Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-23
DALLAS.
A Petition for Divorce Filed-A DWELL
ing House Burned--A Resi-.
denoe Burglarised.
A Knock-Down at Sunday Game Of
Ball in Which One Pugilst ZONES
Out Minus a Probosois.

Special TO the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, lure 2.-Samantha
Wilson, by her attorneys, Messrs. Tay-
lor & Sims, filed petition in the dis
trict court to-day for divorce from
George Wilson. She substantially sets
up in her petition that George is
thirty-second degree brute, aud UNI
worthy the love Of any woman. They
were married in 1879 and lived TO.
gether until some lime In 1888, y period
OF four years, and they were TO her
four years OF unrevised hades. The
fruits Of the high-temperature union
are two children, the custody OF whom
she prays for, hut she wants d.
vorce at any rate, children or no chill
dren.
The report gained circulation that
Joe Poleer WAS missing, in fact had
been "done up.n The Herald gave
credenoe TO the rumor, and published
1t, Joseph turned up this morning
just in time TO save the expense OF
graphing hooks. In twenty-four
more hours the river would have been
dragged for him and his estate admin
istered on.
A one-story frame dwelling, located
at the corner OF San Jacinto and Leon
ard streets, owned by Mr.. Adolph
Frick and occupied by Mr.. A. G. Bar
row, was, together with contents, de.
stroyed by fire at $3.50 o'clock last night.
Loss on building, $500; insurance,
$500. Loss or Mr.. Barrow's household
effects, $780, insurance, $1,000. The
origin of the fire Is unknown,
Capt. A. J. Houston's artillery COM
| pany departed this morning for the
state encsmpment at Lampasas, a
brass field piece, caisson, lumber chest
and other engines of destruction hav-
ing preceded them on Saturday.
The new Northern Methodist
church, at the corner of Main and st.
Paul streets, will be dedicated on Sun
day next. Bishop w. y Ninde Of
Topeka, Kan. will conduct the service
The residence of Mr.. II. w. Cline,
| No. l34 Cochran street, was burglar
! iously entered, via side window, last
night and his pants, In ths pockets Of
| which were his knife, safe keys and
| an empty pocket. book carried off.
The visitor neglected TO pay his respects
20 a watch and chain, rings, other Jew
! elry and some money lying NJ his
disposal on the dressing-case. The
aupposition Is he weakened and de
csmped before he had made anything
like thorough investigation.
Mr.. Lebaum Elliott, deputy county
clerk, has just returned from trip to
| Rock wall county. He reports the
crops along the road hourishing with
| Egyptian iuxuriance, the people happy
all along the line and the town OF
Rockwell booming. The jail has been
so long without occupants that the
hinges will have to be creased before
! the doors can be opened Everybody
over that way is talking railroad to
| Dallas.
Ground was broken to-day for the
building OF the Dallas branch of the
| Galveston News. IL Is to be tn rec.
story brick, 50X90, and TO cost SIT 900.
| 1t is to be completed and ready for oc.
/ Gu pan cy by September Is,
superintendent Gates Of the poor
farm reports that he finished Ieplant.
ing ninety acres OF cotton this morn.
ing, which was destroyed by the
worm. He originally planted los
acres. or the remaining fifteen acres
five are damaged slightly, but ten
stand intact, thrifty and promising.
A game of base ball at Riley Prairie
yesterday afternoon terminated In 9
fight between w. j. Cox and AL Cade,
two OF the participants In the game.
They thumped aud go1ged and gouged
and thumped one another pretty Wig
orously for while snd then clinched
and went TO the earth, Cade getting
Coxs nose in his mouth as they fell
biting of and splitting In the duet d
large slice. Cox came TO town to-day
and made complaint against Cade fol
mayhem.