Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-02
AFFAIRS At MANSFIELD.


10 the Editor of the Gazette
Seeing signs OF morbid excitement In
your city and other places IN reference
prctcntious village, I wish to make a few
plain statements
have never sought nor submitted 10 he
interviewed Tor the press,
The house which was consumed by fire
on Esquire slippers farm about two
months ago was u mere shnnty occupied
by Mrs. Iintz, u highly respected widow
lady. The fire was certainly accidental
II occurred about . O'Clock a. IN. IN the
open prairie aud On a county road. The
members of the family were all in the
field at work.
There has been but one fire In Mans
tlcld, doubtless the work of an inccndi-
AIRY, Or. stevens office was fired about
! O'Clock u. m ON the 18th instant.
Dr. WHllaCc's office was To the
north about ten feet, and all
present know 1t caught from the other.
And but for the most persistent efforts
the entire row OF four or tive other houses
would have shared n similar fate. Doubt
less the perpetrators expected that result.
As 10 who the inccndiary * we must
wait until the very reliable gentleman
diyulgc, his secret.
Or. stephens Office aud fixtures were
worth ut least $1,000. Dr. Wulacc'S OF
ticc was worth less. There was NO IN.
surHncc. This, of course, stirred up an
active vigilance. But as to elimination
aud rrcriminaiion, facts donot sustain the
charge.
rs ior doggingaltcr aud attempted, or
fear OF assassination, that all comes by
way ol Fort Worth, Dallas aud ST. Louis,
and falls to boom here.
That the bcrcHpcd and Sorrowlug fail to
have the symputhics Of this community is
untrue, woof and warp
That there have been any number ot
horses poisoned here Is simply disgust
iug myth
Doctors stephens and Wallace have
both since the late trial. acted with con
siderable prudence, each attending To
his own business without any desire or
fear OF further trouble, nor do we look
for any.
DR.. Wallace has procured himself an.
other office and Is quietly attending toI
his practice necdSn guard, pistol nor
shotgun.
Z DR.. stephens Is rebuilding ana is rs
cumplAccnt as ever
1
can say To all who are seeking cducn-
tional advantages, you need have no fear
to send your children here This raw
head and bloody bones, whose ghost
seems hard TO down, Is but the creature OF
the representative man who Is moi ready
To represent his name Execution awaits
hlm In the minds OF an indignant commt-
nifty. As. HYMN.
~luuugr- Refutpu
MNs1tLp, TIN, Iuly ~, lSsl
Z" the Editor Of the Gazette
|. From certain damaging rumors. that
To some extent have been accepted ny the
public abroad rs a true state OF society in
Mansfield, We, n Il committee, appointed
by the citizens, beg permission 10 state
that The burning OF the Offices of Doctors
stephens aud Wallace created some I'M.
eaSlnesS aud excitement, yet we fail Ia dis
cover ihrratcnlugs OF any further trouble
We think both doctors have manifested
conmehdnbl" patience IN paying nouttcn-
ton To this outside strife, and will regard
no man us their friend who tries to stirlIp
strife.
.. We know of no terror nor lntimldn.
tiOnS IN or about Mansfield and II any
man anticipates such thing 1t Is unknown
by the citizens here.
y. II any horse has ever been poisoned
IN or about Mansfield II has never been
made known, aud such statement
could have only hsd its origin IN a dis.
cased brain
" Mansfield has always been a quiet
peaceful town, witlla social status unSur-
passed hy any town in Texas orclsewhcrc,
nnd to-day we challenge the most critical