Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-18
THE CENTRAL CITY.
The Company's Baggage Attached for
Money Advanced by Judge Gerald.
A Jurors Houses All Burned During
His Absence-0 Other Local Notes.

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! His Absence-0 Other Local Notes.
I special to the Gazette.
/ Waco, November 1T.--Miss Florence
| Gerald, Mr.. Marland Clark and cont
pany arrived here mt five o'clock this
| afternoon on the north bound Missouri
| Pacific train en- route to Hillboro,
where they are billed to play tonight.
! At the depot Miss Gerald was met by
/ friends and relatives. who bore per
/ emptory request from her parents that
she stop here and give up her tour in
/ IA Friend.n This is deemed appro-
pirate on account of her fathers con-
| dition, which is now exceedingly crit
| teal, with the chances against him.
/ She will remain here until the end
comes or he improves. Mr.. Clark and
the company were greatly nonplussed,
and do not seem to understand the sit
uation. To add to their discontinue,
some of their baggage was attached
/ while the train was ut the depot for
money that had been advanced them
by Judge Gerald. They did not go on
| to Hillsboro, but remain tonight. To
morrow they will decide whether they
go ahead without Miss Gerald or dis
band the company. 1t may be stated
that Miss Gerald's course Is Endorsed
by this community. She has no idea
of abandoning the stage, but holds
that her place is now mt Judge Ger
AIDS bedside until he either dies or is
pronounced out of danger.
General Manager Woodland and
party, OF the Texas & 1T. Louis rail
Z Ia. 81,
special train this morning and re-
turned this evening. They start back
to st. Louis tomorrow. 1t is intima-
ted that good many changes in sub
ordinate officials along the line may
be expected on the LIST proXino, as is
generally the case when new general
! manager or superintendent comes in.
Andrew Walden, white, age un-
known, was injured five miles east of
this city last evening, by being run
over by hand car of the Texas X st.
Louis railroad. Ii was purely his own
recklcssness that caused his death, rs
he reached over to grasp another ear
just in front of the ore he was ON. He
was brought to the city and diod last
night. An inquest was held this morn
ing and the body was given decent
burial to day. Walden was employed
as a section hand
In the district court all arguments
in the Manchaca land ease were
closed to-day and the case given
TO the jury this afternoon. No YER
diet yet. The grand jury have found
thirty-seVcn indictments, three being
iclonies. All the presentments were
turned over to the county court and
capases issued this evening. In the
county court George Bond obtained
Judgment against w. II. Roper for
S52l.JO. Roper asks for new trial
and if not granted will appeal In the
recorders court only two important
eases to-day.
All the railroads running into Waco
will adopt the new time standard,
ninetieth meridian, At noon to.mor-
row, and ali jewelers. will do likewise.
The new time is thirty-four minutes
faster than Waco mean time.
he ladies' of ST. paul's guild have
decided to have their bazar and tall
leauN vlvantes on THANKSGIVING day.
Another rehearsal viii bt had Monday
night.
Rev. NJ. a. Dnugherty of Austin,
and presiding elder of the Austin con
ference, NJ. T.. Church, is in
the city, and will preach to-mor-
row. He is On route for the
annual conference Of his Church,
which convened at Denison on the
2lst instant. He will leave for Deni-
son Monday, accompanied by Rev. G.. |
T.. Glddings, for three years !, asst in
pastoral charge of the III. +. Church
mere. BY Church law Mr.. Giddidgs
rahhot oe returned rs pastor, but IL is
thought he will he made financial
agent Tor the conference, which will |
aiiOw nm to remain here and complete |
the me church building he has under
way. He is very popular here, aud |
ms return is generally hoped for. Rev. |
II. l.. Armstrong, presiding elder of |
the Waco district, Nj. f.. Church. |
south, is also in the city and will |
preach tomorrow. IL is his first visit |
here. Mr. j. ID. Shaw went To Cor,i |
cana to-day, to lecture tomorrow to /
the Free-thinlers there.
Jack Robbs, juror in the celebrated .
Mahchaca case, now pendng in the
disirlct court. had his residence "a
good iive-rcom house stable. cattle
pens, sheep shed--everything on his
premises-5urned last nipht.
he lives near Ross station, twelve
miles from Waco. When he came to
attend court his wife locked up the
house, leaving il entirely unguarded,
and went to her fathers 10 stay until
her husbands return. Neighbors live
lust adjoining the house, but they snv
lney knew nothing of the lire until
lhey saw the smouldering ruins This
morning. Everything in the
mouse was burned and even
cattle and sheep in the
pens and sheds were crematea.
Ar. Hobbs is left penniless, having
my me apparel he and his wife had
IN. His loss will reach several thom.
sand dollars. without cent of insur.
.nce. lie thinks some l.disposed
peissn must have fired the house. and
s very much east down.
Business fair to good today, with
'otlon quotations unchanged from yes
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