Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-23
CALLAHAN to,iNrys
Rebuilding The Burnt District OF Ba,rd
Another Fire-I,ems Of
Current Interest
CorrcspondeNce of thc Gnzotle.

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Baird, February 2l.-Bsird is risin,
phWniA-like from It's ashes. and viii
soon he herself again, IL pluck and
| p'slicss tact can win, IA il slwa, .
COS Nearly dozen new hus,,,..
houses have been completed i'm th.
burnt district and others are In nrn.
cess OF erection, among item the i,ne
rock building Of Messrs. S. l.. 4 A
Nj. Robertson. Schwartz Il Bro also
expect to put up good rock building
in the near future.
Day before yesterday the town was
thrown into excitement by another
alarm of "fireW A restaurant yvo.
discovered TO be in flames i'm the bot,.l
block near the depot, and only The
most heroic efforts succeeded In ouell-
my the iiery element and In prevent
ing the destruction Of the entire town
rs the wind was very favorable for
such catastro he. A public well is
being drilled on the Main street, and
II Is hoped that II will afford some pro-
tec'ion against Baird's most persistent
enemy.
The people here believe in insurance
although some of them are having
trouble in making the companies set.
Tie their recent losses. A travelling in
surance man from Lampasas, Mr.
mos. w. Griffin, was In town yester.
day, and wrote up" quite good bus
mess. He understands more of in
surance, however, than he does of un-
harnessiDg his team, and we trust h.
may never have To camp out" in his
solitary travels over West Texas.
III is now in order for the citizens of
Baird to erect another school house tn
replace the one destroyed in the recent
fire.
During the high wind Yesterday, a
hard-b0iled hat of the pirkle-dsh Der.
slasion was seen soaring niajestically
over the prairie north of town. An
au burn-complected stranger walked
slowly and with much dignity in the
wake, and after travelling fully quar-
ter of II mile friendly bush caught
on to the tile, and hostilities ceased.
The stranger thinks of Investigating
the tornado insurance plan.
a very fine stallion, valued at $500,
and the property of Mr. Kilburn, was
killed this morning in a strange man
ner. While cavorting in the lot he
jumped upon post, which entered his
stpiilhCn dDUuI Ten lUcEtS, ana
CHASTITY wound, completely
disemboweled the unfortunate ami
NAL.
II is reported that Mr.. J. D Mer-
chant has completed u trade with Mr..
Cuthbert for the latter gentleman's
stock OF cattle; consideration $4,000,
cash.
Messrs. Lott & Allen have estab-
blIshed the Clarendon Land q Live
Stock agency. AS these gentlemen
have been expanding gpat deal of
labor, time and NOR ey IN building up
a good local paper in Baird, one too
that is appreciated by the people Of
the town and county, we
predict for them good por,i, n OF sue
cess in their additional Undertaking.
The county commissioners are in
hot water with the court house con-
tractor, and work on that much
needed building has been suspended.
The court refuses to issue certain sddi-
tional bonds which the contractor saws
they promised him at this stage OF the
game, and that's what's the matter
with the contractor. We trust the
Ratchet will soon be buried, and work