Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-08
DALLAS.
Citizens Of Bowie Feeling tho Pulse Of
Dallas on the Projected North
western Road.
Important Suits Filed in the circuit
0oun- Arrangements Making for q
Great Cooking Main,
The Firemen and the City Council AL
most at Loggerheads-A Paid
Fire System Wanted
special.

| DALLAS, TEXc May G-MesBrs.
Frank Thomas and w. A. Mason,
prominent citizens Of Bowie, arrived
in this city last evening. This morn
ing they entered upon the
discharge OF their delegated duty,
visiting, IA committee APP
pointed by the citizens Of Bowie, our
business men with view of ascertain
ing what encouragement Dallas
would hold out for the building OF
the projected Mort hwestern road.
They report having met with encour.
agement on every hand, being assured
that the road would be built at the
proper time, and expressed them
selves "a more than pleased with the
result Of their Investigations. This
evening meeting OF cltiz ms will be
held at the Merchants exchange to
take the matter under consideration.
n. Fl. Patterson was arrested this
morning charged with having COM
mitted perjury In the suit OF lien vs.
Patterson. He gave bond.
Albert Schuman, Jr., aged fourteen
years. had his step-fatheg arrested
yesterday for threatening to skin
him" and had him placed under u
peace bond.
Arrangements are making to have In
this city early In next month the
greatest cooking main ever seen In
Texas. Birds from other states are to
be on hand. The men who have the
matter In hand say the arrangements
are about perfected.
Messrs. Slmpkins q Smith filed suit
yesterday in the United States circuit
court for Alder, Goldman Il Co of st.
Louis versus Jones & Evans for $s044.-
10, An attachment waH sued out and
an Interesting suit Ia anticipated.
The same attorneys filed suit for NJ.
j. Griffin versus II II. Holden Of
Leadville, Col for $4,000 damages for
cattle sold and delivered and on which
payment was refused.
The State Medical and Texas Veter-
an associations have informed Mayor
Bro @n that the invitation extended
through him by the city to hold their
next annual meeting here has been
accepted
The supplementary ordinance TO
the ordinance on fire department now
before the council Is being freely dis
Gus ed by members Of the department
and such citizens as are familiar with
the features OF the proposed legisla-
tion. For long time IL has been con-
tended by some OF our business men
and others vitality Interested in fire
protection that Dallas had outgrown
the volunteer service, and that the
sooner the city paid the entire fire.
lighting force the sounder the
citizen would sleep and the
lighter would be his I'M
derwriting exp, nses, On the other
hand. IL has been and IL still asserted
that Dallas has every reason TO be
proud OF her volunteer force, and that
in no instance have they failed TO prove
equal to the emergency. Agitation of
this kind within the engine houses and
the city halt has resulted In the prep
aration OF this supplementary ordi-
dinance, which bids fair to become a
bone OF contention, and may eventuate
III the entire remodelinR of the service.
Certain members of the council have
asserted, inasmuch as the municipal.
Ivy has to pay the salary OF the tire
chief, that official should be appointed
by the council, aud the first section of
the pending ordinance provides that
the chief, assistant chief, engineers,
drivers, two men for each steamer
ana two men for the hook and ladder
or hose cart, AZ the chief may direct
shall be elected or employed by the
city council, Here Ia where the rut
comes, and here In the rock on which
there Ia danger of splitting.
Mrs, Martha Myers has filed suit In
the district court for divorce from ba,
husband, William f. Myers.