Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-03
SHERMAN.
Narrow Escape From n Watery Grave
Temperanceitc Ostraized Pro-
hibiti0n Election.


special To the Gahcttc.
SnERMAN, TEN, Aug ,. Inc manage
ment oi the sherman Driving park hss
concluded the work of arranging a pro-
grammc Tor fair this tall aud announced
the result OF It's aborS yesterday. All
the different classes of live stock, agrl-
cultural products, mechanics aud line
arts have been remembered and the dlrcc-
tory feels encouraged by the general APP
proval expressed by the people. Without
naming the different classes in detail II
may hc interesting to note that the prizes
on cattle amount to 500, horses,
exclusive ol the racing programme,
1926, sheep 500, hogs $500,
poultry $50 farm products $3.50, due arts
$50, pantry, dairy and ladics' work Sl20,
and home manufactures $3.50. These
sums aggregate S2275, and special
premiums will be given TO bring the
amount up TO S2500. ON Tuesday Octu-
Der %, the second day of the fair, there
will be u iivc-eights of mile heat run
ming race for a purse of $500, a > 80 irot.
ting class $500, aud running dash, mile
aud onc-clghth, all ages, $500 On We'd
nesday, the 18th, there will be "A three
quarter mile dash, all ages, with penalty
of tive pounds added weight on all horses
that have won $3.50 in stakes, Tor 5000,
and running dash OF
one mile for tlree-year-olds
for $500, also 2l25 troiting class for
$3.50 Thursday, October ~, Il handicap
running race one and onC-eighth
miles for 5000; pacing, 2:20 class, for
$3.50, and a running selling race one and
one quarter miles, all ages, for $500.
ON Friday, October 30, there will he
half-mle heat race, owners hanpicap for
S200 trotting, free for all, for $780, and
consolation running race for beaten
horses, with allowances for 5000 The
association will proceed at once tn erect
about -four hundred icrt OF cattlp-sialls,
and II hall tor the exhibition of farm
products, the fine arts and ladies' handi.
work.
man named Smallcy, living ON Choc-
blw, southeast OF the city, let his
children 20 to the creek to battle aud
have n little fun swimming in the water
yesterday, They were playing ON some
Heating logs and the smallest boy, about
siN years old, topplcd off into the deep
water He sank the third time before his
older brothers could reach him, but they
dragged him 10 the shore and proceeded
10 roll and pitch him about til he WAS
relieved of the water and he was revived.
The older boys deserve great credit for
their presence of mind, aud their little
brother owes his life to their heroism.
Young temperance evangelist APP
pcarcd In this city the past week from
Dapia fraN Ia InFa lot
iDcnt citizens of the latter place fully
indorsing him MS good worker In the
cause and commencing the gentleman Ia
friends wherever he might go, He pub
lished an appointment to speak at the
church on Gospel ridge at night and the
people turned out 10 hear him. His
effort was so tame and his knowledge of
the subject so mcngcr that the crowd
hccamc Disguised, and even the
"sachcms" of the tribe refused 80 fear
him conclude. one prominent re-
former said Ia "A friend at the
door of the church, al Is Just such
chaps as this, and such speeches as he
has made, That bring The cause Of prohi.
bltion into nisrcpute and cause ls TO be
beaten in every election Another gen
tleman remarked that the speech las
made at least Il dozen votes against local
option when the next election is called.
The commissioners court, which meets
the second Tuesday IN this month, having
petition with the requisite number Of
names signed thereto, now on iilc, asking
for local-Option election for Grayson
county, will order the election and the
contest will become rcd-hot In
Il few days. Fortunately The
statute provides that the vote must be
taken not less than fifteen nor more than
thirty days after the election Is ordered,
and the contest must therefore be short
and sharp from starr 10 nnish Many
persons predict that the county will carry
the measure this time. and we know quite
number Of voters who are opposed 10
prohibition, but will either vote a1lrma-
lively or not at all, in order to let the
thing be- tested here as II has been IN the
counties east Of us. Lamar and Fan
min carried local option by large
maioritios but at the end
OF one year voted II down
agnin aud we hear no more foolishncss on
the subject from those counties.
Several parties went down on the trains
to-day Ia attend the closing services NJ
the Van Alstync camp-meetlng. Reports
from there say the good people are liny-
ing grand revival OF religious Joys aud
quite a number Of sinners have found that
peace that passcih all understanding,
camp-meeting closed yesterday al
old Georgetown, 8 few miles north Of
lottsboro. with between forty and ity