Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-05
A DAY AT DALLAS.
The Anglo american Railroad Case
Thrown Out Of Court.
Claims for Defective Scwerage--Al-
most q Big Fire.
Progress of the Baum Trial Other
Local News Notes.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
Dallas, March Authorization was
received from Chicago to-day that the
case of Messrs. Wylie, Wellmans,
Boudinot and Caldwell, against the
Anelo-Anerican Land and Claim asso-
citation, with headquarters at Chicago,
for $4,000 was non-suited, the judge
throwing the case out of court without
hearing any of the argursent. The
first two named plaintiffs reside here.
This suit grew out of complications
arising from the building of the Chi
cago, Texas 4 Mexican Central rail-
way, now part of the Gulf, Colorado
4. Santa Fe road from Dallas TO Gle
burne.
Mrs. A. NJ. Orr and her husband,
w. w. Orr, commenced suit to-day
against the city of Dallas for So, 900
damages TO property caused by the bad
system of sewerage stopping upnatural
drainage channel. Suits OF this char
acter now pending against the city
aggregate upwards of 100000.
There were five deaths in the city
for the week ending to-day.
At one O'Clock this morning q frame
building on Main street, east of the
Union stock yards, burned, caused it
is supposed by incendiarism. The
loss was insignificant bat three hours
later the Elan stables on Elm street.
west of the stock yards, together with
the fence, ETC., were discovered on
fire and were totally consumed. The
total loss is about $1,000; insurance
about one. half. The proprietors of the
stock yards say they are satisfied that
these were attempts to burn them out.
Aa rh IN In al L. 81.
and horses, about 800 head in all at
the time of the fires. All were saved,
but part of the horses and cattle
stampeded. Among the horses in the
yards was the promising young race
mare, Belle Barclay. She was saved
The stock yards people have employed
private detectives to try and ferret out
the incendiaries.
II. b. Strange, teller at Oliver &
Grigg's bank, vas the only witness ex-
amined in the Baum trial to-day. and
his testimony had but little bearing
on the case before the court, but
tended to show conspiracy to de-
fraud the railroad.
The following named parties fled
suits against the Texas d Pacific rail
road to-day: E. j. and II. j. Mills,
Sl,S70, for damages to property; j. G.
and b. l.. Coward, 81 300, damages to
property.
IL. is the opinion If Capt. w. w.
Ross, n recognized authority on crop
matters, that the peach crop in North
Texas has been largely cut Off by
freezing.
County Attorney Clint. having
heard a rumor that the gambling |
houses would resume during the meet |
ing of the cattlemens convention, pro-
poses to give notice that if this is done |
the houses will be raided and all the |
players arrested.
At the council meeting tonight the |
BIDS of j. w. Harry were accepted for
paving Main street, from the west
side of Jefferson TO the east side of |
Sycamore, and all cross streets inter-
vening between Main and Elm streets;
also, Elm street from Sycamore to fifty
feet east of the Central railroad.
The directors OF the City National
bank were to-day restrained, by order
OF Judge Mccormick of the United
States district court, from ousting the
City National bank from It's present
quarters to give place TO the American
National bank, recently organized,
and which expected 10 open tomorrow
for business in the building now and
heretofore occupied by the City Ma
tiOnal bank.