Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-10
LONGyIEW.
A Woman With Babe In Her arms As.
sailed by AN Iniuriatcd Cow
District Court Notes.
= Petition In Circulation Ia Hang th. Hes,
Man Ia Town itcer Botttlr
RcNoiNcrs.

court ended on Friday, and Judge Stead.
man Is trying various eases in which the
former is disqualified I'm old land case,
Grant Merrill v. A, ). Taylor and wife.
was decided yesterday In favor OF Merrill.
The value OF the property IN litigation is
about $4,000. During this term OF court
there were 1--we parties, all colored, con-
victcd, one for two offonscs, making six
convictions.
To my report of the financial condition
of the county should be added this.
from the report of the finance
committees "Nour committee finds
that the books are kept i'm mos,
thorough and systematic manner, the
method OF keeping the ledger being a
perfect check upon everything relating
to the financial affairs of the county.
We find in the treasury over $4,000
actual cash, aud Sundry assets amount
Ing To over $1,000. aud the financial con.
dition of The county Is In very satis-
factory condition.
james II. Tlllery, who, ON motion of
Judge McCord, was granted change OF
venue 10 Harrison county, will be tried
here next Friday before Judge Halle.
wood on writ of habcas corpus.
Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr.. Gus Jones.
Texas Pacific engineer, While return.
ing home from a neighbours couple
of blocks away, with an infant In
her arms, was set upon by an Infatuated
COW, which chased her the entire dis
lance, ripping her dress with her horns
and putting her generally In dishcvcled
condition. Mrs. Jones says she desires
no more escorts from the bovine family
At the close OF u short argument last
evening between Hon. j. NJ. Duncan of
Tyler aud few other gentlemen, in
which The former took the ground that
petitions should generally he looked upon
as of no more value than the blank
paper upon which they are written,
he proposed to prove his assertion bv
immediately procuring 1ity Signcrs to a
petition IN favor of hanging one of the
best men In longView. His opponents
"poh-poohcd, but he wrote the petition,
which was for the hanging of Luke How
ard, one of the best-known gentlemen in
this section for his general good quail
tics. The fifty names were easily oh
tanned, the signcrs being many OF the
county officials, lawyers, business men
pcared the names OF Jack Howard and
Wyatt Bass, brother and brothcr.in-law
of Luke. Tho proof that petitions are
valuelcSs was accepted as satisfactory
Growing out of the petition
occurred two OF the most ludicrous
scenes ever enacted here, nj which
all who saw them roarcd with delight and
| their risibillties have not yet reached II
normal condition. As Is well known Mr.
! Duncan has wonderful control over his
| facial expressions and can depict any emo.
/ ton "a its fullest extent at Will. Hi,
| friend Tom Durham is almost his equa
| In this respect. With an understanding
| between them Durham approached Dun.
can with command that he be shown
/ the petition. OF course this was refused
/ As In all quarrcls one word produced an.
/ other until amid seemingly heartfelt in.
yectiyes and the most natural looks al
! hatred for each Other, Mr.. Duncan threat.
cncd Durham, who responded with:
cts shame that am compelled TO
90 home for something Ia protect myself
| against such Il thing like YOU
Come with me, MIR, Durham; | Will
/ provide YOU with the necessary weapon -
/ replied Mr.. Duncan, as he walked into
the saloon, followed by Durham, closely
! pressed by the thoroughly excited thrOng.
Making their way to "A back room, accom-
panied by u couple of friends each armed
himself and returned TO the street.
BY this time Judge Stradmnn
and others from the courthouse had
arrived and were using every cndcnvor
TO ullay the supposed anger OF the gentle
men, each being held by different ones
and pleaded with by the Judge and their
! friends 'For Gods sake, do NOT shoot ;
do not commit murder; do not spin each
others blood, but separate and 20
home,n while all the time the two were
cndcavoring TO pull and fire. Soon each
suddenly wrenchcd himself loose, and, as
the two cleaning becr-bottlc necks were
pointed toward each other and gllstcnad
in the setting sun, never did crowd of
officers, lawyers, doctors, and all other
professions, seek the protection of every
thing available, as every one rushed pell-
nell over each other. Attorney DcGraf-
fcnried, noticing no report, looked AT the
whilom angry combatants, 10 see them
convulsed with laughter and the beer
bottles still in their hands.
"What cusscd fool | am,". said De-
Graffcnried. 'Comc, boys, let's take
something From here the two went TO
I the other end oi town, where SherlH MI
lngsworth and those doing business were
totally oblivious of the terrible tragedy
so nearly enacted n few moments before.
They soon, totally varylny the "play,"
however, had tremendous crowd gath
cred, which became II anything more cx-
cited than the first. The sheriff grasped
Durham by the arm, conjurlng, COM
handing and entreating, and AZ the sup
posed pistols were drawn, with blanched
cheeks the sheriff fed into a store, and
the various merchants, whose faces were
white as the feecy staple Itself, fed,
while clerks and customers rushed
through the stores and down the alleys.
Some Of them will never again see beer
bottle without turning pale. But busi-
ness is rapidly reviying AID the time for
practical jokes nearly ended.
Tlie q. 4. IL. Camp