Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-10
A COUNTER DEAL.
III We Can't Lick You We Gan at
Least Make Faces at Your
Big Sister
The Late Opponents Of the Law Take a
Hand al the Enforcement Of
the Law.
A Matinee Advertised to Take Place III
the Court House Yard this Even
ire Which Win Draw.

The streets were agitated yesterday
evening by the rumor that Recorder
Field had called the police force up be.
fore him and instructed them 10 arrest
all cigar dealers, news dealers, confec.
tioners, etc, who should keep open 20.
day, for violation OF the Sunday law.
Naturally enough the keepers 81 such
establishments were very much
alarmed over the outlook and
the city officials were beaelged
with inquiries as to the
true status OF the matter. The city At.
torney, when appealed to, stated that
1t was not his place, but the duty OF
the city council, 10 de flne what consti-
tuted n violation of the Sunday law,
but that he would prosecute all COM
plants hled II there was prospect of
conviction. Recorder Field, In his re-
marka to the policemen, said that
III THE SALOONS " ERE CLOSED
all other busineaa should be closed,
and that II the cigar men and candy
dealers were arrested he would con-
vlct them. Marshal Rea IL Rbsent
from the city, but Deputy Marshal
Scott Instructed the men To make no
arrests beyond saloon men and Cigar
dealers.
now 1T 10 RECEIVED,
There In but one expression on the
streets aud that OF indignation
at what IL regarded by nll
Rs "A palpable attempt 20 cast odium
upon the efiorts OF the county attorney
TO enforce the Sunday law against the
most notorious aud obnoxious vio-
la,iona. Mr.. Bowlln eaid yesterday
evening that he would prosecute no
such cases az are aimed Mt by the new
deal, and he did not regard them M
coming within the spirit Of the law.
Ho deprecated the seeming effort TO
make the law obnoxious, and
| thinks IL will prove unsuccessful 1t
J leaks out that committee diesemi-
mated the Information To all sorts and
classea of laborerH that thoy would he
atresied to-day, and in this why at
tempted TO get up huge scare which,
however, proved hbOrtive. A number
of cigar stands aud ice.cream saloons
closed this morning; several remained
open, and the disposition OF their oases
will be watched with interest.
NOTES.
James w. Swnyne, attorney for the
artcslan bath-houae, has told his client
to 20 ahead and run 10 day regardless
OF the legal opinion Of Recorder Fold.
A strict church member aud good
citizen Hays he goee to church morn
ing and night, and In the afternoon
takes his wife aud little girl fora plate
OF ice cream when II In warm. He
denouuces the 'mske.it-ObnoxlouH
move.D
The water men were told not 10 fur
nish water 10 their customers to-day
or they would be prosecuted.
Pruit a. CaTlOck, attorneys at law. adj
vised CapeTa Il Bro 10 keep open To-
day, and their clients will follow their
advice.
Many citizens want TO know, you
know, why euch big chunka OF law
have been. dug up Just at this time.
Where has this law been for years
gone by?
Several persons went To the Union
depot last night To see the flremen and
engineers arrested. The arrest didn't
come off.
City Attorney Capps says the police.
men have set him ahide as the clty's
legal adviser and 10 TO the recorder
for information.
Charlie Scott IL inclined 10 DO fatis.
fed with County Attorney Bowlin ~
legal adviser. Charlie In acting
marshal. aud aIway tries 20 do right,
generally succeeding too.
Many poor newsboy has been
frightened from selling papers to-day
aud loses a few pitlful dimes which
would have helped him.
The bootblacks aay they can't bt
bulldozed; they will shine 'en up as
usual. They know who the Sunday
law II for.
Forty men, II IL said, will draw W
In line In the court house yard Thu
afternoon and lmbibe from pint bot
Ties. They will have an audience o.
two reporters, at least, when the show
comes or Among those present
were. ,, will lie noted down.