Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-16
THE DAY AT DALLAS.
A Boy Fatally Injured by Falling
from the Top Of an Omnibus
Dwelling Burglarized.
An Ascending Post-0fice Clerk Cap
tured-A Man Poisoned by
Spiders Bite-NOtes,

Special 70 the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Sept. i5.-George A..
Ferguson, clerk in the Clarendon
post-ofIice, raised Ave money orders Of
the value Of 81 each to the value Of
500 each. He got his little $500,
stuck it In his pocket and skipped for
Abilene. Kan, where he was arrested
and will be brought TO Dallas for q
reckoning with Uncle Sam.
The Ladies' Exposition society will
mold a meeting Wednesday morning
10 discuss the question Of getting up
some dramatic entertainments, to be
participated in by home talent, to
raise money to make and upholster the
furniture TO be exhibited by Dallas at
the exposition.
Hon. ]. o. Terrell, candidate for the
state senate, and the candidates for
representatives, will begin the canvass
Of the county at Hutchins tomorrow.
Mr.. Mcclellan, engineer Of local
freight running between Dallas and
Big Springs, was bitten by large
spider last night and came very nearly
diving from the effects OF IL. The pol
son went TO all parts Of his body, and
two phy siciar worked all night with
him. For long time they had no
hone of his recovery, but they now
think thew can bring him through.
Mr.. Mcclellan lives in East Dallas.
The residence OF Mr.. G.. NJ. Suther
land, on Swiss avenue, east Of Good
street, was entered by burglars SRtur-
day night and gold watch and chain,
500 in money, silver pitcher, several
valuable notes and number of other
articles were stolen and carried away.
The robbery evidently occurred in the
latter part Of the night, as Mr.. Suther-
land, who Is drummer for Marsals
Il Co, and who arrived In town on the
midnight Santa Fe train, saw no evil
dences Of robbers on going home. The
police have the matter in hand and
will sooner or later have the burglar or
burglars.
Five laborers for the Central railroad
were before Squire Kendall this morn
ing on the charge OF interfering with
private property by cutting down the
poles placed along the route Of the
Central north of the city, by the Bhlti-
more Il Ohio Telegraph company. The
lawyers for both corporations were ON
hand and Il was the wish of both
sides that the cases be continued, as
injunc,ions will be sued out on both
sides. The Central lawyers made
bond for the laborers.
An eight-year-old son OF Mrs. NJ.
LeOnardy of st. Louis, who Is stopping
at the ST. George, en- route to Atlanta,
Ga, climbed on top of one Of Sller's
omnlbusesl at 10 o'clock this forenoon,
and I'm attempting to pop the whip
fell of back wards, sustaining internal
injuries from which he viii probably
die. Drs Eagon and Thurston have
been with him ever since he was hurt,
and they report the chances of the lit
tie sufferers recovery small.
Ed. @. Smith, alderman from the
Fourth ward. and member OF the POI
lice board, left this morning for visit
to New Orleans, st. Louie, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York and Chicago,
to inspect the police systems of these
cities, with view of applying the
knowledge he will pick up on the trip
toward the improvement Of the police
force OF Dallas.
The Evening Times came out in a
new dress this afternoon, and reduced
In size from an eight toa seven column
folio.
The citizens of East Dallas are COM
planning loudly OF Rdance house which
has recently been opened in that cor
poratlon.
There is kick on the part of the
teachers Of the public free schools,
which opened to-day, that the official
scholastic census of the city does not,
10y great deal, report all the children
of the school age In the city. They
say this Is not only an injustice TO the
teachers but TO the patrons of the
schools, since the apportionment Of the
free-sohool fund Is smaller than IL
wOqdd Pe II al tne Snl naod were re-
This, OF course, cuts the length OF the
session short.