Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-15
A DAY AT DALLAS.
Echoes from the slockmen's Convention
-.Gencrai News Notes.
Baum,s Indicted FOR Arson Ny
the Grand Jury.
Large Cattle and Rancl, saies-hOca
and Personal Items.
special TO the Gazette.


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A GOOD suggestion was maze ny
gentleman Ia attendance NJ me stoch
convention in order to have unlIornl.
inv of time in Dallas, and that was ior
the Merchants Exchange 10 pug
large. strengthened town clock on tielr
building and adopt Goth meridian
time that the city time might cores
pond with that by Whicii
the railroads centering mere are
RIM. As it now Is, the pubic CLOCK
i'm the county court house tower IL
nuisance, being about half an houf
behind the standard time, ana people
who regulate railroads and other en-,
gavements by it are Inconvenience
and oftentimes injured. Inc city
council some time since adopted stan
dard time, but the progressive ~
county commissioners VINO contIoi
the county clock stick by the old To-
cal solar system.
The GAZETTE representative ac,
knowledges an Invitation 10 Wteho
the bal, given tonight by Mr.. ana
Mira, w. III Broadus, at the CONNER
cial hotel, Corsicana. lie Regrets 10
have to absent himself from such an
ENJOYABLE occasion, at the invitation
of such splendid host and hostess, but
the cowboy convention racket oil the
past week has put sort of social
crimp in him. -,
The race stock ut the jocky club
grounds are being logged and other
wise exercised, 10 get in condition TO
Ego" mt the spring meeting OF the
North Texas circuit at GAINESVILLE,
sherman aud Fort Worth In April
Fuller, the great PAGER, - being spe-
ciallv looked after 10y Mr.. y. w. Camp
bell for another whirl at the above
named points with the great Rich
ball.
The cow-man has departed, but the
cock-tights continue.
O'Brien Moore departed for Calves
ton to-day to FURNISH up the paragraph
department of the News, which has
become badly rusted during his ABB
sence at Dallas.
The grand jury adjourned today un-
Ill the first Monday in April. 1t le-
turned iifty-two new bills, all except
three for felonies.
Well-informed men estimate the cat
tie drive from Texas the coming season
at about $50 900 head. 1t may be more
If favorable shipping rates are not Sc
cured.
BY agreement of counsel, the taking
of oral testimony i'm the Baum habeas
corpus hearing was dispensed with,
and the written testimony recently
taken before Judge Kendall ON pre-
limiuary examination was yesterday
submitted to District Judge Aldrldse,
the object OF the defense being to Sc
cure Baum's release on reduction of
bond. Judge Aldridge this morning
dismissed the charges of forgery
AGAINST the prisoner, but
held him for swiudling, to
await the action of the grand jury, re-
serving his decision on the bond re-
drctiOn until that body should be
heard from. The grand jury upon ad-
lourning to-day returned thirty-seven
indictments against Baum-thirty-oue
for swindliug and six for forgery.
Judge Aldridge then fixed the bond at
| $3.50 in each of the swindling cases,
and 500 each in the forgery cases,
making n total Of S23 $50 honda re-
duction of SlO,l50 from what the pris-
oner was under before. Baum Is still
in Jail, In default of bail.
County Attorney Clint says the
grand jury to-day returned an indict-
men, against H. Baum for arson in adj
dition to those in the cotton frauds.
| No action has been taken on the iu-
dictment, rs the prisoner is in jnil
! The arsol understood to he charged in
! connection with the burningot Baum
store on Elm street two years ago
G, w. Merchant sold too. j, Wren
his Duck creek rauch lands, cattle
and horses embracing about coo
head OF stock, for sl50,OOO
G.. w, Merchant purchased from
Jesse Wicks 5000 head OF 7.heart
brand cattle in Taylor county for
t75, Gao.
j. IL. Paramore sold to Jesse Evans
| ! 900 head of cattle, private terms, for
delivery at Abilene.
| j. w. Wilson of Gainesville sold
$4,000 head of the o. ii. and triangle
| brands of horses and cattle and Is ,000
man county, to Smith. Hearn Il Hearu
OF Coleman and He'll plain for $500, 900
This is the largest live stock transac
ton consumated in Texas the pas
year.
The following visitors from Chicago
who have been doing Mexico, TeXa
and the Dallas meeting, departed 70
home tonight: Il. X. Hastings o
Gregory. Cooley IL Co; j. +. Ware
and G. II Cooley. They were accom-
panied 10y a. G Patton, n heavy man
ufacturer of Columbus, o., who Ia
become completely euamored of Texu
and proposes establishing himself
ranch in the state. The following ger
. tlenien arrived here tonight en- rout
! to Colorado City. J. w. Crumpack,
: and Edward Bursen, of II. March I
the Union stock yards of Chicag
i They are ON u 1--we stock pilgrimage.
i Ab)ut thirty Dallss iitemen in I'm
e form went over to Fort Worth to-nigl
e to attend the ball given by the men
e hers of the department of that city.
y Ike Prior of Austin aud billiard
FAINT of Goliad left for Fort Worth I
night.
w. p. Anderson, the able and gent
representative of the Chicago Drovel
Journal, who has been attending d
Dallas meeting, went to Fort Wor
tonight. The GAZETTE Corresponds
at Dallas is under many obligations
or Mr. Anderson for numerous courtcsi
If and pointers during the conventio
or things To he appreciated by gre
rr hand In live stock crowd.
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