The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-24
Trade in wallslng.canes was good,

yesterday. one house sold eighteen.
"DAIsY cutters are not confined to
the base ball field. We observe some
of them in our flower gardens.
MEssRs. PIERCE & INLE have some
thing aew to say in special notice
column to-day. See what it Is.
A TROLL net dragged in the Trinity,
yesterday, by some men, brought up
two siivcr-mounted horse pistols and n
box of stockings.
FROM the number Of short-skirted
and bare-legged children on our streets,
we behold radiant promise for an in
crease in the infantry corps Of angels.
M. B. FRANKLIN q Co. appear be-
fore our readers in some new specials
in to-day's paper. They are receiving,
every day, fresh supplies of books, sta
tlonery, etc.
HAVE you tried Reinecke's appetiz-
ing cigars? We heard gentleman
say, yesterday, that after smoking
some of them he felt us ii he could eat
q hotel, its cook and the stove.
MAJOR EIKA, of Corsicana, has been
sight seeing in our city for the last few
days. Our bottom nickel is up that
Eisa goes back and, Yorick-like, keeps
a table in u roar over what he saw.
A NEGRO killed what he called a
mountain cat" in the Trinity bottom
on Wednesday night 1t measured
three feet from the tip Of its nasal or
gan to the conclusion of its narrative
and its scratching weight was about
thirty pounds.
THOSE French busters at Franklin's
Sre convenient, ornamental and USE
tnl article. We thought, as we saw a
lady whlskingone in her hand, yester-
day, how adaptable the handle was for
rapping refractory husband when n
broomstick wasn't handy.
Mr.. BECKETT our travelling agent
starts on another soliciting tour this
morning. Mr.. Beckett's field OF opera
ton will embrace portions of northern
and northwestern Texas. Residents of
that part of the state will have an OPP
portunity 10 subscribe for the HERALD.
MIKE FLANAGAN was rapidly de.
caying for a fight, yesterday, and found
one cropping out of his could frind"
Tim Murphy. The latter gladiator he
met near Mr.. Bentley's residence on
Main street. About two minutes after
the conference, Flanagan was trying
to link enough of himself together to
look like a "mon" again.
A RURAL daddy removed his son
from wagon standing on Lamar
street, yesterday, and coupling to the
coat collar Of that young gentlemans
jeans, inhamed him with a cow-hide
in the most glowing manner. When
asked what brought about this emo
ton, ne said the boy had bought a
"chunck of middlin' for side of
bacon.n
AFAarLy living near the brick yard
adjoining the river, with more super |
stitfon in their minds than brains in |
~
their heads. Observation-Disclosures late on
"Wednesday night, owing to mysteri-
Gus tapping Oh the window. An intel
ligent neighbor convinced them, the
next day, thatit was only the tattoo
ing of branch of tree, standing by
that opening, shaken by the wind
ATHLETIC circles were much inter-
ested In running. match which took
place IN the northeastern part of the
city yesterday. The contestants were
amateurs, and both Hwedes. The dis
lance was a half mile, one of them
giving out completely exhausted after
running half the distance. The wager
was a meerschaum pipe. The defeated
has nothing to ''pipen over.