The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-07-16
Z W0R rllLOCtL NEWS
A HOT AND DULL sABeArH DAY.
The Infaniiclde Mystery Denes solution
aud IL Dropped la nespAir-A Ten
nossee Lecturer loose Notes
aud Personals,

Fogr Worm, July l2e--To day has
besn very generally observed ~ day
OF rest in this city, only the drug
btoros aud now. stands being open for
business. Notwithstanding the in-
tense heat, large crowds we're out al
the morning services OF tho principal
churches aud, az night they were fair
ly attended. After - o'clock, noon,
scarcely u person could 20 seen on the
streets, so great was the heat, and only
mn occasional pedestrian could DO Oh
served, slowly pludding along, always
Keeping the shady side Of the street.
In the hotel corridors snt guests lnziiy
luunging on their chairs and COM
planning bitterly Of tho length OF The
day, whllo the boot.blaoss declared it
too warm for work, ana congregGled IN
nerds, guying one another, Those Tor
tunate enough to possess n home, re-
tired early In tho forenoon To the bo-
som oil their families and
there remained, but the strangers,
those who have no hono'
felt keenly the want Of some such
a few hours could be spont prohtably
and pleasantly, A room OF this Kind
might be titt6d up nc little expense by
the Young Mons Christian Associa-
ton, containing tho works
OF the standard historians and the
poets and essayists. By so doing, the
association would not only he "layiug
up treasures In Heaven" but 1t would
merit the thanks of many young mon
In this city who, without homes, have
no place 10 spend their evenings.
10 say that the city has boon dull
10 day for the newspaper man, hardly
does Tho subject justice. The desert OF
Sahorah would have been equally as
prolific In furnishing items as this city
to-day, but this osly shows that Fort
Worth has observed Sunday as II
should. Tho saloons all closed and
everybody remained nj home; so tho
day has literally glidod by Without ac-
cident or incident.
THAT ISFANTICIDE,
The finding of the dead body OF gu
infant in starch box in the suburbs
OF the city short while back, as well
as the arrest of a negro woman, who
wss thought to have been hired 10
leave the body whore IL was found,
have both been reported in THE HER
AID. At the timeof the arrest OF the
negro woman, the circumstances
pointed to a speedy development OF
the case and tho early arrest OF parties
who heretofore have stood we'll in the
city, but these surmises have not
"panned" out well; Tor now, after
week, no new facts have been ascer.
tanned, and it Is even said by some
that the child was q negro and not a
white child. AS murder will cut,
sooner or later, it Is supposed only TO
be matter of time when the guilty par.
ties are caught, and with this view of
the case, outraged justice must needs
wait until time avenges her wrongs.
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
Local option is the most commpu
subject OF conversation on our streets
at present. The majority Of the load
ing business men are strongly OPP
posed to 1t in this city, and will no
doubt use their influence to defeat it.
The trains coming into the city and
going out to-day were almost without
passengers, travel being materially
less Today than yesterday.
- l., Il. Slauter, tho efficient city
physician, stated to The HERALD
representative this morning, that
was excellent; in fact, unusually
good, considering the large amount OF
rainfall, for tho past two months.
The small boy now bewails the fact
that the Fourth Of July doesn'tcome in
August, and that no circuses are head
ing this way. The cucumber only, re-
mains as his solace.
This afternoon about 8 O'Clock, g
young negro woman gave BIRTH TO
child, while walking eiong Throckmor-
ton street, near Fifth. A policeman
called hack and had the mother and
child conveyed to her home, in that
a-.LI ~ Tho rifu knnyun HnI'E. ll1F-
acre. The newcomer was alive and
doing we'll at the last report, as was
the mother.
DISTINGUISHED PARSONAGE.
Colonel A. w. Wheatley, of Tonnes
see, is in the city. He held down the
corner of Main and Second streets last
night, delivering what he styled a
"ready.made speech" He says he
only reached.this city after travelling
1000 miles. He announced that with
in few days he would lecture in the
opera house-"not for money--dirty,
filthy lucreb-ut for fame, notoriety
one of tho trio.
PERSONAL
Mr.. +. a. Glass, of this city, re-
turned few days ago from Pslo
Pinto. He went there prospecting for
coal lands, but he says there is no coal
in that county. He leaves in few
days for Young County, where, he
says, there are strong evidences Of
coal.
CAPTAIN Thomas J. Dsrragh, q
prominent capitalist OF Little Rock, Is
in the city prospecting.
Mr.. a. A. Bench, of the Houston
Post, was in tho city to-day.
II, w. Freuchard, OF Decatur, is IN
the CITY tn-daY.