Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-21

An Alligator Story Topics Of the Time
h Our Sister City.
spec,al to the Gazette.

legged chief of the cotton conspirators
writes from Eureka Springs, Ark, t
a "dear friendn in Dallas, saying h
arrived at the Springs o. X, but 'ver,
sck;r that the asthma has left him
but he Is otherwise so broke up" 81
to speak, that he cannot move; had Il
be carried from the train to the hotel
Baum's ailments became very serious
all of a sudden. When he was
prancipg about to get out OF jail and
screaming for a habeas corpus hearing
he was as agile as n circus-tumbfer
turning flip-flaps. Mr.. Baum evil
IDENTIFY expects 10 he in that active
physical condition again some day, as
he saws in the letter that when he gets
back to Dallas he will make it red-hot
for the reporter who intimated that he
would skip to Mexico. All right,
Freddie; II you can make ii hotter for
the newspaper man than he can for
you, you're rooster. =,
The rain raineth like as II old
Jupiter Pluvius had moved his head
quarters directly over North Texas,
with the center directly above Dallas.
He keeps right along every day with
his gronndsoakers and gully-washers.
Very little progress has been made on
the street paving, begun nearly a
month ago, and mechanics and la.
borers are out of mnay a needed dollar
by having to quit work on account of
the wet. Contractors are away behind
with many of their buildings, and
will have to be given eX-
tensions. The work on the Belt
street railroad Is also very much re-
tarded. However, fully mile of track
has been laid on this new line,
and several cars are expected in few
days, when operation of the road rs
far as completed will be commenced.
Two important new street railway
enterprises, extending from the bust
ness part of Dallas to the eastern
limits Of East Dallas, are in AN embryo
condition, They will blossom out
within the next few weeks and THE
GAZETTE will let out on the projects.
with perhaps scrap of enter tanning
street railway history.
The GAZETTE correspondent in re
porting the organization of the South
west Land company, few days ago
unintentionally omitted the fact that
the firm of Veal, Cooper Il Hunter,
had not gone out of the real estate
business, but had been absorbed as
part of the larger corporation Just
chartered. In fact, the vim of Veal,
Cooper X Hunter was the parent, and
the southwest Land company is the
offspring.
There is much complaint at the way
the electric light is managed. The
electric illumination Is turned on about
a m m fur hAt lfar ln, 81
essary, and turned of at 10 .. m. two
hours earlier than the interests of the
public and the patrons of the light can
afford to have It,
The Black Stocking Base Ball club
tcolored)l left for Fort Worth this morn
ing to play the Stars of that city for
so. The Black Stockings play the
Tyler, Palestine and Waco clubs at
Dallas on June 8, 1 and ..
John ;. Tlbbitt, editor OF the Ethio-
plan Echo of this city has been missing
since the Fort Worth convention. w.
NJ. Ridley, the business manager of the
paper, thinks he has skipped the coun-
try with the office ''roll.u
A report reached here about q d. m,
that lightning struck dwelling about
D O'Clock this afternoon, striking Ger
man named August Foegel, living two
miles south of this city. After
remaining in an unconscious state
nearly half an hour, he revived, and
1t is believed he will recover. During
the storm n young alligator three feet
in length fell from the clouds into the
Fourth ward drain, and was discovered
by a lot of school children. The
teacher, Mrs. Dickerson, now has pos.
session of the reptile.
This morning, Lizzie Handley,
Anna Wilson and Lille Scott, man
aging madames of three houses of ill
repute, were fined Sl00 each in the
mayors court.
The Tompkins Machinery & I'm
plement company was chart red last
week under the general laws of Texas,
and its organization fully completed
last Monday. Its authorized capital is
subscribed and paid up. IL Is named
in honor OF r. V. Tompkins, the
pioneer dealer in machinery and
agricultural implements in North
Texas. Mr.. Tompkins has conveyed
TO the new company the good will ot
his business, together with his
mammoth brick and iron
store-house, POO feet square
Among the stockholders are the fol
rowing well-knOwn merchants, manu-
facturers and capitalists: A. *. ROOF
OF the firm OF j. T.. Hayner IL Co. of
st. Louis: Skinner d Wood, Erie. Pa.
manufacturers of engines; John n
Simpson, vice-president OF the Elk,
change bank of Dallas, and one of the
cattle kings Of Texas; James c. O'Con,
Eor, president Of the City National
bank of Dallas. +. p. Cowan, ]. f.
Henderson and l.. A. Pires, vel
known Dallas capitalists: Geo. Il. Ben
nett, at present the state agent of j. Il
Hayner & Co., and Geo. l.. Cassell, fol
the past ten years closely identified
with the house of r. " Tompkins
The company has elected the follow
Ing officers: II. ". Tompkins, presi
dent; J. II, Henderson, vice. president
Geo. e. Bennett, superintendent, ans
Geo. Il. Cassell, secretary and treas
The rains tonight are terrific, and
great damage 70 crops and pr0pert,
generally are feared. Thus far tn
trains are on time, but delays and &C
cidents from washouts are Anticipated
Passengers report all streams I'M Eas
aud North Texas out OF their banks
the bottoms flooded and the water ris
ing rapidly. The Trinity at Dallas /
over mile wide, and East Fork iii
teen miles northwest Is reported a
submerging the entire country bol
dering Ola 1t. Farmers, planters ant
merchants are very gloomy. Th
sewers of Dallas cannot carry of In
water. and portions of the city ar