Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-07
TEXARKANA.
Bohemian Sketches Of Popular and
Pleasant Railroad Men.
Burns and the Burglarious Crooks
Mixed Headlines.

Special Correspondence of the Gazette.
Terarkana, February 4.-These railroad
men are pretty good sort OF people, and
An easy-going, obliging set, always on the
alert To please-although some travellers
choose TO think otherwise; but the existence
simply proves The general rule that railroad
men are kindly disposed. Ever since
that first conductor, Jehoahaz, OF
the Israelltes, 10 the present time, conductors
the run from TuNarkana to Fort Worth on
the Texas & Pacific and rrDnscontinental
may be found Cot-rie nowhere surpassed as
gentlemen and ever faithful in discharge OF
their duties. lfyou have occasion 10 go over
the Texas & Pacific line you cannot have
failed TO note that military looking one, he
OF the auburn CT ushe straw berry locks, who
can give such an emphatic twist 10 his call of
"tlckets," significant OF his readiness 10 ley
you walk IL our fare Is not forthcoming; and
yet in all his dealings as polite as the bravest
X. p. you ever met. ihen there Is one
small of stature, but every other way large
heavy, dark mustache and eyes almost
black go u make up good blocking man. a
more particular man as to his personal APP
pcarance there is not on the line, and you
need not be surprised h. learn that he IL -
ladies' man. You are little of ~ traveller In
these parts If ere his you have failed to sur
render your long 10 p HaPed iSe
cord hcreabont ana IL genial gentleman.
lie lives in Fort Worth. number of these
conductors also live there ON what they
You have certainly noticed that slender
blonde conductor whose blue eyes soou,catch
sight of every new passengaire In whose pres
ence he punches with care. Then the are
two on the Transcoutinental who were more
youthful III the years agone; they are easily
mistaken one for the other, ana eaeh
Is better looking than the other.
Ask them about that case OF mistaken identi-
~ at Sherman lately. Pleasant, obliging
gentlemen, all OF them.
said an authority; 81 can tell you why
these reads are C, implanted OF. u Is not
because OF the local management being nm
willing 10 put the roads In better shape: ~ Is
simply that the money allowed them 10 run
their divisions j. Insufficient Better men
were never In charge OF roads than =; ). ,ud-
ley or George >, sands or j NJ; EDDY; tney
couldn't stand 1t, they could not please
both the public and the company. On,
there is something wrong and II Hes with
the company TO furnish more money "a tor
relaying the track" said another. "By me
l0th OF This month important changes WI,
tfa mads S ssangs n NE running
"Wouldn't IL be cheaper TO repair tnor-
oughly the track and prevent so Iahy
freight accidents and delays; was as cnanoes
In management may bring forth soihe IN
provements on the road; they are needed
Omcer Nc auley OF TeXarkanl, AIkan nsno,
Is AN ex-railroad man. He good olicer,
Saturday night he covered himself win glory
and perspiration in capturing, WIN ,he n,u
OF citizens hastily gathered, some ho,ori6o ns
a
YOU, but failed 10 say that the gentry had
succeeded In drilling through u safe wntn
surprised by these vlgilant men. The cap
ture of Burns Is astonishing 10 ms
many friends here, IN he mad
been so promine as a member OF burns a.
Livingston, contractors. They did the prie lA
work ON the new oil mill here, ana were
about TO commence the new court house Nv
| ClaTksvilie. Livingston is placed IN q very
embarrassing position. and keenly feels ,no
disgrace of his partner. Whatever he may
feel, II Is TO be hoped that the pubic WIN az
tribute TO him no knowledge or part IN any
crookedne,s belonging TO Burns. a..
! Speaking of crooks: Did you nollce 'ne
condition Dallas society has gotten mo a y
reported by the Herald last sunday one
| OF the social eventsp-so the Herald shy ~
was an interview of a citizen lin Jam wn VIM
speaks knowingly of "Cupld's crownins COZ,
quest in robbing a stage coach, or es ssisl
man his own robber. Farther Along IL IL sai !,
the citizen "smiled grimly for a moment.
That's the way with those Dallas penp,e,
When they do smile II Is only for a Inomen,
and always grimiy. They remember whei'
they I've. II was hard, 700, on otn 1,s Me- we
| known citizens 10 have their home NE ne
aided forth as some Tricks OF the Irad'
i Shown up.n Alter her gambling experience
poor Dallas Is getting In bad shape