The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-23
SHERMAN sPLINTERs
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sur, MAN, May %, 1852. Society is
hnw Tith pleasant gossip over the Hall
pOrcesl Yer nuptials, to take place day after
'omOrdN "Wednesday, May pa, as for.
,srly ann Nounced IN the HERALD on the
,pShority AZ Dame Rumor. The ceremony
I'll take lace at the residence of the
hides iatl er on South Crockett street.
Eut few cafNds are out, and the affair will
he very tony and select,
The tinnerS had most jolly time yester-
day At the HreSidence of Mr.. Ed. Opel,
IN Pecan sktreet. The occasion was
the marriage N of one of their iavorite
craftsmen, JoiE Cahill, TO a charming
voung widow Mrs Matte Harrison. The
sinner boys of 81 herman are noted for festive
ness and iolli$y, and they didn't let their
reputaton Ing any yesterday. May the
new pair always be blessed with plenty of
1,nH and haHpiness.
Your cord spondent has heard of several
farmers who lboasted that their wheat crop
will pan ogk twenty-five bushels to the
acre. ~
Weather c,ontif les very cool. Ice cream
dealers now turm. y customers with heavy
ulsters to Keep tlfem warm during in
diligence in frozen chstard.
The first steps toward organizing fair
association Were takeie Saturday night and
committee to solicit stock appointed.
They adiourh ned to meA next Saturday, to
. take further action in ibis important mat
ter and to hear the rept rt Of the committee
on stock. 1t is hoped L at it will be made
success, and that good old Grayson will
be enabled to hold sple ldid fair this fall.
The death Of the little ION of Mr. W: b.
Simpson, of hydrophobia. in Denison, Sat.
urday night, is causing considerable com.
ment here, and our citizen ARE determined
that the dog law shall be yS,ictly enforced,
Several mad dogs and one mad cat have
given our people great annoyance here this
season. Let the worthless ours be annihi-
lated.
Mr.. Toomey, the scenic painter, who,
bv.the-way, is an Is karat artist,
and gentlemen, is doing some magnificent
work in our dramatic temple and our fairy
Thespian palace will have as complete and
attractive sets of scenery as the very best
theatres in the southwest. He says our
opera.house would be credit to city of five
times the population of Sherman; and he
a very competent critic, mind you.
New wheat is rolling into our mills.
The crop of candidates is growing and the
fall fight thickens.
District court is still engaged on the civil
docket,
Last Saturday afternoon there was a
Quarter.mile race, or rather a dash OF ii5
Yards, the extra five yards being added to
beat the law against quarter races on the
track Just south of the city, between dun,
Wright Clark's sorrel. The stakes were
900 a side, with very little side betting, the
sorrel's friends finding no takers. After
consuming the quarter part of the after
noon in iockeving and foolish manWverng,
fretting both horses and spectators almost
beyond endurance the animals got send
, off, the dun getting the lead by about two
lengths, but the sorrel soon swept by
him and came out at the home
stretch about sixty feet ahead. The
race was almost farce on the part OF the
dun. Quarter races are considerably on
the farce order anyway, and remind me
of the fellow who attended one and gave
the following brief and spicy account
thereof: you see," he remarked, the
race was to come oil at O'Clock p M, but
the boys somehow couldn't agree on the
preliminaries, and the whole afternoon was
consumed without getting the horses
started, so ut dark it was concluded to post
pone the race until next morning at
o'clock. In the meantime | had become
very much interested, and concluded to see
the race through, so | went again next
day. While the-boys were wrangling and
Quareling concluded to step behind atret
near by for Just moment to have quiet
drink from private flask, and by George
when stepped back from behind that tree
don't you think the race was over and the
boys were fighting like HI over the stakes3
Another match was agreed upon tor mex