The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-07-02
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WE have no political Buffers in Dali
las---we have only kitchen ones,
DALLAS, IL Is said, has never had u
lobbiest IN the congress of the United
States.
The twelfth Of July Is tho Orange
mans day. II will not be celebrated
In Dallas.
WE think Victor Hugos "Ninety-
Three volume much better than his
first one.
FREEMAN, our talented artist, no
doubt thought his camera OBSCURE on II
Bender yesterday.
DALLAS mosquitoes carry umbrellas
in canyassing the city to find out whose
veins are the fullest.
WE have II blandishing and frail ped
dler in this city who is wreathed with
the lyrical name of Bulstick.
A CHICKEN fancier, In this city, lost
eight blooded fowls, yesterday, from
"apoplexy." Chicken apopleXy pcr-
plexes us.
A WOMAN by the namo of Sholps, in
u tit of insanity, tried to hang herself
in east Dallas yesterday. She bought
II rope too thin.
ONE of our tailors has n customer
the width of whose hreechcs are meas
ured by having him run his leg in n
lamp chimney.
A YOKE of oxen tried TO run away on
Austin street, yesterday, but they got
tired going up that three inch grade to
the Pacific road crossing.
MIR. HOLMES bull dog entertained
himself yesterday during Mr.. Holmes
absence, in Systematically chewing W
two OF his finest sows into ink spots.
THE young lady in this city who
formed matrimonial engagement
while atSaratoga, last summer, wears
the Saratoga tic" shoe, this season.
DALLAS lodge No. liz f. & A. Ma,
sons will meet on Saturday night in
Tannehll lodge room to organize and
install officers. All members in good
standing are invited to be present.
SEVERAL of those sociable spirits,
called collectors, were vilely induced
on their "tirst call' yesterday morn.
ing, to partake of n green apple or two
"rhey did eat" but haven't peen seen
since.
A GIRL about fourteen years old and
gayly drunk, made classic the neigh
borhood of HARDWOOD street, yesterday
by mouthing Shakespeare, Byron and
other green grocers in howl and u
whoOp.
A "DEEduM," worn by gentleman
of this city, and which was purchased
In London, England, is made of such
stuff as will admit of your standingup-
on 1t without breaking it. A stifr les
son for American matters.
THE Texas Central road are offering
round trip tickets to Denver, mt one
hundred and four dollars, and round
trip tickets to st. Louis, at thirty-one
dollars and sixty-ilve cents, the latter
good until the 18th instant.
MR. II. l.. RAY, attorney at law,
leaves to-day to be absent u couple of
months. Mr.. lookout, of the firm of
Messrs. Edwards Il lookout, attorneys
at law, is authorized to attend to Mr..
Rays business during his absence.
In an impulse of levity, one of our
very proper citizens remarked to his
butcher, yesterday morning, as he
passed him basket: 'Steak me ~
His wife, who was along, reflected if
her husband had been out late during
the last week.
LOOKING at 1t In the light of an i'm
position that Hibbler, the auct,oneer,
should be called upon to sample the
several kegs and barrels of WHISTLES at
the auction at Messrs. Bogel Il Riddle,
yesterday, several present, with the
most unprecedented benev olence, feel
ingly offered to drink them for him.
AN unoccupied farm house, twelve
miles north of this city, its former ten
ants having removed out of it on Mon
day, was struck by lightning on Fri
day night and burned to the ground.
The electrical fluid, where talso struck
the ground near by, made furrow
hfty feet long, similar to pillow fur
row.
THE contract for furnishing and
driving the piling for the bridges ON
the first twenty miles of the Dallas
and Wichita railroad has been award.
ed to 7. w. Ferguson, well known
bridge-builder. Mr.. Ferguson has
made arrangements to get his timber
from along the line of the Texas and
Pacific railroad. Now that the bridg-
ing is provided for we understand that
the grading will be pressed forward to
completion with vigor.
THE splendid new brick which was
started, yesterday, on the northwest
corner OF the burnt district, is being
constructed by those popular and relia-
BILE contractors, Messrs. Champlin &
whocontracted with Messrs. |