The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-03-02
DALLAS TEXAS.
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

-Twenty-three patients In the city
hospital.
Only six teams stuck on Main
street yesterday.
"A good meeting last night at the
Lamar-street church.
There are great number Of rail-
road men In the city.
Lamar Rifles elect captain to
night. Let every member be pres
ent.
When you want to say anything to
Rex drop him line at Lock Box 2O7,
Dallas Z. o.
The mayoralty question was the
great topic Of conversation on the
streets last night.
Some boy left his compliments for
Harry Jacobs in the shape Of dead
rat on the door sill.
Let every one of our citizens keep
the school question in mind, and vote
at the election next week.
Let the police wear their uniforms
and have every button buttoned, 30 as
to present good appearance.
--Rex's flags are making their ap.
pearance quite rapidly and the streets
are presenting gay appearance.
Rex's address Is lock-box 207.
The chain-gang were at work yes
terday, but they had worse job than
cleaning the Augean stables.
Whoever is elected mayor, we
sincerely hope he will punch up the
council, till they fix the streets.
What has been done by the United
Friends of Temperance, in regard to
producing the play OF "Ten Nights In
Bar.room.n
John Bowen, Esq, City Treasurer,
has bought out the LeGrand hotel
cigar stand, and will keep the best
weeds in the market.
Miss Ida Stokes, a lady teacher of
music, proposes to give concert
soon at the opera-house, to which the
public are cordially invited.
Don't forget that the Haywood
Bros Combination returns tonight,
and will give one of their inimitable
performances at the Opera House.
The people Of Texas desire that the
Georgia folks embroider the word
"Texas" In silk, when they get the
banner, on every point OF the star.
Farmers coming to town, and get.
ting mired on our thoroughinres,
should sue the city for all breakages
to their wagons, which are of hourly
occurrence.
Kahn Il May put ice in their new
ice house taken from Longs lake.
Tney think they have enough for the
summer. 1t is an average thickness
of three inches.
e. M. Kahn & Co. are putting up
two immense hanging banners from
their building to the opposite sides Of
the street, and they must have cost
heap of money.
The HERALD suggests that In
place of putting board or wooden
sign as danger-post In the numerous
quagmires in our city, an alderman
be stuck in, head first.
The boys say that the Peelei
House charges the highest rates, has
more runners, and furnishes the poor
est accommodation for the money of
any hotel in the city.
"A fight took place last evening
near the Lamar hotel, between col.
ored bootblack, and darkey who
tends in a saloon. Officers Arnold and
Waller happening by, took in the
sinner.
"A writ Of attachment was issued
In Judge MoLure's office yesterday,
against the property of one Mcclure, a
saloon keeper, who has left here. The
attachment was for $3.50.
Let every Dallaslte vote to sepn
rate the city from the county as
school district, and apply our own
taxes to the maintenance of good free
schools in our midst This Ia the age
of progression, and we must keep up
with the times.
--Dr. j. II. McLean's wonderful Ca
tarrh Snuff will soothe and cure Catarrh
~, the tFae, Head or throat; for Geld
$50 iensioa ty.it p',es almost
follow that war, blooashed oa nia.. nv
will be the result of the course pnaI.,,
by the commission The real questio
settled is that the ballot box has los
Its potency in determining who tn
servants of the people shall be. TIL
may not be called revolution but ye
such it is, and nothing else.
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