The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-10
LOCAL DREVITIEs.

The Texas aud Pacific railway train
yesterday was delayed again until NJ
ternO0n,
The Right Rev, Bishop Garrett vii
preach IN H. Matthews church (Epls'
copaD this morning and tl'nlght
The proceedings IN the criminal
courtyesterday hardly ofAulllelehl
general Interest 10 require noticing
Hollenbeck aud MoCullom open on
Monday, their general furnishing ~
labllahment IN with Hamilton n Co.
Wood IL worth two dollars u load or
five dollars cord, aud this Ii u WELL
lImlered country, How the poor are
10 keepwarm IL u mystery
General Good proposes u meeting
on Tuesday evcnlngnt the court house.
10 express the eympnthIes Of The peo'
pie Of this city and county with Lou
islana.
one Of the oldest farmers Ia the
county Informs w that the prospect for
wheat IL very fine, The acreage Of
cotton likely to DO planted Will be
larger than lust year
The weather having cleared OIL the
roada viii soon be more paasable. The
farmers will then DO able 20 come In
and business will revive. For two
weeks the sun has hardly shown him-
self until yesterday
The urchIn element were out In
force yesterday morning, indulglng IN
surreplltlous slides aud skating on the
loo on the way 10 school, and the mis-
cradle little truants had not the fear OF
the birch before their eyes,
The norther has checked up the
builders for the time being, For the
llrst time In two years the roar OF the
hammer has not been heard for ten
days. The cold was too intense for
even our enterprise.
There are campers here aud there
around the suburbs of the city. Many
Of them are poor and some Of them
may be sick. A tour among them by
some practical christians might open
up II field for philanthrophy.
The general health Of the city isverl
good. There has been some cases o
pneumonia, but the number OF deaths
during the last month, in proportion
to the population, proves Dallas one OF
the healthiest points in the state.
Yesterday morning at nine o'clock
the thermometer was three degrees
below zero, aud that with the atmos
phere clear and the sun shining-a reg
ular clear Texas "norther," including
slight fall of snow and hard freeze
the night before,
Some official enquiring into the way
and means OF loving Of the army o
the loafers who infest this city, nigh
rid 1t of some dangerous material
There are altogether too many seedy
suspicious looking parties skulking
about town. Thin em out.
1t should be remem bered that BishoI
Garrett will address u meeting Of citi
zens on Monday night, at the Board o
Trade rooms upon the subject oil
the proposed college, school and Gu
thedral he desires to build here. Thi:
is subject Of general interest and
there should be full meeting.
There is quite u dearth of amuse
ments just now. Ours is queer com
munity in this respect. We crowd ev
erything into week or two, and ther
improvise Lenten season of sobernesl
for a month. There is nothing Xix,
some regularity, and an equal distribu
ton of gayety through the winter.
Tomorrow is the regular monthly
meeting of the directors of the Boarc
of Trade. AS there is no stove IN the
rooms of the board it is, suggested tina,
the directors meet ut the First Nationa
bank, ut four o'clock in the afternoon
There is business of importance to be
transacted, and full meeting of the
board of directors is imperative.