The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-18
LOCAL BREVITIES.

christmas uext Saturday. What
do you expect?
Save your money and make your
children q Christmas gift.
Children, be good, and you will be
sure to get Christmas gift,
Finish up your weeks work to-
day, tomorrow IL Sunday.
The average citizen appeared to be
In lighting humor last night.
only one case disposed Of In the
District Criminal Court yesterday.
The Courthouse IL the poorest place
In the city to gather items Of Interest
The striped stocking mania has
reached Dallas. Who is afflicted with
IL?
The secretary of one OF Mardi Gras
societies Is appropriately named Count
de Noses.
Dallas Lodge No. 4l2, A. i, and A.
NJ. meets tonight for the election OF
officers for the ensuing Masonic year.
"A belllgerent individual attempted
TO run the lie Grand yesterday, but
was taken to the station house by June
Peak.
Receiving every day fine line OF
watches and chains, coral and cameo
sets, elegant cameo buttons, from ten
to fifty dollars per pair, ut Webb's, sos
Main street.
1t is nounusual sight at late hour
Of the night to see the average citizen
trudging homeward loaded down
with II big fat turkey and large sup
ply Of Dallas whisky, the first the re-
suit of chance In II rattle and the lat
ter the seemingly natural consequence
Of having won.
We are requested to say that the
Bazaar OF the Ladies' Society of the
Episcopal church will be opened on
"Wednesday night, December I'D, ut
Fields theatre, instead of Tuesday, the
2lst. That IL will DO an elegant enter
tainment, in all of its appointments,
there can be no doubt.
There will be II grand festival and
concert on New Years day nj Grape
vine. The proceeds will be donated to
the Methodist and Baptist churches OF
that place. The object Is n worthy one
and deserves Il liberal patronage. The
whole affair Is under the control Of Il
competent committee who will spare
no pains to make 1t u splendid success.
loves of sport and seekers after
Christmas turkeys should bear in mind
the grand rnflle which is to be nau.
gurated ut "The Turf, Field and
Farm this evening at eight o'clock,
The birds are as fine rs ever graced an
alderman's table, and the sport, under
the admirable management of the g,
NAL Colonel Shea, is sure to prove the
best. Remember the time and place.
Berry Mitchell, the prince of anna
tours, will give one of his delightful
performances at FIELDS theatre next
Monday night. The piece selected is
"The Lady of Lyons" one of the
most tender and pathetic plays ever
written. Mr.. Mitchell, like Fechter,
has style Of his own which always
takes well with the public.
Received this week four thousand
seven hundred and eleven bales of cot
ton. How do like that, you grumblers
and croakers? Hang your heads for
the future, and If you again attempt to
injure the city you live in by inuen-
does, shrugs and hints, we sincerely
hope some friend of Dallas will put a
head on you. This makes thirty.one
thousand seven hundred and twenty.
three bales received In the city sill ce
September lst.
He put the bucket of whitewash
down and leaning pensively on the
handle of the brush, said:
"Boss, is We all gwine to hab new
Constifusion, same as fore de wah :?
'kase Use glad to hear it. Oars Mig
gers | know what aint wuff dar free
dom, and dey need Constitusion on dar
bar backs. Dey is meaner den poor
white trash; fore God, I'd rudder be
an emigrants dog gwine West, den
one OBJ desc trihin' town niggers.
Whar's dey ligun and manners gone
top
How happy the tired Granger will
be, after hard days work, to know
the Great Expectation Club does not
meet tonight. ~ Commercial.
We regret to see any unseemly pun
directed against one Of the most popu-
lar and high toned clubs of this city,
especially since it claims In its men,
bership many of the most beautiful and
accomplished daughters of our best cit
liens. "The Great Expectation Club"
upon which our contemporary breaks
his witness and dlscourteous pun, will
likely consider the source and give it
no further notice.
N. o. Crowley was tried before
Judge Hare, yesterday, on the charge