Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-22
DALLAS.
Marshal 0absll Appoints Two More Dep
uties-The Opera House Refused
for Priced Fight.
Representatives Elected 10 Supreme Ooun-
oil of Chosen Friends State
Council Organized.

Special TO the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, July 81 - Pat
O'Hare, who has been confined in jail
for several weeks for receiving stolen
property, was this morning released on
habeas-corpus hearing before Judge
Bower.
The Red Men and Haymakers will
give picnic at Shady View park on
the 30th. The members are making
great preparation for the occasion.
The skating rink has beer closed on
account OF the non payment Orient.
The attorney for Jim Hunnicutt,
who killed Trate Humphries, will APP
ply for writ of habeas corpus before
Judge Hunt OF the court of appeals.
Hunuicutt was convicted of murder In
the first degree, and his case reversed
by the court of appeals. Judge Aid
ridge set his bond at $4,000 This was
made, but Sheriff Smith would not re-
lease him on the ground that the bond
was not good one. The habeas cor
pus Is to test the question of whether
the sheriff Is the exclusive Judge in
such matters.
The west-bound train on the Texas
e. Pacific struck an ice wagon this
morning and scattered the contents,
wheels, body, etc, for two or three
hundred yards. The horses and
driver were uninjured.
The managers OF the opera-house
here positively declined to rent the
house for a prize.fight, which was ad-
vertised to come off on next Saturday
night between "kid," somebody
from Fort Worth, and man named
Bickham of Dallas. The fighters will
probably secure some other place for
their display of ring talent.
The negro who was shot by Barber
while raidipg melon patch has been
found. His name is Scot. The
wound was in the thigh and is pretty
bad one.
Fred Thoke, a German farmer, hired
field-haDd by the name Of Pat Ryan
this morning Ryan had not been at
work an hour when he complained Of
sickness, and his employer sent him
to his house. Thoke's family was
away, and Mr.. Ryan went through
| the domicile of the Thoke's for all he
could lay his hands on. He secured S.
and left. Thoke concluded after awhile
| to go to the house and see how the
sick man was getting along, and found
Ryan and brought him to town, where
he was jailed.
Marshal Cabell to-day appointed two
more deputy marshals One OF them
IL Mr.. Tom Gerren OF Denton. He
was formerly deputy under Marshal
| A. b Norton, and was also deputy
under eX Marshal Mckee. The other
| is Capt. Morton, who was for several
terms the marshal OF this city.
The Dallas commandery, No. 6,
| Knights .Templars has been granted a
special dispensation by r. r. Grand
Commander N. w. Hunter for the pur-
| pose of holding an eneampment at
Lampasas, lasting one week. Tents,
etc, have been provided, and brother
knights will he invited to participate
Delegates from the various councils
of Chosen Friends in the state met
here yesterday for the purpose Of elect
ing a representative TO the supreme
council which meets in New York
city September l. 1885, and of organ
izing grand council of the state, Mr..
II. Il. Adams of Houston WAS elected
repre- sentative to the supreme council,
and w. j. Burke Of Galveston alter
nate. The grand council was organ.
lied this forenoon with the following
! ofncers: Past grand counselor, FRANK =.
Smith, Dallas; grand coun-
selor, Ray f. Sittig of Houston
grand vice-counselor, j. ID. A
Harris, Dallas; grand recorder,
Hamilton Blagge, Galveston; grand
treasurer Robert Adair, Houston;
grand prelate, II. Murruch, Austin;
grand marshal, Il. Il Aiken, Fort
Worth; grand guard, G., Il Moeler,
Galveston; graud sentry, H.. Il. John
son, Corsioans; grand trustees, G.. Rifle,
Galveston, three years; Q Il Swindell
OF Houston, two years; f. e, Adams
Of Houston, one year.
The object OF the meeting having
been accomplished the delegates ad-
iourned at noon to day, and went in a
body to Fort Worth to take in the
Knights OF Labor cele brstion. They
returned to Dallas tonight and will
leave for their respectiv We homes to-mor-
row. The grand council will meet in
Houston next year.
There are $50 members of the or.
der OF Chosen Friends In Texas. Dali
las has two councils