The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-11

Ell iugtpY
--1ht shots fired night beiOrt laa'l
Just boforc Tie alarm Of Ilre, were
let of by a Deputy United States Mar
shal "Just for fun"
The members OF the Fire Depart
ment were the recipients, yesterday,
OF hrst-class treat Ia the shape Of an
afternoons exercise.
III all the candidates now before
the people could he induced to con
centrate their votes upon n single IN
dividual, his election would he
assured.
THE musical .clirp Of the gentle
aud innocent hoodlum, as he guile
lessly attaches pack Of lighted fire.
crackers to the tail Of some unfortun-
ate cur, now resounds throughout the
city.
we respectfully call the attention
Of all the insignificant little villages
that seek TO rival Dallas IA II cotton
market 10 the statement OF Mr.. Y. H.
Evans, National Exchange Cotton Re
porter, Of this weeks receipts.
The reporter fully comedies, after
a fair aud impartial examination, in
the opinion that striped hose are much
more becoming than the plain white
or unbleached. They don't show the
dust 10 easily.
The faces Of the prominent saloon-
keepers begin to wear perpetual
smile. What with the approaching
holidays and the army of candidates
that are In the field, they have indeed
struck q big Bonanza"
The grand ball Of the Stonewall
Greys will come of on Christmas E> Q.
Extensive preparations are being made
and no expense will be spared to make
~ plcuShht SucCess'
The ladies are busily engaged upon
the flags which they intend presenting
to the gallant Stonewall Greys. We
understand the following are the de.
signs agreed upon, viz: The lone stal
Of Texas and the cross Of st. Andrew.
The illumination of China hall
will undoubtedly be II handsome VT.
fair, and will amply repay the trouble
OF u visit. The entire stock OF this ex.
tensive establishment will be dis.
played to the best advantage, and the
effect will be brilliant and beautiful.
Lillian Frazee, the young gentle.
man who came near being assassin
ated near this city short time since
has sufficiently recovered to be moved
anu will in q few days return to his
Kentucky home accompanied by his
mother.
The Christmas holidays will b,
here soon, and, of course, everybody is
anxious to know where they can gel
the most desirable present. We are
onvinced that an examination OF Tho
elegant stock of watches, jewelry and
silverware offered by Webb, the jewel
er, will satisfy the most fastldous.
| The entire fire department of the
city, the St0newall Greys, the Lamar
Rifles, and in all probability the
Knights of Pythias and the knights
Temp lars, will turn ont on Christmas
and treat our citizens TO the finest dis
play and street procession, of the kind
ever Witnessed IN our prosperous little
city. nna
There will he q grand mass meet
ing Ut Odd Fellows Hall to- morrow
Sunday afternoon, at O'clock, un.
der the auspices Of the Young Mems
Christian Association, to which every.
body IL invited. There will be reports
and addresses by various gentlemen
and other exercises. a
Merchants and others should at,
tend the wholesale trade sale of boys
youths and, children's clothing-.to be
sold at H.Cohn 4 Co.'s, 6l3 Elm street
for cash or approved notes. Goods on
exhibition to-day auction commence.
Monday, December 18th.
Attention Is called to the ndver,
tisement Of Prof. George, in refer,
ence to his grand masquerade ball
which will come OIL on New Year,
Eve. A committee'of prominent gen
tlenIen have been selected to superin
tend the affair and nothing can posi-
lily occur that can offend the most fas.
tiiious. -AsA-SA ae S-s4-. t-a-+ .A
The State of Texas will neither
furnish military companies who visit
the Centennlel with transportation,
uniforms or anything else. They will
have to pay all their own expenses,
but still viii have to have credentials
from the Adjutant-G General of the
State, otherwise the powers that be at
Philadelphia will not furnish them
with camping-ground. &
"A new enterprise has been estab-
lished in Dallas. The Merchants Dis
patch, organized in 1855 and reorganiz
ed in 1871, have opened a branch OF
their I" Transportation Company and
Fast Freight Line, from New York,
Boston, Albany and New England to
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