The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-02
Fools Day and the PrauKish
Franks Played by the People.

es,erday was the lst of April, "All Fools
w" and many were the Jokes PLAYED
pe reporters were singled out us special
4ams, but they were skeptical about every
tHm they came in possession of, and were
NY cautious in their movements. Appa.
Oily it was the best day of all for news.
q Everybody WAS DESTROYS of furnishing the
(, poi!ers with tirst-class items, but they were
Nhfy and the would-be jokers got no unusual
- exercise out of them. Such items as a
5pung married man had eloped with
mother-in-law, love scrapes,
!nrders most foul, daring robberies, wonder.
discoveries, and host of all sorts of con.
eivsble items failed signally failed, to catch
& be reporters, and when the smart bar-keeper
irut salt for sugar in some Of their toddies,
Ae scribe changed his mind and said that he
vpuld take his "pisin" straight Tho re-
porter's luck was attributable alone to
Wtchfulness. Others, it seems, however,
yere not SO fortunate. A gang stepped into
Main street saloon and saw, as q
nee lunch, what they conceived to
fried oysters, and as they
~ loved oysters they fell to with gul,o. "
~ d that they were eating bslIs of cotton
dipped in oil and -four and fried. Daisy
Brown sawdust pies aud bran buildings
Uught snumber. Cotton biscuits and colored
coffee we're common in the boarding houses
nd private families. Doctors, without thiuk-
i.g, rode miles iuto the country to find that
me notice on thor states was sell. The
eheflll's office were furnished with intorms-
tion 10 Tho effect that q young man BY the
name of Barney Wright, of Nash.
Vile, Tennessee, had written here
TO Mr.. A. .. Williamson 10 the effect
that he had, while On route from Dallas to
rs uncle's, jesse Wright, who lived five
miles southwest Of tho city, been stopped BY
= highwayman, whom he shot killed and
buried in dump. Four deputy sheritfs
vent to the spot designated in the letter, but
20 trace of such deed could be found, and
q frets them now 10 ask them questions con-
eerning the search for the remains. Young
Iades sat in their parlors last evening await
lng tue coming of the naughty
besx who had made a
positive engagement without over
XAANu shluhllE kuhb IL Whe tub HISL
April. Merchants were almost afraid TO
ull orders for goods so universal were the
FRANKS played by the people in general.
81 The HERALD pieces sold well. Early in
NE morning two or three citizens called Mt
Ne Grand. Windsor hotel rotunds TO see the
;"'wonderlul man" who claimed to have
Some from tho other world. The obliging
olerk, Mr. Mcllhsney, did what he could TO
accommodate the curious callers, but the
wonderful Jules Verne No. 9, could not DO
FOUND. A ready trsnsposllion of the letters
as name, viz; VIM. Amsdcll, could have
made VIM. A. Dsmsell, but tho curious
lesder failed to detect Ii. Some of the ladies'
OIL 81 George hotel sent word 10 ia If Ii
would DO proper TO call and SEQ the newly ar.
rved stranger and confer with him on his
views ofthe new terrestrial theory. A certain
minister OF tho gospel, accompanied by q
Couple ri friends. came down and desired An
Introduction 10 the quaint old man OF the
o.her world, and was surprised TO tlnd Il was
al q Let Of April hoax.
In tho Worlds Fair special telegram, no
fewer than three directors Of tho Board Of
Trade, called upon the president thereof. TO
urge Immediate action by a correspondence
with General Grant now in Galveston, on
the subject while others though, the price
Of real estate and boarding house property
in.par.culsr, ought 10 increase In value
forthwith.
The Gold dust specimens from the 7. & p.
road, brought into town and left for inspec-
ton nj certain saloon In this city, were not
to DO found by "lhe old miners," while
Others insisted on H. tina. they could be
nothing more than "iron pyri,es," which
could BE- established by personal inspection.
Drinks followed Of course, by every
honest man for tho non-esl specimens.
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