Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-25

now tnat ne has been the victim N
several very. bad put-up Jobs. ("
~ ThesensAtional article In this nm,
! ings Herald about the remains ar ~ !,
missing link having Been unearfbaJi
In Dallas by parties excavntIng for J
new building As a very raw fake which
would docredit only to Joe Mulhat,
ton. Your correspondent was oiIere,a
position at the ground floor Of thi,
! sate tengdays ago. -3I '
The Methodist church seems fob M
making an abundant harvest this az,
cessively warm weather. The NET re.
suits Of the various camp and protrac.
ted meetings in the county to date arc
over two hundred conversions, and The
work still continues. wy
Jim Alexander, colored man
claiming Dallas MS his home. went r.
the house of Mr.. f.. Johnson. fhree
miles south of Elmo, to get his Alley.
ander's) wife, who is In the employ Of
johnson, to return home with hin
She refused, and he drew a pistol and
fired two shots mt her one of which
took effect in her left breast, inflctng
dangerous wound Alexander fled
and has not been apprehended. w
The second game OF base ball between
the shreveport club and the Dallas
Brown Stockings was played TODAY
and resulted in victory for the
Bro ms by score of ii to g. Shreve-
port only scored In Sth inning. when
the sun was so low as to dazzle the
eyes Of the Browns first baseman and
errors gave them their three runs.
woodward, late OF Memphis, pitched
Tor the Browns and was exceedingly
effective. blackburn, late of the Ann
Arbor, Mich, university nine, pitched |
Tor shreveport and was Lit hard. He
says ne mas played IN eighteen games
tne past season against professional
ion as fine strictly amateur nina "a
there Is In the entire country
Col. George Noble, formerly snner.
intendent of the Texas & Pacific
railway. now interested in railroad
and mining enterprises in West Tewas
and New Mexico, was in the citv tn.
day and departed for Fort Worth this
afternoon. Rumor connects his name
with the scheme to develop the metro.
leum discovery near Brow ilwood. and
also with Gov. Hubbard's new Ion.
isiana asd Texas narrow gauge rail-
way project.
Federal court adjourns at Graham
to-day, having finished up long
docket. The grand jury returned
twenty-five true bills, and many have
been dismissed. The business of the
court at Graham has greatly increased
since the addition of part of the In |
dian Territory was made to the dis {
trict. The judge and officers of the
court will return to Dallas tomorrow. {
There is no change to note in the
status of the postoifice. Whissep. .
represented by his assistant, Mr.. John
son, Is still in charge. Mr.. Johnson
toes not know when Whissen will re-
turn to Dallas. He will be ready. he
says, by September LIST to turn the ]
office over to Mr.. Garrison.
he business of the office always being
n better condition for transfer at the 4
End OF the month. Whissen tele-
,raphed his assistant, johnson, to turn .
,ver the office to Garrison as soon as .
he latter paid cash for property :
md expenses of fitting up, amounting :
o about $4,000. Garrison refuses to
Jay the demand and so johnson still :
lolds the fort. There is rumor in !
circulation here tonight that Whissen !
las been appointed chief post office in J.
pector of this division in place of =
Amos p. Foster. The rumor is not :;
credited. !.