The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-15
LETTER FROM HOT SPRINGS.
correspondence Of tho Herald,

-eeming neglect has not been oeca.
.oRE by want of interest in affairs at home
nor Se | oeen so engrossed in pleasure MS
10 loose sight of Dallas, but sickness in my
family has kept me indoors, and prevented
my writing the HERALD.
It's certainly dull here, but the monotony
has been somewhat relieved for the past week
by the session OF the Chicago convention.
We watched that with great interest and
now we begin to speculate upon the coming
convention at Cincinnati. There does Eot
eem to be- any eneral favorite, but the
Democrat who can poll the largest vote is
generally desired, And very few think that
Tilden can do it.
There is no gayety here. Nearly every one
YOU see Is engaged in the all important work
OF ge.ung well; so you might say they are all
here Oh business. This is the place of last re-
sort, Judging from the number of.miserabe,
deform ID and diseased people that
crowd the streets daily, and
while it may seem strange, they are 9 or
nearly all cured if they only remain long
enough to test the waters. The curative
properties of these waters make new men
and women of the worst broken down in
valids. The certainty of relief more than
compensates for the many Inconvenience
that the visitor is compelled to undergo,
Nature never intended this for Il city. 1t
reminds me of mining town, where the
business houses are all built in the gulches
and ravines, for temporary use. 1t is very
much the same here. There is but one
street, in reality, and the mountains are so
high there is no room for another. The peo-
pie who are congregated here are mainly
supported by the outside world, so we must
be content if they fleece us little. But
precaution will save the visitor great deal
of trouble.
The race of drummers, SO slowly becoming
extinct, are here in abundance. The town,
or rather the people who come
here, are drummed to death. Even
the doctors, or the so-called doctors,
have their runners on the street. Hotels and
private boarding houses are innumerable,
and the smaller houses do great deal of the
drumming--nnd the newcomer not untre-
quently gets "taken in" 1t is q good idea
TO have your mind made up in advance upon
the hotel question, and upon your arrival
repair to your hotel and wait little till you
learn the ways of the town. 1t always runs
easier after that Don't rush into the first
hotel or the first hash house, or take up the
cheapest doctor; you may find it difficult to
get out after once in.
There are three prominent hotels, or you
may say flrst.class hotels here, that can be
relied upon. They are the Grand Central,
the Arlington and Avenue. When quar-
tered at either of these houses you may feel
YOU will be well cared tor The Grand Cen
trail though is just now growing in
favor with visitors, on account of a
new departure they have recently made. |
refer to their summer rates. The people OF
Texas usually com here at this season, and
more are now daily arriving, so that 1t will
be of interest to our readers to know that
under this new order you can get board AT q
frst-class hotel for the summer months at
about half their regular rates.
Mr.. Craig, the proprietor of the Grand
Central, says he prefers to fill his rooms in
summer at u low rate to having half OF them
idle for that time. The const quence is his
house is kept crowded. The house has an
advantage IN location that its rivals cannot
claim. 1t is situated on high elevation,
with beautiful grove surrounding 1t, and
large shade-trees overshsdowing the veranda,
which extends round the house, The rooms
are all newly furnished and have
gas, electric bells and good
Southern exposure. The dining
room is well ventilated and the table well
supplied with the best the market affords.
In fact the Strand Central with its summer
rates in the reach of all offers splendid
pleasure resort for our Texas people who
want to get away from the heat OF summer
and the annoyance of mosquitoes. The latter
are notably absent here, and always
find blankets comfortable at night.
MIR, Craig, in order to better subserve the iu-
terests of his invalid guests, runs free car
riages to the bath houses and return. This
Is no small item if you are here long and have
to have y a carriage daily. This, together
with his "cut" summer rates, will draw
many old customers away from the other
popular houses here, for very few will care
10 pay double price for what they can get at
half price.
Speaking of the bath houses they are quite
numerous, and while the waters are the same
in quality they vary in price. | believe all OF
hem, except the Palace, charge % ou
ticket (that is course) The Palace is Just
as good, but prefers to bathe many at that
prlc than few at higher figure, Capt
Q. Il. Maurice, who was at one time Mayor OF
Denison, presides over the Palace and makes
b pleasant for his Texas friends. The Palace
8 centrally located; gets its water from
'even springs direct; keeps a larger number
Of rubbers than other houses, so as not to
keep customers waiting The Palace is pref
cradle if for no other reason on account of
It's cheap rates. for we hardly ever get SO
wealthy that we will pay $3.50 when the
same article can be had for So.
find Texas is well represented here atthis
season, but there are not many Dallasites
P. X. Rogers, of the Memphis & Charleston
road, was here for one day, and Charley Pep
per, of the Grand Windsor, is here now
boiling out. "