Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-27
PARKER COUNTY.
An UnsoplsistIcated Couple and Conf
dence Swindler--Other Interesting
Items from Weather ford.

Items from
Correspondence Of the Gazette
Weatberford. July 25.-Uncle Bob
Newberry. a prominent farmer Of this
county, and withal most excellent
citizen, and his good wife, have just
returned from visit to friends in Illi-
nois. The old people have not tray
eled much and are very unsophisti-
Gated and fell very readily into the
hands Of sharper who sat near them
in the car as they were going on their
visit, and learned from their CONVERSE
ton all about their destination and
who their friends were. He APP
preached them, and Of course knew all
about the town and the friends they
were on their way to see. He told
them he lived there, and was on his
way home with the dead body OF u
brother, and his trip had been SO long
and expensive that he had about run
out of money; that the train men
were about to put the body oil be-
cause his ticket had given out.
He begged piteously that they would
lend him enough money to get home
on, when he would return it, which
the tender-hearted old people did not
! hesitate to do. As Mrs. Newberry,
who carried the purse, was getting out
| the money, two twenty dollar gold
pieces cropped in her lap. Just at this
| juncture an accomplish appeared at the
car door, and sang out: Hurry up or
we will put off that cof1ip!" The
sharper grabbed up the two twenties
and, startinn' Off on run, said: IN
hand you the change i'll a few mo-
hments.u 1t is needless to say that was
the last ever seen of the rascal. Uncle
Bob is wiser, but could not well be a
better man.
The wreck on the Texas and Pacific
near Aledo night before last caused all
the trains to be behind. The GAZETTE
failed to get in entirely greatly to the
disappointment of its one hundred
subscribers.
4 James Norman was tried to-day be
fore Hon. A. j. Hunter, On the charge
of lunacy. a jury adiudged him in
sane. The court ordered him confined
in the asylum for security and treat
ment, and appointed his brother
, Joseph Norman, guardian OF his estate
Price billiard, from Gordon, was OF
our streets yesterday, Offering hors
for sale. His actions excited the sus
: picion of Deputy Sheriff Henry Sisk
who telegraphed to Constable Blocl
| nj (rOfuOl, Dut lilleu w Sct Oh "h'
, until this morning, saying that Dll
: lard had no right 10 sell the horse. ii
1 the meantime, he sold the horse an
4 had skipped out before tho ansWe
a came. The purchaser, Mr.. A. L
n Farmer, is in mortal fear Of an owner
! arrival. billiard said he was going I
/. Cleburne.
@ / cannot but refer in eXultation, o.
l. casionailv, to the splendid crops. w
n Oldest and most conservative farmti
Is say that in an experience OF twenty
?. thirty years in Texas they have nev'
4 seen anything to surpass this year
v crops. Still corn is selling ON OF
Is streets at 80 cents per bushel. We al
le all intoxicated with joy mt the pro
pect of plenty of hog and hominy tn
winter. No more rabbits and mustan
grapes in our'n; no, thanks.
Since writing the above heaI
rain has fallen accompanied by ligl
A wind aud some hail.
Marriage licenses were issued to-da
10 VIM. Owens, Jr,, and Miss Ang
line Ingrum, and yesterday 10 w.
McCracken and Miss Fannie Taylor.
y. This is 10y far the hottest day OF Il
81 season.