The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-04
CITY DOTS.

You can get your ice at 81 per hundred al
+. B. Hager's, 70S Main street. Open until
ten o'clock every night
J. Bates, the buffer, banged Mike Dernan
in the nose yesterday ana was arrested and
'jugged by Officer Hess.
The White House saloon spreads a superb
lunch every morning, and sets out none but
the best brands Of liquors.
Professor Lawreaces splendid band COM
plimented us with s-renado Wednesday
night Thanks for the sweet music
At meeting of Engine Company No. |
Wednesday night, June Peak was elected
Second Assistant foreman Of that company
Several delegates to the Greenback Ma
tional convention to be held in Chicago
passed through en- route for that city last
night.
The street sprinkler ought to get a per-
forated nozzle to use on his hose, rs there i;
considerable complaint that the present mode
of sprinkling forms holes in the streets.
Passenger train No. /, on the Pacific road
due here ut ll:i5, made the through trip tc
Weatherford for the first time, Trains vii
ran clear through hereafter. Sunday the
road changes the Timetable.
Oliver Upton, u prisoner confined in the
staton-house for drunkenness, had an epilep
tic fit Yesterday, and it WAS thought iol
awhile that he would die. A physician was
sent for and late las. night he WAS better.
Tully Williams who did South America
several years ago captured in his travels 3
Brazilian broad. sword, which together will
the scabbard, he presented Wednesday to the
Queen City Guards. II is fine weapon, and
rs it is too wieldy to be worn on ordinary oc-
casions, will be kept in the company's armory
as IN ornament.
This morning there will be = special train
to Weatherford, which leaves her. Mt !
O'Clock and will arrive at Weatheriord Mt l
q. m. Fare for the round trip. So. The re.
turning train will leave Weathertorl at 5 y.
m. The citizens of that place celebrate the
completion of the road to tina! point by Civ.
ing grand barbecue to-day. A large num-
Der will attend from this city.
James Fleming, native of Ireland, died
at the City hospital Wednesday of dysentery,
in his forty-eighth year. He had been sick
for some time, and when he vas taken to the
hospital several weeks SINCE ne was too far
cone for medical aid. He has two sisters
living in New Orleans, and was a man of
some attainments When he first arrived
here he went to work on the Trunk Line
and labored until he was taken sick. His
remains were inferred at the city's expense
Mr.. Jacob Housewright, who resides ir
Collin county, was in the city yesterday and
saws that the sensational report that a Mrs
Pruitt and her daughter were killed, some
fifteen miles southeast Of Mckinney, wa:
not true. She and her daughter had re-
moved TO Wise county some time ago. He
saws that such a report had reached hi;
ueighborhood that they had been killed while
attempting q robbery in Wise county, bu,
that it was not credited. Colonel Ton
Murray, of Mckinney, arrived in the city
Yesterday, and assured . HERALD reportei
that there was not word of truth in the
report.
Elsewhere will be found tho votes of the
members Of the Democratic State Executive
committee rs to location Of holding the next
State convention. It's an official document
over the signature of Colonel L. G. Bower
chairman Of the committee. 1t could not be
made sooner, for the simple reason that he
had not received all the votes until to-day
| It will be seen that ID Has has nineteen votes
three over bare majority. Colonel Bower
| will call the convention here if our citizen:
provide place for the convention to meet
otherwise, he will not be justified in doing so
and will have to call II at Houston, where {
place is provided.