there Is u wife in this city who
puts n bee IN the seat of her lazy hus-
bands pants to keep him from sitting
down.
"A STAMPEDE of cattle took place in
the bottom, near the bridge, yester
day, from fright received by pair of
runaway horses, with wagon, DASH
ing in among them.
NOTWITHSTANDING the tendency of
business to the eastern part of the city,
all the store houses, with but one or
two exceptions, around the square, are
occupied, and command good rents.
TfE potato beetle has made its an
pearance in this county. 1t carries
spy glass, wears Il striped coat, parts
its hair In the middle, and It's general
appearance Is to agonize the vegetable
man.
A GENTLEMAN who has Just moved |
to another part of the city expresses
his delight at his new location by the
exclamation, "rhere 'ant hat stuffed
IN a solitary window in the whole
street."
THE Salvini club are in quest of
Outlets" "Ophelias," .:Anne Pages,p
Rosalinds," "Lady Macbeths,
"Queen Elizabeths," "Desdemonas,
"Cordelias," "Julia de Mortimers, -
LADY Annes," and galaxy of the
fair druniotist porsonG.
THE "lying-in hospital. on Com.
merce street had an addition, yesterday
afternoon, In the person of drunk
and rowdying man, who was ex-
pressed from Main street, near the cor.
ner of Austin, with three or four of.
ficers to hold him down.
THE devotions at the camp meeting
on Sunday were disturbed by shower
Of rain. Some of the brothers who
look upon feats Of pedestransm as !.
sinful in the eyes of the Lord, did :
some tall leg stretching for the briefest !,
kind Of shelter accessible.
DEPUTY SHERIFF Ton FLOYD and /,
Mr.. Napier occupied the occupation :
AK path, yesterday, and bachelor and q
wife, widow and maiden, I
we're all asked and required to pay v
Town that which makes both the y
ooster and the hen scratch. 4
We call attention to the announce p
,ent of the reopening of Mrs. Phares II
nd Mrs. Keller's school for the fall p
'rm. These ladies are thoroughly V
and have had long expert o.
,ce aud request continuance Of the d