The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-20


both In and out of hA party The me
chanlca and aborlng men Of tho city say the
expect 10 have something 10 say IN tho com
Ing election, and will hold q convention II
a few days for tho purpose OF bringing out
candidate for Mayor ---Oilloera Davenport
and Whether arrested negro last night neal
the negro gambling headquarters In thu
Third ward, thinking no was ono OF tho par
ties who has been doing so much shooting
In that vicinity for tho last four nights, II
turned out, however that instead OF fleeing
from tho oilleerA, be was endeayorlng 10 ge
himself from beneath tho empendlng danger
that clustered about tho wrathlul head Of an
infuriated female who WAS uslng every enor
To reek her unprovoked yengence upon him
He WINS released ~. W., Mckinney, the
advance agent and business manager Of Agnei
Herndon, "a in the city making the necessary
arrangements for her appearance on The
nights of tho 22d aud Esd of this month, ----
Eight candidates now In tho Held for Mayor,
''and still there's moro " follow -
Muddy streets are drying very rapidly.
George Holland, proprietor OF 'My Thea
tro," ornamented tho streets OF Fort Worth
Yesterday afternoon with M ostonIatious,
| UlueTluOOn pIuVuteloH w hVHN' va -" Nv
rick's Day. Hurrah for George, he
member tho Democratic convention In tho
courthouse next Saturday, Leak,
of the law firm Of Henry n Leak, Of Dallas,
WAS in the city yesterday. There has been
greater advance in tho price Of horse
flesh in this city than any other
commodity ever known 10 this market.
Horses that could have been bought for If.
teen or twenty dollars two months ago, will
bring forty and fifty dollars now, There is a
great demand for all kinds Of stock ut this
place. See what the railroad does for a
country, pay-car OF the Texas "
Pacific came in from Marshall yesterday after
noon.--.GeneraO j. NJ. Geors, candidate for
Mayor, has II biographical sketch OF hls. life
in pamphlet form, that traces his geneologl-
cal no ord back four hundred and twenty
three wears. Any one can seq
il by calling on the General. He takes
great pleasure ia cxhibting,t Tho Gcneral
Claims to be an oiIshoot Of tho royal Utly
family of England, md says that tlat within
itself Is enough TO elect any man 10 the office
of Mayor of Fort Worth,--We bad the
pleasure of forming the acquaintance of Cap
tam j. Mitchell to-day, who has been in our
city but short time, but who ranks with
the strongest capitalists and most accom-
pshed business men of Fort Worth. lie is
brother of w. q. Mitchell, the popular pro-
prietor of the famous saloon known rs the
"Paragon." Tn so gentlemen ARE quito an
accession to the business interests of Fort
Worth.-Chude DelIayen, the nd
vance agent of Nip and Tuck, is in tho city
1t gill be nip and tuck on 25th and 2Gth.---
There will be public speaking by all the can
didates for Mayor in the courthouse next
Saturday night. Everybody is invited to at
tend. Joe Brewer will loom up on this oc-
casion. Come out and hear the spontaneous
speeches of the ambitious asprants, ---Capt
Hanna is expected back from Missouri about
the first of next month.--His Honor, Re-
corder John III. Brown will announce himself
for Mayor tomorrow morning. The mer-
chants are determined on forcing John w.
Turner out US u candidate for Mayor. Come
out john you'll certainly bo elected.--
Among the many booms which have struck
this town in consequence of the railroad OK
tension is the boom in horse flesh, the market
value of which has about doubled itself in
the last sixty days. All kinds of horses find
ready sale, but the demand is more especially
for good draught horses and mules, which
command high prices. Straw which has
hitherto been considered not worth market
ing, is now utilized at So to $8 per ton, with
the supply not equal to the demand. The
present second edition Of winter has made
boom in wood-in fact everything is on
the boom here and the Fort does
not envy Dallas in the matter OF
her Grant and Bob Ingersoll booms
We don't want any in ours---
March 1871 John L. Brown, our present
Recorder, is now before the people of Fort
Worth as candidate for Mayor Mr..
Brown is a formidable candidate, and il
elected will certainly make good officer.
There are indications of rain.--There
will be public speaking by the candidates in
the court.house Saturday night. Ten can
ddates tor Mayor already out and two more
in the box About the 10Th of next month
there will be six days go-as-you-please
walking match in st. Louis. Texas will be
represented by the immortal Charley Say,
of this city. Charley says he will die on the
track or be there when the roll is called
Judge Hord will leave tomorrow for his
home in Weatherford. He will return next
Monday, and perhaps close out tho business
of this tenn of the district next week.
Miss Kate Efnor editor of the American
Sketch Book, which is published at Austin, is
in the city for the purpose of obtaining the
necessary information to enable her to write
up a sketch of Fort Worth and Tarrant
county. Our business men and citizens
should render her all the assistance possible.
Milton MOBILES plays in Evans hall TO-
night and tomorrow night
All the III Paso hotel: + S Frost, Kansas;
NJ Berryaeld, Union City; w w Carr, city,
RIM Whiteside, Stephenville; John L Ia
tum Galveston; M Falkrud, do: A Gold
stein, ST Louis; j L Thompson, New York;
M L Hayden, Marshall; I o Schewning,
Louisville; NJ holland, Nashville; w L
Graves, Galveston; II Tarmed, NV York:
N Turley, Galveston; Geo w Bowl, city; G
Il Hawkins, TT Worth; Max Mas, Austin;
Louis Mas, do; L NJ Nenormandie, do; w
NJ Bowles, Weatherford; I L Swombly,
Niles, Nebraska; T s Mckinney, Kansas;
G De Haven, New York; D G Brady, Hous-
ton; s G Allison, New York; 7 N Neel, Fort
Griffin; J Putnam, Gainesville; TN Lendsy,
Gainesville; w T Johnson, Fort Worth; r
j Dukes, st. Paul; j f Bond, Texas; 7 Z
Douglass, Tyler.