Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-02
DALLAS.
:, Preparations for the ReunioA Of the
$40 =, rr.COnfederate Society.
Davis and Other NOtables
F''' Likely to Attend.
f, bigger VS.. Olin wellbOrn fol-
Congress.

sis Aug. 1.-The preparations
u ~ reunion of the ex-confederate
, 'as II Missourians, to begin. here
6 Z. are nearly all completed, and
n the most elaborate scale ever
s in tie South. The camp
'sn aa covers gloves of nearly
..,es at Longs lake, mile north
sasshe city on the Missouri Pacific
There are accommodations
y nno cam pers, including the spe-
pS,ncsmeuts for the cavalry, ar
anS infantry commands. The
ss 10y are already receiving a
msf letters from prominent persons
= r,opose attending. The reunion
NV III four days. The cash and
". " .S Contributions exceed $4,000, and
tn1 n.y.. rbacues will be the most exten-
ne ',sr given in this section. From
ve s e,esent indications Mr.. and Mrs.
ne P Davis will be here, accompa-
s siS hv a n. Beauregard, Gen. early
nd Director-General Burke OF the
ss New Orleans exposition.
1ohn +. Elliott, the Texas commits
,srsr 10 the New Orleans exposition,
s '.u that he has paid two visits to
~ p,yis at his home at Beauveir,
H. ~ and that the president of the
is almost persuaded TO
III, dallas but fears that at his ad-
.' ~" aye of 70 years he might not be
.ble 10 stand the excitement OF a trip
s s,long with the hustle attendant upon
srast crowd en- route here. The
s,s.Ident of the society, Col. G. $.
Is ssIll Of Dallas, accordingly tele-
ssnbed Mr.. Elliott to secure u special
..,sre car for AIR. Davis and party, to
AN visit him and tender 1t to him,
.5to prevail upon the old chiefLain
~ IA present at the reunion, and
i now confidently expected he
iii CONSENT to the oft expressed
wishes Of the public and crafty them
~ he presence. All ex. U MON soldiers
Mr. been invited to participate, and
nmminent members Will deliver
speeches In their behalf.
Tinted States District Attorney j.
c. Bigger, il he will accept the nomi-
nation, will be put in the field rs a
candidate for congress in this district
against Hon. DIN Wellborn, the Dem
,cratic candidate, who has no oppo-
,ition for the nomination within his
party.
Rsinhardt Knows, working on the
addition to the county courthouse,
had his right foot 40 badly mangled to.
day that part of it had TO be ampu-
taied.
DR.. r. w. Pierce, who was arrested
ing titles TO large amount of land in
Howard county and taken to Austin,
returned to the city last night, having
made bend in the sum of 81, 900 with
W. L. Crawford and l.. +. Smith OF
this city as sureties. <
The city officials and employees were
to-day paid their salaries aud wages
for the month of July. The total
amount disbursed was 5000. Here
toiore 81, 500 has been sufficient TO run
the city month.
During the month of July several
extra policemen were employed. The
street force worked every day, because
Thee was no rain to stop them, and q
rM deal of work was done in the
effort to get water. This accounts for
theextra 81 800.
Will Randall, the negro boy who
vas arrested and jailed three weeks
sgo on the charge of burglarizing Mr..
Mack Duncan's house, was brought
before Justice Kendall this morning
for an examining trial, but owing to
the sickness of Mrs. Duncan, who saw
me negro in the house and by whose
Identification his guilt was expected tc
he established, the trial was postponed
until her health improves and he wa:
returned 10 Jail.
Jim Hunnicutt has thus far failed t.
make the 800 bond required of him t.
!et out of Jail on habeas corpus fol
he killing of Frate Il. Humphries.
Cadet Beaumont b. Buck arrived In
he city tonight from his home a
dlllsboro en- route to West Point mill
airy academy. He will remain IL
DALLAS day or two and then proceed
IN his journey.
RESIDENCE BURNED.
The residence and outhouses of J. T
Joyce at Grapevine, together with tn,
contents, were totally destroyed b!
ire early yesterday morning. Los
,S,Uw. No insurance. The origin O
Ire is unknown.