The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-05-20
LOCAL NEWS.
j. n. nARTmoLow, Local Editor


New polh'oPri l--''9"'
The Trinity cutting swell,
Some Corscana neas in the city,
johnny .iump-ups Nrc poppin open
--Oceaas of rain Saturday and Sunday
Hungry men In Dallas swear by bills
OF fare.
-prOoscly, slr Wcnre to have loco
motive works,
Wheat win average twenty-five bnsh
OILS to tho mere in Dallas conaly
The Fair Play Hotel is offered for
sale. See "hd."
The streets arc washed as clean rs
ducks back.
Railroad bed north Of tho city dam.
aged more or less by the dcluging rain of
Saturday and Sunday.
"A calf with one foot like u
human hand, is one Of the maIvcls of Dali
las county.
The cnlvert on Commerce street was
swept away by tho food, on Saturday,
like so much paper.
Dir. Crane will make you ~ sound
MS Ole Bulls "6ddle, by calling at the
Commercial Hotel.
TIL. lightning Saturday, invited 'w
from Africs sunny fountains aud Ind
them ready for n black-burying, On Sun
day.
Tho heavy wind Sunday blew down
the house of Mr.. Lavender, neur lancas'
ter. The inmates escaped without any
injury.
Tho electrical fluid struck the house Of
Mrs. Graham at Lancaster, Saturday
which caught FIRE, but was speedily OK
tinguished.
j. W. Swindells, Esq, one Of the pro
prictors of this paper accompanied the
excursionisis, by special request OF them
20 Galveston.
kissing the rod, was what The light
ming was caught doing twice, Saturday
on the prcsbr terrain church st9eplc, and
like a correct young lady il received i
with SHOCK
Tho Mckinney Enquircrs attention il
called to the fact that il has credited th
Dallas News with our local, "a Shar,
Fight with the Comanchcs.' Whnt's til,
matter, Mr., h.?
Col, Il. G. Boudinot, one OF the chief
of the Cherokecs, was conspicuous Amoni
the excnr sionists lie shook tho local
hand in good old Indian fashion, promise,
him tom ahawk aud o free pass to th
Modoos.
A puff of wind entered hote window
the other day, aud feloniOusly carried OF
the only remaining shirt of the Occupan
Of the room. lie obtained another b,
holding correspondence with the chamber
maid through the key hole
The residence Of Mr.. Clarity at Ian
caster, in this ceuAty, wasstruck by light
ming on Saturday evening about 6 O'clock
killing II little sou of Mr.. Clarity age,
nine years, and knocking sspseless tel
or twelve others,
The local of this paper and MeilCnry
of tho st. Louis Times, Barclay, of tn
Dispatch, Henderson, of the Now iorl
Evening Post, Crane, Of the Democrat
md Charles j. Osburn, Of the Associate,
Press, with the irropressiblo Anderson, Q
the sparkling team of Anderson 4 Dudley
all shared one table, and that was at tn
Cosmopolitan, which is fast becoming tn
Fifth Avenue OF oar city
"A run Away resulting in the miracl
lous escape of the occupants Of the yehic
occurred on the causeway on the Opposit
side of the river, Saturday. Two horse
attached to carriage, becoming Brighten
cd at the lightning, dashed off the roa(
into the timber and throwing the yehiol,
against q tree, broke it to pieces and pre-
cipitated the occupants to the ground, Wit
only suffered in being mixed up ant
mudded up, and who got up and made 9
little fun up, over it, in few moments af
forwards.