Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-19
Reportorial Attacks on Preacher Wolf
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snnclni 70 tho Gnzoltn.

Special 70 tho Gazette.
DENIsoN, TEX, Sept. ls.--The news
which reached here a day OF two ago
that Col. Tom Randolph % Sherman
had gone East with letters Of introduce
ton 10 Huntington, 70 whom he was
authorized to pledge the amount Of
$4,000 bonus by Sherman II ne,
Huntington, or the directors OF the
Frisco road, would make Sherman the
southern terminus OF that
Iina haa not worked
up much Of scare In the Gate City.
The fact Is we have become 30 used 70
ghermnn's efforts that they cease 10 be
alarming. Besides, we are first desir-
ons of knowing what proportion OF
the proposed 100000 IL represented
bv the courthouse. That edl-
flee has been the stock In
trade Of Sherman 80 long that
IL = difficult To conceive OF an Induce
ment being offered by that city which
does not include that temple OF Justice
In the inventory. They have no
railroad round-house TO offer, albeit
they have the ground upon which
small one once stood, which might De
included In their Invoice. IL matters
not " said ground does net belong 70
them to offer. II II oil theaame. Meth
or does the courthouse, yet that
never stood In the way OF their "oiier-
inpn IL. The last time they tried 70
negotiate said county property was In
the congress OF the United States,
when IL was offered as AN indueement
for the location Of the branch federal
court at the county site. The building
itself was satisfactory to con-
gress, but the location was
against IT, being about ten
miles too far south, and congress de-
cided 10 would be cheaper and better
In the long run 10 build n new court
house In the right place, and leave
that for the purpose which 1t was
originally designed. When Sherman
exhnusts herself In this spasm Denison
viii lust offer location, accessibility
and the hest water In North Texas, and
the Frisco road will go to Sherman
through the Gate City and change
Of cars.
The grand Jury, now IN session at
sherman must be working mp Denison
eases As n crowd OF witnesses went
down this morning. An effort viii be
made to bring the gambling cases be-
fore that body, but 1t Is
doubtful II very satisfactory
evidence will be found or brought out,
on which 10 base an indictment,
Even n indictments are found, 10 In
doubtful II Efforts are made TO prose-
cute. M this Is election year and all
the county officers, 30 far as heard
from, are candidates for reelection,
and very naturally more interested
,.ul,.lr... fal.,,Au than I'm fnult inH an-
umirs, For this reason II might be
well TO limit the terms of prosecuting
attorney aud sheriff and deputies TO
one term. We have given up all
hopes OF any help IN the matter OF sup
pressing gambling from our city
attorney, city marshal or
the present council as u body. They
appear 10 be In the power OF or in sym
pathy with the violators OF the ordi-
nances. Soon after the new council
came Ia the city attorney announced
that he had discovered defects In the
city ordinances which would
render II unsafe To prosecute
offencea under them. lie also
announced that IL would take about
ak weeks 10 revlso said ordinances and
to re-ennot the same, after which they
would be prepared TO push things. In
the meantime the gamblers were quiet
ly organizing aud perfecting theiT
plans for opening up places which
had been closed and running
games In new places. This being one
Of those several problems, the solution
OF which has perplexed mankind fol-
ages, II Ia not surprising that II should
present difficulties now.
The rain continues TO visit this sec
"A
meas prospects.
forty+eight days, but the hen
had been 40 intense that the grount
had dried to greater depth than Il
has done before for years.
Jim Watson, the man who killed
Almarlne Watkins In the Indian ter
rltory n few months ago, has BEEF
caught at Muskogee, and IL IL said vii
make full confession. He had in b
possession "A fine sorrel mare, which
probably stolen.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
DRNIsoH, TEX, Sept. l6.-Several {
our citizens. notably among whom al
]. A. Euper, VIM. Bennett, w. a
Hallenbeck, Louis Lebrecht, G. !
Patrick, Ed Leeper, Horace MeCor
nell and DR.. Rhea aud wife left thI
morning for 81. Louis TO attend tn
exposition. The Missouri Pacific raj
way gave an excursion rate, round tril
good for ten days, $l2. undoubtedl
others would have gone II the Sl2 ha
been in the house, hence yours trul
finds It too hot and dusty II
travelling. rhen, II Is likely 10 I
necessary to have some one on IA
ground TO prevent a hostile meetin
between Crooks OF the Herald-New
and Murray OF the Gazetteer. Thos
two papers preaent queer anomaly
journalism. The Herald-News is
defender OF the faith rs taught by ii
orthodox Christians, and &C the san
time an apologlst for gambling and |
eoncomitant Surroundings, while Il
Gazetteer Ia extremely liberal 80 far |
theology and religion are concernel
but death ON gambling and wants
suppressed Crooks claims 10 have 4
courage OF his convictions, which
aava Murray never did have. 1h