The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-09

and.bu,icr besmeared fingers Oh your
light casslmeres,
Captain June Peak, our efficient
CITY Marshal, Will IN to'm0Irow's ~
sue answer the slanderOus article when
few days since was published by the
N0rthpcstCW Echo, of Jacksboro'
We are not given TO boasllng, hui
II anybody can hustle up more agree
able weather In December than has pre-
vailed since the first Of the month, TINS
column win 80 broke Of It's last nickel
China Hall will be brilliantly IL
Illuminated next Saturday night for the
purpose OF exhibiting their beautiful
stock Of holiday goods. The ladies are
especially invited to be present.
The County Court was IN session
yesterday, Their future policy VIII be
to mako things lively aud Interesting
to all who aro indebted 10 the county
that Is TO say, they VIII use duo dlll-
gence in collecting.
"A committee representing the
different fire companies Of Dallas, IN
Guiding Chief Conner, met nj the
Exchange bank last night to make ar
rangements for grand parade and
ball, which will be given on some
night during the holidays, under the
auspices of the fire department The
committee will meet again this even
ing when deiinlte arrangements will
be made.
Our merchants should take ad-
vantage OF the present low prices of
sugar and moasses, as well M the large
stock OF coffee, in the hands OF Inn
porters and dealers in New Orleans,
A Government tax will, In all proba-
billty, be imposed daring the early
part OF the coming year on imrorla-
lions of these articles, and prices in
consequence will advance. a word to
the wise is sufficient.
We advise those to whom 'thIngs
of beauty are n JOY forever" to step in
and see the large and fine stock Of
watches, jewelry and sllverwarc, at
Webbs. Elegant gold Elgln watches
for ladies and gents, chains to suit
and the handsomest sleeve buttons,
studs and charms that has ever been
brought to Dallas. lie Keeps nothing
hut the finest, and all his goods are
warranted ~ represented.
We clip the following from Jer-
sey paper, which though somewhat
of the Clipper order Of literature may
be appreciate to some passengers who
seem inclined to lay all the blame on
street car DRYERS, without appropriate
ing any of 1t to themselves
The passenger WHO TO stop "kgrs"
Thinks he must flourish ana anncp md
| swear,
Has got less brains slowed under Ina hair
Than the average drivare or conductare,
| Let me tell this Ignorant phsSenjurp.
| That bysimply raising his loieilngare,
kelralning rom flourish, or dance, or swear
He VIII nnd II easy to stop his "karc."
We saw two country cousins meet
on Main street, yesterday, and ~
we passed overheard the following
conversations 'Ssy, mister, where's
the postoiiice?n The other replied,
~ dunno. There's three or four in
the town somewhere, but ] don't
know where" Heaven forbid I'VE
have enough trouble about our mai
that passes through the one office that
hibernates In this city, aud We couldn'l
possibly stand three or four.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton will most
certainly deliver n lecture In this CITY
on Tuesday evening, December 18th
Mrs. Stanton has nine popular lecture.
which have been received with ap
plause wherever they have been de-
livered, wiz HOur Girls.n "Mad
anne de Stael." "itich and Poor
"Are Women Citizens ~ "Our Boys
" Paper Money" "Greely, SewarC
and Weed" Home Life" We hope
our citizens will show their apprecia
ton Of this most refined of all class o
amusements by an attendance thu
will justify a repetition OF something
similar in the future.
Our friend Ellis comments on tn,
"Cenotaph" article OF the Austin
Statesman, in regard to ourself, an,
says tbs charge is not correct as he hal
OH several occasions seen us move
Much obliged, and we return the co,n
pliment by the announcement that al
though Ellis il not very lively on tn,
move himself he sometimes cause.
others to make the most rapid moves
and unacconntable changes of position
laying the lightning speed of tele
graphic communication in the shade
Go and sin no more. Shinnie Oh you
own side.
More tools were discovered yes
terday afternoon In the possession
Of the prisoners in the county
jail. The actions Of the prisoner.
In the South room aroused the sus
picions of the guards, and search was
made which resulted in tide discover,
of a saw and file In the possession O
a prisoner who had succeeded in slip
ping his shackels, aud at the time the