The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-05

The explosives Of bull'whaekers
aud Iough.rlders against the county
court, all along Of That Courthouse
fence ARE both loud aud deep, Aud
exhibitors Of patent gates, aud gang
blows, aud selErakers, and peanut
Oultlvators, can also occasionally be
heard denonnolng any new.iangled
notions, especially fences around pub
lie grounds-lo for the use and occupancy
Of which they never pay cent,
Mr., Clarke, with an "e,n reposes
In the donJon keep Of the municipal
lly, and all because he threw bricks at
u dog belonging 10 the sexton Of a
colored church. That Is 10 say, Mr.,
Clarke was very drunk before he threw
the bricks, and 1t may be that the
supplementary "dIsorderly" after the
"drnnk" means the bricks, However,
the Mayor will draw clear the tangled
web at his levee tomorrow morning,
As our municipal authorities have
under discussion u system of sewage,
II may not be out Of place 10 say that
an English inventor has discovered
that excellent Illuminating gas can be
made out Of the sewage of cities, thus
utilizing refuse and eheapening gas,
about nine thousand feet Of gas can be
produced from ton Of the best coal,
and large amount Of coal II cOnsum-
ed In the furnace TO keep up the regular
heat 10 make nine thousand feet Of
gas from sewage takes one hundred
and thirty-ilye pounds Of coal for the
furnace, aud the cost Of gas per thou.
sand feet Il put down at less than
twenty-five cents, and In many places
at one-half that price
The report having gained clrcula-
ton that Cromwell would probably
enter the field for Assessor and Collec-
torshlp honors, he desires THE HER
AID to state that II Is utterly false and
without the slightest foundation in
fact. lie declared 10 the reporter that,
however, much would he be grutiied
to serve the people in that or any
other public capacity, 1t would be inn
possible, from the fact that he IL not
citizen Of the State Of Texas, although
n temporary resident of Dallas. He is
II citizen Of Louisiana, and holds his
State so dear that he never yet has
been able to make up his mind to
transfer the allegiance due to her to
another.
The Bluegrass region Of Kentucky
Is not very wide eXpanse, nor very
long withal, but that IL contains more
beautiful ladies', brave gentlemen,
high-bred horses and cattle, Cold
Spring and Crow whisky, than any
other or all other sections of the foot
stool all will admit who have made
either Of the high qualities above-nam-
ed II study. There is now in the city
gentleman from that favored region
who buys whisky with gold when
greenbacks would do as well, who puts
his mite in the contribution of his
church with both hands when one
would do rs well, and who is hosplt-
able to friend Eand foe when friend
would do us well. lie is the son of the
old Bluegrasser who first showed to |
the Virginian the art of using grass in
whisky.
1t is to US matter of profound re-
greet that the machlnists do not COM
plete the repairs upon the improved
Bogardus, lately 30 much worn by con-
tant use in the editorial rooms of
The HERALD. The engine of projec-
ion was sent to the shop last Friday,
after hard siege against the most
prominent portion of the bodies of
hose who came in to "kickn because
heir ten-cent costumes in the day pro-
,ession of Mardi-Gras had not been
correctly described, and 80 much was
is journals thrown out of line and its
eccentric slipped that the Nulcans
awe. unwittingly, been the cause of
serious annoyance to our editorial
staff. Had the catapult been in posi-
ion yesterday afternoon, there lives
low fiddler upon whom n Il coroner's
ury would have been in session on the
outh side of the square, in about ten
minutes after he had sounded his lit
lie \. But the Bogardus, Sam. Cross
ey says, will be healthier than two
'ear old mule tomorrow afternoon,
md if that fiddler will call around he
an "seo how the old thing works.