Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-21
THE DAY AT DALLAS.
An African Damsel Attempts Suicide
Because Of Unrequited Love
Some Petty Thefts.
Qfghnta BmieFantG With a Dead .0hild
Waiting Of tbe Cleveland and
Hendricks 1llnb.

Special 10 the Gazette
DALLAS, TEX, Sept. 20.-'Ihe jury
In the case Of Ritter vs., the Santa Re
railroad were discharged last night,
having failed after two days. effort
to agree on verdict. It was hoped
by everybody concerned that this
would be the last trial Of the case, since
II has been In the court 80 long that
the costs about equal the amount sued
for, $1,000.
< farmer, who did not leave his
name with anybody, was knocked
down by brick thrown by burly
negro on Camp street at a late hour
last night and robbed OF 81 in change
which he had In his pocket.
The room Of Mr.. Daniel Harris, at
the City hotel, East Dallas, was en-
tered by burglar last night, who car
ried away coat having In its pockets
some valuable papers. Police Officer
John Overland followed the thief, push
ing so closely that he threw down
the garment, which the officer re-
turned 10 the owner. The thief whom
the officer did not know, made good
his escape.
The following marriage licenses
have been Issued during the week
ending to-day: T.. A. Scott and Sophia
Vilbig, II. A. Pike and Minnie Girls
som, Il. H. Shane and NJ. III. Hines,
Charles Lane and Rachel Burns, w.
b. johnson and Mrs N. II. Spaun,
Amelia I.anchli and Silas b. Teet,
Edward Walpole and Many Watson.
The funeral OF Miss Katie McCOn-
nell, who died yesterday morning of
consumption, took place from the
Methodist college, on Bryan street, at
10 a. m. to-day.
Mollie Baker, a blushing young
African damsel residing with her
mother at No. 1913 Camp street, saw
Billy Kersands OF Callender's min
strels and went TO pieces on him. The
soft feeling was not reciprocated and
life 10 Mollie was not worth living and
"A period 10 IL she attempted to put by
getting on the outside Of twelve gralns
OF that punctuation point, morphine.
A stlipor came DER her and her
friends and couple OF doctors
came round her. The counter pOlsOns
were freely administered and the usual
treatment applied. This was COM
menced at about 10 o'clock last night
aud kept up without intermissi0n till
about the same hour to-day, when
Mollie could draw her breath without
the aid of bellows She looks some
what faded and little the worse for
the wear and tear Of pumps and other
apparatus used on her, but Is evident
~ permanently anchored once more in
the stream Of time.
The Cleveland and Hendricks club
held their regular weekly meeting last
night The secretary read letters from
nearly all the members of the state
ticket. The reception committee were
instructed TO prepare to entertain the
Hon. Sllas Hare, elector, who Will
speak at Dallas on Saturday evening,
September -. The club will get up "A
big demonstration on the occasion of
Judge Hare's visit.
Two men named Henry Gates and
Robert GoodfellOw, and hailing from
Grapevine prairie, In condition Of
rosey inebriation, entered HickoN a.
PAtterson's drug store late last night
and called for some trifling article.
While the clerk was In the rear of the
store getting the desired article, Gates
picked up and put In an empty coat
pocket bottle of gold dust, bTier-
few other things which he
found lying around loose in the show
case. The theft was discovered soon
after the departure of the men, and
Officer Henry Walker notified and
sent In pursuit.. He overlook and ar
rested the pair and lodged them In the
statioR-house on the charges of drunk
enness. The stolen articles were
found on the person OF Gates and re-
turned to the owner. The druggist de-
clined to prosecute the men.
A family of emigrants of the name
of Sanders from Arkansas, bound for
Ennis, stopped at the Union depot last
night with a very sick child, who died
this morning. The family is In most
pitiable state of restitution. They
were moi only unable to procure medi.
cal treatment and suitable food for the
child in It's sickness, but had to ask
the city to bury II. The remains were
taken charge of by Undertaken Smith
The jury In the case OF DIR. j. V
Childers VI. the City of Dallas, In the
county court, returned n verdict to-day
giving the plaintiff $50. DIR. Childer,
bought part Of the old maTket-housi
lot while It was rented TO the city. He
demanded increased rent, which tn,
city declined 10 give, and hence tbs
suit
The superintendent of the poor farm
reports that he has seventy-five acre,
in cotton, which will yield between
forty-fye and nifty bales. He has
seventeen bales already picked Sew
enty acres of the same ground las
year produced slxty-ilve bales. There
are twenty prisoners on the farm.
Mrs, DeBeck to-day made affidavit
before County Attorney Clint against
Ulysses S. Grant, charging him with
the theft of $3.50. The circumstance
connected with the theft and tn
flight OF Ulysses have been recorde,
In THE GAZETTE.
The people who got gallery ticket
TO the show last night complain tina
the management allowed the negrOe
20 take seats promiseuously in tina
division OF thu house.