Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-20
wILBARGER COUNTY.
An ETentful Week-The Candidates
In Court.

An ETentful Week-The Candidates
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
VERNON, TEX, Sept. I6.--Week be-
fore last was rather AN eventful week
In the history of Vernon. There were
three flst-fights and Ave babies born,
and still there were few persons in
town who were not happy.
On the Sth inst our district court
convened, with Judge b. + Williams
presiding and N Willis, ESQ, dis
trict attorney, representing the pleas
Of the state. Considerable interest
was manifested In this term of the
court, as there were some criminal
cases for theft Of cattle that were being
prosecuted by the Stock association.
The case of the S ate of Texas vs.
Cal Rowland, charged wi h theft
of cattle, was ably fought by
both sides. The jury returned yer.
dict of not guilty.
In the case Of the State of Texas VS..
j. Doan, county judge, charged with
interpolation of public money, the
indictment was quashed, after which
the district attorney stated TO the
court that he was satisfied that Judge
Doan had satisfactorily accounted for
all moneys passing through his hands
and that the county VS. indebted to
him and asked that he, Judge Doan,
be discharged from custody, which or.
der thee urt made, and Judge Doan
WAS released.
Quite number of important civil
suits were tried. The grand Jury re-
turned twenty bills OF Indictment;
fourteen misdemeanOr cases and six
felony cases.
William Griffin, who shot and killed
Dick Kane and John Kelly in cow
camp in the western part of this
county on the Goth of last June, was in
dicted for murder and ON habeas cor
pus was admitted 70 bail in the sum of
| $1,000.
The visiting attorneys present were
W. Il. Plemons, II. r. Lakewood,
Hon. A II Swan, J. M. Willis, l.. G,
Barrett of Henrietta, Henry Finch,
Fort Worth; w w. Flood, Wichita
Falls, and Ed IL. Bennett, Cooper,
Delta county.
Hon j. ". Throckmorton, eandi-
date tor congress from this, the Fifth
district, addressed the people upon ma
tional issues ut the courthouse last
Friday afternoon. His speech was a
happy one and was well received by
our people.
Edgell of the Guard has of late been
paying his respects to the Hon, A. X.
Swan through his paper. While Swan
was here he called upon the Guard
man, aud many predicted that there
would be blood upon the moon They
had long conference, and late in the
evening they Were seen-not engaged
In a deadiJ conflict-but going to
supper aria in arm, They had dug a
little hole and buried the Ratchet of
contention aud agreed with each other
that each was not such a bad man AZ
ter all.
Parson Hasmer preached at the
courthouse Sunday morning and at
night, and also Monday night, TO good
congregations.
There was grand ball at the court
house last Friday night All present
seemed TO enjoy themselves.
w. A, Wheeler has had his house
weather boarded and painted, which
adds greatly to its appearance
Mr.. Duckworth, lately from Cooke
county, Il building a dwelling house
in the northwestern part of town.
William Collet is building neat
little cottage just west OF the Vernon
hotel.
Hon. j. N Browning, candidate
for state representative nom this dis
trict, spoke to large audience at the
courthouse to night. His speech was
we'll received by our people. He ex-
posed the fallaciesof the lease law and
demonstrated its evil effects upon the
settlement of the country. His views
are In full accord with the wish OF our
people, and no man dare come out
against him so iar as Wilbarger county
Is concerned. We have no large leases
nor big pastures In this county, and
what ls more we are determined not
TO have any.
Parties having city property for sale
viii consult their interest by placing
same on the books OF Geo b. Loving
n Co.