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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-01
NEW YEARS. BELLS.

RING. bells. ring. with your mellow din!
Ring the Old Year out and the New ear In!
Like the voices of birds from the Old gray
spire.
FIoiflng abroad o CT the hillside bare
In pillows of sound on the trenulous air,
Lee it rise and fall with the ftful gale;
Tell over city and wood the tale:
Saw that to- might the Old Year dies!
Rid the watchers look TO the Eastern skies,
For The beautiful halo that tells afar
az the wetcome rise of the New Years star!
Ring the Old Year out, with its signs ana
Its withering heart aches and tiresome fears;
Away with its memories of doubt and wrong,
Its cold deceits and its enyying strong,
lis arrogant pride and us errors dense,
All its pitifui shams anu cold pretensc-
We will heap them together and bind tnem
fast
To the old mans load rs he totters past.
The ills that he brought he may take again;
Keep we the JOYS, let him bury the pam!
King soft, oh bells, as he goes TO rest
Far in the shades of the darkeinng Westl
Ring, bells ring, with a merry din!
The Old Year has gone. with its care ana SIN!
Smiling and fair at the Eastern gates.
Clad in tinted light. the New Year waits!
Welcome him in with the rosy band,
who wait toe wave of his beckoning hand;
Hope. with her wreathS of sweet spring
flowers
JOY for the summers glowing hours.
Plenty and peace for the fruitful fall,
And love for all seasons-hest OF all.
Ring merriIy, bells Der the blushing skies
See the beautiful star of the New Year rise!
Mrs. l.. II. Blum, .H InteT-Ocsdn-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-01
UNAVAILABLE TALENTS.

My wife and looked at each other
in blank despair. We are such lively
people that it is very seldom we are
both blue at once, but this time we had
good and sufficient reason. We had
come to our last dollar. We had no
certainty of getting any more money,
and we were too honest to wish to be in
debt. This was an extraordinary posi-
ton for us, as we were considered by
all who knew US to be such 'uncom-
monty talented people. was always
told in college that if would apply my
self l might easily stand first in my
class, though in point of fact l stood
somewhere in the twenties, believe. l
have since sometimes wondered if APP
plication may not be itself separate
talent, instead of being within the reach
of all, as is often supposed. My wife
was always the life of any company.
She was as pretty and trim a woman as
you would wish to see. and she sang
ballads with really wonderful express
sion. ! never saw a woman who ap-
preciated a joke SO quickly and in
amateur theatricals she was irresistible.
Her talents went even farther than this.
She read poetry so beautifully that ev-
erybody cried; and, on the other hand,
she was so fond of mathematics that
she studied comic sections one winter by
herself, flor fun" We were both YER
satile. we were both lively, we were
both mercurial.
Now, however. we had no money, and
very little -four in the house. My wife
had made nice johnny-cake for the
delectation of the children at supper,
and they had gone to bed content, and
were now peacefully sleeping. Mean
time it became absolutely necessary for
us to face our fate. was lawyer.
chose that profession, not from any
innate sympathy with it, but because 1
could not be a clergyman, and would
not be physician. OF course l began
to practice in the city; for though there
seemed TO be no opening there. liked
to live in the city. You know the
theater, and music, and books, and
pictures, and society, can hardly be had
in the country. If l had been less tai
ented-a mere clod-hopper-I could
havegone without the refinements of life
and been happy. As it was, it did not
once occur to me that could live in the
country, l need not say my practice
amounted to nothing. Those who have
tried the same experiment know that
some years elapse before maintenance
can be counted upon. However, lived
meanwhile on modest legacy which
had descended to me from an aunt, and
married wife. Florence had no money
and no experience of housekeeping;
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-01

THERE is man in Palmer, Mass.
nearly eighty years of aye, who has
never tasted of either turkey orchicken.
although he has kept fowls for many
years, and for over thirty years carried
some two hundred pounds Of turkeys to
market every fall. The smell OF roast
turkey is so disagreeable to him that he
can hardly stay in the house with IL.
and il may wei be imagined that
Thanksgiving is not day Of unalioyed
pleasure for him.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30
ELECTION NOTICE.
Mayors OFFICE

Nitf OF DALLAs. \
n c0ioplianoe with resolution adoptei by
ISL; ""' VI marvin
An election lie hereby ordered 10 ne neld IN
me city OF Dallas on the 9Th day of April, lSSl,
10 determine whether or s0t there lhall be
levlei an annual lax OF * OF psr cent. for
WIS ana ensuing Year on ali property in tha
city OF Dallas, the ssid YAK kaink for tno
purpose of constructing school buildings for
the public schools OF the city. At said
special election ne one shall be qualified Ia
vote except persons who pay "A propsI ~ lax Ia
the lily 4 separate ballot box Will be had
hut AT sad special election the same onloers
VIII conduct the election and IL will b., held
at the same time and at the same Places As thq
general city election, as fOllows
First W are-Polls at the courthouse; &, Al
Terry, presiding officer
Second Ward - Polls at Bryan's bnill{nr
Camp street; W w. Ross, presidlng o0icer
Third Ward Poll, ut FIR. chs store on
Bryan street; j. II, brown, ,presiling o1iper
Fourth Ward = Polls at Iomg's sehoo
honsei ). a. Eaklns, presiding officer.
Ballots used To be written or printed: ''lr
favor OF the taxi" or, Opposed TO Toe lax }
lawitness whe eor, | have hereunto aflxed
my o1icisl signature, ard caused
IL, 81 he sea- of said city TO be hereof
Impressed { ohics In said city
this 10Th OF March, A. ID. ISL.
/, I, BoHNI, Mayor pro tem.
Attest; j. H. HEREFORD. City Secretary.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30

that il may be counted on in the future with
more eertsinty even than the summer resorts
in the north. Tnis winters erowding-eRd
there is rot leading hotel al this late where
a new conner can fad lodging without
double bedding-will enforce Engagements
for the future, and perhaps the building Of
more hotels. 1t looks like very steep thing
to have to pay 81 day for accommodations
in double bedded rooms, but If the crowd
will push into the omnibus the driver will
demand his full fare. Some of the surplus
guests find better accommodations ia smaller
boarding houses at lower figures, and their
experience has suggested enterprises likely
to be consumma,ed in the future, which will
insure satisfaction all around. There is GER
tainly room for moro hotels and desire for
lower rates, and, where food and labor arc 50
abundant and cheap as in Florida, it would
DO strange If the public want is not fully
met in these respects. As nearly all the
money spent here comes frOl the north, 40
the bulk OF it goes back there in the pock-
cts ofthe hotel keepers and proprietorS; but,
Incidentally the hotels have been Of great
service toward the development Of the state.
They have added 10 the value flown prop
erty; they have stimulated truck farming,
they have brought people who made perma-
! nent Investments and others who found n
footing for transportation lines. In their
wake, too, have come many permanent SET
tiers, and, above all, they have furnished an
example for living and housekeeping which
will do more 20 Danish the frying pan curse
frow the domestic hearth of the south
than any other agency that could be devils
cd,
But in this sof and delightful climate
there are 80 many beautiful attractions, that
one is insensibly lured away from business
and material things, for the enjoyment simp-
ly of what bountiful nature has lsvished
with unstinting hand, hear the pushing
business man, whs has left his northern
home for few weeks soiourn hero, inveigh
against the lazy whites, tho indolent negroes
and the general sloih of the south, but in q
few hours after be has rid himself of the dust
IF travel | find him yswning on the piszz,
with the first attack Of spring fever. The
next day he will confess no lesls too good to
exert himself and would.be content to sit in
the shade all day to listen 10 the mocking
birds, and smell the breath Of the strange
blossoms, which make the air heavy with
their perfume, and have some one feed him
It is the month of March by tho calendar
when in Maryland we still have tho icy
streaks and chapping winds, but here it II
June in full feather.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30
Chicago, Texas a. Mexican Contra
hallway Co.
Notice TO Contractors,

Sealed proposals will he received by the
Undersigned until Monday, April II, vt IL
O'Clock at noon, for furnishing All the mate.
rhl6 and doing all the clearing, gruhblng,
grading, culyerting, trestlo.wrk, bfidulng
and bridge Abutments, except the superStruc-
ture OF the bridge over 1finity River, which la
70 he bid orseparately; also for All the cross
tles' IN whole or In part. on the First Division,
beng 20 mile' Of the Chicsgo, TcXas & Mexl-
can Cent 'al Railway, from nalis, Texas, SOUTH
westerly 10 the "I.ow Gap"
Bids can be made forone or more mllea, or
Tor one or both sections NJ The above Divlsi n.
Protlies, plano, and specifications of the
ABOVE work can be seen a. tho Office u tho
chief Engineer Of said Raj way Company, at
NO, 2Oe Mains street. Dallas, Texas, where all
necessary Information relative 10 the work
viii be given.
Bids must be directed to George W. Waite,
Chlef Engineer c., 4, 4 NJ. @ R'y Co, and
marked, proposals for work"
The undersigned hereby reserve the right to
reject sny aud all bids
chicago e. Texas Construction 60,
Dallas, March 70, ISL
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Lost.

I OSr-Enieht Templar's charm--crosa and
Ia keystone, with horseshoe attached. Find
er will he literally rewarded by leaving at A ss-
tins jewelry store, 6l2 Main street,
7 Osr or mislsid - Policy No 1929 In
IL the Penn Autuai Life insurance com-
pany, of Philadelphia Pa, on the life of
william 5. Newton. II found please return
to the Undersigned Notice Ia hereby given
that application has been made 10 said Gem.
pnny for tho Issue OF duplicate policy MIS-
CoriNtha Anna Newton, corner Ervay and
Young sta, Dallas, Texas Mar25- 81
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East Line 6 Red River 4, R
Thine Card No, q,
Taking effect Monday, march, II, 1871.

Taking effect Monday, March II, issi.
west-bound. JEFFER on. East bound
600 y. IN Depart Nal .. Arrive 1910 A. M
1900 n m. Depart ,Frght Arrive sion. m,
DAlNGEUFlELD
$40 y. IN, Dtpari.. Mail e.. Depart .:Ss IA, m,
lOaO u. m. Depart EIGHT. u Iart s:li n, m,
PITT BURG.
Ilsp. m, Arrive Mail Depart B:iOn, m.
II 40 a. m. ArIivs, .Fr'sht. Depart 3.00p. N.
t'35 y. IN Donart., Nall, Arrive $3.50 n. M
l2;jO n, m, Depart, fIEht, Arrive $500 m
wlNSBORO.
$3.50 =. m. Depart Mail uepsri H:lh n, m
1855 y. IN. Depart. Fright Depart HAS 4, M,
SULPHUR SPgtNGs.
l0ll u. IN. Depart Mail nupau $3.50 a, m.
$50 y. m, ID part Fright. Depart p.i5 IN.
REtENNILIiL.
l2Noa. m. Arrive. Mair. .Dtpirt 800 q. m,
ASP. m. Arrive. Fright Depart B:i5 o. M.
Connections; Al Grccnvlllc with the Mo.
Paniilc railroad for al points lu the northwest,
~ Pi,tsburg with the Texas 4 IT. l., railroad
iorE liner, Mt. Plsaeant and Tyler. Il def.
lersIn with tho rcNnH n pncilc RAILROAD for
~, Louis and all ponis east, south and south.
east Passenger train runs daily except sun
day. JNO. H. FLYNN,
GsneiAl Manager.
RAtNEh, Jn.,
Gen. Ticket snd Para. hst., Jefferson. Tex.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30

DERsONAL.-Jame Frazier, residence No,
L q, caroline street, raises and moves build
ings with promp ness and dispatch Orders
may he leitat the hardware store OF Il T. Bell
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30

Blankenship & Blake have the prettiest
and cheapest line of Hamburg edgings ever
offered in Dallas.
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AND ALL FONTS
N0RI'H, EAST and SOUTHEAST

Trains prrlye and leave Auatln atauon at
follows No Small ana express arrives az nj
M No tmail and oNprcs leaves ~ $3.50 u. m.
Connectlnns-At TeNarkauR, with all traIna
ON 81, Louis, Iron Mountain & So. R'w'y, for
all points North Eget aud Southeast. AtIng-
view Junction IN Mincola, with all laIps ior
international Railroad for Tyler, PAleaiins.
Houston, Austin, Galveston md san Antonio'
Al Dnllas, with trains of the Houston a TeSes
Central Rw'y, orCorslcana, Aiexla, Aremoud
waco, Calvert, Bryan, HEMP, toad, Brenhnni
At sherman, with II. 4 n. U. NY, for All
points ON the line iihat road. Al Fort Worth
with stages for all points In Western Texas
AZ shreveport, with Red River hteamors Al
New q rlcana. Pullman's Palace SLEEPING Gar,
from Fort Worth, Dallss and sherman 10 ~
lonih. Any Information In regard To ra,es Ia
ireiglts or passage, time ami connections with
DO oheertully given on application 10 G,o.
Newman, q. +. A., Marshall, TeNas, or n. ".
thompson q =. y Il. A., Marrhail, TexaH.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30
fOm EENT.

NOR RENr,-The business house now occu-
l. pied by Erwin ~ Co., 4O3 En- street, win
be for rent on the first Of April. Apply toJOhn
Browning, 1867, Vim street.
EOR RENt--A new two.s story house, q rooms,
L. cistem and hS drant water convenient 10
hueiness; also house with5 rooIns; apply to
Z. NJ. Wheat at Sanger Bros.
NOR HENT-ThV Bennett hiae house in rear
L OF John Potts grocery store, In front Oi
Pacific depot. suitable for u produce store;
Will hold 5000 bushels of com. For pgrticu-
lars, inquire " John Browning, 1857 Elm 81
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30

---Rector's Vital Restorative cures nervous
liability. Soc certificates Of same in sdyer-
,sment in another column.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30
EsbUN ID.
PERSONA 81.

NOUND-The best and cheapest Mattresses,
n nj the new mattress house on Main st.
nearly oppOsite the market house. Mar2l- IT,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30

Get your job printing done at the HERALD
STEAMJOB Phi STING OFFICE. All work exc
cuted with artistic tsste, and ut the shortets
notice. Satisfaction g. arantesd.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30

Plaid Ribbons and Silks of all colors at
Bauman's, 70G Elm street.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30

Young men and boys 60 to Blenkenship &
Bleke's to buy the cheapest spring clothing
Dallas.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30
Cards and Envelopes.

THE HERALD Jon Printing OFFICE keeps on
hand an extensive assortment of all grades
Pricea low and work guaranteed
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30

Little neck clans Snd clam chowder, at
Joseph Menczer's.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30
Medical and Surgical
INSTITUTE,
Corner Main ard poydres Streets
DALLAS. TEXAS

where all diseases of n chronic nature are
treated sucoesslully, n few OF which are here
enumerated; Diseases of the throat and
lungs, calarrh, uterine troubles, kidney and
bladder complaints; hemuTrhOids cured with
out pain. Fistula, structure of the Ureha
and Recum; nervous affections, as palsy,
etc skin diseases, as pimpy eIuptinns; Ill.
Gers, vhriGose veins aud cancers. Badness
successful! treated ON n new plan.
Scrofulous diseases OF the bones, ne white
swelling, or hip joint disease, will be nut up
In any kind OF fixed splints known to ortho-
pedlc surgery.
All private diseases of either sex treated
successfully.
Parties residing ut distance from Dallas
ana wishing 10 receive treatment from the
institute. will on application either by mail
or otherwise, receive printed blanks on which
to return syn0psis of their ailmont sufficient
TO euahle us TO return them au Intelligent
diagnosis OF their complaint, ami can receive
prompt and thorough treatment at their own
house, by close mall or express.
Dispensary Department.
The msnsger wishes 10 announce that In all
cases that sre worthy and the patients are too
poor TO take course OF treatment at tho instl.
tute, that durlng the hours of II q. IN. 10 L. m
ana rom b To u D. m, careful examinations
VIII he conducted and treatment prescribed
free u oil who may apply. None turned
away.
Remember the place, Main street, corner Of
Poydras, over l. NJ lySrs Connor's drug store,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30
TEXAS TRUNK
Railway Company,

pAttAs, Texag, Feb ~, 1881.
On and after Monday. February 20, lssi,
trains will run "a followa,
Leave Dallas FOR Riley prairie aud
way stations at7 n. ~. ana sp m.
Leave Riley Prairie for Dni,aa nud
way sta'ions M pa. M. sud y. m.
Arrangements for freight can he made by M.
plying TO j. W. Ha,lloclg, on the train. or al
depott 10 W Il. CADEtL.
Vice President Texan Trunk X. II. Co.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30
w rNICGAH

DlYsICIAN AN0 SURGEON-DR. NOR
TON. ONCE, in FIRST national bank build
ing Residence, san Jrclnto street, near
Leonard
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SrRAy9D.

SSrRAfED or stolen, on the night of the 9th
- OF March, 1881, from the undersigned, one
blush black mare about IA hands high, blaze
iGoe, three white feet; branded All on left
shoulder. viii pay n liberal reward for IN :
return Of he same % the DALLAS HERALD
office, Dallas, Texas. FW. CHICK
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~
FOE SALE.

TNOR sADk--An my Interest IN The Dallas
A hotel company (Grand- Windsor h0tel.)
For terms apply 10 A, j SRnsonl, Green.
Vile, Hunt coun y, Asxas.
lIOR SALE OR TRADE Unimproved lands
L In Jaca. Pamela and san August ne coun.
ties. Also II fine improved farm in Collin
county, within three miles of Allen station
Win sell ~ trade on easy terms the above
named property, For further particulars, adj
dress, w. Il, COKER, Allen station.
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Ne.feapgn4moo Baltimore Gun,
1t seems % DO gsnerally fol. that winter.
Ing In Florila has been 30 well established
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-19
CAUGHT AT HOME,
Commissioner Dudley Sets Certain
RumOrs TO Rest.

indianapolis Journal.
The Commissioner was lead to talk about
his own department. There was no truth
in the report that he had ruled that no Con-
federate soldier should remain in the dc.
parthient to pass upon the claims of Union
lists. When he entered the Office he found
q payroll calling for $936.OOO pcr annum.
while the Congressional appropriation was
only $794,630. His predecessor, Bentley,
had secured q specific appropriation to tide
over the deficit under his regime, and nc
could afford it, but IL would not do for n
new official to come out behind his first
fiscal year. There was nothing to do but
reduce the clerical force, and by dis
charging about one hundred and reducing
the pay of sixty-four, the payroll
was brought down to a total of 1874, 07O. n
few dollars less than the prescribed limit.
These reductions were made from the newly
appointed and from mediocre among the
old clerks. OF course, all else being equal,
he gave preference to soldiers and soldiers
widows but in making the reductions there
had been no persecution of the Confederate
element. There were some Confederatcs
still in the department there never had
been many, and those were men who had
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-19
The BayIy Testimonial Excursion.

Readers of THE CRITIC who contemplate
spending day out of town next Sunday,
will find, by scanning our amusement
column, that grand family excursion, tes-
timonial to Mr.. John A. Bayly of the Nor
folk line of steamers, will be given on that
day, which offers innumerable inducements.
The steamer Jane Moseley, will leave her
wharf at s u. m. for Blackiston Island, where
the excursionists will find much to amuse
and crafty their tastes. Facilities there
for bathing, boating and fishing are excel
lent. Returning, the excursionists will ar
rive home at 1890 o'clock Sunday night.
Tickets for this pleasant trip may be pur-
chased from the parties mentioned in the
advertisement.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-19
MISCELLANY,

Girls are fond of military titlcs-except
general housework.
The dressing at Saratoga this season is
"louder" than ever.
The popularity of cricket as national
game in England does not diminish.
"A resident of Texas writes: of we
had Guiteau here he would never be troubled
by comets"
Eleanor Bosterbaum, who died in In
dianapolis the other day, claimed to be 100
years old.
There are but three female physicians
in the city Of Pittsburg, two homeopathic
and one allopath.
Mr.. Pierre Lorillard has sent nine
thoroughbred horses to England to reinforce
his stables there.
1t was Baltimore girl who, when get
ting out of boat, remarked, ~ am so glad
to get on terra Gotta again"
Lancaster County, Pa, is overrun with
tramps, in spite of the stringent Pennsylva-
MIA law which makes tramping penal Of
Tense.
col0red ladies do not wear bits of white
court-plaster on their faces and become per-
fectly bewitching.
w OouiC JUL
ply" who relieved ex-Secrctary Robson Of
his pocket-boolS, some time ago, has been
arrested in New York.
"A horse dealer was asked if an animal
which he offered for sale was timid. "Not
at all" said he; che often passes many
nights by himself in the stable"
They tell big fish stories in Boston. A
man who was one of fishing party, twenty
miles beyond Boston light, claims to have
caught cod weighing forty-four pounds,
and that, too, with q hook and line.
"A young man in this city, short time
ago, proposed to lady several years his
senior, and for an answer she said: 81 guess
| don't want to take q boy TO raise % The
young man is now raising mustache.--
YOungstolcn News.
Eugene Baldwin, member and book
keeper of commission firm at st. Louis,
has been missing since Sunday last. 1t
might be said that he was mysteriously
missing, were it not for the fact that his
books and accounts are in bad shape.
An Austin boy came home from school
very much excited and told his father that
he believed all human beings were
descended from apes, which made the old
man SO mad that he replied, angrily: ''That
may be the case with you, but it amt with
me; / can tell you that, now."-1erds Sift-
ings.
The Board of Presidents of the city
passenger railways of Philadelphia have
passed o resolution expelling William Whar-
ton, jr., president of the Lombard and South
Streets line, because he has reduced fares
from six to five cents. They have also de-
tcrmined that all business between them
and that line shall cease, and they will issue
no exchange tickets to it nor will they re-
ceivc any in return.