The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-17
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

The nre cisternB are well nlleu
with water,
Straw hats and linen outfits are
getting common on the streets.
The street cars are reaping har,
vest OF niokles this warm weather.
There are four prisoners In the
oalaboose, three men and one woman.
Yesterday was cloudy, sultry
day, the weather being uncomf ortably
warm.
Officers Waller and Cornwell were
busy yesterday collecting delinquent
fines due the city.
Lieutenant Peak VIII dismiss Il
portion OF his command to-day, keep.
Ing part Of them.
The Trinity river Is slowly rising
which shows that there has been a re-
cent rainfall northwest OF here.
A private party OF young ladies
and gentlemen enjoyed themselves at
Longs lake last night, picnicing.
Lieutenant Peaks rangers amuse
themselves laying around camp vieing
with each other In spinning yarns.
The wood dealer has relented, and
now asks only from three and quar-.
ter to three and half dollars cord
for his wood,
Mrs n, 9. Browder, wife OF the late
e, Q, Browder, of this city, died at her
residence two miles from the city,
yesterday morning.
"A number Of shop. keepers were
arrested yesterday by Deputy United
States Marshal Seward, for violating
the internal revenue law.
"A number OF witnesses were sum-
moned In this city yesterday to attend
the United States court at Tyler Tues
day, to testify in the Pipes,Herndon
case.
The HERALD acknowledges invi-
tations to the sociable, festival and
hop given at Fort Worth Thursday
night, for the purpose of raising funds
for the Trinity Guards.
Attention Is directed to the adyer-
tisement of the postmaster general,
which appears on tho second page, for
proposals for carrying the United
States mails in Texas.
MANY af rho forn, a RIO hauo ~ a |
harvesting their wheat and are pre-.
pairing to plant cotton, thereby raising
two crops during the same season on
the same ground.
"A number of wagons heavily load.
ed with freight, left for the west yes
terday morning. Among them were
several teams from the forts west, car
rying out government stores.
The mite sooiable OF the ladies' OF
st. Matthew's cathedral, to have been
given at the residence of Colonel C. s,
Mitchell this evening" has been post
poned until Tuesday evening next
This Is the time Of the year when 8
the nobby young man INCREASINGLY ]
racks his brain in vain attempt to
discover what will be the style in
standing collars for the remainder of q
the season. 4
The Lamar rifles met at their =
armory for drill last night. Captain
Keller has thoroughly versed the com.
pany in the tactics, aud there Is to. day
40 better drilled military organization
IN the state. d
The soft moonbeams fell on the j.
|runken form of a well dressed stran- o
er this morning, about two o'clock, a v
70 lay stretched out Oh the side walk U
n Main street 10 front of the First q
National bank. n
The picnic season is now In full tr
'loom, and the favorite place of resort ~
ppears to be Longs lake, which can y.
reached In short and pleasant ride IN
yer the Dallas and Wichita railroad, til
In Siler's 'busses, which are ready to
In ON all such occasions.
Major Jones, of the frontier bat, to
'lion, returned to the city last even. IN
Y from Tyler. In conversation he NJ
ated to HERALD reporter that some ;
MS men were after Indians who N,
ID made their appearance in Kimble IN,
UNITY, where they had been raiding ne,
There are now In all ten daily, hr,
'ekly and monthly publications in No
Is city. The tenth is the Texas Pro, %,
cts and Progress, monthly, which an,
ade Its appearance Wednesday. II az,
edited by II. s. Hyatt, and is de.
ted to the development Of the re. u
trees OF the state.
-Rev. J. M. Mubey, colored, will oa'
ltinue his evangelical labors among :"
colored people here for several W.
1s. He is directly from Washington .e..
=, where he was a student in the Voc
ithsonian institute, and will, no So So
lot, accomplish much good among no
colored brethren. aoo'
In the notice of the woman, Mrs. - ~
ter, who left her child In the hands o ,
farmer In this county, published wv
erday, 1t was stated that her "fath. 'u'
'as killed at Gettysburg" Such sou soo'l
the language OF Mr.. Colby, yet he W. I,
!, 80 ,'en n's'aheh' 10 the his
! is only about twelve years old. ther