Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-02
WACO.
A Farmer Awakcs to Find His Daugh.
Ter Gone--0n Trial for Misus-
ing the Mails.


Waco, Ten, Oct. Farmer Thomas
trescella, who lives three miles south of
the city, arose at early dawn this morn
lng and went to the door ~ the slcepinr
room occupied by his daughter Hattie.
aged seventeen, fair and buNom. The
farmer called, but no answer came. nj.
though he thought he could detect His
daughters form wrapped in the bod.
Clothing on the bed Alarmed, ne went
TO the bedside, and what he supposel 10
ne ms daughters form proved TO he a
couple of large pillows cunnlnglv dis.
posed 10 simulate human form. The
daughterhad gone. Then the farmer hur
iled INTO town, aud here he learned that
me girl had boarded the south-bonnd
Missouri Pacific train nj 40 o'clock this
morning and gone south. To the hotel.
Keeper at the depot She said that hor
iather ran away from her mother In Ten
neSSee several years ago, bringing her
lthe daughter) with him, Arriving In
Texas, he married another woman aud
the new wife had never treated her
kindly She met rough treatment from
her father, too, she said, aud was going
back TO Tennessee to her mother, II she
had TO walk, It was noticed, though.
that when the girl boarded the train a
manly young fellow, neatly dressed and
stranger TO all present, stepped nm and
went with her, and she seemed glad hut
not surprised 70 see him Farmer Pres
celia Is as mad as wet hen and has been
telephonng and tclegaphing right and
left to-day 10 stop the girl, Ihut with no
results rs yet He admitted this morn,
ing that the girls statement Of her
mother being In Tennessee was tllA, but
said he was legally separated from the
first wife and had intended to return
Miss Hattie to her mother this fall.
1t Is now ascertained that Miss Pres.
celia and her male escort bought ticket
Tor Murireesboro, Tenn, went south tC
Hewitt station, met the north.bount
Missouri Pacific, transferred to Il ant
passed back through Waco and wen
north. Her father has given her up foi
gone.
Dr.. William Lcnneker, Il well-known
German physician of this city, was mr.
raigned before United States Commits
sioner Finks to-day, charged with "mis
use of the postotllcc establishment" Tn,
gravemen Of Tie charge Is that he mailed
to DR.. Z. X. llcngst, another physician
of this city, a letter that is not NJ foi
publication, II contained warning
however, about the designs of certain
party here upon llcngst's wife. II wa,
not signed. The case occupied all day
and a number of witnesses were exam
ined, the object OF the government being
to prove that the Scandalous letter was
in Dr. Lennekers handwriting.
For two days petition has been circu.
lated receiving the signature OF nearly
every business man and firm to the citl
council, to change the Sunday law so ~
to provide for the closing of bushes,
houses between the hours OF ga. m. an,
1 p. IN. 1t was read at the meeting to
night.
The speedy delivery system, where
! letter with ten cent stamp Is delivere'
! Immediately by a messenger, went int
operation to-day. The postmaster cm
ployed one messenger, but says he doe
not think the receipts from the systcr
! will reach 50 a month.
| Cotton was booming to-day. Receipt
large and prices firm, buyers paying iron
& 80 TO so. The total receipts TO dat,
will make l0,200 bales.
j. w. Forchmd, brought here ycstcr
day for an old forgery, has employee
counsel and says he will make a fight.
The veteran Mai Geo, b. llrath is quit
| sick, and fears are entertained that he /
| too weak 20 recover.
! Judge Alexander says he VIII not max
| any effort whatever TO get the associut
! justice appointment,
! Gen. Ross has been drawn as gran
| Juror, and will look after cvll-dOers whc
{ COurt meets next week.