Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-26

How in Honest Granger Kept His Word
TO The Bondsmen Of Ms Erring
Son.
Courtrlght tncognito- senator
served Tor an ..Ad".-Arri,ui Of Ply
ets-skippcd Out


Special TO TIC Gazette.
WACO. TIN. Oct. 25.--'rhat there arc
some men who are 80 inneNlbly honest
they will not permit even natural feelings
10 swerve them in their sense Of duly
was illustrated tins morning when old
George sterling appeared at the county
iall with his son jim, sixteen years OLD,
and delivered the youth up 90 the sheriff.
old George Is farmer and jim is u
hoodldm VINO came 10 the city to make q
living. Last summer he stole fine gold
watch and was arrested. The father Is
poor, but his personal pledge that he
would produce Jim when district court
met, secured bondsmen and liberty for the
boy. When court met Jim was nowhere
10 bc found. His father quit work and
hunted i've days, travcrsing all the
country within Il radius Of fifty miles Of
Waco. lie found Jim secrctcd on a
cotton plantation near Reagan, Falls
county. He arrested him, brought him
here ~ above stated and delivered him
~ with the remark, only word was out
10 have you here, and have Kept 1t, al
though you ran away and would have
made me break my word. ! have kept
faith with your bondsmcn. Now ! will
do fathers part and hire a good lawyer
for YOU, and see If can get YOU cleared. -
The proof against the boy Is so plain that
he must undoubtedly get peniteutiary
term unless the old fathers integrity
move the hearts OF the Jury, for the old
man Weil knows the hopeless nature OF
Jhn's case
There was q wild rumor around town
this morning that Jim COPYRIGHT, wanted,
win Mcintyre, in New Mexico had
bought ticket in san Antonio yesterday
Tor Waco aud arrived here on the Il. m.
uurth-1Olmd tram. II Mr.. Courtrigh.
did so arrive, he has preserved bis ncoa-
nito very well, aud up to this hour de-
tectlyes nor officers have had the honor
Of interviewing him The officers here
do not believe that Courtright la, any
very strong friends IN Waco who would
run the risk Of cOnccaling him If knowing
the officers want him He may have
come, as stated, but 1t is morc probable
hr got on 40 some out-oi-thc-Way sta
tion.
old Dan Rice, the clown OF our dad
dies, gave his farewell lecture mt the Gar
LAND opcr1-houSc tonight. II was Il pot
pouFri OF wit, wisdom aud morality, sand
wichcd with liberal quotations from the
Scriptures. Old Dan banks on the Bible,
aud took occasion TO get in some side
ticks al Bob lngcrsoll, who, he saws has
plBgiuri2cd some Of the most notable say.
iDg- of inHdcls and atheists who preceded
him Uncle Dan bids adicu to Waco ere
long.
While Mr. Rice was thus engaged, Mr..
u. D. shaw a. Liberal hall was giving his
congregation somewhat laudatOry de.
~rrirtiou OF Iugcrsoil, whom no met at
She recent Liberal congress, I'm Cleveland,
ohio Nr. Shaw also explained the ma
turc aud objects of the National Secular
union then formed, which win demand
tn, complete ,eculariHltion OF the gov.
prImcnt
VIM rribblc and wifc,who were iointl,
Zoe lirtcd Tor aggravated assault, skipped
tInir bond before court met They wcr,
found nt Cisco and brought back here To-
day r6crt are q number OF cases OF chi,
llDd, and II an the bonds that are for
ieiied shall be- collected without fear OF
favor The county treasury will be rcplcn.
ishcd TO q considerable extent.
The dcugue has its humorous phases
aud its uses for some people Senator
Coke has succumbcd 90 It, and In tht
morning paper an entcrprising saloon
man udycrtlscs that "lt senator Coke had
used such aud such Il brand of whisky
he would not be grooming with dcuguc.'
The receipts OF cotton Yesterday, bN
rail aud wagon, were lO2 bales, making
total receipts since September of 25,l4.
bales. The stock on hand to-day Is 5709
at which about 5000 bales are at th two
cOmprGsses.
NJ n church conference OF the First
Baptist congregation to-day the sale OF
Hity front OFF the church lot to mercan-
tile firm To erect Il large dry-goods house
thereon was ratified The trade about
pays the church out OF debt.
The average attendance at the city
public school last week was only $40, not
more than half what 1t should have been.
hundreds of children are sick with the
dcuGur.
The movement to agitatc Workingmeu
here aud organize q lodge of knights OF
Labor does not seem TO matcrialilc as
was anticipated by the leaders
Several stables OF very line horses
from abroad are already here to take part
IN the races at the driving park, opening
on November TO- The entries of live
stock are also large, in the stock show
department.
the county clerk Issued marriage
licenses 60 eight couples last week, and
the ulSulGt court divorced two couples
There are several aspirants for the OF.
hce OF justice OF the peace, Waco pre-.
clnct, to be appointed next Wednesday.
Local evangellsts held religious Sery.
ices for the prisoners IN the Jail this at,
temOon,
White rock Is being hauled here by rail
from Austin, for curhlng and guttermp
thv business streets.
LAID TO REST.