Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-15
WACO.
Two Destructive Fires Reported from
the Central City, with the In.
surance Light.
Hnr iars and Hoodiums Rob shoe.s,ore.
and cut Telegraph wires-Com4
Notes Acting chief.
special to the Gazette.


WACO, TEX, oct. l8-At o'clock this
morning the explosion of coal-oii lamp
in binding, occupied by \. Cfupan as a
meat-markct, set that house ablqzc. aud
IL and two adjacent buildings, ali on
South Eighth street, between Mary and
FRANKLIN streets, were DESTROYED. The
alarm was given too late for the Gre dc.
partmcni TO save the buildings. The
losses are az follows:
j. +. Brinkcrhoff, two small one.story
buildings $500 each, insured IN the t;i-
rard of Philadelphia Tor $500 each; Low
I ing & Swanson, two-story building,
$1,000, Insured IN Royal Of Liverpool for
$1,000 ]. G. CIippin, stock and accounts,
$500, no insurance; city bakery, Glatz
/ a Hepsdoeicf, $1,000, no insurance; A. J..
CaruthcrS, stock of sash, doors and blinds,
$500, no insurance.
At ! $50 O'Clock this afternoon Judge G .
b. Gerald's handsome residence on South
| Fifth street was burned TO the ground.
The fire originated from defective Auo
Z In the Kitchen, just after dinner. The
building was out of reach OF the water
I plugs and the ilremen could not save II.
Judge Gerald's total loss Is $1,000, with
! $4,000 insurance ON the building In the
( Royal of Liverpool. Fires are critical
matter here just now, as the department
/ has run rather short OF Scrviceablc hose
a new lot of 1000 feet Is en- route and
overdue.
Burglars took IN the town last night
and ralded the two leading boot and shoe
stores, whose elegant show windows were
smashed and some Of the finest boots
shoes and hats in the establishments
taken. Another species OF hoodlumisn
perpetrated was the cutting OF telegraph
wires about town. No arrests have beer
made yet.
A. j. White had an examining trial II
the United States commissioners courl
this afternoon, charged with taking from
the Waco postoflce "A letter addressed e
one Jacob Pearson, containing Il Unite,
States bounty warrant for the sum o.
$500 and Pcarson's certificate of honora
bic discharge from the military service o
the United States. The proof was thlr
and White was discharged.
The funeral of the late Miss Artie Hall
whose death was wired Yesterday, tool
place this morning. Hon. w. Ii. lloman
who is an ordained elder Of the Christian
church, o1lciated.
Col. Jno. II. lIough, an old citizen
died this morning aud was buried at
( O'Clock this afternoon.
Cotton has rolled In to-day, The receipt
I, by wagon being over GOO bales. Tn
! market was active. The total receipt
! to date are 1880 bales. Most Of tn
wagons here TO day came from Corycl
Z and Bosque counties, crossing the SAINT
z Fe road to get to Waco.
The only business Of interest IN the di'
trict court to-day was Il divorce suit
There are plenty OF these on the dockC
and they come up every day or so. TN
grand jury has not returned any indie
ments yet, as the county attorney Is 20
/ sick TO write them up,
H. United States District Attorney Pearl
n and Master in Cnanccry j NJ. McCormic
n left for Dallas this evening.
i Entries continue 20 come in Tor III
stock show and races IN November. III
4 premiums offered amount 20 $500.
Another white frost lay on the grou
!, this morning, and il is hoped sue
weather viii soon lay out the denguc
Aiyra Goodwin played Sis TO zoo
house tonight,
The resignation OF 5. 4. Hogan, chit
Of the Waco fire department, was accepic
at the department mass-mceting las
night. Bart Moore, assistant chici OF III
department, will ill the duties of III
position until the annual election OF I'll
department IN December.