Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-15
SHERMAN.
,.,ouites at the Houston Conven-
ua' They'll be Thar, Free
u'A Grass and ALL"
-, PLAYS with a Charged Tele
aln, a. wire and Receives a
PA' Shock Notes.

'.s lady, Miss Fannie May Witt'
ups ,or the Atlanta Sunny South,
e' made business calls on old sub
, ~ aud took many new names to
,.h,. ,opsiar literary paper in the
Tnis is Miss Wits first sea-
W. newspaper solicitor in Texas,
observes quite a contrast In
sue h.re where everybody has
ching to do and that of the old
- where so many Ut tie citizens
rmps-atively idle.
Mills, Esq. who hes been sick
.syeral months, has 50 far recov-
TO be able to trsvel. He left
NJ EARN springs In Virginia last
,n ". the effect of those heal.
isnsrs He took his little nine
IA son along Ms his only attend
md many and earnest are the
M his friends mere that he may
ra,,,rn fully restored to health.
~ Rslls Bullock and Miss Mag
W. snarews left Sherman last evening
va protracted. visit among friends IN
ort Worth aud ,pscatur, :.
a sturdy c6uutryman who cap,e into
q civ to-day with n load OF melons
ssls on the square, seeing hands
n,osed in transferring the telephone
H. from the old poles to the new.
une1ndpd to volunteer his services to
ny, and straivhtvay laid hold with
s,h hands sn the Wires. Ii happened
sst garrett Of elec tricity WAS ,eraed
mt tbat tisae, andwhen he caught
,oH there WIS 10 letting go; but the
thock WIS very severe, and
Ss way he yelled and
ayorted around was a sigsat 10 see.
H. racket brought hundreds to see
Ehst was the matter, whiie their
nVhipg and boisterous Suggestions as
nrnat he should do to be ssCed, only
.assd 10 the confusion. His muscular
rntortiops and physical agony were
ss.-hl fur "A few moments, ssnu might
NE resulted seriously had not one OF
EbeteleDnone men, who understood
.fbe sta ,tiou, promptly cNt the wire
hDd set hun AZ liberty. A more crest
FALLEN and dejec,ed son OF liberty
|bas not been seen here
than he was when he deiectedly saun'
tered back TO That melon wagon and
looked out at the laughing crowd Of
Iidlers Watching his movements. He
saws ar I'd know'd it war loaded !
wouldn't a mOnkeyed with the damned
thing
Judge C. G. Binkley left last nigh
to attend the meeting of the Republi
can executive committee at Austin OF
the 10Th. 1t may be that his party
will have to come To the banner Dem
ocratic county in Texas to get mar
of nerve enough To ruu for governor
on the Republican ticket.
The indications now are good for q
full delegation of representative free
grass Democrats frona Graysou to the
Houston convention next week, and
you need not be surprised If some very
Unexpected things happen while The
unlerrlfied are in councilthere. OZARK
horses" are ,ethered ont all around the
tack, and if some OF them are moi
turned loose in the race we are NJ
wOpbet
Cd Gammage, United States com
missioner in Texas for the Worlds
Gpost on at New Orleans, was in the
dty To- day, but left ON the west-bound
tain at 4:o5 for Fort Worth.
Conductor Wilson Of the Texos &
Pacific train. who runs the passenger
train daily from Whitesboro To Texar.
kama, has gotten thirty days leave Of
absence and is resting at the Binkley
house awaiting the action of the coun
~ court, in Which he is recognized Il
appear M "a witness. After this b,
will rusticate in the mountains awhil,
before returning to duty.
ii. A Burnett. agent for said road a
this ,,la, e, has been eDio, ing sea bath
and "a bre, yea NJ Galveston for tn
past week.