Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-26

Almost A Biz Fire MIR. Baecher's Lee.
ture--A New Daily PapSr-0ther
Items of Interest.

\ caught fire about six o'clock this even.
/ ing In the ware.room of TUCKER q VIII
\ lis. adjoining their drut' store, and
+ communicated with lot of ant eXter-
minator The burning sulphur was
/ almost sitting, even after the fire was
/ put cut. which was done by the fire
( company before much damage was
done. But considerable loss was sus-
tanned, perhaps to the amount OF 81 600,
/ by flooding the storc-rocm with water
The spri skler wagon run into Mr.. J.
-. Bells buggy 4his morning o.
Fourth street, and bent the spindle of
one OF the hind wheels.
Rev. James Billings. n Universalist
minister Is in the ci " He will re-
main here till after next sunday, aud
will preach during the time If a
suitable house can be obtained. He
visits Texas asa missionary, represent
ing the general conventions ofthe Unl-
versalist church.
The fire alarms Of the city are now
in position They were tested to-day
and found 20 work satisfactorily.
Mrs. w. .. Morrison is quite sick
with fever.
We hear considerable complaint rela-
tive 20 he ineiliciency Of the telephone
exchange oil this place, and especially
st night.
The lecture Of Henry Ward Beecher
TO be delivered here at the opera house
next Saturday night. the 9th inst, is
such as will doubtless draw large
house. The theme is THE Reign OF
the Common People,
Three coored youths, james A.
Hines, Willis Campbell and Will
liam Campbell, left here
yesterday TO attend college at Wash
ipgton City. They will enter the
graduating class.
Tie charter Of the proposed new
paper soon to be published ut Waco,
was probably filed in Austin to-day.
The name Of the paper is " The Day.
1t will stqrt AS an evening daily. The
capital stock is 5000. The press has
arrived and the balance Of the mate
rial viii be here in few days. Tho
first number will be issued about the
18th Of October. The paper will be !
set" in nonpereil and agate type. |
The company is composed of practical |
printers and newspaper men, and be- |
sides, we understand that the enter !
prise is backed with ample capital !
and it viii hardly fail.
Mr.. Baker, Of Dakota. the husband |
of Mrs. Baker who eloped with DR. |
Swisher, is here, presumably to recover
his children. Dir. Swisher is still in
Jail, awaiting the arrival OF an officer
from Dakota. Mrs. Boxer and the
children are here IN a boarding house
Mr.. Dick Davis left this evening on
the Missouri Pacific Train, via Fort
Worth, for his ranch in Dickens
county.
The cotton market closed here to-
day weak. Prices unchanged; 81 To 95
with downward tendency Receipts,
l27 bales.
NJ. Surratt Esq, returned this morn
ing from HillsbQro. The attorneys up
20 the time he left, had not agreed on
nings of this place has been selected, !
but he is too sick with fever to accept /.
the position.
Capt. $. A. Blair went up to Hills |
boro this evening.
Mr. Bob Stuggis was called to Hills
boro this evening, to attend the bed |
side Of his sick brother, Il. j. Sturgis. !
Alderman Makeig went up TO West /
this evening
L. Mayer IS Co., wooIers, to-day as !
signed to simon Dalsig, and gave pref |
erence to the amount of $Sl05l3. The /
preferences were principally on ac- /.
count OF accommodation notes and |
money loaned. The assignee expressed |
the belief that the liabilities would eX- !
coed 81 ,ON0000 and considered ii prob !
aole the assets would mol be far short |
OF the debts. He could assign no
cause for the suspension. The firm
has been in existence for twenty-five |
years and its business has been con-
fined exclusively to wooiens.
Charles f. Dare, carriage maker, |
of Courtland street, filed an assingn- !
ment to-day for the benefit Of his cred |
itors giving preferences amounting to /
$50, l22.
Levi Bros & Co., clothiers, AZ Broad
way, filed an assignment to-day Tor
the benefit of their creditors to Solo |
mon IL. Kahn and have given prefer
enee to the amount Of about $4,000
Mr.. John Farley, his wife ana his
niece Miss Dottio Kelly, left this eve
ming for st. Lonis.
II. Slesingov left on this evenings
train FOR Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Maj 4. Hinchman went up to
Hillsboro this evening on business
connected with his branch agrieultur-
al house az that place.
Mr., W. Il. Willis, Maj. Il. II, Grs-
ham, Col. j. M.-Andersou, Mrs. John
NJ Dyer, DR., II. Robinson and Mr..
John Boidman were among the many
passengers on the Missouri Pacific
this evening,
Col. l.. Busono of Galveston is in
the city.
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