Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-24
SAN ANTONIO.
A Question of Water Contract Sem
fenced for Life-Petty Thieving-
Military Notes.

Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, May 2S.-Bergstron
& Heustis, stable men, in 1883 applied
for water from the water.works com
pany, and 60. rate at ten dollars fol
all purposes. All went well up TO last
April, when the water company made
out bill for fourteen dollars during
March. A meter had been placed in
the stable. and hence the increased
charge. The firm refused To
pay the bill, and on the 18th
of May another bill was presented for
SIS. The firm refused to pay more
than $40, the regular livery stable
rates. In default OF the payment of
the claim, the wa.er-works company
cut off the supply, when Bergstrom Il
Heustis sued for an Injunction to re-
strain the company from deDriving
them of water, aud for 500
damages. The question is a new
one, and will decide the right
of the company to discriminate in
making charges.
j. ID. Henson, convicted of the muir
der OF the infant child of Mollie Shrop-
shire, and given life Imprisonment,
peaied.
Gov. Ireland arrived to-day from
Seguin, on his way TO Austin He re-
ports "a very heavy hail
storm having passed over Qua
considerable damage in the town of
Seguin. The fiue windows in the new
courthouse were destroyed, and crops
beaten down.
Last night q watch was set in the
coinmissary store house of the head
quarters of the department OF Texas
for the purpose Of detecting per-
sons Who have been stealing com
missary stores, and resulted ia
the capture Of the man Bishop, charged
with being In the act of stealing coffee
from barrel. Bishop is general
wutchman. He was arrested, and is
held in custody. He is married man,
has been with the government for
many years, and has grandchildren
here. The losses on account OF petty
stealing from the government aggre-
gate thousands OF dollaTs. Recently
o1e Of the stOrehcuse men was detected
and released on bond, and left the
country. The shortages on account OF
these rneils have be.n made good Ia
the government, boards of survey hav-
ing learned of the losses and held OIL
Gals accountable for them. Gen.
Small, who preceded Gen. Thos. vii.
son, now in charge OF the commissary
department, had to make good So, 5O(
on evaporated apples, for which his
clerk, Davidson, was suhse.
quently jailed. Much credit i.
due Gen. Wilson, present
chief commissary, for detecting
this system OF thievery. Bishop say
that the key 10y which he entered til,
store room was given him year or 81
ago, and he holds that AZ Waterman Ii,
had a perfect right to be where he wat
found. His character has always beer
good, and he was fully trusted by
those over him.
Gen. Thomas Wilson, chief commits
sary of this military department, ha
been granted three mouths leave o
absence, and will be supplanted b,
Capt. Cushing of Washington. Capt
Gushing was here eleven years ago il
a similar capacity.
Gen. Sheridan recently issued an OF
der that all troops at the post, excep
Tue necessary garrison forces, take til
field for fifty miles for exercise pun
poses. The object was to test rapidit
OF movement. The artillery and Nv
companies of cavalry here made thi
raid III only four days.