Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-17
WILLS POINT.
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news Of the Week Boiled Down-Iotcr.
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Special TO the Gazette.
WILLS POINT, June le.--our town
was visited by severe wind saturday
evening, raising a terrible dust ana
frightening several OF our citizens to
no little extent.
A light shower Of rain fell here SIM.
Gay, laying the dust and helping rar.
Reaches and apples are showing nm
In the town, and sell for So per bushei
iney are the cause of a great deal of
sickness In our town.
Justice court was In session last Fri
day., A negro named Dan Spikes WAS
nned % for an assault on another col.
ored brother and sent to jail.
County Attorney Kilgore ia In the
Point this week, taking a rest on nc.
count Of core eyes.
The young ladies of our town gave
leap-year ball last week, but as your
reporter did not attend, he cannot tell
whether 1t was success or not.
Mr.. .. b. McKain of Mineola is In
this place to-day, shaking hands with
old friends.
Mrs. G. A. Rush left this morning
for Mineola to visit her sister, Miss
Dover Jones, who has just returned
from Tennessee.
Misses Beulah Dickard, Jessie Hu.
man and Efile Rogers returned home
rom Dallas Thursday. They have all
been attending school at that place.
Miss Beulah received the second med.
al for musicin the college.
Peach orchard providers are very
common, and we hear the shotgun
being frequently suggested as the only
remedy for the above mentioned pests
AS yet we have no candidate for TIL,
legislature from Van Zandt.
Col. Z. b. Kilgore is being spoken o
as the proper man for district judg,
Of this district.
Judge Spinks of Canton was anon,
his friends here this week. Their,
must be some attraction here for tn
judge. The boys say there is.
Free grass" and THE GAZETTl
continue TO flourish at this point.
The delegates to the convention n
Fort Worth express themselves rs be
ing highly pleased with the name
in which they were entertained in tina
place, and all say Fort Worth and he
! GAZETTE cannot be beaten.
Mrs. j. M. Boykin of Greenvillt
who has been spending several day
with relatives here, returned to he
home Friday.
/. Your reporter regrets to learn tina
Miss Lille Kilgore is quite sick, an
trusts she will be well again in fe'
days.
Mr.. Garrett, well-to-do farmer
Cedar Grove, was in town yesterda,
, and informed us that the wind ble'
down corn and oats in his neighbo
hood Saturday TO great extent
, Mr.. &. l.. Celia has removed hi
e saloon into the brick under the Cleve
land house, south of the railroad.
e The talk on our streets now is, "Wh
a can beat Blaine?" and we frequentl
hear the names Of Thurman, Bayar
e and Hancock. Thurman or Bayar
Z are about the only leading ones; an
i were it not for Bayard's high protec
!, i've tariff proclivities he would tax
t the lead.
q Our Democrats were greatly disal
n pointed on learning that Tilden hi
refused to accept the nomination fC
the presidency.
n Our schools closed Friday, and no
4 our boys and girls are happy, becaui
they have vacation.
r Miss Mollie Harrison gave a part
II to the children at her residence FL
y day evening.
], Col. G. b. Kilgorc will leave t
morrow for Austin, on legal business
g. A. w. Riley, the editor of the Cal
t, ton Echo, is in the Point to-day.
e We hear of a weddingtO take pla
a soon in our town. Such is life.
Our Sunday-schools are improvin
a rapidly, and their increase is great
l. due to the organist, Mrs. Steele, WI
IS is a fine musician and hard work
Is for the schools.
y Horace Human is at home aga
8 from Dallas.
The Baptist conference at the Pre-
It byterian church will convene Mondi
A night. .,
lie A series of meetings will beg
re at the Presbyterian church
ID this place next Tuesday night o.
he will continue through the enti
,e week.
n We had a fuss between two cattlem
n on our streets the other day, but
q one was hurt.
b. Fishing parties are all the go now.