Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-01
DALLAS.
Assembling OF the knights OF Labor ia
Attend Their Convention
Tomorrow.
A Carving Match ON an Excursion Depart
urc of Some OF the Lee Gang
for Trial.
,the Gazette.

rs a. II the assembling of the con
vehts< the knights of Labor, and al
ready Legations have begun TO arrive,
aud there is promise of 4 large atten-
dance. The convention viii meet In
secret session tomorrow morning
at the assembly rooms OF the local lodge,
but tomorrow evening and next day there
will be a picnic and speaking and gen
eral jubilee at Shady View park, the.
whole thing to wind up with big hall
and banquet on Wednesday night. The
delegates who are here are for the most
part a fine
MANLY LOOKING SET or FELLOWS,
who look like they have had close ac-
quaintance with the hard licks and hon
est strokes of toll, few of them having
tine appearance of the kid-gloved gentry
whose only notion of labor is formed
from reading lodge literature and listen
/ ing TO street corner talk. IL is to be
hoped that the meeting will be a success
| full one, and one that will rebound TO the
! lasting good of the country, whose vital
4 interests are closely allied with the ire
! prcssible conflict between labor and capt
/ tai, which makes such organizations as
! the labor league necessary The an
nouncement that a number of the Farm
ers' Alliances throughout the state would
/ be represented at the meeting and steps
/ taken To
/ CONSOLIDATE THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS
/ has lent additional interest 20 the coming
meeting, and vcry considerably height
cned its Importance
! RELIEVED.
| There was very little commotlon caused
/ here by the strike on the Santa Fc road,
and everything was conducted in the
most quiet manner Yet everyone eX-
pcrienced feeling of relief when IL was
/ learned that the difference had been
settled, the strike ended, and the men
had gone to work.
MEMBERS OF THE LEE GANG.
/ Deputy Marshal Ben Cabell left yestcr,
/ day for Fort Smith with Ed Stein and Bill
/ Davidson, members of the Lee gang o.
despcradocs who infested the Indiar
Territory This morning Deputy w. +
Morton followed with Tom Lee and jim
Show, of the same layout. They are Il
be tried in the United States court a
Fort Smith for murder committed IN IN,
territory.
COUNTY SCHOOL FUND.
County Treasurer II. H. Smith has jus
completed his school report for the scho
lastic year ending to-day. This shows
balance on hand from last year OF S7I9.S1
adding To which the $50, re
ceivcd from the state, and Sl6sG.4t
from the rent of school land
al .,F 4 T.
as the amount to be applied in shown.
Dallas county young ideas TO shoot durinI
the scholastic year beginning Septembe
/, 1885. This is exclusive of the citic
OF Dallas and East Dallas, who hav
schools Independent of the county. Tn
fund given above is an Increase o
1890 over the amount in hand at the be
ginning of the last scholastic year, whil
the increase of scholastic population i
$50.
WANTS 4 DIVORCE.
Mrs, Mary g. Logan has brought sui
in the district court asking to be divorce,
from her husband, DIR. A. X. Logan. Sh
AYERS that they were married NJ Daven
port, Iowa, in 1854, and that they live
together until 1882, having In the mean
time moved to Texas. In May, 1882, h
went to Mexico, whence he refuses 10 re
turn, and his wife brings suit for diNorc
on the grounds of desertion. She claim
TO have good farm in Dallas county, am
she wants things SO arranged that h
can't get his hands ON II in case she die
first.
SCRAPS.
There are 80 drummers IN Dallas Thu
morning.
The case against Tom Chase, charged
with swndling in horse trade, VIII b
/ tried before Justice Schulz Thursda
morning. Chase Is the man who nar
, rowly escaped hanging by indignant citi
zens last Saturday.
Frank Powell OF Mckinney was don,
, up for his money by hack driver in thi
city on Saturday night, 50 he AYERS Tn
gentle and genial John drove him 10 a re
mote spot in the suburbs, robbed hin
and dumped him, 10 get back TO town al
best he could. He left for Mckinney
. sadder, a poorer and, IL Is seriously hoped
a wiser man.
Deputy Sheriff Lewis ,Jacoby came NJ
from kaufman last night with Ton
Smothers, wanted here for cow.stealing
Smothers has been doing pcnnnce Ii
kaufman county for carrying a pop anc
Jacoby was on hand to arrest him whef
: his term Of Office there expired.
Dan Cosby went into the Schooner sa
loon last night and did up Metzger, TIN
proprietor, with beer mug.
Lizzie Mitchell and Hannah Mocke
two Camp street bellies, were Of Il part
who excurted 20 Longs Lake yesterday
/ During the day they quarrcled abont th
possession of u dude, and words 500
, came 10 blows. Hannah used her fist
and Lizzie employed the services of
knife. The result was that Hannah wa
carved so full Of holes that her ski
. wouldn't hold her principles, Lizzie wa
/ sent TO Jail; Hannah TO tile hospital.
: The people OF the city crowded int
the collectors Office to-day IN great nun
bers. This was about the last day upo
which they could pay their city take
without penalty. Hence, the rns9,.
Two thousand, nine hundred an
eighty-live dollars was the size Of the pill
, distributed among the postoflice en-
) ployes to-day.
n Tomorrow Is pay day al the city bulk
y inc. and Col. Parry Is ready to liquidaii