The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-05
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NtW DntFtHa. flocnmhHf W.-Wolls thc
day oh minneapolis, M infkoys, hoffld horns,
eaf.nogg and Olhneeo ilfe.efackcfs. has
aslvelv ot,Iot ills morning, II was n
,au,iV driD1linr doy lie lcndcn skies did |
,,jva ~ rold and bleak. and 10 pater f,mll. |
,as bad ne n r,,le 10 Keep himself Indoors
a,,d suend the birthday OF Christondom
the domestic henrth.st0nc. Canal street, |
mo ~ sranJ houlevard Of this qny, beautiful |
metropolis, was all aglow with moving
masses of humanity on Christmas Eve, ana |
The magnificent store.wlndow cases shone
resplendent with their gorgeous contents Of
gems, rich and rare or tastily-arrangcd
wearing apparel of silks and satins
or whatever else they were dressed with.
There arc more people In New Orleans now |
thon there have beef, for years, and money
il more abundant and more generally dis
tributed. Services were held ut
''''" .a,ors c,,upcvrs
|. ihn 'n"ioo' ="
throughout the day, while midnight MASSES
were celebrated by the Catnoiic uci1ihiiiae
ton and in eloquent appeals 70 tne Iio'y;oi
HOLES went up the thriilihB tones rom I',J
organ a,ld human throats us they ,pea'su
forth the Credo, the Veni 5ancti, tne
Glora in Excelsis, Mozarts i-Ln Ihuss,
ETC., all in honor ci the Two sou HINTS VI
infancy and gentleness that were cohtroii,
ing the stars anu the WORM soino o,saaSI
centuries ago Wnen .me rvv ogd he inx.
n ryn of chiselled marble home.
Az tho osvlnms on Christmas trees,
hung the evidences of memory and
nharitv and generosity hung TOYS and cor
,nnco,,}os bnng clothes and hats and bon
nets and shoes for the fatherless and moth
erless Inmates of those honored sanctu-
or;es
"''''' .NusrnESrs. ETC.
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Inc opeIa-nouse' aiiu 49,. ITonsa
iuil pias.. W. a. 'nJ ,nS Stanban;e in her
nt 80 Tor,ppt' NJ Not. while nj the
R ROM. peS 81 italian Onera House, Madame
Gerster gaye us Lucia for the matinee,
moving to ronture and tears her large and
select audience by her ELOQUENT and SYM
nnthrt;c notes we heard many Of tile
55;lattonti Who have leard Patti. Frczzalini,
Sontar Lucca and other celebrities of the
i ,,r;c 11a,e saw that thew never heard any
I tL;na eunal 10 that of Yesterday. At tile
| IraSemy Of Music Mr.. Jos. Murphy still
rms erry Cow and Shaun Rhue. At the
81 Chorles Theatre spiritual seances are
being given for the benefit of those who like
to see ffeats of legerdcmain and sleight OF
| hand or for those deluded ones who are
swindled into the temporary belief that
sM;r;ts from the other wcrld are among
tPbnn, n,aying ali sorts of unidentified and
absurd pranRs. The
,,,,,.,,. ,r,,v.y p,,vr,ows
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will again appear during the Mardl-uras
festivities, and will give grand pan on tne
evening of the 2lst OF fepruary, Whlch, you
know, ID Mardi-Gras evening. Iheir Ihvi-
| tatlons arc out. ana are periectly eAquisite
in design and finish, and VIII DC long Kept
as Il souvenir OF the great iete tney COIL
menorate. Last season II VIII DC recoi-
lected, they created the hlghest aihqse-
ment, representing Sarah Bcrnhardt; he
becca at the Well carcaturea, ana some
of the leading political anttsoclai events Oh
the hour.
| One of the peculiar celebrities hero is the
once
CHAMPION CHESS PLAYER,
Paul Morphy. He is crazy now, and may
| he sometimes seen on Canal and Charities
streets quietly walking along communing
aloud with himself about some fancied law
snif he is being afflicted with and which is
4 reducing him TO poverty He is now about
Is wears of age. Poor Paul, knew him as
n how and loved him for his magnificent in
! tellect his noble heart and his genial man
, nars i vas Ibis his college mate at Spring
Hill. near Mobile, Alabama He was in
the graduating class when ] en-
tered and WAS put in the Fresh
man. | have seen him learn
4 letter bv letter word for word, the PROPOSE
lions IN geometry, his history lessons for
examination and the grammar rules. He was
a rigid, communins Catholic. have seen
him play there BY me hour VIM ONE OF ene cnt
men of manhood my friend Edward Der
: mudez, now Chief Justice of the State. o.
!. Louisiana. Hc played subsequently agaiisl
the foremost champions or the world aho
defeated them all. Once he played ni'le
games blindfolded simultaneously, winning
| six. of them, drawing Que and INNS
4 two Rt1f alaQ that brilliant intellect
trained for the law, that honest heart tha'
!. never would bet on his own or any others
games at chance is now ecnpsed II
the gloomy night OF INSANITY
whose merciless phase Keep
him in continuous misery, desplt'
his really comfortable pecunlafy cohaltion
t On last Friday night, another cnes
f champion here, Captain George III. Mche'i
sic, undertook a tournamcnt against al
corners in his favorite game. Al lotaoie
J placed in clllpsc, were seated 10 play ers U
; contest the palm with him. Passing rap
3 idly from one table to another, never paus
: ing beyond minute Tor move, one 0.
i one his distinguished and skillfnl adverse
RES s1ccumnen 10 n,s supeaio t,; aD MIX on
: lore the mluhlght houI' oapsa,it t ..,,'tn
sic Is canine ocot, anu mas oaS0 III a,,'
: ton III europe Is isrse-ii'iieu, '"-i a''
: vigorous i''a y,,r r,ss,.x ,rws
= In conversation this morning with
I 30 that this country migl,
: exnoct during the coming yea
y an immigration of Russian Jew
exceeding In number 10000. These no
c sneokino cur Language Il becomes a seriou
e question how best to provide for them
= Plans arc on foot here for colonizing thcs
: and furnishing them with good, cultivabl
farms. until they can get under way. lear
! the language, the customs, the laws an
+, the people Of this country and their vici
al age. The subject Is one OF national III
portance and concerns not only OR jews
Q ciiizenry but all of us. They will doubles
y be valuable acquisitions to our general u