Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-19
A DAY AT DALLAS.
Lively Cut Of Telegraph Rates ES'en'
sion OF Santa Fe Lines
A raithless Spouse and Missing .asi-
The Rival Banks.
Preparing for a Maifest-in the haho'
of His Friends.

specInl to the Gazette. -,
Dallas, March lS.-The teieg,nl';i,o
rate war between the western ~ ~,
and the Gulf, Colorado osu.a ~.
railroad company Is getting lno 10
teresting. The Western on ,n m"'
made one cut and the SANTA NC wv.
The Western Union cut was on an nv
ernge of $50 per cent. 10 points peyo o ~
Texas. and an average OIL from 10 W ~
ner cent within the state. inc oan'r Va
Re does not reach any points ouy ",
Texas. 1T had been MAINTAINING
Western Union rates, but met the ,u..
The Santa Fe cuts again, gong ueloM
the Western Union at many points
making as high as oD per cemt'
reduction. Points served VIII, Win
ter words b; the Western .h,oi'
for twenty-five cents are serVou ~ ,ne
santa Fe for fifteen cents. rms wa
within Texas, IL Is predicted, VIII soon
extend beyond the state, AS the S,nta
lie il quietly working Ia feacn New
Orleans from Houston ana Galveston
and nut their wires north from Daiia,
and Fort Worth to Kansas City ana
~. louis, to connections WIN tuG
nal,imore 4 Ohio aud other rival
lines Of the Western Union, which ar
ranpement they expect to fuliy accom-,
nIisl within the next sixty days, aho
reach Chicago, New YORK ana al otiler
Norlhprn and Eastern points OF com.
mercial Importance. III Is SAID tha'
war viii then be waged in earnest
arrangements will probably also be
perfected by which daily papers III
Texas now deprlved,of Western Asso'
cisted Press reports, will be served by
n rival news association, and also WIN
II cheaper rate of specials.
The wife of a. u. Creft, hotel-
keepCr eloped with an unknown nian
last night. Mr.. Creit does not seem
TO care for his wife's uniaithtu'nesss,
hut muurns the loss OF about Sijo III
cash. o.,
The application of j, &. O'ConnoI
for an ipjnnction restraining some o.
the directors of the City National
bank OF Dallas. who recently organ
lied aud opened rival institution!
known ms the American National
bank, from putting the City National
out OF the slaughter building, was to
day granted by Judge Mccormick o
the federal cour. NJ Graham, aud the
introductory Judgment holds until th'
.Iune federal term at Dallas, unless
sooner brought before circuit JudE'
and dissolved, or Mr.. Slaughter of tn
American National brings suit Tor ior
ellie entry and detainer which IN
will probably do.
The German residents are arranging
for an elaborate celebration OF May
day. The Grulli Nerein, Frohsini
Turner societies are making extensive
Maiiest preparations. =.
Manuel H. Flores, g. Carols, j. Nj
Gonzales, Ro Iert Birnie and Nj. Low
eusteia, county commissioners of II
= aso county, chape: oned Ny j. d
l.gon Of Palestine are making tou
OF the state tn decide on Jail pattern
III Paso Is to have a $4,000 count.
prison. aud the commissioners are To
day examining the Dallas jail,
W. O.. Slerrett, editor OF the Dalla
Times, was called ON to-day by Tn
GAgETa'E correspondent and asked
he WAS a candidate for the Legislature
Mr. Stprrett said he had no time 10 d'
vote 10 looking after politics to the eA
tent OF making u canvass fer office
that he should not attempt to get ia
nomination or enter Gree-iorail rae,
but IL Democratic convention shoul
see 1T 10 nominate him he would r'l'
and If the people elected him |
would serve. But rs far as being
seeker for any Office. lie could answ
that he was not From II long an
close acquaintance with Mr.. Sterret
the GAZETTE correspondent know
that the Democracy or the people
Dallas county could not elect u belt
representative.