Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-19
WACO.
A Romantic Wedding ~ business la the
Central City--Telephone Talk
Personal Items.
Special to the Gazette.


Central City--relephone Talk
Personal Items.
Special TO the Gazette.
Waco July There was roman
tic wedding at the Pacific hotel yes
terday between u Mr.. Earnest Meyer
ana lady member of the Tyrolean
German troupe which had been play
ing several evenings at DeFrancis
garden. The lady was widow. the
daughter OF German princess, forced
by her parents To marry n gentleman
against her will. Her hus-
band died, and she came from
Germany To New Orleans and took a
position with the Tyrolean concert
company, now doing Texas. About
two weeks since she met Mr.. Meyer;
mutual love sprang up between them;
he followed the troupe to this place
and married the lady as stated above.
A letter from Mr.. ID. NJ. Clover, the
division superintendent of the South
western Telephone Company, to Mr..
II. Anderson, the superintendent Of
the exchange here, states that 81, 100
was donated last week by citizens of
Gainesville, st. Joe, Burlington and
Montague Ia connect those places with
Il telephone line and the work of con-
struction will begin at once. The line
will be 525 miles long.
Mr.. Thompson came in this morn
ing from AXtelI for IA physician, say
Ing that stranger got of the train
there this morning and went into
store and purchased bottle of lauda-
mum and q box Of sardines and imme-
diately drank the entire contents OF
the bottle and began eating the sar-
dimes, but soon fell asleep. When Mr..
Thompson left the man was barely
alive, out he thought the chances were
the stranger would be dead before
medicalaid could possibly reach him.
Passing by the Wholesale and retail
jewelry store of Mr.. w. NJ. Ragland
this morning, we were more than ever
impressed with the progress in wealth
and refinement made by the people of
this section, If the immense stock of
gold and silver ornaments and precious
stones here displayed is an index to
thesame, and 1t certainly il. 1t speaks
volumes for the status of society in
Central Texas, that 1t affords custom-
ers Tor such goods in such quantities
ana OF such value as are to be found
IN this mammoth establishment.
1T Is lewelry store which would do
credit To our largest cities, and indeed
IT compares f. !orably with any west
OF the Mississippi. The building is
3Oxl00 feet and is filled with gold and
silver watches, jewelry and articles of
vertu, which does honor to a western
town and western state. 1t is vast
bazaar of gold and slverware of every
conceivable description. Mr.. Ragland
Is prepared to furnish the country trade
on terms rs good as can be had
this side of Chicago. If YOU desire any
Kind OF Il jewel or ornament here is the
place To get it-certainly those who
prize even the 'iewel OF consistency, -
always buy from w. M. Ragland.
The following was received to-day by
Col. PARROT, manager of the II. b. A.
Five thousand dollars Received of
~. Is. Parrot, business manager of the
texas Benevolent association. the sum
oi so,Wo, IN full of all claims against
tue association under certificate of
membership NO. 2ll6, terminated by
the death OF Lewis Rhein,
SlghedI EMMA RHErN.
Witness: }. G. Cassiano, ID. FULL
The !. A. b, though only two
years old on the 18th inst, has bald 10
the families Of its deceased members
IN IsAas, $50, 900, and saved over n half
million CT dollars TO its members on
Whut the same amount OF insurance
would nave cost them i'm old line lr&
Insurance companies.
we are pleased TO meet Mr.. III.
Behrens, who has lately returned
lrom Germany and other countries in
Europe.
a look through the extensive ware
rooms of kellum Il Rotan convinees
us that they are among the largest
wholesale grocers in Central Texas, If
not the largest. The success of The
firm is almost an anomaly. When
they changed their business here
few years ago from a
retail to strictly wholesale business,
IT was regarded "a an experiment and
doubtful If it would prove success.
But the firm has at its head Mr.. Ed.
hotah, one OF the best business men To
pe found IN any country, keen and
sagacious, thoroughly conversant with
the business--a man with busi-
ness head capable OF analyzing
the probable result 10 the trade In gen
eral nom given and known causes.
ana his judgement, is rarely at fault,
hence the house, in all of its history,
mas maue but few trades which did
no. result IN profit. Any bushes man
can sec that IL is decidedly 10 his i'm.
terest to deal with house having surh
man Tor its manaver-
one who conducts H.
business strictly i'm accordance ,pi,h
the principles of political economy ana
the laws OF trade. 10 these facts ara
que the success of the firm. They
nave but one rule forall customers and