Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-13
A DAY AT DALLAS.
Another verdant Former Fleeced by
Two Confidence Men.
Senator Gibbs Set Right-IusurancC
Ratcs to Be Raised.
Easter Services To-day---Lecal ant
Personal Notes.
SPECIAL TO the Gazette.


SPECIAL TO the Gazette.
Dallas, April H. Frank White
hurst comes originally from Alabama
but lately from Gregg county. Texas
He has evidently not been rubbed M
against the world to any great extent. |
or if he has, he has NOT learned the
legitimate lesson such rubbing should |
teach. Mr. Whltehurst went west of |
WAY enst this morniny Az The train |
was coming over the elevated road |
over TRINITY river and bottom. IN. |
regulation nice gentleman took a.s.nt I
beside him, and proceed.d to Give him |
the benefit OF his most carefully and
thoroughly cultivated conversation. |
The music was, however. INTERRUPTED |
hy the regulation third marty who in |
formed the man of n,usisal tnnrua |
that he would have to nav The rrei,ht |
on his goods at Dallas or thew would |
he nut OF. The man of chin appearcd
embarrassed and offered the height
bill nend II check for 81 $40 on the
First National bank of Fort Worth as
security for the freight, He
WAS told that the railroad did not do
business In that way, and nothing
short of the money would 20, The
hill WAS Sln5. Asa dernier resort. MIR.
Whitehurst vas Offered the check for
sos; he to keep the check ultil they
got TO Dallas Where asn they would TS;s go to-
sonare 10 MIR. Whitohurst. who. with
out hesitation, got out sos and took
charge of the check. The GOOD
tallIer and the freight agent got
of the train at the east
end of the bridge, takinp the
$lO5 with them. MIR. Whitehust
went on TO the Union depot. taking
with him the check for s. 0l6. which
vns worth leas than the paper Il was
nrlnt.d on. The gentlemen who mn.
ninulated the G reep county aoricultu
rist are the same that have been work.
inv the unsophlsticnted tourists here
abouts for the last Xix months. and i'm
that time they have taken In several
thousand dollars. IN will be remem-
bered that they downed one bucolic
verdnnt Tor $500,
The GAgEIvrp. i'm its editorial de-
pertinent to-day, hit a warm friend of
Fort Worth. when IL commented mn
fayornbly on Hon. Bnruett ,;ibhs ns I,
candidate for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS be.
cnnse of certain influences nt Daltaa
exartpd against Eori Worth In The
matter If The selection of n nlacc for
hnldinc The stnte convent,op by The
state executive committee. MIR. t;ibhs
,vas stronu aJvoca,a Of
Eort Worth for tha con-
vention ma nublished In GAyrrrp
sneciais from Dallas weeks before The
action of the state ok ecutive committees
81 IVann mud hein,a IA was M, us,irant
for sta,e,tIcket honors
Imam inierview with the GAzErI1,
corresnondent TODAY. Mr.. Dargnn. a
member of the sta,e hoard of fire I'M
dprwriters stated thnt n IL n prettv
well established iact that mt the annual
meeting of the board. which assenible,
at Gnlyeston on Aprll oond. there vii
ms n material raising of the rates Of In
surance In aII fhe towns and cities o
rexas except Dallas, as during tn,
mast ounrter ali companies doing
business i'm Texas have LOST
money at All other places. the heaviest
losses heiny Sustained in The smnlle,
class of towns rThe rate al Dallas vii
ha ' iaf, unnhanyed and ,fIer fmll inves
,iaatio, No did not know bmt Eori
Wnrtb amaiin Uomston and SIN An
!, tonic might also be leit ut The present
: rate hnt tbat the chances tend to M,
increase THE increase, he saws. will
cartainlv he anniIed To CorsIcnr,a.
Caive.,on Granville. Athens md
other small towns and cities. mart len.
Larry those IN which losses from ok.
tan:Iva aud frenuen fires have hecn
sustained.
r. s. Daurherty. a leading land mar
of DnIias Announces a sale O cholc,
city nroperty. i'm 10 and blocks. nj
Colorado civ. Texas. on Nav egth
: The eyes Of many prospectors and in
vsstofs are inst nj nre.ent turned 10
\ ward this nrospeious and GROWN,
Wasi Texns to,vn aud the sail, nron,
,uas 10 Ina a large one
w n. parry who for years. ha
aIIad IN :, most able manner Tho dem,
I ~ district oI.rltsbin for Dallas count :,
,3ili he n candid,,,a hefora IN, iii
on,,,ciI far the ,,nsj,ion ~ city s,cra
sarv A man hetter ami stj.d tor III.
no.}tion could moi ht. fonnd IN D.l
40
m, foIlo,vino are the marrlage n
oonsas i.sueJ fbe mast week. i'e,Yi
Miller and I,uIa r. Dorsey Emil
Isr,iz and Frances Yetzes n II. Y.te
aud Jsiizaheth NJ Anderson n Al
: Gov and A n starry Marion Crutcl
fjeid and Hannah iy,ller
The followinv deIerates leave Da,Ia
to.morrow for Austin 10 attend III
meeting of the grand lodge OF he stat
which assemblies Tuesday: DIR. w. ii
sutton. "a. v. C.: ED. C' Smith. renr,
sentative OF the grand lodge: ri A
Ferris. a. M. OF g.; q. q. Wjlson 4
Terrell. q, NJ. at A.
The physicians OF the county mn,