Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-09
GAINESVILLE.
He Thought lie Was Shrewd, hut
the ligilant SheriGi Took
Him In.
In Cooke County they Think Moran
is peToouted-rhe ChurchcS
work
speoInl 70 tho aarollc.

Special 10 the Gazette.
| GAINEsvuLE, TEX, Dee. s. One hun.
dred and sixty bRies OF cotton were 10.
| celyed here yesterday. Prices declined
/ several points Those who arc well I'm.
lormed seem Ia think that the totnl re-
ceipis for the season Will be somewhere
! between 10000 and ~ 000 bales.
Services are being hold nightly at the
| Cumberland Presbyterian church. They
are conducted by Rev. G Is. Saunders.
who Is an Interesting aud eloquent
preacher.
! "Oniy farmers Daughter' is billed
for here Thursday night, and as the re-.
served seats are being sold quite rapidly
a good house is expected.
| In The watkins at at. VS.. Cannon case.
IN the district court the plaintiffs moved
Tor continuance on account of the sud.
/ den illness OF Il witness very important 10
their side of the case. After hearing the
I IlEssnn ~ Judge Piner overruled tho mo-
there n @iafge- amount Involved IN
the suit, and strong legal talent on each
side, the case VIII certainly not end this
side OF the supreme court,
The ladies of the Christian church will
give supper for the benefit OF that
church tomorrow night, The cause Is
surely good one, and II Ia hoped that
abundant success Will repay them for
their efforts.
Judge j l.. Hall, county judge, Is out
| In call for the teachers Of Cooke county
10 meet at the courthouse IN this city on
Friday, December Ia, at $50 O'Clock, In
| order TO organize teachers Institute for
the county. This call is made In accord
ance with section ~ Of the school Inv.
| A dead skinned steer WAS dragged by
some eyil-dlsposed party into the pasture
| OF MIR. John Dobbins, north OF this city, n
| few nights since. This was mean act,
and Mr.. Dohblns will use his best en-.
dcayors 20 have the law enforced against
any future offender. III
A pair OF gloves were stolen >fopSW
| l.. Hulen's dry goods store Inst .yfSht by
n man named William I.tfrneES3ShO live,
near Valley view, ig-sf1Eaafty. IN,
officers traced him 10 M. >fSfwfilan's res
taurant ON Dixon street, where they ar
rested him Palmer confessed the thef
and was going TO jail with the oncer
when, Just as he came 10 BOggs street, hi
pitched out In a run up th,
dark street. After hot ohas'
O1icer Blackburn succeeded IN re
capturing him, and Palmer nov
languishes behind the bars. YOnr CORE
: spondcnt understands that Palmer sat
he thought he was only doing soinothinl
sharp IN getting away with The gloves
but sojourn with Sheriff lIlll win caus
him rather TO regret this display o
shrewdness.
= Mr.. James Moran returned ycstcrda
from Galveston. HIS case has been con
. tinucd. The readers Of THr GA1Err
] will remember that Mr.. Moran was az
: rested here about three weeks ago unde
an alias capias irpn Galveston count
: charging him with obtaining goods undc
. false prctenses. The sympathies Of ih
= entire community are with Mr. Morar
! aud Il seems that, 10 this case, the prose
cutiOn is rhthcr persecution.
Justice HolmaD's court was IN sessio
to-day. This morning his time was take
a up In hearing n motion for a new trial
= a petty suit against the railroad. III
docket for this term II quite heavy.
The county clerks Office was the seer
Of a marriage yesterday evening az
O'Clock The contracting parties wei
= g. W. Kimbrough and Miss Katie stegal
Justice Holman tied the knot.