The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-28
DALLAS. TEXAS.
TUESDAY MORNING j;i: AUGUST rs
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

Lively times at Frascati park
nightly.
The city council will hold their
regular session this evening.
There were many Denton and
Wise county farmers In town yester-
day.
The oornet solOist nj the Bird
Cage makes the vicinity resound with
his music.
Cotton men are all Ia II good hu
NOR. The prospects for active times
In most excellent.
"A party Of Dallas hunters leave
this morning for the west. a merry
time TO you, gentlemen.
All quiet about the courthouse
yesterday. The iudgship was the
question before the house,
t. The Turner'S association held u re-
hearfal, at their hall last night, for
their entertainment Sunday evening.
There was much stir yesterday
among our wholesale aud jobbing
houses. Several Mise bills were sold.
The hackmen are doing an I'm,
proving business these nights. A lat,
court decision has helped the mat.
ter.
There were more wagons from the
country In. the wagon yards last night,
than has been any night for weeks
past.
The sinking cesspools ON Elm
street, AMI on Lamar, between ELM
and Main, are disgrace to the c0rpo.
ration.
-Sangers' improvements on the
Main street front Of his store, are pro
crossing rapidly. They will be o. X.
when finished.
The incoming passenger trains on
both the Central and Pacific roads last
evening, from the north and east,
were well filled.
The prairie chickens in the neigh
horhood are In fine condition, and our
huntsmen are meeting with good sue.
cess. Parties 20 ont nearly every day,
The new crop Of cotton IL begin
ming to arrive in market. A few bales
were brought to the city yesterday
and sold to an Elm street merchant.
The warm weather Of the past few
days has made the watermelon trade
quite brisk. A Dicklc u piece il the
general price. They could not he
cheaper
The piles OF dry good boxes that
are daily uDl0aded in front of the
stores on Elm street, show that our
merchants are getting ready for the
fall trade.
Onions, apples, eabbages and pota-
toes fresh this morning, will be in
store by s o'clock, ut EELBECK Il Co.,
next door to Bowen's store ON the
square.
Hundreds turned away from the
gospel revival meeting Sunday night,
unable to gain admittanoe. BY half
past seven o'clock, there was not even
standing room.
The brick schOol.hou building on
Him street that il being altered into u
spacious store-room for Messrs. Blake,
jenkins " Co., is rapidly approaching
completion.
"A drunken sleeper lay for an hour
last night in the doorway of Austin's
jewelry store, when an acquaintance
of his came along and woke him, thus
saving him from arrest.
1t took three men and five boys
fully an hour to drive and coax a sow
and five pigs, two blocks on Main
street, last night, when finally they
broke and scattered.
The voice OF the fakir again en-
livens the street corners, expatiating
to the gaping crowd on the excellence
and cheapness OF his wares. He opens
the ball by few sleight Of hand tricks,
dexterously executed.
There will be mass meeting Of
the Germans Of the city, at Turner'S
hall, Thursday evening of this week,
to consider the school question. All
who feel AN interest In discussing the
subject, are invited to attend on that
occasion.
The San Jaclnto hotel will here.
after be known as the Windsor hotel.
The repairs and additions to tho build.
ing are nearly completed aud we learn
that the hotel will be opened to the
public In September, under new man.
agemeDt.
Next Sunday the Turner'S associa.
ton will give an entertainment and
social hop at their hall on Commerce
street. The best German lndies and
gentltmeh In the city will sustain this
company, which isunder the direction
Of MIR. Julius Langenbeck.
Accidentally shot.
Last night about ten o'clock. wbiIa