The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-25
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

The FIRE boys were out drilling last
night.
Beautiful sunshiny days with cool
pleasant nights.
Church and society festivals are
fashionable now.
There are twenty-nlne prisoners In
the Jail at present
"A slight norther has made the
weather rather cool.
Tho pay.car OF the Central passed
up the road yesterday morning.
--Dlckey and his force caught and
impounded twenty hogs yesterday.
The Iowa quill drivers will arrive
here this evening about six o'clock.
between forty and fifty bales OF
cotton were on the market yesterday.
%. M. Wheat u Co have opened up
d real estate Office at No GIL Main
street.
The street cutters are filled with
filth and stagnant water, and should
be cleaned out.
The detectives are busy watching
Sam Bass party, and Bass spies are
busy watching them.
-Flshing IL the main sport at pres
ent. Those who have been out to the
lakes have met with splendid success.
On Friday night the ladies of
Floyd street M. Il Church will give
sociable at Fireman's hall, East Dial
las.
There were several runaway teams
on Elm street yesterday, which caused
ripple OF excitement for the time be-
ing.
The Dallas and Wichita railroad
10 doing fair business In shipping
lumber to the terminus of the road for
the west.
"A fine drove of fat cattle passed
through Elm street yesterday. They
were the property Of Mr.. Wilson, Of
this city.
j. Hess, charged with making loud
and unnecessary noise was fined two
dollars and costs In the police court
yesterday.
The hogs and dogs have not finish
ed eating all the poison yet az Is evil
denced by the dead oarcases lying
about the streets.
Yesterday evening horse attached
to an express wagon cavOrted about the
public square for awhile, hut proved too
lazy to runaway.
Tho war of the candidates for county
offices opens Saturday at Duck Creek,
when several Of the friends Of the
dear people will crate.
"A fisticuff between two females of
upper.tendom occurred yesterday, but
for the other hearts that would ache
their names are not given.
Assessor and Collector Bogel has
fitted his office up In splendid style.
While there Is q lack Of extravaganza
everything is tasty and neat.
The spirit Of freedom arouses itself
In the average Dallas boy when he
thinks that he might be fishing these
fine days instead Of going to school.
Owing to the recent rain the rev
ceipt OF wheat yesterday was not as
heavy as heretofore. About three
hundred bushels we're received ut the
Dallas city elevator.
The telegraphio. report brings the
unwelcome intelligence that our flyers
were "goosed at the New Orleans
races yesterday evening. The racers
were In poor plight.
Last night the reporter saw Dali
las youth lying In n beastly state Of
intoxicstion in hack standing at the
Last Chance saloon, at this terminus Of
the Main street railway.
"A number OF odd fellows will arrive
this evening on the Dallas and Witch
tia railroad to attend the odd fellows
picnic at Longs Lake on Friday. Their
families and number Of Others will
come down Friday morning.
The fish In the Dallas branch are
dying from some unknown cause. A
large number OF them were floating on
the surface Of the stream yesterday,
and 1t was the opinion of parties liv.
ing near the branch that they had
been poisoned.
The report that Sam Bass and his
gang have left Denton county, going
westward, Ii not correct. Reliable In
formation has been received that the
gang are still in the cross timbers OF
Denton, and have made no attempt to
get away. Some important arrests are
looked for within few days.
A man by the name of Somers
was locked up by officers Alkire aud
Arnold, late night before last, on the
suspicion burglariously entered o
freight Car at the Houston and Texas
Central depot, where he was found
asleep. The man was very drunk, |
and was merely fined for that ofiense, |
yesterday.
Samuel Pipes and Albert Herndon
gave bail yesterday evening In the sum |
Of twenty-five hundred dollars each, |
before United States Commissioners