Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-04
DALLAS.
Crap Shooters Rounded Up-The
Scholastic Census.


Special.
DALLAS, Tex, June 3.-The
News" appeared in the streets this
evening. II is not the Galveston
News or branch thereof, but Joe
Harts evening paper, the World"
under the name Of the "News.p
He can claim he got here first, but
whether he will profit by 1t remains to
be seen.
One hundred and sixty.iive indict-
ments for 'crap shooting,n all against
negroes, have been returned into the
district court by the present grand
jury. Ten OF the culprits were up to-
day before the county court and were
fined $40 and costs each. The same
jury has returned eighty-slx indict-
ments against poker play many of
whom have settled.
The city marshal made his report
for the month last night to the city
council. The following is the report:
Number Of arrests, PCS; total amount
OF fines assessed, $4,000; total amount
paid, S5O7; amount worked out, Ss3,
amount lost by sickness, So; escaped,
IS; discharged, SIS; time In calaboose,
$Sl5O; time given to pay, ST. 80; time
uuexpired, SIG; total, $740 less $84. so,
aaaessed prior to May |, which leaves
500 So
Number Of convictions, 1877: number
OF meals served, $50, at fifteen cents
each, Sl0S,06.
The district court worked till late
hour last night on young fellow
named &. w. Quick. He hired a
horse here from livery stable, rode
it to Terrell and tried TO dispose of it.
The jury disagreed,
The Mexican Rafel Mexis, who so
hrutally cut and stabbed his wife a
month or so since because / was zeal.
Gus, was given two years in the peni-
| Tertiary.
Pandle9, the man who yesterday at.
tempted suicide, is getting we'll.
The scholastic census OF Dallas coun-
" has been submitted. The report
doea not embrace the city or New
Caledonia, In 1854 there were 52Ol
children within the scholastic age,
and the present 1885 report shows 1915,
IN increase OF 7l5, In New Caledo.
MIA the rolls showed S3i children for
1854, and 4S4, q gain of 100 in 1885.
The commissioners court at its last
| taNNNAhh NHIAbIAAaltN VbNNU 10 the
roads, or rather $1,000 each for Il va
reads This amount Is to be expendef
under contract The work Is 10 be LET
to the lowest bidder. The roads se
lected are respectively Grapevine
Grand Prairie, Preston, Lancaster and
Rockwell. None of the fund "a To he
expended on bridge work, but 10 the
fixing OF bad places.n There are
now about twenty county couyicts
working on the roads, the remainder
having been sent to the poor farm
to clean the corn and cotton
and cut the wheat and oats The
latter are said 10 be very fine and har-
vesting will commence tomorrow
The county was unable 20 hire convlcts
from the penltentiAry, Superintendent
Goree not having them 20 spare.
lt is now generally agreed by the
farmers and those whose travels over
the country have given them an oppor-
tunity TO judge, that the present grain
crop IL the beet that has been known
since Texas was Texas. One gentle
man says that out of the thousands OF
acres In wheat, oats and barley,
that he has examined, the
number Of aeres damaged can be
be counted on the hand. All over the
county wheat cutting has commenced.
The harvesting will be delayed for \
day or two In the lowlands on account
of the FIELDS being soft, hut three DAYS
sun win remedy this.
II Is said the Galveston News will
probably commence the erection OF a
building for Its branch. Those here
who are in a position to know say the
work will commence NJ once. III tins
IL not done Il will probably lease q
y part Of large thIee-story brick
house being built on Elm street, la
the rear OF the Herald office. The
house is one Of the largest and best
ever pnt up in the city.
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