The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-10
SIDEWALK NOTES.
Our streets are fine for dirt-daubers.


Our streets are a bonanza for the small
boy and the little girl, for mud pies.
The mud is ubiquitous, tenacious, iniqui-
t0us and the council cOntumaciOus.
The west bound train on the Texas e Pa
cifc road was ten hours late last night.
The weather has been so bad for some
DAYS past that work had to be suspended on
the new Jail, but it was resumed yesterday.
There was heavy frost yesterday morn
ing, and the sun shone beautifully bright
yesterday all day.
City Marshal Arnold had a drayman
pulled and calaboosed yesterday for wan
tonly scattering mud on people
Mr. William G. Sterrett, proprietor oft
evening Times, has thrown up his contract
to do the city printing.
The bottom of the Elm fork of the Trinity
river is overlooked with water, and there
was no train out to Denton last night in
consequence.
Mr. A. ID. Fife, 72S Elm street, dealer in
agricultural implements, etc, had telephone
No 100 put up yesterday. Subscribers will
please make u note OF this.
Our reporter heard drummer, Just ar
rived, yesterday afternoon eXcaim, as he
surveyed Main street: This is next to
Houston"
Look out for my vaccnate," is the com
mon expression on the streets nowadays,
and every other man you meet is nursing
his arm, and looking lugubrious.
A man named Steward raised rookus
Wednesday at the st. George hotel by en-
tering portion of the premises reserved
exclusively for the ladies, and was up for it
in the mayors court yesterday.
Owing to the recent heavy rains the tel
cgraph poles in places along the line of the
Missouri Pacific railroad We're washed up,
and telegraphic communication was cut off
yesterday between Waco and this place by
that route.
Why are not the calaboose prisoners kept
busy cleaning crossings? The weather is
sucn they can do no other sort of work and
why not this2 Must the people feed them
in their idleness and wade through oceans
of mud too?
LArgentine, Major J. Il. Barkley's cele-
brated and blue-blooded race mare. dropped
a foal esterday morsing. IL is horse, bay
in color, star in forehead, snip on nose, and
two white hind feet. 1t is of royal pedigree,
being by Jack Hardy. and he by imported
Phaeton, the sire of Ten Brock.
In to-day's paper will be found the card
of Mitchell Il Scruggs, who keep in their
magazine a large and full assortment of the
celebrated Oriental powder. The manufac-
turers have made Dallas point OF delivery
and purchasers can get as low figures here
as can be gotten at the factory.
The Trinity river is on n big boom, the
biggest, in fact, within the memory of the
Oldest inhabitant. 1t looks like young
ocean or sea-at any rate you can see it..
The water yesterday afternoon was saddle
skirts deep on the pike on the west side of
tln stream. and still n rising
Bud Stamper, gay and festive gambler,
who was under bond In this city to answer
the charge ofgaming, having left his bonds
man with q small-siZed wallet to hold, has
been arrested at Paris and will have to re-
turn and face the music, nolens volens. The
way of the transgressor is hard, but il is
best to stand II like man.
The mud on Main street Is a terror to pc.
destrians as well rs to those who drive We
hices. There is very little news in this
statement, but there is q small item in the
fact that team had to be unhitched and a
wagon load OF hay left standing on Main
street near the crossing of Murphy, yester-
day afternoon, because of the depth and the
tenacity Of the mud.
A lady attempting to pass over from the
south to the north side of Main street, at
one Of the Lamar street crossings yesterday,
mired, stumbled and fell at full length Ia
the mud, bespattering and besliming her
clothing completely. Her parasol sank out
OF sight In the soft slush and had TO be fishcd
out. Comment Is unnecessary. The PEG.
pie and the city fathers, especially the
aspirants for reelection, for IL.
The city fathers II seems sniille economy
when street payoments are mentioned or
limited at, but they can certainly provide
good crossings. The sum OF $500, IL is esti-