Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-11
The Magnolia Cattle Company's FUR
chase Of Railroad Lands.
Offer of Right of Way to The Santa II
by Hunt County.
Another Chapter Of Cammack's Lat
Flight to Mexico.
A Budget OF Local and Personal News
Notes of the Day.

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a larr, body of ranch lands in Borden
county, to the amount of 500 900 cash
in hand, at $500 per acre. The pur-
chusers exchanged Texas d Pacific
bonds now selling at 81, the company
taking them Mt par, making the LANDS
in reality only cost the purchasers
81 SO per acre. Cattle and sheepmen
have invested heavily recently in
Texas d Pacific and other railroad
lands in Texas on the above principle
OF purchasing bonds and exchanging
them at par IN payment, in preference
to renting from the state at the land
boards figure of eight cents per an
mum for unwateTed and twenty cents
for watered lands. During the past
thirty days numerous sales of from
$4,000 to $4,000 have been made
through the leXus & Pacific land de-
partment ut Dallas.
Candidates for the offices mt the dis
posal of the city council are ~ thick
as they were Tor aldermen before the
election. II. IL. Bennett of the Times
Is an applicant for the position of
superintendent of the water works,
and is said to stand u good showing Of
securing the position. He has. the
qualifications necessary for the dis
charge Of the duties OF the Office.
The city vote on Tuesday last was
2,G23, instead If 1850, rs stated in my
special of yesterday.
X. h. Cowart left to-day for South
west Texas trip, aud will appear be.
fore the court of appeals Mt Austin on
the 18th instant rs counsel for the
gamblers in the cases carried up from
the Dallas county court
James Nj. Means of the Piedemont
Air line and George +. Lumpton of
the Cincinnati Southern railroad,
members in good standing of the tack.
hammer brigade, are in the city.
The citizens of Hunt county pur-
chased forand donated the right-of-way
through Hunt county and IA part of
Collin, lying between Dallas and Hunt.
to the Texas and st. Louis r ilroad,
conditioned that the road be built
within certain time. The time eX-
PRED few days ago, and now that the
Texas and 81 Louis has forfeited its
chances of going through that section
of country, the citizens OF Hunt de-
sire the Gulf, Colorado ard Santa Fe
to take the right-of- way auu build
northeast from Dallas via Rockwell,
Greenville and on 10 Paris. Parties
from Greenville and Rockwell have
been in Dallas consulting with leading
citizens with this in view, and a formal
proposition will be made to the GUT
Colorado and santa Fe in u few DAYS
A squad N male and female warriors
from the salvation Army attacked
Dallns this afternoon singing and
| eXhorting. Saints and sinners alike
fled in despair and full retreat from
their presence.
IL IL. Seay, principal attorney and
bondsman for Morgan Cammack, will
Tomorrow bring the case of the latter,
who Is nov in Jail, before District
Judge Aldridge, and ask that he lSeay)
| be allowed permission tp withdraw his
recent affidavit surreudering Cam.
mack, and allow the original bond TO
stand and the prisoner he released
thereon.
News reached here this evening o.
n big fire at Van Al.tyne this morn.
Ing. Five business houses were
burned. The telephone Office was de
stroyed. Loss estimated at S25 600
insurance light.
Billy Smith, the sheriff of Dalla
county, returned to-day from Guymas
Mexico, and made n pleasant call on
Morgan CammacS at the county Jail.
: Sheriff Smith, in the presence OF
Times reporter. this morning inter
viewed Morgan Cammack, as follows
Morgan, you were arrested at vii
lard, Mexico, by Detective Connors
who, ON receiving telegram from
: Willie Davenport to hold you, tina
there WAS money in it, proceeded Wit
. you TO Chlabasas, where you wer
joined by Davenport. AT this poin
Connors went out and got razor an
l II mirror, While Davenport Rename
, with you. You shaved your beard of
and while engaged in the tonsorial acl
+ the happy thought struck you to tr
Il tne virtues OF II little "sugar'--as Pre-.
ident Arthur calls money-on Messr.
J. Davenportand Connors. These gel
4 tiemen were In most excelleu
rapport with the proposition
: The sachariue transfer W.
made and you went your way I
y Carlo. where You left heavy trun
L and getting lighter one went mort
TO Benson, Arizona; thence east
e Lords urg, New Mexico, thence 1
II Dallas. shipping your trunk from Bel
y son To Mrs. Staples (Cammack's siste
g in-law) at Dallas Tho first intimutio
$ You had that WAS after you was whe
II davenport toll you at Lordsburl
New Mexico, Sunday last. You di
" not pass me Ia the train at Nogales o
y thursday night last, as you stated
.ne newspapers, as l only left Dallu
on mat night. Az Hermosillo va
nave most excellent friend in ii
person OF Irain Dispatcher Conwa,
IS a. 'hat place you wrote or dictated
iot Of telesrams to Clint, Seay, Gra