Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-11
DALLAS.
The State Baptist Sunday. School Con.
vention Meets To-Day.
Termination of the Famous Grigsby Land
Suit-A Large Fee.
Organization Of New State Base Ball
Lengue-The Land Swindles.

Sunday school convention meets at
Dallas at 10 a. m. tomorrow. Over
400 delegates are expected. The con-
vention probably will not adjourn ear
lier than Sunday. A part of the dele
gates arrived to-day and were
met by the reception COM
mittee. Those who are posted On
Suuday-school matters say the reports
will show gratifying progress and sue
cess in the Baptist denomination in
Texas the past year.
The Ethiopian Odd Fellows have
bean appareled in their peacock gar
ments to-day, parad'ng around the
streets with an insanity-producing
brass band and picnicking Mt
Shady View park. Several
to have been seen i'm boot-legs of
visiting brethren from Fort Worth.
In conversation with several of the
leading physicians of the city to-day,
THE GAZETTE correspondent was in
formed that no detrimental effects can
result from the extensive breaking up
of the streets for having, Most of the
earth contains such large deposits o
lime that there is no danger of mal,-
rial diseases being produced by the ex
| halations from the excavations.
Can't McMurray of the state ranger
service was in the city TO-DAY and left
for headquarters at Big Springs this
| evening. His visit was in connec' on
with the recent land-title forgef es.
On July 8, Capt. McMurrav arrested
Y. w. Wampler at bayfield,. Wis as
an aocomplice with DR. G w Pierce
of Dallas in these forge ries. The bogus
titles thus far discovered involve about
10000 acres of land in Howard
county,. Wampler lived at Rig Springs
and fed from there to Wisconsin.
Capt. McMurrav lodged him in the
Travis county jail at Austin on Mon
day last, and then started for Dallas
expecting to capture DIR. Pierce. but
found him in custody on his arrival
DR.. Pierce was taken TO Austin this
morning
The famous case of the Grigsby
heirs VS. w. ii Bowles ct al as
against Jefferson Peak was concluded
in the district court to-day, after nine
days trial The plaintiffs are ID b.
Grigsby of Houston county and Mrs.
NJ. l.. Swindells of Grayson county.
The verdict was in favor of the plain
tfis for all the land sued for. but 1t
seems to have been understood by the
lawyers on both sides that the verdict
gave ID. b Grigsby more than the
charge of the court allowed him, aud
1t was agreed that the verdict might
be changed so as To make 1t conform
to the charge as thus amended. which
was done to avoid the necessity
of another long and tedious trial In
the district court, Is ID. B. Grigsby in
tended to appeal anyway from the
ruling of the court, which was un-
favorable to him. This is the second
time this case has been tried In the
court. On the first trial both the
plaintiffs were defeated under the
to the supreme court, which reversed
the Judgment of the lower court and
renanded the case for new trial
This IL supposed to be a test case, as
there are number of defendants,
and Jefferson Peak is supposed to have
the strongest case. The plaintiffs are
represented by jeff Word, Jr., and
Richard Morgan, Jr., and the defend
ants 10y Judges John l.. Henry and A.
II. Field. While they don't say SO
themselves, IL is understood the
, plaintiffs agent, S w. l.. Duncan, and
their attorneys, jeff Word and Richard
, Morgan, will receive rs their fees in
the case about one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. The property in
volved In this suit includes all the sub
: urban property of Dallas, aud all of tn,
town of East Dallas, and is estimated
: to be worth fully five hundred thou
) sand dollars.
r ganized at the Waco convention OF
. / 4 ia N ell Aar al, la m ar
: est among the fraternity and lovers o
: the game in this city, and it is NOR,
I than probable an effort will be mad
! soon to put team in the field sufIi
r GENTLY strong. to capture the stat
1 pennant. The gamea of the Dalla
club so far as scheduled for the Stat,
8 league championship are rs follows
8 At Dallas with Galveston club. Angus
. -, l6, IL. AT Dallas with Houston
f club, August %. %, 81 AT Dalla
g with San Antonio club, August % 81
D 81. At Dallas with Waco club, Sep
a temper 3. 4, 5.
4 Games abroad: AT Houston, Sep
+, TENDER $50, 80 AT San Antonio, DC
d tober g. A, S. At Galveston. Octobe
: 10, IL, IL. AT Waco, October IL, 10, 10
o Inc state league schedule Is not We
!, completed but the league secretary,
= T.. McNtaIus, VIII, In lew days, be II
e p ,ssession of the full order Of game
Z for all the clubs from the schedul
J. committee. The state league Is com
posed of the following cities: Dalla.
Fort Worth, Waco, Houston, CALVES
: ton and San Antonio. Date
for games between Dallas an
Fort Worth are to be arranged mu
tually between the clubs. Nationa
league rules were adopted to COVER
= the State league. The base hall fratei
uity of the state can thank Dallas ia
!. having developed the game TO tn
point of he organization of q stat
= league. The secretary OF a base bal
% league is the most important of all tn
= officers. II is compliment TO Dalla
= aud her old Brown Stockings that thi
= important Office should have bee
;, filled from the membership of tina
= club. Fort Worth and Dallas pla
= here on Sunday next, which will prof.
. ably be the last game before the leagu
= begins operations. They are tn
= strongest clubs Ia the state, aud tn
- game next Sunday will be we'll wort