The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-07
LOCAL BREVITlES.
Business was duh yesterday


Ing, and gloomy In the afternoon.
"A grand masquerade ball will he
given on the night of the 9th inst. AZ
1902 Main street, corner Of Ervay
street.
Main street was tbronged with
pretty ladies yesterday, notwilhstand-
Ing the threatening aspect Of the
weather.
The Masons Of this city VIII wear
the usual badge Of mourning for thirty
days In respect to their deceased
brother, Prof. l.. II. Wilcox.
Nov IL the winter of newspaper
prosperity, when candidates for offices
are "thlok ~ leaves In Valambrosa,"
especially when they pay In advance,
The new 'street railway on Ross
Avenue, rapidly approaches compile
ton. Mnch of the iron being already
down. Property Is looking up along
its entire line.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton will lee
ture In this city next Tuesday night at
Fields theater. We venture the as
scrtion that she will have one of the
largest houses that ever assem- bled In
Fields theater.
AT the regular meeting OF the
'School for Scandal Club" Sunday
night six new members were elected.
Barnett Gibbs, Esq, was unanimously
elected TO the Office OF Censor.
Mr.. Il. r. Campbell has taken
charge of this department Of the
Southern Express Company, late Tex
rs Express. The gentleman is an old
express agent, and is thoroughly COM
petent for the position to which he has
been assigned.
H l.. Fleming was arrested and
brought before Judge Burford yester-
day for assault with intent to kill I'll.
Y. Highland. The defendant waived
an examination and was placed under
four hundred dollars bond for his ap'
pearance at the next term ofthe Grim.
inal Court.
AS Christmas approaches active
preparations are being made for Ito
suitable celebration, and we know OF
none that will give more pleasure t.
the little than the Christmas tree
which Is being especially prepared fol
them by Mr.. Reed, Of Reed II Lathrop
q prominent teacher of the Mission
Sunday school of East Dallas.
We have been informed that In al
probability the headquarters of the
Southern Express Company for Texas
will be moved from Houston to Dial.
las. II will be remembered by the
readers of THE HERALD that this Com
pany some weeks ago bought out the
Texas Express Company, and we COM
pliment them on their judgement In
their selection OF Dallas as their prin.
cipnl distributing point.
The HERALD il requested to ask
who furnishes the evening paper with
the weekly cotton statement from tue
National Cotton Exchange?" There Ii
but one representative of the Cotton
Exchange In Dallas, and we have
reason to know that he does not furn,
ish il. Would II not have been more
in keeping with truth to say that the
statement was copied from the DALLAS
HERALD?
The express messenger, at Elmo
last Friday night, lost a money pack
age containing four thousand six hun
bred dollars. Twenty-thrte hundred
of it will be saved by the Express
Company, rs that amount was in
drafts, but the balance will be a total
loss, unless the finder or thief is found
out or caught. The superstition is that
the package was lost in transferring it
from one train to another.
We suppose the Central Road has
sold its rolling stock and torn up lis
track. There can be no doubt but that
it has ceased running for an indefinite
time past, since our Southern mails,
with valuable exchanges do not come
to hand. Upon reflection, however,
we are led to think that the road is yet
in order and on running time, ami
that-t Dallas POstotilce is possibly in
confusion. Shake 'em up Brother
Norton. We need our exchanges just
now at the earliest possible moment.
The pleasing countenance of num-
berless candidates beams upon us at
every turn. How very agreeable and
and sun-shinny fellow gets when
embued with a patriotic desire to sac
rifice himself upon the altar of his
country. We think of running our
selves; We feel impelled to devote our
boundless energies to public service,
and having perfect confidence in our
profound ability, hereby announce
0urseIf as a candidate for pig-tail-
straitner for this corporation Of Dallas.
We solemnly pledge our constituency,
that In the event of our election, no
single pork er shall remain longer with
curled tail, to mar his comely pro-
nortiona