Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-20

eAii9 "AS htcuullllB DOlu AZ Long
view; They curse and insult respect
able ladies, and the Surprise properly
demands their immediate suppression.
The Paragraph says the first thing
that Big Springs wants is good
church building, and urges the citizens
to assist the Methodist people IN erect
ing one.
El PasO and PAso del Norte have
settled their recent difficulty IN refer
ence to transfer of freights and pas.
sengers in an amicable and friendly
! manner.
a sneak.thief secured B145 from the
residence OF =. M. Long at Mount
Vernon while the family were watch-
Ing with their sick child, and escaped
with hisbooty.
Nat Davis of Hood county became so
deeply absorbed in r mental discussion
! OF the evils OF prohibition that he rode
his horse into a wire fence, thereby
causing the animals death.
Willis has suffered severely from
fires OF late, and the Index says that
UNLESS some plan is adopted to secure
a water supply" the tewnwi continue
TO be subject TO such disasters.
A brotherhood OF railroad brskemen
has been organized at San Antonio
with twenty-one charter members
Their motto, "BenevolenCe, Sobriety
and Industry" is aSgood one.
Charles johnson, the colored mail
rider between Centervillo and Middle
ton, stole q ring from package in
trusted 10 his cart and was consequent
ly arrested aud placed in jail, awaiting
trial.
The commissioners OF Austin county
! have fixed the ta1.leyy for this year
ut 20 cents on the 500 ad .valorem, Is
cents OF the 500 rosd and bridge tax,
% cents poll taxand occupation, one
half the states tax,
The commissioner court of Wood
county has ordered an election to be
held March IL, TO determine whether
the sale OF intoxicating liquors and
medlcated bitters producing intoxica-
ton shall be prohibited,
At Big Springs Chinaman was
"too previous" in his criticisms Of s
billiard game and the result was that
one OF the players used his "cuen upon
the celestial with such effect that the
latter was badly wrecked.
4 Henrietta is cleaning away the de
bris Of its late disastrous fire and thu
Independent has resumed publication
but the latter remarks that work OF
the new courthouse has been delayed
by the "cussedness of the nOrther,"
Mrs. William Chafin Of Sherman
while preparing dinner broke open Al
egg the meat Of which was perfect
but, to her surprise, fully developed
egg about the size of pigeons was
snugly ensconced In the center OF the
larger one.
TIE careless handling Of pistol 10y
Will Jackson, colOTed youth al Mar
shall, resulted in the ball taking effect
in the mouth Of his motheT-in-lsw
knocking out two teeth, and lodging
in the muscles ofthe neck. Her tongue
was unlDjured.
Some time ago, Miss Summer, the 10
year-old daughter Of NIL Ownby, at
Paris, accidentally had needle run into
her limb near the knee. 1t was at first
thought that amputstiOn would be
necessary, but the attending physician
bound magnet ON the wound and
after severalidays the needle came t.
the surface and dropped out.
George Gibson of Ersth county Il
said by his neighbors 10 be peaceful
law-abiding citizen, but The received
notice recently, signed "Ten Citi
zens Of the County, warning hin
to leave within twenty days or suite
the consequences, as they regarded
him az "a nuisance. The Empire say
that the people heartily condemn sucl
outrsges.
Fifty dollars reward was offered a
t TeXnrksna on Friday evening for tn
) discovery Of the persons who had ecat
tered cayenne pepper on the floor o
( the, dancing-hall Fortunately tn
beastly and shameless act was discOv
cred before the dancing bega u, an'
unfortunately the indignant citizen
were unable 10 discover and fifty pun
. ish the perpetrators of the outrage.
, Lille Bennett, "a remarkably beau
1 tiful young woman" according to tn
b. Houston Chronicle's standard OfloYeli
/, ness, has been victimizlng the su,
a ceptible people Of that city She toll
. 3 narrowing tale about sick and dy
I, lug sister In st. Louis, whose bedsid
=, she was endeavoTing to reach, but wa
8 without means 10 do so, After re
J., ceiving liberal donations she took th
q train fOr-New Orleans.
Pat Conner Of Kaufman county say
that he intends to cut up his big pa
6 ture and cell 1t ont for farms, AS th
e present winter has clearly demon
strated that 1t will not pay 10 raise ca
s. Tie la Kaufman county pastures, wher
q land Is worth from ten TO twenty.fiy
y dollars per acre, as 1t costs 30 much
raise the long horns that they cannt
compete with Western Texas cattl'
men. He advise, small farms and In
proved breeds of cattle.
There lie a great deal Of difference
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