The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-09-16
| LOCAL LORE
e,oriOus Rain That Wished the
City and County.
,.,o,istary Medicine MatterS-StOlen
'T Horse.
0,,,r Matters by the City Edit or
FINE RAIN FALL.

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cost refreshing item is furnished thu
r,,rp this morning for which due &C
.o,ledgments OF the reporter and tn,
.,,g,ofthe community are hereby ten
Ia Since the fourth day of July las
An oue or two slight exceptions, DALAI
1as immediate vicinity had received {
s,d.u recognition from the weather
~ only. Not y tiny tea--drop, 4
al.tsned sympathy, was. women
sS 'mortals here below, in this section
w sireets, to which reference has. bef i
w W "a often, were surfaced merely withSa
;-,i "a finely mortared by passing vehicles
~ ,ender them exceedingly obnoxious Ia
',..y branch of trade and every character
4 Nh sIness. The ieeblest puff OF wind was
.s,ssht with q violence to The average citi.
Y" that made him forget that
IN, ever ga2ed upon house
III divine worship. 0iiOus clouds
.;,,nshed soil with not sufficient supply
Y Tster to temper, the ravages invaded
X, rty in nearly every portion. The els.
,,,ps Of private residences, never known to
|si snort Of necessary de.
r,,as, were exhausted and zen.
i,rsi useles, lawns and shrubbery
Isj bseun to .wither under the scorchine
NJ, al an undimmed sun The whole
IN was, in fact, prey tot drouth whose
sy,rss we're anything but ad analogous
|@peasant. Ram was one of the things
sjiyoutly to be wished" and its downfall
,sterday morning was greeted with many
hanks 1t began TO rain early, and cor.
snred with, for the greater portion of the
fne. steady fall until noon.
nv streets were flooded with water for the
6prp and the cutters received cleansing
vbich they sadly needed. The awnings
,,ksd miserably, but SO thankful was the
Jsuizsn, but little heed was paid them. Main
ereet stood the watery surprise nObly. It's
cutters were equal to the emergency. Elm
s,reet suffered materially In that portion
bplveen Lamar and Sycamore, where nav.
NM Il being laid. Excavations had been
made, preparatory to placing the bois d arc
oinls in position. These were rapidly filed
With water, and resembled miniature lakes.
The loose covering Of the sewers, recently
bid. readily absorbed the water and rem.
is,d dangerous any passage in that local..
IL. Danger signals we're hoisted in cOnse.
,uince, and Lamar and Murphy streets
Slncaded at their junction with Elm.
npedIments Of warning were also
,sc,d across Elm street at
he junction Of Austin,
I'D lust east of its intersection with Muir.
lhy street. This provision for safety
hOueh thoughtful, should have been pro
ided earlier. No less than half dozen
plmsters will attest the truth of this asser-
lon. A number OF teams were victims OF
be traacherous soil covering the Elm street
ever, but all were extricated without
amage. The merchants, too, suf.
ned no little annoyance from
eng cut of from the wagon trade In
bat locality, but there was no remedy
hand, and the reporter heard of but few
,Bpants. There were a number Of
nuslng features connected with the inUn
liion OF the excavated portion OF Elm.
,cuarly inclined vendors of fishing tackle
w good advertising scheme, and planted
IDS, with line and hook attached, at the
lges Of the sidewalks, and placarded them
lib labels bearing the inscription, Fish,
e cents per pound"
The small boy also "got his work in"
ID numerous were the small crafts impro.
sed for the occasion and launched with
lch gusto. The rain was heralded with
uch rejoicing in the city, but in what
lht the farming fraternity view II the re-
iiter Is not prepared to state. Prominent
ton men are OF the opinion that while II
~ not work q very serious
mage to the cotton crop 1t
d have the effect to largely decrease
e quality OF the staple, yet 1t will benefit
e tall grasses. The rair -!all appeared TO be
general one, aud doubtless included
he section oi Northern Texas.
The Triti Y river Is gradually ris-
and the large amount of driit-wood
ating down the stream shows that there
We been heavy rains north OF here.