The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-29
CITY DOTS.

The holiness band are beginning to draw
crowds to their camp meeting.
Msckerel, extra quality, hve-pound cans,
at l.. f. Hughes, 72O Elm street.
Bath bricks for Frightening dinner knives
and forks at L, f. Hughes, 720 Elm street.
Mr.. B. NJ. Melton has been appointed cot.
ton weigher, and received his commission
yesterday.
To-day at the Temple Emanuel the Con-
gregational Emanu-El will hold an election
Of officers.
A pleasant breeze prevailed all day yester-
day. Early in the morning there was u light
rain fall that partially laid the dust.
The office ofthe. American sewing machine
company was removed yesterday to 705 Elm
street, where an Office has been fitted up in
6rst-class style.
The upstairs of the millinery establishment
Of A. A. Pearson caught fire yesterday, but
was extinguished before any alarm was
sounded. The damage was trihing.
Alex. HalQuirst, the proprietor of the old
notorious Point Breeze saloon, was fined IS
and costs in Justice Edwards court yester-
day for using profane language.
The remains of large dog which died
Tuesday, is lying six or eight rods south
west of the City hotel, and has been
creating very unpleasant odor for the past
two days,
Mr.. Harris, the great news dealer, next to
the post Office sends us all the new weeklies,
Harper, Leslie, Puck, etc. "Forbidding the
Bannss," by Puck, is excellent novel and
ingenious.
The attention of the public is directed to
the notice of the Cathedral grammar school
to be found in another column. This school
is under the able management Of Professor
j. F. Hamilton.
Tomorrow and Tuesday are the last days
City assessor and.collector, MIR. Bogel ar. his
assistant Mr.. Bissell, were busy yesterday
receipting for taxes paid.
John Corcoian, an Irshman, aged 80 years,
died al the city hospital Friday night of ty-
phoid fever. The remains were inferred at
the expense Of the county. The deceased
has relatives living in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The Holiness band is booming; the attend.
ance on the meeting last night was large, Il
great number from the city being present.
To-day will be the big day with them. The
grounds are situated some three hundred
yards southwest of the terminus of the Com
merce and Ervay street railway.
The jury of inquest empanelled by Jus.
tice Peak to examine into the cause of the
death of Harry Altman, who died Friday
evening from the effects of an overdose of
morphine, returned verdict yesterday morn
ing that the deceased came to his death
through an overdose of morphine admins
tered by his own hands.
A HERALD reporter CHANGED in at tho
large furniture establishment of I. Billing
ton, 70l Elm street, corner of College street,
yesterday, and was surprised to find such an
extensive variety and elegant stock of fur
niture. His stock is Of the latest designs and
his parlor sets are beautiful being gotten up
in elegant style.
The track of the Dallas s. Wichita road
has been laid within half a mile of Lewis
vile, which will be reached the first part of
this week. The road will, when it is COM
pleted to that point, give grand excursion,
and the citizens Of Lewisville will on that
occasion, give regular od-fashioned barbe-
cue spread.
The Garfield and Arthur club met at
Craddocks opera-house last night. There
were some two hundred people in attendance.
Speeches were made by DR.. A. NJ. Cochran;
Melvin Wade, colored; Colonel George
Hynson and Colonel Tegner, of Austin.
Thirty-fve enrolled their names as members
OF the club, making total membership of
239.
The Milwaukee News says: Col. Whitla,
proprietor of the Grand Windsor hotel, at
Dallas, Tex, after having heen swndled in
Chicago for the past five days, with other
Sir Knights, came up to spend few days in
Waukesha and attend church with Bill Wor.
den, in the absence of Frank Austin and
Harry Bull. Col. w. is not only one of the
hest hotel men in the SOUTH but an excellent
Judge of spring water. threshing machines,
old shot guns, rubber boots, Republicans and
everything else that is sworn out. Ifever you
90 to Dallas hunt up the Grand Windsor