Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-16
ROOD AND THUNDER.
- giro Demon Makes His Breakfast
Joy on Denton Property.
..,-,ol.5ts the Cause Of Serious but
Not Fatal Shooting ARRAY.


sp, ,S,s,, ~ TEX, Jan. l5.-About five
Nv this morning the old Lacy
oU W. on the north side of the square,
nOa1 ~ two frame buildings adjoining
NY ~ vest, were discovered on fire,
q o. I'm IN an hours time the whole was
ID ashes. ,,,o.o5 to bova or,oi-
lns ,n the rear end of the Chapman
nAi1 eSvi which was occupied by VIM.
epiiq eth a stock of confectiuneries
pasis shooting gallery, Z, fore any.
KY wv. oonld be done the DANES were
sn Mind All possible control and the fire
and citizens concentrated their
pSSs,ies prevent the fire from get
1nto Carter 81 Mays grocery store,
Itss,nt structure next to the wooden
.nS;ngs. They worked heroically
.,a sio9ped the fire at this place 1t
slu 10, been ascertained as to how the
h sao nnrlgipsted, but It was probably &C
'iT vi almost impossible to obtain the
..,rsl amount Of the losses.
me insurance il IA follows;
9,bsI acy house $500 in the phenix OF
p,ooklyn aud $500 10 the Commercial
Iinionnf LO don,
T me Lacy house furniture, $500 in
the Hartford.
'u pcoi Chapman's building, $500 in
,hs poenix of London.
'D M Paschalps building, $500 in the
Hartford. . go
Buron 4 Co.
4. D. Beatty has insurance as fol-
lows:
A. r McGintie, additional furni-
ture in Lacy house, $3.50; both in the
som Mutual of New Orleans
Frank Arnold, who had country
oroduoe and confections IN the Pas
ehall building, lost about 500, with no
Insurance.
But for the rain which fell all day
Yesterday and last night, the fire
would have almost certainly been car
red to other structures, for the wind
was blowing quite bad and in the
right direction TO cause greater de-
stuction Of pr perry.
d. A. Robinson q Co. also had their
land office destroyed. The loss has not
been learned.
While looking after the cause of the
fre this morning a serious mishap oc.
cured, which RESULT d In he shooting
Of r. Owen by b Il. Pascball. AS
nearly as your reporter ia able to ascer-
tain, the facts are about as follows:
Il. H. Psschall and J A. Ball, con.
stable, were near the scene of the fire
4 discussing the probable origin, when
r. Owen approached them. Paschall
told him that tho conversation was a
private one and he Owen should
step aside Owen did not under
stand and Pasrhall repeated the re-
\ quest, when Owen replied that he did
not want to hear any private CONVEX.
s2liNn and walked away. 10 addition,
1 Psscbal understood Owen 10 make
use Of an indecent emark concerning
Pachall. After half hour or Longer
Owenhappened around where Paschal
was talking to Judge j. NJ. Blount
when Paschall inquired what Owen
meant by the remark he had made
Oven asked what remark, and, when
repeated by Paschall, denied having
made 1t, when Paschall replied ''it
, vas On lieu Owen got hold of Pas
Da ghall's coat With one hand and struck
him With his fist. Just then P5schal
lerked pistol from his pocket anc
hied The ball struck Owen some
where near the lower rib on the lef
Il SIDE The extent Of the wound hal
! mol been fully determined, but it Il
Ihclght That The bali did not pene
fale the ABDOMINAL cavity
the wound ia very painful, bu
. NE patient il resting tolerably well
THIS 6fiair is 10 be regretted as boii
men stand well and are both member
!, q The city council. Heretofore the.
X nave been on good terms as far a
Known. The trouble would prObabl
III mol have occurred but Paschall wa
somewhat under the influence stinl
glant and more easily irritated. MI
rhschall is generally a very quiet ma
sno now regrets this mlshap more pei
maps than anyone.
a cold wave is sweeping down upoi
y, and the thermometer is lowerin
sgy rapidly. A considerable amour
:. sleet fell this morning and tn
siuunQ Is fToZen hard