The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-06-24

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In tho District Court the case OF
the State Va. VIM. Brown, c0lored
charged with The murder Of the negro
! Dick johnson, occupied yesterday.
The closing argument Of cur tale nted
county attorney, was particularly to
the point.
Those croquet sets ARE selling fast,
but more are on the way; also choice
and late books Just from the press; also
constantly arriving, all kinds OF sta
tIonery, printers material and notions
all 30 be sold CHEAP at Reed Il Lath.
rop's, 500 Main street. --Ad.
The president OF Engine Company
No. 2 orders that every member meet
at the engine house this Saturday
evening ut eight O'clock. The various
committees are expected to report, and
other business of interest will be
| UTOuKnt U6lOIc tiio htctluB'
General Cabell, our worthy ex-
Mayor, graduate Of West Point,
thinks the suggestion OfTW HERALD
to organize crack company of veter-
ans from the boys who "wore the blue
and the gray" an excellent and timely
suggestion, and IL ready to confer with
gentlemen who may wish to carry out
the suggestion.
Business moderate, money light,
wheat coming in, farmers busy, bulia-
10 hides coming In freely, buildings
going up, the social evil nuisance at
tracing attention and reformation OK
pected, fire insurance agents rs thick
as leaves in Vallambrosa, streets
dirtier than they were some time last
year, etc, etc., etc.
The letter of the City Engineer,
which appeared in yesterdays HER
AID, put the boot on the right foot. II
there ~ an industrious, conscientious,
capable and faithful man In this COM
munity It il Captain Johnson. The
people are behind him in his views,
and will back him.
This time last year he was wont to
lounge lelsurely down tho shady
side Of Main street twirling his cane
and with his hat on his right ear, and
u bunch of pinks In his button hole,
and boquet In his hand, on his way
to his pippin's feet. Now he sinks
down back street with ten cen,
beefsteak done up In brown paper, in
his hand and patches on his elbows
That's what matrimony has done fol
him.
--"Mr. President, ladies and gentle
men One hundred years ago hand
ful of patriots assembled In Independ,
ence Hall, and declared to the world
-"Mr. Jones, you'd better be splitting
me kindling wood instead of standing
there practising that everlasting 4th OF
July speech, which you haven't been
asked to deliver It," Jones put away
his soft brown hair from his high pale
brow and reached for the AK. "Maude,"
said he, ''you women amt got no
sense of patriotism"
"A communication In the long.
needed want, signed "Ixion," bewails
the presence OF "a ring and "little
game being played" 1t may suit
some Of those ''lnterested In grain" 10
break down the Elevator company, II
possible, by hints Of Its being u "com-
mission house," but the word OF some
Of the first men In the community
that the Elevator company will not do
q commission or specializing business,
certainly ought to be entitled to as
much credit as that OF any one else in 4.
terested In grain, and the public will
80 rule. .r..l ...
Last night about ten o clock, when
the mercury in the thermometer had
crawled up into the nineties, and we
had taken off our flesh aud were sit.
ting In our bones to try and keep cool,
the genial phiz of Jud. Freeman sud.
denly illumined THE HERALD sane
tum. The good Samaritan, compre-
bending the situation, presented pre-
scription which shortly afterwards up.
peared in the shape Of the largest and
coolest Of sherry eobblers, made from
the private receipt of His Most Beloved
Majesty, the King of the Carnival,
after taking which he was enabled to
resume the flesh and the devil.
The Phoenix Mills have not yet
suffered by the prospective railroad
extension, as yesterday an order was
received from Bremond for a complete
outfit Of church furniture for the Meth
odist Church at that point; and
another for everything pertaining to
the new Episcopal Church ut Weather
ford' except the walls, including sash,
doors, furniture and framing material,
all ready for use. As these orders
come from strangers, Captain Grove
asserts that they came through the
magic OF his SHAPE and talent, while
W. lay II TO the magic OF printers' ink.
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