Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-20

NOTES AND NEWS GATHERINGS OF
THE DAY.
The water Qnestion--A Test Case on the
Narrow Gauge Donntion--Pcrsonai and
Local Breyities.

Reported for, the Gazette; -
Waco, July H. Ex-Governor II. b.
Hubbard Is In the city, n guest of the
Pacific Hotel
Mr.. James Baker Is laying the foun-
dation of the East Waco new COM
press. II is solid brick, twenty-four
feet square and six feet deep, laid in
cement.
Mrs. j. *. Street and little daugh-
ter, Katie, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Il. Wallace, at Crawford.
The letter of Mr.. ID. NJ.
Clover referred to the Waco
correspondence, is fifty-six miles and
not $50 miles of telephone, which your
imaginative printer makes us say in
! to-days's GAZETTE.
Mr.. II. III. Kingsbuw, jr., has been
quite sick for the past ten days. but he
Is now convalecent.
There are people in Waco who re-
fuse to use the water.works water for
any but cleaning and irrigating pur-
poses, under the impression that the
water Is pumped from the Brazos river
at the new station above the city.
| We know that steam has never
yet been raised at this station, but the
water Is still pumped from the well at
the old station in the southwestern
portion of the city. But we think 1t
will be II blessing To the city when the
water is supplied from the new station.
| for the reason that il will be taken
from the under current, twenty feet
below the bed of the river. This un-
der current was discovered when
| the piers of the railroad
bridges were built here.
From the fact that number Of sick
persons used the water from this
| under current at the time and got
well, il is believed by physicians that
| the water is not only pure but also
| possesses medical virtues hence it is
believed it will be to the benefit of the
people of the city when the company
begin to supply them with water from
this source. Since writing
the foregoing, your correspondent
learned that the new water station was
opened to-day, and he madea personal
inspection of the machinery of the
! found to be as clear rs crystal and per-
fectly free from lime. 1t tastes pretty
much like the artesian well water of
Fort Worth. The water, as stated
above, is perfectly clear, although there
is now twenty foot red rise in the
river, proving that the water from this
under current is entirely different from
that i'm the main bed of the river, and
not affected by it,
Capt. Byron McKeen of Gatesville
is in the city.
Mr.. Il. Waterman of Fort Worth
registered at the Pacific hotel to-day.
The Brazos river is on boom. 1T
rose very rapidly this morning, and it
is now fuller than it has been for two
years past.
Messrs. a. Hinchman and G. G..
McGregor have filed application for II
bill of injunction against w. b..
Willis, James Machon, A. Null
81 Co., epjoining them from
manufacturing the willis Rotary
Plow," which is patented under the
laws of the United States. Petitioners
aver that the patent is an infringe
ment on patent which they own
and issued prior to the Willis patent.
The suit of the Narrow Gauge Rail
way Company against ". w. Seley,
for the collection of subscriptions or
before ID. A. Kelly. special judge. 1t
is claimed that the road failed to COM
ply with its contract with the sub
scribers, and failed to reach Waco
within the prescribed time, hence, the
/ refusal to pay the notes, or subscrip-
tions, ard cause of the suit.
1t is expected to occupy
several days in the trial.
This is regarded rs n test case, which
will determine the action of the road
with respect to other subscriptions on
which payment has been refused.
Ex-Governor r.. B. Hubbard, attorney
for the road, is present.
The street car track from the Mis-
ssouri Pacific depot to the Pacific
hotel is completed and the cars
will be run thereon soon.
DR.. III. Robinson, Mr.. Charlie
Levine and Master Willie Woods
leave Saturday morning for trip
over land in Il two horse
conveyance for the frontier
on the Rio Grande. Mr..
Levine will stop at San Antonio for
about three weeks and return home.
DR.. Robinson and Master Willie will
be gone ali summer. The doctor goes
in the interest OF his health.
} Rev. S. G. Litttlepage of Fairfield
came in on the afternoon Narrow
, Gauge train. Mr.. Littlepage filled the
station of the NJ. +. church, South, In
this city twenty-siX years ago. Their,
are but few of the friends of his youth
here now who knew him then.
Mr. Weaver left this evening fol
Fort Worth. He is a ladies man--o
the firm of May & Vaught, New Or
: leans.
Mr.. S. c. Messer of Hamilton is il
Waco.
The normal school under Professo
Foute is not largely attended, bu
: teachers believe 1t productive Of good
: HENRIETTA.
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