The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-25

DALLAS TEX AS.
LOCAL BIsEVITIES.

How about that young mans DEM
ocratic club?
The dust Is simply intolcrable IN
the unsprinkled parts Of our principal
streets.
The German beer gardens were all
full yesterday Of thirsty souls looking
for cool spots
Have your watches and jewelry
repaired and warranted at Webb's, 800
Main street-Ad.
BY general experience the east
side OF the lac Grand pavement IL
voted to be The cool corner, "where
men most do congregate."
Tickets to Louisville 1888. This Is
what Johnson ~ Manget are doing for
you. They buy and sell railroad tickets
any and all points.-Ad.
--DeSteiano Bros, 1913 Main street,
keep the most complete stock OF fruits,
nuts and coniectioneries. Lemons by
the dozen or box n specialty.-Ad.
The volume of travel continues
very fair for this time Of the year,
Judging from the lists of arrivals at
our hotels.
-Connor has said there shall be
water works, and you may now bet
your bottom dollar there will be water
works II the breeching don't brake.
The cellar OF one of the new build.
ings, to he built next to Sanger Bros.
Is finished and everything ready for
the brick masons to commence.
--Watermelons and cantelOpes of
the largest and finest variety Nv well
AZ the greatest abundance OF delicious
grapes are now coming in In large
quantities. and are very cheap too.
MOur young friend p. Elliott, grad
uato Of Schneider and Davis establish
ment, has become one of the gravest
and most plodding of merchants. He
sticks awfully close to business.
Colonel w. II. Hughes is going to
improve his property in the cedars
next to General w. l.. Cabel's resi-
dence, when finished, ii will he one OF
the prettiest cottages in that favorite
suburb.
Wrapping paper, Irvine, paper
bags, croquet sets, wall paper, all
kinds of stationery, select and fresh
stock of the latest literature, at Reed Il
Iathrops, sos Main street. Call and
examine their stock. I'D.
Yesterday was II scorcher for Tex
rs, but II mild day for the North. In
the afternoon brisk north breeze
sprung up, and there We're signs of rain
little northwest of Dallas Our gar
dens AMI flowers are needing some
rain.
The District Court was occupied
yesterday with IL railway Injunction
case, while the County Court was peg
ging away Mt civil cases. The Bar, III
body, begin to look tagged and need
rest. The coming holiday will be rel.
ished hugely by the best men of the
bar particularly.
1t was 80 hot yesterday that the
iron on the Dallas and Wichita rail.
way for the first five miles melted and
ran Into the ground Beyond Denton, it
crawled of the ties, and coiled itself
around the trees and car load of it,
red hot WAS swallowed by the religious
editor ofrhe Denton Monitor, just to
keep in practice for hereafter.
The good people of Weatherford,
are still moving in the matter of push.
ing tho road from Fort Worth to |
Weathertord. Weatherford is sensi.
BILE, modest, solid sort Of n town, and
don't put on any frills or style; but
when II comes down to bedrock, IL
about as permanently prosperous
town M their is In the State.
A baby hyppopotamus which roosts
in tn bottom of the Trinity, is said to
have manifested disposition to dine
OIL of n mans leg, who was bathing
thereabouts. Some say it was IL whale,
Others an alligator or other bird of gay |
plumage. The hyppopotamus liz all
righl, but whether his victim will live
to zee another centennial puieH Sd6e. |
The story has Wichita, buffalo, ante
lope, aroma about it which suggests
Sterrett or Peak.
On Sundays the street cars are en-
tirely too overcrowded for the comfort
of passengers. When IA car has its full
complement of passengers seated, no
one should be admitted, and n sign
should be put out "Full.n Then the
two little rats of mules have altogether
too heavy load to pull when thirty
or forty people are packed in one car.
Some steps should be taken by the
authorities to ahate this nuisance and
protect the dumb beasts from overload
ed cars.
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"LOst HALL"
The attempt now being made by a {
few pigeon-holed local politicians. ,
whom the people have quietly but sig