Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-20
CALLAHAN COUNTY.
Notes From the New County Seat-Curren'
Happenings Mt Baird.


Correspondence OF Gazette.
Baird, July 16.--This town Is steadily
improving. The final settlement of
the county seat question has helped
the place wonderfully. There has been
abundant rain--too much, II anything.
Quite an amusing incident occurred
a few days ago. One Lacy was ar
rested for the theft of two yearlings.
The Jail building not having been yet
removed from Belle Plain, it became
necessary to transport the prisoner to
that place for safe keeping. He having
his pony with him when captured,
the deputy concluded TO allow him to
ride this pony, while the county
judge, who was on his way to Belle
Plain, and himself followed in u buggy.
When they had proceeded on their
way to within q mile of Belle Plain,
Lacy, bidding adieu to the officers,
put spurs to his pony and fled with all
the speed of which his pony was
capable. Meeting boy on the road,
as he pursued his mad career, he
shouted to him to clear the track, he
was "pulling his freight 1t is need
less to state that the two guileless Of
ticials were, as the slang phrase
expresses it, completely left"
1t is but just to state
that the county judge was not
guarding the prisoner, but was merely
on his way to Belle Plain and that the
deputy sheriff who had the prisoner
i'm charge is not blamed by anyone.
He is brave, honest and intelligent,
and has the confidence OF the entire
community.
The infant that was left at the Sigal
House by its inhuman mother, is
dead. The county judge is in deep
distress mourning for his first born,
and has the sincere sympathy of all
in this hour of his afiiiction. Here the
order of thought was reversed, and
instead of the little ones falling heir to
the Judge, the Judge fell heir to the
little one.
Col. Withers, of the Texas & Pacific
railroad, is stopping here for few
days.
Major Richardson, land agent of the
Texas 81 Pacific railroad at this place,
| had narrow escape from death. He
was attacked by an enraged mule and
| it was with much difficulty he escaped
being paved to death. For further
particulars inquire of Col. Whitsett,
who witnessed the blood-curdling acct
! dent.
| lie SeIildl anu w. Il .
Bentley, of the Texas Investment
company, of Fort Worth, was with US
Friday, stopping at the City Hotel.
He left early Saturday morning for
| Coleman City. sr- .,-.-.-.
A determined effort is being made
to put down the reckless pistol prac-
tice which nightly disturbs the quiet
of our town. The good citizens are
realizing the facs that without peace
and order there can be no permanent
prosperity for this or any other place.
Sheriff Jones, heretofore residing at
Belle Plain, will soon move his family
to this place. Baird is gradually at
sorbing Belle Plain. If the railroad
4 had passed through Belle Plain, 1t
would have been the town of the
West, for there is no more beautiful
location in the state of Texas. Belle
Plain College is a school under the
auspices of the Methodist church, is
located there, and ifthe people would
90 to work with the proper spirit,
could be made flourishiDg institu
ton Of learning, for the town is an
ideal place for a school.
DR.. Gould of Henderson, who takes
charge of our school in the fall, will bt
great addition to the town. Asid,
from MS skill as u teacher, nc Drlnps
with him refined family This viii
DO more for the children than all els'
besides.
Mrs. Berry of Abilene passed through
here on Thursday evening, on he
way to Mckinney, where she vii
spend two or three weeks visiting he
husbands relatives. Mrs. Berry is thu
. sister of Mrs. f. $. Bell, the wife o
our popular county attorney.
DIR. Powell, formerly of Belle Plain
, has moved to Baird. We welcom
: him; theresis room here for an intelli
gent, sober physician.
{ The saloons were all closed on sun
day: as far as the writer could observe
: both front and back doors.
: The court records will be removes
, from the emigrant house to the tenn
porary courthouse sometime durin
a the week
/ The contract for removing the iai
( from Belle Plain to Baird was awarde
O to j. II. Milliken d CO., OF Weather
@ ford, they being the lowest bidder.