Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-13

COOKE COUNTY.
Business Notes and Local News In
gainesville unjust Railroad
Discrimination.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

correspondence OF the GNzctte.
Gainesville, November 9.-The
weather is threatening IA storm. and
while we need rain II Is go near the
fall meeting of our Driving Park assoc
citation that we might express a wish
that it postpone fora few DAYS.
The ileecy staple dominates in this
section this season, though all our
crops are extra good. Up to Tuesday,
9th inst, we have had total receipts of
12,22o bales, which had averaged about
81 cents per pound.
Our fellow-citizen, r. b, Touchstone,
a prominent mechanic of this city, is
to be buried by the Knights
of Honor this morning. He was
drowned in Red river one week ago
to-day, and his body recovered yester-
day, attera long, laborious and diligent
search by about forty persons. \ re-
ward of $3.50 had been Offered for the
recovery of his body, but it Is doubt
ful If II will be claimed. The parties
searching were friends, and had gone
voluntarily, though the party who
found the body did so, in one sense
accidentally, at the place where the
search was being made. A Mr.. futile
and son were fishing and mt II O'Clock
Thursday for the last time had thrown
in their hooks before leaving, when 1t
was fouLa they had fastened upon
| something, which, when drawn up,
| proved TO be the body of the drowned
man. An insurance or benefit of 81, 900
from the Il. of II. and of $1,000 from
| the j.. of IL. depended on the iden iii
cation of the body, which made it n
matter of special interest to many that
the widow and orphans should realize
the amounts due. IT was satlsfac-
ton to all To know, too, that he bore
no marks of violence.
One OF our policemen, Dick Black
burn, last night arrested in this city
and turned over 10 n deputy United
States marshal negro named Miles
Jourdan, on charge of the murder of a
negro in the Nation about two years
ago. The deputy marshal is Sem
mole negro named Yves Reese.
The Lindsay house proprietors have
leased the Library hall for sleep
ing apartments during the races
This is very convenient for that estab
lishment and will serve a good pur
pose.
There is great complaint here of rail
road tyranny and discrimination. Th'
last particular ease is that of Messrs
Graves and Culp, two prominent stock
men and business men, who wanted
to shin two car loads of mules Il
Shreveport. They drove them e
Whitesboro because they could saw,
$40 per ear from that point-a distanc
OF only sixteen miles. Agent Hal
there forwarded them nj $50 per car
but on arrival ut Shreveport, forty-tw'
hours behind time, only one feed ant
extra charge of So for that, the aeen
there would not honor Agent Hall
contract but made it S64 per car All
81 for unloading. Another shipmen
so badly damaged these gentlemen tina
they have entered suit against TN
company for $500 The agent here !
suspected strongly Of having interfere'
with Agent Hall scontract and got III
Shreveport tool to raise the rate. y
all events this was done, and in
spirit that looked us If the compan.
would take all advantage possible.
Cure county court has done consider
able work and decided Il number q
cases, though none of great import
ance.
Business is very brisk--never better
No such stocks were ever laid in b.
our merchants and no such rapit
diminution made of same. All classe1
of business boom.
Next Monday the StoclSmen of Norti
TeXas meet here, and the day follow
ing the races begin. We look for
full city.