Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-31
A DAY AT DALLAS.
Strike Of Employees on the Texas & 81
Louis Narrow Gauge Road.
Another Attempted Assassination-Sto.
len Property Recovered.
Current Topics Of the Time ana Local
Happenings.
Special TO the Gazette.

Special TO tho Gazette.
Dallas, Texas, January 30.-Passen-
gers from the east tonight report n
general strike of the train forces on the
Texas d st. Louis Marrow Gauge rail-
road, and that Ii extends through AR.
kansas and Texas. United States mail
cars only are allowed to move. The
strike Is for the payment of overdue
| salaries.
Henry Dean, while riding through
the business part of the city this morn.
ing about two o'clock, was shot
through the right leg and dangerously
wounded. There is no clew to who did
the shooting. This is the third attempt
this week to assassinate people by un-
known parties.
Miss M. l.. Minor of Dallas was
robbed on the night of January 14th,
of gold watch and chain, pair of
bracelets, SIS in money and small
satchel in which she had deposited the
articles. City Marshal Arnold to-day
returned Miss Minor all her property
except the money, having found
part of 1t at Fort Worth and the bal
ance in Colorado City, where the
thieves had disposed of II. No clew as
to who the thieves are.
a newcomer from Tenne ssee, named
p. "A. Rambo, was worked by con-
fidence crook, who played the racket
of engaging him to go to New Mexico
to drive team. The swindler then
borrowed all the money the verdant
youth posed, thirty dollars, TO pay
their expenses out to New Mexico. and
then disappeared. After waiting till
this evening Rambo reported to the
sherlti7s Office and the swindler was
soon found and committed to the coun-
ty Jail. He gives his name as w. f.
Schroeder. He was fully identified by
Rambo. A part of the money was re-
turned to the victim.
S ock cattle in the western part of
the county are dying in considerable
numbers from disease that stockmen
are not familiar with and which can
not be made to yield TO treatment.
Stock are taken with sudden sickness
similarto that caused by eating buckeye
and die in q few hours. A meeting OF
farmers and stockmen was held to-day
ut Grand Prairie to see if remedy
could not be devised to check or cure
the disease, which is spreading rap
idly.
Alexander Cockrell has just fenced
in 1000 acre pasture and viii
inclose 1900 more Twelve miles west of
Dallas. The 1000 acres is for a breed
ing ranch; the 1900 acres for young
stock cattle. He reports his section
free from fence-cutting.
The great cotton swindle and rail-
road embezzlement cases against
Lohnstein, Cammack and Easton were
called this morning in the district
court and passed, or rather continued
till the next term. The cause of this
seems to be that the cases are SO pom
derous in size and details that neither
the state or the defendants attorneys
have yet been able to get down into
the merits, or rather dement's of them.
A coat-thief named Hunter stole that
particular garment from tree peddler
named Kelly to-day, was chased by
officers nearly mile, captured and
lodged in Jail.
Johnny Messmore, the lost boy, was
found late last night.
Dallas is still stirring on the state
Odd Fellows temple and will make 4
formidable effort to secure it at the Fort
Worth meeting next week. The pro-
motors of the scheme express conf
dence of success.
The grand jury convened to-day
Everybody is consequently on the
qui uiUe for new sensational develop
ments in the cotton swindles. A true
bill was to-day returned against Joe
Forsythe, charged with assault with
intent to kill Sam Bills.
He expects trial tomorrow.
II. l.. Belt was acquitted in the dis
trict court to-day of the charge OF
stealing horse from S. r. Sealy of
l. lisbon.
The scarlet women of the city Were
arraigned in the mayors court this
morning and assessed the regulation
81. so each.
The residence of Robert Purdy on
Bryan street was entered by a burglar
Monday night, but the visitor was
frightened away by Mrs. Purdy awak-
ing and inquiring who was there.
A gentleman arrived in the city to-
day on the trail of some thieves who
stole four horses from parties at Wal
nut Springs, Bosque county, Monday
night.
Ashton Pryor has been appointed In
the room of Policeman holland, who
was dismissed by the police board
Monday.
News reached here tonight of a
clash between horse thieves and ofii-
GERS near WaXahachie in Ellis county.
Two men offered number OF horses
for sale in Waxahachie for which they
could not produce satisfactory evidence
of ownership. One of the men named
Hickey was arrested on suspicion of
being horse thief the other, name
not learned, fled, pursued by Dep
uty Sheriff John Meredith.
A fight took place three miles from
Waxahachie, in which the thief IS
horse was wounded and captured.
The rider shot Deputy Sheriff Mere
dith through the thigh, and he IL in a
critical condition. Sheriff Brawley Is
in pursuit with a posse of men and
pack of blood-hounds. 1T Is thought
Meredith's posse wounded the desper-
ate fugitive. He will undoubtedly be
killed or captured.
$50
HOUSTON.