The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-18
DALLAS, TEXAS.
SATURDAY MORNING AUGUST IS.
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

Moist and pleasant
Free from dust for day or two at
least,
-SSl83 isa pretty good price for u
bale Of cotton.
Prairie chickens are now well
grown, and our nimrOds are preparing
TO take the field.
We arc Informed that II lady inS
tends TO open "A handsome cigar store,
on Lamar street.
The new cutters did excellent SER
vice yesterday, and soon drained the
streets where they were laid,
The rain yesterday was m incstima-
BILE blessing, and has been Of incalcu-
liable value to the late cotton.
lis u new operahouse TO be built or
not? Surely this city needs one badly.
Who will move in the matter?
Nov Fort Worth Ia growing abou
the base ball business. What's the
matter? Nobody is treading on your
Corns.
Fort Worth has n dramatic asso-
citation, that make occasional trips
through the western portion Of the
state.
"A practice game of the Star nine,
this afternoon, at four o o'clock, near the
Mabel garden. All who want to play,
be on hand.
The fair directory did not meet
yesterday, az was supposed. The base
ball boys are anxious to get permission
to use the grounds next Tuesday.
The coroner's jury in the case Of
the man Bernerl, who was killed by
Chambliss, rendered n verdict yester-
day, in accordance with the facts.
The contract for furnishing medi.
cal services to the prisoners In the
county Jail, and attending inquests
etcetera, was awarded to DR.. Allen.
There are about dozen portable
engines on the track at the Pacific de.
pot, consigned to G. s. Mitchell ~ Co.,
and the depot Is crowded with freight.
"A sidewalk is needed now on Syca-
more street, badly. We are informed
that Mr.. John w. Thompson intends
putting one down Immediately in
front of his property on that street
The secretary OF the Fair Associa-
ton reports that the northwestern
stock men are taking great dea Of
interest in our coming fair, and the
display of blooded stock will be large.
Miss Rose Wood supported by
Lewis Morrison's superb dramatic com.
pany, have written here to be booked
for three nights in January. Miss
Wood is charming actress, and is Il
prime favorite in the east.
There is no prettier sight than to
see ladies playing billiards. Tom
Smith has put up table for the exelu.
sive use Of the lady guests ofthe house,
in the spacious hall, where the fair
ones can initiate the sterner sex ma
nipulating the worries.
No man in town has taken more
interest in the "sending off, of the
first bale of new cotton, than Mr..
James Il. Undertake, the enterpris.
ing cotton buyer, who is operating
with Mr.. McEntire. To his efforts, is
due much of the eclat OF the occasion.
There being no gutter across Syca-
more street, on the south side corner
of Elm street, the water ran outside o
the new box drain on Sycamore, till it
got down to the level of the bottom of
the drain. Mining under it, IL raised
up one section, which will have to be
fixed.
Mark Grayson, the author and
actor, who is now playing his dramas
here, is to be business manager of
CaldwelPs Broadway theatre compa-
ny for the coming season; f. +. Tuck.
er agent This company will visit
Texas. Mr.. Grayson is an actor of
experience, and will be valuable &C.
QUESTION to the party.
We call the attention of TIE city
engineer to the wall which was built
up recently in front of Orrs stable,
and which had caved in during the
hard storm, in the spring. 1t is very
liable to dol again, as thewater forced
Its way from the street to 1t, and our
reporter noticed small stream COM
ing through the masonry, yesterday,
which, If 1t is left unnoticed, will soon
do damage.