Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-24
WACO.
Raise on Prices Ycast-t,om.
blers DemOraIizcd-M Minor To-
cal Breyities.

Special 10 the Gazette.
Waco, November 23.-The public
especially mercantile men, are warned
to look out for one w. ID. Nav. olias
Fair, alias Hill, and perhaps other
aliases. Tall, slender, with blonde
hair and mustachc, May, who is a
young man of good manners and ap-
pearance, has just worked Waco and
gone to pastures new. Arriving here
tuesday, and representing himself as
tne advertising agent OF Steele & Price
Oh Nhicayo, proprietors of DR.. Prices
cream baking powders, he ut once pro.
ceeded to advertise largely in the local
press and make himself laniliarIy
solid' with leading business men.
one scheme that he worked NJ was n
competitive contest in cooking. with
premiums of S25, SIS and SO i'm poid
Tor the best loaves of light-bread and
plseult made with Prices baking now
ders. The premiums Were 10 he
awarded next Tuesday, and the bread
TO be donated to the st. PauPs Child
festival. Housewives bought baking
powders like hot cakes. and
dozens OF ladies were poin~
to try for the premiums. The
result of all this is that May has rome
now, nobody knows where, and the
culinary contest is "oh." He went
away with fifty dollars of Cleveland &.
Caineron's money in his pocket for
which they hold his sight draft on
steele IL Price for fifty dollars They
mad him corralled in their office and
were writing telegram to Chicago
when he lodged out and fled like ~
wild deer. He left his grip sack )
an overcoat and Il three days board bill
ut the Pacific hotel. The Ey-
amlner and Day also hold his
checks for large amounts each. as he
contracted for years extensive nd.
Vertlsing in each paper, giving checks
on Steele u Price in advance INV.
ment. When May first came he regis-
Tered rs Hill When he appeared ne
May this aroused the snsi icions nj !
Landlord Scarborough, and the ex.
pose followed. 1t is said here that
MAY exploited in Fort Worth recently
inder the name of Fair.
tNanlnations have been going ON ot
many OF the city schools to-day. in.
the public free schools. The
'Vfeage attendance mt the public
schools Is now over 500. with IN ON.
'oiiInent of over 1000 At Waco Uni
iersity this morning Senator Coke nv
,equest, made an address to The sti1.
Tents. '"S "'"-
The colored conference is busv TO-
NY examining statistical reports. One
MINISTER was expelled because of No
lecting his pastoral duties.
Every gambing-house in the civ 10
losed, and at least one establishn5ens
las All It's furniture and effects pncl, ed
8 II contemplating removing eIse.
vhere. The grand jury is indjcting
nc gamblers right and left, and there
disposition on the part of sportjng- I
zen TO leave Waco and seek pasturas
ew' They say thev are willing to
NY reasonable fines but they cannot I
and too much. 'i''
IN the recorders court this n,orn;no i
,niiie Mack, proprietress of The Horse $
noe variety theater was up for sell /
y iiquor without a license, 81. 7
'ked Tor jury and the Jury assessed b
ie penalty at five dollars, IA tha
ate penalty for this offence Is s15n
~ ac'ion of the jury in imposjna
ny iive dollars fine is commercial n5 n
ken. 'fpe" VIII be
ih me district court the jury in ibe 81
lchson case is ''hung." In the re-
tueis court one gambler fined sin ~
rs the days work "io !"