The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-09
DALLAS rExAs'
FRIDAY MORNING ; FEBRUARY o.
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

sharp. No thin excuses received.
Frank Mayes has gone to Ohio on
an invitation, In the form of reqUi-
sition, from the governor of that state.
The peach blossoms are visible a
foretaste of spring yesterday hardly
compatible with the wintry air OF the
day.
Remember only n certain number
OF tickets will be sold for the Turner's
ball to come OIL on the ! 9th OF this
month.
"A large amount of beautiful shrub
berry from Whitakcrs' Houston nur-
series was ON exhibition yesterday, on
Market street.
Costumes for the Turner's mas
querade ball, can be had, 10y applying
to Professor George, at Charles Mes
terhans saloon.
Nobody but gentlemen and ladies
of good characters can get tickets Tor
the grand masquerade ball, to be given
by the Turner'S.
The Commerce and Ervay street
railway is going ahead. The rail If
laid from where the Central crosses
flrVAy 10 the engine. house or Com
mcrcr
-.At meeting of Dallas Lodge No.
Al, !. 0. o. f., held In this city on the
2Sth ut, resolutions of respect to the
memory Of the late w. F. Lyle, Esq,
were passed.
The publication OF the list Of letters
IN TaE HERALD, and the putting up OF
the list on proper bulletin board, is
generally conceded to be great ac'
c0mmodatlnn to the public.
Mr.. A. Whitaker, of the Houston
nursery, is opening fine. healthy
stock of acclmated trees, flowers, bulbs,
etc, mt Haggarts, which IL thrown
upon the market at prices that defy
competi ton.
Quite delegation, 1t is said, OF
our people will 90 to Galveston to
witness the Mardi Gras festivities, A
special sleeping cur will be attached to
the Central train which leaves here to-
morrow night, for the accommodation
of pleasure.seekers.
Major James Il. Barkley, Mcssrs.
w. II. Hord, w. III. CASTOR, June
Peak, Frank Wheat, u. Is. HARDWOOD
and G. M. Swink went out for n
grand deer hunt. They are all good
sportsmen and will bring in lots of
game.
As you pass Gown Elm street, don't
forget to stop at Bob Mack's, No. 7O6,
and refresh yourself You can, get
anything in the nature Of drink that
you can call for, think OF, or imagine,
and gotten up in the most approved
style. Remember the place, No. 700,
i'm
AT home or abroad get DR.. j. III,
McLean's strengthening cordial and
blood purifier, recognized all over the
world US the best tonic, invigorator
and purifier of the blood. For punny
and weak children, or delicate females,
an absolute necessity. DR.. J. ii
Mclean, 3l4 Chestnut street, st.
Louis.
The Galveston News says; "Gen
eral Gano, of Dallas, assisted by Elder
Wilmeth, OF Mckinney, Texas, Is Civ.
ing n pr0tracted meeting at Ryland
Chapel, corner of Church and Twenty.
second streets. The general is an
elder In the Christian church, and is
anxious to found congregation Of his
faith In this city,"
DIR. Jenner, who discovered vac.
cinatlon, antidote for smallpox, was
called quack. The same opposition
You may expect against this new prin.
ciple, DR.. ]. H. McLean's Cough and
Lung Healing Globules; they will cure
throat and lung complaints, colds. con.
sumption. Trial boxes, by mail %
cents. DIR. j. II. Mclean, 3l4 Chest
nut street, st. Louis.
Mr.. Robert Conant and Colonel
John M. Stemmons both made
speeches yesterday In the case Of the
State W.. ]. NJ. Thompson, charged
with keeping disorderly house, and
handled one another, It is said, with
out gloves. When Greek meets Greek,
then comes the tug of war. Thomp-
son has been fined two hundred and
fifty dollars, and has moved for new
trial.
We direct attention to the an
nouncement of w. s. Oldham, ESQ,
a. a candidate for the office of re-
corder. Mr.. Oldham, himself the son
of one OF the ablest and most distin.
guished members of the Texas bar, is
known Ia this city to be we'll read
and scholarly advocate, and able to I'll
the office for which he runs. He will
make an exceedingly strong race, and
is likely to show his heels to any OPP
ponent that may contest the field.
The celebrated land suit, involving
some fourteen thousand acres of the
richest Of Dallas county lands, Is fast
approaching its conclusion. Some of
the most eminent counsel In the State
are engaged in the cause, notably
Judge r. A. Reeves and the Hon. j.
w. Ferris. Judge Reeves was one of