Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
DALLAS.
A Female Mendicant Ohlorofoms and
Robs Her Benefaotors.
The Senatorial Contest To.Day-A Sup
ply Of Muddy Water Assured.
The Base Ball Question Not Yet Ended
The Sancti6caticnists.

| Special TO the Gazette.
THE sENAroRIAL CONTEST.
DALLAS, July S0.-Delegates to the
senatorial convention to he held at
Dallas tomorrow are arriving from
Rockwell tonight. Messrs. Nash and
Terrell, candidates for the nomination,
are here. 1t is probable Terrell will
be nominated by reclamation without
n ballot, as there are only two dele
gates out of twenty-four instructed for
Nash.
RAILROAD HEADQUARTERS.
| w. II. Winfield, Southwestern pas.
senger agent of the Wabash, st. Louis
Il Pacific railroad, arrived to-day and
will make Dallas his headqu srters.
| WATER SECURED.
AT last Dallas has an abundance of
water for temporary purposes. The
Trinity river pump Is running on full
time and w tn full head OF steam.
furnishing the aqueous fluid with n
very pronounced gingerbread color.
EXPOSITION CONTRIBUTORS.
Mr.. j. II johnson to-day shipped
the first specimens of Dallas county
products to the New Orleans axposi-
ton.
FAMILY CHLoRofoRMED.
Information was to-day lodged with
the county authorities that on last
night the family of Frank S. Egan
was chloroiormed ana the house roboed
of considerable money and valua-
bles 10y woman named Annie Clark,
who mad come there and beseeched
the family TO remain with them over
night. Officers are on the trail of the
culprit, but rs yet have discovered no
trace of her.
A FRIENDLY SCuFTrE.
Charles Graus this morning had a
vein In his left wrist severed In "A
friendly scuilie with an acquaintance.
The wound WAS inflicted by accident
and while IL liz severe is not dangerous
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1t Is said the Sanctifica tionists are
to open II ten days campaign in Dal-
las, beginning on August s. The peo-
pie of Dallas will not tolerate u great
deal of this Specification craze OF
crankiness.
BASE BALL.
A great deal of interest Is felt In the
concluding game of base ball, TO be
played here tomorrow, between the
Dallas aud Shreveport clubs. Each
has won game and will play hard fol
the victory tomorrow. Colt, the
splendid young pitcher of last year
Brown Stockings, has been secured
again by the Dallas club, and will
pitch f'r IL tomorrow and probably
the balance of the season. Carter's
finger has so far recovered as to allow
: him to go behind the bat again, and he
will catch to Colts pitching.
AS regards the publication In TIL
GAZETTE this morning. all that MIR
McNealus or the Dallas club have {,
2 say Just now is that much of the state
, ment Is false, some OF IL true, nm,
, more facts left untold in connection
with the course of Messrs. Fowle ant
Crawford than were related.
, The Dallas club in n day or two
! now that publication of letters Ia
commenced, will have published full
and correct statement of the facts, in
:, Guiding Mr.. Crawford's letters sine
the 9th of May last, pledging himsel
to play with the Dallas club, aud tn,
base bali fraternity and the friends o
the game throughout the country car
then Judge for themselves who IL Is
that has acted with trickery, disbonoi
and dishonesty, and which club, BAL
las or Fort Worth, il entitled to the
services of Mr. Crawford.
The Shreveport club leaves here
Friday to play series of games al
Fort Worth on Friday, Saturday and
SundayInext.
RED MEMS CELEBRATION.
The celebration of the Red Mems or
der to-day was one OF the most novel
and successful events ever given In
Dallas. Upwards OF 100 members OF
the order paraded in "aborgine"
costumes, mounted on horses,
embellished with war paint and
equipped with the characteristic ac-
couterments OF the braves. Nop.rade
i'm Dallas has ever excelled the Que to.
day. A large and prominent delega.
ton of the order from Shreveport, in
Guiding Mayor Curry and Sam Ford,
were present. Speeches were delivered
, at Shady View park by prominent cit
liens; various amusements were in.
dulged in, aid tonight grand ball Is
. ir progress.