Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-23

N~AANN Va AAfNaArNa
j, D. Layton, the man who recently
shot Mike Farrell, the brakeman az
the Central at Cisco, turns out To be 4
crs2y fellow from Dallas. FArrellis
wound was not necessarily fatal.
Kaufman boosts Of its immunitv
from tramps and thieves and the SIM
asserts that the number of destitute
families depending upon others for
support is smaller than In any other
town Of lite size.
The result OF the Investigation nf
the charges made asainet Cltv Attor.
ney Newton OF San Antonio wac
passage OF resolution by the city
council expressing confidence In the
zeal, ability and integrity Of that gen.
tleman,
An old gentleman named Shuma,e
was recently arrested at Bella for va.
grancy but gave bond for appearances
and when bis trial took place he routed
the complaining witnesses by proving
that he was the sole owner OF H. 600
acres OF good land.
Houston has q valuable iron brldpe
30 unsafe that the fire companies have
been forbidden to run their trucks over
IT, ''as II may fall at any moment.n
and yet, strange TO relate, the city
council are taking no steps toward re.
pairing the structure.
Margerott, the county teat Of Harde-
man county, has fine location in the
Peace river valley and ~ being sur
rounded by beautiful farming coun-
try, will become q thriving town.
Town lots are even now CHANGING
hands at increasing prices.
The citizens Of MarshRll by streuu.
GUS efforts succeeded In raising the
amount necessary TO secure the com.
pletion OF the flnt ten miles Of the
Marshall 4 Northwestern railway.
Contracts for ties, bridges, timber and
track laying are now being arranged
for.
McDennan county outside seems de-
termined TO set down ON Waco. The
commissioners have so redietTioted the
county IA 10 divide that city into three
parts, one In each commissioner dis
trict. Yet Waco has one-third the
population and pays one-half the
taxes.
The taller Of Hamilton was lono-
some, There had not been q prisoner
In the jail since the last term Of district
court, nor has any person been put
under bond, but the sheriff plti@i him
and arrested Tom Moore, Exile Trout
and Joe Curtis on the charge Of bur
glary.
The city schools of Greenville have
been run for the past i've months at
an average cost OF 81 9Sl per month
for each pupil in actual attendance.
The Banner Is OF the opinion that
when the schools are consolidated In
one building this expense will be re-
duced to 81 per month.
The celebrated Attic pasture muir.
der case, which had been sent from La
Sale county to San Antonio for trial
I'm the district court, was dismissed ON
the 18th inst, owing TO the fact that
all the witnesses have either been
killed or sent to the penitentlary
There were nine defendants, two oi
which we're females.
At Cleburne on Monday night,
while Jim Meredith, colOTed, OF the
African Methodist church, was remon,
strating with his pastor for eiectine
him from the church some time ago
some person fired n pistol and some
one else caressed tho complaining
James with a lamp until his hesC
looked like Herald deep-water map
A. w. Wilder, oolored. Attorney-At
law, EchoOl-teacher, politician and ex
member Of the legislature, now resid
ing at Chapel Hill, has been fraudu
lently signing school vouchers, anC
will probably add eX-member of tn,
penitentiRry to his titles. Sid Rober
son and Hilliard Sanders, also coloreC
teachers, have been arrested on th'
same charge.
While q brakeman al Cisco on thi
Central was adjusting the bell-cord OF
the rear platform Of the train, a traml
deliberately shot him Ia the back o
the head. When arrested the would
be murderer alleged that he had mis
taken the brakeman for another party
but the public opinion IL that he wa
demented from the effects Of an OK
tensive spree.
Col John Watkins was caught In
storm while journeying between La
redo and Uvalde, and on arriving q
camp spread out his Rreenbaoka
amounting to $500, to-day. A jenn,
mistook them for forage and was pro
ceediug ~ masticaie the forage wheI
the colonel discovered the act, but wa
able to recover this money by thrust
ing his hand into the ienDy's thros
for them.
A strip OF land three-founhs Of
mile wide and extending north AM
south the full length OF the county !
claimed by both Collin and Hunt, an
the same Is true Oi a similar strip bt
tween Hunt and Kaufman. The pee
pie occupying these strips are niue
annoyed by the different county Ia
collectors and an effort Is being mad
10 have the line permanently eatAt
lIshed by the proper authorities,
Houston's courthouse is, accordin
to the local papers, showing up naD
| RIaTing defects OF construction. Tn
walls are cracking, the woodwork
shrinking out Of AL form, the plaster
iug giving way, and the entire Htrut
turs already presents d
lspidated appearance, and all thi
! notwithstanding the fact, a. asserte
by the Chrenicle, that an amour
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