The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-01-31
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

The cars for The ErVny ana CoH'-
merce street railroad will be here IN u
few days,
M. r. ON Thursday night without
fail. No excuses received. Working
night.
Mr.. b. II. SprNtley, formerly book
keeper in the City Bank ami UIlmahn
u Co.'S, has been offered and accepted
the position Of book.keeper ot the First
National Bank.
The thermometer stood at % yes
terday evening, and people might sit
In the open air with impunity, IL was
so mild. Those who are enjoying the
rigors Of Northern cline will sppre'
cinte this.
-Sixty-ejght men assembled IN a
few minutes to watch baking team
make start yesterday on Main street
Twenty-one gathered to zee a shooting
gallery shot made. Enforce the va
grant act.
Tom Speidin, the alleged bank
robber, made his appearance in court
yesterday morning rs party to a civil
suit. Beyond paleness consequent
upon Imprisonment, he was ~ pleas
ant and dlgnihed NJ ever.
Mr.. NJ. Henderson, contractor and
superintendent Of the Dallas and
Wichita Railway, has returned from
q business trip TO ST. Louis. The build
ing of the road h now inevitable and
beyond all question, without some mn
foreseen calamity.
ON the 18Th 0! February Mr., w. II.
Crosier and Mr. William kuin will
run II foot race, three hundred yards,
for II purse Of $1,000. a forfeit OF 500
sup. Mr.. Kuin IL to carry twenty
pounds weight Mr.. Crosier will run
without weights.
The sale OF cigars last night at j.
G. Booth 81 Co.'s auction room, WAS
well attended, and all the cigars III
the store We closed out. But the great
sale In intended for tonight. The
finest brands win be sold tonight.
One hundred with the privilege OF ten
thousand. Now Ia your time, and
smokers viii be covered accordingly.
lis it possible, that Que will be 80
foolish TO suffer from catarrh, cold in
| the head, bad smells la nose ana
throat, when Ivy this new autisepte
princiIle, Doctor J. H. McLean's
caturrh auun, you can be cured. Trial
boxes. by mail only fifty cents. Doctor
j. II. Mclean, 3l4 Chestnut street,
81. Louis, Missouri
We are sorry 10 learn that our So
clal and kind friend, Mr.. Henry M.
Malone of st. Louis, leaves us thi'
mcrning for sherman, Dennison ami
htutl I'yhhhf. " - bhlJ A'b'N' 'h"b
Dallas canu0t keep Mr., Malone longer,
He had gotten up some Of the iineat
portrait paintings that has ever been
exhibited ia rexas OF our leading
business men and 90mo Of our fret.
class ladies, IuE HERALD wishes him
success, and recommends his work to
tho citizens of our towns and cities
where he intends TO visit.
mira. t'arley's Wax Works" are
shortly expected to arrive In Dallas di
rect from England. Mr., j. q. Booth
has advanced the necessary funds,
somo two thousand dollars, It's said,
to dsiray the necessary freight pay
meuts. The exhibition will be mainly
In the interest Of the Ladies Aid 80.
ciety of thi9 5ity, aud it IN believed that
the entire proceeds of this novel eXhi'
bition will be devoted to charity. We
learn from Mr.. Booth, who evinces an
unusual interest In these wax figures
(has an eye 10 that two thousand dol
lars advanced, dountless), that ext
Thursday night, one week hence
wind aud weather permitting, the
show will be given Mt the opera house