The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-11

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Mayor Cabcll, continue to be lightly
attended, to the Infinite disgust Of the
City Attorney, reporter and other CITY
officers.
Important disclosures, II IL said,
will soon be made by one Of the par
ties arrested on the charge OF being
connected with the recent r0bberles IN
this city.
Can't an ordinance be passed by
tie CITY Council compelling amateur
brass bands to practice beyond the
city limits? A grateful constituency
would forever pray, etc.
-lfyou want to go to New Orleans
for fifteen dollars, go to johnson ~
Mangeps railroad ticket office, lie
Grand Hotel. They have also u COED
safe for sale cheap I'D.
Captain d, Il, Grove Is erecting u
neat and commodious twO-story office,
to meet the increased demands Of his
tr ide aud business, at the old reliable
Phoenix Planning and Moulding Mil.
"A rumor prevailed last night that
Robert Coleman, better known as
"Oyster Bob" had committed suicide
10y taking morphine. Investigation
proved the rumor without foundation.
Reed Il Lathrop have now new
line OF paper bags-also twines, wall
paper in great quantities and all sorts
of paper and cloth novels-low and
fresh prices to suit the times. Cali and
see.-1dp.
"A gentleman, who arrived from
Fort Worth yesterday, says Paddock
is still figuring on the official returns,
while the average citizen sits around on
the historical goods box and discusses
railroad prospects.
-DeStefano Brothers, 1913 Main
street. having an extra fine and large
lot of oranges and lemons on hand,
offer them to the public at from five
dollars and fifty cents to six dollars
and fifty cents per box.-AdC.
Trinity Council, No. 424 United
Friends of Temperance, has rented the
large hall over China Hall. A. w.
Nowlin is the Worthy Primate. Stated
meetings are held on the first and
third Monday nights of each month.
Major Ransom and Colonel Starr,
two well known members of
the sporting fraternity, have
broken of their evil associa-
tons, and leave for the garden
spot of creation (Arkansas) in IL few
days, to fill wood-chopping contract.
The HERALD acknowledges the
receipt of u box of most fragrant Ha-
vanas, yesterday, a sample of the ex-
tensive lot of imported cigars for sale
by our clever young friend, Nat. n.
Jacobs, at the Lamar Hotel cigar
stand.
In the suit before tho District Civil
Court, yesterday, of Block, Jett & Co
versus James Il. Barkley, to recover
occupation tax collected for the sale o
bitters, defendant entered u demurrer
which was overruled, when notice was
given ofan appeal.
In the District Cigil Court, yester-
day, in the ease of A. DeStefano yer.
sus Georgiana DeStefano, suit for di.
vorce, the jury granted decree, but
His Honor set the decree aside, b,
which it is decreed that Mr.. and Mrs
DeStefand will continue to be, as IL
the past, one and the same individual
The Episcopal church is to be re-
moved from its present site, corner
of Lamar and Elm streets, to the cor
ner of Jackson and Church streets
and some enterprising mechanic may
turn an honest penny by referring tc
the "City Business column in THH
HERALD this morning.
One of the pleasantest little par.
ties of the season was the old-fashioned
"candy pulp at the residence of Mrs.
Bradley, Thursday evening. Quite "a
number of the friends of the Misses
Bradley were present, and the linked
sweetness was drawn out until eleven
O'Clock, lively conversation and tete-
a-tete beguiling the happy hours the
while.
MIR. Benedict favored The HERALD
with II call yesterday. He Is in the
city, making arrangements to open a
branch house of the mammoth firm OF
A. Sterling & Co., of New York, deal
ers in gents furnishing goods, cloth
ing, etc. He has secured the commodi-
Gus building opposite Sanger Bros,
lately occupied by "Cheap John" He
has associated with him Mr.. Noise
Kahn, well known citizen of
Dallas.
The weekly sociable at the Rev.
Doctor Smiths, pastor of the Presby-
terrain Church, on Thursday night,
was delightful occasion. Ladies
were present from New York to Texas,
and every one seemed happy. The
spelling match conducted by Rev. Mr..
Allen and Colonel Mcclure, was de-
cidedly rich. Doctor and Mrs. Smith
won all hearts by their geniality, and
all parties left feeling it was good to
be there.
Lewis Cohn and George Wetzer
We're arrested yesterday, on warrant
sworn out by Mr.. James u. Parker. of