Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-18
WACO.
The Gauge Recciyership Fu-
neral Of Miss Hogan - Minor
Topics Of Interest.

Special to the Gazette.
Waco January l7.-General Man
ager Woodward of the Texas & st.
Luis railroad left for the East this
morning. Before leaving he filed in
the Office of J. H. links, clerk OF the
United States circuit court here, the
petition Of the Central Trust company
of New York vs. the Texas ~ ST. Louis
railroad and Frederick NJ. Utter; also
the order Of Judge Don A. Pardee
granting the prayer for the appoint
ment of Il receiver. The case will he
heard here before Judges Pardee and
Mccormick. The petition sets out
that on or prior TO June |, 1888, the
road made two mortgages and issued
bonds Hereunder, the first known as
"first-norigage bondsn and the others
as "lirst mortgage land grant and in
come bonds the last giving first
lien upon all land, land grants, etc,
and also upon the road, subject to the
first mortgage bonds. The
bonds SO issued amount
to 50 lbs, GOO, and mature June 1st,
1920. Subsequently there were issued
other bonds called general first mort
gage per cent. forty-year gold bonds"
of 81 900 each. ON August lst, 1881,
the railway company executed 70 the
Central Trust Company II deed of
trust on all its line Of road, built and
to be built, "a length of G35 miles, all
tracks, switches, equipments, etc
The Trust Company has Endorsed the
railway company's bonds 10 the
amount of 81 ST., $50 After alleging
that the railway company has failed
to pay its interest, and alleging that
the line of road, equipments, etc, are
insufficient to pay It's indebtedness, an
account is asked, and also that re-
cever be appointed To take account
aud conduct the road for the purpose
OF liquidatlng the bonds. An order OF
sale, directing that the road, etc, he
sold at Houston, Texas, upon the
hearing of the petition, Il also prayed
for. Judge Pardre made m order APP
pointing w. r. Woodward receiver.
The Central Trust company's at,or-
neys are Butler. Stilimau ~ Hubbard
OF New York, while Clark u Dyer Of
Waco represent the receiver
The funeral services of Miss Hogan
daughter of the chief of the Waco fire
dep irtment, took place tins morning,
aud were very largely attended, She
fire department turning out en- masse.
L
ID. Shaw, the eX-Methodist minister,
who is now about as pronounced II
free-thinker as Bob Ingersoll. The
funeral oration, however, touched on
the immortality of the soul. arguing
that the Incompetence of life held
out hopes of existence somewhere
else. IT, was couched 10 beautiful
language, and was listened TO with
manifest eagerness and interest. Mr..
Shaw has OBLIGATED at four funerals
since he cut loose from Christianity,
but this is the first notable occasion
where the attendance was large.
The city council IL in session to.
night with the water-works question
and city printing under discussion.
Water Is live suijert here now, and
public patience is about exhausted.
The debates in the council in.
iicate that that body is some
what divided in opinion as 10 remedi-
al measures, with perhaps the prepon-
derance of sentiment against theprop-
ositiens of the water company. The
suppl, is adequate for fire aud domes-
tic urpnses, but IL Is the quality that
1. complained of. IL IL 10 be feared
that litigation will be the result.
A Waco wholesale dry goods firm
closed out a mercantile establishment
in i1nsque county last week, 10y at
tachment. The BOsque county firm
now retalintes hy bringing suit against
the Waco firm, placing damages AZ
$lO,Ou0.
Mr.. j. II. Briggs, roadmaster OF the
Texas a. 81. Louis, has resigned bis
position on that ro d, and accepted n
similar position on the Denver q RIO
Lirsnde, Utah division. He will leave
here on the 10Th.
The new station agent OF the Texas
4 st Louis railroad here has not YET
been appointed.
There are no new developments from
Houston ia the case Of VIII Lyons
who married the variety girl.
win Nigel, son OF Mr. M. Nigel, {
prominent liquor dealer, died las
night and was bu led to-day.
Mr.. J. Il. Gilbert, cashier OF tn