Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-10
SHERMAN.
After the Marshall & Northwestern
Indictments for Selling Liz
nor TO Minors.
what the Flames Might Accomplish with
the Present water supply--An occn'
pation-Tax Test Case.

Special 30 tho Gazette.
SHERMAN, TEX, oct. 0.-Ihc subject
Of getting the western terminus OF the
Marshall & Northwestern railroad is now
agitating the minds Of our people, and
from present indications the business
men and capitalists of the city will be
ready when the time for action comes to
offer such inducements as will secure the
road to sherman. One OF the chief OBJ
iects of the projectors is to run through
the richest section of prairie land, so
they can find ready market for the lnm-
Der of the East, and line running
through the line farming lands OF South
Lamar and Fannin counties, as well MS
those of Gruyson, viii give better
results in this direction than
any other of equal distance that
could possibly be surveyed. Our
mayor is now in correspondence with the
management and has every assurance
that our city is thought favorably of as Il
point TO which to come. Mcssrs. Iource &
Scott OF Denison have the contract to
grade the road from the point selected at
this end, and from them we learn that
| the president will review the several cities
where they are to begin work The ulti-
mate object is to extend the line in the
direction of Pau's valley, in the Terri
tory, and with that point IN view Sher-
man stands in almost direct line, and
! furnishes besides the additional adyan-
tagc TO the eastern consumers of being
the best grain and hay market on the
route.
The call meeting of the city council
for last night failed of quorum.
and the business Of letting the contract
for public printing that called them to-
gether went over to this evening, when
another meeting was called by the
mayor.
The meeting announced TO be held by
the executive committee for the New Or
leans exposition also failed of IA quorum
last night, and nothing was done. The
cause of this was that Mcintyre x Hcath's
MINISTRIES gave an entertainment here and
nearly everybody attended. II was pro-
nounccd by all to be an excellent negro
show.
Some of the saloon men are in trouble
Just now. The grand jury had some boys
before 1t, and on the testimony of these
youths, who know whereof they
speak, indictments for selling liquor
to minors have been found
and the parties have been arrested for the
offcnSe. One OF the boys, Willie Wolfe,
| the son of Il widow, reports that efforts
! have been made to scare him out OF the
city, but he has told this also, and the
party attempting to ''bulldoZcn him may
have further trouble on his hands.
Chief Engineer Altorf of the fire de
| partment made a survey OF the ciSterns
to-day, and finds that we have water
supply of only 100000 gallons in the
whole city OF this amount 10000 gal
Ions are found in one cistern ON the
southwest corner of the square, leaving
10000 gallons in the remaining nin(
cistcrns to protect about nineteen
twentieths OF the property. Thi
gives an average of II littl
over $4,000 gallons to the cistern, or no
enough water TO last the engine in fir
of thirty minutes duration.
We have talked water aud writ
ten about water and cisterns unit
the subject has become stale, but W
will not stop without one more gentle 10
hinder that over three-fourths of Shei
mans property Is almost mt the mercy G
the flames. A few thousand dollars spen
on good ccmentcd cisterns would be tn
best investment the city could make--bu
Will II be done, is the question?
! A lot of fifty bales of cotton Grol
one neighborhood was driven o
the square to-day aud solo
. The county court was engaged to-da
', in the trial of Il. Il. Baldwin for aggr,
waited assault on the person of Rev. ID. !
n Runner. These parties had little dit,
Guilty some time ago in which Mr. Runnt
| xxnrstn1 Baldwin
. for assault before Mayor Buckler AN
o fined S5and costs lie was then arreste
v for disturbing the peace and fined OF
i cent and costs before Justice lIinklc.
II now appears that drubbing a clerical gel
!. tleman cannot be let off so slightly, al
his case is being heard for aggravated u
sault. If 1t should turn out that
= Is capital offense TO hit Il preacher
y. may get benefit in the district court b
A. fore the prosecution is satisfied
All the lawyers arrested for non-pa
ment of occupation tax TO the city La
IS paid 1t up, and stopped the prosecute
n except City Attorney j. T., Cobb and
in G. Mclean The latter went before Il
n mayor to-day and announced that the {;
4 was Illegal, and absolutely refused to ~
a. it, He entered Il plea of not guilty. Al
Ne asked his honor TO act, which he did
\ imposing fine OF 50 aud costs. The d
~ PENDANT promptly gave notice of appe;
q. and proposes to carry it up before ,Iud
!. Gregg OF the county court, and make
nd test case. All the attorneys, AS iar
~ heard from, have volunteered to rep
n. sent him aud make the case lively for /
Ia city.
- Yesterday evening, at the residence
he q, b Jackson in North sherman, re
~ w. c. Dimmelt officiating, Mr.. W
mi Campbell was united in marriage to Mi
ms Parilec Cannon There is a spice
of romance in this marriage Mr. Campb,
q. Is a bachelor of forty-two, who ney
60 until he met Miss Cannon had any II
m. presSon made on his heart, and was
y garded as an iucurablc cclibate, but
I'm saw and loved this lady, who short
n. after this conquest removed with h
n. family to ST. Louis. Campbell griev
y with unceaSlng Observation-Disclosures for oy
uv a year, and at last persuaded her to cor
~ back to Texas and comfort him wi
ie her affection and her hand In marriaa
ne The train from the North brought {
n. bride according TO appointment, and IN
hi few hours the constituted authority III
en- nounccd them one for life wills Cam
he bell is wcll-known throughout all II
he section as the biggest eater in Texas, al
mi cnh get away with more rationS than a