The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-10

have neatly and substantially repaireu
the crossings OF Houston and Jeier-
son streets, and are now engaged ID
repairing the Market street crossing
The Austin and Lamar street crossings
are In bad condition, but they WILL
no doubt, receive due attention.
The best prepared food for mock
ing birds Is sold at the New Orleans
fruit store, opposite LeGrand Hotel
Candies, lemons and all kinds OF fruits
at Wholesale aud retail. Also main
depot for the celebrated Bethesda min
eral spring water. Orders from the
country promptly lilled.-Ad'
In the Cedars, a favOrlte locality
for residences, the RI sounding hammer
and saw proclaim the continued enter
arise ant thrift of our citizens. MI
John Paul IL finishing there hand
some and commodious cottage for A.
Calm of the firm of A. Calm and Bro
The fact that THE HERALD Is the
only paper In Dallas which publishes
full associated press dispatches If
slowly, but surely, having its legiti'
mate effect. When people subscribe
aud pay for daily paper, they want
the latest news, and readers OF The
DAILY HERALD In North Texas know
that the news published therein Is
from twenty-four to forty'eight hours
In advance Of that In any paper which
reaches them.
There was a singular American
yesterday, who sought to escape me
assessment Of five cents to cross the
| bridge. He tried eleven hundred
lodges and passed out OF the small enc
of the horn ut every trial. The last
seen OF him he was constructing a
foot path, with a board, over the mar
rowest part OF the river, above the
railroad bridge.
A pair "family" horses, alarmed
ut the approaching locomotive sn tn,
Pacific yard, last evening, backed theil
wagon, loaded with lumber, into tht
lamp post on the corner OF Pacific ave
nue and Lamar street. Tha lamp glass
showered around like storm of hail
stones, and that lamp sent forth ne
rays last night to illuminate the path
of the benighted gent.
PARTIES desiring to send TIE
HERALD to friends at distance will
bear in mind that by change in the
law made by the Inst Congress, .ht
sender Of newspaper Is permitted t.
write his or her name on the wrapper
and the forwarder of package
through the mails may write the mum
Der and kind of articles II contains Oh
the cover. The law IL u sensible one
and will not only add much to the
convience of the public, but increase
the revenues of the department.
During the heaviest OF the shower
about four o'clock yesterday afternoon
a couple OF sportive countrymen man
aged to draw together large ant
dripping crowd in front Of j. G. Me
Cornell u Co.'s store, on Elm street
by pistol shot fired from n pair o.
saddle.bags while being struck over
the head of one Of the parties; both OF
whom disappeared around the corner,
while the pistol ball hid itself in Nc
Connell's store front, before the arrival
of the police. three of whom wer,
promptly Oh hand, but finally left il
) disgust ut their inability to unrave
the mystery.
And now, that the Congressiona
matter is settled, and the old war
horse is still in harness, there Is n
longer any extra grease to lie admins
tered by hopeful parties to small news
papers. The Dallas and Wichita tigh
can't last much longer, and then
What is the inevitable result? Quc
sdbe. "And Moses went up from tn
plains of Moab unto the mountain o
Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that IL owe
against Jericho. So Moses
the servant of the Lord, died there IL
the land OF Moab. And ther
arose not prophet since In Israel lik
unto Moses"
} AS we sat on the bank watchin
the teams crossing the river yesterday
a gentleman visiting Dallas and sittin
by our side, remarked: at is aston
ishing how much travel there Is owe
this road. Just note the numerou
teams and horsemen that have passe
during the short time we have beel
sitting here" The same gentleman
during our conversation, observed
"This is the finest country in tn
world. Everything can be made t.
grow here. l did not suppose tina
wheat of 30 good quality as tina
which Is raised, could be- raised here
Dallas is the busiest inland town OF ii
size anywhere In the Union.'
--Messrs. Il. b. Eastman, yard master
and j. II. Pierce, yard engineer, Gale,
on The HERLAD Yesterday morning
and requested US to say that town ordi
nance forbids the use Of whistle II
the Central switch; that a bell is rum
on passing engines that cars are no
run from East Dallas to the compress
at speed Of over six miles an hour
except In cases Of great necessity; tina
no car passes over the switch withou
one or two men accompanying; that du