Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24
WILLS POINT.
suspicious and Mysterious Disappear.
ance Of Prominent Citizen.
a Sewsy Budget Gathered by a Gazette
Correspondent.

Correspondent.
Special TO the Gazette.
Wills PoIxr, June as
Weather dry and hot with but little
change this week. A light shower of
ram fell Friday but did not amount to
much.
Our town will soon have a pboto-
graph gallery opposite the Local
Chronicle office. 1t will be erected
next week.
An election will be held at this nlace
by T. ]. McKain, on the srd Of tnIw
M as,, 70 whether we shall incorporate
WITS POINT or not. Your reporter
uoes not know how the sentiment
to 1t. e''"
Miss Lizzie Florence returned from
Waco to-day, where she has been AL
tending school. Her many friends
Were happy to see her once more.
we learn that q professional man of
canton is an aspirant to the legislature
from this county. The same man
whlle oil on a journey at neighbour
ing town was ashamed to own that he
was Van Xandter, and registered nj
q Motel as If he was from Denton.
Texas.
John M. Pate left last Friday night
for Longview.
Farmers bring in more encouraging
reports from crops this week than last.
Inc report comes to us to-day that
considerable excitement Is rife in the
southern portion of this county, caused
by The suspicious and mysterious dis.
appearance OF man of that country.
One day this week four men came to a
small town In the southern portion of
this county saying they were in search
of would-be rapist from Henderson
county. They found him and started
on their way back, and the man has
not been heard of since. Some one
met one Of the four men afterwards
and inquired what they had done with
their prisoner. He said they put him
in Jail at Brownsborough at first, and
then said he got away from them, say
ing the last that was seen OF him he
was running across an old field. The
opinion there Is that they killed the
man and sank his body in an old
beaver ruin close 10y the road. Search
is going on now for the lost body OF
the missing man. The liver will be
dragged TO see If the body Ia in It,
The four men charged their prisoner
with raping young lady close t.
Brownsborough.
Prof. Taliaferro of Dallas is in tn,
Point this week.
The latest amusement is to get ;
small boy, make him beastly drunk
and then have fun out of him.
Mr.. II. A. Dean and family are Wis
iting relatives and friends in this plac,
this week.
We learn that one more man in oul
town in response to numerous solici
tations has become candidate fol
sheriff.
A public speaking is to be had a
Canton on the 2Sth of June, when til,
Greenbacls party will try and resur
rect itself.
Mr.. Coglan, our day operator at this
place. is off ON trip to Mineral Wells
to be gone several days.
a good many people were in town
Saturday and our merchants did |
good business.
! Mr. Manning of Canton was up Il
, the Point this week on business.
. Capt. w. b. Henderson arrived IL
, the Point to-day from California.
Several of our fun-loving citizen
will be at the Fort Worth shooting
matches next week, TO try their lucl
t with the pigeons and glass balls.
Several parties have been shooting
at eggs this week. w. b. Wynne car
ried of the blue ribbon on such occa
, sions. He did some very good shoot
: ing.
) Mr.. Louis Smith came very near be
ing run over ny freight train thl
week. He attempted to jump upon
: while moving and missed his footipi
and fell. The train dragged him "a fe,
wards, when he turned loose and fel
: nearly under the wheels, but escapes
t without any injury.
eve hear some talk of doctor y
Canton becoming an independent can
didate for the legislature on the free
grass plank from this county. -,
Mr.. Camp of Henderson is in TIL
9 city visiting friends
Mr. Charlie Smith of Waxahachi
arrived here Friday ON Visit To ID
parents and friends.
Mrs. Taylor, daughter of DR.. w. G
: smith of this place, returned to he
home in Tennessee last week, haVin
y spent several days in the Point.
d Preaching at the Presbyterian churc
n lasted all this week and will continu
through the coming week. Only on
Y new member has been admitted 10 IN
!, church up to this time, the same beiD
Mr.. John M. Pate. A.
: Brother McWhirter preached at ia
o Methodist church at this place to-day
e He was pastor of that church at TN
u place some time ago, and many wei
, very glad of the opportunity 70 he'
!, him preach once more. Brother olvei.
u fine present pastor, Is attending come
= ence now in session at Terrell.
!; A meeting of the board ofexaminel
y of Van Xandt county was held at Sai
J, ton on June 81. tor the purpose Oh
u gauizing a teachers institute.
q commissioners court of Van Ian'
Q recently met, with but three member
Justice court of precinct NO.
Van Zandt county was IN session Ia
Friday. o,d CLAW
y drummer. and q citizen OF Wits RON
oil - .,,ar l.ara tp-dny.