Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-27
DALLAS.
A Republican Postmaster Still a Posi-
bility, but the Picture Of
Blaine Must Go.
Two Men Find WateIy Graves by the
0apsiziug of a BOat-A Murder
shrouded in Mystery.
Special.


porters. Mr.. Wellborn, though, In
dorsed another man, who was also
supported by a large following. The
result is that Mr.. Drew has been In
dorsed by Mr.. Wellborn for route
agent on the Texas Trunk line. Mr..
Drew's brother is proprietor and ed
itor of the Kaufman Sun.
The general opinion here is that
there will be no primaries ordered for
the selection of postmasters. The fu-
ture officers are already picked out
and that ends 1t. But 1t is still
question whether or not there are GO
ing TO be vacancies. Postmaster Gar
rison Of this city hastily packed his
grip week ago and disappeared. 1t
is now ascertained that he is at
Washington and "holding downnVilas
and the president. A month or 30
ago he secured large number Of GER
tificates as Co his competence from the
business men OF this city, Democratic
business men at that. We did not see
the petition, but IL Ia said that the
| certificate was most eulogistic and
abruptly wound up with a prayer for
his retention. CarpiDg persons say
| further that the certificate was too
| long to be read through and contained
no hint OF its real object till the end;
and that the lazy and good-hearted
signed ii to avoid the labor of its peru
sal. This being the Gaze, we very
much doubt If Mr.. Garrison will be re-
moved. His private office is adorned
with mammoth steel engraving Of
Blaine, which will in any event be re-
moved at an early day.
The river continued to rise till this
morning. The high-water mark of
1876 stood ouly two feet above the
high-water mark of the present rise.
The day being exceptionally pleasant,
the whole town has been to the bridge
to watch the waters. About o'clock
this morning 1t started back to its bed
and up to midnight had receded about
eighteen inches.
Only one catastrophe has occurred
near here since the rise. The waters
backed up White Rock creek, about
three miles east Of Dallas, and over
flowed fields and bottom lands. Last
night about 10 o'clock two men named
M. Il. Royal and Mat Mccall. who
were working for Mr.. Kemp on White
Rock creek, went out into field with
a boat. They took q light and gun.
Their object was to fire the
gun and hear the reverberation
Persons at Kemp's house heard
the gun fire, saw the light go out and
all was still. This morning the boat,
upsidedown, was found floating in the
field. Runners were sent throughout
, the neighborhood and to town, and
soon great number of persons con-
gregated and commenced search for
the missing men. A long line with
fishing hooks every three or four feet
was dragged through the waters, and
about IL o'clock the body of Royal was
dragged to the top. One of the hooks
had caught him in the hand. Nc
Calls body Is not yet found. but the
search for 1t is still progressing. The
coroner will hold an inquest to-mor
row.
Last August the body of man was
: found lying on the west side of the
river. The report caused the impan.
cling OF coroner's jury, which i'm,
: mediately proceeded 10 "sit.n Accord
ing to the testimony of one of the
. jurors: I'VE turned him over, looked
. ut him, and then returned verdic
! that he came to his death by means
: unknown, and, further, that we die
l not know his name" Time rolled by
when it WAS whispered that he was
9 man by the name Of Schmidt. anC
that having been present at the STOCK
Yard saloon at the time man by tn,
= name OF Frate Humphries was killed
: he was quietly knocked on the heaC
. and knocked out Of ever being q wit
!. ness. This was rumor, and tn,
: past grand jury went into tn,
= examination of the case. Schmidt
= disappeared about the time thl.
( stranger was found, that gave reason
: for the report. The body was dlsin
: tered. Witnesses were examined bu
: no indictments were found. 1t wa
y believed, however, that the body wa
!; that OF Schmidt. A lawyer here ha,
= received letters from Schmidt, show
: ing him to be in Memphis and that b,
wants pension from the government
= The lawyer was engaged in procuring
II for him at the time of his disappear
ance. So, the mystery OF the dead mar
y remains unsolved.
= A horse attached to an express wager
: ran away yesterday. He went tn
: length of Main street and into tin
. river. Being rlug with glass eye
. he Of course did not drown.
Nicholas Hendra was consigned [,
y the Jail Friday afternoon on tn
5 ground OF lunacy. He labors unde
= the impression that his vile has aban
doned him on account of Ill treat
q ment, and that he has been mlsrepre
. sented by the newspapers. A shor
!, time ago he examined the files OF tn
= Times to find an extract from TIL
y GAZETTE that his wife was in For
= Worth and being fed on bread ant
water.
- About o'clock Friday evening on
- OF the tenants houses on Mr.. Wal
3 Caruth's farm six miles north OF Da
:, las was burned. The loss is abou
y $500.
a. The remains of the man william
Is Thurmond, who died in the hospits
y day or two ago, are kept by tn
undertaken for Identification. The
10 will be buried In the Potter's field
~ not claimed. Among those who wen
lie to see the remains was Mrs. Thu
re mond whose husband Is missing. Til
r. dead man was not her husband.
n Robert Ball, formerly postmaster q
le Sunset, who Waa arfpafQ0 aud fafla