The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-30
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FORT Worth, Aug. % Special
This has been the hottest day of the
year, 1919 being registered in the shade.
People generally have suffered, and to-
night it is closer than ever.
Fort Worth is great on chartered COM
panies; a company (chartered) sprinkles
the streets, and now the handling of ba-
con, Hour salt and pepper is done by
grOcers' company duly chartered.
Whether this company is "limited" is
not yet known.
1t viii not be forgotten that when the
Erie Telephone company enioinel the
city the council promptly met and
passed an ordinance regulating the
planting OF poles and fixing the height
4 wires. AllerWard the Superintcnd-
ont came here and had conference
with the city officials, and il was under
TODD that he had agreed that his COM
pany would conform to the ordinances
But he seems to have returned and inn
proved the time thus gained to prepare
another injunction,
This has been served, and now the city
cannot enforce the last ordinance, but Is
at the mercy of the company running
It's lines i'm the city, James W. ,SwaVne,
| city attorney, has had Judge Sabin fix
nest Tuesday to hear the two in
| functions. Marshal Rea has notified
the company to comply with the last or
dinarco, or poles and wires viii be cut
| down.
Mayor Smith to-day informed IIrn-
A.p uoriusp OudVut that III &. ELLINGTON
| had offered $4,000 for the Gazette, Wool
! Grower and Stock journal, but the trade
! has not been closed. Col. Smith further
aid that the affairs Of the papers must
be adjusted by Sunday, or the Gazette
would have to stop, lie further said
! tina. NJ. MOsphy would not get the pa
| parS. The directors have been in session
| plt and ON for two days reccivnl lid
and asking for more, but it will not he
| Until tomorrow that the matter will BE-
definitely settled. Col. Britton states
to-nght that $4,000 has been offered toI
all the properly, which will btmure than
| enough 10 pay the Indebtedness Of the
| Publishing company, ii the money can
he applied that way, bat if it has t. 90
to investment company debts, it viii
not begin to go round.
The now base ballists VIII be here in
the morning, ana at once begin practic.
ing, ready to play san Antonio ON Tues
/ lnN, Wednesday aud Thursday next
The park has been moved to the south
era part Of the city on the reservation.
John Bruno, mn msoient negro, who
was implicated in the PickwicN trouble
a few days ago, was around this even
ing ready to renew hostilities, but Cant
keneay, with splendid duuhlC-bar
relied shotgun loaded for bear. was
vision the black Zulu could not stand
and he left.
George Il. Loving is getting ready t,
issue MS new paper, The Texts.
1.
shops pleases our people well.
Ed. j. Smith and NJ. w. Connolly
both skilled telegraph operators, will, il
Il few days, issue Texas Rail and Wire
devoted tN the interests of State rail
roads, tclcgraphcrs and telephone opera
tors. The gentlemen have the ability &
make ii a grand success.
There are ut present confined i'm tn
county jail seven men accused OF mur
der. They are T.. l.. Cunningham Ual
! las Logan, Richard Esus, John High
Charles Herring, John Reilly and Ruiz
/ Lindsey. Cunningham killcd Mai
tIcWiuS, Logan killed Pc. Smith
Evans killed George Cooper, High kiie,
Ia barkccpHr named Lawson, Hrrrin,
killed hr. Il Urldall, aud RUFF Lud,r,
killed old man Wright and daughter
( This will mako an Interesting term o
District court.
| \ wash-huuse in the rear Of the Crane
Central took fire about 9 o'clock thi
morning aud was torn down. Damag
Sill ht
Shipments Of cattle are beginning f
ge' lively. Three train-lOads from Col
orndo city 90 to Chicago tomorrow.
The machinery is being put in tn
cotton soed-oil mill, aud the manager
say they will be ready f.. fall trade.
Reports from over the county ahou
cotton are by no means favorable. I
will take three or four acres 10 make
bale.
George Gausc has returned from Ken
lucky, whore ne bought fine mar
tPaulino Gauscl, who he SAYS will upa
the eyes of the natives during the com
| ing races. lie has sold Texas Bil to
5000,