The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-28
LOCAL BGEVITlES.
-Roads dusty and needing rain.

The Stonewall Grays drilled lust
night at the Court House.
IS. Loeb n Co. are receiving n very
large lot Of dry goods, At their Oh
stand, on Elm street.
Boys remember the circus, ana
make the "old man" give you anickel
every day until the arrival Of the great
show.
Cotton coming in rapidly, streets
blocked up by country wagons, ana
no watermelons and things noticeai lie
on Main and Elm streets.
Forty of the members of the Great
International Circus will stop at the
San Jaclnto; and that usually quiet
hostelry will hardly know itself.
The "boys" were more orderly and
quiet last Sunday than usual, so much
so, in fact, that the day actually
seemed To he the christians Sabbath.
Services were held yesterday morn
ing at the Lamar street Methodist
Church. We understand the services
will he continued during the week.
The new patent sidewalk in front
of the LeGrande Hotel has been fin
lshed along the entire front of the ho-
tel and makes quite n pleasant con
trast to the state of things.
-Messrs. w. G. Randall &c Bro. are
daily receiving large invoices of their
immense stock of fall goods, and are
fully prepared to meet the wants Of all
who need first-class dry goods.
We were shown, yeterday, through
the land Office of Mr.. j. A. III. Hosack,
on Austin street, which is model of
neatness and order. He has very
long list of city property for sale and
rent. Also, farms in the county.
The young man that was going to
buy up all the cotton in Dallas did not
make his appearance ON change yes
terday, much to the disappointment OF
the merchants who had dreamed
golden dreams the night before.
See change in Sanger Bro. adver-
tisement to-day. They commence the
fall campaign in earnest, with heavy
stock, and are determined, as they al
ways do, to sell the best of goods ut
the lowest figures. Call and see their
new fall stock now being opened.
Bishop Garrett will be ready to de-
liver his lecture on Darwin's Descent
of Man" on Tuesday evening, October
9th. Due notice OF the place will b,
given through the papers. Tickets eau
be had at any of the book stores ia the
city.
We notised yesterday, in front OF
an Elm street restaurant u sign which
bore the inscription OF square meaP'
twenty-five cents. AS II seeker
after information, we would like to
know what isa square meal, how the
term originated, etc.
Some OF our old citizens, we UNI
derstand, are going to Terrell TO attend
the meeting and organization Of the
old settlers Of Kaufman that takes
place on Thursday next, the 30th inst,
among them our old friend aud towns.
man, Col. John G. Mccoy.
"A negro woman came In the city
yesterday, who attracted general atten-
ton and comment by her enormous
size, many calculating her weight to
he at least five hundred pounds. We
have seen Barnum's fat woman, but
we think this Dallas county damsel
can discount her.
There was II race Mt the track yes
terday afternoon between Sallie Price
and Mollie Moore, for purse of 500,
dash of one-half mile. The race was
not advertised and in consequence he
attendance was slim. Sallie won the
race and money, time 5O4.
We understand that Mr.. II. Craw-
ford has offered to run Corinne ELLA
against any horse in the State for the
sum Of five hundred collars. Unfortu-
lately Jack Hardy is not in condition,
md with this exception there is no
'ther horse in Dallas, at present, that
'ould possibly contend with the little
mare.
Mr.. Geo. G. Blythe, of the firm of
}lythe Il Co. of Elm street, has Just
Irrived in our city from ST Louis,
where he has been purchasing large
took of liquors for wholesale
rade here. Mr.. Blythe has come
o make his home among us, and
70 feel confident the public will find
lin gentleman whom theycan hear
lily welcome.
Mr. h. NJ. Kahn, of the firm of Il.
Il. Kahn n Bro. wholesale and retail
lothing dealers, corner of Elm and
lamar streets, has just returned home
rom New York, where he has been
very extensive stock.
# clothing, etc. He reports trade very
lively In New York. The firm is con-
dent that they viii soon make things
cry lively for the people of Dallas
nd vicinity.
The fine large store, No. 500 Main
treet, will soon be opened by Mr.. A.