Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-08
y. LIZ. III. I'IIIII
DENIS0N.
A Party OF Would.be Regulators Send
Threatening Letters Which Meet
Vigorous Response.
The Texas 4 Pacific and Texas central
nt outs About Burned
Cotton.

Special to The Gazette.
DrSIsoS, Tx, Nov THE re-
mainder of the stock Of groceries owned
by Mr.. II. j. Moore, who made an assign
ment for the benefit OF his creditors some
time ago, WIS sold at auction this morn
ing. The grocery establishment OF Fox
CORY occupies the old stand Of Mr.
/ Moore.
! Last night there came very near being
a fire, caused from lamp, Of which the
4 oil was all on fire, ut the residence oil
| Widow Mcsler on North hlsk
avenue. In Cndeavoring 10 throw
" out OF DOORS 1t struck the casing and
/ fell on the carpet, and it looked for awhile
as though the house would burn. Mrs.
Mesler threw an old piece OF carpet on
the burning lamp, while her little seven
ycnr-old boy put the carpet that was
burning ont by beating it with his hat
The Houston q Texas Central railroad
received three new passenger cngines;yes-
terday and seven more are on the
road. John Shaw, who used to run
10. %, had the first pick OF the
new engines and took No. 3. This
morning he mounted his iron stecd and
made run to Corsicana for trial. Engi-
nccr hurry gets No. TO-
The Houston < Texas Central and the
Missouri Pacific roads are ut outs with
one another, each one refusing to trans
fer freight to the other. The squabble
came up over the burning Of a car of cot
ton, which was reported In TnF GAZETTE,
each company holding the other response
bic for the burnt cotton, which viii
amount to the neighDorhood of $1,000.
Quite number OF cars Of comprr ssed
cotton, mercantile and other freight IL
held in the yards, awaiting the orders OF
the officials.
one OF tho new express cars is disabled
ut the Missouri Pacific yards.
A most pleasant company Of ladies with
, the protection OF Col. Ike Stnnifer went
out pecan hunting yesterday. The fol-
, lowing are the names OF the merry party
10. S. Darlington, |. NJ. Stanifcr; Misses
p Dixie and Matte Hughes, Libbic Wheeler,
, Ncttic Bennett Norma BettcS, Matte
- Cook, Kate Decker, Rosa Lceper Sallie
, Dewey, Alice Gilbert, Caddie Lingo, Kate
. Kirk. They returned late in the evening
e and reported most enjoyable time
n Mr.. Sam Beers, who has been sick for
~ over year, died yesterday at his resi-
II dcncc ON West Sears street, and was
n buried this morning. He leaves Il wife
and daughter TO mourn his death,
Horace Mcdonnell while out riding
Yesterday ran over calf that was IN the
~ road, throwing his horse to he ground
~ but himself or horse were neither hurt.
n Cards are out for the wedding of Will
/ liam Hiscr to Miss Lena Burnett, which
# takes place on the l7th of this month
IN Mr.. ii. Tone received II letter from hi'
I. daughter, Miss Isle, who, with her moth
ri or, is visiting in Chicago, relating mar
4 .ttaptnnrpl They hpl
taken n hack to be driven TO the place
they were going, when thu horses becam
frightened and ran away, upsetting tn
hack. The friends of the ladies' in thi
- city will be glad TO learn that neither wa
hurt, however,
in The following card appeared in thi
ed mornings llcrald-Ncws:
re \ CARD received the following throug
me- pOstonlce ycsterday-"Mr II Ford; We =
~, number will give you - hours 10 beg pardu
III lor dsrcspcct shonc to the dcd or Is whips VI
ny wait on YOU No. -. wish TO inform II
e. cowacdly wretch that wrote the auoy
N, tha, ! have lived have ! shown disrespe
OF TO either the dead or the living and ! have
id fear of No. - nor any other wretch who
l,n ashamed 10 Sign bis own name. IL. FORD,
w Tho wife of Col. r. q, Crooks, we "a
y" sorry to learn, is very sick with the de,
-, que fevcr,at her residence on Leon stree
~ sam Bailey was tried for simp
~ assault by u jury; they disagreeipg, ii
~, case was taken to Judge Adams NJ
mSS turned into aggravated assault. NJ
',m Bailey was carrying bucket of wat
in when he became angry NJ u negro Chi
~" and threw the water on her. lie W
of bound over to the county court in t
or SUM Of $50.
-, An Indian was arrested this cvcnil
w. for riding in the back door of TIC
NT Gmcp's saloon. He gave bond for
hJs appearance Monday
,n, Twenty-Five trNmps were run in Il
morniug and sentenced to jail,