Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-27
A DAY AT DALLAS.
Suit for Damagcs--Arrested for At
tempt to Commit Bigamy.
Senator Gibbs Proposed Tour--Thc Bx-
Confederate Re-Union.
A Scandalous story Of the Purely False
and MalIciess Type.
More Rain, More Grass-A senegambian
on the Situation.

special to the Gas,t.e.
DALLAS, May CIV. F. Meeks to-
day filed suit in the district court
against the Texas & Pacific Railroad
company for 5000, damages, alleged to
have been sustained by him on the
evening of May II, by train running
over n street car at the crossing of the
railroad and Austin street. In which
he was q passenger, the collision caus'
ing him bodily injury. which he al
legcs will permanently disable him.
Carlos Grinstead was to-day lodged
in the county Jail, charged with an at
tempt to commit bigamy. The prisoner
arrived recently from Missouri, where
tits alleged he has wife. A Miss
Tucker, aged about, seventeen years,
became euamored of him and consent
ed TO marry him, believing him to be
a single man. While securing mar
rage license, and before the nuptial
ceremony could be performed, two
officers discovered his villany and he
was arrested. 1t is not thought he can
be prosecuted under the law.
In conversation to-day with THE
GAZETTE corr espondent, Hon. Barnett
Gibbs stated that he will about the
last of June start on his lieutenant
governorship campaign, and deliver
at least fifty speeches In West Texas,
from Fort Worth to FL Paso, visiting
every county seat and town of i'm
portance. He will start out with
thorough canvass OF Tarrant county,
making at least a half-dozen speeches
therein. He says he would rather the
people should become thoroughly in
formed on the free grass and land lease
system question. and that the school
fund should be fully protected than to
be acknowledgement, and that he
proposes making his campaign Oh that
line.
Marion Pyland. an alleged cattle
Thief, was given up late Saturday
night by his bondsmen, and on yester-
day county officials rearrested and
lodged him in Jail.
1t Is expected from the best informa-
ton obtainable by the management
that fully 10000 people will visit
Dallas during the eX-Confederate re-
union, to open here on August 6.
Camping arrangements of first class,
comfortable character, are being made
10 accommodate all the old veterans,
The Ervay street car line now runs
cars to the city park, in the southern
part of the city
The Dallas bankers are pre-
paring for picnic, which
Is evidence .hat they were not caught
in the New York financial cyclone.
The negroes are banding together to
secure high wages for farm and planta-
ton labor. They argue that the work
is 20 far behind from the great rains.
that farmers aud planters will be
forced To pay any price asked. THE
GAZETTE correspondent overheard a
squad of Seneganbians discussing the
question, which their Spokesman
summed up as follows: "De white
man am bound to hab our work now.
He can't help hisself. It's either
raise corn and cotton, or jiat rank
weeds. DE niggah's wages am de ton
crop dis season, suah, honey; you heah
mer
The Herald this morning published
an item In its telegraph news depart
ment, purporting to be special from
Waxahachie, to the effect that the peo.
pie of that place were shocked yester.
day at learning that Miss Sallie Craft
daughter OF hotel keeper, had elopeo
on saturday night last with neyr,
porter. OF course, the publication o
the item In the Herald was surpris,
to everybody, particularly those VIII,
knew how false the statement was
Miss Graft formerly resided In Daila
with her fathers family, afterwards a
Fort Worth, aud later remove,
TO WaXahachie, where the fam
lily still reside. For severa
days past she has been visiting friend
In Dallas, and this morning took til
frst train for home after the issuing G
the Herald. People at Waxahachi
We're greatly incensed when the Heral
reached there to-day, and the telephon
wires have been kept in pretty actiy
service during the day between tn
Crafts and the Herald people. Upo
investigation 1t develops that the He
AID has been villalnously impose
upon by some unknown party. Tn
papers correspondent at Waxahach
denies all knowledge of the autho
SUPP OF the item, which was sent b
mail Instead Of wire. an
signed ~. IS. Merritt. eli
marshal" and the telegraph editor
course thought 1t u bona fide niece
news, and after eliminating the mo
serious part of the item, published iii
rest. But no such man as j IS. Merri
is known In Waxahachie, and who
1, that has personated the city ma
shall, victimized the Herald, slandere
the young lady and disgraced the fan
iiy, remains q mystery. or cour
there are all sorts of rumors aiIoat he
OF serious trouble for the Herald, liz
suit for heavy damages, etc, but n
"a thing definite IL known. The Hera
an fr0r aAtat Ia n