Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
TOTAL LOSS.
Mrs. DaviS Large Store-Room and Con.
tents Burned.
A Fortunat, Squire Receivers His Los,
Purse from an Honest Darby.
Special to tn, Gazette.

Special to tn, Gazette.
SHERMAN June S0.-About4 o'clock
this morning the drowsy denizens of
this goodly city We're aroused by the
shrill scream of the switch engine and
a perfect fusiade of pistol-shots, which
told all too painly that the fire fiend
was again tirned loose and that his
work Of destruction was going on.
The light from the burning building
shot higher Up in the air and in the
absence of any wind went almost
straight to the zenith, while the rush
ing flames carried large pieces Of burn
ing shingles hundreds of feet up,
to be waited gently Off to the
northeast ard send shower
of charred coab almost to the extreme
limits of the dty. Attracted by the
| light, the excited people soon concen-
trated on the street running west from
Crockett, between Houston and Pecan,
and found the large stable formerly
used in connection with ID. w. G.
Davis Model wagon yard, but now oc-
cupied by Mrs. Davis as store-house
for agricultural implements, machin-
cry, etc rapid, burned to the ground,
| with all its conents.
In an interview with Mai. II. NJ.
Grubbs, who hs charge of Mrs. Davis
business, we Learn that there was about
ten thousand dollars worth of stuff LOST,
besides the building, which originally
cost fifteen hundred. There was an
! insurance of $500 on the goods and
$3.50 on the building. No one occupied
the premises andit is only matter of
conjecture how tie fire started. 1t may
have been the cgeless use OF matches
by some unwelome tramp who had
forced his way infor nights lodging,
but the facts vii always remain un-
known.
Mrs. ]. G.. Nsh of the Sherman
Institute, ACCOMPANIED by Mis-. Tom
Richards and he daughter Miss Fay,
Miss Sallie Johnson, Miss Willie
Marshall, Mr.. Alert and Mr.. Frank
Richards, left this morning to spend
the summer at Jamestown, on Lake
Chautauqua, New York. They go via
Chicago, Niagara Falls, etc, This is
Mrs. Nash's old lDme, she being the
first white girl child born in the town
of Maryville, nov the county seat of
that county. Whn school girl she
met and became acquainted with Mr..
Nash, whom she afterward married
and accompanied to his native state
Alabama, and the two have devoted
their long and usefu lives 10 the cause of
education except about twoyears while
the husband was In the Confederate
army, and society 30 torn and rent by
the clash of contnding armies that
schools could not be taught. This
will, no doubt, be apleasant trip to all
the party.
Last Monday night ]. III. Dills, Esq
had the misfortuneto drop his pocket
book, containing SO in currency, on
tised, heard nothing from it until
Daglie, picked it up on her way
home from church, and not
being able to read, aid it away till she
heard something more about it. Some
one told her and hr honest old mother
of the advertisement this morning,
and the squire was soon hunted up
and his property rstored. He divided
literally with then and is all too glad
that his property fell into honest
hands.
w. j. Morphy ofthe Fort was in the
city to-day among his old fliend,, but
left at $50 for Dallss.
The weather is too hot for anybody
to enjoy it unless he wants to acclimate
himself for that country where all
good Christians don't want 10 go.
Charles f. Dune of Gainesville
made his old Sherman friends hasty
visit to-day and says a large delegation
will come over on the Fourth to help
us celebrate.
A report has been circulated here
that many of our Denison neighbors
will go to the territory that day and
cannot therefore be with us. The in
vitation is extended to all, but
If they find more congsnial COM
pany elsewhere of course they
ought to go. Several excursion parties
are preparing to go to the territory in
a few days to enjoy the col shades
and fine fishing up the W,shita. We
expect to report one of these and will
therefore have to go along.