Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-14
DALLAS.
Fourteen 0onvicts Started for Huntsville
The Old Police Force
Allowed to Stand.
The Prohibitionists to Petition for an
Election to Decide Whether Pro-
hibition Shall Prevail.


Special.
DALLAS, TEX, May 1S.-It now oc-
ours that the visiting Prohibitionists
were so delighted with their reception
in Dallss, and the local Prohibition.
lists were made so hopeful by the effect
that the latter will, 1t is said, ask the
commissioners court to order an cleo
ton to determine whether or not pro-
hibition shall prevail in the county.
speaking with a well.informed CITY
Official on the subject, he says the last
amended charter OF the city specially
provides that the question of prohibi-
ton in the city shall be decided by the
city alone. Your correspondent has not
examined the charter and can neither
answer for the correctness Of the infor-
nation, or. IL correct, what view the
courts of the country would take of a
law when gives city exclusive juris-
diction in such matters. III the o,lee-
ton were submitted the late invest
ment of 100000 in brewery here
would give nerve to great many to
light the movement who would other
wise remain passive. There is no
doubt that the movement Is strong
one all over the state, and the result OF
the election In Tarrant county is anx-
iously awaited. If prohibition tri-
umphs in Tarrant there Is going 60 be
a rubbing up of all wespons for stiff
fight in Dallas.
There has been much trepidation
among the police through fear that
they would he "firedu by the new no.
lice board. The late municipal cleo
ton was warm and it was thought the
new board would probably reward q
friend or two. But IL met to-day and
resolved TO allow the force 10 stand.
1T, however, announced that hereafter
there would be no suspensions as here
tofore, but ifa member of the force
did anything 10 be Suspended for, he
would be suspended for all time.
Mr.. w. Bondies, an old Fort Worth
lite, but now of Forney, was in the city
this morning looking hale and hearty.
w. ID. Newman, the general freight
man of the Texas q Pacific, Is here from
Galveston.
Mr.. ]. w. Phillips of the Santa Fe
road is also In the city.
w. +. Ramsey,a prominent attorney
OF Cleburne, is here on legal business.
The religious wave has struck
Ennis. A visitor to our town states
that the people of that town are now
in continued state of shout. The
bankers and lawyers and other tough
people have been converted and il Is
expected not an unregenerate will
be left at the end OF the month. A
Mr.. Williams of Tennessee Ia at the
helm of the new ship of Zion and he
is, If the expression is admissible,
plotting 1t to queens taste.
The engineer corps of the Dallas q
Northwestern railroad will go into the
| field the frat OF next week.
The directory of the Texas Trunk
met to-day and elected the following
directory for the ensuing year: Alex
Sanger, T. l.. Marsalis, r. V. ThOmp'
kins, l.. A. Pires, J. A. Schneider and
w. II. Keller, of Dallas; NJ, f. Dickin
son and DIR. White of Boston and
George w. Ely of Cleveland. The
meeting then adjourned till tomorrow
| for the further transaction of business
Sheriff Smith returned home this
morning from San Antonio, whittier
he went after Nip Walker. The Grim
| inal is an old convict that made hi
escape from the penitentiary. During
his free moments he, with another
man named Minter, stole horses II
Denton county and brought them int
this county. The officers got ate
them aud arrested Mlnter, who wa
sent to the penitenfiary. Nip escaped
to be captured in San Antonio. Smitl
got to San Antonio just after th,
authorities had turned their prisoner
over to the penitentiary officers. HI
however stopped at Waco and took IL
tow a man nsmed Sam Palmer, who Il
wanted in Dallas for murdeIous as
sault on an Irishman In this city las
Christmas night. Palmer was arrested
by the Waco officers few nights sgo
Officer A. J. Haley left tonight FOL
Huntsville, having in charge fourteen
convicts, eight from this county anC