Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-21
GAINESVILLE.
The Stockholders OF the Red River
Bridge Company Meet and Ad.
jOurn TO Friday.
The Unanimous Opinion Is That Sundays
Gazette was the Best Paper Ever
Published In the state


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GAiNEsvILLE, TEX, Dec. 2O.-The
stockholders of the Red River Bridge
company held a meeting at the Merchants
exchange rooms las. night, the object Of
/ the meeting being to hear reports from
/ the subscription committee and to elect
board Of directors. The committee re-
/ ported $40, 500 as amount subscribed to
date. The consent OF the legislature OF
| the Chickasaw nation TO construct the
bridge has not yet been secured, but no
! trouble from that source Is anticipated,
In fact the people over there have sig
nitiod willingness to take stock In the
enterprise. No bylaws having been pre-
pared the election of the board Of di-
rectors was deferred until next Tuesday
night, when all the stockholders are
urged to be present.
w. J. james, baggage master on the
Texas & Pacific between TeXarkana and
| Whitrsboro, ran over yesterday and spent
the day in the city. In conversation with
the correspondent OF THE GAZETTE he
stated that the run from TeXarkana to this
place, which was contemplated by the
officials OF the road, would not now be
made in view OF the Texas & Pacific going
into the hands of a receiver.
few days ago THE GAZETTE CORE
spondent made mention Of gin accident,
by which Parson Uuggard, living cast OF
here, lost hand. Information OF another
accident from the same cause has been re-
ceived, and this time Lou Winans, a
youth Of II living at Cottonwood, |. T., vs.
the victim. On last Wednesday while
working at his fathers gin his arm got
caught in the gin and was terribly lacer-
ated up TO the elbow. Further injury was
prevented by the engineer cutting the
belt. The young mans arm was dressed
by his father.
United States Marshal Ayres, who was
shot in the hand few days ago while at
tempting the arrest of gang Of despera.
does, headed by the notorious Manuel
Patterson, is in critical condition. Nor
LITIGATION has set in and Ayres will prob
ably die.
The eleven-year-old son of Judge j. NJ,
Wilson of the Hesperian-Times had his
left arm broken yesterday evening by fall
ing from a tree on to some rocks. The
little fellow was down on Elm creek at
the time but made his way home without
assistance, when the limb was set by DR..
Walker.
A correspondent of the Hespcrian- Times
gives the following particulars OF the re-
tory '"The Comancbc country is burned
from Red river north one hundred miles,
and from the Big Wichita on the west,
eastward to the Chckasaw line. 1t
is the opinion that the De
hey indians md the bone gathererS
are burning the grass. There has been mil
lions Of dollars worth OF grass burned for
a few hundred dollars worth of bones.
Col. Suggs has 5000 to 10000 cattle left
to the mercy of barren range and from
present appearances there vii! be fine
crop of bones for the bone gatherers'
Mr.. j. Il. Crayens oil this city viii leave
for Dallas in few days, in which city he
will be united in marriage on the 23d
| inst. to Miss Wright. Jim's host of
friends in this city are actively engaged
making preparations for q grand ball
complimentary to himself and bride. A
large number of Invitations have been
sent out and the ball promises to be Il
| brilliant success.
| The real estate market is quite active
! just now, and over fifteen thousand dol
lars worth of property has changed hands
/ in the last few days.
Ten thousand bales of cotton have been
received in this city to date.
The weather was lovely to-day, and
services at all the churches were well at
tended. The series of sermons especial.
ly to young men by Rev. Mr. Fitchett of
the Episcopal church will be discon-
tinued until after the holidays.
The unanimous opinion here is that
to-day's GAZETTE Is the best paper ever
issued in Texas.