The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-22

tateu linen OF tnelT Onc-sillll pHlIoHH'
No session Of the Police Court was
held yesterday, lowing to the CON
tinued illness Of General Cabell and
the serious lndspositlon Of member
of the family Of Colonel McLuro,
The campaign wakes hot, and can
dldates lie in wait for the bucollc SUI
fragan, tackllng him before his wagon
has fairly cleared the brdge--oGt times
kindly paying the toll 80 M 10 get his
ear the sooner
To-day, the 22d, IL sacred to ST.
Vincent. An old couplet thus says
Of it:
ST. Vnconts day, If clear In the morn,
Is happy sign for wheat and corn
If you want to 80 to st. Louis or
Hannibal, buy your tickets from john
son ~ Manget, at the LeGrand Hotel,
and save money. II you have u rail-
road ticket, take it to them. I'D.
The proposed establishment of II
factory for the manufacture of cotton
batting in the city Is n step In the
right direction. II IL such institutions
that go to make up II city's prosperity.
-Messrs. Kearby and Fearn, attor-
neys for Wesley Jones, under instrnc-
lions from Judge Hare, are draw
ing up the necessary papers for an APP
peal of the prisoners case to the Su-
preme Court.
Farmers in this vicinity earnestly
pray for "cold snap" of sufficient du-
ration to enable them to kill and cure
meat for next seasons consumption.
The hogs are ready whenever the
weather will serve, and the Changers
pine for spare-ribs, backbones, sausages
and "sich."
"A dozen wagon-loads of buffalo
hides were sold in the city yesterday,
brought from two to three hundred
miles west of here. A large amount OF
jerked buffalo beef was also disposed Of
by parties of hunters lately arrived, at
prices ranging from six to eight cents
a pound.
We acknowledge an Invitation to
the ladies' reception of the Stonewall
Greys and presentation of colors, the
ceremony to take place at Courthouse
hall, on next Monday evening at half
past seven o'clock. All invited guests
are requested to present their tickets
of invitation at the door
--Remember the opening of Jud.
Freeman's new billiard parlor to-
night. Everything is ready and every
} body will be heartily welcomed by
Captain jim Freeman, the superln-
tendent. The tables are ew and eve
rything Is tirst-class in every particu-
lar.
We are informed that Colonel j.
G. Dent has disposed of his very valua-
BILE farm and dairy. This is one of the
best farms in the county. He has also
sold his stock of choice short-horns,
bringing, we understand 500 per head.
Captain Il. w. Adney, M influential
and well known citizen, Is the pur-
chaser.
Captain j. b. Hereford, City Sec
retary, publishes a notice in to-day's
HERALD which should be read by all
parties interested. The committee Of
nine citizens appointed by the Coun
Gil to confer with committee of the
Board of Aldermen for the purpose OF
taking some action ir regard to oul
D abominable streets and sidewalks are
requested by him to meet at the city
, hall Mt eleven o'clock a. m. to-day.
Please do not say "Mardi-Gras
' day" Mardi is day of itself, only
that it is of little more account thar
r the usual run of Tuesdays. 1t imme
diately precedes Ash Wednesday, th,
, beginning of Lent, and is very prop
erly held in esteem by churchmen as ,
day in which to prepare for the morti
fications to be endured for the forty
days following be crowding as mucl
carnal pleasure into it as can be com.
pressed into twenty-four hours.
1t is hazardous to state the mum
Der OF persons who have arrived il
Dallas by railroad the past orty-eigh
hours, for the reason that people no
cognizant of the facts of the cast
would certainly put the Statement
down as a fib of gigantic proportions
= Let the numbers go-suifice it to Say
that five heavy trains from the cas-
n and north have poured flood of PEG
pie into the city within the tim,
named; people, too, who have come t.
stay and make homes in Texas. The
hotels and boarding-hOuses are crowd
ed, and will continue to be until the
newcomers shall have located them.
8 selves permanently.
The Illinois excursion party which
: arrived in the city yesterday morning
{. under direction of Mr.. Couch, com
: prises over one hundred prominen,
. gentlemen from various portions o.
that Empire State of the West. They
are comfortably quartered at the st
Charles hotel, where Colonel Lloyd il
using every endeavor to impart tc
them the information that q hotel car